if SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1967 THE MICHIG AN DAILY PAGE THREE Viet Group Still To Vote On Elections Thieu Jails Election Opponent; Buddhists Hold Demiionstrations By The Associated Press SAIGON - Faced with Bud- dhist protest demonstrations, the newly-elected government of Nyu- gen Van Thieu awaits confirma- tion by the 17-man special com- mittee of the Provisional Assem- bly. The deadline for confirma- tion is Monday at midnight. The assembly's special election committee met into the late hours yesterday to consider whether to recommend that the assembly validate Thieu's election. The full assembly has until midnight Mon- day to decide. Various sources said a majority of the 17 committee members favored invalidating the election on the ground there were irregu- larities. But late last night the Committee had not completed its report. When the assembly was pass- ing on candidates for the presi- dential election last July, a spe- cial election committee refused to recommend the ticket of Thieu and his vice presidential running mate, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. But the assembly validated their candidacy nevertheless. Earlier this week another in- vestigating group, the Central Election Council, on the basis of its study of formal complaints of election irregularities submit- ted by defeated candidates, voted to recommend that the assembly validate the election. The coun- cil's report said it could find no evidence to support the charges. Militant Buddhists began their antigovernment demonstration in the streets of Saigon this morn- ing in the face of a crackdown by the military government on the activities of Buddhists and other dissenters. An estimated 500 robed monks headed from four places toward Independence Palace where the militant Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang is staging a protest vigil. No disorders were reported in the new Buddhist demonstration. -Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu rejected demands made on his regime by the radical Bud- dhist splinter group headed by Thich Tri Quang. Police arrested lawyer Truong Dinh Dzu, a vociferous critic of the military government who ran second to Theiu in the presiden- tial election. Then they prevented Dzu's followers from holding a news conference called to protest the arrest. The leader of the militant Bud- dhists, Tri Quang, continued a protest vigil. He vowed to remain until Thieu answered his de- mands that Thieu rescind a new Buddhist c h a r t e r issued by government decree last July. The new charter angered the militants, who have been trying for years to exert political influ- ence, because it recognized a moderate sect as the official Bud- dhist church of South Vietnam. Tri Quang and four other monks sat down in the park Thursday night after they led 1,000 monks and nuns on a protest march to the gates of the palace. Thieu issued a statement yes- terday in which he spoke of the government's "unflinching posi- tion of never interfering in the internal a f f a i r s of religious groups." 1 Democrats Fear Large Budget Cuts Leaders Call Caucus; McCormick Wants GOP Cuts Clarified WASHINGTON ()-Democratic House leaders moved yesterday to unify their ranks for next week's showdown with Republicans over who will call the signals for bud- get-cutting. Speaker John W. McCormack, (D-Mass), meanwhile, called on GOP economy advocates to give their recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee on what funds should be chopped. "The Republicans should appear before the Appropriations Com- Inittee and set forth in detail where -Associated Press the cuts should be made," McCor- mack told reporters. Rep. Frank T. Bow of Ohio, senior Republican on the Appro- flood the city priations Committee, said GOP major routes members "have suggested hun- dreds of places where cuts could be made. "In almost every instance we have been outvoted by the Dem- ocrat majority on the committee, and the majority has refused to undertake major revisions of the budget," he added. NEW STRATEGY. U.S. To Increase Inventory Of Warheads by Five Times WASHINGTON (A)-The United no evidence the Soviets have come It means that more American States has made a historic deci- up with multiple warheads al- warheads will be targeted against sion to expand its force of missile- though it is assumed they are giv- cities and installations in Com- carried offensive warheads to more ing such an effort high priority.|munist China, whose growing nu- than 7,500 in the next five years, Some officials believe it will be clear capability was a major factor it was learned yesterday, a few years before Russia has its' in the U.S. decision to erect a mis- This figure is conservative. The own MIRV. sile defense. precise planned level of warheads This is the "sheer exhaustion" The staggering increase in U.S ventory-is tp secret. approach-firing more missiles warheads will be possible with- The ometou "qantm jmp"than antimissiles can intercept- out raising the numbers of mis- The momentous "quantum jump" mentioned earlier this year by Dr. u asn h ubr fms in missilery, as Pentagon scientists John Sd Faster the Penbtagon' . siles now deployed. Instead of one describe it, will be made possible chief scientist, i testimony be- bomb atop each rocket U.S. scien- through the introduction of a fore Congress. tists will place several. technological breakthrough known______-_ - as MIRV-the multiple individual- ly guided re-entry vehicle. oir more simply, the multiple warhead. omney Backs Requested The implications of the move, which must rank with the land- 'H" mark decision to build a $5 bil-.Department Probe lion antimissile defense, are far- rahing Deployment of multiple war- LANSING (R)) - Gov. George Romney, who was in Boston heads means that the Soviet Un- Romney said yesterday he will yesterday nearing the end of his ion, which has largely ignored support a State Highway Com- 20-day look at the nation's trou- U.S. urgings to agree to a curb or mission request for a grand jury bled urban areas, said he plan- halt of the nuclear arms race, will investigation of alleged wrongdo- ned to confer early next week be staring down the barrel of nu- ing in the State Highway Depart- with Attorney General Frank clear shotguns by the early 1970s. ment. Kelley and Highway Commission It means the Russia that Nikita In a statement released by the Chairman Ardale Ferguson. ' Khrushchev once boasted could executive office, Romney said he At the same time, Kelley's of hit a fly in space would be con- is prepared to support any addi- fice said the attorney general will fronted with not one but many tional steps which will bring about petition for a grand jury if an warheads in event of war. a complete investigation of such investigation indicates the need Pentagon officials say there is allegations. for one. FLOOD WATERS I. Twenty-eight hours of rain caused the Allegheny River to overflow its banks and of Salamanca, New York. The rain, nearly 5 inches, caused traffic difficulty along in southwestern New York. LETTER TO THANT: Pope Asks 'New Initiative TO End Vietnamese Conf 3 L t ° i ct UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P)- Pope Paul VI, in a letter made public here yesterday at his sug- gestion, offered to help UN ,Sec- retary-General U Thant in an ef- fort to end the Vietnam war. The pontiff spoke hopefully of "new initiatives" under way or planned to establish a basis for peace. . But a spokesman at the Vatican said the hopeful tone of the Sept. 22 letter had been superseded by the Soviet Union's newly an- nounced decision to send more arms to the Hanoi Communist regime. A high Vatican source said the message was sent the day before the Soviet Union announced it had signed agreements to supply North Vietnam with planes, guns, missiles and other weapons in 1968. The Vatican noted that in an address the Pope made from his window last Sunday, he had re- ferred to recent signs of hope for a peaceful settlement. The Pope at that time went on to say: "In- stead, we now have the sad pros- pect of new armaments and new! fighting." The letter from the Vatican did not elaborate on what new peace initiatives the Pope referred to. Diplomats and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk professed to have heard of none. The letter expressed hope that the current General Assembly ses- sion "will advance toward finding a peaceful and honorable solution to the conflict." Vietnam is not on the assembly's' agenda, but in speeches since the assembly session opened two weeks ago there have been numerous ap- peals for peace in Vietnam. The Pope's message was seen as in- creasing pressure for the United Nations to take an active role inI halting the war. Next week's immediate issue is the second attempt by Democrats to pass a stopgap appropriations measure and block a Republican move ordering President Johnson to make at least $5 billion in cuts without telling him where to do it. But leaders concede that the more basic question at stake is whether the Democratic leader- ship, with a 274-186 papers mar- gin, will be able to keep control of the House or lose it to Repub- licans aided by dissident Southern Democrats. To meet the GOP challenge, Democrats called an unusual party caucus for Tuesday morning, the first such meeting since January and something virtually unheard of in recent years except on or- ganizational matters. Some assistant Democratic whips have been urging a caucus for sev- eral weeks to pull the party to- t t t r i Arab Diplomat Accuses U.S. of Backing Israel E si J b is ri E t h b a World News Roundup UNITED NATIONS, NY. (P)- gyptian Foreign Minister Mah- moud Riad charged yesterday that ince the Israeli-Arab war of last une, the United States has gone back on a commitment by Pres- ient Johnson to support the ter- itorial integrity of all Middle astern countries. 'Special Responsibility' He said it had "adopted a posi- ion of alignment with Israel and hostility toward the Arab people." He told the UN General Assem- ly that "the United States bears special responsibility in this ituation as a result of its exten- ive assistance to Israel-political- y. militarily and economically." U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, speaking in reply to Riad, rejected the foreign min- ster's charge of undue U.S. aid to srael. He said it was a "plain and imple fact" that U.S. aid to the Arab countries "has been farl - - greater" than that to Israel. He added it was "unshaken and unshakeable American policy that we respect the right of all nations to live and we expect all nations to respect the right of other na- tions to live. "Live and let live is the pre- scription for peace in the Middle East." Condemn Israeli Aggression Speaking in the 122-nation as- sembly's general policy debate, Riad said the assembly's first duty was to adopt "appropriate resolu- tions condemning Israeli aggres-' sion, securing the withdrawal of aggressive forces and providing compensation for the crimes and damages caused by the aggres- sion." Riad declared Israel was asking for direct Israeli-Arab negotia- tions so as "to negotiate the Arab states into acquiescence to the re- sults of its expansionist and ag- gressive policy." After Commission Vote The response from Romney and Kelley followed passage of a res- olution Thursday in which the commission asked Romney to take steps to cause a grand jury in- vestigation of the Highway De- partment. The commission also asked Romney to support its efforts to clarify allegations of scandal in the department and that they oc- curred before the present commis- sion took office in November, 1964. Kelley said he has asked the commission to appear in his of- fice Monday to report to him any information it has which could lead to, a petition for a grand jury. No Need Earlier The attorney general's office investigated the department ear- lier this year and reported it found no need for a grand jury investigation. Kelley will ask specifically what has changed. the commis- sioners' position since Aug. 8 when they said they agreed with the report and agreed that a grand jury probe was not neces- sary, a spokesman for the attor- ney general said. By The Associated Press OTTAWA-Canada will appeal to North Vietnam to stop sending arms into South Vietnam if the United States stops bombing North Vietnam, Foreign Secretary Paul Martin said yesterday. He was replying to a question in the House of Commons. He said the only way to test Hanoi's willingness to open peace nego- tiations is to stop the bombing. He added that he was not enun- ciating new Canadian policy when he called in the United Nations Wednesday for an unconditional halt in the bombing; it was merely the first time the policy had been stated publicly. TOKYO-Premier Chou En-lai told Vietnamese Communists at a Peking banquet yesterday that Communist China will give them "more effective support and aid in their war against U.S. aggres- sion," the New China News Agency reported. The Soviet Union signed an agreement last Saturday with North Vietnam for military and economic aid to Hanoi in 1968, including planes, artillery and rockets. There were hints that the Russian outlay would exceed that for this year, estimated at $1 bil- lion. HARLINGEN, Tex. - The Rio' Grande unexpectedly speeded its crest toward Brownsville and Ma- tamoros Friday. It left countless upriver U.S. and Mexican residents fighting disease and high water and trying to dry their soggy homes and furnishings. The State Police director said Rio Grande Valley residents who fled inland from Hurricane Beulah and her winds and floods could re- turn home yesterday. A high U.S. source told reporters gether after a series of setbacks s privately Thursday that there had on the floor. r s been no recent peace feeler from On Wednesday, the House re- 13 Hanoi either directly or indirectly. jected 202 to 182 a proposal to continue spending for departments C A spokesman for Rusk said the which have not gotten their money R United States had no advance for this year, with 34 Democrats i word of the Pope's communication joining 168 Republicans in the I but that President Johnson's ad- majority. In addition, 31 Dem- ministratiop. would study it care- ocrats were absent compared with s fully when a copy was received. only 18 Republicans.A He said Rusk was puzzled by the --- -- ----- reference to new peace initiatives now going in; so far as Rusk knew, there was none. 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