WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER If 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Inauguration Gala Shelled By Viet Cong U.S. Military Chiefs, ' Humphrey Present; None Injured in Attack SAIGON (P)-The Viet Cong fired four mortar shells last night at South Vietnam's Independence Palace where the nation's newly sworn president, Nguyen Van Thieu, was entertaining United States Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and 2,000 guests at a glittering inaugural reception. Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the United States commander in Vietnam, and United States Am- bassador Ellsworth Bunker were present along with Gen. William Momyer, the commander of the United States Air Force in Viet- nam, and most of his top staff. Only hours before, Thieu had taken the oath as president of this nation's first constitutional gov- ernment in four years and an- nnounced he would propose peace talks to North Vietnam. Three shells exploded on the palace grounds and one outside. The building was not hit, nor was anyone at the reception, but frag- ments injured three persons not at the party. Though windows shook, the reception, and a later dinner for Humphrey and some other guests, went off as scheduled. Investigators found the building from which the mortar shells had been fired five blocks away from the palace. Three men fled the scene and, inside the building, which had been used as a laundry, was found the body of a 73-year- old Vietnamese man-presumably the owner-shot to death. The laundry had been closed' for two months and police report- ed it appeared Viet Cong agents disguised as workmen entered the building Tuesday morning. Earlier in the day, Thieu and his vice president, former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, had taken over their new posts in an outdoor cere- mony thronged with troops and official guests in the heart of the city. It had been feared the Viet Cong would try to stage some spectac- ular incident during that cere- mony, but it went off without a hitch under the tightest security precautions Saigon has ever seen. With weapons ranging from crossbows to rockets and with jets and helicopters roaring overhead, South Vietnam's armed forces marched in a mamoth National Day parade that defied the Viet Cong mortar attacsks. Units from all brances of Viet- namese military services and from all parts of the country stepped out in the parade that capped three days of events celebrating the inauguration of President Thieu and his new government. The parade marked the fourth anniversary of the overthrow of. the dictatorial regime of Presi- dent Ngo Dinh Diem on Nov. 1, 1963, a date the South Vietnamese now observe as their Independence Day. Most of the persons at the pa- lace, including representatives of 22 nations here for the inaugura- tion, reacted calmly to the shell- ing, although worried security agents were quickly on their wal- kie-talkie radios trying to deter- mine what had happened. "I was not alarmed, not at all," Humphrey told newsmen. -Associated Press CAPTURE VIET CONG SUSPECTS Two young Vietnamese, suspected by these U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers of being Viet Cong, were rounded up yesterday near Tam Ky, 350 mil es north-northeast of Saigon. They were captured during a "First Cav" operation around Tam Ky. The two youthful suspects were later flown to the division interrogation center for further questioning. FRANCE LONE HOLDOUT: U.S., Common Market Agree On Nvuclear Weapons Treaty UAW May Allow Local GM Strikes To Permit Walkouts In Plants Scheduling Too Much Overtime DETROIT (A') - A top United Auto Workers official said yester- day the union will permit strikes at some General Motors plants ifs the automaker prepares for a pos- sible company-wide walkout by scheduling too much overtime. UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock told newsmen he ad- vised the company of the union's plans at a contract bargainingj meeting requested by the UAW. Woodcock, who h e a d s . the' UAW's GM Department, said the corporation would be informed when such a local strike would start and when it would be over. Stepped Up Schedule He said the union has evidence that GM stepped up its assembly schedule after an agreement was reached with the strikebound Ford Motor Co. A FdAW source said the union fears that GM could be planning to stockpile a huge backlog of 1968 cars so it could ride out a lengthy shutdown if there is a strike. General Motors has the right to have employes work overtime, Woodcock said, "but when one day of work now can mean two days of loss in a strike imposed by the corporation, the union is not going to sit idly by." Fight to Death The main table meeting came after a GM official in California was quoted as saying that the company would not accept some of the provisions won by the union in the Ford settlement and that the two sides could be in a "fight to the death" over such matters. E. A. Sullivan, chief of per- sonnel and labor relations at the GM assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., told newsmen last week that the firm "will go out on the street before we agree to" two of the UAW demands-the ratio of committeemen to hourly wage workers and the two 12-minute rest periods. SAMPLE COMPLAINT: Justice Department Concedes Existence of Plan To Split GM WASHINGTON {P) - The Jus- I these studies for lawyers to draft mobile division in check so they tice Department conceded yester- complaints. It said such an in- don't grab too much of the day that it has had in its files for ternal draft "was prepared by an market. 16 months a rough draft of a pro- Antitrust Division lawyer in the If Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick and posal that could ask a court to automobile industry study" 16 Cadillac were turned loose, said order the breakup of the world's months ago. one official, "it could mean real largest industrial corporation - The Justice Department's ex- bad trouble for Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. panded statement said that nei- American Motors." However, department officials ther evaluation nor processing of The department earlier this described the document as only a its automobile industry study has hedpedtont ainsthGs sample complaint drawn up as' been completed.yseeking divestiture of its diesel part of a lengthy investigation of: No Recommendation loooiemnfatrn li the automobile industry. They "No recommendation concern- locomotive manufacturing diva- said- there has been .no decision ing possible legal action has been sion. The department said it lack- whether, if ever, the government made by the assistant attorney ed sufficient evidence to prosecute will petition the courts to order I general in charge of the antitrust the suit, which it began in 1963. the breakup of GM. division because the study has not But there are some in the de- At the White House, press sec- reached such a stage," it said. partment who say there was a retary George Christian said, in The results of a suit against GM more practical reason-GM could response to questions, that "no are considered by some as of find no buyers, and it was feared matter of this kind has ever been questionable merit. GM now is the electromotive division might brought to the President's atten- said to hold its competing auto- fold if left on its own. tion." He added: "The President's - - alleged involvement in it is pure imagination.p [ Reaction The Justice Department state- ments and the quick White House comments were reaction to a Wall Street Journal story that said' President Johnson is in a dilem- ma over whether to file a suit 'against GM. The Journal said Johnson risks 'the enmity of GM's 1.4 million stockholders and the business community if he proceeds with the suit. On the other hand, the !Journal said, if he suppresses it, I i ,UNION-LEAGUE SOPH SHOW, fl BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -The United States and the Common Market countries except France agreed yesterday on terms of a treaty to halt the spread of nu- clear weapons. Harlan Cleveland, United States representative to the North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization, announc- ed U.S.-Soviet negotiations on the treaty would resume in Geneva. The Geneva talks have been stalled on the terms of inspection in a treaty designed to prevent ac- quisition of nuclear weapons by countries that do not have them. Removes Obstacle The agreement reported by At- lantic Alliance sources removes one obstacle to the treaty. But the United States must - now go to Geneva and try to gain Soviet ac- ceptance of the principles proposed by the five members of Euratom- the European Atomic Energy Com- mission. United States sources said, "We have got the green light to resume negotiations with the U.S.S.R. on our own responsibility on a no commitment basis." The sources said the principles agreed on will be taken into account during Ge- neva negotiations and consulta- tions will continue. France is also a member of Euratom, but President Charles de Gaulle wants no part of the nu- clear treatyand France has said it will refuse to sign. De Gaulle sees the treaty as a symbol of what he calls "the hegemony of the superpowers." Five Countries The agreement was reached at the weekly meeting of the NATO Permanent Council. The five countries are West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxem- bourg. Until now, they have objected to the inspection article in the treaty that is the only pending article in the Geneva negotiations. The Soviet Union has always in- sisted the International Atomic Energy Agency-IAEA-in Vienna should make the inspections to in- sure that peaceful nuclear plants do not make or help make nuclear weapons. The five Euratom coun- tries want inspection of their nu- clear plants by Euratom - the Common Market's atomic energy agency. West Germany and Italy have contended that inspection by IAEA would hamper their peaceful nuclear development and Moscow has accused West Germany of op- posing IAEA inspection in order to make nuclear bombs. The five Euratom nations agreed with the United States in provi- sions they consider will safeguard their position. he zrisks en raging intenlectuais, trade unionists and his own anti- trust lawyers. The Justice Department issued two statements on the matter-ai three-sentence statement during the morning, and later a six-para- graph expanded statement. Original Statement The original statement said, "the automobile industry has been under study by the Antitrust Di- vision for many years. The study is but one of scores of industry studies undertaken by the divi- sion. Many of these studies do not lead to litigation or even to the} consideration of litigation." The statement said it is com- mon practice during the course of "Once Upon A Mattress" NOV. 9, 10, 11 BLOCK TICKET SALES Thursday, Nov. 2 World News Roundup Order Your Daily Now- Phone 764-0558 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - A court of honor ruled Tuesday that Foreign Minister Hector Luisi and former Finance Minister Amilcar Vasconcellos cannot fight a duel. But another court of honor still is considering President Oscar Gesti- do's proposed duel with Vasconcel- los. The president and his foreign minister both challenged Vascon- cellos after he attacked them in a political speech. Duels are legal in Uruguay, but a court of honor must decide if there are sufficient grounds. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Mich- igan Gov. George Romney Tuesday proposed neutralization of Asian nations involved in the Vietnam war as an alternative to the Ad- ministration's policy. Romney told a news conference the neutralization plan would "de- fuse the war." He mentioned as possible nations to be neutralized both North and South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. He said he planned another visit to Vietnam sometime in November. He said he would not be "misled" this t i m e by administration spokesmen. *F* *d DETROIT-Ford Motor Co. said i UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PLAYERS DEPARTMENT OF SPEECII present ohn arden's Tuesday it is recalling 745,000 1966 and 1967 model cars for pos- sible defective steering wheels. The recalls include 447,000 1967 model Mustangs, and 298,000 Fal- ,ons, Fairlanes and Thunderbirds produced in 1966 and 1967. A spokesman said no breakdown was available on the Falcon, Fair- lane and Thunderbird models. Owners of the models affected will be notified by mail, the com- pany said, and asked to return their cars to dealers for inspection and placement of parts where nec- essary. CINEMA II presents "Odd Obsession" (Kagi) Winner, 1960 Cannes Film Festival FRIDAY, Nov. 3 SATURDAY, Nov. 4 7:00 & 9:15 P.M. Aud. A, Angell Hall 50c TONIGHT OLD AND NEW (1929) The first film in the SERGEI EISENSTEIN FESTIVAL Eisenstein's "hymn to the coming mechanization" I SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE, wed:sat. nov.1-4 Box