Tuesday, October 29, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Tuesday, October 29, 1 96S THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three PRESIDENTIAL HEADACHE Conservatives may dominate 91st Congress WASHINGTON (A) - The next president of the pnited States ap- pargntly w ill be forced to deal with a Congress primarily domi- *nated by conservative Democrats and Republicans from the West and South. Some faces will change in the Nov. 5 balloting. But in anything short of a presidential vote land- slide the congressional establish- ment probably will remain essen- btially the same. With minor shifts, its leaders will retain their prior- ities and its committee chairmen their power. In next weeks three-Way pres- idential showdown, no responsi- ble politician forsees the kind of popular-vote s w e e p President 'Johnson rolled up in 1964. His vie- tory helped increase Democratic house strength from 255 in the 88th congress to 294 at the start of the 89th. As a result Johnson got a fly- ing start on his "Great Society" program. But when the 1966 elec- *tions reduced the Democratic House strength to 247, the infor- mal conservative coalition took major matters into its own hands. Republicans who began this year's campaign with predic- tions t h e y would capture as many as 40 house seats - more than the,31 they need to control the machinery - have fallen sig- nificantly silent on this score re- cently. They concede privately that their presidential nominee, Richard M. Nixon is not providing any effective coattails and that Republicans elected to the house generally won't owe him political debts beyond the call of party af- filiations. If the GOP won numerical con- trol, this would be likely to reen- force the conservative coalition. But the prospects are that t h e Senate will remain in Democratic hands in any event. The same coalition would. face the Democratic nominee, Hubert H. Humphrey, if he wins the White House, even though both houses remain in Democratic hands. George C. Wallace, the candidate of the 'American Independent par- ty, would have no designated party support in Congress.-, Nixon already has taken into account the difficulties he might encounter from a Democratic- managed congress. He said in Grand Rapids; Mich., Oct. 23 that "the people are poor- ly served when they divide politi- cal responsibility in Washington." He voiced the view that the op- position would try to deny politi- cal credit to the president forini-1 tiating policies, would inflate the executive's proposals enough to compel a veto or would pigeonhole much of his program. Humphrey has been listing do- mestic problems he will tackle if he becomes president, an endeav- or that has led Nixon to condemn what he calls "the reckless spend- ing policies of Mr. Humphrey and his gang." Unless-the mood of the country changes, the 91st Congress is like- ly to be just about as, economy- minded as its predecessor. While it seldom balks at military spend- ing, it is certain to take an inten- sive look at the cost of Nixon's proposals to close what he calls a security gap with Russia. Nixon has m a d e the implied pledge to build m o r e bombers, more tactical aircraft, more nu- clear submarines and enlarge mili- tary stockpiles. Unless the fighting in -Vietnam were ended this might involve defense appropriations ex- ceeding the record $71.9 billionI Congress voted earlier this month. In listing the "gaps" between Russian and U.S. defense - which Humphrey denies exist - Nixon said that the Soviets have deploy- ed an antimissile defense system. The proposed American coun- terpart to this system obviously is going to be a bristling issue in the 90th. Having called for a reduction in the tax burden, if Nixon is the new president he Will have to de- cide how far to go with an anti- missile system of unproven value. Sen. Richard B. Russell, (D- Ga.), said a conservative estimate of eventual cost of any general protective system would be $40 billion. Senate Democratic leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana, has told his colleagues such a system would cost at least $50 billion to $70 billion. And Sen., Stuart Symington, D- Mo., said the outlays "could wreck our economy."; Nevertheless, 31 Democrats and 15 Republicans voted on Aug. 1 to approve $227.3 million to start building a "thin" protective sys- te at an ultimate cost of $5 bil- lion-plus - which even its sup- porters say would be only good enough 'to meet a limited Red Chinese threat in the 1970s. Only 22 Democrats, including the party's vice presidential nom- iness, Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, and five Republicans opposed this outlay. The kind of trouble Humphrey might have in the new Congress with social welfare legislation was graphically illustrated on March 11 when he had to break a tie in the heavily Democratic Senate to prevent extinction of the Head- start program for preschool child- ren. On that day 30 Democratic sen- ators and 12 Republicans lined up to authorize $25 million for Head- start. Twenty-one Democrats and 21 Republicans voted "No." Hum- phrey's "aye" made the difference. The "no" votes against what is generally recognized as one of the most successful of the "Great So- ciety" programs were supplied pri- marily by Southern and Western Democrats and Western Republi- cans.4 If. as most observers predict, Nixon is elected President and both House and Senate remain in Democratic hands, the- country would return to a position of divi- ded government. similar to that With the exception of two years under Truman and Eisenhower's first congress, -the DemocraticE party has consistently held a! majority in the House since the Roosevelt era. However, during this entire per-' PARAGON RAPID COPY CENTER 311 E. LIBERTY COPIES WHILE YOU WAIT... Thesis-Letters-Specs-Forms-Resumes Drawings - Briefs Computer Print Out. AS LOW AS 6/1Oc PER COPY, DROP IN OR CALL 662-3748 MICHIGAN - ILLINOIS Glee ClubJoint Concert Symbolic protest Police lead away one of several demonstrators in London Sunday after he splashed himself with red paint to simulate blood. A total of 30,000 students and citizens participated in the non- violent demonstrations. ARIZONA CAMPAIGN: Goldwater leadsC i tough Senate race iod, except for the early days of PHOENIX, Ariz. OP) - Arizon-1 the Roosevelt administration and ans are being told a vote for the two years following Lyndon Barry Goldwater is an endorse- Johnson's 1964 landslide, the ment of the Grand Canyon and working majority has remained the spirit of the Western pioneers. with the Republican conservative The message comes from an ob- and Southern coalition. viously well-financed campaign to Z^1URDA kY, NOV. 9 -7:00 and 9:30 H I I L AUl ITOR IUKA f "I LL.. l.L.."tI % I V/Y1 BLOCK SALES - Begin Thursday, October 31$ Hill Auditorium Box Office MAIL ORDERS - Send Checks and self-addressed envelope to: MICHIGAN MEN'S GLEE CLUB 6044 Administration Bldg., Ann Arbor Please specify 7:00 or 9:30 performance 2.50 $2.00 $1.50 INDIVIDUAL SALES BEGIN NOVEMBER 4 BelRmon challenges Monroney in Oklahoma senatorial contest OKAHOMA CITY UP) - Sen.' A. S. Mike Monroney is battling for political survival in Oklahoma' against a strong challenge from former Gov. 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Oklahomans generally are view-, A 47-year-old ex-Marine, Bell- ed as more hawkish than dovish mon began mapping plans for his on Vietnam and both Monroney campaign against Monroney when and Bellmon are campaigning; he left office in January of 1967. long and hard on the war issue. Monroney, 66, a former reporter, Monroney has said that Bell- has served six terms in the House mon advocates turning, conductj and three six-year stints in the of the war over to military au- Senate. He's been winning con- thorities. Such a course, Monroney gressional races since 1938, most said, "would escalate the danger, of them by comfortable margin, of an all-out nuclear war leading The Monroney-Bellmon race is to the destruction of civilization." complicated by the presence of a Bellmon, in turn, harks back to third entant, George Washington, a follower of George Wallace. a visit Monroney paid to Vietnam washington, a Tulsa attorney four years ago. making his first political race, is "Oklahomans still, remember the counting on enthusiasm for the senator's well-publicized govern- American Independent party being ment-paid trip to Vietnam in De-, built up by the former Alabama cember 1964, after which he made governor. a pronouncement...that the, Neither Bellmon nor Monroney U.S. was winning and the war was, has taken notice of Washington in his words, 'Nothing more than in the campaign, although Wal- a mopping-up operation,'" Bell-' lace is expected to get at least mon said. 25 per cent of the presidential He said Monroney "is eva4ing vote in Oklahoma. the, difficult choice of telling the But Wallace, during an appear- people of Oklahoma whether he is ance in Oklahoma, disavowed all still satisfied with the way Lyn- American Independent party can- don Johnson has been running! didates in the state. So unless the war on whether he has switch- Washington can convince voters ed to Hubert Humphrey's dovish they should disregard Wallace's position."' SHOWS AT 7:10 & 9:30 1-3-5 i in 1031 E. Ann, ne DELICIOUS SANDWIC 95c DAILY Open 11:00 a.m. CLOSED S return Goldwater to the U.S. Sen- ate, where he served for 12 years before trying unsuccessfully for the White House four years ago. Roy Elson, 38, a Democrat mak- ing his second try for the Senate, is fighting hard to beat the Re- publican Goldwater. In 1964 he lost to GOP Sen. Paul Fannin. Elson forces acknowledge they are trailing but say the spread is only from 4 to 8 points: The campaign styles of the two men differ sharply. Goldwater, 59, hammers away at crime in the streets and the need for leadership to end the war in Vietnam. These were chief topics of his 1964 presidential campaign, and he says history has proven him right. But a hangover from that cam- paign as to his stance on use of nuclear weapons still haunts him. In 1964 he suffered from his famous "defoliation" r e m a r k, which he said was erroneously in- terpre ted as advocating use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam. Last month an Arizona news- paper ran an article on a ,Gold- water visit, quoting the Republi- can candidate as saying that if the peace talks fail the nation should go all out for military vic- tory. Goldwater had to follow this up with a message to the newspaper explaining he wasn't advocating use of nuclear force. Elson has concentrated almost entirely on state issues, espec- ially funding of the newly auth-I orized Central Arizona Project. The Democratic candidate 'has ttacked Goldwater's voting re- cord as being contrary to the in- terests of Arizona, development of national defense and the space program. the news toda b)The Associated Press and Colege Pres Serice THE UNITED STATES apparently continued to press efforts to end the Vietnam War yesterday. The Hanoi government is reportedly considering a new U.S. proposal more generous than anything offered in the past. Consulations between U. S. Ambassador Elsworth Bunk- er and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu con- tinued. Meanwhile, hope was reportedly building in Moscow for an early end to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Japanese sources in the Soviet capital said Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was optimistic about the prospects for peace. He was quoted as saying peace talks are now "at a very delicate stage." In Washington, the Defense Department was reported to be delaying the announcement of a dramatic demonstration of U.S. ability to airlift troops to Asia, in order to avoid dis- ruption of peace moves. THOUSANDS OF CZECHOSLOVAKS marched through the streets and squares of Prague yesterday in defiance of Soviet occupation forces. The roving demonstrators shouted "freedom" and "Rus- sians go home." It was the first outbreak of massive demonstrations since August and there were fears Russian tanks and troops would be used to crush this latest manifestation of anti-Soviet feel- ing:r Furthermore, there was speculation in some circles that the demonstrations would jeopardize the promised withdrawal by winter of the Russian troops. THE NEW YORK TEACHERS' STRIKE passed through its 22nd day yesterday with no immediate end in sight. Suspended governors, of the experimental Ocean Hill- Brownsville school district suggested informal talks be re- sumed and demanded a seat at the bargaining table. Developments over the weekend brought some optimism to the strike-torn city. Firemen and policemen ended their slowdowns and Albert Shanker, head of the United Federation of Teachers present- ed a "peace plan" for the school system. In general, the plan called 'for a return to conditions which existed on Oct. 11, the day the latest teachers' strike began. SOVIET SPACESHIP SOYUZ 3, with cosmonaut Geor- gy Beregovoy aboard, continued to orbit the earth yeter- day after its unmanned sister ship, Soyuz 2 was brought back to earth. The flight was officially reported to be aimed at develop- ing space docking techniques essentihl to Soviet plans for sending a man to the moon. Television transmissions from the ship were broadcast on Soviet TV. There was no indication how long the flight, now three days old, would last. There was some speculation yesterday that another launching might be involved in the current space test. U.S. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATORS have cited the Air -Force for uneconomical practices in the use of mill- tary equipment. The General Accounting Office, the auditing arm of Con- gress, has reported that the Air Force junked about $6.7 mil- lion worth of damaged equipment, most of which could have been economically repaired. Examples given were of relatively small mechanical equipment used on Air Force bases. The office's report said three out of every four pieces of equipment scrapped could have been repaired for significantly' less than the cdst of new equipment. THE CURRENT ESPIONAGE SCARE in West Ger- many has lead to a top level review of the country's in- telligence services. Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt will take personal charge of the investigation. The move came in response to deep concern among Nortli Atlantic Treaty Organization countries over the wave of ar- rests, suicides, mpsterious deaths and disappearances of mill- tary and governmental personnel in the past month. U.S. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford last week described the situation as a very serious matter. RICHARD M. NIXON forecast yesterday that he will surprise the pollsters with his showing in next week's presidential election. He asserted that the public opinion polls, which show Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey cutting into his lead, failed to measure the intensity of his workers and supporters. Campaigning in Albany, New York, Nixon said he seeks "a clear vote of confidence" and a "mandate to govern." Meanwhile, in an attempt to woo Ohio's 26 electoral votes, Humphrey told voters there yesterday that they owe a victory to the late John F. Kennedy because, they went for Nixon in- stead of Kennedy in 1960. In California, latest polls showed Nixon leading Humph- rey by 16 per cent in the race for the state's 40 electoral votes * . *0 TWO KEY LEADERS of Kennedy-McCarthy-Mc- Govern forces in the state yesterday endorsed Vice Pres- ident Humphrey for President. Prof. Otto Feinstein of Wayne State University and state Sen.-Roger Craig (D-Dearborn) said they were forced to make the endorsement because of positions taken by Richard Nixon and George Wallace. THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT yesterday reported a $282.2 million surplus of exports over imports for Sep- tember. However, government officials conceded this surplus is too little and too late to keep 1968 from being a relatively poor year for foreign trade. This year's trade surplus is expected to reach $1.5 mil- lion - the lowest since 1959. The self-described moderate lib- eral cites his 15 years as an ad- ministrative aide to Arizona's. Sen. Carl Hayden as a better qual- IIfication than Goldwater's two terms in the Senate. R. H. Philipp, Owner! If elected, Goldwater contends, his status as a former -senator ar the hospitals would give him seniority in the H ES, SALADS, SOUPS Senaterover other newsly elected :HES,~~ SLDsenators. SPECIA L Democrats, pointing out that El- 't il 8:00 p m. Daily son is 1 years younger, suggest he would have plenty of years ahead UN DAYS of him to build up the seniority which made Hayden powerful. 3rd WEEK I 41 c5 Hart s GeffHeart, is agjonel 9'Hunter* Forget Something? 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