Thursday, November 14, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three TH.IHGA.AL Pg he '68 election: Change in Presidency, parties, ca binelj By CARL P. LEUBSDORF WASHINGTON VP) - T h e 1968 election has opened the way for a period of consolidat- ing, and streamlining of the government after eight years of rapid growth. In the next few years, lead- ers of both parties feel that the central issue will not be whe- ther the federal government is to play a role in such fields as education, consumer affairs and urban problems but how much and what kind. And the structure of the gov- etnment itself, especially t h e department dealing with domes- NATIONAL AENERAL CORPORATION FOX EASTERN TEATRES FOX VILLa5E 375 No. MAPLE RD.-769.1300. 3rd Big Week MON-THUR-8 :00 FRI-6:30-9:15 SAT-3:45-6:30-9:15 SUN.-] :00-3:45-6:30-9:15 tic affairs, and the broad area of federal-state relations, a r e likely to become subjects of in- creasing debate. In a sense, the second half of the Johnson administration has marked a watershed between the old New Deal type of federal aid program and newer kinds of programs involving broad co- operation between the govern- ment and private enterprise. In -part, this has been forced on the government by the Viet- nam expenditures producing large federal deficits and cur- tailing direct new spending pro- grams. But it also represents an increasing awareness that the old boundary lines between the government and the private sec- tor have dissolved. Thus, the model cities pro- gram, last of the major Johnson domestic programs to win ap- proval, has tended to rest heav- ily on efforts to get private in- vestors, such as the insurance companies, to put up funds for urban development. A similar, pattern is develop- ing in some other areas, such as the Appalachian regional pro- - -" DIAL 5-6290 Shows at 1:00-3:45-6:30-9:15 3Academy kkAwards! gram, and in efforts to find jobs for hard-core unemployed. President-elect Richard M. Nixon has indicated he thinks the private sector should be the major element in future urban programs, aided by tax credits which Congress is expected to be reluctant to vote. A com- promise may result, similar to the pattern of model cities. There may also be balking in Congress, especially in the com- mittees which wrote the origi- nal legislation, to Nixon's an- nounced intention of scrapping the Job Corps, generally seen as a forerunner to a complete over- haul and possible dismantle- ment of the Office of Economic Opportunity. But there will be no disagree- ment from key congressional leaders on the need to overhaul and simplify the overlapping federal grant programs that have brought so many com- plaints from local officials qe- cause of the paperwork involved in getting the federal funds. In fact, it has been S e n a t e Democratic leader Mike Mans- field who has repeatedly stress- ed the need for congressional study of the way new programs are functioning. With Repub- licans in power, congressional Democrats may be more eager to do this than they have been un- til now. When it comes to federal-state relations, Sen. Edmund S. Mus- kie of Maine, the defeated Dem- ocratic vice presidential candi- date, is considered one of the leading experts, and his inter- governmental relations sub- committee could become a key source of possible reforms. There is broad support, too, for decentralization of federal programs. Both presidential candidates called this year for some sort of tax sharing plan, involving turning over federal revenues to the states, along the lines of .the proposal made four years ago by economist Walter W. Heller but never adopted by the Johnson administration. One of the big question marks is how far events, especially in the cities, will shape a N i x o n administration. . For one thing, any end to the Vietnam war will almost cer- tainly generate demands f r o m Congress and elsewhere for stepped up federal spending on education and the cities. Nixon has indicated he favors tax re- ductions and increased defense spending. In addition, Nixon has the political problem of broadening his base of support to what pol- lster Louis Harris calls t h e "change coalition," the racial minorities and the growing number of affluent suburbanites who favor government action to improve the quality of society and its institutions. Harris said in a talk last week to the National Press Club that Nixon was elected primarily by "the more responsible elements" of what he called the "no change coalition" but that this group is dwindling. He said Nixon probably re- ceived a majority vote this time from members of the "change coalition" because of the Viet- nam war and the feeling that a change was needed. But he said the new president's crucial test will be how well he can build bridges to this group, expected to grow from 25 per cent of the electorate to 35 per cent over the next four years, so that he can maintain this sup- port if he seeks an expected second term in 1972. This will determine not only the shape of his administration, but ultimately, Harris said, which party becomes dominant in the 1970s. ens rebuild House power In the meantime, however, the Democratic party, preparing to relinquish national power after eight years, finds itself with a strong congressional base but in needof considerable rebuild- ing across the nation. Republicans, on the other h a n d , have their greatest strength in the states but are hoping that President-elect Richard M. Nixon will set a na- tional pace that will finally bring congressional break- throughs in the 1970 and 1972 elections. The strong Democratic show- - " BEST PICTURE!" Winner of 0 Academy Awards!-,., MIRISCH PICTURES presents PANAVISIONTECHNICOLOR* Re-released thru United ArtISti ing in congressional races, where they lost a net of only four House seats, confirmed their view that the 1966 losses cut the party back to its hard- rock strength in many Northern areas. Heavily financed, vigorous GOP challenges failed to dis- lodge Democratic incumbents in many marginal districts and states, even as Nixon was run- ning ahead of Democratic can- didate Hubert H. Humphrey in those areas. In 1970 the Democrats hope to benefit from the usual mid- term gains by the party out of power, even though they will again have to defend a number of Senate seats in normally Re- publican states and House seats in the large Eastern states where Nixon ran weakest. It is these big states that pre- sent for the Democrats both their brightest promise and their biggest problem. In one after another, the party machinery is virtually in sam- bles, and the top positions are in Republican hands. Thus, in New York, Pennsylvania, Michi- gan, Ohio, Illinois, and Califor- nia, the Democrats have no governors and only three of 12 senators-Philip A. Hart in Michigan, newly elected Alan Cranston of California and 79- year-old Stephen M. Young of Ohio. The fact that Humphrey car- ried New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and ran relative- ly well in the other states de- spite severe organiational han- dicaps, means that the Dem- ocrats have a good chance to make comebacks, provided they can reorganize and pick attrac- tive candidates. In the meantime, they will face next year a gvernor's electionein New Jersey, where Democrat Richard J. Hughes is nearing the -end of his second and last four-year term. Their leading possibilitynisformer Gov. Robert Meyner, but sev- eral of last weeks congressional winners are also possibilities. Other major elections next year will be in such big cities as New York, Los Angeles, Pitts- burgh and Cleveland, where Democrats will be trying to re- tain power. The Democratic record on the national level may play a con- siderable role in the party's long-range prospects. For one thing, Nixon, as president, will camp5aign in 1970 for an end to divided government by elec- tion of a Republican congres- sional majority. A constructive Democratic record would help defeat such plea. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, one of the least partisan of congres- sional leaders, has already point- ed the way to such an approach. In the absence of any strong Democratic leadership in the House, Senate Democrats seem likely to become the party's chief national spokesmen. The presence there of Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, Eugene J. McCarthy, George S. McGov- ern and Edmund S. Muskie, plus newly elected Harold E. Hughes of Iowa, virtually as- sures this. As for Humphrey, many Dem- ocrats feel their defeated can- didate can best serve this party by working to initiate the re- forms in party structure voted at the Democratic convention, so that the party will be able to widen its popular base look- ing toward 1972, especially among the younger and non- white vioters who are suspicious of the incoming Republican ad- ministration. Cabinet leaves bef ore'boss' Robert C. Weaver, first Ne- gro Cabinet member in history, is expected to be the next top ranking official to quit Presi- dent Johnson's service, follow- ing Undersecretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach and Sec- retary of Treasury Henry B. Fowler. Katzenbach and Fowler hand- ed in their resignations Friday becoming the first to follow the traditional practice of high pres- idential appointees whose boss is leaving office. Weaver, secretary of housing and urban development, report- edly is planning to leave before the end of the year to become president of the Bernard Baruch School of Administration in New York. Nearly all of the other top men say they plan to stay on until the inauguration of Rich- ard M. Nixon or-as Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark put it-"until the bell rings." Nixonghas not disclosed any of his Cabinet choices, but he said during the campaign that they might include a Democrat or two. No member of the Cabinet in recent times has been held over by an incoming administration of a different party. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, one of the three hold- overs from the original Ken- nedy Cabinet, plans to join EDP, a Washington-based com- puter consultant firm. Secre- tary of State Dean Rusk, who joined the Cabinet from the Ford Foundation, has told friends he wants to relax for awhile. Katzenbach, who left a spe- cific date for his departure up to the President, is going to be- come vice president and general counsel for IBM, State Depart- ment officials said. Wilbur J. Cohen, secretary of health, education and welfare, told a news conference Friday he plans to return to the Uni- versity of Michigan to teach, but added he'll stay till the end of Johnson's term. news..to day by The Associated Press and Colege Press Service THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT yesterday de- manded that the United States resume the Paris talks, with or without representatives of the South Vietnamese government. Duong Dinh Thao, no. 2 negotiator for the NLF in Paris said if Saigon does not send a delegation, then the three parties-the NLF, North Vietnam, and the United States- must meet without delay. He declined to say what effect a delay would have on the future of the talks. Meanwhile, as relations between the U.S. and South Vietnam dropped to a new low, the possibility that South Vietnam would agree to attend talks moved no closer. South Vietnamese Information Minister Ton That Thien yesterday reiterated Saigon's demand for recognition as the top negotiator for the allied side, and a subordinate roll for the NLF on the Communist side. Thien warned that unless his government participated, any agreement made at the talks will not be recognized or observed by the government. Thien's remarks came in response to Defense Secretary Clark Clifford's statement of Tuesday which charged that the Saigon government reneged on an agreement to participate in the talks. THE SOVIET UNION urged the admission of Com- munist China to the United Nations yesterday. Calling for the expulsion of Nationalist China, Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik told the, UN General Assembly that the Soviet stand was a matter of principle, and not related to the "transitory nature" of Russia's relation with the People's Republic. French Ambassador Armand Bernard supported the Soviet proposition, saying that the seating of mainland China would recognize existing political realities. Both Britain and France support UN -membership for China. In other UN action, Canada called for the United States and the Soviet Union to enter into strategic arms limitation talks before the end of the year. This plea came in the wake of Malik's offer on Tuesday that the Soviets stand ready to open disarmament talks, The United States has dropped all plans for talks since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. PANAMA'S MONTH-OLD JUNTA received diplomatic recognition from the United States yesterday. The State Department decision to set up normal ties with the military government withholds resumption of its $14.2 million aid program to Panama. Relations between the two countries were suspended four days after Col. Jose Pinilla ousted Panamanian President Arnulfo Arias October 11. Arias had served two weeks of his four-year elected term. I 4 TECHNICOLOR*PANAVISION* FROM WARNER BROS.SEVEN ARTS * m -Next- BARBARELLA NO 2-6264 SHOWS AT 7:10 & 9:20 1-3-5 5th WEEK I' - - G eS l Gilbert £& Sullivan GONDOLIERS is NOT for the BIRDS PRESIDENT-ELECT RICHARD NIXON planst streamline the traditional White House staff system. to GieGf eart is aG~onelyj iunter Box Office Open Doily at 12:30 U ii I I! THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DEPARTMENT OF ART Present LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATRE Wednesday - Saturday i 11 Ann Arbor Art Association Anu l 1day Craft Sale November 15 YW-YMCA 1O:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Ceramics, Enamels, Jewelry, Textiles, Christmas Cards PUCCINI S "LA BOHEME" English Translation by Josef Blatt) NOVEMBER 22-23, 25-26, 8:00 P.M. Lydia Mendelsesohn Theatre ALL TICKETS - $3.00 MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED NOW. Make checks payable to "University' of Michigan." Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to' School of , Music Opera, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Box office opens Monday, November 18, 1968, 1230 to 5:00 P.M. Russ Gibbs Presents in Detroit Capital Recording Stars Steve Miller Band FRIDAY and SATURDAY NIGHT 8:00-1:00AM. Adm. $3.50 SUNDAY direct from England The Mood Blues two performances I 10000 IIA'S-D--bI' I 0 I I I op 1 Slated for elimination are the positions of Presidential press secretary and appointments secretary. Nixon announced that H. R. Haldeman, a Los Angeles advertising executive, will handle general administrative matters and the President's daily schedule in the new admin- istration. Under the new system, Haldeman will become one of three or four assistants to the President who will be involved in general planning rather than details. !-! . APOLLO 10 ASTRONAUTS were named yesterday for a mission in late 1969 that may include a landing on the moon. The Houston Space Center named Air Force Col. Thomas Stafford, the fight's commander; Navy CMdr. Eugene Cernan, lunar module pilot, and Navy Cmdr. John Young, command module pilot. CHICAGO MAYOR RICHARD DALEY said yesterday that street violence during the Democratic Convention had nothing to do with Vice-President Hubert Hump- hrey's election defeat. Asked at a press conference if he thought that the August violence had any effect on the election, the Democratic Party kingpin replied: "No, I don't see how it could." COLUMNIST DREW PEARSON said yesterday that Richard Nixon was under psychiatric care while he was vice-president. In a National Press Club speech, Pearson said that New York psychiatrist Arnold Hutschnecker had advised Nixon on psychiatric problems, quoting the doctor as saying "Nixon did have the problem of not standing up under great pres- sure." Hutschnecker and a Nixon aide denied the report. LAST CHANCE TO ENJOY HEARING RONNIE ROSS and CAROLE WALLER and THE CIRKUS 0 at the L r0 Fine food daily 314 South 4th Ave. ( fJfrom 3 P.M. -1 A.M. 761-35480 'V o rn I il-I' w "TH E PUMPKIN EATER" By HAROLD PINTER with ANN BANCROFT PETER FINCH BEST ACTING AWARD CANNES FILM FESTIVAL { --------the unbelievable - - Dave Van Ronk THIS weekend at W~I!BIQl'(YIT OUSB NOV. 15-16 - l 8 :00 P.M. 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