Sunday, March 2, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Th ren Sunday, March 2, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Thre'e 'URBAN SOLUTION' GOP to push suburbia WASHINGTON (,)--A visitor to the Agriculture Department last week when offered a job in the Nixon Administration, told a newsman he would rather continue living in Iowa. "This isn't for me," the man said. "I'm a farmer, a small- town boy. That's the only place to live." According to surveys, many city dwellers share the Iowan's farm view. And while Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hard- in hasn't drawn the line as firmly, he does believe rural America has much to offer the urban population tide of the future. After only six weeks in office, it seems clear that Republican leaders will push rural develop- ment as an answer to the grow- ing perplexities of the cities, and that Hardin will be a top spokes- 4 man. If the experts are correct, Hardin told a group recently, the United States will have an- other 100 million or so people 30 years from now. "Where are they going to live," Hardin asked. "Will they go into the Chicagoes and New Yorks and Los Angeleses in the same percentages *and proportions and ratios that they go now? "Or indeed are we going to develop new growth points throughout America in our smaller cities, in our county seat towns, in new cities yet to be started?" If the population tide sweeps toward the rural scene, Hardin said, planning must begin now, including "such mundane things as sewer systems and water systems and electric utilities" in small towns and rural areas. Hardin's view was shared by his predecessor, Orville L. Free- man, who hammered consistent- ly for what he called rural-ur- ban balance. In his final annual report as secretary, Freeman charged that cities which had been intended as centers of commerce, culture, learning and enlightenment - "the jewels of progress" -have instead "become ugly and de- pressing centers of rebellion." And, Freeman added, rural America, with only one-fourth of the population, includes half the nation's poor, half the sub- standard housing, and half the population receiving old-age and child-care welfare assistance. Hardin, in helping design the Nixon administration's blueprint for rural development may have a built-in advantage of consid- erable importance to whatever congressional support is sought for future programs. Simply, this is a 'subtle, per- haps subconscious a t t i t u d e among even the old-time city dwellers that, as the Iowan said, they would actually prefer living elsewhere. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, in a survey published recently, con- cluded that 82 per cent of the 1,400 persons interviewed (two- thirds urban) would rather live in small towns or other rural areas. But C. B. Ratchford, Univer- sity of Missouri extension offi- cial, told an outlook conference here last month that "rural fundamentalism" appears to be increasing, that rural 'people seem to be more conservative toward a rising need for rapid changes. Rural institutions such as local governments, schools and churches, he said, simply have not kept pace with the times. Most rural people still firmly believe, Ratchford said, that they have better places in which to live, enjoy less crime and poverty, and have greater mor- ality than others. "Obviously, the facts do not substantiate this p i c t u r e,' Ratchford said, "and the real danger of such a view is the justification of t h e failure to bring about institutional change." *,Berlin air routes threatened BERLINMP) -Soviet and East German maneuvers near the air corridors to isolated West Berlin could result in a confrontation with the Western allies. The key question is whether the Russians and East Germans plan aerial maneuvers as well as ground exercises, and if so, to what extent.r The Soviet announcement said only that maneuvers will take place early in March in central and western East Germany- between West Berlin and t h e West German border 110 miles away. Many believe the maneuvers are another Communist attempt to hinder access to West Ber- lin, where the West Germans will hold their presidential elec- tion March 5. The East Germans, with Sov- iet backing, already have im- posed new restrictions on sur- face travel, barring West Ger- man's presidential electors, their aides and members of the West German armed forces from trav- eling through East Germany to West Berlin. This means dele- gates to the West German Fed- eral Assembly will be flying there. If the Communists send up aircraft in numbers in the rela- tively narrow area, they could not avoid flying over the Berlin air corridors and possibly be- low the 10,000-foot level where Western planes fly. At jet speeds this could pose an acute safety problem for air- liners. ' Even if the Soviets and East Germans do nothing overt in the air corridors, the announce- ment that they plan large-scale, high-speed air formations in the area would pose a ticklish ques- tion for the allies: Should the air corridors be shut down until the maneuvers are finished, or should meas- VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION 662-7394 MON.-TH U RS. 5:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. ures be taken to see that the airliners get through, with fighter escorts for example. Since the Russian blockade in 1948-49 there has never been any large-scale Communist in- terference with Berlin's air corridors. But Communist plan- es are sighted regularly by Wes- tern airline pilots. High-ranking U.S. officials in West Berlin do not think the Soviets are planning anything serious in connection with their objections to the West Berlin election. It is held in West Ber- lin every five years, and every time the Soviets and East Ger- mans complain it is a "provo- cation." One American officer said: "So far it looks like 1965." In April 1965, the Communists held maneuvers in the same area for a week. They halted traffic periodically on West Berlin access roads and Soviet MIGs once buzzed the city dur- ing a session of the West Ger- man Parliament. It stopped there, but the har- assment caused the United States, Britain and France to prohibit future parliamentaryj sessions in West Berlin. The three allies administer the city .} under postwar agreements. Observers feel this could be the purpose of the new maneu- vers-harrassment stopping Just short of confrontation to force the allies to prohibit future West German elections in West Berlin. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students of the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michi- gan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $9 by carrier, $10 by mall, Peru crisis alarms. investors By JOE Mc GOWAN JR. investment is largely in Peru's LIMA, PERU (P) - Private electric companies and a Nestle's American investment in Peru far Plant. outshadows all other foreign in- Following close behind are the vestment in this South American Italians in banking and other en- country, touching almost all as- terprises, Germans in medicines - - I the news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service CLAY L. SHAW WAS FOUND "NOT GUILTY" yester- day of plotting to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The unanimous verdict of the 12-man jury in effect re- jected Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison's contention that "the War- ren Commission's report was fraudulent." The commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin and there was no credible evidence of conspiracy. Garrisons case charged that Shaw conspired with Oswald and David W. Ferrie, both now dead, to kill Kennedy. But in his final appeal to the jury for a verdict of guilty, Garrison also called for a "conviction of the Warren Commission" and "excessive government power." * . 0 FORMER PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER remained very weak and in serious condition yesterday. Though he is fighting pneumonia while still in the crit- ical period following intestinal surgery last Sunday, Eisen- hower's heart continued to function well. * ! ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATORS IN PARIS burned U.S. flags and pictures of President Nixon yester- day. The protesters chanted "Nixon murderer" and other anti-American slogans. Official Communist banners called on Nixon to "free Vietnam." Nixon was in Paris yesterday conferring with French President Charles de Gaulle. The talks were described as "frank and cordial." No new commitments emerged from the conference. But Nixon's press aide, Ron Ziegler, insisted that a formal decis- ion was not the purpose of the Nixon trip. Ziegler said the President was "seeking to begin a process of communication, not conclude agreements." ! " A NEW IRAQI SPY TRIAL has resulted in the con- demnation of seven men, two or three of them Jews, dip- lomatic sources at the United Nations reported last night. The condemned men are scheduled for execution Tues- day morning. They all had been convicted on charges of spy- ing for "Israel, Zionism and imperialism." A BLOODLESS COUP IN SYRIA yesterday ousted ex- tremist Marxist leaders from the government. Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Hafez Assad, who master-mind- ed the coup, intends to form a moderate left-wing coalition war cabinet, informed sources reported yesterday. Other aims of his, according to these sources, is reconcil- iation with political rivals in Iraq and closer cooperation with all Arab states in their confrontation with Israel. Monday's Israeli air raid against Syria is seen as the immediate motivation for Assad to stage his coup. After the raid Assad called a conference of senior military officers to get their agreement on recalling to active duty Syrian of- ficers who had been cashiered or pensioned off for political reasons. The ruling Marxists objected to the move. THE BIG THREE POWERS in Berlin rejected yester- day the Soviet Union's charge that there is West German military activity in their sectors of the city. The Communist Party newspaper Pravda charged the Western powers with illegal use of the air routes to the city for allegedly transporting military equipment produced In West Berlin. Western diplomats expressed yesterday concern over the mounting Berlin tension, but still believe the Soviet Union does not want a major confrontation with the allies. LAUNCH-TIME FOR APOLLO 9 is set at 11 a.m. to- morrow. The three astronauts whose colds had forced a three-day postponement of the mission were all reported to be "much improved" by Dr. Charles A. Perry, chief astronaut physic- ian. Though another physical examination is scheduled for late this afternoon, Dr. Perry feels the astronauts Would be well enough to rocket into space on schedule. During the 10-day earth-orbital mission, the astronauts - Air Force Col. David R. Scott, James A. McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart - will test the lunar excursion mod- ule. LEM is the vehicle designed to ferry two men from the Apollo capsule in orbit of the moon to the moon's surface. Once in space the astronauts are to link the Apollo com- mand module to the LEM and operate the combined vehicles for several days. e . e DEMOCRATIC PARTY LIBERALS agreed yesterday to push for reforms in their party's presidential nominating procedure. Sen. Harold E. Hughes of Iowa called past party conven- tions "largely the private domain of the rich, the white and the party regular." He urged reforms in selection of dele- gates to future conventions that would allow for representa- tion for racial minorities, the poor and the young. 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This,. of course, would depend upon the Peruvian government, which to date has insisted that its dispute with international Pe- troleum Company is a unique sit- uation and that all other foreign investment is welcomed and will be protected., -I The total of foreign investment in Peru to date is calculated at something more than $605 mil- lion.This figure, however, is "book value," a value placed after book depreciation of plant a n d ma- chinery. *Actual sale value of the American property here would be much, much higher than the $605 million figure. By comparison, the 'No. 2 group of foreign investors would prob- ably be the Swiss, with a b o o k value of about $50 million. Their and auto assembly, and Japanese in light industry and auto assem- bly. International Petroleum, a sub- sidiary of Standard Oil of N e w Jersey, has placed a value on its expropriated refinery at Talara, in northern Peru, and its adjoining oH field, at about $120 million. In addition, it has considerable oth- er property in Peru, including storage depots and retail outlets. These are now being adminis- tered by the Peruvian government under an embargo proceeding separate from the expropriation. Book value of American invest- ment in Peru breaks down as fol- lows: Mining $340 million, petro- leum $38 million, manufacturing $98 million, public utilities $22 million, trade $54 million and oth- ers $53 million. About $130 million of the min- ing investment is in the extreme south at Toquepala, near the Chil- ean border. There, American min- ing firms have one of the world's largest copper operations. Another $50 million to $60 mil- lion is invested at Marcona, about 250 miles south of Lima, near the coast. The remainder is at Cerro de Pasco, 180 miles northeast of Lima. The major part of the petroleum operation is along the coast in the extreme north, near the Ecuador- ean border, although some oil operation-primarily exploration- is going on the in Amazon jungle area east of the Andes. Manufacturing is almost all centered in the greater Lima area, rs is the trading. One of the larger companies is W. R. Grace, which has shipping, sugar fields and mills, a large chemical plant, and fishmeal plants along the coast, Kaiser industries has a phos- phate plant in extreme northwest Peru, and Sinclair Oil has a re- finery near Pucallpa, 480 miles northeast of Lima. Several companies have ply- wood operations along the Ama- zon river in the interior but these are small investments, averaging about $100,000. Thirteen foreign companies have automobile assembly plants in the Lima area, including three Japan- ese, Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Amer- ican Motors. A number of other factors would raise American investment s1till further. 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