'I Wednesday, January 15, 1969 entral Student Judiciary (formerly Joint Judiciary Council) Announces Open Petitioning for FIVE SEATS Sign up for interviews at SGC offices 1st floor, SAB Petitions due Tuesday, January 21, 5:00 P.M. THE MICHIGAN DAILY i _ BUT WHO IS WINNING? Turning point of war nears; cutback of U.S. troops likely s Page Three -------------------------rw DR. DANIEL JORDAN Professor of Education-Univ. of Mass. "Art and Spiritual lievelopmnent" Filmed ballet: "Metamorphosis of the Owls" and lecture A psycho-ballet used to aid personality development Racklam Assembly Hall-Jan. 16,8SP.M Sponsored by the Bahai Student Group FIRST PART EDITOR'S NOTE: It is almost a year since the Viet Cong's biggest blow struck in Vietnam, the Tet offensive that tore into cities, towns and miitary installations. Today the war goes on but the feeling is far different from that of a year ago. This appraisal of the changes, and the prospects, is by a reporter who has covered the war for six years. By PETER ARNETT SAIGON (M~ - This strange- est of wars is moving toward another turning point. There is a general feeling that a cutback in U.S. forces is coming, but lack of agreement on what it will mean. Many see the tide of war run- ning in favor of the allies now. Others believe this view is valid only if the political eddies swirl- ing about the war are ignored. And the enemy retains a poten- tial to upset the best laid plans. On the surface, the time to begin leaving seems nearer than at any period since the first U.S. combat troops arrived nearly four years ago. Viet Cong forces appear in disarray after a year of vast bloodletting. Land and popula- tion swallowed up in last Feb- ruary's Tet offensive are being recovered in huge slices by min- imal forces. Allied casualties are down. Yet there is doubt that these things point toward an end to the fighting. Viet Cong forces are still massed on the borders, and a Frenchman who fought in the first Indochina war ob- serves: "They are waiting in the wings witing for the P a r i s One critic believes that the American troop commitment of more than 500,000 men could be cut by one-third, and yet in- crease the performance by 25 per cent. He believes also that the U.S. commitment can be reduced without increasing pressure on the Vietnamese army. Most knowledgable Ameri- cans sayt h a t if the United States decides to fight and not talk in Vietnam, U.S. troops can be thinned to a minimum of 200,000 within four years, and 100,000 within ten years, with those 100,000 based there indefi- nitely. And American dead, which in 1968 doubled the total of dead of all previous years in Vietnam to- 30,551 by year's end, could be expected to continue but in di- minished porportions. Vietnamese observers in and out of the government see' the current situation as less an'op- portunity than a threat. They think the whole power base of the Saigon government is im- periled not by an enemy slash- ng down on the cities, as hap- pened last February, but by a more compliant adversary of- fering a war-weary America a way out through the Paris peace talks. "We fear most what we desire most: peace," an elderly Viet- namese intellectual, once a con- fidant of the late President Ngo Dinh, commented. "We fear peace because it will put us in an impossible situa- tion. Or maybe we have just be- come too used to war." Tomorrow: Viet Cong Break- down. Spanish 'U' students protest against strict Franceo policies I#. 'I' '.1 t K } a Mon Cheri! Lo something ex ... but you do where to fir show to unfold." These people detect an ob- vious pattern of disengagement of major enemy units, a delib- erate slackening in tempo. yIKTITAF oking forj (citing? COME TO Student Book Service and visit CINDY SZADY MARY BENNETT SUE SHEETS n't know nid it? ________G__ Ends Thursday MUST ITI <::t OCE EVERyONE k no n the NENSIANA OSkR WERNER II :: ...---------m bA bARA fERRIS r money order pay- I . tudent Publications I ent within 3 weeks I-40L «>t<....Th-E bTTER-SwEET ><:: IME STOYO <::FArid A~ MARRiEd MAN INSTRUCTIONS: COLUM81ACOLOR :3 charge if you wish mailed anywhere the world. ; FRIDAY I {E OTTO PREMINGER presents I "SKIDOO" starring Jackie Gleason Carol Channing - Frankie Avalon It Fred Clark-Michael Constantine ...i...........j Frank Gorshin - John Phillip Law w- Peter Lawford Burgess Meredith - George Raft Cesar Romero - Mickey Rooney 9_and Groucho Marx, playing 'God' MADRID, Spain (CPS) -- There has been no rest for Spain's universities this year. Madrid, Barcelona and Seville have been scenes of student demonstrations and meetings, which are banned by the gov- ernment. Students are p r o t e s t i n g against university authorities, who they say "always speak of reforms and never implement them," and against the govern- ment of Francisco Franco, who they accuse of openly opposing university reforms' At Barcelona University, stu- dents fighting a g a i n s t bad Steaching and what they consider outmoded political views on the faculty stormed lecture halls and besieged several buildings. Police surrounded the Faculty (school) of Economics for sev- eral days. In Madrid students have been holding meetings and have post- Ied signs all over the city, plan- ning actions to emphasize the lack of freedom for Spain's stu- dents and workers. 24 students were suspended from the uni- versity for their political ac- tions; many of them fled the country. Students at several universities have already begun to defy the government's edict on "legal student government," and to elect representatives outsidethe law. In past years, the authorities could rely to a certain extent on the support of university teach- ers, who habitualy were passive to the politics of higher educa- tion. But this year teachers have been activated around the is- sue of their meager salaries. Assistant professors at Madrid University threatened last fall to strike unless their salaries were raised. Assured by the Min- istry of Education that action would be taken, they went back to work. But if the authorities fail to settle the dispute this month, the teachers say they will begin an unlimited strike. the Enewstoday by The Associated Press and College Press Service IN THE BIGGEST SEABORNE ASSAULT of the Viet- nam war two battalions of Marines joined with other al- lied troops yesterday in tightening a cordon around a Viet Cong stronghold on Batangan Penninsula. The 2,000 marines landed without opposition about 50 miles southeast of the big military base at Da Nang. They hope to capture some 800 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. * The Batangan Peninsula, the scene of the, first major American battle of the war in August, 1965, is a resupply point for the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, according to U.S. officers. A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS and a major fire broke out on the aircraft carrier Enterprise yesterday, killing thirteen and injuring 85 to 100. The ship was about 75 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor on a bombing training mission when the explosions occurred. The Navy said the cause was not immediately known but said at least one aircraft was involved. The nuclear power plant that drives the carrier was not involved in the fire, according to a Navy spokesman. There is an unknown number of men missing. The Navy expects the casualties to be heavy. ATTORNEY GENERAL DESIGNATE John Mitchell said yesterday he will employ wiretapping and electronic surveillance to combat crime. Mitchell, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee, said he felt it should be used carefully and effectivply under the safeguards provided by Congress. The Crime Control and Safe Streets Act passed by Con- gress last year authorizes wiretapping and electronic eaves- dropping by law enforcement officials, the Johnson adminis- tration, however, has declined to make use of it. GOV. WALTER J. HICKEL faces the Senate Judiciary Committee and some strong criticism over his appoint- ment as Secretary of the Interior. In a departure from custom, Hickel took the offensive and circulated a petition rebutting Senate criticism of his views on conservation and water pollution by listing, his ac- complishments in those areas. Hickel will be questioned about his chairmanship of the Anchorage Natural Gas Co., and directorship of the Alaska Pipeline Co. Rep. Richard D. McCarthy (D-NY) contends that there is a conflict of interest since both companies will play a major role in the development of oil fields in Alaska. THE SUPREME COURT opened the way yesterday for blacks to breik what they contend is the discrimina- tory hammerlock of union rules barring them from pro- motion and better pay., In an unanimous decision, the court said members of an Alabama railroad union had .the right to take complaints of racial discrimination to federal courts without following pro- cedures required by union rules. The court said that previous decisions that gave union-. ized employes, in some instances, the right to cut the red tape of grievance machinery that can stalla complaint for, years should be applied to the field of racial discrimination. 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