TONIGHT IS Your Last Chance NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 im4c *itg3Uf Datit second front page Wednesday, April 16, 1969 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three A mw w w - Wp mw w to come to the 1 421 Hill St. 8:30 P.M. Military dictatorship emerging in 8:30 sharp -4 sets 4- -50c- HOOT FRIDAY and SATURDAY- PAT REYNOLDS and DAVE SIGLIN By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press News Analysis As Red China's leaders labor to get their political house in or- der they present an astonishing picture. The rest of the world may wonder how long such a re- gime can last. Within a few years, the Peking leadership's ranks are bound to suffer a high mortality rate from nature's toll. What has been published thus far about the Chinese Commu- nist party's ninth congress re- veals that China is to be ruled by a small inner circle of elder- ly men who picture themselves as the vanguard of a new revo- lutionary era. The real story seems to be one of an emerging military dic- tatorship leaning heavily on support from the PLA-People's Liberation Army. The party as it existed, before 1966 and the riotous cultural revolution, is a thing of the past. Only a hand- ful - perhaps 25 per cent - of members and alternates of the last Central Committee, elected in 1956, escaped the cultural revolution purge. The ranks of the in-between age group in the leadership have been more than decimated by the reckless young Red Guards under the direction of the, party ancients. Lin Piao, a marshal when the PLA still used such titles and minister of defense since 1959, has surrounded himself with a group of former army officers, security experts and guerrilla war veterans to form the core of the dictatorship. For all prac- tical purposes, Lin is the present boss of Red China. He is extolled in terms sug- gesting a long glorification cam- paign in store. He is called "the brilliant example" and the "splendid model" of loyalty, to the thoughts of Mao Tse-tung. He is Mao's "best pupil and comrade-in-arms," who heroi- cally struggled" for many years against Mao's political foes. Thus, Mao appears to have been elevated to Communist sainthood, and Lin and his group rule in the name of "Mao Tse-tung's thoughts." By comparison with most of the others in the inner circle, Lin is a young man at 61. The saturnine, frail veteran of Chi- na's civil war has frequently been reported ailing from a tu- bercular condition. At the head of the pecking or- der, according to this week's communique from the ninth congress, comes Mao himself at the age .of 75. In third place, ranking after Lin Piao, is Pre- mier Chou En-Lai, 70. Next is Chen Po-Ta, who was -in charge of the cultural revohition. He is 64. Next is Kang Sheng, the Moscow-trained secret police expert, 66. All the inner circle, with only a few exceptions, are old men. The circle includes one woman,, Chiang Ching, Mao's fourth wife, who is a young 57. But Wu Fa-hsien, once Peking's ranking expert on Soviet affairs and a Chou En-lai protege, is 69. Chu Teh, the civil war marshal who once was Lin's boss, is 83; Tung Pi-Wu, who apparently has served as interim "president" since the downfall of Liu Shao- chi, is 82. Liu Po-cheng, another former subordinate of Chu Teh, is 76. Chen Yun, the economist who has been in and out of the top echelon during the cultural revolution and who apparently is up again, is 69. The top inner circle seems to be made up of about 10 persons. People like Chu Teh, Tung Pi- wu, Chen Yun and even Lin's wife, Yeh Chun, fall in a cate- gory just beneath the top rang. The inner circle probably will make up the standing commit- tee of the next ruling Politburo, to be named by a new Central Committee. This group will rule in the China name of "Mao's thinking," im- posing a long period of austerity upon the population. The ques- tion of Mao's mortality thus must be a major problem for the emerging regime. Peking acounts of the ninth congress report its delegates shouting "Long live Mao Tse- Tung." And well they might. Others of the ruling inner circle can pas out of the picture without causing any particular prob- lems. But that can hardly be so in the case of Mao. His figure has been made so important, so central to the ruling group's claim to power, that the leaders must fear the day they are ob- liged to tell the nation of 700 million that the 'ld man is gone. Gina L ollobrigida Shelley Winters Peter Lawford Jelly Savalas Phil Silvers in the Modern Comedy s s Mrs r- the news today by The Associated Press and College Press Service [ IL DIAL 5-6290 NEXT da m"Hell in the Pacific" SPECIAL JURY AWARD to "JOANNA" Rio Film Festival-Rio de Janero "ONE 01 YEAR' 10 BES Holis Alpert,A Satu~rday Re view IFTHE S v rthur Knight 7:00 & 9:00 "IRREVERENT, OFF BEAT, WACKY .. . ENJOYED IT" Ch -Gordon Beauchamp, Michigan Daily 2c pxesen Color by'Deluxe PANAVISI0N* a ' ! 1 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT plans to withhold funds from a Northern school district for alleged racial discrimination in public schools. The Ferndale, Mich. school district was informed yesterday by federal sources that it is violating the Civil Rights Act in maintaining an all-Negro elementary school. The district had been asked to submit a desegration plan by March 1. The deadline was extended to March 31. Subsequent nego- tiations between school officials and Leon Penatta, director of the education office's civil rights division "failed to result in agreement on the part of the school district to take corrective steps." PAUL McCRACKEN said yesterday that he expects a cooling of inflation-this year without an "unacceptable" increase in un- employment. McCracken, a former University professor, now chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, told labor union leaders that the eco- nomy will likely "cool" during the second half of the year. He said that the administration hopes to get government spend- ing, taxing and credit policies on a noninflationary trend, but "not so restrictive that later on we have to deal with a recession." * * * FIVE ARAB GUERILLA ORGANIZATIONS yesterday flatly- rejected King Hussein's six-point plan for peace in the Middle East. The announcement followed a secret meeting Monday among the leaders of the resistance groups, including the Al Fatah commando organization. Hussein's plan - announced in Washington Thursday - resem- bles the United Nations resolution of Nov. 1967 which calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territory in return for an end to the Arab state of belligerency. Hussein, who claimed he spoke for Egyptian president Nasser as well as himself, also declared that Israel's shipping would be allowed through the Suez Canal and the Straits of Tiran. However, on Friday Egypt herself refused to specify which bodies of water were acceptable for Israeli shipping, NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS attacked a US army camp near the Cambodian border yesterday. The attack, launched by about 1000 soldiers, was one of the cost- liest yet around the border areas. The assault was on the Diamond III base which is about 30 miles northwest of Saigon. In the past two weeks the North Vietnamese have staged two, other attacks on two nearby bases. S* " PRESIDENT NIXON plans to create a commission to recom- mend an overhaul of the tax structure, White House sources an- nounced yesterday. Presidential counselor Arthur Burns told reporters the commis- sion will probably be asked to report its recommendations next De- cember, in time for Nixon's request for tax legislation at the opening of Congress in January, 1970. One objective of the administration's tax program is to eliminate income taxes entirely for all families below the poverty line, Burns disclosed. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT increased taxes and proposed to curb costly wildcat strikes yesterday. However, the Labor government raised old-age pensions in an effort to soften the effects of the tax increase. Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins made the announce- ment. The aim of the British budget is to regulate unemployment and growth in addition to Britain's balance of payments, which has been in deficit for years. -Daily-Peter Dreyfuss The Corpse Corps Students paraded yesterday on the Diag as part of a "death and oppression" march sponsored by Resistance. The march will continue through tomorrow and Thursday. COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: 'UAW charges University held. outrageous, anti-union' seminar . Korea downs U.S. airplane- (Continued from Page 1) plane, on possible military alerts and on whether the United States or the U.N. Command in Korea had contacted the North Koreans to discuss the plane and crew's fate- The North Korean broadcast gave no hint as to the fate of the crew, 30 Navy men and a Marine. An air search was joined by the U.S. destroyers Tucker and Dale. All Japanese ships in the a r e a were alerted. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow asked the Foreign Minis- try to send any Soviet ships in the area to join the search for sur- vivors. The U.S. reconnaissance plane took off f r o m Atsugi, Japan, on what . the Defense Department called a routine reconnaissance flight. Daniel Z. Henkin, the Defense Department's chief spokesman, said "the aircraft w a s in com- munication with its base during its mission." Henkin told newsmen the plane, carrying six- tons of electronic equipment, was on a routine mis- sion "similar to hundreds of mis- sions which have been flown over international waters in that area since 1950" - the year the Ko- rean War broke out. "We have no information at this time which confirms the sighting of any survivors," Henkin added. The Defense Department s a I d the crew was not unusually large, because monitoring equipment re- quires a number of operators. 'Most officials in and out of Congress viewed the situation with great concern but stressed a cau- tious approach. One congressional leader, how- ever, called for military retalia- tion with "whatever is necessary." Rep. Mendel L. Rivers (D-S.C.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said if nuc- lear weapons are necessary, "let them have it." "It's time to give them what they ask for," Rivers said. "We can dispose of them without full- scale war." Meanwhile, U.S. Air Force res- cue planes scoured the Sea of Japan early this morning in search of the plane. In Washington, the Pentagon reported a search plane spotted debrisbin the area where the plane was believed downed. A spokes- man said the debris "could be as- sociated with the missing air- craft," but "no survivors have been reported." I ir *uk-IPIinIin'I I... k 'I 11 I I lI 2 f ii i I .'I-. El- F APRIL 18-19 SINDERELLA AND THE, GOLDEN BRA United Auto Workers have accused the Uni- versity's Bureau of Industrial Relations of blun- dering by offering an anti-union seminar. The bureau, which is part of the Graduate School of Business Administration, held a spec- ial class last Saturday entitled "Labor Relations for Foreman in a Non-union Plant." Union leaders have complained about a flyer sent out by the bureau announcing the course. The flyer began, "Your foremen are the key people in keeping your company nonunion. We designed this special Saturday seminar for them." Another portion of the pamphlet said-the fore- men "would be adequately prepared if your company becomes the target of an organizational drive." All six of UAW's regional sponsors in the state charged that it is outrageous for a tax- supported state institution to permit spon- sorship of this type of seminar." The bureau contended the course was "con- ducted for the sole purpose of helping company supervisors to understand employes more fully so that they might respond to them." The spokesman for the Bureau said he felt the UAW directors "were reading a little too much into the announcement. The Union Lead- ers maintained that it is irresponsibleto feature this type of activity in a public institution. They said, "To find that a great state univer- sity; which is supported by the taxes of millions of working people and union members, engages in activities designed to thwart collective bar- gaining and unionization, comes as a most un- pleasant and unwelcome surprise. In other UAW action, concerning the Univer- sity, the United Auto Workers donated $1,000 to the tenants union in support of the present Ann Arbor rent strike several weeks ago. There was some indication that the UAW might be able to help the Tenants Union polit- ically at a later date in the strike's development if help is needed. "Filled with infinite profundity." -The Board Fri., Sat., 7-9 P.M. Aud. A, Angell 75c SPECIAL 11:00 SHOWINGS both Fri. and Sat. nights SHANGHAI EXPRESS with MARLENE DIETRICH directed by Von Sternberg COWBOY'FESTIVAL - I - during study days MONDAY, APRIL 21 MY PAL TRIGGER Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes erma-Seen roducts nnounces that the HAAB BRO'S HARDWARE, 11509 PLEASANT LAKE RD., MANCHESTER, MICH., will handle their nationally advertised products. 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LIBERATION WORKSHOPS: TWO SESSIONS-on the Diog (rain: Union lounge) 1:00 "U" and Gov't Research: the Control of Knowledge-Radical Pacifism- Women in Radical Politics--Life Styles Resistance-White Racism-Rad- ical Poetry (b.y.o.)-Women's Liberation-Revolutionary Youth Politics -Prison Tapes (802 Monroe basement) plus others 2:30 Organic Food (b.y.o.) -High School Organizing-Imperialism-Alterna- tives to the Draft-Dylan-Student Worker Alliance (3:00) thurs. LIFE AND LIBERATION 12:00 DRAFT CARD TURN-IN AND RALLY-on the Diog TUESDAY, APRIL 22 THE PROFESSIONALS Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance I Ii li. I I II