GERMAN MILITARY CRISIS? See Editorial Page YI Li4!ln :ait WARMER High-84 Low-48 Skies fair to partly-cloudy Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom LXXIV, No. 28-S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1964 SEVEN CENTS FOUR P t I hinese Rebuff ovie Proosal 0Vle :,rO PR Attempt To Postpone Confrontation With Russians on Ideological Issues By The Associated Pressj MOSCOW-Communist China yesterday rebuffed a new Soviet ipt to arrange a conference of Communist parties to deal with ino-Soviet split. Peking claimed that "the Soviet Union is prepared to call such eeting arbitrarily, unilaterally and illegally with the aim of ting an open split in the international Communist movement." The refusal by China had been anticipated by most. The reason Harlem's Peace Corps President Disqualifie id it is thought to be that the ueen China seeks to delay a reckoning -*before the world with the Moscow Communist leadership. In doing this, it is seen as gambling that time is on its side and that more and more Communist parties will choose the Peking line of militancy and ridicule of peaceful co- existence. The Soviet Union has asked the Chinese and 24 other Communist parties to meet for discussion on the recent rift in the world move- ment, Same Parties The parties which Moscow in- vited to the proposed meeting are thought to be the same parties which served on the drafting com- mittee that drew up the 'Moscow Declaration of 1960. The declara- tion-supposedly a charter for ac- tion for the world Communist movement-is a key' point in the rift. Both Peking and Moscow claim to have been faithful to it and accuse each other of violating ,it. Peking said in its statement that it still wants an international Communist meeting for unity, but only "after ample preparation." "It is clear to everyone that the differences in the international Communist movement are so ser- ious and the dispute is so{ fierce a hasty international meeting can yield only bad results," the Chi- nese said. Agree in Principle The Russian request for the meeting called for China to agree in principle "in the immediate future that a meeting must be convened and should not be put off for long." The Chinese statement replied that the Russians "distort and reject the reasonable proposal ad- vanced in our letter of May 7, 1964 and turn a deaf ear to the views of the many fraternal par- ties, demanding unity and oppos- ing a split." Peking's letter also repeated its rejection of Russia's right to par- ticipate in the Asian sphere of in- fluence. It accused Soviet Communist leaders of "interference and sub- versive activities against the Jap- anese Communist party, the In- donesian Communist party and EDITOR'S NOTE - The social problems underlying last week's Harlem riots have long been recog- nized by leaders in the Negro com- munity. But attempts by outsiders to attack them have generally met with little success. Here is how a new social agency plans to go. at them from the inside. By AUSTIN SCOTT Associated Press Writer NEW YORK-To Richard Wirtz, 24-year-old son of Labor Secre- tary Willard Wirtz, the project is one way to help direct a social revolution. Other volunteers, many of them veterans of the international Peace Corps, find it the best way to lend their education and train- ing to those in need. They are members of the Har- lem Domestic Peace Corps, a self- help program that could be one of the keys to a future of explosion, or controlled growth in this area. This group of 122 paid workers and more than 250 volunteers was set up two years ago by President John F. Kennedy's committee on juvenile delinquency to provide recreational, educational and oc- cupational help for Harlem's 100,000 youngsters. Varied Programs Its varied programs, aimed pri- marily at the thousands of chil- dren who play on the teeming, littered streets, are directed by Associated Community T e a m s (ACT) from a five-story build- ing in a row of tenements on Har- lem's west side. The backbone of the agency is the paid "Peace Corpsmen," most from Harlem,rand the adults who volunteer their time. Duties range from supervising after-school r e m e d i a 1 reading classes to persuading employers to hire more Negroes, to conduct- ing field trips for thehthousands of young 'people who have never been more than two miles from their homes. "A lot of these kids have never seen a museum or a play," says Associate Director Carl Johnson. Explosive Power He and the other 25 paid staff members are vividly aware of the potential explosive p o w e r of 300,000 undereducated, resentful, poorly housed Negroes and Puerto Ricans jammed into four sordid square miles, with little hope of ever getting out. "There's a wave of change com- ing and you're on the crest," is how Wirtz put it. "Some predict violence. Some predict economic resurgence. Some predict the breaking of the gretto. I don't know what's going to happen, but something is. Things like ACT will make what happens constructive."" Wirtz holds a master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University's W o o d r o w Wilson school of public and international affairs. He, along with most of the other corpsmen, are young, well edu- cated and eager. Many, including Wirtz, have spent some time in the international Peace Corps. 'Hard Work Pays' Their primary task is to con- vince Harlem's youngsters that, as one official put it, hard work pays off, even for Negroes. Their work is well cut out for them. Negro psychologist Kenneth Clark, whose work on discrimina- tion and its subtle effects on the mind led to a Supreme Court ci- tation in the 1954 desegregation decision, calls Harlem a "product of violence," and its existence "a symbol of inhumanity and injus- tice." The ghetto's youth, he says, "react with deep feelings of in- feriority and with a sense of per- sonal humiliation . . . almost no- where do they find their own dig- nity as human beings respected or protected." Clark says young people in Har- lem "are victims of greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt and fear." Forty-one per cent of Harlem's students drop out before finishing high school, but says Clark, "they are aware of the fact that other human beings have been taught to read, are prepared for college and are able to compete successfully for white collar, managerial, and eventually executive positions." Symptoms ACT has programs to attack the symptoms of ghetto life - high rates of dope addiction, juvenile and adult delinquency, school dropouts, unemployment, unwed mothers and broken homes-and the causes, poor education, unfair employment practices, inadequate social welfare and ill-informed citizens. Corpsmen have been trained as teaching assistants, playground directors, guidance aides, arts and crafts directors, hospital case workers and consultants in the fields of employment and welfare. The adult volunteers also work on voter registration, housing, so- cial welfare and health problems. Several special programs have been developed, including Com- munity Hands United Mutually, aimed at pairing youngsters with adults who will take them on trips, encourage them and inspire them academically; Youth Leadership Corps, to give teen-agers a chance to serve their community;Iand Community Employment Infor- mation Center, which has infor- mation on jobs and job training opportunities., Future Plans Future plans call for a seminar on narcotics addiction, and a fos- ter home placement and adoption program.; The adoption program will at- tempt todalleviate the plight of the great number of Negro children in the New York area who have virtually no known relatives to care for them. The immediate aim will be to give children to the bet- ter off Negro families in the city. The corpsmen, recruited pri- marily from Harlem, although some have come from as far as California, are paid about $1.50 an hour.l 'We are looking for people who know the community and its prob- lems," says Retha Odom, the agency's public affairs director. '"We want people who live here1 we want to circulate more money in the Harlem community. We also feel we have some poten- tial leaders in the Harlem com-I munity; why not develop some of them?" ACT has spent more than $600,000 in its two years of opera- tion. It started with a $475,000] federal grant which ran out last February. The city then donated $30,000 a month until July 1. The agency is now drawing fed- eral funds pending approval of President Lyndon B. Johnson's anti-poverty bill, which includes money for ACT and other Harlem agencies. Hopeful, Confident No study has been made of the agency's effectiveness, but its staff is hopeful and confident. Director Livingston Wingate, 48-year-old former aide to Har- lem's congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., hopes to reach 6,500 youngsters this summer with a supervised recreation program and limited reading classes. ACT's staff feels the agency has reached about 5,000 youngsters a year since it was formed. That figure is expected to rise after September, when 7,000 youngsters are scheduled to begin an employ- ment program Wirtz would like to stay in the effort after his one-year assign- ment ends. '"There are so many things a guy withan education can do," he says, "In most agencies you im- mediately put yourself away from the people you're supposed to be working for. It seems very pre- sumptuous not to. be with them. I get the feeling working in Har- lem that the original batch of Peace Corps volunteers must have had."; ForViee-Presidency Kenney ~ Stevenson, Shriver Out Three Major Hopefu' PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR Sargent Shriver (left) and U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy were among those ruled out of Vice-Presidential contention yesterday by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The President added that his 1choice will not be any cabinet member. MORATORIUM Farmer, LewisHesitate King Blasts Police Chief By The Associated Press NEW YORK-James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, and John Lewis, director of the Student Non- violent Coordinating Committee, yesterday still declined to give spe- cific approval to the "summit conference" declaration of six civil rights leaders calling for a moratorium on mass demonstrations. A spokesman for Farmer said the civil rights leader agreed with the conference's rebuke of Sen. Barry Goldwater, but could not yet commit himself to the moratorium. Lewis, concerning the moratorium, said: "Demonstrations must continue. The pressure must be kept on, not only in the South. Demonstrations must be played" by ear. If we need to, we willR *f demonstrate in connection withResigns from voter registration, or to seat thef Freedom Now Party at the Demo- Harlem Group cratic National Convention." "I argued at the conference that NEW YORK (M)-Prof. Kenneth demonstrations 'shouldn't be men- tioned, that the emphasis should B. Clark,, recently engaged in a be placed on voter registration." controversy with Rep. Adam Clay- 12-YEAR-OLD Barbara Jean Patton was crowned soap box derby queen last night in a beau- ty contest held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Miss Patton, who atteids Forsythe Junior High School, was one of 19 entrants, all 12 to 15 years old. She will reign over the soap box race to be sponsored by local merchants and indus- try. The judging was held on Main St., preceding a street dance. MoonMisile Follows Path, N'" ar Target Engle Dies in California;e Salinger May Be Choice WASHINGTON (P)-Sen. Clair Engle (D-Calif> died yesterday within a year after a brief tumor partially paralyzed him and finally forced him to abandon determined efforts to fight for re-election. The 52-year-old Californian underwent brain surgery last Aug. 23 and again on April 24. Generally bed-ridden since the second operation, death came to him early this morning at his home with his wife, Lucretia, and a physician beside him. It was last month that Engle made his final dramatic ap- pearances in the Senate in a wheel chair, to vote with a wave and a nod-his speech being paralyzed-for cloture on the civil rights bill June 10 and for passage of VT £1 a Ithe bill June 19. Johnson Gives Stamp Of Approval to Two Minnesota Senators By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-President Lyn- don B. Johnson eliminated Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy and five others yesterday from the list of those he considers eligible for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nom- ination. Others eliminated from the President's list of prospects are Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Agricul- ture Orville Freeman, Adlai Stevenson, United States Ambas- sador to the United Nations and Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver. Johnson also eliminated all the rest of the 10-member cabinet and all eight or 10 officials in higher echelons who sit in regularly on cabinet meetings. No Cabinet Members Johnson told reporters that he had decided it would not do for him to recommend any member of the cabinet, or anyone who meets regularly with the cabinet, for second place on the Democratic ticket. Later, informed sources explain- ed that the President, who has been working with these men day after day, watching them and the tensions they are under, had de- cided he did not want to ask any to resign their jobs now to plunge into a political campaign. A member of the cabinet or second echelon would have to ease up on his duties if he were a Vice-Presidential contender. It may be the President will want to transfer to his running mate much of the burden of their road- work and hard campaigning. Shortened List This leaves a greatly shortened list of possible nominees. Most prominent among them are Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D- Minn), Sen. Eugene I. McCarthy (D-Minn), Mayor Robert Wagner of New York, and Gov. Pat Brown of California, A poll of Democratic conyen- tion delegates which was released, by a coincidence, at the time of Johnson's disclosure, showed Hum- phrey a 3-2 choice for the second- place on the ticket, to be named next month. The Presiddnt's move was viewed as sure to stir up immediate specu- lation that it was aimed at halt- ing Kennedy and perhaps boost- ing Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota. t G PASADENA (P) - Ranger 7 other Marxist-Leninist fraternal coasted toward the moon yester- parties." day with its cameras properly aim- ' Bitterness ed for what could be history's first The increasing bitterness of the close-up pictures of the mysterious exchanges between the two Cam- surface American astronauts hope munist giants in recent months to explpre in a few years. have pointed to a permanent rup- United States space marksman- ture. ship has been so accurate thus far Earlier reports of plans for theI that Jet Propulsion Laboratory 26-party meeting said it would be scientists decided this morning to summoned this fall, with the 90- cancel a final iTmaneuver they party talks to follow next spring. thought might be needed to point Peking told Moscow the meeting the cameras straight at the moon will be a "minor schismatic gather- before impact at '7:25 a.m. this ing" since those advocating peace- morningm ful coexistence are "seriously dis- Atrmg..yseraunited and divergent in their At 1 p.m. yesterday the 806- views." pound spacecraft was only 51,512 In a scuffle with Russia yester- miles from its target. Its speed day China won a first round vic- has slowed down from the original tory as Japanese sponsors barred rocket-boosted 24,900 miies an the Russians from top conference hour to 2,157 m.p.h. ' committees of the 10th World All instruments abroad, includ- . And-the-Bomb Congress. ing its six television cameras, were A vote to exclude the Russians reported in normal condition by was taken by the Japan Council laboratory experts tracking and following a stormy six-hour open- guiding Ranger 7 on its 228,000- ing session of the Communist- mile flight. dominated conference. It followed If all goes well those cameras noisy denunciations by the Chi- will be turned on by gr-ound signal nese and their followers. and relay more than 4,000 pic- tures, from an altitude of 1,100 W ORLD NEIWS R miles down to the surface, in the IYV". final 13 minutes 40 seconds. An air of "optimistic anxiety," M as one scientist put it, gripped V ie t the scientists involved as Ranger! ie 7 neared its goal, "Everything is going fine," he, By The Associated Press said, "but we do have a sad his- tory" SAIGON-Communist machine That history includes 12 pre- gun fire raked forward elements of vious failures in various types of a Vietnamese ranger batallion ad- moon probes, including the six vancing cautiously through guer- earlier shots in the $200 million rilla - infested jungle yesterday. program. Best shot to date was 'killing a United States Army cap- Ranger 6, which hit the moon tain and nine rangers. The bat- last February but failed to send talion had moved about eight U. . Answers Soviet Message WASHINGTON (Y')-The United States replied yesterday to Rus- sia's latest call for a big new international conference on the prolonged crisis in Laos. The Unit- ed States is understood to have insisted on withdrawal of Com- munist forces from newly con- quered territory as one condition for a meeting. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called Georgi M. Kornienko, So- viet minister-counselor, to the State Department in the absence . of Ambassador Anatoly Dobrinin, and gave him the message. Kornienko had presented the Soviet proposal here on Sunday. Russia called for a new 14-nation Geneva conference on Laos and warned that it might resign its role as co-chairman with Britainj if there was not some effort to get a conference organized. The Soviet messages to Britain and the United States covered the same ground, diplomats said. Brit- ain was the main recipient, how- ever, because of its co-chairman status. Saddened by Engle's death, Californians awaited Gov. Edmund G. Brown's decision on whether he'll appoint Pierre Salinger to the popular Democrat's United States Senate seat. The Democratic governor was silent on his plans and Salinger, himself, said in Saigon "it is too early to discuss matters such as this." But Democrats felt Brown would choose Salinger to succeed Engle on an interim basis. In The Wilds WASHINGTON (P)-Rep H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) was puzzled yesterday by a provision in a House bill that defines a wil- derness as an area having "out- standing opportunities for a primitive and unconfined type of recreation." "This has nothing to do with topless bathing suits, does it?" he asked on the floor of the House. Gross was quickly assured by sponsors of the bill that the words mean only that a wilder- ness area is free of man-made structures. Lewis and Farmer are still testing sentiment in their organ-+ zations concerning the morator-; ium; until they are done, neither+ can be expected to commit him- self. At the site of the meeting, New York City, Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday emerged from a meet- ing with Mayor Robert F. Wagner' and criticized the policies of the city's police commissioner. King, a leading Negro advocate of non-violence, said police com- missioner Michael J. Murphy "is utterly unresponsible to either the demands or the aspirations of the Negro people." Among Negro demands has oeen the creation of a civilian board to handle charges ofpolice brutality, and the immediate suspension of a white police lieutenant whose fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Negro boy touched off the New York City violence. .The Communist Party mean- while disavowed any connection withwhat it called "self-proclaim- ed Communists" in the Progres- sive Labor Movement active in re- cent Harlem unrest. Gus Hall, Communist leader,, noted that, "These people are not Communists. Their rantings and irresponsible actions have nothing in common with communism or the position of the Communist Party." ton Powell (D-NY) over direction of Harlem's anti-poverty drive, re- signed yesterday from the board of the social agency directing the drive. Clark, a New York City College psychology professor, had been acting chairman of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited before that group merged with Associ- ated Community Teams to form a central agency for handling of federal anti-poverty funds. Several weeks ago Clark charg- ed that Powell was trying to as- sume control of the $117 million' program by dictating the choice of officers of the merged group. Clark's letter of resignation to Arthur Logan, program chairman. gave the pressure of his college duties as his reason for resign- ing, according to the New York Times. The letter cautioned against use of the anti-poverty drive to "per- petuate political dynasties," saying public officials must understand "that the time for lip service, double-talk and even well-financed gimmicks has passed." Clark said the Harlem efforts must have a. strong, independent board of directors and a staff of highly-qualified people who are identified with the problems of Harlem youth. x A r 'SJ a f Q t Q? C Caution However, associates of Johnson cautioned against interpreting the Presidential announcement as an attempt to stop any surge toward Kennedy who might have provid- ed a sentimental problem at the national convention' among dele- gates desiring to capitalize on the luster of the Kennedy name. The associates also cautioned against interpreting Johnson's statement as opening the gate for Humphrey or anyone else. They noted that it still leaves the Sen- ate, the House, governors, mayors and prominent citizens of demo- cratic persuasion on the technical list of eligibles. Earlier in the day, in a press conference, Johnson had declined to name names with regard to his vice-presidential choice. How- ever, he had commented that his choice must be a "prudent pro- gressive" who appeals to "people all over the nation." Civil Rights The civil rights issue also fig- ured in the news conference. It was introduced by a questioner who noted Wednesday's appeal by six civil rights leaders for a broad curtailment, if not a total mora- torium, on demonstrations until after the Nov. 3 election. Johnson was asked whether he thinks such a cooling-off period would be halfralt h n-~ n )UNDUP Cong Kills Army Advisor, Nine Others anti-government activities of the he will take to the United Na- press and students. Park's party tions General Assembly a demanC submitted the bills to the na- for full independence for Cyprus, tional assembly after opposition He spoke on his return from Ath- parties rejected a bid for a joint eso e h d re o th s proposal of the measures. ens, where he hd told reporters the aim of Greece and Cyprus is ROME-Premier Aldo Moro ask- "complete and unbound independ- ROME-Premier AhldftrritiMor n alsk- we exchanged views at great length." 4 * * WASHINGTON-A House-pass- ed bill to increase Social Security benefits headed into a Senate fight to add to it controversial health care provisions. The House passed the measure yesterday, 288 to 8 c 4it itta hrsfi.Na,m n'fa- ,I ' <; '