PAGE TWO THE MICA MAN DAILY THURSDAY, JUNE S, 1967 PAGE TWO TIlE MICIIJfAN DAILY THURSDAY, JUNE 8,1967 GOP VICTORY: Romney Helps Serotkin Win Seat in StateHouse Arab Refugee Dispute Lingers By WILLIAM L. RYAN By The Associated Press; Until the problem of the Arab refugees from Israel is solved, the Middle East will remain politically3 explosive and a danger to world! peace. But the problem seems ut- return to their former homes. It failed. The third way was war. It, too, has failed so far-with the Arabs not strong enough to accomplish a solution by means of battle. Slogan Unites Arabs MOUNT CLEMENS (OP)-For the second time in two weeks, a Re- publican has swept his way to a seat in the Michigan House, riding the crest of Gov. George Romney's popularity. David Serotkin Tuesday swamp- ed Democrat Victor Steeh by an unofficial 5,879 to 4,635 votes in their race to represent the state's 75th legislative district at Mount Clemens. The victory gave Republicans a 56-54 margin the House, consider- ably enhancing Romney's chances of pushing through a controversial state tax reform program. Presidential Candidate Romney's ability to swing fiscal reform through the Michigan Legislature is considered a prime factor in party selection of a pres- idential candidate next year. A Republican loss would have created a 55-55 deadlock in the Michigan House of Representa- tives, giving the Democrats room to maneuver on a Senate-approved tax program which is before the House. A jubilant Serotkin hailed Rom- ney as the architect of his success. 'Deeply Grateful' "I'm deeply grateful to the gov- ernor for his vigorous campaign- ing on my behalf," he said, claim- ing victory well before all the re- turns were in. "He went from door to door with me last Saturday. He al- lowed my organization to send campaign leaflets over his sig- nature. He even taped a phone message for me. "I support Romney's tax reform program, and I'll probably vote for it," Serotkin said. He said Romney contributed both to the 1,224-vote margin of victory and the size of the voter turnout. Some 35 per cent of the dis- trict's 30,000 voters marched to the polls. Steeh denied that Romney's hand turned the election. "Democrats just don't vote in special elections," lie stated. "We've got to get the Democrats off their haunches and into the voting booths, just like the Repub- licans," he said. Licata Victory Two weeks ago, Republican An- thony J. Licata broke a 54-54 split in the House by defeating young James P. Hoffa, son of the im- prisoned Teamsters Union presi- dent, in their fight for Detroit's 19th District seat. Licata credited Romney's cam- paigning as a major factor in the upse victory over a Democratic candidate running in a tradition- ally Democratic fortress and with strong union backing. Romney said he was deeply gratified by Serotkin's victory. "In elccting Serotkin and Licata the voters have indicated their support of this administration and its programs," he said. Vote in Cycles "It's a sweet victory," Serotkin smiled. "The people voted for me because I support the governor's program. It shows Romney's at- traction to the people, of Michi- gan." "But it seems that politics run in cycles," said House Democratic leader William Ryan. "The Republicans are in an up cycle right now. We think that won't last too long as the voters continue to observe the results." Republican Deaths The seats won by Serotkin and Licata were left vacant by the recent deaths of Rep. James Nun- neley, a Republican, and former House. Minority Leader Joseph Kowalski, a Democrat. Steeh served the Mount (Clemens district for one term until he was defeated by Nunneley in 1966. Romney, who has yet to lose an election, demonstrated his vote- pulling strength when he won re- election in 1966, sweeping U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich), to victory over former Gov, G. Mennen Williams, along with five GOP congressmen. Romney alwo won election in 1964, despite President Johnson's Democratic landslide. terly insoluble. The slogan uniting all Arabs For almost 20 years, a quest against Israel is a cry for "liber- for a solution has been going ating the Arab homeland." Its on. Neutrals close to Middle East emotional appeal, far from abat- problems saw three basic ways to ing over two decades, has become approach the problem of establish- stronger all the times a parent ing stability, passes the word to child. One was to seek a method to re- The problem was created at the settle the refugees. It failed. An- outset of the Palestine war of other was to seek political settle- 1948-49 when Jewish troops, ment between Israel and the Arab storming through Arab villages, nations so some refugees could expelled the inhabitants and sent Governor, Party Leaders Seek Republi can Support for Tax Bi them fleeing behind the protection of Arab lines. Hundreds of thousands were displaced this way. Nobody knows the exact figure. Over the years their number has grown by the natural process. Today, by best estimates, perhaps a few more than a million persons claim the status of refugees. Live in Slums They have lived in slums in the outskirts of cities in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan and in the Gaza Strip which Egypt occupied on Is- rael's southwest Mediterranean coast after the war. They were a constant source of political ferment, an easy prey to pan-Arab agitation stirred up by ,the followers of Egypt's Presi- dent Gamal Abdel Nasser. Only some of the families who fled before the Israeli troops even- tually wound up in other Arab countries. Most clung tenaciously to their status as refugee. They said that to do otherwise would be to imply forfeiting their right to return to their former homes. For the little kingdom of Jor- dan, they became a grave problem. Palestinians feel themselves su- perior, intellectually and other- wise, to the Bedouins who hail from the east side of the Jordan River and who made up the tiny never-never land of Transjordan before 1950. Annexes Palestine Territory In that year, TransJordan's King Abdullah annexed Palestine territory on the west side of the river fronting on Israel. By doing so he tripled the country's popula- Only a third of Jordan's refu- gees lived in camps. Others lived' in tin shacks, rock huts, some in no homes at all, just carrying about their worldly goods in boxes, sleeping and eating wherever they could. The Jordanian government could not ignore them. It gave them a vote, places in the Cabinet and in the legislature. In Lebanon and Syria the refu- gees live in mud huts or concrete block shacks, and brood constant- ly about their former homeland. In the Gaza Strip, as elsewhere, the refugees form a pool for the tion and left a source of constant recruitment of the commandos headache for the future king of who infiltrate Israel and attack, Jordan. prompting Israel to retaliation. In the capital, Amman, refugees While Israel feels itself stronger were crowded into the Mahajarin than all the Arabs combined, there Souk, a hotbed of riot, most of seems no prospect of persuading them hating the king,: the Israelis to make concessions on the refugee problem. Israel said the Arabs fled their homes of their own accord and thus are not Israel's responsibility. The Arabs say they were driven out by conquest. Israel has never moved to nego- tiate on the question of repatri- ating Arabs. The Arabs steadfastly refuse to give up their claims to lands the Jews inhabit. The Arabs, buiding up for the new war, did so on the claim that they were going to restore their brethren to their rights. It is a battlecry no Arab ruler dares to resist. Brazil May Extradite 'Former Nazi to Trial Israel Reaches Cease-Fire With Jordan in Middle East, LANSING (A) - With their tax program in position for a final vote, House Republican leaders have enlisted Gov. George Rom- ney's aid in their search for votes to pass it. House Republicans once again demonstrated they have the party discipline to do everything to a tax program but actually pass it. Without a single defection they pushed through their amendments to a Senate passed plan and put the whole package in position for final passage Tuesday. Personal Plea Overshadowing this procedural unity was the fact that despite personal pleas from Gov. Romney, a small group of six Republicans who voted "no" the last time a package was voted on in the House were refusing to come out for the new program. One reluctant Republic a n emerged from a 25-minute session in Romney's office Tuesday and said the governor had suggested Republicans might repay his sup- port for the fiscal package with votes for his views on court re- organization. That GOP member, Rep. Donald Holbrook of Clare, said he still didn't intend to vote for the tax program. Vote This Week. Speaker Robert Waldron, care- fully counting his votes, said he hoped for a decision this week on the Republican-drafted package and its controversial state income tax. He said he had "over 50" of the 55 votes needed to pass the bills. He declined to comment on whether he thought any Demo- crats would favor it. The House adopted a substitute for the Senate's income tax bill- causing Democratic chief William Ryan to warn it would kill tax re- form for the year if the new bill passed. The program the GOP is cur- rently pushing calls for a state income tax of 2%2 per cent on individuals with a $600 per person, exemption, 5 per cent on corpora- tions and 7 per cent on financial institutions. About $40 million or revenues from one fourth of one per cent of the personal income tax levy would be distributed to cities, vil- lages and townships on a popula- tion basis, with the same amount going to counties. Cigaret taxes would be hiked by 3 cents per pack. School and county property tax- es would be cut by 14 per cent, the business activities tax would be repealed and the intangibles tax exemptions raised to $100 per person. The House approach calls for the passage of two sets of almost identical tax bills, one to go into effect until Dec. 31, 1969 and the other to be submitted to a popular referendum at the general elec- tion in 1968. The results of the 1968 referen- dum would determine whether the program stayed in effect, or a new program would be prepared. The temporary program would contain an appropriation of $3 million and would be deemed a bill to meet a budget deficiency, so that a petition campaign could not keep it from going into effect. HOUSE VOTE NEXT: Senate Passes Johnson Plan ' To Avert June- 19 Rail Strike i dgrf Civil Court on charge ming from his command Treblinka death camp in between August 1942 and 1943 as well as 13 specific charges. Austria and Poland, as West G e r m a n y, had Stangl's extradition. 14-Judge Panel s stem- of the: Poland7 Augusti murdera well as sought BRASILIA, Brazil (P-Brazil's Supreme Court voted unanimously yesterday to extradite Franz Paul Stangl to West Germany for trial on crimes he is accused of com- mitting while a Nazi prison camp commandant. But the 13 judges who voted to honor West Germany's request at- tached two conditions: that a pos- sible life prison sentence be com- muted to a lesser sentence and that the Germans agree to extra- dite Stangl subsequently to Aus- tria for trial there. Brazilian authorities said Stangl would be turned over to Duessel- (Continued from Page 1) senior Egyptian government' spokesman declared, "Egypt will fight on." His terse comment came in re- spopse to a request put to the Min- istry of Information for Egypt's reaction to the UN bid to lend the war between Israel and the Arabs. Cairo radio continued to blare out martial music and commen- taries urging the Arabs to throw themselves unsparingly into the struggle. r Algiers radio said last night that all Arab countries involved in the fight against Israel have, refused to accept the cease-fire or- der. The broadcast apparently refer- red to the original cease-fire call by the Security Council on Tues- day night and no mention was made of the second resolution adopted yesterday. to break diplomatic relations with Israel if the Israelis did not heed the United Nations Security Coun- cil's call for a cease-fire. The official news agency Tass carried a government statement saying Israel was "grossly and demonstrably" ignoring the coun- cil's resolution adopted Tuesday night. It did not mention that Egypt, Syria and Iraq have an- nounced rejection-of the cease-fire appeal. The Soviet Union continued to play down thinly veiled Arab re- quests for direct help, in line with what has been a cautious public attitude by the Kremlin toward the war. AdvancingI WASHINGTON (91) - Senate passage yesterday moved to the House the fight over Presidentl Johnson's plan to head off a June 19 nationwide railroad strike. The House Commerce Commit-j tee completed hearings on the President's proposal and scheduled closed discussions today to start wrapping up its version. The goal is to get the resolution to Johnson before the June 19 deadline, and congressional lead- ers assured him at the White House yesterday they could do this. 70 to 15 Vote The Senate passed the legisla- tion 70 to 15 after knocking down solidly the persistent efforts by Sens. Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.) and Edward M. Kennedy (D- Mass.) to make the- plan more4 acceptable to the six shop craft unions. They had lost out in committee action on the bill earlier this week.k Under Johnson's p 1 a n, the strike, suspended by congressional action twice before, would be blocked for another 90 days to lost 59 to 23, would have permit- ted the government to seize 10 per cent of the railroads' profits dur- ing the time the government-im- posed settlement was in effect. Yarborough, Kennedy and some other Democratic senators argued that the resolution submitted by Johnson is weighted on the side of management. Their proposals, they said, were aimed at putting equal pressure on both sides to reach a settlement. teKennedy argued that the Presi- dent's resolution takes away the right to strike and confronts the 77- Presents f THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAND UNCUT? UNCENSORED! The "Man vs. Spider" Seen in its complete, original version! Friday and Saturday 7:00 and 9:05 P.M. ARCH ITECTU RE A AUDITORIUM - STILL ONLY 50c Yarborough's proposal, which employes with a government-de- creed settlement without asking comparable sacrifice from the rail- roads. But Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) insisted the bill is equitable to both sides and disputed claims it is compulsory arbitration. That panel recommended a six per cent general wage increase for shop employes, compared to a five per cent increase which most other rail workers have received, plus wage differentials of 15 cents an hour in three steps for workers with extra skills. Brazil's public prosecutor recom- mended-to the 14-judge panel that Austria's request be honored. One of the judges did not vote. Prosecutor H a r o 1 d o Valadao ruled May 24 that Austria's and West Germany's claims werehvalid with respect to Stangl, who was; arrested last February in San Paulo where he had been working at an auto plant. Valadao said Poland, which also wanted to try Stangl, had failed to show any judiciary action had been taken in the case, and there- fore the Brazilian statute of lim- itations had run out 20 years after the alleged crimes, were com- mitted. Stangl. is accused of murdering prisoners as the _ World War II commander of extermination campus at Sobidor and Trebinka. He has been in custody at a secret location in Brazilia. He was reported to have been discovered after a former comrade reported his whereabouts, to Si- mon Wiesenthal, head of the Jew- ish Documentation Center in Vienna, Austria. Paid $7,000 Wiesenthal has said he paid the informant $7,000 - about one penny for each person believed to have been killed at Treblinka. Valadao said if Stangl is extra- dited, the receiving country would have to guarantee to Brazil that he will not be executed. The Brazilian constitution pro- hibits extradition in death penalty cases. DIAL 5-6290 RODERs -HAMMERSTMN RORE~r WISE ELEANOR PARKER - nnOI MRT WISE I RICHARD RODGERS OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN III. EST LEHMMAN Mon. thru Fri. 2 P.M.-200 Sat. 1:00-4:30-$2.00 Sun. 1:00-4 :30-$2:50 Alld ights 8 P.M.-$2.50 S Children All Times-$1.0 'I A * z Phone 434-0130 M EA"" otcmv6~CAPNTER ROAD The Area's Finest Drive-in is easy to reach - 2 miles south of Washtenaw Rd. on Carpenter, BOX OFFICE OPEN 7:00 P.M. 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Iraqi, Alger- ed it was captured Tuesday. ian, Moroccan, Tunisian, Leban- While admitting reverses in the ese, Sudanese and Saudi Arabian ie aitn r ss the forces have not gone into action; Sinai, Egyptian commentators Egypt still has not committed the claimed this was only their first bulk of its troops. line of defense and the war now -Movement of Israeli forces on- was entering its second stage. to Arab soil leads to the disper- They expressed confidence that sion of these forces so they can reinforcements from other Arab be attacked on different fronts countries - particularly Algeria by Arab armies. and Iraq - will turn the tables -Israel cannot sustain a long on the advancing Israelis. military effort that absorbs half The semiofficial newspaper Al its active population. Ahram said squadrons of Algerian " Iraq also declared it refus- MIG jets arrived in Egypt yester- ed to accept the UN Security day, together with five Moroccan Council's appeal. transport aircraft bringing the The refusal came in a state- vanguard of the Moroccan army. ment proclaimed by the state min- Cairo ister for palace affairs, Ismail Fear gripped Cairo and some Kerallah, who said Iraq would Egyptian troops were reported continue its firm stand in backing digging in along the valley of the the Arabs. ,Nile 40 miles west of the Suez On other diplomatic fronts: Canal Washington officials confirmed seven countries - Egypt, Syria, The arrival of a trainload of Iraq, YSemen, Algeria, Sudan and Israeli prisoners of war Wednes- Mauritania-have notified the day night gaverthe people of Cairo United States they are breaking a boost to their sagging morale. relations. Lebanon said it is end- As the Israelis were transferred ing ambassadorial-level relations from the train to prison trucks, a with the United States. mob of several thousand Arabs The Soviet Union threatened surged around the station. The "BOLD IN RESENTING FACETS OF AMOUR, ILLICIT Jeru Gel A. &u l l ii If no voluntary settlement re- sulted in that period, the board Nasser government claimed 3,500 could impose its own settlement prisoners were being brought back ;terms, which would continue in from the battle zone. effect until Jan. 1, 1969 unless the ALSO [ * . DONAHUE ANDREA SHOWN AT COLOR: , ,,,,,.s. : .":10:25 ONLY BY DELL CO. Israeli troops captured the cen- ter of Jordanian Jerusalem in a battle ton at mid-morning and the high command announced Bethlehem also fell in the sweep against Jordan's holdings west of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Shooting persisted, however, in the Jordanian sector of the Arab front. The heavy fighting had lasted from 5 a.m. to mid-morning. 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