WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1967 THE MICHIGAN IIAILY PAGE PAGE US. Attitude Toward Greece Shocked, Con fusee WASHINGTON ()-After days of confusion and shock, the Unit- ed States has concluded the only sensible thing to do is go along with the new military regime in Greece. No official would confirm this or speak for quotation on how the Johnson administration f e e 1s about the April 21 military coup in Greece. Complete silence is observed: Washington does not want to say anything that could hurt a corin- try which-whatever its form of government-is an important ally guaraing Eastern Europe's "soft underbelly." But in off the record talks with administration officials the fol- lowng picture emerges: * The United States, while de- finitely not enthusiastically em- bracing the three military officers who now rule the country, will cooperate with their regime while fervently hoping Greece someday will return to a more palatable political system. # Meanwhile the United States quietly but firmly will pressure Greece's rulers to speed up the process of return to parliamentary rule. * In accordance with this de- cision and in recognition of Greece's important role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion military structure, U.S. mil- itary aid will continue, although probably limited to items thought necessary for NATO purposes. The decision is understood to have been reached after consider- able agonizing in highest circles and after consideration of these points: The administration is painfully aware of growing criticism in this country charging, as Sen. Clai- borne Pell, (D.-RI), put it earlier this week, the United States with "sitting on its hands when a coup is staged by forces of the right." The administration had to rec- ognizethat King Constantine of Greece, who now is cooperating, however reluctantly; with the mil- itary regime, had his wings clip- ped. Domestic criticism of U.S. re- luctance to condemn the military coup is based on a long standing dislike for military dictatorship, the jailing of politcal opponents and censorship. A specific reason is the con- troversial person of Andreas Pa- pandreou, son of former Prime Minister George Papandreou, now reportedly awaiting trial for treason. The State Department it was learned, is receiving considerable mail protesting the arrest and pending trial of the younger Papandrou and requesting the U.S. government do something on his behalf. The explanation is that Papan- dreou-who lived in this country between 1940 and 1959, served in the U.S. Navq became an Amer- ican citizen and head of the Uni- versity of California at Berkeley's economics department and was widely known and respected among U.S. intellectuals. Papandreou returned to Greece in 1959 and became his father's top aide and Cabinet member. His friends in this country dismiss the theory he became a Communist or even a Communist sympathizer. It is acknowledged, however, that he and his father have accepted Communist support during the un- happy two years of continued gov- ernment crises in Greece. Phillips Talbot, U.S. ambassador to Greece, is known to have been surprised and distressed by the April 21 coup. But he reportedly nursed the hope that King Con- stantine would not accept pas- sively what was the accomplished fact. This hope vanished quickly and now Talbot reportedly agrees with Washington policy-makers the United States is limited to pushing quietly for restoration of parlia- mentary democracy. The hope the regime will relax its present tight grip is admit- tedly slim. Recent statements by the three military leaders do not indicate any such tendency, infor- mants acknowledge. There is concern here that mil- itary dictatorship will o n1 y strengthen an underground Greek Communist movement. However, there is no sign now indicating resistance w o r t h mentioning against the military rule. Greece and Turkey are the two NATO nations which still need military aid in the form of grants. In fiscal 1966 the United States shipped $78.7 million in military hardware to Greece, but estimates for 1967 were about 10 per cent lower. Throughout 1966. Greece had received miltary aid worth $1.9 billion and another $1.9 billion in economic aid from this country. But economic aid gradually has tapered from over $200 million a year in the late 1940s to just $6.8 million in fiscal 1966. The State Department's official line still is that the U.S. aid pro- gram to Greece is under review- the standard formula used in times of crisis. While it now is acknowledged that military aid must continue because of Greece's role in NATO, the United States is expected to take a hard look on what will be sent. As one official put it: "We don't like the idea of American tanks pointing their guns at people on the street." Opposition To Johnson .Ra4 Proposal Secretary of Labor Rejects Making Plan A Permanent Solution WASHINGTON (P) - Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz reject- ed yesterday the idea of making the administration's proposal to settle the rail shopcraft dispute a permanent solution for all trans- portation emergencies. Wirtz indicated that he also op- poses a suggestion by Chairman Harley O. Staggers of the House Commerce Committee that the fairest congressional action in the shopcraft dispute might be to do nothing. ~ This would be fine, Wirtz told newsmen after appearing before the committee, if it forces the two sides to reach agreement. But he added that if it doesn't work this way, "I don't think this country could tolerate a railroad strike." Staggers offered his suggestion at the start of what may be lengthy hearings on President Johnson's proposal for a new 90 day mediation period with a com- pulsory settlement, if no volun- tary agreement is reachet. that would prevent a strike or lockout until Jan. 1, 1969. The West Virginia Democrat noted that rail unions have of- fered to make special arrange. ments to continue shipments for Vietnam and the public health if a strike occurs, and that under these conditions "it might be dif- ficult to establish the contention that a national emergency did ex- ist and thereby warrant any gov= ernment interference." New Turmoil INDIAN ELECTIONS: -Associated Press ADMINISTRATOR JAMES WEBB, second from left, of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin- istration, told a Senate Space Committee that the first manned flight of a newly-designed Apollo spacecraft will take place early next year.t Reschedule First Apollo Orbit OfEarth for Early Next Year Reported in South China Developing Upheaval Among Mao's Forces, Enemies in Clashes TOKYO () - Reports from Communist China yesterday indi- cated a developing upheaval in the turbulent southwest, where sup- porters of Communist party Chair- man Mao Tse-tung and his op- ponents were said to be clashing in bloody battles. The struggle centered in Cheng- tu, capital of important SzchWan Province, according to dispatches from Peking to Japanese news- papers. A wall newspaper in Peking claimed that the highest ranking Communist in the Southwest China Bureau had been stripped of all his powers as first secre- tary of the bureau and command- er of the Chengtu military districts The report, quoting a journal of the Peking Geological Acade- my, said Li Ching-chuan, the boss of southwest China, was accused of siding with Liu Shao-chi, the aging president of China and with Teng Hsiaoping, the Communist party's secretary general. Both have been under constant attack in Peking as foes of "Mao Tse- tung's thinking." Another man who once ranked high in the party came under at- tack in Peking. He is Ho Lung, a former vice premier and a mar- shal before army ranks were abol- ished. Ho is believed hiding some- where in Szechwan Province. A Red Guard rally in Peking yes- terday denounced him as a mem- ber of a group of party officials who had plotted to overthrow Mao in a military coup last year, the Japanese newspaper Sankei re- ported. Gandhi NEW DELHI, India (A)-Vice President Zakir Husain was elected the first Moslem president of over- whelmingly Hindu India yesterday in a victory for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who fought bitter religious opposition in her own Congress party. Husain, 70. vice chancellor of Aligarh Moslem University before he entered politics 15 years ago, was Mrs. Gandhi's personal choice. She had said failure to elect him would damage India's reputation as a secular state. Husain received 471,244 votes to 363,971 for former Chief Justice Koka Subba Rao, the Hindu nom- inee of seven opposition parties. Gains Support Fifteen other candidates trailed. The successor to Sarvepalli Rad- hakrishnan, retiring at 78 after five years as president and a long career as statesman and educator, was chosen Saturday by a system of voting among state legislators and members of Parliament. Bal- lot boxes were flown to New Delhi and opened yesterday.. It was the country's first pres- idential contest in 20 years of in- dependence. Opposition parties decided to put up their own can- didates after the Congress party failed to win in last February's general election the huge major- ities that had made its nominee an automatic winner in previous years. Husain Wins Presidency, See Change in Program To Pacify South Vietnam WASHINGTON (IP)-The first three man Apollo orbit of the earth has, been rescheduled for early next year, space chief James E. Webb said yesterday, but late 1969 is still the goal of a manned lunar landing despite the year's delay. At the same time, Webb an- nounced that the crew will be the backup trio for the astronauts killed in the spacecraft fire last January. They are Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra, 44, a veteran of the Mer- cury and Gemini programs, and two who have never been in space: Air Force Maj. Donn F. Eisele, 36, and Walter Cunningham, 35, a civilian. Webb and his aides told the Senate Space Committee of num- erous steps taken to fireproof both the spacecraft and the astronauts' suits and to provide speedier es- cape in an emergency. Webb said a 100 per cent oxygen atmosphere will be used, although there have been suggestions that a less flammable mixture be sub- Set Deadline for Completion Of Kennedy Round Negotiation GENEVA ()-Negotiators have set Sunday as the deadline for completion of work on the Ken- nedy Round of negotiations to lower tariffs and other obstacles to world trade. If the deadline is not met, the whole effort, launched in President John F. Kennedy's administration nearly five years ago, may fail. The decision yesterday to carry on through the weekend came after an authoritative source re- ported the U.S. delegation had threatened to walk out if no pro- gress was made "within the next 24 hours." U.S. chief delegate William Roth, President Johnson's special representative, was quoted as say- ing during negotiations on grains that he would return to Washing- ton tomorrow if the deadlock per- sisted. Agreement The agreement on the deadline was the first between the United States and the six nation Euro- pean Common Market, the world's two greatest trading units. They have emerged as the main adver- saries in the last phase of the talks. Forty six other nations are in- volved in the complex bargaining and more will be affected. Many World News Roundup billions of dollars worth of trade will be affected every year. If the talks succeed, trade will be stimulated all over the world, more foreign goods will be availa- ble and businessmen stand to make considerably larger profits. Some savings may be passed on to consumers. Failure would be a heavy blow to international cooperation. It is a possibility because President Johnson's power to slash American tariffs in half will expire June 30 and it is regarded as unlikely that Congress would extend it. Time is running short. It will take weeks to prepare agreements for his signature even when the negotiators have solved all their differences. Eric Wyndham White, the neu- tral who has been referring the talks, said: "All are agreed that it would not be possible to prolong the negotiating schedule any fur- ther and that failure to come to a general agreement by May 14 would necessarily lead to the joint conclusion that the Kennedy Round cannot be successfully con- cluded at all." Jean Ray, the chief Common Market negotiator, flew off to Brussels after an hour long meet- ing of the Kennedy Round steer- ing committee. stituted in view of the January tragedy at Cape Kennedy. The intensity of the oxygen fed fire was blamed in part for the inability to escape of Lt. Cols. Virgin I. Grissom and Edward H. White II of the Air Force and Navy Lt. Roger B. Chaffee. New Plans The revamped plans for getting the manned moon landing pro- gram moving again were outlined to the senators in detail by Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and George E. Mueller, his associate administrator for manned space flight. Their key points included: North American Aviation, Inc., will con- tinue as chief contractor for the Apollo program despite criticism linking it with the January fire. Frank Borman, a member of the investigating panel which sharply criticized both NASA and North American on the original Apollo program, is helping redesign the new space craft. The astronauts will not fly Apollo Block II until they feel confident it is ready to fly. Several organizational changes will be made in NASA's field cen- ters and in the pattern of Apollo contracting. Negotiations are underway with the Boeing Co. to extend its pres- ent contract "forthe integration of the first, second and third stages of the Saturn V along with integration of this system of the Apollo command and service module and the lunar excursion module," A third contractor will be se- lected "to make all modifications to standard vehicles which may be required for their use in the Apollo applications program." This is the followup after the initial lunar landing and return to earth. Webb said the third contractor will be picked in a competitive contract negotiation among Lock- heed Aircraft, the Martin Co. and McDonnell Douglas, Mueller told the senators that in redesigning the spacecraft and the space suits, all the recommen- dations of the Apollo investigating board were followed carefully. SAIGON WP)-A decision will be made soon that could put the en- tire pacification program in South Vietnam under military control. The decision centers on the role to be played in the U.S. mission by Robert W. Komer, a special! assistant to President Johnson. Komer arrived last week. The current pacification pro- gram revolves about 59-man rev- olutionary development teams trained to re-establish the Saigon government's influence in villages wrested from the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong have made the teams a priority target. In 1967's four months they killed 218 team members and wounded 299 others.1 Another 51 are missing and pre-1 sumed captured. There are some 570 teams, with a total of about 20,000 members. Many officials believe the program will fail unless security for the teams is strengthened. This se- curity is a responsibility of the South Vietnamese army. Komer, 44, is known to want the the military to assume control of the pacification efforts. Komer would serve as a deputy to Gen. William C. Westmoreland, com- mander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, in charge of pacification. Porter's replacement as deputy ambassador, Eugene M. Locke, would continue to handle the em- bassy's day to day operations, and would have overall control of ac- tivities of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office, and the U.S. consulate. Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine task force has been rooting out North Vietnamese infiltrators deep in the 1st Corps area while battles near the border held world attention, the U.S. command disclosed yes- terday. It said enemy dead in Op- eration Union totaled 346. By The Associated Press NUERNBERG, Germany-Nuern- berg banned the right wing Na- tional Democrats from conducting their party congress in the city today on grounds the city admin- istrators feared violence. There was a wave of protest yes- terday at the scheduling of the National Democratic party con- gress in the city where Hitler staged his annual Nazi party meet- ings. Shortly after midnight, the city issued a statement that it had received notice of planned protests against the National Democratic congress and even threats of vio- lence. WASHINGTON - The Senate passed 93 to 1 yesterday a bill restoring major business tax in- ,n.,.anivt ofa.. .rn+4n f.1 4n mxira sa Presidential candidates, major political leaders and newspapers refrained from raising religious questions. But as the issue sharp- ened late in the campaign, police guarded Moslem communities and government facilities against pos- sible violence. Indian Majority Husain's links with India's Hin- du majority are of long standing. During communal rioting in 1947, the late Jawaharlal Nehru went to Husain's home one night to pro- tect his friend by his presence. The son of lawyer, Husain re- ceived a doctorate in economics from the University of Berlin. He helped to found the Jamia Millia Islamia, a Moslem university near New Delhi, and became its top ad- ministrator at the age of 29. He will be sworn in as president Saturday as V. G. Gir, governor of Mysore State, is installed as vice president. Giri, a Hindu and the Congress party candidate, was selected by members of Parliament last Saturday over Mohammad Habib, a Moslem. LIBRARIAN TRAINEES LIBRARY TECH ICIANS Openings at The Chicago Public Library For graduating students from oIl fields of speciolization. LIBRARIAN TRAINEE POSITIONS Provide for work-study program in which Trainee completes re- quirements for Master's degree in Library Science while acquiring practical library experience. LIBRARY TECHNICIAN POSITIONS Provide an opportunity to assist professional librarians in an inter- esting variety of library science, without further educational re- quirements. INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE CONSIDERED IN MAKING ASSI GNMENTS. 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