THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACM: TIMPik THE 1~IICHICAN DAILY PAI~W 'rwvv * *~A~ .L**A~U~.~ A "I"F, irsnEr, Court Hears Levy War Crimes Plea Defense Must Show Special Forces Consistently Trained for Atrocities MILITARY THREAT: Egypt, Syria Place Forces On Alert at Israeli Frontier COLUMBIA, S.C. (P)-Defense attorneys for Army Captain How- ard B. Levy were given permis- sion yesterday to try to prove U.S. Special Forces troops are trained to commit "war crimes, genocide and crimes against hu- manity." The defense was told Levy will be freed if they can prove Green Beret troops as a matter of policy ,are trained to violate war crimes precedents. These legal precedents were set during the trials at Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II. A general court-marital is try- ing Levy, 30, a Brooklyn, N.Y., E.nvoyAsks *U.S. Asylum WASHINGTON (P)-Janos Rad- vanyi, top ranking Hungarian dip- lomat to the United States, has asked for asylum in this country. Radvanyi, whose rank was charge d'affaires, "has decided that he wishes to become a per- manent resident of the United States," State Department press officer Robert J. McCloskey an- nounced yesterday. "Our position will be in accord- Sance with the American tradition of extending refuge to those who seek it," McCloskey added. First to Defect Radvanyi is understood to be the first head of a Communist dip- lomatic mission to Washington to defect. He had been Hungary's charge d'affaires in this country since 1962. "It is our understanding he is submiting a letter of resignation to his government," McCloskey said. He said that the Hungarian raised the question of his defection with American authorities late Tuesday. McCloskey declined to say where Radvanyi is now. Carreer Diplomat Radvanyi, 45, has been a career diplomat since 1947. He served his country in Ankara, Paris, Bern and Damascus prior to coming to Washington. Radvanyi, a manual worker be- fore the war, joined the under- ground, illegal Hungarian Com- munist party between the two world wars. He was one of the first former workers to join the Hungarian foreign service after the Communist takeover in that country. Radvanyi is married and has two children. His daughter was in Washington for several years, attending Georgetown University. She worked on a part-time basis as the secretary to the Hungarian correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency. She returned to Budapest two years ago, married there and reportedly lives in Hun- gary. A son is attending high school in Washington while living with his parents. World N ew doctor, who is accused of refusing to obey a lawful order to train Special Forces medics, making dis- loyal statements and trying to coerce enlisted men into not serv- ing in Vietnam. Consitent Policy Colonel Earl V. Brown, the law officer-or judge-warned that a consistent policy of unlawful training of Special Forces troops must be shown by the defense. "Sporadic" incidents of atrocities would not constitute this he said. Brown added that in a \veek of cross-examining prosecution wit- nesses the defense had been un- able to establish "any evidence remotely showing Special Forces have been trained to commit war crimes." "If it's objectively true that doc- tor's talents are being used to com- mit war crimes, then I think you would be morally bound to refuse to train them," Brown declared. Based on Nuremberg The war crimes issue is being raised by defense attorney Charles Morgan of the American Civil Liberties Union on the basis of the Nuremberg judgments. The legal concept evolved at Nuremberg was that military. of- ficers can be held accountable for war crimes even though they acted under orders of superiors. "This will involve interpolating international treaties and it is the first time I know of that ths is- sue has come before a domestic court," Brown said. Morgan said the war crimes questions involves agreements made by the United States at the United Nations. He agreed that being allowed to try to prove the Green Berets are trained for atro- cities sets an international prece- dent. Morgan said he can show that the purpose of U.S. Special Forces troopers in Vietnam is "the eradic- ation of people in the South who will not be friendly to our forces." "We will show that those they don't cure they kill, because they have to," he declared. -Associated Press REBUFF DR. SPOCK LEADING A 200-MEMBER DELEGATION of the Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam, Dr. Benjamin Spock waited for President Lyndon Johnson at the White House gates for one hour yesterday. Spock said the President never replied to his request for an inside conference. During the demonstration Spock was hit on the head with an egg and called a traitor by a group called "The White Party" which according to one member is anti-Negro and anti-Vietnam. CHINA DENOUNCES BRITISH: Hong Iong Polce Get Control Of District After Night Riots CAIRO (R)-Troops poured out of Cairo yesterday toward the Is- raeli frontier. Syria and the Unit- ed Arab Republic placed their armed forces on full alert against what they profess to see as a military threat from Israel. As troop movements in both Syria and the UAR continued, dis- patches from Israel said the people remained calm. Israel has threat- ened Syria with military reprisal for acts of sabotage in frontier regions. Syria is reported to have called up some reserves. The Israelis are reported to be- lieve that Cairo's shown of force has been taken in a move to back the Syrian regime and to regain the Middle East spotlight. Cairo Activity The troop movements were ac- companied by a flurry of govern- ment and diplomatic activity in Cairo. The semi-official Middle East News Agency said David G. Nes, charge d'affaires of the U.S. Em- bassy, reviewed the Israeli-Arab border situation with Ahmad Has- san Fiky, the UAR Foreign Min- istry's undersecretary. UAR Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad discussed "the situation re- sulting from mass Israeli troop concentrations on Syria's border" with the Soviet ambassador, the agency reported. Agreement With Syria The Cabinet was briefed on "military measures undertaken by the UAR armed forces to cope with the situation in the light of the military agreement between the UAR and Syria," a spokesman said. Syri, n Foreign Minister Ibra- him Makhos has arrived in Cairo to discuss the situation. Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, deputy supreme commander of the UAR armed forces, held "a meeting of the utmost importance" with military leadeis, Cairo radio reported. The U.N. Peace-keeping Force in newspaper Al Ahram said. The request was forwarded to1 U.N. Secretary-General U Thant in New York. He immediately asked Cairo for clarification. A U.N. spokesman said Thant was concerned by the Middle East situ- ation. In Gaza itself, Ahmed Shukairy, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told a mass rally the organization "will keep send- ing commandos into occupied China, and these will be used in the battle to liberate Palestine." Meanwhile Jordan's a r m e d forces have been placed in a state of alert, Premier Saad Jumma announced Wednesday. He said in a radio statement Jordan considered Israeli aggres- sion on any part of the armistice lines as an attack on all parts. He added that Jordan was fully determined to stand by the side of any Arab country in danger. House Drops Rent Subsidies, Impedes Model Cities Plan the Gaza Strip-separating the Palestine, contilgenit after con- UAR and Israel-has been warned tingent, to destroy and burn." to withdraw immediately beyond Shukairy declared his organ- the Egyptian-Israeli armistice line ization had received "huge quan- to escape danger, the authoritative tities of arms from Communi s WASHINGTON VP) - President Johnson's "Great Society" pro- gram broke even in two fights yes- terday as the House voted to end rent subsidies and almost, but not quite, halted the model cities pro- gram. And an administration program to hold down the national deficit by selling government - owned mortgages and other securities was curtailed by $2.35 billion, All these administration pro- jects were included in a $10 bil- lion omnibus appropriation bill sent to the Senate after being chopped up by a coalition of Re- publicans and conservative Demo- crats strengthened by last year's congressional elections., The roll-call vote on passage was 347 to 56. Rent Subsidies Out Cut from the bill financing 20 federal agencies, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was the entire $40 million requested for future com- mitments by the rent subsidy pro- gram. HONG KONG ()--Police re- ( were being readied and Hong gained control over most of the Kowloon district early yesterday after an evening of anti-British rioting that surged into the area's main hotel and shopping streets for tourists. Small gangs continued to throw rocks, smash windows and set rub- bish fires. But police said they had broken up the leftist mobs of up to 3,500 screaming Chinese that had raged through Hong Kong's chief industrial and trading cen- ter. More than 50 police and at least that many rioters and spectators were reported injured. Authoriities put a 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew on most of Kowloon and moved 3,500 police into the district. About 2,000 other police Kong's 6,500 troops were put on alert. Huge demonstrations to support the rioters were reported for the third straight day in Peking. Pe- king radio denounced "British im- peralistic oppression." Outnumbered police used tear gas and wooden batons to battle at least three separate mobs in Kow- loon, on the mainland across the harbor from Hong Kong Island. But the rioters stoned police and firemen and pushed into the busi- ness district along Nathan Road, the three-mile thoroughfare lead- ing from Kai Tak Airport. As night drew near, police lines pulled back and the mobs headed into the tourist areas. Some police ran ahead of the rioters, herding Americans and travelers from other nations into their hotels. There were no reports that tourists were injured. Fire at American Bank Fires were started at entrances to branches of the Bank of Amer- ica and the Bank of East Asia and in the doorways of theaters, restaurants and shops. One mob pulled cartons of bottles from the racks of a soft drink truck and hurled them at police and passing cars. Young Chinese shouting the Chinese words for "'white devil" attacked a European trying to take pictures. He broke away. Another mob threw rocks at a British court during the trial of 30 Chinese arrested in three days of violence last week. Trial of 50 Say Contractor Mishandled Building of Viet Installations The rent program, born two years ago and financed previously with $32 million, was designed to encourage construction of private housing by supplementing rental payments for eligible low-income families. Additional funds for its con- tinuance were eliminated by the House on motion of Rep. Glenn R Davis (R-Wis) by roll-call vote of 232 to 171. Sixty-nine Demo- crats and 163 Republicans sup- ported the cut and 159 Democrats and 12 Republicans opposed it. Salvage Model Cities The model cities program, cre- ated last year to help urban areas cope with slums and blighted areas, was doomed by a prelimin- ary standing vote but salvaged by a later roll-call vote. Johnson had requested $662 mil- lion for the program and the Appropriations Committee cut this to $237 million. An amendment by Rep. Robert H. Michel (R-Ill) to leave the program only $12 million for planning purposes carried by a standing vote of 160 to 152, but lost by roll-call count of 213 to 193. Both the rent subsidy and model cities programs were opposed on the grounds this is not the time to embark on new and costly pro- jects which could be deferred until the government's financial situa- tion in view of Vietnam is better. Cities Great Challenge Leaders of both political partd joined in the battle over the model cities funds. Speaker John W. McCormack (D-Mass) told the House the problems of the big cities with their limited sources of revenue present a great challenge that Congress should meet. "This is only a small amount; I would like to see a larger amount," McCormack said. "We have got to meet this problem. It is here." GOP Leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan conceded that the prob- lems of the big cities must be solved, but he added that the bill already contained more than $1 billion for such urban programs as urban renewal and mass trans- portation grants. "This Congress is giving sub- stantial recognition to the prob- lems of our urban areas," Ford said. Admiral Reports Increasing Naval Threat From Soviet Mediterranean Sea Buildup ROME (M-The commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet reported a grow- ing Soviet naval challenge in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday. And in Moscow, the commander- in-chief of the Soviet navy ac- cused the United States of causing last week's two ship-bumping in- cidents during American maneu- vers in the Sea of Japan. Vice-Admiral William I. Martin said Soviet vessels have sailed into the middle of formations of his 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and followed U.S. ships for days. He called the Soviet buildup over the past several years a significant threat to the 6th Fleet-for 20 years the strongest naval force in the Mediterranean. "Undoubtedly an important mis- sion for the Soviet forces is to learn about our operations" Mar- rs Roundup tin said. "And in any event, this force is getting more and more professional and is an important threat to the 6th Fleet." Ships Near USSR In Moscow, Admiral Sergei G. Gorshkov said U.S. ships had come within 80 miles of the Soviet coast in the Pacific. He questioned what Americans would think if "Soviet rocket car- riers started training near San Francisco or New Orleans." He said the U.S. destroyer Walk- er caused the collisions by break- ing rules of the sea. In an interview in the Soviet government paper Izvestia, Ad- miral Gorshkov said, "American officers and admirals imagine themselves to be the masters of the world's oceans. They believe they can commit arbitrary actions in any region of the world." 'Impudent Actions' Gorshkov said the first of sev- eral "impudent actions" occurred May 9 when a U.S. destroyer ma- neuvered dangerously close to a Soviet destroyer and crossed its bow several times. The next day, he said, Soviet ships were seven or eight miles away when the Walker sought them out. He said the Walker had its fenders down to protect the hull close to the waterline and this was a sign it was looking for trouble. "Anybody who understands a little bit about the sea must real- ize that the commander of a ship that within 20 hours had two col- lisions must have acted with evil intentions," Gorshkov said. Doubts Planned Collision In Sesebo, Japan, Commodore Stephen W. McClaren, captain of the Walker, said he believed the Soviet destroyers that brushed his ship in the Sea of Japan were try- ing to force it out of position. He blamed the incidents on "miscalculations in judgment" by the Russians and said he doubted that the collisions were inten- tional. Read Admiral -Harry L. Harty Jr., commander of the aircraft carrier Hornet, joined McClaren in a news conference at Sasebo. He said he sighted six Soviet war- ships nearby throughout the ma- neuvers. "They bothered us, yes, but the )perations were successful," Harty said. 7 S 1 f c I 1 t t r R I demonstrators in another court WASTTINGTON (M-The Gen- was adjourned after a mob broke eral Accounting Office (GAO) ac-I into the courtroom. cused the Navy and a major con- Started by Strike tractor yesterday of haphazard The disturbances grew out of a management in Vietnam construc- strike last week at a plastic flower tion, and said this increased the factory. Riots developed after a cost of airfields, harbors and mili- clash between police and a Chi- tary installations. nese group outside the factory. Twelve men and women, be- The agency cited such things as lieved to include leftist newspaper "property being pilfered, stolen officials leaders, failed in an at- and misappropriated," use of tempt to see Gov. Sir David Trench. higher quality than usual mate- They warned that he "had better rial, and shipping by air instead be prepared to seee us tomorrow." of ship such things as darts and The British Foreign Office has dartboards. sent Communist China's govern- The contractor involved, a huge ment a sharp protest, demanding American combine called RMK- safety for British subjects. BRJ, replied that "a runway for an operational aircraft was much more vital to the war effort than y a well-managed warehouse com- ey plete with tidy paperwork." Inadequately Equipped Acknowledging that the pres- , R sssures of war and that some con- struction projects were under denied that Malley talked with enemy fire were in part to blame, Chou and termed his report a the GAO said: "fabrication." "Our survey indicated that branch operations for Congress, was based on investigations in Vietnam started last July and completed in October. The contractor said that the pressures of time and ofwar did not permit normal, orderly plan- ning and construction. The RMK-BRJ combine, with headquarters in Saigon, handled about three-quarters of the con- struction scrutinized by the GAO. The combine includes Raymond" International of Delaware, Inc.; Morris-Knudsen of Asia, Inc.; Brown & Root, Inc.; and J. A. Jones Construction Co. The GAO acknowledged that waste and inefficiency could not be completely eliminated in a construction program under war conditions. It said the report filed with Congress was not intended to "detract attention from the accomplishment of the contractor" in erecting war facilities. Foresee Arm Between Chi CHICAGO {P'-A newsman whoa visited Communist China in March said yesterday that top Chinese' I leaders believe a shooting war on Malley wrote that well-in form the Soviet-Chinese border is "pos- ed foreign diplomats in Pekin sible and even probable." were convinced that shooting in In another of a series of ar- cidents on the Soviet-Chines ticles, Simon Malley said Premier border already had occurred. H Chou En-lai had told him that said China gave no hint that thi armed conflict with the Soviet was so. Union was possible be cause "the The report quoted Chou as say Soviet revisionists will do their ing he was confident a change o best to crush the present revolu- Soviet leadeis would bring an en tion in China." to any border conflict beforei Malley is United Nations cor- could escalate into total war. respondent for the French-lan- guage newspaper Jeune Afrique and other African newspapers. His series is based on exclusive inter- 79 fs on W- - lg I- e e s of id it neither the Navy nor the contrac- tor was adequately equipped to handle the massive expansion of the construction program in late 1965 and the first half of 1966. As a result, the cost of the pro- gram was increased to a consider- able extent, although there is no way to reliably measure the extra cost sustained." The 108-page report by the GAO, which audits executive By The Associated Press PARIS-Tens of thousands of Frenchmen demonstrated yester- day against the government's re- quest for emergency economic powers as a 24-hour general strike slowed the country to a walk. The strike and the demonstra- tion were aimed at the govern- ment's request to the newly elect- ed National Assembly for power to rule by decree on economic and social matters until Nov. 1. ATHENS-Archbishop Ieroni- mos Kotsonis, former chaplain of the king, took over as the new primate of the Greek Orthodox Church yesterday and defended political freedom as a basic part of man's personality. Greece's new military rulers heard him in sil- ence. WASHINGTON-Sixteen of the Senate's leading critics of the ad- ministration's war policy banded together yesterday to tell Hanoi that they will "steadfastly op- pcse" any American pullout In Vietnam short of an honorable peace. Without moderating their criti- cisms of President' Johnson's course, 14 Democrats and two Re- publicans prepared to make pub- lic a declaration aimed at con- vincing the North Vietnamese that no amount of dissent at home will result in U.S. withdrawal from the conflict. They are saying that the alter- native of negotiations is ever-in- tensified war. Their statement was approved in advance by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The statement was signed by Republican Sens. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky and Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon; and by Demo- crats Frank Church of Idaho, George McGovern of South Da- kota, J. W. Fulbright of Arkan- sas, Frank E. Moss of Utah, E. L. Bartlett of Alaska, Lee Metcalf of Montana, Vance Hartke of In- diana, Gaylord Nelson of Wiscon- sin, Quentin Burdick of North Da- kota, Joseph S. Clark of Penn- sylvania, Stephen M. Young of New York, Robert F. Kennedy of New York, Wayne Morse of Ore- gon and Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island. 'Vi'i 1' views he said he had with Chou and other top Chinese leaders. Communist China has officially presents DANNY KAYE as THE INSPECTOR ~GENERAL II T! 2 T J I, STATE SAT,2 HEATRE MAY 476 Collingwood 8 P.M. 'til 11 P.M. OLEDO, OHIO Admiss ion $2.75 Reserved $4.25 IN CONCERT ULIAN CAN NON BALL" ~DU6ERLY a "mercy, mercy" and IS GROUP I _i i ',. B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION T Tomorrow H 11 I I """'"°"" I 11 ::