r:x ruxr WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1965 U~ A flu, 'Y'twtuuu, !°P!(.a b 1 "REV, West Doubts Kosygin Cure for Economic Ills MOSCOW (M--Western diplo- matic sources expressed doubt yesterday that the economic re- form proposed by Premier Alexei N. Kosygin will cure the Soviet Union's chronic economic ills. The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist party spent the day discussing Kosygin's program, which he introduced at the com- mittee's initial session Monday. The meeting was called specific- ically to consider ways to pull the Soviet economy out of the slump it fell into in the last years of Nikita S. Khrushchev's leadership. Kosygin called for greater in- centives for the labor force, more reliance on the profit motive and whittling down bureaucracy. 'Not Capitalism' He argued that the Soviet Un- ion is not going over to capitalistic methods and said his reforms "will strengthen the positions of social- ism in the economic competition between the two social systems." But well-informed Western dip- lomatic sources in Moscow said the reform would not correct the basic cumbersomeness of the Soviet sys- tem, directed from the top and stifling initiative on the opera- tion level. They predicted that the partial use of the profit motive, cost ac- counting and other capitalist de- vices could well add to the con- fusion and further set back pro- duction. Westerners said the Kosygin program seemed a halfway at- tempt aimed at holding the new group leadership of the Soviet Union together, and giving the people hope for better times. No Change Kosygin said that "bourgeois ideologists" were seeking to de- pict the difficulties of the So- viet economy as showing it would have to go over to capitalism, but he vowed that there would be no change in the basic principle of state ownership. Kosygin and the Communist party first secretary, Leonid I. Brezhnev, who took over from Khrushchev last Oct. 14, are seek- ing to solidify their power at the Central Committee meeting. Last March, the committee took up agricultural problems and pro- duced a program Western observ- ers regarded as having merit, but this was ruined by bad weather. The country is suffering another wheat shortage. The general Soviet public first heard of the economic reform when the party's paper, Pravda, carried the text of Kosygin's speech in its morning edition. The government paper Izvestia, which came out in the afternoon, also featured the 15,000-word speech. There was no comment. More Incentives The main change in the new Kosygin program is that it gives 1 1 1 I 7 3 l l c' Pak istan Demands Neutral incentive for quality rather than quantity. Under the new system a factory will be rewarded only on the basis of profit. Soviet factor- ies previously were rewarded for producing great number of goods even if they wouldn't sell. The new profit-incentive program is in- tended to reduce the pileup of these unwanted goods and to speed up distribution. Now a factory will not be-rewarded for produc- ing many consumer goods if the goods produced will not sell. Kosygin also hopes to cut down on the bureaucracy in the- eco- nomic system by eliminating two- economic agencies established' by Khrushchev in 1962. Specialized ministries will be combined with more independence for industrial managers in the daily operation of their plants. The Supreme Council of the National Economy and the National Industrial Man- agement Council are the agencies to be eliminated. Kosygin hopes that these eco- nomic reforms combined with re- cently granted shorter work week, more wages, higher pensions and lower taxes will stop growing dis- satisfaction over the scarcity and expense of consumer goods. The new plan should provide material incentives for the work- ers as well as allowing more di- rect contact between factories and stores by elimination of bureau- cratic state marketing associa- tions. Fundamental in the establish- ment of the new system is the de- cision to abolish the regional councils-in operation since 1957 -which directed the nation's eco- nomic management. Broader rights will be given the 15 republics that make up the Soviet Union in planning and financing capital investments'and in labor and wage regulations._w BOOKSTORE MEETING Thursday, Setember 30-7:30 Room 3-R, Michigan Union w w ALPHA PHI OMEGA'S 25th Anniversary Sale 1965-66 Student Directory ON SALE October 5-6 ONLY i ~UN Troops for .:. Viet Ran ers Battle Con ~AIn Pass Area North Vietnamese Protest Guam-Based American Bombers SAIGON, South Viet Nam (P)- Hundreds of Vietnamese rangers and Viet Cong fighters were battl- ing late yesterday in the Phu Cu Pass area, a U.S. military spokes- man reported. The Viet Cong suffered heavy losses last week in the area, which is 295 miles northwest of Saigon and 45 miles northwest of Qui Nhon. A Vietnamese army ranger unit reported that it was engaged with a large Viet Cong element, pos- sibly one or two battalions. About 600 men are in a govern- ment ranger battalion and 500 to 600 in a Viet Cong battalion. Meanwhile in Tokyo, North Viet Nam protested yesterday against the use of U.S. Guam-based B52 strategic bombers in Viet Nam and the shelling of Viet Cong bases in South Viet Nam by the U.S. 7th Fleet. 'Poison Gas' The protest statement issued by the foreign ministry and broadcast by Hanoi Radio also accused the United States of continued use of "poison gas in many places." The naval shellings and high altitude bombings "were indis- criminantely directed at villages, schools, churches and pagodas, causing many casualties, destroy- ing houses and crops and most seriously hampering the activities of local people," the statement charged. In South Viet Nam a Vietnam- ese army unit reported making contact at a nearby point with a Viet Cong group believed to be of company size. Tactical air strikes were launch- ed to aid the government forces. Since the Phu Cu action last week, 250 Viet Cong bodies have been counted by U.S. officers, and both Vietnamese and U.S. military men believe the number killed ex- ceeded 700. High Vietnamese military au- thorities at the scene said Sun- day that the Viet Cong dead were from the 18th Regiment of the North Vietnamese army's 325th Division. U.S. advisers at the scene agreed. Enter Highlands Intelligence reports some time ago said the 325th had entered the central highlands of South Viet Nam, but there were later reports that it had dropped from sight. Government losses in the action last week were described as mod- erate. A U.S. spokesman reported the death of three Americans in the crash of a chartered plane Mon- day about 25 miles west of Saigon. He said seven Vietnamese police- men guarding the wreckage were killed during the night by Viet Cong small arms fire. It was believed the plane was shot down as it was coming in for a landing at Bau Trai, in Hau Ngai Province. It crashed about 200 yards short of the airstrip. Killed in the crash were the pilot and copilot of the Air Amer- ica plane and Jack Wells of Col- lege Park, Ga., an official of the U.S. Operations Mission's public safety department. The mission charters planes from Air America, a private airline. Early yesterday 150 to 200 Viet Cong with mortars and automatic weapons attacked and 'overran a Ayub, you don't expect me to fall for T gag ...? PUSH CHANGES: D.C. Home Rule Opp Kashmirk Bhutto Asks Both Armiest To Withdraw4 Disputants Ignore n Cease-Fire Pact; 200 UN Observers Sent r UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (/P)- Pakistan demanded yesterday that the United Nations compel India to accept a U.N. force in Kashmir while attempts are made to de- termine the future of that disput- ed state. Z. A. Bhutto, Pakistan's foreign minister, proposed in an emotional policy, speech to the 117-nation U.N. General Assembly that both India and Pakistan withdraw their forces in Kashmir, and that they be replaced by a U.N. force re- cruited from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The proposal came as the Unit- ed Nations awaited anxiously the outcome of the Security Council's latest demand that' the two coun- tries honor their agreement to a cease-fire and withdraw' their forces to positions occupied before the outbreak of their undeclared war last month. Discouraging Reports from the India-Pakistan front were discouraging. Clashes were reported in India's desert- like Rajasthan state. Sporadic fir- ing occurred on other sectors of the Indian-Pakistan lines. It ap- peared both sides were breaking H 01(1the five-day old cease-fire at will. 'HAT oSecretary-General U Thant re- ported that nearly 200 observers had arrived, were on their way, or preparing to leave to beef up the U.N. observer corps. Bhutto proposed that the U.N. force remain in Kashmir pending n to the outcome of a plebiscite -to de- OStltoi 0 termine the state's future status. But Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri already has re- jected any role for a U.N. force in resolving the India-Pakistan crisis, and India officials also have opposed holding a plebiscite. ep. Abraham J. Multer (D- Bhutto reiterated that Pakistan ), who is handling the bill, re- would have to consider withdraw- d, "The facts are very simple. ing from the United Nations if rybody knows we couldn't pass the Security Council fails to work ill with automatic payments. out a permanent solution of the didn't have enough votes." 18-year-old Kashmir dispute with- he principal change Multer in a reasonable time. others made in the bill was to No Help inate a provision for automa- He said it would be dishonest payments from the Treasury for anyone to suggest that the al to what the federal govern- cease-fire mitigates the dangers t would pay the city in real that lie ahead. te taxes if it were a private in- Syed Mir Qasin, Indian minister try. without portfolio, told the as- he change would retain the sembly India would reply in de- sent annual appropriation pro- tail to Bhutto on Wednesday. Sar- ure, under which Congress it- dar S. Singh, the Indian foreign determines how much it will minister, will arrive in New York tribute. Wednesday to attend the assem- ongress now governs the city, bly. ng most tax rates and passing The Indian Defense Ministry nicipal laws which are admin- said 'its troops had "liquidated red by three appointed com- an enemy column" operating about sioners. 28 miles southeast of the road ome rule opponents had hoped leading from Barmer, Rajasthan, etain the Senate-passed auto- to the Pakistani town of Gadra, ic payment, so the new city now said to be in Indian hands. ernment coudl be more sure of Capture Village income. 'Our troops have also captured a village called Sachu, 78 miles northwest of Bikaner," an Indian communique said, and added that Pakistan occupied Sachu after the cease-fire was supposed to have 11gone into effect last Thursday. In another area, 240 miles ez de la Campa, also listed southeast of Rawalpindi, a Pak- ico City, Montevideo,sUruguay istani spokesman said six Indian Santiago as centers for' Com- army men were captured Monday nist traffic in Latin America. night while trying to probe Paki- e la Campa was former minis- stani defenses in the Khem counsellor in the Cuban em- Karan-Husseiniwala sector. sy in Madrid. There was no possibility of sep- arating the withdrawal of forces VASHiINGTQ -The Navy dis-in Kashmir from a withdrawal seastigtNthesad- along the western front, the in- ed last night that it has placed formant said. LENOY IMPORTS DISTINCTIVE GIFTS Mexican Handicraft Sweaters Pottery MAYNARD HOUSE I ! WHY NOT, DAMMIT? -SGC Committee on the University Bookstore Woolen Goods Sara pes Gifts 524 E. WILLIAM WASHINGTON (RP)-Opponents pushed for a series of changes yes- terday in a bill which would let citizens of Washington govern themselves. Republicans sought particularly to knock out a provision which would permit partisan election of the mayor, city council and other officials with federal employes participating. This would ease the Hatch Act ban on partisan political activity by government workers. The bill calls for patisan balloting in years between presidential elections. Washington registration is pre- dominantly Democratic. Home rule backers won two quick test votes on procedural questions Monday as the bill was taken up for consideration. They said the votes of 213 to 183 and 222 to 179 support their contention of a comfortable margin for pas- sage of the measure later this week. As debate began, Rep. Howard W. Smith (D-Va), chief strategist for the opponents, called the bill a monstrosity. He said those voting for the bill were plotting against their own constituents. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, the Negro Democrat from New York's Harlem, said the only reason home rule for the District of Columbia is an issue today is because a majority of its citizens are Negro. "That single shameful truth about this legislation obscures and overrides all other considerations. Deep in our hearts, we all know that the numerical fact of life about our nation's capital-that a majority of its citizens are black -has alone shoved the home rule bill into the watershed of contro- versial legislation," Powell said. Powell's prepared speech was released by his office for publica- tion in advance of its delivery. Rep. Joel Broyhill (R-Va) said the bill's backers "have admitted it is a bad bill" by changing it last week" in clandestine meetings or a smokefilled room." R NY) plie Eve a b We T and elim tic equ men esta dus T pres ved self con C fixir mu iste mis H to r mat gov its I World News Roui Differing Philosophies: By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-A fierce lob- bying contest is raging behind the scenes as a Senate showdown nears in the struggle over repeal of the federal provision authoriz- ing state bans on the union shop. It pits a lobbying task force from the AFL-CIO against the forces of the National Right to HAYNEVILLE, Ala:-An attor- ney defending a part-time sheriff's deputy in the slaying of a civil rights worker yesterday said he would show that the victim or one of his companions was armed at the time of the killing. The remark by State Sen. Vaughn Hill Robison, chief de- fense counsel, punctuated open- varn Me, and mu ID ter bas W clos WAYNE STATE: MICHIGAN: "The University shall continue to operate a bookstore whose purpose is to provide service to the students. In keeping with this general policy, the Bookstore shall sell books at reasonable dis- counts." (Wayne State Board of Governors, March 18, 1965) "Resolved, That it is not and will not be the policy of the Re- gents of the University of Michigan to encourage or approve