TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAC.~ Th1RV1~! i rx4.XIJ A 11 AV 1: C1 zo Johnson Says U.S. Still tWilling To Halt Bombings Break Siege 4 Of. Outpost .By' Viet Cong Vietnamese Force, Air Strikes Support Pl e Me Resistance PLEIKU (P) - Meeting only scant resistance, a South Vietna- mese regiment broke through a r Plei Me outpost yesterday to sup- port 300 Montagnard tribesmen and a dozen United States advisers holding out for seven days against a Viet Cong assault. The enemy offensive, apparent- ly designed to clear supply lines from Laos and North Viet Nam, appeared to have collapsed. A U.S. military informant in Pleiku said the Plei Me defenders and Amer- ican and South Vietnamese air attacks had knocked out about 750 of the 1000 to 1200-man Viet Cong force.f The informant said reports from Plei Me, about 25 miles south of Pleiku, indicated .a regiment of North Vietnamese regularswas thrown into the fight. Imperils Supply Lines Plei Me, 210 miles northeast of Saigon, apparently was a cher- ished prize for the Viet Cong. Since U.S. advisers and the Montagnards set up the special forces camp there, supply lines running from North Viet Nam across the 17th Parallel and through Laos and Cambodia had been imperiled. Capturing the camp would have helped the Viet Cong keep the supply routes open to highlands areas now heavily infiltrated by U.S. troops. The South Vietnamese relief force dug in outside the camp-a triangle 150 yards long on each leg-because of a lack of space inside. It was expected the relief force would launch a search and clear operation. Wait for Ambushes The Viet Cong apparently were still in positions on a 150-foot- high hill overlooking the camp and U.S. military strategists in Pleiku said it was possible the guerrillas would wait now to strike at the relief force in ambushes when it pulls out after the clearingoper- ations. The armor-led column of South Vietnamese troops struck out from Pleku for Plei Me on Sat- urday and ran into a heavy Viet Cong ambush along the road. The Vietnamese relief force, however, had expected the attack and out- flanked it. With heavy air support, the re- y lief force broke up the 600-man ambush force, inflicting about 250 casualties. Give Up Offensive U.S. military officials said the Viet Cong guerrillas apparently had spent their power in the thwarted ambush and were forced to let up their offensive against Plei Me outpost. The camps' defenders sent out combat patrols against the Viet Cong just before the relief force reached the outpost. One U.S. of- ficer said his patrol counted 100 Viet Cong dead, some chained to their automatic weapons. The Viet Cong launched the at- tack last Tuesday, hammering the camp with mortars and machine guns. The Viet Cong then attack- ed the camp in waves but were turned back by blistering return 4 fire. Viet Cong bodies hung on barbed wire strung along the per- imeter. The enemy attack withered in day after day of air attacks by U.S. and South Vietnamese planes. -Associated Press UNICEF WINS PRIZE Henry Labouisse, above, executive director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ,(UNICEF) yesterday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for the organization. The prize consists of a gold medal and a cash award of $51,788. WILSON TRIP.- Showdown Expected In lhodes ian Visit SALISBURY -P) - Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson ar- rived in Salisbury yesterday for a showdown with Prime Minister Ian Smith and said he had come3 from London "to avert a tragedy." While 6000 Africans cheereda him, the British leader made it clear that he wanted at all costs1 to head off a grab for independ- ence by Smith's white Rhodesian government. ; Wilson refused to say what countermeasures the British gov- ernment would take if the Rho- desian government took the plunge for independence.1 Wilson's government haswarn-1 ed it would consider any unilat-1 eral declaration of independence1 tantamount to treason and re-1 bellion by Smith's government,1 which rules over 3.8 million blacks1 and 220,000 whites. Although it has its own govern-+ ment, Rhodesia is still a British colony. Britain has promised Rhodesia independence but not under the present system of Rhodesian gov- ernment, in which the black ma- jority has no say. Smith was not at the airport to receive Wilson, but Rhodesian officials said protocol did not de- mand Smith's presense. Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Walter Dupont was the chief Rhodesian official in the airport receiving line. Wilson said he wanted to ac- quaint himself with the feelings and views in the country and, secondly, to avert what in his opinion would be a tragedy if certain courses were pursued. Wilson emphasized he wanted to see anyone who had a contri- bution to make to the solution of the independence problem and that specifically he wanted to see the two. top African nationalist leaders, Joshua Nkomo and Nda- baningi Sithole. Wilson's government already has drawn up a plan of action if Smith's government does declare independence. The plan is said to include stiff economic and finan- cial sanctions and action before the UN Security Council-but no military force. No Indication That Peace t Would Result Fulbright Suggestion Brings President's Reiteration of Policy JOHNSON CITY ()-President Johnson, mingling light work with convalescence in the sun, restat- ed indirectly yesterday a willing- ness to interrupt bombing of North Viet Nam again if this1 might lead to the peace table. The chairman of the Senate1 Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. J. W. Fulbright (D-Ark), renewed Sunday a suggestion for another, longer interruption of air attacks on North Vietnamese targets to see whether this could help bring about peace negotiations. Asked for the administration's reaction yesterday, White House press secretary Bill D. Moyers told newsmen: Halt If Productive "Our position has been known on that for some time. We ac- tually did call a halt once, for, I believe, a period of five days. We have indicated that we would be willing to do it again if there were any indications from anyone else that to do so would be pro- ductive. "But we have had no indica- tions that another cessation of military strikes at military tar- gets in the North would change anyone's mind anywhere else." The President conferred with Secretary of State Dean Rusk on the direct line to Washington yes- terday. But Moyers gave no in- dication that Fulbright's proposal to suspend bombings for a more "reasonable length of time" came up. Discuss Dominican Situation Johnson and Rusk, he said, went over developments in the troubled Dominican Republic and also discussed Rusk's trip to Rio de Janeiro for a session of West- ern Hemisphere foreign ministers Nov. 17. Regarding the Fulbright pro- posal for another halt in bomb- ings, Moyers told a questioner that so far as he knew the senator hadn't consulted the White House about it in advance. The senator spoke Sunday on NBC's television- radio program "Meet the Press." Fulbright upheld his right to criticize the handling of foreign policy, such as United States in- tervention in the Dominican Re- public, and complained that things had reached the point that "if you speak out, people jump down your throat." No Censure The White House, Moyers said, certainly hasn't and wouldn't cri- ticize anyone for exercising the right of free speech. But he said anyone in public life who takes a public stand on something is going to be criticized himself," and Ful- bright has been in public life long enough to know that. Later on, Moyers' attention was called to Fulbright's contention that the Defense Department has great influence on foreign poli- cy, even though the President clearly is running it. Moyers answered indirectly a question whether Johnson feels the Pentagon is exerting an inor- dinate influence in this area. He said: "I think the President feels that the President sets foreign policy in this country. I know the President is not a militarist. I know the secretary of defense is not as much of a militarist as some critics say he is. I know the secretary of state is not a mili- tarist. I'm not a militarist." Bid To Hit Court Defeated State Legislatures Reject Convention To Upset Apportionment WASHINGTON (i)-A drive to call an unprecedented constitu- tional convention to reverse the Supreme Court's one-man, one- vote ruling apparently has failed, leaving the issue of state legisla- tive districting in the hands of Congress. Legislatures of 18 states-one more than necessary-have eith- er rejected or refused to pass the proposal to call a constitutional convention to override the Su- preme Court's decision that both houses of state legislatures be ap- portioned according to population. Under the Constitution, such a convention can be called on pe- tition of two-thirds of the states. None ever has been summoned in the 178 years since the Constitu- tion was written. Dirksen Amendment The Dirksen amendment, which would revise the Constitution to permit states to apportion one house of a legislature along non- popular lines, still is alive. It is due to come before the Senate again in January, in a revised form. A study by the Library of Con- gress' legislative referenceaserv- ice shows that 19 states already have reapportioned their legisla- tures to bring both houses in compliance with the court ruling by next fall. Revision Underway In another 12 states, seemingly satisfactory reapportionment plans have been approved but await fin- al court review. Of the iemainiiig 19 states, pre- liminary steps have been taken in 14. Court challenges are pending in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. Presumably, legislatures already reapportioned on the one-man, one-vote basis would be less likely to approve the Dirksen amend- ment--if it should pass Congress -than would legislatures in which rural minorities are dominant. Three-fourths of the states must ratify a constitutional amendment to make it effective. Dirksen's latest attempt to push his amendment through the Sen- ate fell seven votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority last August. But a revised version was forc- ed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Dirksen's threat last month to block a top-priority ad- SANTO DOMINGO (P) - About 2000 inter-American peace force troops, backed by U.S. tanks, mov- ed into the rebel area of this cap- ital yesterday on a peace-forging mission. Bands of youths ran through the streets shouting slogans against the United States and Brazil, whose soldiers make up most of the force. Once when a crowd gathered, Brazilian troops put on gas masks as if ready to hurl tear gas. The crowd dispersed. The operation was ordered. by, Provisional President Hector Gar- cia-Godoy and whipped up the anger of rebel partisans in the heart of the city. Three shots rang out during the early part of the predawn move but there was no official word as to what the shooting was about. The troops were called in to put an end to a wave of violence that has claimed more than nine civil- ian lives in the city in the past week.iThe deaths, resulting from shooting incidents, demonstrated that a considerable number of Speaker: For reservations, call 662-5529 SWAMI PARAMPANTHI, of India Sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center f 1 HALLOWEEN SANTO DOMINGO: Peace Force Quells Fighting IS COMING TO weapons remain in the hands of civilians. Almost all business activity end- ed in the center of the city. Most government offices were closed. There was no way of determin- ing, however, whether this was a result of confused conditions or of a nationwide general strike call issued last week by far left- ist factions. They ordered the. strike to force the early depar- ture of foreign troops and the dis- missal of Dominican armed forces leaders. THE CANTERBURY HOUSE IN ADDITION- SO IS BLIND SULLEN GRUNT RETURNING THIS WEEKEND ARE- Ed and Pat Reynolds Gory Mellen John Miller The Bobbsey Twins Tarzan Et alter BRING SOMETHING FOR HALLOWEEN a witch, a pumpkin, your datet WILD FOLK MUSIC-FREFOOD The troops, supported by tanks and recoilless rifles, started mov- ing into the city shortly after 4 a.m. Within 30 minutes they had taken over an area that rebel leaders once pledged would never be touched by foreign troops. Fatal shooting Oct. 16 of Angel Severo Cabral, a conservative po- litical leader, appeared to have touched off an armed fight be- tween rival leftist and rightist fac- tions who have pledged "an eye for an eye" war. LUNCH-DISCUSSION TUESDAY, October 26, 12:00 Noon U.M. International Center SUBJECT: "MEANING AND MYSTERY OF REINCARNATION" Open Fri. and Sat. 8:30-til 1.00 per person ministration billi to overhaul immi- gration laws. ... world News Roundup LI If f r .r a I [ ik l V' "- _ I yYr '4 " w1 J ! a- ,. .s.. 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