a SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3I, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY T A I-q w [Y'tf t154 .S. ... C T B R 1 9 6 H E M C H GNA L PAGE THREE 9 Neutrals Press China for Atom Talks UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (R)- Nonaligned countries are trying to find out whether Communist China would attend a world dis- armament conference if the UN General Assembly should call for one. Diplomatic sources said yester- day that 'the question was raised at a private meeting of such countries here last Wednesday and referred to those on good terms with Peking to be passed along to that capital. They said the main idea was to discover how to draft a resolution for the conference that would in- sure Communist China's attend- ance despite that country's pro- nounced hostility toward the United Nations. Cairo Meeting The Cairo summit meeting of 57 nonaligned countries in Octo- ber 1964 urged that the participat- ing countries work in the assembly to convene "a world disarmament conference under the auspices of the United Nations to which all countries would be invited." The main object of such a con- ference would be to bring into disarmament talks the two nu- clear powers not yet involved- France, which is boycotting the Geneva negotiations, and Com- munist China, which was never in- vited to those negotiations and does not have a UN seat. Before the Cairo summit took place, Communist China had pro- posed a world conference for a specific purpose-to ban and scrap all nuclear weapons, Campaign of Abuse However, when Indonesia an- nounced its withdrawal from the United Nations at the turn of the year, the Chinese Communists be- gan a campaign of abuse against the United Nations that culmi- nated in the charge that it had become "a tool of the United States" to facilitate aggression. So when 36 nonaligned coun- tries introduced a resolution for a world disarmament conference in the UN Disarmament Commis- sion here last June, they omitted the reference to UN auspices. Resolution Adopted The commission adopted the resolution 89-1 on June 11. Of the HOPE FOR RHODESIA: Royal Commission To Study Demands for Independence' nuclear powers represented, Brit- ain and the Soviet Union voted for it but the United States and France were among 16 countries abstaining. Now that the assembly is about to take up the question, the Unit- ed Arab Republic has drafted a tentative resolution, which was shown last Wednesday to dele- gates from other countries that attended the Cairo summit. Diplomats generally expect that the assembly will call for a world disarmament conference to be held toward the end of 1966. 1 i 1 l Marines Win in Viet Battle 1 i 1 l Sanctioning Vietnamese Involvement Reaction Varies From Fruitcakes To Demonstrations By The Associated Press While Americans across the na- tion found ways yesterday to show their support of U.S. policy on Viet Nam-the ways ranging from an "Operation Fruitcake"-in Rich- mond, Va., to a mass march down New York City's Fifth Avenue- students from other nations show- ed varied reaction to U.S. policies. Through demonstrations, gift collection campaigns, letters, and blood donor drives, young and old citizens came forward to ex- press support for American troops in Viet Nam and approve their presence there. The Fifth Avenue parade, like most of the other expressions" of support of President Johnson's Viet Nam policy, came about as an answer to recent draft card burnings and other demonstra- tions against U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. 'Victory' Signs Signs carried by the marchers read "Victory Over Viet Cong" and "Fight the Reds in Viet Nam and New York ,City." Many marchers held small American flags. There were several incidents when antiwar demonstrators ap- peared on the sidelines with a sign or a remark against Viet- namese involvement. One' man with a sign reading "Profits Equal Murder" was pummeled by about 40 marchers and suffered head and rib injuries. At the head of the parade were five metropolitan area men who have won ' the nation's highest military decoration, the Congres- sional Medal of Honor. Young and Foolish One of the marching medal holders, John Meagher, of Jersy City, N. J., dismissed the Oct. 16 antiwar marchers as "young and foolish." "When they grow older," he said, "they'll realize how foolish they were." The "Operation Fruitcake" was the idea of the Woodman Civic Assn. of Richmond. The fruit- cakes were sold at shopping cen- ters, and each cake will be sent to a serviceman in Viet Nam with a Christmas card from the pur- chaser. Worldwide Student Opinion Meanwhile, on the whole, a sampling of student opinion on three continents suggests the U.S. image has not fared as badly as the clamor often raised by the vocal left might indicate. A Philippino student feels "Red China is helping-North Viet Nam, so the United States should help S South Viet Nam." A Latin American youth boils at the word "intervention," and thus condemns the American role in Southeast Asia as he sees it. Many European students could not care less about the U.S. role in Viet Nam. The demonstrations, teach ins, draft card burnings and the like in the United States have cap- tured student attention abroad. But sympathy, or lack of it, de- pends upon the individual student, his background, his area, his poli- tical orientation and his own nation's problems. Japan's campus publications constantly discuss Viet Nam and authorities say almost all oppose U.S. actions. Some students profess to be favorably impressed by draft card burnings in the United States end some, even though describ- ing themselves as moderate in view, agree that the Americans ought to give up trying to solve the Indochina problems with arms. -Associated Press VIET CONG ARE REPORTED to be building their forces in highlands north, of Saigon, shaded area (A). U.S. Marines today killed 56 Viet Cong in a "human wave" assault-on their position south of Da Nang (B), while another guerrilla force fired mortars at the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me (C). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Peace Force Troops Destroy Restaurant in Rebel Sectionl. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ()-Brazilian troops in the inter-American Peace Force shot up a seaside restaurant in the rebel zone of Santo Domingo yesterday, killing a waiter. The shooting followed an argument involving, civilians after a Brazil- ian soldier was refused service. None of the other patrons was hurt by the hail of bullets that badly damaged the restaurant. A spokesman for the Peace Force said an investigation was under way and that there would be no immediate comment. The incident was one in the series of violent acts that have claimed 15 lives since the assas- sination of a conservative poli- tical leader Oct. 16. Four workers were shot and kill- ed Friday in a clash with police at a nearby sugar mill. Details of the shooting at the Cesare Restaurant on George Washington Avenue, only a block from a police station, were given by Vittorio Torino, an Italian na- tional and part owner of the res- World News. Roundup By The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India-The De- fense Ministry reported 10 to 12 Chinese soldiers intruded about 100 yards into the Indian pro- tectorate of Sikkim on the Sabu Pass in midweek and withdrew when engaged by Indian border troops. * * * MOSCOW-The Soviet Union yesterday announced a second series of booster rocket shots in the Pacific Ocean area for the next two months. Another series was announced Friday. KEY WEST, Fla. - A Coast Guard cutter brought in 50 Cu- bans yesterday from distressed craft of the motley refugee flee't. And from Havana came indica- tions that a few more exile boats will be allowed to load passengers in Cuba despite an announced suspension of the pickup. * * * JOHNSON CITY, Tex - The White House announced yesterday that President Johnson has signed a bill granting a 3.6 per cent pay, increase to 1.8 million federal em- ployes, including postal workers. The pay raise is the second for federal workers in two years. * * * JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (IFP) -- New no-silver 25-cent pices with a copper-colored edge will go into circulation Monday, President Johnson announced yesterday. The new coins will circulate side by side with old quarters having a 90 per cent silver content. The new model is a three-layered item with heads and tails of a copper- nickel alloy bonded to a core of pure copper. * * * BONN-The West German gov- ernment announced a 14-day sur- vival ration kit costing -$5 per personrwillnbe marketed to help householders comply with a law effective Jan. 1 requiring storage of a fortnight's food supplies for use in case of war and disaster. The ration has been tested on men and women living in separate shelters-starting with about half the normal German calorie intake and tapering off from there. VATICAN CITY - The Vatican Ecumenical Council began a 10- day recess yesterday that could bring action on a long awaited papal letter on mixed marriages. As a preliminary for preparing for the postcouncil period, the cardinals anounced a 10-day per- iod of daily 2%-hour spiritual re- treats and invited all council fathers to attend them. taurant, which caters to pro-rebel patrons., Torino gave this version: A Brazilian soldier ordered a soft drink. When he was served, about 50 other patrons left in protest. The soldier was told he could not be served again and left. The patrons returned. Soldier Returns Shortly aftr midnight the same soldier came back and engaged a Dominican civilian in conversa- tion. Some of the patrons became angry and argued with the Do- minican. A scuffle ensued. A jeep- load of inter-American military police, including Brazilians and an American, arrived. The Brazilians in the jeep opened fire. Soon other Brazilians, posted along the seashore across the street, also be- gan shooting at the restaurant. "We all had our hands up but they kept shooting," said Torino. "It was then that the waiter was struck in the head. If it hadn't been for the American soldier who quieted down the Brazilians, Lord knows what would have happen- ed." Passive Resistance Some rebel sympathizers in the downtown sector are practicing a form of passive resistance to the occupation of the former rebel zone by inter-American Peace Force troops by refusing them requests for food or water or the use of bathroom facilities. Much of the population, however, is eith- er indifferent or friendly to the troops. Some demonstrations against the Peace Force also have been held, including another small one yes- terday morning that was quickly dispersed without force. The Brazilians have come under sharp criticism from Dominicans for their tactics in dispersing dem- onstrators. In other developments: -U.S. tanks used in the occupa- tion of the central part of Santo Domingo earlier this week were withdrawn to the outskirts. But 2000 troops remained. Cong Forces Attack Camp, Kill Threea First 'Human Wave' Assault Pushed Back, 56 Viet Cong Dead SAIGON, South Viet Nam ()- A company of U.S. Marines met and vanquished a Viet Cong hu- man wave assault, the first thef Red guerrillas have triednagainst the Leathernecks, at a tent campI 10 miles southwest of Da Nangi yesterday. The Marine camp was the major target in a flurry of Viet Cong strikes that included mortar shell- ing of the Special Forces camp at Plei Me in the central highlands,1 where U.S. and Vietnamese reliefs forces broke a week-long siege1 Monday. Others were made in the Mekong Delta. A U.S. military spokesman said the 300-man Marine force and supporting jet fighters, in an hour-long predawn fight, killed 56 Viet Cong, many of them teen- agers that the Marines thought had just been conscripted from nearby vilages. Moderate Losses Marine losses were officially de- scribed as moderate. However, men on the scene said the Viet Cong killed three Marines at a nine-man outpost in the opening phase and one squad of 14 was eliminated in the close quarter fighting that followed, withtwo killed and the others wounded. The camp is one of many hill- side posts established as the outer defense of the Da Nang Air Base, 380 miles northeast of Saigon, from which U.S. and South Viet- namese squadrons fly against both the Viet Cong and Communist North Viet Nam. A picked group of 100 from a guerrilla detachment estimated at 300 to 400 launched the attack at 2:30 a.m., little more than 48 hours after the Viet Cong suicide squads wrought havoc among planes and helicopters on Marine air strips at Marble Mountain and Chu Lai, in the same general area. Turned Back Gunfire and hand-to-hand fighting turned them back. "We dropped a lot of Viet Cong with pistols," said Sgt. Harry Dowdy of Salisbury, Md. "They came right up to our holes." Leatherneck patrols moved out in pursuit after the Viet Cong survivors pulled back. But they returned empty handed. The city of Da Nang was tem- porarily placed off limits to all U.S. military personnel because of the guerrilla activity and the fact that Monday is a Vietnamese holi- day, in which Viet Cong agitators might stir up trouble. About 30,000 U.S. servicemen are based in the Da Nang area. New Offensive Yesterday's activity suggested the guerrillas may be on the verge of a new offensive to prove that the military buildup of the Unit- ed States, which now has about 150,000 men in Viet Nam, has not blunted the determination of the Red high command. Senior U.S. military sources in Saigon said Communist North Viet Nam has infiltrated fresh troops into the central highlands for what could be one of the show- down battles of the war. They said 10 or 11 Communist regiments are roaming the area now and seven of these are North Viet- namese units.I 11 SALISBURY, Rhodesia ({)-The prime ministers of Britain and Rhodesia agreed yesterday on a proposed royal commission to study the African colony's demand for independence, easing slightly the deadlock that has gripped ne- gotiations. Prime Minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia warned, however, that if the commission doesn't deliver results, "it would be the end of the road" and his white minority government would resort to "the other step," a unilateral declara- tion of independence. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, in a statement before leaving Salisbury after a week of talks, also had words of warning to both the black nationalists and the white Rhodesians. He told the nationalists Britain would not use force to bring in a one-man, one- vote law, and he told the whites that if Rhodesia should unilater- ally declare independence, Britain would counter with economic, poli- tical and constitutional measures. Smith told a cheering crowd in Rusape that if Wilson had not flown to Salisbury for the talks, "the country would have taken its independence-it would have been done and over." He said Rhodesians must be patient and wait several months for a negotiated independence. He added: "If negotiations break down, we will carry out the inevitable step." There was wild cheering and shouting. The Rhodesian leader indicated a decision could be forthcoming sooner than in several months, however. He said the royal com- mission's most difficult step would be to produce an agreement re- garding the present Rhodesian Constitution, adopted in 1961. "It is possible that the exercise may fall down over this step, in which case we will know in a couple of days whether we have come to the end of the road," he said. Wilson, at his final news con- ference here, said, "The door is open for agreement." He said hopes lie in the royal commission to solve the constitu- tional problem that lies in the way of Britain's granting independence to his self-governing colony. Smith's white government has threatened a declaration of in- dependence that would allow Rho- desia's 3.8 million blacks little or no say in governmental affairs. "LOVE IS INTERNATIONAL FORMAL DRESS TICKETS: $3.50/couple Sale starts Nov. 2 at International Center PROCEEDS: Foreign Students Emergency Loan Fund "1 4 A Political and economic power now lies in the hands of 225,000 whites, mostly of British heritage. Wilson came here Monday and had talks with 126 Rhodesian leadeers of opinion. They included two banned African nationalist leaders, Joshua Nkomo and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. They head rival groups but Wilson man- aged to get them to sit down to- gether under his chairmanship. Wilson made it clear to them that Britain is not willing otuse military measures to get the 1961 Rhodesian constitution changed and that time would have to elapse before the "one man, one vote" goal can be achieved. GUILD HOUSE 802 MONROE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1965 NOON LUNCHEON DISCUSSION LUNCH 25c PLACE: Michigan Union Ballroom TIME: Nov. 12-8:30 P.M. MUSIC: Maximilian Band E ARE YOU MISSING IMPORTANT PHONE CALLS? For NEW, LOW-RATE residential telephone answering service CALL 665-8657 1i SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 and MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 WILLIAM Author of four books, contributor to legal and theological journals, visit- ing lecturer to numerous law and theological schols, Stringfellow is a lawyer and Episcopal layman who does not try to speak for Negroes and Puerto Ricans in the Harlem ghetto but who does underline the failure of the American legal system to provide equal justice for the poor, and the re- luctance of the churches to "be in- volved in the racial crisis beyond the point of pontification." STRINGFELLOW LL.B. (Practicing Attorney in Harlem, author and lecturer) SUNDAY, 7:15 p.m.: "The Scandal of the Church" Lutheran Student Center, Hill Street at South Forest Ave MONDAY, 4:15 p.m.: University Lecture "The Challenge of Harlem to the Renewal of the Church" Multipurpose Rm., Undergrad Library "It was to Harlem that I came from the Harvard Law School. I came- to Harlem to'live, to work there as a lawyer, to take some part in the politics of the neighborhood, to be a layman in the Church there. It is now seven years later. In what I now relate about Harlem, I do not wish to indulge in horror stories, though that would be easy enough to do." I :I TODAY 2:00 & 8:00 DWIGHT MACDONALDI ll IC ' --MY PEOPLE IS THE ENEMY, I William Stringfellow i i I