TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THRE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY . rx"n 1 Cljmr L y 'Alcoa Stands by Price Increase; Quarrel Rages WASHINGTON MP)-The alum- inum controversy grew hotter yes- terday with industry spokesmen defending their price increase and Democratic congressional leaders attacking it as inflationary. L. E. Hickman, executive vice- president of the Aluminum Com- pany of America, said Alcoa has no intention of cancelling its one- half-cent-a-pound price increase but he added: "Every price increase must be tested in the market place." In a flurry of statements from Democrats, party leaders of the House and Senate lined up be- hind the Johnson administra- tion's decision to release 200,000 tons of stockpiled aluminum. And most of them endorsed the ad- ministration contention that the boost is inflationary. A young Republican leader, on' the other hand, accused President Johnson of "blatantly blackmail- ing" the aluminum companies in an effort to control prices in all industry. State Sen. Tom R. Van Sickle of Kansas, chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, said the President "is now plung- ing his powerful hands into the pockets of private industry." In a speech for one of a series of $10- a-plate Young Republican dinners around the country, Van Sickle said: "On the one hand the President uses the national stockpile , to blackmail a major industry and on the other hand meddles with consumer prices in order to sat- isfy the demands of the labor leaders." House Speaker John W. McCor- mack of Massachusetts and other Democratic leaders cited defense needs and the war in Viet Nam as reasons for holding the price line. "There is a serious moral issue here," McCormack said in a state- ment. He contended that those responsible for national security had no other course than to or- der the release of the surplus. "This is not the time to increase prices," McCormack said. "It is essential, particularly when this country is at war in Viet Nam and our sons and husbands are dying there, that all sectors of our country act responsibly in sup- port of our men in uniform and in support of the national secur- ity." Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and House Democratic leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma also issued statements criticizing the industry's price in- crease plans and supporting the administration. Sen. Stephen M. Young (D- Ohio) described the price boost as outrageous and said the indus- try leaders responsible "appear to me to be too greedy." Hickman spoke at a news con- ference called to discuss govern- ment plans -for disposal of 200,000 tons of stockpiled aluminum dur- ing the coming year. He said the aluminum industry had agreed to buy 200,000 tons of the metal the day before the government announced plans to sell that amount from the stock- pile. He said the purchase agreement was reached by Alcoa, Reynolds, Kaiser and Olin Mathieson, the giants of the industry, as part of a long-range plan. In answer to questions, Hick- man said he would not say that the government was pressuring the industry to hold down prices. But, he said, it was a "striking coin- dustry proposals were that the cidence" that the government government would be in charge stepped up its program of sales Df disposals under its plan and the day after the first of a there was no provision for long- round of aluminum price increases range planning in the government was announced. program, he said. The four companies made their Hickman said the industry is offer to buy last Friday, Hickman interested in negotiating for dis- said, and government negotiators posal of the entire 1.4 million tons requested time to consult their su- of surplus aluminum in the gov- periors. ernment stockpile. "The next morning," Hickman The industry program, suggest- said, "government officials opened ed last Friday, called for the the meeting by reading a state- immediate disposal of 200,000 tons ment which turned out to be a and the release of approximately press release announcing the re- 100,000 tons a year until the sur- lease of 200,000 tons and this was plus was absorbed. given to the press later in the The government negotiators, day." Hickman said, insisted that 200,- Hickman said the effect on 000 tons of the metal must be re- prices of the government action leased immediately before there would "depend on the way the re- could be negotiations on a long- lease of aluminum is handled." range program. He added that The two principal differences the industry has asked for further between the government and in- negotiations. DEMONSTRATORS: Card Burners To Be Arrested in Private GROUP members initiated and carried out the Bookstore campaign GROUP KEEPS ITS PROMISES Vote GROUP for SGC All students are UN Committee Urges Halt cordially invited to attend T--.o Nuclear Arms Spread an International Tea to be held Thurs., Nov. at Jordan Hall from 11 "Vatican Asks Restrictions OfA-ArmAs Extensive Revisions May Reopen Debate On Nuclear Defense VATICAN CITY ()--The Vati- can Ecumenical Council's draft pronouncement on war was re- ported yesterday to have been drastically revised to spell out a condemnation of unrestricted use of nuclear weapons, even for de- fensive purposes. A reliable "source said the sec- tion on war and peace in the council's modern world schema had been so broadly revised that debate may be reopened on it. Revision Details Details of the revision were not learned but council circles took it for granted any changes gen- erally went against the views of most U.S. prelates, who had argu- ed for recognition of defensive nuclear weapons. If the Americans had prevailed in their arguments, revision would not have been ex- tensive. The document was debated in the Roman Catholic assembly last month, then sent back to a draft- ing commission for amendment in the light .of the debate. No. further debate had been expected. Debate Reopened While saying debate might be reopened on' the ;nuclear war sec- i tion, the council source said it was unlikely discussion would be resumed on other parts of the revised modern world schema. This would indicate no major changes have been made in these sections, including a passage on birth con- trol. Copies of the revised text are expected to go out of the bishops by the middle of November, giving them time to debate the nuclear section and complete voting on the schema by Dec. 8,. when the council is expected to end. Final Vote The bishops have been on a 10- day recess during which the draft- ing commission worked. The pre- lates return today to their meeting hall in St. Peter's. When the council fathers re- turn to work, they will begin final voting on a schema on the laity. This document seeks to give lay- men a greater role in Roman Catholic Church activity. Workd By The Associated Press LONDON-The head of Rhode- sia's judiciary, Sir Hugh Beadle, defied Premier Ian Smith's Rho- desian government last night by flying to London for talks with British leaders on the colony's in- dependence crisis. Smith was quoted in a number of reports as saying his govern- ment was highly displeased by. Beadle's journey, which he de- scribed as a private one. Chief Justice Beadle's dramatic move came after Smith told Prime Minister Harold Wilson the Rho- desian and British positions "seem irreconcilable" over the white- ruled colony's independence de- mands. 'Compromise Demands To Go to Geneva Vote Overwhelming; France Only Major Power To Abstain UNITED NATIONS (R) - The United States and the Soviet Un- ion joined yesterday in an over- whelming vote in the General As- sembly's main political committee favoring a quick resumption of negotiations in Geneva on a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. Of the major powers, only France abstained in the 83-0 vote for the compromise resolution, which asked the reconvening of the 17-nation disarmament body for urgent consideration of an agreement without loopholes to prevent an increase :in the nuclear club. Five other countries abstain- ed. Despite the unity in the ballot, however, statements by the Soviet and U.S. delegates afterward showed both sides still far apart on an actual treaty. The key dif- ference involves nuclear arrange- ments with the Atlantic Alliance. With the specter of Red China's newly acquired nuclear potential casting a shadow over the inter- national scene, both the United States and the Soviet Unionhave submitted proposed treaties. Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedorenko charged the United States with putting the military needs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization above almost world- wide desire for agreement on a treaty. William C. Foster, chief U.S. disarmament negotiator, said the United States would go back to Geneva with "renewed determina- tion" to achieve agreement. He reiterated the contention that the treaty proposed by the United States contained no loop- holes giving NATO members ac- cess to U.S. nuclear warheads. The eight nonaligned nations in the Geneva negotiations framed the resolution to bridge two rival resolutions put forward in the committee by the two major powers. WASHINGTON 1P) - Men who burn their draft cards in public are likely to be arrested-if they are arrested at all-far from the cheering crowd. FBI agents are under informal instructions not to lend them- selves to public spectacles by mak- ing arrests on public platforms, it was learned yesterday. Officials feel that to do so would multiply the publicity the protestors seek and make them martyrs in the eyes of their friends. Refuse Comment The FBI refused to comment on its policy toward arresting de- stroyers of draft cards-who, un- der a new law, face penalties of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. But five-self-proclaimed paci- fists who burned what they said were their draft cards in New York City Saturday left their Union Square platform as free men. And David Miller, 22, the first to be arrested under the new law, was free for three days before FBI agents seized him on a quiet street in a little New Hampshire village. It was a far cry from his nation- ally televised act of burning a card from atop a sound truck at a noisy Manhattan rally. Home Arrests Suspects may be arrested, the source said, after they have left the scene-preferably in the se- clusion of their homes. Another reason for the delayed arrests is that the decision on whether and when to make the arrests is to be made by the Jus- tice Department here. One of the considerations in making that de- cisio is the draft eligibility of the draft-card burners. In Saturday's incident, only one of the fisve men involved is eligible for the draft; the others are either too old or classified 4F. 4;30-6.00 P.m. Sponsored by International Center and International Affairs Committee of the University Activities Center ILU Soviet Missile May Violate '63 UN Rule What? -Associated Press SECOND LT. LAI VAN CU of the North Vietnamese army squats on the Pleiku air field after he surrendered to U.S. forces. IN VIET NAM: U.S.Suffers Losses As Raids Continue WASHINGTON OP)-A spokes- man said yesterday the United States is examining Soviet claims of "orbital missiles" capable of swooping down from space to strike targets virtually anywhere on earth. State Department press officer Robert J. McCloskey said one pur- pose of the examination is to see what bearing the alleged missiles have on a United Nations resolu- tion of October 1963 confirming promises from the Soviet and American governments not to sta- tion mass destruction weapons in outer space. UN Assurance McCloskey declined to speculate yesterday on how the Soviet mis- sile claims square with the assur- ance given the United Nations. The Soviet government display- ed in a parade Sunday through Red Square missiles described by the Tass news agency as being able to strike surprise blows from orbits in space. Red Square "We've seen the reports and the pictures of the parade in Red Square," McCloskey said, "and the claim by the Soviets that cer- tain of the missiles could be fired against earth targets from the first or later orbits. McCloskey said the examination is being carried on at a highlevel by several departments of the gov- ernment, presumably meaning the Defense Department and the Cen- tral Intelligence Agency. SORORITY RUSH REGISTRATION frwhom? FRESHMAN WOMEN SAIGON (YP)-In sweltering jun- gles, U.S. airborne troops fought a day-long battle yesterday in the notorious Zone D against a strong Viet Cong force equipped with steel helmets and clad in unusual uniforms. U.S. official said the American troops killed 110 guer- rillas and apparently drove the others out of their jungle fortress. In the air war, U.S. planes blasted another Soviet-built mis- sile site in North Viet Nam-the seventh in four days-but ,the cost in losses of American air- craft and crews was high. Raids Since Friday A U.S. spokesman said the raids since Friday near Hanoi and Thanh Hoa destroyed two sites and heavily damaged five others, but seven U.S. aircraft were lost and seven airmen are missing. Five others were rescued by heli- copters flying into Red territory. The loss of seven airmen behind enemy lines brought to 104 the number of American airmen miss- ing, killed or captured in North Viet Nam since the attacks on the Communist territory began last February. Hanoi threatened several months ago to bring cap- tured pilots to trial as war crim- inals but there is no sign it has done so. Moderate Casualties Troops of the U.S. 173rd Air- borne suffered moderate casualties in their clash with what officers estimated to be a main force bat- talion of Viet Cong in Zone D. LUNCH-DISCUSSION TUESDAY, November 9, 12:00 Noon U.M. International Center SUBJECT: "THE CHRISTIAN AS REVOLUTIONARY" I Speaker: BREWSTER KNEEN, Executive Secretary, Canadian Fellowship of Reconciliation when and where?. November 15-16 4:00-8:00 P.M., Stockwell, Lloyd, and South Quad (Hunt House) lounges For reservations, call 662-5529 Sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center i i I.News Roundup trying "by hook or crook" to keep Peking out. The exchange occurred on the first day of this year's debate on the China issue. * * NEW YORK-Dorothy Kilgal- len, first of the female newspaper columnists and a nationally known radio and television personality, was found dead in bed yesterday. She was 52. A heart attack was believed to have caused her death, although there was no official medical pro- nouncement. A member of her family said she had not been ill. An autopsy was ordered, but police called it routine. HAVANA-Prime Minister Fidel Castro's new "open-door" policy is not wide open. While assertingthat anyone who want to go can do so, the government has definitely closed the door-at least for a time-on two groups. One of those is composed of males in or near the age for compulsory military service-16 to 27. The other group is composed of technicians or other trained per- sons whose departure would upset production or services. Just who is included in that classification is unknown. L O *g* j*w LAGOS, Nigeria-A judge was LAST TIMES THIS SEASON I UNfProfessional Theatre Program-EN1IEIL YUCNTTHE HERAKIES TAKE IT WITHWILD DUCK by ARCHIBALD MAC LEISH The Pulitzer Prize by by playwright's provocative new play GEORGE S. KAUFMAN HENRIK IBSEN Diewted by Alan. Schneider The classic A new version set Designer: James Tilton American comedy! of the poignant drama costume Designer: Nancy Potts Directed by Directed by r Ellis Rabb Stephen PorterKETT Set Designer: James Tilton Set Designer: James Tilton t fheae 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M., Women's League, Kalamazoo Room November 17-18 On November 15 Rush Counselors will answer questions in the lounges of Stockwell, Lloyd and South Quad Hunt House from 6:45 until 8:00 P.M. 11 II I