TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY a 4AA LI i 11 l Ili LY s Parliament Pushes Strict! Communist Registration Declared Unconstitutional S anctions for Rhod 1 E Government Peace Story U.S. Rejected Hanoi Offer in 1964 As Without Serious Aim j WASHINGTON (')-The State Department confirmed yesterday! that United Nations Secretary- General U Thant sent word in: the fall of 1964 that North Viet Nain was willing to enter into talks with the United States at Rangoon, Burma. The U.S. rejected the offer, a' State Department spokesman said, because "all our indications were that there was no serious intent on the other side." Press officer Robert J. Mc-I Closkey also told a news confer- ence that Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara did not join i in making the decision against: talks at that time. He said Mc-:, Namara may have expressed some opinion but did not take part in the decision making. Roundabout Reports McCloskey said that on a num- ber of occasions the United States: had received roundabout reports of contacts with the North Viet- namese. "On the basis of the total evi- dence available to us," McCloskey said, "we did not believe at any time that North Viet Nam was available for serious peace talks." Eric Sevareid, radio and tele- vision commentator, wrote in an article published in Look maga- zine he was informed of the 1964 situation by the late UN Ambas- sador Adlai E. Stevenson. Policy Determined McCloskey said that the basic U.S. policy on peace talks with North Viet Nam was laid down by President Johnson April 7. Johnson said at that time that the United States was ready to enter into unconditional discus- sions. Under questioning at a news conference, McCloskey said he thought that in 1964 the United States was willing to "enter into" meaningful talks" and he thought that was the attitude now. "I think we're insisting on the right to make our own interpre- tation onany initiatives proposed to us," he said. But, he declared the United States has not had any evidence that the Communist side in the Vietnamese war is interest- ed in peace talks. *; /, ' 'r ,.:: ----. 'x- r i WASHINGTON t') - The Su- ous risk of incriminating himself. preme Court held unconstitution- His reply to any of the questions al yesterday a law requiring mem- in the registration form, the jus- bers of the Communist party to tice said, could involve him "in register with the federal govern- the admission of a crucial element ment. of a crime." Forced registration under the Reverses Lower Courts R eaf rm s Subversive Activities Control Act Thus, the Supreme Court re- of 1950 is inconsistent with the versed the U.S. Court of Appeals F i f t h Amendmpnt guarantee here and set aside orders by the against possible self-incrmination, Subversive Activities Control Board: Cr1o SJustice William J. Brennan; Jr. that William Albertson of New: said for a unanimous court. York City and Roscoe Quincy ' The decision is believed to cast Proctor of Oakland, Calif., reg- P ow er Stand serious doubt on the government's ister with it.1 '1.P of the lir in the future to The Justice Department had move against party members. identified Proctor as a member of Tories Join Labor Increase Communist Activity the Communist party's national; To Urge Stroniger ~ National Communist leader Gus committee. Albertson. a Brooklyn Hall welcomed the decision as: man, was expelled last year by Economic Reprisals opening the way for increased the Communist party of New York.1 Communist activity. He said in LONDON (M)-The Labor gov_ New York "wherever it's possible,- ernment and the Tory opposition we're going to run Communists joined last night in a drive to for public office. This is some- push through Parliament a far-: thing we've always wanted to do reaching law imposing crippling and couldn't." sanctions on rebellious Rhodesia. Justice Department officials Atty. Gen. Elwyn Jones told the noted, however, that the ruling is House of Commons that Queen restricted to the registration of Elizabeth II, acting through her individual party members and said governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, is they will continue to prosecute the only legal government in the party members and said they Rhodesia. will continue to prosecute the par- But Prime Minister Ian Smith ty for failure to register under the of Rhodesia, after confronting 1950 law. Gibbs in Government House in Trial of the party continued yes- Salisbury, thought otherwise. He terday in U.S. district court here. told reporters Rhodesia "no long- Force Registration er has a governor." Asked if he The government has been try- would try to evict Gibbs from ing to force registration of the Government House, Smith said he party and its members since the hoped for a peaceful solution. 1950 law was passed. Ac rptmif fhad Aaian T-a Although there was no dissent, Justice Byron R. White, a for- mer deputy U.S. attorney general, noted that he took no part in consideration of the case. Justice Tom C. Clark wrote a separate concurring opinion. As attorney general in the Truman administration. Clark said he had advised Congress in 1948 that re- quired registration "might be held to compel self-incrimination." In 1961, the Supreme Court up- held a control board order requir- ing the Communist party to reg- ister. Under terms of the act, con- viction for each day's failure to register carried a penalty of up to $10,000 fine, up to five years' imprisonment, or both. LLENIC [ATION f ,. -a 't d ""Af/ l +' +*1 ,. .; . 1 )rses 0 i tAqU White Rule Smith stripped Gibbs of his powers in declaring independence { of Britain last Thursday in a row with Britain over British de- mands for ultimate rule by Rho- desia's 3.8 million Africans. Smith, spokesman for most of Rhodesia's 225,000 whites, refused. The House of Commons and the House of Lords heard Conserva- tive dissents on the bill to provide stronger economic r e p r i s a 1 s against Rhodesia. The dissents were made in the belief that the sanctions were punitive and too harsh. But the leadership on both sides was clearly in agreement. The Conservative opposition agreed in caucus to help Prime Minister Harold Wilson speed the bill through. Blame Conservatives In the House of Lords, the Mar- quess of Salisbury took the un- usual position of withholding any - blame from Wilson and the Labor party and laying it at the door of his own Conservatives, who creat- ed "distrust in recent years." Dr. Michael Ramsey, Archbishop S of Canterbury, told therHouse of Lords the sanctions were "an ef- fective moral instrument to achieve" a moral result. He insisted the issue was not one man, one vote or even major- ity rule, as such, but protection Mc- for Rhodesia's Africans to obtain n, di- "real progress in education, civil gency rights and freedom from racial discrimination." Salisbury Action As resul oIn e eson, tHali said the party will: -Publish a basic political pro- gram or manifesto within two weeks. -Call its first public national convention since 1950. An unan- nounced one was held in 1958. -Act to enter candidates in next year's congressional elections. Chief Spokesman Hall describes himself as "chief spokesman" for the party. He said the 1958 convention designated him "national chairman" but he has never used the title and it was never announced because of the 1950 law. Critics of the 1950 subversive law contend it puts party mem- bers on the horns of an impos- sible and unconstitutional dilem- ma. If they failed to register they could be prosecuted, fined and sent to jail. If they register, they tavethemselves open to prosecu- tion under the Smith Act of 1940., the law which makes it a crime to belong to a group that advo- cates overthrow of the govern- ment. Fifth Amendment The court followed this line of reasoning, putting aside all con- stitutional challenges to the reg- istration requirements except the one based on the Fifth Amend- ment protection against possible self-incrimination. This amendment, Brennan said, in the court's written opinion, is designed to relieve citizens "of the necessity of making a choice be- tween incriminating themselves Neil lHollenshead Joan Irwin Pat McCarty Don Resnick Ed Robinson for SGC' Vote POWER FAILURE: Officials Find Toronto Rela ~~~~CBredow CasdBaku World News Roundup By The Associated Press JAIPUR - Critical food short- ages have gripped much of Ra- jasthan state in . eastern India, Chief Minister Moharlal Sukha- dig said yesterday. He said 520,- 000 persons are hardpressed for sustenance. Severe shortages of food grains are expected in other parts of In- dia in the next few months due to crop failures. FT. GORDON - Former Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower's phy- sicians reported yesterday they are "immensely impressed" with their heart patient's progress. A report yesterday morning said the general had a restful night; that he is spending his time read- ing, resting and listening to mu- sic on a stereophonic record play- er. IA DRANG VALLEY-Despite a heavy pounding from B-52 bombers, a North Vietnamese ar- my regiment held its positions early yesterday against troops of the U.S. 1st Cavalry, Airmobile, Division in a valley between the Cambodian border and Plei Me. The American forces also held their ground after 36 hours of hard fighting but sweated out the. prospects of a new Communist attack at dawn. The attack by the B-52's kept the enemy bunched into an area two miles by one mile. NASHVILLE-The 1965 Tennes- see Legislative Reapportionment Act, giving the state's five larg- est counties an additional 16 ,;aftq and1 leaving- them lust severn J 1 7 j 7 1 l 1 f i i i i i j{t 4 WASHINGTON ()--The trig- failure ger that plunged the nation's at the Northeast into darkness last Tues- FPC wil day was a broken relay in a Ca- cials to nadian power plant near Niagara ary conc Falls, it was announced yesterday. The B United States and Canadian of- 1.2 milli ficials reported their findings aft- 400,000] er a week of intensive inquiry States t into the chain-reaction blackout, which r but said they still don't know the together origin of the surge of power that ing han tripped out the automatic relay. watts w Nor do they yet have recom- to Cana mendations to prevent future mas- The r sive power loss. one of Domino Collapse Beck's c Government and industry ex- device ti perts are still digging to find out and set why so many of the interlinked circuit-b~ U.S. systems collapsed like a row cut off t of dominoes and brought near- K paralysis to much of thehnation's The p most populous area as well as other fc part of Canada. them ou The broken relay was pinpoint- upstate ed by Ross Strike, chairman of the surge tu Ontario Hydroelectric Commission no other which operates a system on the Strike Niagara River. tre He said it was in his system's frequen Sir Adam Beck Plant No. 2 at ment bu Queenston, a village in southern Trans; Ontario four miles west. of Ni- ing plan agara Falls. system a Failure in Toronto to New 1 Strike announced the failure York, th in Toronto at almost the same ness ove time Chairman Joseph C. Swidler c of the Federal Power Commission Swidl was issuing a report saying the was sent "seems to have occurred" Beck plant. He said the 1 work with Ontario offi- "confirm these prelimin- lusions." Beck plant was producing ion kilowatts and taking kilowatts from the United under the grid system in power systems are linked to give each other a help- d. The 1.6 million kilo- 'as being fed northward dian users over five lines. elay knocked out was on the five lines feeding ustomers. The relay is a o measure load on a line a limit beyond which a breaker will snap open and he power. mlocks Out New York over surged over into the our circuits and knocked it. This poured power into New York systems. The rned south because it had place to go. said the rapid increase in cy tripped safety equip- t all of it didn't work. mission lines and generat- ts were tripped out in one after another, reaching in- England and southern New rowing a mantle of dark- r New York City. ent to White House er's report on the finding t to the White House, Sec- retary of Defense Robert S Namara and Buford Ellingto rector of the Office of Emer Planning. Secretary of the Interior art L. Udall says the bla points up the need for mor tensive pooling of electricity. Udall, an advocate of a na al power grid, said stronge between utilities might havea ed the failure. In remarks dressed to a Toronto audien indicated that both countries little choice about power p because of future demands. Mew- ckout e ex- ation- r ties avert- s ad- ce, he have ooling Prime Minister Ian Smith failed 'andrisking se in two confrontations yesterday to refusing to do evict Gibbs as he refused to budge By registerm from Government House. a party mem Wilson has warned Smith that any forceful eviction of the gov- ernor would be regarded as trea- son. Scattered violence was reported in African townships and police yere placed on alert. rious punishment for so." ng, Brennan wrote, ber takes the obvi- i LUNCH-DISCUSSION TUESDAY, November 16, 12:00 Noon U.M. International Center SUBJECT: "AN AMERICAN IMPRESSION OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION SYSTEM" Speaker: FREDERICK WALCOTT Professor Emeritus, English and Education PANHEL IFC UAC are sponsoring a BUCKET DRIVE for Ann Arbor Tutorial Project on Wednesday and Thursday Nov. 17 and 18 ... 8:45 A.M.-5:00 P.M. the Fishbowl, Engine Arch, Union Steps, and Diag For reservations, call 662-5529 Sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center ---- --- A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR PEACE IN VIETNAM Nov. 27 MASS MEETING SOPH SHOW a G. On November 7, The University of Michigan Interfraternity Council interviewed the candidates in tomorrow's Student Government Council eleeton. Subsequent to these interviews the Interfraternity' Council has endorsed the following candi- dates. ROBERT BODKIN AL GOODWIN NEILL ROLLENSHEAD JOAN IRWIN PAT McCARTY I. '65 III' I I T;A,,m+c AUiniinhin fl II