PAGE THREE 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE hastri Dies fter i nin act TASHKENT OP)-India's Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died last night, a few hours after he signed a limited agreement with Pakistan to pull back their oppos- ing forces. He was 61. Home Minister Gulzarilal Nan- da was sworn in early this morn- ing as the new prime minister of India. President Sarvepalli Radhak- rishnan administered the oath of office in the presidential office shortly after the announcement of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's death in Tashkent, So- viet Union. Suffers Heart Attack Nanda had acted as prime min- ister immediately after Jawahar- lal Nehru's death in 1964 and had tried to hold on to the job. The 5-foot-2, 110-pound Shas- tri was felled by a heart attack, the soviet news agency Tass said. He had a history of heart dis- ease, having been stricken by a serious attack in 1959. He became ill again in June, 1964, shortly after he succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as leader of India's millions. Shastri was to have seen Presi- dent Johnson next month on a postponed visit to the United States. Pakistan's President Ayub Khan, with whom Shastri signed the "Declaration of Tashkent," saw President Johnson in Wash- ington last month. Shastri had been scheduled to fly back to New Delhi Tuesday after agreeing with Ayub on elim- inating most of the after effects of the 22-day undeclared war be- tween their countries last Sep- tember. Shastri arrived in Tashkent Jan. 3 at the invitation of Pre- mier Alexei N. Koskgin of the Soviet Union to discuss peace be- tween India and Pakistan. No Kashmir Settlement Shastri and Ayub solved no basic quarrels in their Tashkent meeting. But they agreed to start with- sectors. drawing troops from each other's soil and to strive for peace. They sidestepped, however, the quarrel over Kashmir, which touched off two wars in South Asia in 18 years, and official spokesmen of both sides imme- diately differed on terms of the of differences but wary of grow- son described Shastri's death asj declaration and how they will be ing Soviet influence among the "a grievious blow to the hopes ofj implemented. feuding inheritors of British India. mankind for peace and progress." Troop Withdrawal Soviet officials, who see their He said Shastri had "proved a' Aside from Kashmir, the most influence greatly strengthened fitting successor to Pandit Nehru difficult - and dangerous - now in both India and Pakistan, by holding aloft the highest ideals problem to be worked out is how were joyous at the outcome. One of Indian democracy." to withdraw divisions of armed Soviet official quipped to a news- Press secretary Bill D. Moyers troops from along a 1,500-mile man, "Now we will take our team said Secretary of State Dean Rusk cease-fire line stretching from to Viet Nam and maybe something gave Johnson the news of Shas- the Kashmir Mountains in the will come of it." tri's death. north to near the Arabian Sea in Credit Kosygin Calls Death Tragic India's southwest: Indian and Pakistani officials Moyers read newsmen the fol- India and Pakistan hold thou- credited Kosygin with hauling the lowing statement by Johnson: sands of square miles of each conference out of a deadlock that "Our nation mourns the death; other's territory, not only in Kash- stretched through almost the en- of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur mir but elsewhere. tire eight days Shastri and Ayub Shastri of India. As leader of the India struck across the inter- have been here. world's largest democracy, he had! ..., +....... .C..«+;.., .« C...+ + ..-a 1- -, A A,,,L, lv n ai rea g inz a o pn iai pnninc an Singh made nouncement of and aides later his passing. Soviet Premier gin, Shastri's ho stood in the foyer in hand, and ca great humanist o Kosygin arriv with his foreign A. Gromyko. the official an- ist-minded leader into the pre- Shastri's death, miership. gave details of The choice of Nanda could be a step in that direction. Alexi N. Kosy- New Ministers Sworn In )st in Tashkent, The question now is how Nanda r of the villa, hat will set out to fulfill the terms alled Shastri "a of the agreement Shastri reached f our time." with Ayub to strive for peace. ed at the villa Sworn in with Nanda were the minister. Andrei information and broadcasting minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, and national frontier on Sept. 6 and carved out chunks of West Pakis- tan in the Lahore and Sialkot Mixed Reactions Pakistan hit deep into India's; desert-like Rajasthan State in the southwest and, to a lesser extent, the Punjab in the north. President Johnson and UN Sec-l retary-General U Thant welcomed the agreement. The British re- action was mixed. British officials, were glad the two nations seemed 1 to be moving toward a settlement Shastri and Ayub twice nearly" severed communications with each. other and both times Kosygin; stepped in to get things moving1 again. Kosygin's final effort started Sunday morning and before he went home Monday morning, he had seen both leaders three times.I Johnson Statement The Indian nation was told Shastri's body will be flown home from Tashkent this morning. In Washington, President John- already gained a special place in American hearts. His tragic loss, after fruitful discussions at Tash-1 kent, is a grievous blow to the hopes of mankind for peace andl progress. Shastri died at 1:32 a.m..--2-32 EST yesterday-in a country villa he was using outside TashkentX during Soviet-sponsored talks with President Mohammed Ayub Khan of Pakistan. Kosygin Praises Shastri Indian Foreign Minister Swar-I Expresses Sympathy "He was a great man," KoskginI said, "a great humanist of our time . . . a man who wanted to do much for his people. "I would like to express pro- found condolences to the Indian' people."I Then Kosygin sat on a low stool beneath coats hanging on a wall rack, signed the Indian dele- gation's visitor's book, and left5 the villa.s New Uncertainties Shastri's death injected new un- certainties into Southeast Asia. Ever since hostilities flared with; Pakistan there had been mounting pressures in India for the eleva- tion of a stronger, more national- a new finance minister. Sachin- dra Chaudhuri. The oaths were administered to them and Nanda at 3:15 a.m. The Congress party in Parlia- ment will have to meet to elect formally a new leader in succes- sion to Shastri. Nanda was ex- pected to be approved. News Shocks India Shastri will be cremated on the banks of the sacred Jumna River, his family indicated. The time will be fixed by the government because it will be a state funeral. The news was received with shock, especially as it came at the end of what were considered here as his successful Tashkent talks. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI .s. Diplomat Mec its Viet Peace GEORGIA LEGISLATURE: ong Rights Worker Official, WASHINGTON (,P)-A U.S. dip-; can and Hanoi representati lomat has met with a Hanoi. gov- their capitals. ernment representative for a few The U.S. diplomat was s minutes and handed him a mes- have handed over the U.S sage concerning U.S. proposals for sage to a North Vietnames peace in Viet Nam. cial in a brief meeting This was reported last night which the two exchanged following White House disclosure, remarks-but did not get int for the first time. since Presi- stantive negotiations. dent Johnson's cur'rent peace of- Accepts Message fensive began Dec. 24, that a di- rect U.S. contact had been made The Hanoi representatic with the Hanoi regime, accept the U.S. communica in contrast to last May wh However, the disclosure of the North Vietnamese regime meeting-said to have taken place to receive a Washington m sometime ago-did not appear to sent to Hanoi through the mark a shift in the immediate That was during the previo diplomatic or military situation. in U.S. bombing of Nortl Secrecy Surrounds Contact Nam. Extends ives at was asked about three Americans States which who made an unauthorized trip nate from Co aid to to Hanoi and returned to report terday the W . mes- there had been no contact be- ing the doorc e offi- tween the North Vietnamese and U.S. sources during American governments. Communists' routine Affirms Contact final and co to sub- "They are incompletely inform- the idea of n ed," Moyers said. Hopef Asked if that meant there has Sen. Mike ve did been direct contact with Hanoi, the Senate m; atian- Moyers replied: "All I car en the "That's a safe deduction." hopeful sign refused It was understood that the U.S.- sign of conta nessage North Vietnamese contact was Mansfield aritish. made at an official level some- had had no us lull time ago. Just how and where development h Viet was not announced. for the inten Open for Negotiations President Jo And as far as could be ascer- the past two accept- tained from Johnson administra- last eight mo n this tion sources last night, Hanoi has Aik as of yet to indicate in any way a will- Sen. Geor ending ingness to start negotiations on a who accomp hrough Viet Nam settlement. recent fact-: public- 'T'he same lack of favorable re- Viet Nam, s m con- sponse so far had been previously of the conta- on of reported after U.S. efforts through "Even if I erialist third parties to persuade North to say anyth Viet Nam to come to the confer-' complicate t t con- ence table. contacts. I h White However, despite harsh public Moyers' di Moyers accusations against the United speculation h continued to ema-' mmunist capitals yes- Vhite House was keep- open for negotiations. declined to take the public statements as nclusive rejections of egotiations. ul Development Mansfield (D-Mont), najority leader, said: say is it is a very, , and it is the first ct with Hanoi." told a reporter he official word on the "but it speaks well :nsive efforts made by ohnson not only over o weeks, but over the onths." en Comments ge D. Aiken (R-Vt),, anied Mansfield on a finding trip to South aid he knew nothing ct, but commented: did, I wouldn't want ing about it and thus he prospect of further. ope it is true."j contact with the Hanoi regime took place. Among the possibili- ties are a dozen or so capitals in Communist and other countries where both the U.S. and North Vietnamese governments have dip- lomatic representatives. Also, a written U.S. message could have been sent to Hanoi. No Word on Contact )ffer visit. Again, the press secretary here replied to a question rather than volunteered information. Harriman, now in Australia, al- ready has visited Poland, Yugosla- via, the United Arab Republic, Iran, India and Japan. Moyers said he knows of no additional' stops in contemplation beyond Saigon. White House Conference Viet Nam, Moyers said, was one of the topics discussed in a session at the White House yesterday to which Johnson brought a top ar- ray of foreign policy and defense advisers. Asked if consideration is being given to briefing Congress on the peace drive, Moyers said he is cer- tain Johnson will follow the cus- tom of keeping Congress informed as much as possible, including Viet' Nam and current diplomatic ac- tivity. Denied Seating ATLANTA, Ga. (P)-The Geor- were seated in the gallery, but gia House voted last night to bar there was no disturbance when the Rep.-elect Julian Bond, a Negro, House voted to end its marathon from taking a seat because of his opening day of the 1966 session. endorsement of statements de- Bond is publicity director for nouncing U.S. policy in Viet Wam SNCC. It was a SNCC statement and urging Americans to avoid which caused the trouble. Bond the draft. endorsed last Friday the state- The vote was 184-12.. ment labeling U.S. participation The House approved a report in Viet Nam as aggression and by a special committee which calling on Americans to seek al- spent about four hours hearing ternatives to military servic... testimony and deliberating on the faced youth, had told the House issue after Bond was not allow- committee that he stood on his ed to take the oath of . office endorsement of the SNCC state- when other members - including ment. But he said he had not ad- seven Negroes-were sworn in. vocated violation of any law, while The action was without prece- voicing admiration for anyone dent in Georgia's recent legislative with the courage to burn his history. Attorney Denmark Groov- draft card. er of Macon, who represented op- The dispute overshadowed the ponents of Bond, said the last toppling of racial tradition as the legislative refusal to seat mem- House installed its first Negro bers was in 1868 when about eight members in 58 years. Seven Ne- Confederate veterans were bar- groes took seats in the House. A red from the reconstruction House. Negro was elected to the Senate Members of the Student Non- four years ago and a second took violent Coordinating Committee his seat yesterday. The Communists were said not to have responded in any signifi- cant way so far to President John- son's bid for unconditional discus- sions on settling the Viet Nam war. Presldential press secretary Bill D. Moyers declined to lift the secrecy wraps on where the U.S.- North Vietnamese 'contact took place or who was involved. More than a dozen Communists and free world countries have both Ameri- But North Viet Nam'sa ance of the communicatio time was not viewed here immediate significance p the receipt of some reply U diplomatic channels. Andx ly, the Communists have bee tinuing harsh denunciati what they term U.S. imp aggression in Viet Nam. The disclosure of direc tact came at an afternoon House news briefing whenR There was no word whether the contact was personal, by tele- phone, or whether there were sev- - eral contacts. Nor was there anyE word of results. Moyers added that he is saying: nothing on matters such as these. At the same time. in response to another question, Moyers dis- closed that W. Averell Harriman, Johnson's roving ambassador andt a key figure in the peace offen-t sive, will go to Saigon tomorrowf to confer with officials of the1 South Viet Nam government, U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and other American officials there. Harriman Visit Moyers said he does not know what the response from Washing- I I. i I I isclosure left open for ton might be if Hanoi indicates it how a direct U.S. would be receptive to a Harriman - - -- --- __ __ _ _--- I I 1 War Overshadows Congress Opening WASHINGTON (P) - Congress until tomorrow when President reconvened yesterday for a ses- Johnson will deliver his State of sion shadowed by war. the Union message at 9 p.m. EST. "I think that every piece of Fund Request Expected legislation we consider will be col- The Senate was in session for ored by the situation in Viet Nam," 15 minutes, the House for an said Chairman Richard B. Rus- hour. sell (D-Ga) of the Senate Armed Coming soon: A presidential re- Services Committee. quest for $12 billion to $13 bil- But for the day, there were only lion to help pay for the war in formalities as the 89th Congress Viet Nam. -a mountain of "Great Society" Russell said it undoubtedly will legislation already in its record- trigger a great debate about U.S. began its second session. policy in Viet Nam. But he said ! Byrd Sworn In the administration will get the Two new House members and money- Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. of Vir- Domestic Spending Conflict ginia, appointed to succeed his re- Across the Capitol, House Dem- tired father, were sworn into of- ocratic leaders said they see no fice. The House newcomers: Reps. need now for a tax increase or Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (R-Ohio) for curtailment of Johnson's do- and Thomas M. Rees (D-Calif). mestic programs because of This left the House lineup 293 mounting expenses in Viet Nam. Democrats, 140 Republicans and But Rep. George Mahon (D- two vacancies. The Senate counts Tex), chairman of the House Ap- 68 Democrats and 32 Republicans propriations Committee, said the with no vacancies. administration should tighten cur- Both Senate and House met rent domestic spending and trim briefly, called the roll, then quit its requests for the year ahead. World News Roundup By The Associated Press strations in support of a strike NEW YORK-Republican May- ca by Comun . or John V. Lindsay, in clipped RIO DE JANEIRO-President and angry tones, yesterday direct- Humberto Castello Branco ap- ed a strike mediation panel to get pointed Gen. Alvaro Alves da Sil- tough and end New Yoirk's bil- va Braga yesterday as the new lion-dollar transit crisis. commander of the inter-American Outlining a new fact-finding ap- peace force in Santo Domingo. Ai,-_ . I ,- _-_- - - W or a A.. fln. 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