TUESDAY, MARCH 22'$ 1966 THE. MICHIGAN- DAILY PAGE THREM TUESDAY, MARCH ~2, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Common Market Becomes Election Issue in. Britain By The Associated Press - LONDON-Britain's possible en- try into the European Common. Market has suddenly become one of the hottest issues in the cam- paign for the March 31 parlia- mentary election. Opposition leader Edawrd Heath has made Britain's entry into the market one of the Conservative 0 party's main election planks. And he has been saying that the way is now much clearerhforBritain to make another attempt to enter the economic community. The Laborite minister of trans- port, Barbara Castle, speaking , Saturday at West Harlepool, ac- cused Heath of introducing the Common Market issue in despera- tion. Nothing could show greater subservience to 'foreign gove'n- ments, she said, than to go into the Common Market. There was a difference of opin- ion over a controversial speech at Bristol on Friday by Prime Min- ister Harold Wilson. "Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Com- mon Market, head held high, not crawl in, and we shall go in if the conditions are right," he declared. "Those conditions require that we must be free to go on buying food and raw. materials, as we have for 100 years, in the cheapest markets-in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Common- wealth countries-and not have this trade wrecked by the levies the Tories are so keen to impose." Wilson went on to say that the Labor government's attitude was that, "We are ready to join if suitable safeguards for Britain's interests and our Commonwealth interests, can be negotiated." Some Conservatives charged that Wilson was slamming the door on the Common Market- since France is insisting Britain can join the six "without reserve." But Laborite sources Saturday denied Wilson had slammed the door in this speech and insisted that in fact he had opened the door. They claimed the prime conditions for entry, including in- sistence on access to cheap food markets in the Commonwealth, were a reasonable basis for nego- tiations. It was also made known that if re-elected, Wilson planned to ap- point a minister for Common Market affairs who would be a senior minister directly respon- sible to the prime minister. Wilson, it was said, would per- sonally take part in a series of meetings with European leaders, including President Charles de Gaulle of France and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany, to probe the prospects of Britain joining the Common Market. The Common Market issue caus- ed another row Saturday after Wilson had accused former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of be- ing responsible for the door being slammed on Britain the last time she negotiated for membership. Wilson claimed Macmillan had not dealt squarely with the French and failed to tell President de Gaulle that Britain was about to ask America for Polaris-firing submarines after the Skybolt war- rocket scheme broke down. Macmillan, now 72, broke his silence on the election scene Sa- turday to issue a denial of Wil- son's charges. He said no doubt official records existed to support his contention that De Gaulle was told that if the Skybolt plan was abandoned, Britain would have to get a satisfactory substitute from the United States. With Britain's general election nine days away, bread and butter issues are commanding the atten- tion of most voters. But the re- sponse to the barnstorming politi- cians has been generally apathetic. The public opinion polls put Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labor party far out front. The Conservatives, led by Ed- ward Heath, say their soundings tell a different story. They con- tend that in marginal districts- the evenly balanced areas where the majority in the next House of Commons will be decided-Labor's advantage is far less marked than, the polls suggest on a national scale. No one has any illusions that the outcome will have any great impact on the outside world. The 54 million Britons have come to accept that they no longer are a major world power. The welfare state created after World War II is here to stay. This is pegged to one of the most lib- eral health plans in the world, nationalized coal mines, road transport, airlines, electricity and gas. Both Wilson's socialistic Labor party, which has ruled since Oc- tober 1964, and the Conservatives, who were in power for 13 years before that, go along with these programs. One change the Torries favor is a small fee for medical pre- scriptions that are now free. And they want to put a stop to any further nationalization. Wilson for the past 17 months operated with a majority of only one to three seats in the 630- member House of Commons. The slim margin forced him to go slow on some issues-chiefly the nationalization of the steel industry. The small Liberal party, seeking to gain the balance of power in the new Parliament, has made its biggest campaign plank a warning that more more sweeping nation- alization is in prospect if the Laborites get a big majority. F x . 3 Major NY Newspapers Johnson Asks Congress to Consider Legislation to Protect Consumers Merge Daily EROS PUBLISHER PROSECUTED: Obscenity- Standard S Operations TPublishers tiffened motivated by ., , Economics Iy up reme (Jourt's iiuungs WASHINGTON (M)-The cen-, sor's hand was upheld yesterday by the Supreme Court as it ruled sexy tracts designed to exploit their ."salacious appeal" may be banned from the mail as obscene." The effect of the court's deci- sion in three cases is to give broad- er sweep to its, obscenity standard, and possibly open new avenues to suppress erotic literature. Publishers "who would make a business of pandering to the wide- spread weakness' for titillation by pornography" are''liable to impris- onment, Justice William J. Bren- nan, Jr. said as the court upheld, 5 to 4, conviction of Ralph Ginz- burg, publisher of Eros magazine, under the federal obscenity law. "Eros was created, represented and sold solely as a claimed instru- ment Of the sexual stimulation it would bring," Brennan said. With similar reasoning, the high court voted 6 to, 3 to affirm con- viction of Edward Mishkin, a book dealer from Yonkers, N.Y., under a New York State obscenity law. In the third case, the court reversed, 6 to'3, a decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- New Regime Stops Sukarno Departure chusetts banning "Fanny Hill," the story of an 18th century London prostitute. But even here, Brennan said -for the majority, "evidence that the book was commercially exploited for the sake of prurient appeal might justify the conclusion that the book was utterly without re- deeming social importance." Fourteen separate opinions were filed by the nine justices. Three Hugo L. Black, William O. Doug- las and Potter Stewart, called separately for reversal of the Ginzburg and Mishkin convictions. Justice John M. Harlan, the fourth dissenter, in the Ginzburg case, charged the majority with "an astonishing piece ofjudicial improvisation." By the action he said, "the First Amendment, in the obscenity area. no longer fully protects material on its face nonobscene, for such ma- terial must now also be examined in the light of the defendant's conduct, attitude, mhotives." Ginszurg, publisher of Eros magazine and two other banned publications, was, convicted in a United States District Court in Philadelphia of violating 28 counts of the federal obscenity law. He was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $28,000. SINGAPORE (AP)-The new mili- tary regime in Indonesia has re- jected President Sukarno's request to return to his birthplace in east- ern Java, possibly to retire, in- formed sources in Singapore said yesterday. These informants said they were unaware of Sukarno's reasons but that possibly he wanted to retire from politics, or to make contact with pro-Communist remnants in an effort to whip up resistance against the new regime. While they thought the first reason' the most likely, one ,source observed: "Sukarno is a political maneuverer of the highest quality. It is hard to believe that he will give up so easily." New Strong Man Sukarno handed over the last of his political powers last Friday to the new strong man in Indonesia, army chief Lt. Gen. Suharto, a strong anti-Communist. Suharto immediately moved against Sukarno's trusted advisers and friends, including the pro-Pe- king first deputy premier and for- eign minister, Subandrio, and the third deputy premier, Chaerul Saleh. Subandrio was locked up in a military stockade but some reports say Saleh eluded arrest. Sources here said Sukarno now is little better than a constitution- al monarch with no real power. Ultimatum to Officials They said he gave in to Su- harto's demand for the arrest of Subandrio, Saleh and 13 other pro- Communist ministers only after a highly emotional argument. Sukarno was reported taken un- der heavy- security to his summer palace at Bogor, 40 miles. south of Jakarta, last Saturday and has remained there since. Indonesia's new Indonesian for- eign minister, Adam Malik, issued an ultimatum to ministry officials and diplomats overseas: Either follow the policy of Suharto or quit, Radio Jakarta reported. Merger To Include Combination of Two Afternoon Editions. NEW YORK, (P)-Three of New York City's major dailies announc- ed yesterday plans to merge their operations, combining two after- noon newspapers into one and two Sunday papers into one. No date for the amalgamation was set. The afternoon Journal-Ameri- can and the World-Telegram and Sun will be merged as the after- noon Worild Journal. The World- Telegram does not publish on Sun- day. World Journal and Tribune The Herald Tribune will con- tinue to publish weekday morn- ings, but Its Sunday edition will be combined with -the Journal- American's under the name of World Journal and Tribune. In one of the biggest realign- ments in the modern history of American journalism, one after- noon newspaper will vanish, as well as one Sunday paper. Man- hattan will be left with five dailies of general circulation and three Sunday newspapers. The afternoon field in Manhat- tan will be shared by the new World Journal and the tabloid New York Post. The morning line- up will remain the Herald Tribune, New York Times and the tabloid Daily News. Sunday newspapers will include the Times, Sunday News and World Journal and Tri- bune. Economics Compel Move It will mark the first alteration in the city's newspaper pattern since Hearst's tabloid morning Mirror discontinued daily and Sunday publication in October, 1963. "The economics of the newspa- per industry in New York com- pel this move," said a joint mer- ger announcement. It was signed by John Hay Whitney for the Herald Tribune, William Randolph Hearst, Jr., for the Journal-Amer- ican, and Jack R. Howard for the Scripps-Howard World-Telegram and Sun. Diminishing circulation, increas- ed production costs and a change in the pattern of metropolitan newspaper competition were be- lieved major factors in what the announcement described as a co- operative amalgamation. The merged papers will operate even- tually with combined production facilities, out-of a single plant. WASHINGTON 0P) - President Johnson told Congress yesterday "a new and progressive program" is needed to protect American con- sumers from credit gougers and deceptive packaging. The President renewed his re- quest for passage of long-stymied truth-in-lending and truth-in- packaging bills, saying, "We need such legislation urgently." And he recommended some specific steps to protect children. Democratic sponsors said they hope Johnson's messagewill help dislodge the bills from commit- tees where they have lain for five or six years, but Republican op- ponents remained unmoved. Bill Impractical "They're trying to standardize the country," said Republican Sen- ate Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois. Dirksen dismissed the truth-in- lending bill as impractical, and said the packaging measure would "kill innovation" and cost industry $600 million to $700 million for re- tooling. Johnson said credit charges to- talled $24 billion last year and are a key item in the consumer budg- et. He said " legislation is needed requiring lenders "to state the full cost of credit, simply and clearly. and to state it before any credit contract-is signed.". Nonexistent Savings He urged a law against "pack- ages with deceptively shaped box- es, misleading pictures, confusing or meaningless adjectives, inappro- priate size or quantity markings; and promotional gimmicks that promise nonexistent savings." "An accurate and informative package and lebel need not add to the producer's cost," he said. "This legislation will not make packaging less attractive or less efficient. It will not prevent econ- omies in packaging, nor will it im- pose costly restrictions." Consumer Protection Johnson recommended also what he called "three related items of legislation to reinforce consumer protection." SAIGON (P)-United States Ma- rine ground and air forces tangled with Communist troops on two northern coastal fronts yesterday, killing more than 80 in sharp fighting. U.S. officials reported the loss of five American Air Force and Navy planes in action over North and South Viet Nam, with two airmen killed, two captured and two missing. In Operation Texas, several bat- talions of Leathernecks, moving in with air and artillery support: stabbed at long-held Viet Cong territory near Quang Ngai City, 330 miles northeast of Saigon. They reported killing 46 Commu- nists in ground action and per- haps many more in Marine jet strikes on enemy positions., The Marines faced a Communist Two other Marine battalions launched Operation O r e g o n against a Viet Cong company 15 miles northwest of the old imper- ial capital of Hue. Fighting was reported 'heavy yesterday morn- ing, then it dwindled. A Marine spokesman said ground assaults killed 14 Viet Cong, artillery fire another 13 and air strikes seven. Marine Operation Texas came in response to a Viet Cong_ assault Saturday on a government outpost at An Hoa, just outside Quang Ngai. The enemy troops over- whelmed the outpost and inflict- ed heavy casualties upon its 100 government defenders. In other ground action in South Viet Nam, government troops re- ported killing 225 Viet Cong. Closer to Doom. A spokesman said they bagged 100 in a stiff fight at Vo Xu, in the rice bowl 75 miles north of Saigon that was liberated by the U.S. 173rd Airborne and the 10th Vietnamese army division. The spokesman said the Viet Cong tried to recapture the area three weeks ago and came back in force again Sunday, only to be driven off. Another South Vietnamese ac- tion killed 129 Viet Cong in a fight in the central highlands 150 miles northeast of Saigon, the spokes- man said. The action was 30 miles east of Ban Me Thuot on Sun- day in an operation in which the South Vietnamese are trying to break up a large Red force in the jungled mountains. In developments abroad, Com- munist China claimed that the harder the U.S. struggles in Viet Nam the closer it comes to doom. These would protect children from dangerous toys, drugs and other articles; require more accur- ate and detailed labeling of dan- gerous drugs, broaden the law re- quiring federal certification of drugs, and curtail the unsolicit- ed distribution of drug samples; and permit an expansion of the Food and Drug Administration's training activities for state and local officials. Johnson also said "further ac- tion may be necessary to protect the consumer against harmful cosmetics and against medical de- vices that are neither safe nor effective." He did not amplify the reference to medical devices. Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michi- gan, the House Republican leader, applauded Johnson's recommenda- tions for safeguards against haz- ards to children but expressed doubts about the packaging and lending proposals. OPERATION TEXAS: Marines, Communist Troops Clash on Two Coastal Fronts force believed to size. be of battalion f' world News Roundup I * ll!1 j r~iui I "' liII ~ Zn - *11' i -..... U-- . w R , v low"s - - -im -- i By The Associated Press MOSCOW-The Soviet Union has launched its second apparent- ly unmanned cosmos satellite within a week. Scientists at Boch- um Observatory in West Germany speculated that the Russians would try a rendezvous in space. -* * * . HOUSTON-Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee, two veteran astronauts and a space-light rookie, were chosen yesterday to fly the na- tion's first three-man space mis- sion, taking an Apollo spaceship on its maiden manned voyage. The space agency also revealed it was studying the feasiblity of performing a five-man s p a c e rendezvous, between the orbiting Apollo ship and Gemini 12, a two- man spacecraft. America's first space triplets will orbit the earth up to 14 days, hopefully by the end of the year, testing the craft like one planned to fly men to the moon someday. 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