HREN TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE TH Constant Conlictlagues Linsa sFirst 9( Days M NEW YORK (P)-John V. Lind- e say has been mayor of New York for three months, and they've given him a hard time. From the transit strike that began on his inaugural day to his current battle for a $520-million tax boost, the 44-year-old Repub- lican mayor has been in constant controversy. Lindsay's November election vic- tory in this Democratic stronghold pushed him into the national spot- light. Tangled Lindsay has tangled with the City Council, the legislature, the police brass and the press. He ,has been alternately short-tempered and humorous with opponents. City councilmen once accused him of lecturing them like schoolboys. He has jousted with the late Transit Union leader Michael Quill, highway builder Robert Moses, and President Keith Fun- ston of the Stock Exchange. He has warily sparred with Republi- can Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who may view him as a political rival, but whose help Rockefeller will need in this year's state elec- tion. Lindsay insists he's not interest- ed in any job but mayor. 90 Days His performance in the first 90 days has, delighted some, and caused others to picture him as a bungling Boy Scout or an arro- gant dictator. He has proposed consolidation of all transit agencies under a single authority, over which the mayor would exert considerable control. Moses, who would lose his job as chairman of the Bridge and Tunnel Authority, calls it a power grab." "I know my program is fair because everyone is equally mad at it. I will not accept defeat," Lindsay said of his tax plan. Tax Plan , Lindsay announced his tax plan in one of several television "fire- side chats." The tax program includes a city income tax and a 50 per cent increase in the stock transfer tax. Funston threatened to move the exchange out of the city, and announced it was conceling plans for a new $50-million downtownj headquarters. Stock Market "Lots of people have lost money on the stock market," commented' Lindsay, "but I may be the first to have lost the whole market." Suburban legislators lined up upstate political support and told Lindsay the income tax on com-i muters was out. They demandedl that he raise the 15-cent transit, fare, or they would chop his tax program by the amount of any transit subsidy. Lindsay, in an off-the-cuff speech, threatened to "take to the streets" to campaign against legis- lators who vote against his tax program. The legislators howled, many with delight. Hatchet Man The mayor generally has been praised for his appointments, al- though the naming of his cam- paign manager-Robert Price-as deputy mayor has created contro- versy. Critics say Price is "the hatchet man." Many of the new commissioners are young, Ivy League types in the mayor's image. One, Buildings Commissionera Charles G. Moerdler, launched aI widely publicized campaign against slumlords for not providing heat, hot water, or building repairs. Slumlords Moerdler and his family per- sonally manned City Hall phones at night to take complaints. Then it developed that in-laws of both Moerdler and his young deputy owned apartments which failed to meet city requirements. Moerdler disclosed he had told a members of the ethics board about it, but not the mayor. The1 ethics board later ruled there was no conflict of interest. The mayor's most bitter fight has concerned the Police Depart- ment and his plan to create a civilian-dominated board to review charges of police misconduct. Civilian Review Plan Negro and Puerto Rican leaders favor the civilian review plan, al- though they don't think it goes far enough. Police Commissioner Vincent Broderick accused Lindsay of poli- tical interference in department affairs, and rejected the civilian board. Lindsay replaced him with Howard Leary, the police commis- sioner of Philadelphia. Lindsay insisted that the mayor is responsible for the department's activities. Leary, denying that Lindsay was calling the shots, immediately shook up the high command, pro- moting a Jew and a Negro to top jobs in what had been an Irish hierarchy. Lindsay's "night owl" plan also has been a source of considerable discussion. Under the plan, com- missioners and other high-ranking members of the administration man City Hall, on a rotating basis, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Administration Democrats-ex- cept those who got their jobs through appointment by Lindsay -have declined to participate. Buddhists Meet, Plan New UNION OFFICIALS ACT: Striking Coal Miners Ordered Back to Work Demonstration Against Ky Government Assembly To Be Boycotted Catholics May Join Showdown Protest To Demand Civilian Rule SAIGON (AP) - Two thousand leading Buddhists met in Saigon last night to lay down strategy for new demonstrations aimed at bringing down the government of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. The Buddhists also decided, as another 'facet of their efforts to force a showdown, to boycott a national political congress sum- moned for today by Ky to try to meet Buddhist demands for re- turn to civilian government. Ky called the conference of representatives of various politi- cal groups to draft plans for a constituent assembly. The assem- bly would draft a constitution and work out procedures for elections. He has proposed elections late next year, but the Buddhists insist on holding them immediately. Catholics Boycott There was a prospect that the Roman Catholics, who with the Buddhists, represent most of the vocal political Thinking in South Viet Nam, also would boycott the congress. To firm up a Buddhist-Catholic united front against the military junta, one of the top Buddhist venerables, Thich Thien Minh, met yesterday with a Catholic leader, the Rev. Hoang Quynh. The two faiths seem in their public utterances to have a com- mon bond this time unlike the past. They want the generals out and civilians in. They are spread- ing a doctrine of anti-war but not necessarily pro-surrender. Neither side says it wants the Viet Cong. New Demonstrations Reports spread that leading monks are preparing new nation- wide demonstrations. The Buddhist Institute was the scene of a meeting of about 2000 top men of the eight districts of Saigon last night. Some information leaked out that the district leaders were be- ing instructed on the timing, the methods, and the extent of pub- lic demonstrations designed to bring the government down and seize power. Viet Nam Buddhist Forces Only Sunday, Buddhist leaders called on the people to unite be- hind the "Viet Nam Buddhist forc- es," a new antigovernment front. They accused the government of lying and placing obstacles in the path of a return to civilian rule. There were indications as well from other cities to the north, Hue and Da Nang, Qui "Nhon, Dalat and Nha Trang, that Bud-' dhists and Catholics were in some kind of harmony and gearing for a display of civilian might. «> C"> -Associated Press THE BRITISH FRIGATE BERWICK, acting under a United Nations mandate, races to intercept the tanker Manuela, believed loaded with oil bound for the rebellious colony of Rhodesia. British WatcPossible Leaks In Blockade of Rhodesia Oil Air War Cut By Shortage Of Bombs Disorder in Da Nang Forces Vessels To Unload Elsewhere SAIGON (A)-The U.S. air war in South Viet Nam has been cut back sharply by a temporary shortage of bombs and Washing- ton blamed it on disorders eddy- ing about the northern airbase at Da Nang. An Air Force spokesman re- ported only 300 missions over South Viet Nam Sunday compared with the usual total of 450 to 500. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur S. Sylvester told reporters in Washington a problem in dis- tribution of bombs resulted pri- marily from disorders at Da Nang which caused diversion of ord- nance carrying vessels to other unloading areas. Opposition in Da Nang Da Nang has been a hotbed of opposition to South Viet Nam's military government. Sylvester said South Vietnamese hired to unload bombs failed to show up for work in recent days. Informants in Saigon attributed the bomb shortage only to ship- ping problems. But both they and Sylvester indicated the problem would soon be licked. The defense official said anoth- er factor in the temporary reduc- tion in sorties within South Viet Nam was that the South Vietnam- ese are mounting fewer attacks requiring air support ' Troops Unload Ships Sylvester indicated U.S. troops are now being used to unload ammunition ships. In the only significant ground action, the Viet Cong broke off action after two days of attacks on a Vietnamese special forces camp at Tuyen Nhon, 45 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. There were casualties among the five or six Americans of the Green Berets-the elite Special Forces troops. WASHINGTON (PA)-A back-to- itself at liberty to strike at any work order went out yesterday to time," because it was working striking bituminous coal miners without a contract. from their top union officials,. ihu otat An estimated 48,000 workers who At that time, the union reached remained away from their jobs in coal producers. UMW officials seven states yesterday were ord agieement with three idependent ered to "return to work forthwith." said i Washington that since the And those not on strike were told miners had a new agreement with to remain an the job. three independent operators they were to strike other mines where The telegram went out to offi- they had no effective contract. cials of all districts of the union as representatives of the United Mine Workers and the BituminousI'e Coal Operators Assocation goe to- m oerat gether in an effort to agree on a new contract. Disagreement The talks began amid disagree- Sha es Par ment between union and industry officials on whether the workers WASHINGTON (A)-On the eve ' were free to strike. WSIGO A)O h v of the primary-election season, United Mine Workers, President Democrts in nearly a dozen statesl W.A. Boyle, Vice President George lare embroiled in contests that ul- John Owens sent out this tele- timately could bear heavily on the Tittler and Secretary -Treasurer party's leadership in the post- gram to union district offices: Johnson era. "Certain mines in your district are Seeking some governorships or presently idle. You are advised to lesser offices are candidates who instruct all members to remain at link themselves with President work and all idle members to re- Johnson or Vice President Hubert coninue wodiscowith repe H. Humphrey and are tangling scntaives ofrth coal ,,iry." with opponents who have some Ssentatives of the coal industry."ties with the Kennedys. As the union acted to call off the Struggle for Party Control strike, miners were off the job in In addition to'the outright tests Pennsylvania, OhioU West Virginia, for offices, there are overtones of Kentucky, Illinois, Utah, and Ala- struggles for party control. bama with reports that the strike States involved in contests that was spreading to Virginia. will run from May through Sep- Free To Strike tember range from Massachusetts While the United Mine Workers to California and include John- did not order a strike, Boyle said son's home state of Texas. some 100,000 workers, "considers Results conceivably could sup- Friday the union, which represents ply a political bridgehead for a ~ - ~ An association spokesman said his group considered the contract an open-end agreement which' re- quired 60 days' termination no- tice. He said they had not received such notice. West Virginia and western Pennsylvania were hardest hit by the strike with 20,000 and over 9,000 workers idled in the two states, respectively. Primary ty Future 1972 presidential bid either by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York or his brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Johnson-Kennedy In many instances, The John- son Kennedy or Humphrey-Ken- nedy element is far from clear-cut and may be only peripheral. But there are reasonably definitive tests shaping up in the battles for the Democratic gubernatorial nominations in Massachusetts, Tennessess and Wisconsin. In Massachusetts, Kenneth 0'- Donnell, who was the late Presi- dent John F. Kennedy's appoint- ments secretary, is trying for the Democratic nomination for ° gov- ernor against Edward J. McCor- mack, nephew of House Speaker John W. McCormack, an admin- istration stalwart. Young McCor- mack lost a try for the Senate In 1962 to Edward M. Kennedy. LONDON (P-Britain kept anx- ious watch last night on two pos- sible leaks in its blockade of oil for rebellious Rhodesia. Ships cruised outside the port of, Beira in Portuguese Mozam- bique as the tanker Joanna V moved from her anchorage to an unloading dock where she could discharge 18,700 tons of oil into the pipeline to Rhodesia. Another oil tanker, the Man- uela, moved toward Durban, South Africa, after a British warship put a boarding party on her and turn- ed her away from Beira. There was fear in London that the Man- uela might be- trying to beat the oil embarggby sending her cargo overland to Rhodesia from South Africa. She is due in Durban to- day. Joanna V In Beira, Capt. George Vardinoy-" annis of the Joanna V declared his vessel will not unload its car- go there and that he docked only to get spare engine parts and supplies. The Joanna V moved into Beira before the British had won Unit- ed Nations' approval to halt tank- ers, by force if necessary, with oil believed destined for Rho- desia. More gasoline from South Africa reached Rhodesia overland yes- terday, and there is little' evidence of a serious oil shortage in the colony, the white minority gov- ernment of which declared its in- dependence from Britain five months ago yesterday. The size of oil stocks on hand is a govern- ment secret. Rhodesia was counting on oil Ay Much is the force of World News Roundup heaven-bred poesy -Shakespeare By The Associated Press TOKYO-Hanoi announced yes- terday that Cambodia had allow- ed North Viet Nam to install a diplomatic mission in Phnom Pehn for the first time since the Geneva agreements were signed in 1954. The official North 'Viet Nam Neks Agency did not elaborate but it strongly hinted that Cambodia might be granting formal diplo- matic recognition to North Viet Nam. * * * LANSING - Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley announced yesterday he will seek reelection and will throw his weight behind State Democratic Chairman Zolton Ferency as a candidate for governor. *~ * * WASHINGTON - The interest charge on Federal Housing Ad- ministration and Veterans Admin- istration loans for single family dwellings was raised yesterday from 5,12 to 5% per cent. shipments through Beira to beat the embargo and one report says MANILA - The Philippines the rebel regime already has paid House of Representatives over- $2.8 million for 27 shiploads of oil whelmingly approved last night a -a year's supply--from the Greek measure to send Filipino troops to group which mounted the opera- South Viet Nam. The vote, after tion by the Manuela and Joanna seven hours of debate, was 81 to 7. V. I PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM g era IO presents JOAN McCALL 1 the new LYNN" BARIl spring issue with JOEL CR0114 RS WOODY ROMOFE fiction ONE NIGHT ONLY! 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