FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PACE T'HREN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PA('P TUIV.~2 r nur, 1 nnr Q a Maoists Gain New Support In Provinces Struggles Continue Among Communists From Tibet to Peking TOKYO (P)-Radio Peking said today Mao Tse-tung's forces had seized Fukien Province opposite Formosa after a "fierce struggle" involving armed clashes. It was the fifth of China's 21 provinces claimed by Maoists in their strug- gle to wrest provincial machinery from his foes. Backed by a dissident Red China army unit, foes of Mao Tse-tung were reported Friday to have seized control of the southern tip of in- dustrialized Manchuria. Three pro-Mao Red Guards were killed and many others injured in clashes, wall papers in Peking reported. More than 400 of the Red Guards were, reported under arrest. A Chinese Nationalist report de- clared fighting had spread from Tibet-where Maoist forces are said to be on the defensive-east- ward to Ezechwan Province. Anti- Maoists were last reported in con- trol of most of Szechwan. Purge Deadline Foreign Minister Chen Yi told a Japanese trade group Mao's purge will be sucessful within 11 months, the newspaper Asahi reported. He also told the Japanese the Soviet leadership would be overthrown because it is cooperating with U.S. imperialism. Radio Peking said Mao's forces last Saturday crushed "the black stream of counterrevolutionary elements in authority" in Fukien Province, in southeast China across from the Chinese National- ist island of Formosa. The Chinese-language broadcast said the victory in Fukien pushed Mao's proletarian cultural revolu- tian against bourgeois elements into a "new stage." It said Han Hsien-chu, military commander of the area, and Gov. Wei Chin-shui, who is also provin- cial purge leader, attended a rally in Foochow, the provincial capital, that brought out 150,000 persons. Officers and men of the People's Liberation Army, navy and air force in full combat gear also at- tended the pro-Mao rally. Military for Mao, Han said the army, navy and air force fully supported the Mao- ists in their struggle against the bourgeois opponents and would continue to support them in line with Mao's instruction. Even if Mao's forces have si- lenced all opposition in Fukien Province they stil have a long way to go to rout the followers of President Liu Shao-chi and party secretary-general Teng Hsiao- peng from control of provincial government and party apparatus. Maoists also have claimed con- trol of Kwiechow Province in the southwest, Shansi in the north, Shantung in the east and Heilung- kiang in Manchuria, although op- position has been reported from most of these areas. Resistance Elsewhere There are 16 other provinces and five autononjous regions- Tibet, Sinkiang-uighur in the northwest, Ningsia-hu in the west, Inner Mongolia in the north, and Kwangst-chuang in the south. Resistance is reported strong to Mao's forces in nearly all these regions. Chn Yi's prediction to the Japanese of definite results in the purge by next January undoubt- edly took this long pull into con- sideration. Japanese reports said the army yesterday arrested "some 400 pro- Mao Red Guards and revolution- ary rebels" in Dairen and Port Arthur. Formulates Bill To Help Consumers LB SI ~ SEES NO WAR THREAT: Britain Asks for Decrease In European Defense System iJ uggests Legal By The Associated Press Package To Decrease LONDON-Britain called yes-' terday for a cutback of Commu-I Hazards of Buying nist and Western forces along theI Iron Curtain because of easing WASHINGTON () - President tension in Europe. Johnson asked Congress yesterday The British government said to enact a legal package that he inits annual review of de- sai wold elpprtec Amricnsfense costs and policy "there is said would help protect Americans little danger of aggression" in against such hazards as pipeline Europe because of political and explosions, flammable blankets. economic changes in the Soviet thieving, pension-fund managers, Union, now threatened by Com- and gyp land deals. munist China. Presenting the government white These were but a few of the con- paper, Defense Secretary Denis sumer protections Johnson advo- Healey told a news conference: cated in a 12-point special mes- "The likelihood of a major war That would mean instant esca- terests of economy and less spend- lation into a worldwide nuclear ing of vitally needed foreign cur- conflagration. This doctrine means rency. in the British view, that conven- Healey told newsmen defense tional forces can be cut back spending during fiscal 1967-68 will sharply across Europe leaving only remain below the Labor govern- "trigger forces" facing each other. ment's pledged $5.6 billion ceiling Wilson-Kosygin Talks based on 1964 prices. He said Isavings over the next three years In~formants said Prime Mini- through 1970 will amount to $2.1 ister Harold Wilson and Soviet billion which could mean a $168 Premier Alexei N. Kosygin had a cut in taxation for every family discussion last week on the possi- in Britain. bilities of mutual force reductions in the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization and the Warsaw Pact setup. The defense review presented to Parliament yesterday forecasts cuts in British military establish- ments around the globe in the in- -Associated Press High speed winds blew chunks of ice from Lake Erie yesterday forming a small glacier in Buffalo, New York. Much of the eastern part of the country was affected by the Arctic cold front which produced 80 mph winds in Buffalo and Chicago. Sub-zero temperatures were accompanied by 6-12 inches of snow in many areas. HELICOPTERS DOWNED: U.S. Planes Hit Near Hanoi; Infantry Battles inHighlands SAIGON (M)-A United States infantry brigade battled through the night yesterday against a strong enemy force in the central highlands. Bombers blasted Com- muist sites near Saigon, rattling the city's windows. Elsewhere Red gunners downed 13 U.S. helicop- ters. The week was already the Viet- namese new year's bloodiest and losses obviously mounted on both sides of a war in which an unof- ficial tabulation showed American combat casualties-wounded mis- sing and dead-in South Vietnam have now passed the 50,000 mark. 50,000 Total Killed Aside from more than 400 fliers killed or captured in North Viet- nam, a total of 50,087-7,353 Americans killed and 42,734 wounded-was reached during the four-day Tet truce. The truce was a nominal cease- fire which was marked by scat- tered skirmishes until its end Sun- day and followed by an apparent, revival of Communist readiness to risk large units, perhaps newly re- grouped, against the questing al- lies. Spokesmen announced that al- lied forces, while in two cases suf- fering moderate casualties, had killed 713 of the enemy in four major allied operations from Sun- North Jay, Maine, and Sgt. Sam- day through Wednesday. mie M. Womack of Farmville, Va. The allied commands' weekly The U.S. mission in Saigon wel- casualty reports, issued yesterday, comed the Hanoi announcement, showed little change last week in but expressed "deep concern that casualties on both sides from those there has been no sign of the two of the previous week, despite the men although nine days have fact nearly four days-from 7 a.m. elapsed since the reported date or Wednesday to midnight Saturday release." It urged "authorities of --were covered by the lunar new the opponent forces," to confirm year truce. the men were free and say where Allied dead totaled 309, down they were turned loose and what 16 from the week of Jan. 29-Feb. arrangements were made to insure 4, and enemy dead were put at their safe return. 1,085, down 224. Crafts, a radio operator, was The U.S. Command, said 107 reported captured at Binh Gia on Americans were killed and 1,015eed19a tureation wounded in combat, compared to Dec. 19, 1964, in the same action 117 killed, 920 wounded and 11 as Sgt. Harold George Bennett missing or captured in the pre- of Perryville, Ark. vinis week sage. In one other controversial area -possible curbs on sales commis- sions charged buyers of mutual fund shares-Johnson did not rec- ommend any specific course of action. He said only that recent recommendations by the Securi- ties and Exchange Commission "provide a sound basis" for legis- lation. As in the past, Johnson backed "truth-in-lending" bill that Iwould inform an installment buyer about "the percentage rate per year that is being charged on his borrowing." Johnson came up with a brand- new proposal for cracking down on telephone and mailorder sales of home sites. The President's plan would re- quire land developers who sell] across state lines to give prospec- tive buyers a full and accurate disclosure of the wares they're peddling. The President advocated also a strengthening and overhaul of legislation aimed at protecting workers covered by welfare and pensions plans. Among other things, he wants yearly independent audits of such plans, more complete disclosure of their financial activities and other provisions to discourage conflicts of interest or thievery by admin- istrators. The legislation would effect plans involving more than 40 mil- lion workers and assets of $90 bil- lion. Johnson called, too, for closing of loopholes in a 1953 law that has done much to keep flammable clothing off the market. Also on the subject of fire safe- ty, the President asked for a fed- eral program of fire safety re- search and pilot projects to im- prove the efficiency of the nation's fire departments. World News Roundup NEW DELHI, India-One of India's four top Hindu holymen angrily injected yesterday the ex- plosive issue of cow slaughter into the middle of this country's fourth general elections. The cow slaughter issue has been relatively quiet in recent weeks, but the holy man's decla- ration could whip up emotion in the remaining five days of voting around the country. Reports of violence continued to come in, with a total of at least four dead, and dozens injured in the first two days of voting. * * * MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-A labor leader accused the federal govern- ment yesterday of turning a minor waterfront first fight into a major strike-breaking conspiracy. Hall charged that the Jusice, State and Labor departments con- spired to break a 1963 Great Lakes strike against a Canadian ship- ping firm by "fabricating" federal charges against four union mem- bers. He said there was a good chance that either the House Labor Com- mittee or the House Judiciary Committee would investigate the case. WASHINGTON-Adam Clayton Powell Jr's estranged third wife testified yesterday that someone signed her name to 19 government paychecks totalling about $26,000. The select committee examining Powell's qualifications to sit as a member of the House didn't pur- sue in yesterday's hearing the question of who endorsed the checks. But in a House subcom- mittee hearing last December, Louise Maxine Dargans, the chief clerk of the Education and Labor Committee, testified she did under instructions homnPowell. * * * . WASHINGTON-Thirteen fed- eral standards ranging from a uniform traffic signal to a driver's test at least once every four years were submitted to the states yes- terday for possible inclusion in their highway safety programs. The suggestions are for com- ment and review only, the Com- merce Department said, and rep- resent no commitment by the gov- ernment to their adoption in the form outlined. But officials have said they ex- pect no softening of the highway safety standards similar to the toning-down of the auto standards published last month by the de- partment. Under law, each state must be implementing by Dec. 31, 1968, a highway safety program approved by the federal government or face posible loss of 10 per cent of its federal road construction money. in Europe is very small indeed, because it is certain to become nuclear immediately." 126 Million Cut In actual figures defense spend- ing is rising $92.4 million from $6.174 billion but in 1964 figures it means a reduction of $126 mil- lion on the comparable figure for fiscal 1966-67. Within minutes of publication of the white paper, two rank-and- file Laborite legislators said they would not support the document unless further, more drastic cuts were made in British commitments and forces in the Middle East and Far East. Healey said in his policy review that east of Suez forces will be halved to 30,000 by next April, mainly from bringing home troops that were fighting in Borneo. Similar reductions are either under way or planned in Africa and the Mediterranean. U.S. Reaction The State Department said yes- terday the United States would be 'glad to see a mutual reduction" of allied and Communist troops in Europe. President Johnson, McCloskey recalled, spelled out the U.S. posi- tion on this question last October in a New York speech. The Pres- ident then suggested that "chang- ing circumstances'' in Europe might permit "a gradual and bal- anced revision in force levels on both sides." This was regarded as a cautious invitation to the Soviet Union to consider, together with the Western allies, the eventual thin- ning out of forces in the heart of Europe. American officials re- ported that there was no reaction either way from Moscow. V U~tW eMl . j The week also was marked by a rise in American deaths from ac- cidents, illness and other causes classified as nonhostile. There were 36 such cases, increasing these to 1,663. In all, 8,016 Amer icans have died in Vietnam. Return of Captives U.S. officials still awaited the return of two American, soldiers that Radio Hanoi announced Wednesday had been freed by the Viet Cong on Feb. 7 for the lunar new year. They were identified as Pfc. Charles Earle Crafts of Other Actionf In other areas: t Ten UH1 choppers were shot down as they shuttled more than 3,000 South Vietnamese troops to reinforce two ranger companies in a Mekong River delta battle 110 miles southwest of Saigon. Two American crewmen were killed and seven wounded. * A U.S. Marine H34 was hit and its pilot was killed on a sup- ply mission 14 miles south of Da Nang. Catholic Voice Lecture: Fr. Bernard Haring "The True Christian ORGANIZATION NOTICES FT : 'Pdr.4.*n.s} yywylfl;rWu~a .4 - .SW.fn?:v.y'".'f l r ;+:v C"W . A. . , }t4~liA, .,4 .......S3 r.'"Y""r't~3 Conscence PI LAMBDA PHI Actives USE O THIS COLUMN FOR AN- NOUNCEMENTS is available to officially recognized and registered student or- ganizations only. Forms are available in Room 1011 SAB. International Students, Party, Feb. 17, 8:30-12 p.m., Newman Center, 331 Thompson. Student show and dance. All students welcome. Inter-Cooperative Council, Co-op Open House (for new members), Sun., Feb. 19, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Pickerill Co-op, 923 S. Forest. Committee to Aid the Vietnamese, Open meeting for those who signed List in Fishbowl and anyone else, Wed., Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m., Room 3-B, Michi- gan Union. * * Folk Dance Club (WAA), Folk dance with instruction open to everyone, Fri., Feb. 17, 8-11 p.m., Barbour Gym. * * * U. of M. Chess Club, Meeting, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., Room 3-D, Michigan Union. * * * Newman Student Association, Com- munity mass and supper, Feb. 17, 5 p.m., Newman Center, 331 Thompson. Newman Student Association, Cath- olic Voice lecture, Fr. Bernard Haring: "The True Christian Conscience," Feb. 18, 8 p.m., Trueblood Aud., Frieze Bldg. Hillel Foundation, Sabbath service, Feb. 17, 7:15 p.m., 1429 Hill. Dialogue with the Newman Student Association, "Where Can Catholics and Jews See Eye to Eye?" Hillel Foundation, Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m., Theodore Bikel in person, 1429 Hill. Call 663-4129 for reservations. Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman men's hon- or society, members who are graduat- ing seniors and who plan to work for graduate degrees may apply for one of six $300 scholarships by contacting Prof. John Field 1450S Mason Hall. Local deadline for applications is Feb. 24. * * * Guild, House, Friday noon luncheon, Rev. Paul Dotson, Protestant Founda- tion for International Students: "Mass Communication," Feb. 17, 12-1 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. *I * * Guild House, Friday evening dinner and program, Feb. 17, 'dinner at 6 p.m., program at 7:30 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. CHALLENGE SAE Actives To a snow football game in the Mudbowl On Saturday, February 18, at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, Feb. 18-8 p.m. Trueblood, Freize Reception following at the Newman Center, 331 Thompson Pat Keil, 764-7895 L. TRAN VAN DINH UNION-LEAGUE Washington correspondent of the SAIGON POST, and past Charge d'Affaires and Acting Ambassador of Vietnam to the United States, will speak on the current political situation in Southeast Asia. Friday, February 17, 3 P.M. Auditorium D, Angell Hall Sponsored by UAC Contemporary Discussion Committee 1967 .Symposium Presents: FATHER MALCOM BOYD G O2G 2Jo/o0Pei- "the expresso priest" . peakifto9 f99*'(C74OXP Uf the 'I Union Ballroom SPIKE DRIVERS NATIONAL NEGRO February 19 3:00 P.M. HISTORY WEEK "How Past Problems Perpetuate Present Problems" friday, saturday, sunday A successful advertising executive be- fore entering the Episcopal priesthood, Malcolm Boyd, author of ARE YOU RUNNING WITH ME, JESUS? has served as campus minister at colorado University and at Detroit's Wayne State University. He is one of the ^i r FINAL ADDRESS OAn -n I M 7 Ff l r-- .,n r rte, ii I II ~I'L - ' 4'2 ~I .I