FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967 THE MICHIGAN UAI V VlA rr n M rrv FRIDAY FEBRURY 24,11.1.-V li l- V Y1. F IU L~ Nl LANJl viAUZ r K e Adam Powell U.S. Begins Most Massive 'Accused Of Offensive of Vietnam War Misconduct House Committee Recommends Fine, 45,000 Hit North Troops Near * Saigon Over 10 % of All American Viet Forces Participate in Drive m I 'eating, Censure WASHINGTON (P) - A select House committee accused Rep. Ad- am Clayton Powell Thursday of "gross misconduct" and recom- mended that he be seated, censur- ed and required to pay $40,000. The $40,000 which would be de- ducted from Powell's salary at the rate of $1,0C> a month represents two-thirds of the $60,000 which Powell would draw during the next two years as a member of the 90th Congress. The money would be for funds the comittee said Powell has "wrongfully and willfully appro- priated" over the past three years. In a report signed by all nine members, the committee also pro- posed that the controversial New Vn1 J npJnrr1t ha chnrn of Ii ic~Teetmtd250ui REUTHER PRESSURES: UAW Workers Resume Jobs After General Motors Strike MANSFIELD. Ohio () - A quickly as possible," GM's Detroit structions from union headquar- wildcat walkout that shut down headquarters said. ters to end the walkout which the much of General Motor's auto out- With more than half of their company argued violated the un- put ended yesterday, but its ef- union members employed by the ion contract. The company's view fects will linger in idle plants and nation's largest carmaker iaid off was that no talks could be ar- slowed production. Reuther and his board had threat- ranged on any grievances until Rebellious workers who had re- ened to take over the Mansfield work resumed. fused earlier orders to return to local to end the work stoppage. Hall said he felt he, Petty and work agreed under pressure from The walkout grew out of a dis- 15 other men suspended by the United Auto Workers President pute over sending of some work to company during the walkout would Walter P. Reuther to go back to another GM plant. The interna- be returned to duty. their jobs while a committee takes tional union agreed to help set Some union members indicated up their complaints with manage- up meetings to discuss the local this would be a prime topic of ment at GM's Fisher Body Divi- complaint. today's grievance session and sion plant here. Frank Petty, chairman of the hinted they would walk out again The end to the eight-day work local's shop committee, said the if their demands were not met, stoppage came at an hour-long first session with management The company said 1,300 employ- meeting of most of the 2,700 mem- was set for 10 a.m. today. es returned to duty on afternoon bers of United Auto Workers Lo- "I am confident we can resolve shifts here yesterday and all 2,700 cal 549. Local President Robert our differences," said Hall, whose would be back at work by this Hall explained the agreement men had defied telegraphed in- morning. reached in a showdown Wednes- ~-- day night in Detroit with Reuther and the UAW Executive Board. ,Johnson Lauds Amendme nt Return to Work l SAIGON (P)--About 45,000 U.S troops and scores of jet bomber, hammered yesterday against ligl sniper fire in the Viet Cong's main bailiwick, the jungled War Zone C, in the most massive offensiv of the Vietanam war. More,, than 10 per cent of al American servicemen in Vietnam were directly committed to the drive, centered 60 miles northwes of Saigon and encompassings 250-square-mile area of Tay Nin Province adjacent to neutralis Cambodia's frontier. Infantrymen deployed to form a huge horseshoe-shaped trap, which American nofficers hopeE would catch the VietbCong's polit ical leadership as well as hard core military units that haye ranged the area for 20 years. The drive, called Operation JunctiondCity, was launched in secret before dawn Wednesday with the first American combat parachute jump since the Korean War. The biggest previous offen- sive in Vietnam was Operation Cedar Falls, in which 30,000 Amer- scans combed the Viet's Cong Tri- angle north of Saigon in January The full scope of the new op- erration, the third in four month within War Zone C. came to light on a daythat also saw: * Disclosure that more Amer- ican and Communist troops wers killed in combat last week than in any week since the bloody battl of dthe Ia Drang Valley, Nov. 14-20 1965. U.S. headquarters said 17 Americans and 2,029 of the enemy were killed, compared to the rec- ord for the 1965 period, 240 Amer- icans and 2,262 Communists. 0 Returns of two U.S. soldiers who the Viet Cong announced were released Feb. 7. Reported in fair condition though suffering from malnutrition, Sgt. Sammie W. Womack of Farmville, Va., and Pfc. Charles Earle Crafts of North Jay, Maine, showed up at an American post 35 miles north of Saigon. A spokesman said both were taken immediately to a med- ical facility for treatment. *A report by U.S. headquarters of a single-day record of 575 sor- ties by American tactical bombers over South Vietnain Wednesday, including War Zone C strikes. The previous high for such single com- bat flights was 565 on Feb. 5. Oather planes flew 79 missions over North Vietnam. Pilots said they destroyed three storage buildings and set several fires at the Vinh Yen ammunition depot, 80 miles west of Hanoi. f t{ >;::__:::>t .> Y ==4*meN reort will b takoesnofn i by The moetsmat is500un entire 23 years of House seniority. bees at the meeting then The committe's report will be -without a vote-to re laid before the House next Wed- work. Several said the ret nesday. If approved, it would re- W pressed confidence in oc quire Powell to take the oath of ershidd office by March 13 or else his seat General Motors said i would be declared vacant, require some time to re House Speaker John W. Mc&o: - normal operations becaw mack, D-Mass., said the committee six-day lapse in the supply report will be taken up by the components from this plan Associated Press House next Wednesday, with de makes parts for 90 per bate limited to one hour. GM's cars. A SELECT HOUSE COMMITTEE yesterday recommended that Adam Powell be seated as a House The committee found that Pow- T member but be censured for' gross misconduct. Among members of the committee at a news con- elmetcosiuonluafi- offs of 133,500 auto worke7 ference were, at the left, Rep. Arch Moore (D-W. Va), and Rep. Emmanel Celler (D-N.Y.) chairman. tions of age, citizenship, and in- GM plants around the sou; - - -____habitancy in New York and there- "We are making everye fore is entitled to the seat from reschedule production ai JOH NSON SUPPORTS DECISION: which he has been barred since idled employes back to _____________________________________________________Jan. 10, when the House voted 304 -____ h ite o 64to rquir himto sand / / + aside pending an investigation of ' G Wht House Panel Enaorses i charges that he misused govern- ~K ment travel funds. o f The report said Powell's refusal 1F ea r14 ,A m ('i CI i r;p mittee was "contemptuous and ~T.,- A ~ ~ n inem-. iagreed turn to On Presidential Succession I- WASHINGTON OP) - A White House study panel endorses the C e n t r a 1 Intelligence Agency's I much-criticized subsidizing of var- ious private organizations, and President Johnsonn agrees with the group's findings. . At Johnson's direction, the White House made public Thurs- day a preliminary report on a re- view of this controversial facet of s CIA operations. Press secretary l George Christian emphasized that rJohnson agrees with the interim conclusions. The report, submitted in letter form and dated Wednesday, came from Undersecretary of State Ni- cholas Katzenbach, who is con- rducting the review along with i CIA Director Richard Helms, and John W. Gardner, secretary of health, education and welfare. Defends CIA's Role The CIA's role was defended on two grounds: " "It did not act on its own initiative, but in accordance with national policies established by the National Security Council in 1952 through 1954." * "The support provided by the Central Intelligence Agency en- abled many farsighted and cour- ageous Americans to serve their country in times of challenge and danger to the United States and the free world." Katzenbach told Johnson he ex- pects a final report, to include re- commendations, will be realy ear- ly next month. Broader Study His letter indicates the study which he is heading, at Johnson's direction, is somewhat broader than had previously been announ- ced. He spoke of "our inquiry into the relations of government agen- cies and private organizations op- erating abroad." Katzenbach last week said sim- ply that the panel was looking into the relations between the CIA and the educational organizations. Indispensible to Security In his letter to Johnson, Katzen- bach said the CIA "has been, and continues to be, indispensible to the security of this nation." "It is vitally important that the current controversy over its sup- port of certain private organiza- tions not be permitted to obscure the value, or impede the effect- iveness, of competent and dedi- cated career officials serving this country," he went on. After saying the CIA began the subsidies in accord with national policies, Katzenbach said: "Throughout, it acted with the approval of senior interdepart- mental review committees, includ- ing the secretaries of state and defense or their representatives. These policies have, therefore, been in effect under four presi- dents." The four: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Johnson. Executive Declines Comment The White House still declines to say whether Johnson had per- sonal knowledge of the CIA's fi- nancing of such groups as the National Student Association prior to a recent discussion of the situ- ation by one of his assistants, Douglass S. Cater, Jr. It was learned that the CIA matter was discussed with John- son by guests at a reception for Congress members Tuesday night. Katzenbach was present and, it was understood, Johnson asked him at the time to submit a status report on his inquiry. was conduct unworthy of a mem- ber." Although all members signed the report, a 'statement noted that Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., "feels " strongly that Mr. Powell should not be a member of the House," and that Rep. John Conyers. Jr., D-Mich., "believes that punish- ment of Mr. Powell beyond severe censure is improper." Polls Hint India's Congress Party Could Lose Majority i i { 1 l I i i c 1 z z t S l A C NEW ORLEANS (1) - W. Ferrie's death created fi terday among some peop claimed to have informat lating to Ferrie or Lee Har wald in connection with th sination of President J' Kennedy. Ferrie, labeled by Dist. A' Garrison as a prime inf in his investigation of thei nation, was found dead Wednesday. A preliminary sy report attributed deatl brain hemorrhage. A coron port yesterday ruled out leaving suicide, natural ca accidental death as possibi Frightened into Silen A woman who was about The Associated Press deta said related to Oswald's a( in New - Orleans was frig into silence. She warily gr reporter at her home. "You see that," she said, ing attention to a snubno caliber revolver placed onf by chair. "I don't say ar might happen to me. But won't talk to you. I haver more to say." Another person on the pe of the case, David Lewis, station baggage clerk, drop: of sight Wednesday night. bors said the Lewis fami suddenly left town. Lewis had told newsmen r l lend-' WASHINGTON(A - President of the Cabinet, and other high Johnson hailed Thursday the end federal and state officials gather- would r of 180 years of uncertainty over ed in the East Room for the sere- ltul to how to keep the government tune- mora .y. se of a tioning when the president h Je- Lawson Knotth administrator of of body comes disabled, the General Services Administra- t, which'; He spoke at a White House cere-. tion, the government's housekeep.- 'cent of.I mony in which he witnessed the iIng agency, certified that the re- certification of the 25th Amend- quired three-fourths of the states to lay- ment to the Constitution, estab- had ratified the amendment. 'Then !rs in 57, lishing procedures for dealing with' Johnson signed the document as a entry. j presidential disability and for fill- witness. ffiort to ing a vacancy in the office of vice The amendment actually be- nd get president. came part of the Constitution on work as Leaders of Congress, members Feb. 10 when Nevada became the -- -~~--*-------- --' 38th state to ratify it. But there had to be the certification of this 1 , I j s act and Johnson made a big oc- Seat Creates= casion out of it,prasig members of Congress, leaders of bar associa- I1~ u.tions, and all other individuals' on W itnesses and organizations who helpers steer the amendment through Congress and the states. David ed for the safety of his wife and "By this thoughtful amendment, ear yes- four children because of his know- they have further perfected the le who ledge of a possible conspiracy to oldest written Constitution in the ion re- kill Kennedy. world," Johnson 'said. "vey Os- However, Lewis appeared at the Johnson made a speech in e assas- district attorney's office yesterday. J ohn F. Before going into Garrison's of- which he said the amendment, fice he said: "I am not worried dealing with presidential dis- tty. Jim about myself, but I am about my ability and filling any vacancy in ormant family. Maybe there has been .too the office of vice president, as- assassi- much said about me already, but sures there will be no vacuum in in bed they know my name and know national leadership in the future. autop- what I look like and they know Johnson recalled that two pres- ;h to a where I work, so that's it." idents, James A. Garfield and er's re- A former private investigator, Woodrow Wilson, were unable to murder, Lewis claims to have known Os- carry out their duties for a con- uses or wald, the man named by the War- siderable period of time, Garfield lities. ren Commission as Kennedy's as- as a result of an assassin's bullet ce sassin. and Wilson as a result of a stroke. to give Coroner Nicholas Chetta ruled And he noted a historical fact ails she out murder as a possible cause of -16 times the office of vice presi- ctivities Ferrie's death. dent has been vacant. ghtened "There is no evidence of any In each case, Johnson said, eeted a violence," he said. "There is no there was controversy but the :vidence of murder." Constitution provided no mecha- direct- "The Orleans Parish coroner nism "for putting the vice presi- sed .38 said the specific cause of death dent in the chief executive's emp- a near- was an aneurysm-a small sacular ty chair while the president was nything aneurysm of a cerebral artery. He disabled." I Just said such aneurysms frequently "Once, perhaps. we could pay nothing rupture, spilling blood into the the price of inaction." Johnson brain. He likened this to the fail- said. "But in this crisis-ridden riphery ure of an inner tube with a weak era there is no margin for delay, a busEspot. no possible justification for a ped out A large quantity of pills for vas- vacuum in national leadership. Neigh- cular disease was found in Ferrie's And now at last, through the 25th ly had apartment. But the coroner said Amendment, we have the means even an overdose of these could of responding to these crises of he fear- not cause an aneurysm. responsibility." NEW DELHI, India ('P)-A bal- lot box revolution was toppling the ruling Congress party's hier- archy and key Cabinet ministers Thursday and sending the party crashing to defeat in four states. As returns from week-long elec- tions poured in, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi found she also had lost Railways Minister S.K. Patil, Finance Minister Sachindra Chau- dhuri, and Industries Minister Damodaram Sanjivayya. The de- feat of two other Cabinet min- isters was announced earlier. With 96 of the 520 seats for Par- liament decided, the Congress par- ty had 60, the Hindu Jan Sangh party 17, the Communists 9, the rightist Swantantra party 4 and independents 6. The Congress par- ty held 361 of the 494 seats in the last Parliament. In addition, voters elected 3,560 assemblymen in the 17 states and the Congress party had a little more than 50 per cent of these at the last count. Congress party President Ku- maraswami Kamaraj was defeated for a state assembly seat in Ma- dras State by P. Srinivasan, 28, a student leader who wants to make Hindi compulsory in Tamil-speak-, ,ing Madras. Hindi is the most widely used language in India. Also defeated were two other party leaders, Secretary T. N. Ma- naen and Treasurer Atulya Ghosh, who failed to win Parliament con- test in West Bangal. Unexepected Strength The Congress party is showing unexpected strength in two or three other sattes, where it had been considered likely to run into difficulty. But the key question is the outcome of the Parliament races and this will not become clear at least until late Friday. The Congress party had been expected to lose 40 to 50 seats but now speculation among Indian newsmen and other observes is whether a danger might not be mounting that the party could fail to win a majority. The defeat of Kamaraj, 63, suc- cessor in May to President Sarve- palli Radhakrishnan was unex- pected, and Ghosh was one of the country's most powerful politi- cians. Emerging with easy victories amid the Congress debacle were Mrs. Gandhi, Home Minister Y. B. Chavan,and Defense Minister Swaran Singh. World News Roundup TONIGHT! 17th Annual' CAPE KENNEDY, Fla.--Experts steering America's man-to-the- moon program yesterday assessed what impact the Apollo I tragedy would have on future flight sched- ules, then left for Washington to discuss their conclusions this weekend with space agency head- quarters and congressmen. A public report may be made this weekend or early next week, sources said. * * * WASHINGTON-The Post Of- fice Department plans to ask Con- gress to hike the third-class mail rate by 30 per cent or more, it was learned yesterday, thus bringing bulk mail almost to a pay-its-own basis for the first time. HAMBURG, Germany-isaster emergency crews, called into ac- tion by siren and cannon fire sign- als, fought early today against flood tides from violent storms sweeping northern Europe. The violence of weather was described in some places as the worst within living memory. Hours before dawn 11 persons had been reported killed by the storm. 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