WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TARES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY U, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TUREI~ Johnson Asks Congress CHECK QUALIFICATIONS: Powell Refused Seat O ] Long Fight Seen Ahead In Viet War Seeks Poverty Fund Boost, Raised Social Security Benefits WASHINGTON (A') - President Johnson asked Congress yesterday to increase the federal income tax bills of most individuals and busi- nesses by 6 per cent. He said this is needed "to hold our budget deficit within prudent limits and to give our country and our fighting men the help they need in this hour of trial." Johnson's call for higher taxes six months hence was the high- light of a State of the Union message prepared for personal delivery to Congress-and it.came as a surprise to many. The proposed new surtax is S planned to become effective July 1. Johnson also disclosed he will ask Congress to increase Social Security benefits by an average of 20 per cent starting July 1. However, in discussing the Viet- nam war, the chief executive voiced little optimism. y He said: "I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over. This I cannot do. We face more cost, more loss and more agony." Voicing the administration's de- termination to "see Vietnam through to an honorable peace," Johnson said this about the mili- tary measures to be aimed at the Viet Cong: "Our pressure now must be- and will be-sustained until be realizes that the war he started is costing him more than he can hope to gain." At the same time, Johnson call- ed for restraint in military opera- tions and rejection of what he termed the temptation to "get it over with." Johnson's speech was prepared for a joint session of House and Senate on the opening night of the 90th Congress. Radio and television networks arranged to carry it from the House chamber. The President outlined in gen- eral terms at least a dozen pro- posed legislative programs includ- ing: * A $270 million increase in antipoverty spending; *A new "safe streets and crime control act; " Consolidation of the Labor and Commerce departments into a single new department of busi- ness and labor; * Outlawing of virtually all J wiretapping and electronic snoop- ing; 0 A new civil rights law. In national defense, Johnson was more specific than any other officials have been when he re- ported that the Soviet Union "has begun to place near Moscow a liimted antimissile defense." The President prefaced his call for a tax increase by saying he will.work for lower interest rates and easier money and for a grow- ing economy "without new infla- tionary strains." Several times in his text, John- son spoke of "a time of testing" for the nation. "At home," he said, "the ques- tion is whether we will continue working for better opportunities for all Americans." Discussing domestic programs, Johnson conceded that there have been "mistakes and setbacks" in some of his recently enacted Great Society programs. Officials said next year's budget for the antipoverty program would be increased by about $270 million from the current level. icre ase In come Tax Until Special Inquiry * * * * * * * * * ASKS END TO EXCESSES: WASHINGTON, (M)-The House of Representatives refused yes- terday to seat Adam Clayton Powell until a special investigating committee checks on his qualifi- cations. Powell, embattled Negro Dem- ocrat from New York, whose com- mittee chairmanship was taken away by House Democrats Mon- day, was dealt a second punishing blow at the opening of the 90th Congress. Powell had already been disci-! plined by the House Democratic caucus, which took away his job as chairman of the,Education and Labor Committee. A House com- mittee had accused him of decep- tion in the handling of committee travel accounts. Denied Seat He was denied yesterday the seat to which his Harlem consti- tuents elected him until a com- mittee reports back on its findings and the House decides whether he is qualified. A combination of Republicans and Southern Democrats overrode earlier, 302 to 126, an attempt by the House leadership to soften Ghou En-Lai Urges Temperance TOKYO W) - In a surprise move, Communist China's premier was reported yesterday to have urged Red Guards to temper their attacks on President Liu Shao- chi and party General Secretary Teng Hsiao-ping. Reminding the Re'd Guards that both men still belonged to the Politburo, Premier Chou En-lai said he was giving the militant teen-algers the advice on instruc- tions from party chairman Mao Tse-tung. Despite the admonition, 100,000 Red Guards rallied in Peking yes- terday and made thetir "bitterst attack to date" on Liu and Peng, accused by Mao of following a bourgois line, said the Japan Broadcasting Corp. As Chou emerged as a moder- ating influence in the purge that has Red China in turmoil, there were these other developments: " Wall posters assailing Mao appeared yesterday in the big south China city of Canton, said travelers arriving in Hong Kong. They reported that several were killed and at least 20 were injured in clashes between Red Guards and workers last weekend. One NO PROSECUTION: Supreme Court Overrules Cuban Travel Restrictions WASHINGTON (P)-Americans who visit Communist countries without government permission may not be criminally punished, the Supreme Court ruled un- animously yesterday. But those who do so travel with- out U.S. government protection, and the State Department remains free to revoke their passports when they reenter the United States. The ruling, announced by Jus- tice Abe Fortas, answers the ques- tion left open by the high court last May when it upheld the sec- retary of state's power to refuse to grant passports to American countries, suggested that travel citizens for travel to Cuba. without a specially validated pass- The question: May the govern- port would be criminal conduct. ment criminally prosecute Amer- The secretary of state's power icans' who go there anyway? to grant and issue passports was The answer, in two cases de- authorized in the Passport Act of cided yesterday, was no. 1928. The later 1952 law gave the Congress, Fortas said, gave the President, during time of war or secetay o sch owr weninnational emergency, power to secretary no such power when, in make it illegal for any U.S. citizen the Immigration and Nationality to leave the United States or en- Act of 1952, it authorized the re- torleave thUted asport.n quirement that a citizen possess a ter it without a valid passport. passport for leaving and entering Since 1953 a valid passport has the United States. been required to leave or enter the Nor, he said, has the State De- country-exceptto or from North, partment in its pronouncements tres. on Cuba and other off-limits Chinese woman said young work- ers attacked Red Guards with iron pipes shouting "that they were sick of Red Guards and sick of Mao's thought." The official New China News A g e n c y accused "reactionary" Communist leaders in Shanghai of corrupting workers to resort to economic warfare to disrupt Red China's production. " Red Guards in Peking as- sailed Deputy Premier Neih Jung-# chun, who is reported to head Red China's nuclear development pro- gram. A 68-year-old European- trained engineer, Nieh was one of the few deputy premiers who had escaped Rew Guard criticism. Chou's talks to the Red Guards indicated that Mao and the pre- mier wanted to curb excessive vio- lence against the Liu-Teng fac- Lion. Chou also disclosed that the Red Guards had tried to storm Communist party headquarters in an attempt to get at Liu and Peng. The date was not given. The Peking correspondent of the newspaper Asahi quoted a Red Guard newspaper as saying Chou told Red Guard representatives: "We must thoroughly smash the bourgeois reactionary line repre- sented by Liu and Teng but this should be distinguished from the excess in individual attacks against them." Chou emphasized that both were 'retained as members of the party's IPolitburo at the Central Commit- tee meeting last Aug. 1-12. Storming Incident Chou referred to, an incident in which fanatical crowds stormed in the Communist party headquar- ters in an attempt to -drag Liu and Teng away and said: "The task Chairman Mao gave me was to dissuade the people from doing things like this," Asahi reported. "It is not necessary for you to drag them out and fight face to face. Nor is it necessary for you to turn your backs against them. You can resort to criticism against them." By BOB HORTON WASHINGTON (;P)- The fact that the Soviet Union may have an antimissile system is not the only consideration in determining whether the United States should also deploy missile killers, the Pentagon said yesterday. Underlying the issue is the greater question of "what consti- tutes an effective deterrent to nu- clear war," the Pentagon said in response to a series of questions from The Associated Press, The Defense Department said it is impossible to speculate on the prospects for beginning deploy- ment of some type of antimissile defense this year. No Magic Time On the eve of President John- son's State of the Union message, the Pentagon said: "There is no magic tim~e at which suchsa decision must either be made or announced. The prob- lem certainly will be addressed in the defense budget which will go to the Congress early in the year." Some Pentagon officials looked for a sign in yesterday night's State of the Union message as to whether the President has made what would be a multibillion-dol- lar military decision to start pro- ducing the Nike X, and antimissile system which has been under de- velopment for years. The Pentagon said the cost dur- ing the first year of deployment "would probably run below half a billion dollars." McNamara - who questions whether any defense could stop all enemy warheads - said late last year there is considerable evidence the Soviet Union is deploying anti- missiles. "Although a Russian ABM sys- tem would be an important con- sideration in establishing an ef- fective nuclear deterent it can- not be considered in isolation,", the Pentagon said. GEORGIA CONTEST: Legislature Picks 'Maddox as Governor U.S. Troops Launch Massive Viet Push the punishment by seating Powell while the special committee con- ducts its inquiry. Rep. Morris K. Udall (D.-Ariz), who led the fight in the Demo- cratic caucus Monday to depose Powell as a chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, led the fight to seat him yester- day. Udall said Powell's loss of his chairmanship was harsh enough punishment for any abuses he may have committed. In addition, he said, Powell would still -be liable to exclusion when the House voted on the report of any investigating committee. Rep. Gerald R. Ford (A.-Mich), urged the'defeat of Udall's resolu- tion, He said it was the-constitu- tional responsibility of the House to judge the qualifications of its members. Seating Powell first, he said, would be determining his right to a seat before there is any in- vestigation. Powell, who made a brief speech in his own defense, left the House chamber abruptly as the trend of the roll call on the leadership proposal became clear. There were rumors that he might resign his seat. ATLANTA, Ga. (P) - Lester G. the presiding officer, Lt. Gov. Soviet Antimissile Plans A Secondary Factor SAIGON, South Vietnam (')- A massive American force esti- mated at 30,000 men, backed by planes, armor, and artillery, has launched the biggest offensive of the Vietnam war in an attempt to sweep the Viet Cong out of the jungled "Iron Triangle," 20 to 30 miles north of Saigon. Up to 30,000 troops, including an array of 30 artillery batteries, were committed to clear the ene- my from the jungle, brush and rice paddies and to try to root out a regional headquarters from which guerillas have mounted at- tacks against the capital. Spokesmen announced t h e Americans, while suffering light casualties, have killed 115 Viet Cong, captured 28 and seized 230 suspects for questioning. There was no report of major fighting. Up to 10,000 Vietnamese peasants who have lived under Viet Cong rule within the 60 square miles of the Iron Triangle, so designated for its resemblance to a Commu- nist stronghold of that name in the Korean War, are being moved to other localities. In related phases of war and politics: ! A panel of deputies in South Vietnam's Constituent Assembly announced Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu has pledged the mili- tary government will not exercise its veto power over the constitu- tion they are drawing up as a step for the return of civilian rule. 0 Gen. Willian C. Westmore- land, the U.S. commander, told newsmen that infiltration from North Vietnam has averaged more than 8,000 men a month and - despite 50,000 combat deaths and more than 20,000 defections - the enemy strength in South Viet- nam now exceeds 280,000 men. * U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, at a news conference in New York, took issue with U.S. contentions that Vietnam is vital to Western security and that a Communist victory would threaten other countries of Southeast Asia. He also challenged Washington's position that the Viet Cong is a "stooge" for North Vietnam. Public Notice On Jan. 16, 1961 - 13 days after the United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba- the State Department issued a public notice that U.S. passports would not be valid for travel to or from Cuba unless specially en- dorsed. With its decision the court re- versed the conviction of Helen Maxine Levi Travis of Los An- geles, who made two trips to Cuba via Mexico in 1962. And with the decision the court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an indictment charging nine persons with conspiring to organ- ize a trip to Cuba in 1963. Maddox, 51, whose segregation fights with Negroes and the fed- eral government led him into the wational spotlight, was elected governor of Georgia last night by the state legislature. Meeting in an extraordinary Joint session, the two houses voted overwhelmingly in favor of Mad- dox, a Democrat who ran second in the no-majorityhgeneral elec- tion to Republican Howard H. B. Callaway. Maddox was expected to take the oath of ofice promptly and thereby avoid any further legal effort to prevent him from becom- in governor. Earlire an official canvass by te legislature had showed this vote in the November election: Call- away 453,665; Maddox 450,626; write-ins 52,831. The legislature's vote came after Peter Zack Geer, had ruled out of order a resolution seeking to call a special election to decide, the governor's race. He said the state and U.S. Supreme Court already had ruled the legislature should elect. A roll-call vote upheld Geer's ruling. The vote was Maddox 182, Call- away 66, with 11 legislators ab- staining.' "We will now proceed to elect the next governor of Georgia," Geer announced. An easy victory went to Maddox although 11 legislators declined to choose between either candidate- symptomatic of the attitude that brought on the write-in vote and the deadlocked election. Maddox received the necessary 130votes for election by the time Callaway had 45. r World News Roundup UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (R) - U.N. Secretary-General U Thant yesterday challenged the United States' basic arguments for its military involvement in South Vietnam. At a news conference, he de- nied: 1. That the Viet Cong are stooges of Communist North Viet- nam. 2. That if South Vietnam fell to the Communists, neighbor- ing countries would follow. 3. That South Vietnam was vital to West- ern security. He also pressed the United States once more to stop bombing North Vietnam. He said, "I feel very strongly that there will be no move towards peace so long as the bombing of North Vietnam is go- ing on." ** * WASHINGTON (A') - A House coalition of Republicans and con- servative Democrats repealed yes- terday night the two-year-old 21- day rule desigred originally i to curb the power of the House Rules Baker's trial a detailed examina- Committee. The roll-call vote of 232 to 185 followed the rejection of a motion by Democratic Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma to adopt without change the rule of the 89th Con- gress, which included the contro- versial rule. Opposition to the repeal came from liberal Democrats and Re- publicans, the vote indicating that the conservative coalition has the strength to make its voice heard in the 90th Congress. The 21-day rule was adopted in 1965. Once before, in 1949, the House had resorted to the same runle but repealed it two years later. The effect of the rule was to limit to 21 days the time the Rules Committee could hold up legis- lation approved by other commit- tees. * * * WASHINGTON (P) - The gov- ernment began yesterday in Bobby tion of the financial dealings of the one-time Senate page boy who built a $2 million fortune. The prosecutor in U.S. District Court said the government would show that Baker kept $80,000 of some $100,000 raised by California savings and loan associations- money Baker said would be used for senators running for re-elec- tion in 1962. 'The name of the late Sen. Rob- ert S. Kerr (D.-Okla.), arose when defense attorney Edward Bennett Williams asked a witness if he re- called that Kerr made arrange- ments for Baker to borrow $250, 000 from an Oklahoma bank. "No," replied the witness, Ernest C. Tucker, a Washington attor- ney. Baker, 38, is charged with filing false income tax returns for 1961 and 1962, committing theft by ac- cepting money and not reporting it and conspiring with others to conceal certain payments. r .- - Il I it *Comments and Criticisms plus Suggestions, too, Are For the Benefit and Improvement of . presents UNION-LEAGUE C2 +S2 = UAC Boulding Fedler Discussion ELISE BOULDING, consultant to the international executive of the Woman's International League For Peace and Freedom, will have a discussion with LESLIE FIEDLER, our Writer-in- po :in UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES CENTER (Union-League) ii I 1111 i I I