PAG CM I THE MICHIGAN DAILY THTJRSDAY,',NIARCH 23, 1967 THEMICIGN DIL areSa ,MARH 3,..6 ARRANGE Spring- Summer Term HOUSING. Rooms are available for less than $50.00 per month. Jun- iors-Seniors-Graduates, eligible for assionment to Baits Houses should apply now. Oxford, East Quadrangle, Stockwell, Couz- ens and Barbour will also be open. Apply now at 3011 Stu- dent Activities Building. For further information call 764- 7404. Senate Group Approves Bill Ttn fOi R cinc nrnis : , : r : << : i_ . }: NEWS ANALYSIS: South Vietnamese Leaders Optimistic About New Constitution's Effectiveness 0,0 -Zg ity ArEAvy uEUq~'t Y . .'. WASHINGTON (P)-A bill re- storing major business tax incen- tives has won Senate Finance Committee aproval after being re-E molded to conform to administra- tion wishes. But the legislation-scheduled for Senate debate starting April 3, after the E a st e r recess-could face stiff opposition on the floor because amendments by the com- mittee to the House version would nearly halve benefits to business. And Sen. Albert Gore, (D- Tenn), says he'll attempt to amend the measure to include re- peal of the controversial presiden- tial election campaign financing plan Congress enacted at the end of the 196 session. The administration amendments to the tax bill, sponsored. by Sen. George A. Smathers. (D-Fla), act- ing finance committee chairman, would reduce the revenue loss under the measure by $775 mil- lion. As the bill cleared the House, this loss was estimated at $1.86 billion. It would be $1.085 billion under the Senate committee's ver- sion. The Senate bill would.,restore the 7 per cent tax credit incentive for machinery or equipment pur- chases only to that ordered March 10 or later. It would restore ac- celerated, depreciation rates.only for those profit-making buildings started after that date. The House version provides the benefits would go to equipment ordered before March 10 and de- livered after that date; and to the portion of buildings completed March 10 or later even though they were started before'then. Limit Credit Another change in the Senate measure would limit the. invest- ment credit on machinery and equipment to 25 per cent of a com- pany's tax liability through: next Dec. 31. After that, a more liberal ceiling of 50 per cent of taxes owed would apply. The House had voted to put the 50 per cent ceiling. in effect at once. Smathers said passage of the in- centives bill would make it much less likely for Congress to accept the 6 per cent income tax sur- charge President Johnson has pro- posed for consideration later this session. The proposed surtax would ap- ply to' corporate as well as in- dividual income taxes. EDITOR'S NOTE: President John- son hailed the presentation of South Vietnam's new constitution as "the outstanding fact" of the Guam conference. What does the consti- tution do? Here is an analysis by a Pulitzer Prize correspondent with five years' experience in Vietnam. By PETER ARNETT Associated Press News Analyst SAIGON (JP-South Vietnam is "entering its constitutional era," one Saigon politician exclaimed enthusiastically. Another com- mented "we have marked a turn- ing point in our history. A new .. -" " " M. String Duo Achieves 'Real Communication' "EXPLORATIONS An opportunity for all interested students to share, clarify, and explore with others their feelings and concerns, problems and perplexities, ideas and questions, regarding any aspect of life. TONIGHT--7:30 P.M. GUILD HOUSE, 902 Monroe Sponsored by: The Office of Religious Affairs 2282 SAB 764-7442 _. .. By ROSS MILLER Jacqueline Du Pre, the 'cele- brated British cellist, was joined by Stephen Bishop in a consist- ently fine performance Monday at Rackham. The program included sonatas by Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms. It was not a night of spectacular effects, nor of wild show. Both musicians emphasized great con- trol over their instruments. Miss Du Pre produced a'marvelously' full tone, as she rocked back and forth with her cello. Her strong mellow sound was punctuated by Mr. Bishop's insistent piano, most. notably in the scherzo of Beet- hoven's A major sonata. Miss Dii Pre, however, was most impressive in the slow lyrical movements. She:, seemed much more comfortable during these soft slow sections, as..f the adagio of the Brahms F major sonata. Her precision and grace ' emphasized the prevailing, harmonies and ex- ploited them fully. There was a real communication between the two artists as they performed .Each was able to anti- cipate the other, as if they had played together for a great amount of time. There was a joy and excitement which they brought to their music. The ease with which they played helped create a great amount of verve. They were two people inspired by what they were doing and happy to share their gift with an audience. Their music, if in part not per- fectly studied or phrased, was al- ways stated quite clearly. Each of the compositions they chose to play was animated and given a personal touch. Neither of the performers let up. Both were always attentive to the flow of the piece. Miss Du Pre's concentration in the Prologue of the Debussy sonata was charac- teristic of the serious, but never humorless, way she played the concert. It was work, but a very rewarding night. era of democracy, social justice and progress is emerging." With Vietnam's recent history of chronic political instability, ab- solute military junta command, lassitude in the civil service, and the ever-present war, the current joyous optimism of many Saigon' politicians seems foolhardy. Yet that is how they feel about the new constitution hammered out by a 117-member Constituent Assembly and approved by the all- powerful military junta. How far does the document go toward lessening junta control and bringing real civilian government to Vietnam? Considering the dominance of the war on all political affairs and the need for a dominant role by the military in any important decision-making at this stage of Vietnamese history, the new con- stitution is likely the most realistic that could be drawn up. It provides for the election of a president, a vice president and a two-house assembly by universal adult suffrage. It sets up a mix- ture of presidential and parlia- mentary forms of government. The Vietnamese constitution is more like the American Constitu- tion than any other, but it lessens presidential power and emphasizes the power of the two houses of Parliament. Vietnamese politicians see in the power of the Parliament the real strength of the new constitution. The late Ngo Dinh Diem's consti- tution gave him near full power under a presidential system. Un- der "emergency powers" granted by his assembly Diem became a dictator. Civilian framers of the new con- stitution knew the first Vietnam- ese president could be a military man. Botha Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van" Thieu, no longer hide their pres- idential ambitions from their+ friends.+ The constitution' provides thats the president selects the premier, who in turns picks a cabinet. The two assemblies are to be elected within a year after the+ presidential voting. They can re-+ move a cabinet member by a two-. thirds majority vote in both houses. A premier can be ousted by a two-thirds vote, providing the president agrees. If he doesn't, then both houses need a three-fourths vote of mem- bership to oust him. A premier must be given one year in office before a vote of confidence can be taken. It is not necessary to choose a new premier before the old is ousted. The membership of the lower house, the mort important of the two, is to be'between 100 and 200, the upper house between 30 and, 50. 4 Communists Call Guam Meeting A War Council' One clause requires military per- sonnel to resign prior to standing for election. To stand for presi- dent, Ky would have to quit as commander of the Vietnamese air force, a job which has given him a pivotal position in the junta. As some here see it, his resignation could mean one of two things- that he has decided that the days of military power plays are over, or that his prestige still can com- mand the air force. Rural police, revolutionary de- velopment cadres and government officials in the provinces will be powerful influences on the popu- lation at election time, both for the presidency and Parliament. They can be expected to back a military machine; a military pres- ident can expect to have consid- erable support in the Parliament. Civilian politicians and U.S. of- ficials hopeful of democratic gov- ernment feel that even if the military continue to dominate the scene politically the actions will at least be channeled through le- gal corridors. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, a leading publisher of textbooks, will be on campus to inteview candidates for positions as Publisher's College Representatives MARCH 291 Holt, Rinehart and Winston, one of the oldest and most successful publishers in America, is seeki field representatives for its expanding college pro- grams. The positions demand men with high moti- vation, outstanding human skills, and genuine, interest in education. 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U.S. Imperialists "Since the U.S. imperialists re- sort to force in an attempt to sub- due our people, we are determined to defeat them by force,' it said. "Our entire army is resolved to stand shoulder to shoulder with the entire people to rush forward and fight more vigorously. And totally smash the U.S. aggressive designs."~ The Soviet Communist party paper Pravda asserted the Guam meeting as "a new stage of the escalation of the American aggre,% sion" and that plans were; laid there "for further expansion" of the war. Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosy- gin said earlier that any escala- tion of the war would be extremely reckless and implied that if it oc-. curred North Vietnam would re- ceive additional Soviet aid.~ War Conference The Peking-oreinted Asian Paci- fic Region Peace Liaison Commit- tee referred to the Guam meeting as "a war conference pure and simple," Communist China's of- ficial New China News Agency reported. 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