WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 196'7 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PANE THREE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Reagan Says First Hundred Days No Hone) moon By BILL BOYARSKY t SACRAMENTO, Calif.(P)-Ron- ald Reagan has swept through his first 100 days as governor of Cali- fornia with a dash and glamour reminiscent of his movie star days, but he concedes It hasn't been a honeymoon. a A Democratic opponent calls it a period of "on-the-job training" for a newcomer to office. Nevertheless, Reagan has been propelled into the national spot- light as a possible Republican presidential nominee-praised and condemned for his determination to keep campaign promises of gov- ernmental economy to move Cali- fornia along a conservative path., "I think he has made more headway this year than any other possible Republican candidate for president," said Oregon's first- term Republican governor, Tom McCall. Reagan, inaugurated Jan. 2 as chief executive of the nation's most populous state, completed his first 100 days yesterday. There has not been the flood of new laws that sometimes marks the advent of a landslide victor, but there has been plenty of noise and fire as Reagan has tried to redirect the course of a state ac- customed to the liberal programs of his Democratic and Republican predecessors. 'For one thing, Reagan confronts a legislature controlled by the Democratic opposition; and some- times his Republican colleagues have disagreed with him. In three months he has changed from a Hollywood personality to an executive who takes a briefcase of papers home at night and makes decisions next day from one-page memos typed by his staff. In four paragraphs, they sum- marize the issue, the facts, the discussion and the recommenda- tion. Reagan has spoken before 10,000 demonstrators protesting his effort -to charge tuition at state colleges and universities. Polls indicate he has retained much of the popularity which car- ried him to an almost million-vote victory over Democratic Gov. Ed- mund G. Brown last November. With his national prominence increasing, the governor intends to lead a Reagan for president favor- ite son delegation to the 1968 Republican National Convention. He maintains he is not a serious candidate, but his California sup- porters believe he could wind up with the nomination if the con- vention should deadlock. In his 1966 race Reagan prom- ised morality in government, more local control and strict economy -a program he called the "Crea- tive Society." He concedes he has had prob- lems but insists, "I believe we have made a good start toward imple- menting the Creative Society. "I'd been led to believe there was a honeymoon period, but evidently the license on the way to the church, because I haven't had any honeymoon for 100 days. His Democratic opponents agree with this. "Largely-on-the-job training," is the way Democratic Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh sizes up the first months. Republican Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch differs, saying, "By and large, the public is going to give him a big 'E' for effort and thinks he is trying to do what he set out to do. "The first 100 days have been a shakedown period, setting up3 relationships. The governor's staff has been jockeying to see who will be closest to his ear and there has been jockeying by legislative lead- ers" Reagan so far has fallen short of his goals in economy. He is heading for a bitter fight with legislative Democrats and Re- publicans over his opposition to proposed withholding of state in- come taxes from salaries. Behind the scenes he has dis- agreed with two members of his Republican team, Finch and Con- troller Houston I. Flournoy. He is-now asking for a $5.06 bil- lion state budget, largest in the history of any state. He blames the need on the former Brown administration, which he says left the treasury bare. To replenish state funds, he has called for a $946-million tax in- crease, largest in state history. He tried to reduce the budget by demanding a general 10 per cent cut in state spending, including the costs of higher education, but his program has fallen short. He announced for this year his effort to charge tuition, and has delayed slightly the projected firing of some thousands of employes in the state mental health program. He has also announced plans to reform judicial appointments, re- organize the executive branch and improve welfare and park admin- istrations. He has put volunteer task forces of business executives to work on tax reform, governmental effi- ciency and problems of minorities. Unruh contends that Reagan has abandoned his conservative approach in an effort to improve his national image. He says Rea- gan's program amounts to a tacit endorsement of the Democratic policies he criticized during the campaign. On the other hand. State Sen. George Deukmejian (R - Long Beach), one of Reagan's closest legislative friends says, "He is making a very honest and sincere effort to carry out the promises he made in the campaign." Congress Votes To Dela Strike Moves With Urgency To Postpone National Railroad Walkout 20 Days PUNTA DEL ESTE: Johnson Meets with Leaders; Difficult Summit Foreseen WASHINGTON () - Congress, moving with urgency, approved with few, dissenting voices yes- terday a resolution President Johnson asked to head off a na- tionwide railroad strike set to erupt at midnight tonight. The machinery was set in mo- tion to rush the document to Johnson for his signature in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where he is meeting with the chiefs of state of the Latin American members of the Alliance for Progress. t Within minutes, the Senate voted 81 to 1 and the House 396 to 8 to pass a resolution to extend until May 3 the no-strike period in the railway shop craft dispute. In Punta del Este, Johnson hailed the congressional action TLEI Lockout Puts Pinch On Business WASHINGTON (PA)-A growing segment of the nation's industry felt yesterday the pinch imposed by a three-day trucking lockout although grocery stores continued to keep their shelves stocked. But a Nashville, Tenn., food dis- tributor, perhaps echoing senti- rnents from around the country, said, "We're at their mercy. If the lines are not operating soon, we're going to have to shut down." A major supermarket food chain in Boston already has switched to trains for its perishable shipments. A spokesman said he anticipates no price hikes but added, "if the dispute lasts a long time, our ship- ping costs undoubtedly will go up with a resulting increase to the consumer." Auto Workers In addition to an estimated 250,000 locked out truckers, some 8,000 auto workers have been idled because of parts shortages. Auto makers expect more layoffs and reduced work shifts as the trucking dispute continues. Emral Ruth, a spokesman for Arizona Motor Transport Asso- ciation, predicted the number of layoffs throughout the nation would be "staggering" when the full impact of the lockout hits warehousemen. There already were widespread reports of merchandise stacked up at trucking docks. Although most stores reported adequate inven- tories now, many said a prolonged disputed soon would deplete their stocks. Negotiations Resume The Teamsters Union and Trucking Employers Inc. resumed negotiations. They reportedly still are about 10 cents an hour apart on a wage agreement. The Employers group, which es- timates the lockout by its 1,500 members affected some 250,000 drivers, is offering a 5 per cent pay boost. The Teamsters are seek- ing a 7 per cent raise in wages that now range between $3.74 and $5.35 an hour. * The Justice Department, mean- while, was studying whether to seek the Taft-Hartley act's 80-day cooling off period. Employers Inc., representing 65 per cents of long- haul truckers, called' the lockout retaliation for what it said were scattered, selective strikes against some of its members. Meanwhile, many local Team- sters officials are telling their members to show up for work and, if the firms are closed, to apply for unemployment compensation. and said railroads and workers should "use very hour of these 20 days", to negotiate a settlement. Debate was short in both cham- bers-an hour and a half in the Senate, 20 minutes in the House. The dissenters protested mainly that there should be permanent legislation to deal with strikes that create national emergencies so Congress wouldn't have to act under the pressure of crises. The 20-day breather extends a 60-day truce due to expire at mid- nig.t tonight. Six craft unions were set to srike immediaely after- ward, tieing up an estimated 95 per cent of the nation's rail mile- age. Last Minute Appeals The senator who voted against the resolution' was Sen. Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH). He said he is not opposed to the 20-day ex- tension but wanted to protest agaist repeated last minute ap- peals to Congress to resolve emer- gency labor disputes." The House was approving its own bill at the same time the Senate was acting. But in an ef- fort to speed the legislation to Johnson,the House then voted to accept the Senate version. Chairman Harley O. Staggers (D-W Va) of tne House Commerce Committee ' said the issue was not one of taking sides in tne dis- pute but of heading off a strike that could paralyze the nation's economy and interfere with ship- ment of war supplies to Vietnam. Wage Settlement Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois commented that the shop craft unions "don't have a leg to stand on" because he said they are seeking a wage settle- ment beyond the industry pattern. In the Senate debate, several GOP .members protested that Johnson had completely failed to propose permanent legislatioin to deal with emergency strike situ- ations. Some said they plan to try on their own to attach such legis- lation as amendments to extrane- ous bills unless the administration acts quickly. There were protests too from GOP members that Johnson had waited until the last minute to subimt the rail dispute resolution so there wasn't sufficient time to use it as a vehicle for broader strike-controlling legislation. PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (A) -Behind a tight security screen. President Johnson flew in yester- day for a difficult summit confer- ence declaring "we must quicken the pace" of the alliance for pro- gress. Before plunging into the thicket of economic problems at today's first summit session. the President arranged a series of conferences with five Latin American presidents that may have given him an idea of what he faces. These were his colleagues from Argentina, Co- lombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico- and Venezuela. Latin American nations want more U.S. economic aid under the Alliance for Progress, and they want to spend these dollars any- where in the world, not just in the United States as they now are re- quired to do. Faced with a balance of payments problem, Washington is unwilling to do this. U.S. Choice Referring to this a U.S. govern- ment source remarked that the United States is faced with a choice between "desirable policy and harsh necessity." Johnson made his remarks on the Alliance for Progress as he set feet on South American soil for the first time at the Mon- tevideo airport. Noting that the alliance charter was 'written in Punta del Este six years ago, he declared that "under its banner we have made progress. We are demonstrating through in- stitutions of representative Demo- cracy can satisfy man's aspira- tions." They in an apparent reference to U.S. hopes that Latin America will do far more than it has done so far to help itself, he continued: "The progress of our alliance shows that the initiative is in- creasing with Latin America. We welcome this, as you do." Despite these words, there was a feeling here that the summit con- ference today and Thursday will not solve any major problems, but U.S. officials were hopeful, it will help toward solving some. Besides feuds, differences over borders and other issues, Latin American nations are insisting on trade preferences in the common market the United States hopes to see established by 1985. Court Rules Judges Immune from Suits, -Associated Press COMMUNIST YOUTHS YESTERDAY shouted a nti-Johnson slogans in rioting in Montevideo, Uruguay. Johnson arrived at Montevideo airport for a summit conference in Dunta del Este with five Latin American presidents on the Alliance for Progress. INVESTIGATE CAUSES: Bame Aviation Firm, AS For Apollo Spacecraft Fire WASHINGTON P) - The Su- preme Court yesterday gave local judges complete immunity from liability for damages for acts com- mitted within their judicial juris- diction. "This immunity applies even when the judge is accused of act-, ing maliciously and corruptly," Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote; in the court's 8-1 decision. t Expect Special Harlem, Vote To, Return Powell to House WASHINGTON (P) -Witnesses at two separate congressional hearings blamed North American Aviation, Inc. and the national space agency yesterday for the Apollo spacecraft fire that killed three astronauts last Jan. 27. Top officials of North American, principal contractor for the space- craft, acknowledged their firm as guilty of major equipment defi- ciencies. They told a House space a g e n c y oversight subcommittee that they had not anticipated a fire on the ground. Dr. John McCarthy, division di-, rector for research, engineering and testing for North American Aviation Inc., said officials did not realize the fire danger of flammable materials in a pres- surized oxygen atmosphere. Responsibility Shared Astronaut Frank Borman, testi- fying at the opening of Senate Space Cpmmittee hearings on the accident, said responsibility for the fire was "shared by the con- tractor and the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration (NASA)." Borman, a member of the eight- man board set up by NASA to probe the tragedy and recommend changes, ui'ged moving ahead on the entire space program. After several experts on' the board had testified that the fire probably resulted from defects in the bundles of wiring inside the capsule, Borman said that the fault for that rested with North -American Aviation and NASA. No One Aware "None of us were fully aware of the hazards of combining pure oxygen with combustibles and having a source of ignition," Bor- man said. "This is the trap into which we fell." Borman rejected a suggestion by Sen. Howard W. Cannon (D- Nev), that the U.S. program shift to a two-gas system used by the Russians for space flight. Instead he urged that most of the combustible materials that burst into a searing fire in the Apollo capsule be replaced in other units, that a quick system for venting pure oxygen be in- stalled, and that the program move ahead. McCarthy told the House sub- committee at its second day of hearings that his firm shares blame with NASA for the fire. "I think, myself, as well as the top technical people in both or- ganizations feel this was one of the greatest errors we ever made," he said. A review board reported over the weekend that the probable cause of the fire was an electrical arc or short circuit. J. L. Atwood, North American president and board chairman, said his company is not convinced World News Roundup that this was the most likely cause, but he said his firm cannot point to a more probable one. "We're not fighting the find- ings of the review board," he told a reporter later. "My technical people have told me they believe' there are some other causes just as likely." Atwood, a crew-cut man who speaks softly and slowly, added "I. wish we knew exactly" what triggered the fire. -He said the firm could find no individual to blame. The blaze, spread by the flam- mable material in a pure-oxygen, pressurized atmosphere, quickly claimed the lives of Air Force Lt. Cols. Virgil I. Grissom and Ed- ward H. White II and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee McCarthy said under question- ing by the subcommittee that "we did not design for a fire hazard on the ground." The review baord reported that a door may have rubbed the in- sulation off some wires, causing sparks that ignited the fire. Atwood said'the company has added metal covers to protect the wires. But North American's Apollo program manager, Dale Myers, said "there is strong question in my mind if we had rubbing..." THIS -WEEK' Thursday, Friday SALT OF THE EARTH directed by Herbert Biberman, 1953. American. First time in Ann Arbor- revolutionary worker's film for which the writer, producer and director were blacklisted. Saturday, Sunday THE WILD ONE NEW YORK (AP)-Adam Clayton Powell easily won re-election in absentia yesterday as Harlem's congressman, and the House of Representatives was faced anew with the problem of what to do about its debonair outcast. With more than half the 214 election districts reporting, Powell was piling up an 80 per cent mar- gin over his two opponents, Lucille Pickett Williams, Republican, and the Rev. Ervin F. Yerling, Con- servative. But a lackadaisical turnout threatened to keep the total vote well short of last fall's turnout. This was a blow to Powell packers who had sought a large vote in support of the free-wheeling Negro minister. Polls were open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and early returns indicated a light turnout. L. Joseph Overton, Powell's campaign manager, had said any- thing above the 74 per cent mar- gin by which the 22-year con- gressional veteran was re-elected last November would be a solid repudiation of the House resolu- tion that excluded him March 1. But Overton had expressed con- cern that complacency might cut the size of the turnout to half of the 60,000 persons who voted in November. Harlem has about 125,- 000 registered voters, most of themj Negro. Powell, subject to arrest on con- tempt of court warrants if he re- enters New York state, hasn't set foot in his largely Negro district since November. The 'warrants stem from his long delays in pay- ing a defamation judgment won by Esther James, a Harlem widow. Justice William 0. Douglas, the lone dissenter, said he does not think "all judges under all cir- cumstances, no matter how out- rageous their conduct are immune from suit" under a section of an 1871 civil rights statute known as the Ku Klux Klan act. In another major decision, the Supreme Court upheld a Federal Trade Commission ruling that Procter & Gamble Co.'s acquisi- tion of Clorox Chemical Co. assets was unlawful under the Clayton Antitrust Act. The F'C order required Procter & Gamble to dispose of Clorox. The order was reversed by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court. The ruling that judges have ab- solute immunity from damage suits for their judicial acts grew out of the arest of four Episcopal min- isters in Jackson, Miss., in Sep- tember 1961. They were convicted of breach of'peace charges after they tried to eat in the coffee shop in the Jackson bus terminal. The four ministers were part of a racially mixed group of Epis- copal clergymen on' a civil rights "Prayer Pilgrimage" from New Orleans to Detroit. Chief Justice Waren held that the immunity of judges is for the benefit of the public,, "whose in- terest is that the judges should be at liberty to exercise their func- tions with independence and with- out fear of consequence." By The Associated Press LA -PAZ, Bolivia-The positive confirmation that Castro - type guerrillas are operating in Bolivia has led to a swift but restrained U.S. response in La Paz. Douglas Henderson, the exper- iknced American ambassador, re- pcrted Monday to President John-, son that Communist guerrillas were in fact established in the Bo- livian jungles and yesterday five American Rangers arrived from the U.S. Latin American Com- niand in Panama. They are to open a jungle war- fare and antisubversion training school for the Bolivian army. However, American military re- ports here estimate that it will take six months to turn out a fully trained Bolivian battalion for Jungle fighting. Shipments to Bolivia of weapons and equipment for use against guerrillas, notably field radio sets, small arms and helicopters, are being expedited and should arrive within a few days, although Hen- derson has been pressing for these shipments for months. MIAMI BEACH-Several scient- ists reported promising advances yesterday toward production of non-addictive drugs that have the pain killing powers of morphine. Development of several new, po- tentially useful synthetic oral compounds were described in sep- arate reports to the 153rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society. * * * WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill yesterday that could force re- apportionment of congresisonal districts'in many states by 1972. Under the bill, the population size of congressional districts in a state would be limited to a 30 per cent deviation starting in 1968 and to a 10 per cent deviation starting with the 1972 election. r . B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION ATTN: PASSOVER MEALS Lunch and Dinner will be available . . / . _ " - % - _ _ _ _ _. r I II II I t'