THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 13 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 1966 FIlE UICIIIGAN DAIIX ,. . ... s AL, Ky Cabinet Faces Crisis Over Arrest Threaten Resignations To Coincide with Ky Visit to Asian Parley SAIGON, (P-Regional differ- ences yesterday threatening a split in the Cabinet embarrassed Pre- mier Nguyen Cao Ky as he made plans for the Manila summit con- ference two weeks hence. Ky had hoped to present his 16-month-old regime as united and stable when he goes to the Manila meeting of seven nations. But one Cabinet member has resigned and informants said five others have laid their resigna- tions on Ky's desk. Protest Dictatorial Means I Informed sources said 11 of 12 southern ministers of the Cabinet petititioned Ky to protest what they termed dictatorial methods of Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a northerner who is police boss in South Viet Nam. Ky also is a former resident of North Vietnam. The current crisis came about, sources said, when Loan ordered the arrest of a high official in the health department who was sus- pected of "overt southern political planning." The health minister, Dr. Ngu-! yen Ba Kha, quit his post Oct. 3 after a stormy cabinet session and Ky accepted the resignation last Friday but warmly praisedE Kha in an apparent effort to smooth over the dispute. Mutual Distrust1 But the real cause of the crisis is the traditional mutual distrust1 and suspicion of northern and southern leaders in South Viet- nam. The northerners include those who fled North Vietnam and those from the northern provinces of what is now South Viet Nam. Informed sources said Ky was trying to paper over the dispute so he could present a solid gov- ernment front when he meets in Manila with leaders of Australia,1 New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and the1 United States.{ Northern and southern dele- gates to a Constituent Assembly, elected to write a new constitu- tion, have also been wrangling along regional lines. The assembly 117-member be- gan meeting Sept. 27 but has bogged down in politicking and bickering. Work has not started on the constitution. Warns of Walkout Deputy Premier Nguyen Luu1 Vien, who backed up Kha, hadt warned that other southerners in< the Cabinet would walk out unlessz the assistant was released. Informants said that Vien and ministers for youth, education, public works and agriculture had handed initheir resignations. Finance Minister A u T r u o n g Thanh, who is abroad on business, promised to join them upon his return. Ky does not operate with his Cabinet in the way of most other nations. The Cabinet's role 'ap- pears more administrative thant advisory. Most of the key posts1 are in northern hands.t The cabinet is made up of the 10 military men in the junta andI 10 civilian ministers. Ky is one of those from North1 Vietnam, and the southerners charge the northerners exert un- due influence.f Israel-Syria Dispute Put Before UN Jerusalem Charges f Aggression After Land Mine Incident JERUSALEM, Israel (A)-Israel' will ask the U.N. Security Council to meet to consider what it calls aggression by neighboring Syria. the government announced yester-I day night. In Damascus the Syrian govern-1 ament radio reported the Syrian; army held maneuvers yesterday and the army chief of staff. Gen. Ahmed Soueidani, said Syria is prepared "for any eventuality"' with Israel. He said the nation' would be mobilized and armed m ociated Press the next few days. Consider Aggression K The Israeli announcement said:! "Prime minister Levi Esnkol has nmittee on decided to request a Secuity. th visiting Council session to consider Syrian emilitarize aggression against Israel. The! prime minister arrived at this de- cision after consultations with the' foreign minister. "Appropriate instructions havej been sent to the Israeli mission at the United Nations." b i Foreign Minister Abba Eban is s at the U.N. session heading' his( W ' ~countrv's delegation. Threaten GE with Major Strike; Federal Injunction Imminent . WASHINGTON 0P-The mam- moth General Electric Co. appear- ed headed today toward the big- gest strike in its history in a show- down climaxing years of strained labor relations. A special White House mediation panel which called the meeting reportedly held little hope of averting the threatened walkout of 125,000 members of 11 unions at 12:01 a.m. Monday. George Meany, president of the the 13.5-million-member AFL-CIO called a meeting of the 11 unions Friday to draw plans for "all-out support of the AFL-CIO and all its unions in the event that Gen- eral Electric forces its workers to strike." The AFL-CIO International Un- other Tuesday night that they ion of Electrical Workers, repre- wouldn't even walk the 10 feet senting some 80,000 General Elec- across a Labor Departmen corridor tric workers, heads the 11-union to talk with each other. combine. The negotiations involve Johnson is believed virtually' only that union, but any contract certain to invoke an 80-day, Taft- agreement would become a pattern Hartley Act injunction to delay for the other unions. the threatened strike because Gen- Both sides in the bitter contract eral Electric products include en- dispute lapsed into silence by mu- gines for jet fighter planes and tual agreement after two days of helicopters, aircraft cannons and sharp verbal exchanges. machines guns, radar and other The truce was called until after military equipment vital to U.S. yesterday's joint meeting, the first forces in Viet Nam. between the two, sides since short- The company has offered a ly after the talks were moved here three-year contract including wage from New York at the request of 'hikes it estimates at four per cent President Johnson. a year, plus six cents per hour in Union and company negotiating cost-of-living pay increases, im- teams were so angry at one an- n - n in w l C w fi -Ass HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS RUS] SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK yesterday briefed the House Foreign Affairs Com recent international developments. He later told reporters of this week's discussions wit Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, which he hopes will lead to agreements to d space, and control the spread of nuclear weapons. McNamara Tours Battlefiel Irnud-hEl k~rt-Q gof 4 111"4 Trtbj Johnson Asks Boost In Social Security provea . nsuance, Pens Ons ana other benefits. The unions argue that the wage increases offered by the company would be wiped out by sharply rising prises unless their demand for a bigger cost-of-living wage increase is granted. Another key union demand is for binding arbitration to settle grievances, which led to some 30 strikes so far this year at many of General Electric's approxi- mately 160 plants." A 'strike by the 125,600 members of the 11 unions would be the big- gest walkout ever staged against General Electric, which has a long hstory of stormy labor relations. NEW YORK (A) - President. Johnson appealed for racial justice yesterday night with a reminder to Italian-Americans that not long ago, they "felt the raw pain of discrimination in America." be provided not only to the aged, but to the more than one million disabled Social Security bene- ficiaries." They would cost $2.2 billion a year. Johnson did not discuss fi- nancing, except to promise rec- ommendations that will keep the system financially sound. K-d ~u/ E uv W.. P ' F-8u.'.7 1./ 1 4. UV.4/L. SAIGON, {J')-Secretary of De- fenese Robert S. McNamara visit- ed a coastal battlefield yesterday, scene of a Communist debacle, and told victorious U.S., South Korean and Vietnamese troops the battle "is a perfect illustra- tion of three independent na- tions." "There was obviously no weak- nesses or lack of trust among these three national armies." Mc- Namara told the troops at Phu Cat, north of which the allied forces wiped out what officials claim was the equivalent of a U Thant Convinced His Plan Best for Peace Negotiation UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. ()- Secretary-General U Thant was reported' yesterday to be telling U.N. diplomats that his proposals .have the best chance of persuading Hanoi to enter peace negotiations on Viet Nam. A U.N. spokesman said Thant was quietly pressing his three- point plan, including an uricon- ditional halt to the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam as a first step. He said Thant was doing so de- spite various plans offered by the United States, Britain and some smaller countries. In the continuing General As- sembly debate, Liu Chieh, the Chi- nese Nationalist delegate, told the United Nations that the freedom of independence of South Vietnam "cannot be bargained away in the name of peace." "Peace will not come to Vietnam until the Communist aggressors are convinced they cannot win by force and violence and that ag- gression does not pay," Liu said. As is their custom, the Soviet Union and other Communist-bloc delegates showed their opposition to Nationalist China by walking out on the speech. Mahmoud Riad, foreign minister for the United Arab Republic, sup- ported Communist demands for an unconditional end to the U.S. bomb attack on the North, with- drawal of all foreign troops and a key role for the National Libera- tion Front. Thant was described as believing that since the United States began the bombing of the North and thus escalated the war, it would be proper for the United States to call off the bombing in the hope of getting Hanoi to agree to negotia- tions. m f a "Other Americans now are feel- The announcement follows a igtesm egtwihyu mine explosion Sunday near Shaar! ing the same weight which you battalion of North Vietnamese Hagolan that killed four Israeli and your families once felt," John- and Viet Cong. soldiers and wounded two. son told Americans of Italian de- "It is also a magnificent ex- Israeli officials charged that scent as they celebrated Columbus ample of what modern mobility responsibility for this incident and Day. Democrats said more than can do to defeat the enemy and for the earlier blasting of two one million people turned out be- keep our own casualties to the Ihouses in Jerusalem lay with the fore his schedule was half com- lowest possible level." Syrian authorities. In Israel's view pleted. Troops Ashore the perpetrators crossed into In The President keynoted his day Yesterday as 4,000 fresh Amer- rael from Syria, in Baltimore, Md., with a call for ican combat troops arrived in the Jordan Responds broad increases in Social Security country. The new troops, the last King Hussein, the Jordanian benefits next year, then moved to contingent of the 4th Infantry monarch is reported to have said New York to taunt Republicans Division, brought the American that Jordan would open up a sec- as a party of fear. force in Vietnam to 325,000 men. ond front against Israel if Syria Four Points As the buildup continued ground and Israel began an open war. Johnson outlined a four-point fighting subsided into small skir- Hussein's government and the J mishes. leftist Surian regime are bitterly Social Security program previously In addition to the 325,000 Amer- antagonistic, but the monarch!disclosed by the White House. ican soldiers in Vietnam, there are said, "An Israeli move against "I will recommend to the next nearly 42,000 troops from five Syria would threaten our west Congress an average increase in other allied nations and some 705, bank," referring to a former part Social Security benefits to at least 000 South Vietnamese under arms. of Palestine belonging to Jordan. 10 per cent. That means an aver- During his two days in Saigon, Israeli and Jordanian forces ex- age of a minimum of 10 per cent. McNamara told reporters in Da changed fire for 20 minutes today It could be 12, it could be 14," the Nang, he investigated the con- after an Israeli army patrol stray- President said. gested port of Saigon among other ed into Jordan's territory during -He said every worker employ- matters, an early morning fog, an Israeli ed under Social Security for 25 "Great progress has been made, military spokesman announced. ;years or more should get a mini- but drastic progress still has to "Syria Responsible" arsmum monthly benefit of $100. be made," he added. New instal- Eshkol Tuesday told the ambas- That would far exceed a 10.per lations to handle cargo are being sadors of the United States, the cent increase for some pensioners. built at the port. Soviet Union, France and Britain "Part of the helicopter revolu that Damasous' responsibility "for{--"It will recommend specific tion in war is the almost mirac- recent acts of murder and sabo- proposals that will materially in- uulous improvement in medical tage committed inside Israel terri- crease the income of those under treatment for wounded men, Mc- tory" had been proved beyond Social Security who continue to Namara said. doubt. work after reaching retirement "The ratio of dead to wounded On Tuesday, Premier Youssef age." Johnson said his program in this war is less than one-half Zayyen of Syria said Syrian forces could also ease the tight labor the rate of the Korean War, which would set the entire area ablaze ' market. was an improvement on World in the event of any attack from -"I will recommend that hos- War II. In some cases as many as Israel. pital and medical care coverage 80 per cent of the wounded in an - - ---_- action are returned to duty with- in the country itself. Morale High who PETITIONING for the "The morale of these meun whio have been wounded is really re- markable. I have never come Board of across morale like this in my Bife, and I served three years in the Army myself in World War II. I They all seem to feel :hat they iM are doing something valuable and they are proud of their unit and the work they are doing. "I made it perfectly clear that w if the troop deployment is to be e constructed by the limit of the front 7:30-11:30 Vietnamese economy, the deploy- ment will have to slow down." ! McNamara explained that the Sign up now for interview import of consumer goods is neces- sary to absorb the new money# at 2538 SA B generated by the continued Amer- ican expansion of the war effort. --- ! - - --- - M!! "THE NEW PEACE CORPS" prof. ELTON McNEIL lead an. informal discussion on the dynamic changes taking place within .the Ad inistration and Philosophy of the Peace Corps. 9:00, Thursday, Oct. 13 at the ARK COFFEE HOUSE 1421 Hill St. R _ O CT. 3,1 /a I I R i ~~(dir. Edmund Goulding-1932)R_ American, Starring John Barrymore, Lionel f = Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Wallace Beery, Joan ; S Crawford and MGM' s stable of stars. Filmed at Mackinac Island Grand Hotel A "tour de i= force' of the 30 s. a - _ R R , / Still Only 50c ' I World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Senate voted 39 to 33 yesterday in favor of a broad proposal for govenment financing of presidential cam- paigns out of voluntary contribu- tions made by income taxpayers. The plan, sponsored by Sen. Russell B. Long, D-La., could make $70 million available to pay ex- penses of the 1968 campaign. * * * WARSAW, Poland-A dispatch from Peking said yesterday that -I ' TODAY, Promptly Arena Theatre 4:10 P.M. Frieze Building Red China's militant young Red Guards had killed several Com- munist party officials in the northern city of Tientsin. "In some places, the Red Guard activities resemble real pogroms," wrote Daniel Lulinski, Peking cor- respondent for the Polish Com- munist party paper Trybuna Ludu. WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Rester has recommended that in the event of 'any call-up of reserves, the Pen- tag'on order into service about 30,000 trained individuals not as- signed to units. His suggestion was in a memo- randum circulated among defense manpower experts before passage of the bill giving President John-, son authority to order up nearly two million Reserves and National Guardsmen without declaring a national emergency. The Reserves authority was written into a $58-billion defense appropriation bill passed Tuesday by both houses of Congress. { IMPROMPTU by TAD MOSEL Department of Speech Student Laboratory Theatre Program Admission Free "Rich and Intriguing!" "Seasoned bg Wit."-Detroit News " 'Right You Are' " Just Right! All of Them Fascinating." -Ann Arbor News RADICA CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PROTESTANT THEOLOGY: kL THEOLOGY AND THE DEATH OF GOD Lloyd W. Putnam ED & PATRICIA REYNOLDS sing I folk songs, work songs, annal songs, children's songs, cowboy songs, songs about elves, etc. EXCEEDINGLY ed &pat They are DROLL love bainbieenI See themi this weekend at (A seminar in religion sporisored by The Office of Religious Affairs) Place: GUILD HOUSE, 802 Monroe St. Time: THURSDAY EVENINGS: October 13, 20; November 3, 10, 17, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. TEXT: "THE DEATH OF GOD CONTROVERSY" by Thomas W. Ogletree (Abingdon paper- back, 1966). Selected readings to be announced. I-A Setting for Radical Theology (Historical Background, Contemporary Context) l-Theological Fragments (Consideration of William Hamilton) Ill-The Problems of Meaning (Consideration of Paul Van Buren) IV-Christian Atheism ii I ii II ITEBmtUY OUSE 330 Maynard Street I 111 I