THURSDAY, DECEMBER' 8, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE . T EE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8.1966 THE MICHIGAN DAIlY PAGE THREE Layoffs In 196i NEW YORK-()-A small wave General Mol of worker layoffs was noted this anounced an 8. week in the nation's automobile, duction cutback appliance and construction Indus- it up last Mon tries. Companies experiencing layoffs of 4,00 slumps in some sales have cutbacks the country. in 1967 production. About 1,100 An Associated Press survey off in Atlanta,+ found some layoffs were seasonal to be furloughe and limited to a few days or weeks. year in Arling Others were unexepected and some others were in of indefinite duration. Willow Run, M Layoffs in the auto industry re- GM said mon flected expectations of slower car ned by Jan. 9s sales, at least in the first half of including an un 1967. the 4,300 Leed Reflect Cut backs Plans MIDDLE EAST: Syria Calls for Overthrow Of Jordanian King Hussein s Mors two weeks ago 3 per cent 1967 pro- k, and then followed nday by announcing 00 workers around workers were laid Gd.; 900 more were ed by the end of the gton, Tex., and the St. Louis, Mo., and Mich. re layoffs were plan- at six other plants, nspecified number in ds plant as Kansas City, Kan., in Linden, N.J., and Wilmington, Del., and in Pontiac, Lansing, and Flint, Mich. Chrysler and Ford Chrysler Corp. became the sec- ond of the Big Three auto makers to cut employment, announcing it will lay off 450 of 4,700 hourly and salaried workers at its Lynch Road plant in Detroit and another 230 at its 2,100-man Los Angeles plant effective Jan. 3. A spokesman said Chrysler's other five assembly plants will reman on current pro- duction schedules. Ford Motor Co., and American layoff of 5,600 General Electric Motors said that they plan no lay- offs. But a Ford spokesman in Kansas City noted: "We schedule only for this week and the next." Neither GM nor Chrysler spokes- men would predict how long their layoffs might last. Said one GM of- ficial, "You can't hang a duration on a layoff because the number of cars is a direct reflection of activity in the market place." Appliances Hit Lagging sales of large appliances will also cause a large, but brief, UA W Widens Rift With AFL-CIO Over. Dues And Foreign Policy employes. In the appliance field, Westing- house Electric Corp. also has an- nounced planed layoffs of unde- termined extent or duration. The Columbus, Ohio, appliance d i v i s i o n of Westinghouse an- nounced Nov. 30 that production and payroll cutbacks "will affect a considerable number of hourly and salaries employes," but spokes- men said it may be late next week before the company knows how many workers will be laid off. Construction Slump The year-long slump in the con- struction industry, coupled with cutbacks on federal highway pro- grams, also caused production cuts in the construction machinery in- dustry. One of the largest con- struction companies said the re- duction was not sufficient to cause layoffs but that it would eliminate overtime pay. Boeing Aircraft Co. said that it plans "limited layoffs" geared to recent cost reduction and produc- tion cutback plans. The company said commercial jet production in 1967 is not now expected to reach the level anticipated earlier in: 1966, chiefly because of a shortage in jet engines. In California and the Pacific Northwest, the combined threat of the winter slowdown in building and the low rate of 1966 housing starts put the squeeze on lumber suppliers. 74 "iA* f l- fr ~ CAIRO (RP)-Syria called yester- day for the overthrow of King Hussein and new criticism is ex- pected to be heaped upon the mon- arch of Jordan at an Arab defense council meeting that opened in Cairo. Nureddine Atassi, Syria's chief of state, told a rally in Damascus that his regime will send arms to WASHINGTON (MP-Walter P. Reuther's latest tilt with AFL- CIO President George Meany widened the rift between two big union groups, but both sides ap- peared to be dodging a labor-split- ting showdown. Reuther's United Auto Workers Union owes nearly $270,000 in back dues to the AFL-CIO and, under the rules, could be expelled if it doesn't pay up within a week. But AFL,-CIO sources indicated there would be no hasty section to oust the 1.5-million-member i auto workers, biggest single union in the federation. Non Disciplinary "This organization has never been run like an army," said one AFL-CIO source yesterday, indica- ting the automatic suspension penalty could be withheld, for a time at least. Reuther, who 'has been at swords' point with Meany for months over major policy issues, said Tuesday he would conduct his fight inside the big labor fed- eration rather than break away. The news that the auto workers face possible automatic suspension on Dec. 15 for being three months behind in per capita payments to the AFL-CIO sent a shock wave of surprise throughout the labor movement. Union Differences The development f o l o w e d Reuther's statement here Monday that 'we have had very funda- mental trade union differences" with Meany, and his elaboration Tuesday in Detroit that the auto workers would henceforth take a more independent c o u r s e of "greater militancy" from the par- ent AFL-CIO. Auto workers aides said Reuth- er's quarrel with Meany was over a broad range of issues. including foreign policy, organizing of new union members, collective bargain- ing tactics, and politcal action. Reuther and Meany had a head- on clash several months ago over the AFL-CIO's firm foreign policy and Reuther's c h a r g e s that Meany's course was undermining U.S.. efforts to ease tensions with the Communist world. Meany fumed that the charges of Reuther and his brother, Vic- tory, were "contemptible," "a damnable lie" and "slanderous." Victor Reuther had charged that the AFL-CIO was letting some of its overseas operations be used as a front for the Central Intelligence Agency. Support Meany The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted 18 to 6' to support Meany's foreign policy and narrowly missed taking action to censure Reuther. Last month, as a special review of AFL-CIO foreign policy called at Reuther's demand, the red- haired auto workers chief didn't even show up and the Executive Council unanimously endorsed all past and present AFL-CIO actions on international affairs. Reuther explained this week he thought he couldn't accomplish anything by attending the meeting. Larger Dispute Reuther recently escalated his. fight with Meany by telling a " Jordanians who have been staging antigovernment demonstrations in west Jordan. "The elimination of the Jor- danian throne, which is protected by U.S.-British imperialism, is the only course for progressive forces Fin Jordan to liberate the two banks of the country on both sides of the Jordan River and thus clear the Communist Official Held In Chinese Power Conflict way of return to Palestine," he declared. The Israeli raid is expected to be the subject of the Arab coun- cil, a meeting of defense ministers and military leaders from Arab nations, including Jordan. Gen. Aly Amer of the United Arab Republic, chief of the Unified Arab Command who called the meeting, read a report dealing mostly with the raid. Informed sources reported that Amer called the meeting after Jordan criticized the U.A.R. and the unified Arab command for not providing support at the time of the Israeli raid. Jordanians accused the U.A.R. of failing to provide air cover as promised in the joint Arab defense pacts. Jordan also charged that the Arab command stood on the sidelines without acting. U.A.R. authorities argue that Jordan did not make available bases and sites from which their planes could operate against the Israelis as provided for in the Arab summit agreement. In his speech in Damascus, Atassi called the recent rioting in west Jordan "a full-blown public rebellion which will stop only when the throne is overthrown." group of students in Philadelphia ,dustrial Union Department and that his foreign policy dispute was he indicated Tuesday in Detroit' "only a small part" of his quarrel with the way Meany runs the 13.5- million-member AFL-CIO. While other labor leaders were publicly staying out of the Reu- ther-Meany fight, an Associated Press check showed many of them privately believe Reuther is in- creasingly isolating himself from the rest of , the AFL-CIO and might even wind up with his own private labor movement. Replace Meany Many, too, said privately they believe much of Reuther's actions stem from a desire to replace Meany as the nation's "Mr. Labor." x Asked recently about Reuther's chances to succeed him, Meany snapped: "When that time comes, I'll no longer be around." Meany shows no signs of retiring. It was also learned the auto workers have not paid their two cents monthly per capita to the federation's big Industrial Union Department, made up of nearly 60 unions with a total membership of some six million workers. Reuther is president of the In- that he would use that powerful branch of the AFL-CIO to push his plans for greater militancy and seek to sway other union leaders to his ideas. While Reuther's relations with Meany had b e e n reasonably smooth until the recent foreign policy fight, the fundamental dif- ferences are long standing and go back to the original philosophies of the old CIO and the AFL. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (P) - Peng Chen, once a powerful mem- ber of Red China's Politburo, has been arrested in Peking, Tanjug news agency of Yugoslavia report- ed yesterday. This might mean a showdown is near in the shruggle for power among Chinese Com- munist leaders. As far as is known, Peng, the former mayor of Peking, is the first of these leaders arrested who where singled out for attack for not hewing to the line of party Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Peng was ousted as mayor of Peking and chief of the Peking Communist party last spring in the opening stages of the current purge. Call for Ousting In recent speeches, Premier Chou En-lai has called for toppling Peng's group, igcluding Lu Ting-yi, former deputy premier and minis- ter of culture. Then the Red Guards began campaigning for public trials of Peng and other leaders a few days ago. Among others who must be un- easy is President Liu Shaochi, I CINEMA II II presentsI downgraded from second to eighth in the Chinese hierarchy. The Red Guards have been demanding his removal, A short time after the rally, a Red Guard told a news conference that attacks on Liu were made on Mao's orders. Others Arrested With Liu in the doghouse are Teng Hsiao-ping, the party's gen- eral secretary, and Li Hsueh-feng, first secretary of the Peking Com- munist party committee. The Red Guards and Li. also have assailed TengI ir F_ .-_. _. _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _, .... . _ . You Got Books We Got Cash Against Rhodesia to UN UNITED NATIONS (1P) -British, sia. His position was that 'the Viet CongYouthA rrested After Deputy Killed SAIGON, South Viet Nam OfP)-maneuvering past cars at the res- The terrorist pistol killing of Tran idence of U.S. Ambassador Henry Van Van, a wealthy deputy who regarded himself as presidential timber, overshadowed the war yes- terday. Police held a Viet Cong youth as one of the two assassins, and hunted the other. Van was shot in his car with pistol bullets fired from a motor- cycle bearing two men as a traf- fic jam halted him on his way to his office. Assailants Chased The assailants sped away, but their motorcycle overturned in I I World News Roundup Cabot Lodge. Police nabbed one of the men after an exchange of shots and a brief foot race. The other es- caped. After a day of questioning, the prisoner, Vo Van En, was presented at a news conference in police headquarters. He told correspond- ents there he would be glad to ac- cept the death penalty. Van, 58, a rich, Paris-educated landowner, was one of the most politically powerful deputies in the assembly elected Sept. 11 to draft a new constitution as a prelude to the restoration of civilian rule in South Viet Nam. En said he joined the Viet Cong three years ago and was given po- litical indoctrination and training in the handing of weapons. Orders To Kill En said he was ordered to come to Saigon and assist in the assas- sination, but did not know why his superiors wanted Van dead. Laboratory tests showed En had shot the pistol, but they could not prove he fired the fatal bullets. The police also reported they did not know the identity of the prisoner's accomplice. Foreign Secretary George Brown put finishing touches yesterday on his formal plea for mandatory economic penalties against Rhode- sia. He was under increasing pres- sure to include a request for an oil embargo. African countries were reported in disagreement on their strategy before the 15-nation council when it convenes today to hear Brown ask for selective economic meas- ures aimed at bringing down the rebel white minority regime of Prime Minister Ian Smith.! Africans Speak3 Ambassador Muhammed H. El-' Farra of Jordan, commented that the council "does not hear illegiti- mate governments." Previous re- quests by Rhodesia were rebuffed on those grounds. Sentiment among the African countries ranged from outright demands for use of force to topple the Smith regime to support for an all-inclusive boycott of Rho- desia's products. The general strategy appeared to be to try for African agreement on the toughest kind of resolution, which would be used as bargaining weapon obtaining the most severe action possible. Commonwealth's Efforts Brown met privately with rep- resentatives of the Commonwealth countries, who were pressing him to ask for at least a limited em- bargo on oil shipments -to Rhode- I ~1 Britain resisted African demands for use of military force to crush the Smith regime. This sparked charges among the more militant African nations that Britain should have acted differently against a rebellious nonwhite re- gime: The debate in the council is expected to have racial overtones. 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A government spokesman said that Franz Joseph Strauss, the finance minister, may also go along. * * * NEW YORK-The stock market rallied vigorously in active trading ' Wednesday. It was the second straight gain after seven days of losses. Stockbrokers said a big reason for the strength of the market was news that President Johnson ex- pected to ask for $9 to $10 billion more to finance the war in Viet Nam. They had expected a larger sum and said it might mean a tax increase would not be necessary next year. WASHINGTON - Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, (D.-N.Y.) was re- ported today to be considering making a start toward paying the court judgment that has threat- ened him with jail and produced a a challenge to his membership in Congress. A Powell aide, C. Sumner Stone, said the congressman is contem- plating making $60 a week pay- ments. KEEP AHEAD OF YOUR HAIR!! 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WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE, PRESIDENT OF B'WAY DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE will speak on "The Critic's Role in the Theatre- the Realities of Theatre Criticism Today" Friday, 4:00 P.M. RACKHAM AMPHITHEATRE (4th Floor) Public Invited " Admission Free 0 Discussion Period Will Follow 6 Sponsored by PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM, DEPT. OF JOURNALISM & DEPT. OF SPEECH SATIRE UNTOLD RICHES A Critical Review of Maude Elliot Magnificent Crescendos The Return of the Creep Mouse and (Flying in the Teeth of Popular Demand) for Three Nights Only THE GREAT SOCIETY (formerly the Grate Society)