q# THE MICHIGAN DAILY DE GAULLE VISIT: Officials Discount Problems Ct LITTLE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: U.S. Embargo on Trade with Cuba Proves Inef Serving BBEM _PRCE_______ By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic Writer Washington-United States of- ficials so far discount the possi- bility that French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Mexico will make serious trouble for the United States in Latin America. But under the official surface calm there is some apprehension that de Gaulle may get caught up in or perhapsainadvertently stimulate new waves of anti- Americanism. The French leaders and Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson are, in a sense, now embarked on rival campaigns for prestige and effec- tive influence in South American affairs. In a recent speech before the Organization of American States, Johnson presented his ideas for putting new life into the multi-billion dollar Alliance' for Progress. Strengthen Post At the same time, the govern- ment acted to strengthen the authority of the director of all United States-Latin American ac- tivities, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Mann. And an ex- traordinary c o n f e r e n c e was opened between top Washington officials, including Johnson, Unit- ed States ambassadors and aid directors in Latin American coun- tries. Coincident with these moves by Johnson, de Gaulle arrived in Mexico City to be greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of 300,000 'gathered around the National Palace. The French leader joined with President Adolfo Lopez Ma- teos in projecting a new "alli- ance" between Mexico and France -an alliance which they agreed is not meant to harm anyone. ' The contrast between the prob- lems with which Johnson and de Gaulle were dealing in their al- most-simultaneous speeches was sharp and dramatic Expensive Alliance 'The Alliance for Progress, which is the heartr of United States relations and hopes for the future in Latin America, has now been running for more than two years. It has cost the United States about $1 billion per year. Along the way it has become load- ed with problems and criticisms, some errors and failures. To Washington and Latin American officials alike, any achievements have been disappointingly slow in realization. Remove Bills From Agenda In Legislature1 LANSINGVP) - Hundreds of bills died at midnight last night, victims of competition in legisla- tive committees. Senate and House committees dealing with appropriations were granted an, extension Tuesday until April 7. All election and ap- portionment bills are exempt from deadlines under a House-Senate agreement worked out Tuesday. Freed from committees Tuesday were bills to: -Create 'a port authority with power to buy or build airports, bridges, tunnels and highway fa- cilities; -Require approval of voters for any city to impose- an income tax and to prevent such taxes on non- residents; -Permit teachers to discipline students physically and confiscate weapons; --Create a state board to regu- late nursing; -Require drivers' licenses to carry pictures of licensees; -$et up a state scholarship fund of $300,000 to be distributed to high school graduates for .their tuition at either public of private colleges. - The Legislature Tuesday also voted itself a recess beginning next week and ending April 1 to allow time for committees to work on state spending., A reluctant Senate yielded to House demands for the breather, and endIorsed the new schedule which had sailed through the House earlier 93-8. dc DE GAULLE IN MEXICO-Fre recently visited Mexico for talk (left). Although the two leade between France and Mexico, Ux the visit will cause serious troul In the background of Johnson's speech stood a history of disputes and difficulties as well as' profit- able trade and long periods of friendly relationships with many Latin American countries. There are current disagree- ments over Cuba and deep con- cern over the United States-Pan- amanian quarrel. There are ten- sions in United States relations with Brazil and arguments with countries like Argentina and Peru over issues of nationalization in- volving American oil contracts. De Gaulle Unhindered De Gaulle's dramatic entry on the Latin American scene gains strength from the fact that it is free of such handicaps. Between the United States and the Soviet Union, he seems to be intent on offering as many other nations as possible the prospect of a "third world" brought. into being by Fr e nc h leadership, marked by increasing trade ties with France and responsive to the dissatisfactions of people who do not like either the Soviet or the American way. What appeal this concept may have in Latin Amer- ica is still to be determined. But Washington authorities are alert to widespread anti-United States sentiments in Latin Amer- ican countries which, in their view, create an opening for de Gaulle's personal diplomacy and his vision of the French offer of a third way of international life. Welcomes Visits Officially the United States government's position is that de Gaulle's visit to Mexico and later trips which he. plans to other SAmerican countries hold a wel- come hope of increasing ties be- tween Latin America and United States allies in Europe. The Unit- ed States for several years has been urging France, West Ger- many, Britain and Italy to expand their roles-economic, political and cultural-in Central and South America and the Carib- bean. But privately officials admit that the special circumstances in which de Gaulle is making his first trip to Mexico were not fore- seen in the original development of this United States policy. In recent years the French leader has crossed United States policy aims at so many points that a constant uneasiness about what he will do next has become more or less permanent in Wash- ington. Pesty Incidents His recognition of Communist China in January is but the latest of a series of incidents going back to his determination to give France an independent nuclear force and various denials of co- operation with the United States and other allied countries in the. North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion and in the United Nations. The Chinese move is regarded here as very serious and trouble- sch President Charles de Gaulle ks with President Adolfo Mateos rs announced a new "alliance" nited States officials do not feel ble for the Alliance for Progress. some because as the Johnson ad- ministration sees it he has in ef- feet tended to reward the Chinese Communists at a time when the allies had some hope of encour- aging the less aggressive line of the Soviet Union. But what disturbed United States leaders even more was de Gaulle's quick followup on recog- nition of Communist China with aivocacy of a policy of neutrali- zation for Southeast Asia. Secre- tary of State Dean Rusk said re- cently that the neutralization talk tended to undermine morale in South Viet Nam where the United States has more than 15,000 men engaged with the Vietnamese in a war against Communist guer- rillas backed by Red China. Khahn Pledges All-Out Effort In .Red War SAIGON R)-Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh said yesterday he intends to purge his government and pitch Saigon's wealthy leisure class into the anti-Communist war in a drive for total mobilza- tion. The premier's declarations were bad news for thousands of influ- ential Vietnamesedraft-dodgers who have carried on as usual here while other Vietnamese and Ame- ricans died in combat. "It is difficult to admit that there are two Viet Nams--one mighting in the countryside, with Saigon feasting every night," Khanh toldsnewsmen. "In the fight against Communism, all must participate. "As you have seen, my generals are getting out in the field. The morale of the army is higher than before Jan. 30." Khanh seized power in a bloodless coup on that day. "The men will fight if they see their leaders with them. This is what I mean by total mobiliza- tion." Arrangements to step up the United States-backed war effort were disclosed in a White House statement in Washington Tues- day. This was issued after Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, reported to President Lyn- don B. Johnson and the National Security Council on their recent fact-finding study in South Viet Nam. McNamara and Taylor reported Khanh had informed them he proposed to put into effect soon a national mobilization plan set- ting conditions and terms of serv- ice in appropriate jobs for all able-bodied South Vietnamese be- tween certain ages. Dropouts By ALTON BLAKESLEE Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK - Each year, one mililon American youths begin college. But before graduation day, more than half have quit. Some lack money, some lack talent. But, by some estimates, at least half drop out because of emotional problems. Now a special college dropout clinic has turned up clues to some of these reasons, as a first step toward preventing personal trage- dies and waste of trained brain- power to run the nation's affairs. 43 Cases The clinic at the William Alan- son White Institute here has treat- ed 43 college dropouts, both men and women, during the last two years. One-third have successfully re- sumed college full-time, and near- ly as many are back in classes part-time, says Edgar A. Leven- son, dropout clinic director. Among reasons for dropping out -which may also apply to high school dropouts-clinic investiga- tors found: Going Tough Some students had always drop- ped out of anything when the go- ing got rough. A few apparently were inevit- ably headed for psychotic episodes, wherever they were. Some had bizarre ways of work- ing at tasks. For example, assign- ed to do a brief report, they would comb through 15 reference books trying "grandiosely to cover the entire field, and then get dis- couraged and quit. Such students couldn't lean on or profit from the experience of others, and this "maverick quality" might produce original work if it were only c h a n n e 1 e d constructively, the clinic reports. Dating Problems Some found college unhappy be- 'cause of difficulty in dating. Others had breezed through high school on glibness, but had poor study habits. College "is often seen by them and their families as a white collar puberty rite." While some students who make poor grades enlist enough sym- pathy to get by, others manage to antagonize the school enough so they are dropped. Past History One quite startling finding, Levenson said, is that 25 per cent of the fathers of dropouts had themselves dropped out of college. The depression years hadforced some to quit, but others stopped for a variety of other reasons. Seventeen per cent of fathers had run into career setbacks, and 10 per cent were disappointed in their own careers. In about a quar- ter of the homes, the father was gone, through death, separation or divorce. Determine Ambitions It appeared that many fathers "may undermine their children's ambitions, all the while ostensibly pushing them to success, and dem- onstrating disapproval when they fail Altogether, "some 80 per cent of the students had an absent, fail- ing, or largely inadequate parental symbol," the psychiatrist said. y sl rcv Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The United States is seeking the downfall of Communist Cuba by an economic embargo-and it won't work, if history is indicative. As matters now stand, the United States effort to seal off Cuba from world trade has more holes in it than a collander. Almost nobody, including some of this nation's best friends, is supporting the United States policy of Cuban trade. Blockade The alternative to embargo is, of course, a blockade enforced by United States guns, missiles, air- craft and torpedoes. In the past, however, the United States has insisted that a block- ade is an act of war. Outright war with Cuba is something the United States is trying to avoid, especially since Cuba is allied with the So- viet Union. About the only success the United States has had against Cuba occurred in October and No- vember, 1962, when it introduced a varient of the blockade and called it a "quarantine." Quarantine This was a blockade against specific cargoes, in this case mis- siles. After the quarantine decla- ration, 12 Soviet ships turned back to Russia rather than test this nation's determination. A blockade is only as good as the armed forces prepared to en- force it. The land equivalent of a blockade is the siege. The primary World News Roundup By The Associated Press PARIS-A nationwide strike in the public utilities, transportation and government services paralyzed industry in France yesterday. * * * BONN-Chancellor Ludwig Er- hard's cabinet decided yesterday that West Germany will oontri- bute half a million dollars to- ward the United Nations force on Cyprus. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Prof. Norbert Wiener, 69, the father of automation, died unexpectedly yesterday in Stockholm, Sweden, it was announced yesterday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. GENEVA-The United Nations World Health Organization clear- ed the way yesterday to expel white-ruled South Africa for dis- crimination against the Negro ma- jority. By a 63-22 vote, the World Health Assembly of WHO adopted a resolution by 34 African and Arab nations to submit at next year's meeting a proposal to expel "any member whose official policy is based on racial discrimination." NEW YORK-The stock market edged another moderate advance yesterday, mainly emphasizing strength in steels and airlines. The Dow Jones average showed 30 in- dustrials up 2.09, 20 railroads up .69, 15 utilities down .12 and 65 stocks up .62. GEORGE BALL purpose is to strangle the enemy's food and war supplies. An embargo is of dubious value, regardless of the size of the na- tion against which it is used. 'Strategic Goods' For instance, since 1951 the United States has been trying to persuade industrial nations to re- frain from shipping "strategic goods" to Communist bloc nations. But even the nations of the Nodth Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion cannot agree on what consti- tutes strategic goods. In 1961-the last year for which complete figures are available - the Communist bloc nations im- ported $5 billion worth of goods from the Western world. The trade is still growing. This material included pipelines, machine tools, machinery, chemi- cals and commercial aircraft, all of which would contribute to the strategic well-being of the Com- munist world. At least the United States thinks they would. All Must Stop As for Cuba, the embargo sought by the United States can be effec- tive only if all nations stop de- livering goods to Cuba. Clearly, the Communist bloc has no such intention and neither does a large part of the non-Commun- ist world-England, France, Mex- ico, Spain, Canada and Morocco among others. What the United States policy does do, however, is to make life more difficult and expensive for the Cubans. Red Drain As Undersecretary of State George Ball has noted, it does bring about a drain on the eco- nomic reserves of the Communist nations, chiefly the Soviet Union which is pledged to Cuban support. At the same time, however, the United States policy penalizes otherwise friendly nations by lay- ing down the rule that ships which have delivered cargoes to Cuba can not stop in any United States port for another cargo to take back home. It also forbids the use of United States ports to all ships of any nation which delivers arms to Cuba. I r ' " Ur r An unusu rollee rogr-4. r r r n,""", "'' " New Yorkr r r YOR UUES~ Junior Year Program SEW ~ u Washngtn SqareJunior 'yea * Collegeitr 1 New York University New yr *New York 3, N.Y.. J 1 t. mmmU mm muni s ssiu lsU Under United States law, the United States is obliged to shut off aid to nations which trade with Cuba-unless the President decides such an act might injure this na- tion more than it helps. As a result, the United StatesE has cut off minute amounts of military aid to Great Britain, France and Yugoslavia, while freezing aid at the current levels to Spain and Morocco for "re-ex- amination of their Cuban trade policies." Two Tries Twice in history the United States-or the colonies which be- came the United States - have tried this embargo routine with- out success, once prior to the American Revolution and once just before the War of 1812. On Dec. 22, 1807, President Thomas Jefferson forbade United States vessels to travel to Euro- pean ports and prohibited foreign ships from loading cargoes in United States ports. The result was near bankruptcy for the.sea merchants. Finally, the embargo was modified by Presi- dent James Madison on March 1, 1809, to prohibit trade with just England and France. At War By the time the United States got around to repealing this act, the United States and Britain were at war, a war that proved a near disaster for the United States. Charles and Mary Beard in "The Rise of American Civilization" re- port: "When the British ministry finally awoke to the gravity of the situation, it brought its superior sea power to bear on America with awful effect. It blockaded the At- lantic coast, paralyzed American commerce ... "The government in Washing- ton was careening toward bank- ruptcy .. . the only alternative to peace was economic collapse..." cessfully, it has used with devastating eff In the Civil WarE ade around the Soutl ton exports from $2 1861 to $4 million ir: end of the war in 1 federacy couldn't paper to print its mo In World War Churchill in "The, H wrote "shipping was stranglehold and so of our war strategy.' Six-Week Sti The British fougl for nearly four year their lifelines open. German submarines success, almost as World War I when in Britain were rec point to a six-week It may well be thz II will go down in 1 last application of in wars between ma The blockade he probably be used b maritime powers to trouble spots which into large ones. The of Cuba is a case in Merehani 'U'To ( The State St Association has as 0. 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