'8, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 8, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY l)l 7INESS ON BUSINESS: Ahidjo Welds Cameroun National Consciousness Predict Steady, Slow Growth 4+ HOT SPRINGS 05) - Industry " economists look for steady busi- ness expansion through 1964 but at a somewhat slower rate of rise' than the government's experts confidently foresee. This appraisal of the business outlook-along with a prediction that inflation will be held in check-will be delivered to the spring meeting of the Business Council, opening here today. The heads of nearly 100 of the country's biggest corporations and several government officials-in- cluding Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken- World News P. 'Roundup PITTSBURGH - The General Conference of the Methodist Church, which earlier toned down a resolution condoning civil dis- obedience, yesterday set up a fund to help any Methodist who suffers hardship by joining in a racial demonstration. * * * LONDON-The United States was described by British Foreign Secretary Richard A. Butler yes- terday as completely in sympathy with Britain's determination to defend the Federation of South Arabia and its key military base, Aden. British troops are defending them now against hundreds of well-armed desert tribesmen who are encouraged in their attacks by President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic. Returning from talks with gov- ernment leaders - in Washington. Tokyo and Manila, Butler told newsmen he reached absolute agreement with Secretary of State Dean Rusk on British policy in the Middle 'East. LANSING-Michigan's reappor- tionment problems will stay up in the air until at least Tuesday while Democratic lawmakers grumble and the Republicans hold their state convention. Despite p r o d d i n g by Gov. George W. Romney in a special message Wednesday, the legisla- ture called it quits temporarily and left the tangle of election is- sues hanging on the hook. NEW ORLEANS-A Cuban rev- olutionary said yesterday anti- communist refugees are planning a Cuban invasion within three months. "Within 60 to 90 days we will be in Cuba fighting," Lourdes Bretos said. Miss Bretos is an organizer and secretary of the New Orleans chapter' of Alpha 66, one of the anti-Castro Cuban groups. There are 4000 Cuban refugees in New Orleans. NEW YORK-A rally by steels rescued a faltering New York Stock Exchange yesterday and gave the market its fifth straight advance. Dow - Jones averages showed 30 industrials up 2.99, 20 railroads up .82, 15 utilities down .08 and 65 stocks up .66. nedy and Chairman Walter W. Heller of the President's Council of Economic Advisers-are expect- ed to attend the closed council sessions. C30 Billion In preparation for the meeting, the Business Council's standing panel of consulting economists met in Washington to canvass eco- nomic prospects. Informed sources said the industry experts agreed informally to stand by their fore- cast of six months ago. This call- ed for a climb in national output to an annual rate of about $630 billion in the final quarter of this! year. This is substantially below thel Economic Council. Heller has expectation of the President's never made public a specific fourth-quarter forecast, but a rate o faround $638 billion is implied in his forecast made for President Lyndon B. Johnson in January. That projection called for a $623 billion gross national product for the entire year, give or take $5 billion. The first quarter rate, $608.5 billion, was described by Heller as being right on the course of this projection. Underestimate The industry ecoonmists regu- larly have been more conservative than the presidential council, and in the past two years they have underestimated the growth rate of what has become the longest peace-time expansion in history. However, their current appraisal reinforces the view-shared by the President's advisers-that the $11- billion tax cut will not heat up the economy to a business boom, with resulting strong inflationary pres- sures. The industry group, it was re- ported, saw little prospect of any substantial price bulge or any strain on manufacturing capacity. It agreed that some consumer price adjustments are probable, that the wholesale price index might edge up by one per cent or so after a prolonged period of stability. The findings of the industry panel will be included in a report drafted by the Business Council's Committee on the Domestic Econ- omy headed by W. B. Murphy. Rights Bill Kennedy and several of his top aides at the Justice Department will also discus's with the council the implications to businesmen of the pending civil rights bill. Kennedy is expected to appeal for the cooperation of council mem- bers in supporting and imple- menting the proposed provisions for equal job opportunities. Railmen Strike Against Firing CHICAGO ,)- Firemen en- gaged in brief strikes against three railroads yesterday, the day the rail lines began to eliminate hundreds of firemen's jobs under the ruling of an arbitration board. The arbitration board set up by Congress last year ruled that the railroads could eliminate unneed- ed firemen on diesel locomotives in yard and freight service. Under the arbitration blueprint, the immediate reductions plis death, resignation and retirement are expected eventually to wipe out the jobs of 30,000 firemen. By ANDREW BOROWIEC ' Associated Press Staff Writer YAOUNDE, Cameroun - The son of a tribal chief is trying to forge Cameroun's 90-odd tribes in- to one nation. Ahmadou Ahidjo, now president of the Federal Republic of Cam- eroun, has been struggling to give national consciousness to four m i11i o n tribesmen dispersed through the humid tropical forest of the south and the dry bush- land of the north. His task to create a modern nation is further complicated by the existence of two official lan- guages-French and English-in the West African country once known as the German colony of Kamerun. Cameroun Divided Taken from Germany after World War I, Cameroun was di- vided into two parts and their ad- ministration given to France and England. The two parts were merged in 1961. So far Ahidjo has succeeded in steering Cameroun out of the tur- moil of a Communist-inspired guerrilla war into a period of reasonable calm and promise. The West is behind Ahidjo. France, the United States and West Germany have given funds and assistance. The Communists and so-called revolutionary Afri- can countries stigmatize Ahidjo as a "lackey of Western imperialism" and describe his country as a colony of France. Maps Program Ahidjo ignores the accusations. He has mapped a moderate pro- gram for the country, encourag- ing private investments and enter- prise. Camerounian socialism, he says, is "to give every man the opportunity to use his God-given talents." AHMADOU AHIDJO NEGRO METROPOLIS: Study Finds Harlem IHelpless' NEW YORK ()-A government-. financed study of youth problems of Harlem, the nation's largest Negro metropolis, found a depriv- ed, seething city helpless and po- tentially explosive with frustra- tion. "In short," said the report yes-' terday of Harlem Youth Oppor- tunities Unlimited (HARYOU), "the Harlem ghetto is the institu- tionalization of powerlessness." The 18-month research, con- ducted at a cost of $330,000 shared by the federal and city govern- ments, was conducted in central Harlem, - three-and-a-half square miles of New York's 319 square miles. It is a section of 232,792 persons, predominantly Negroes. Powerlessness Here Haryou found "socially engendered ferment, resentment, stagnation and potentially explo- sive reactions to powerlessness and continued abuse." The agency's report, "Youth in the Ghetto," was distributed yes- terday, by Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, professor of psychology at City College of New York and director France, with 11,000 residents established in Cameroun, contin- ues to dominate the country's economy. In western eyes, this has assured Cameroun of continuing development without the difficul- ties of those African nations that cut their ties with the former col- onizers. Cameroun's 3500-man ar- my is commanded by a French colonel and led by French offi- cers. Ahidjo is an admirer of French President Charles de Gaulle but did not follow France in recog- nizing Communist China. Like 16 other nations in Africa, Cameroun maintains relations with the Na- tionalist Formosa government. There is not a Communist embas- sy in the capital of Yaounde. Main Products Cocoa and coffee are the main products, with timber and alum- inum rapidly taking an important place in Cameroun's exports. It is one of the few countries in West Africa whose exports exceeded im- ports last year. But French subsidies are still needed and a million Bamileke tribesmen are growing restless in their area northeast of Yaounde, crowded in villages of large mud shacks with thatched roofs. Critics reproach Ahidjo for the stifling of opposition in favor of his union Camerounaise party - the usual tactic in most new Afri- can nations. They accuse him of favoring French business enter- prises and of too much reliance on France. Headed Government Son of a Fulani chief of the northern region of Garua, Ahidjo was educated in Cameroun and worked as a radio operator in the Yaounde post office. He headed the first Camerounian government under the internal autonomy law, and with the country's independ- ence in 1960 became its president. His most urgent tasks were to put down terror and guerrilla war waged by the Communist-orient- ed Union des Peuples Cameroun- ais and to obtain unity of the two Camerouns. Today, guerrilla warfare no longer threatens the country's sta- bility and the ex-British and ex- French Camerouns form one fed- eral state. However, a part of the former British territory voted to join neighboring Nigeria. A federal assembly consisting of 40 French and 10 English-speak- ing members sits in Yaounde. BLUES at discount records__JAZ_ RICHARD LOWENTHAL QUINTET U p THE NEGRO IN HARLEM, a government f i n a n c e d study concludes, lives under frustra- tion and a feeling of helpless- ness his environment forces upon him: "the Harlem ghetto is the institutionalization of powerlessness." is separated from his wife, two -of seven females over 14 are separat- ed from their husbands. Venereal Disease Health-The infant mortality rate of 45.2 deaths per 1000 live. births is almost double that of the remainder of the city, venereal disease among youth is'six times greater. Crime-Juvenile delinquency is twice as high as the rest of the city, murders occur six times more frequently, narcotics addiction 'is three to eight times greater. Education-"In the third grade, central Harlem pupils are fully one year behind the achievement levels of New York City pupils. By the sixth grade they have fallen nearly two years behind, and by the eighth grade they are about two-and-a-halfdyears behind. The schools have lost faith in the ability of their pupils to learn, and the community has lost faith in the ability of. the schools to teach.Substandard performance is expected of the pupils. Numbers Racket Economics-"Few individuals of few Negroes who manage to climb wealth reside in Harlem. Those into the upper-income brackets tend to leave Harlem, send their children to private schools, or withdraw from active involvement in community problems." Most of Harlem's 1617 small businesses are operated by whites, "even the numbers racket, which is such a pervasive and indestructible part of Harlem's economy." Housing-Forty per cent of Har- lem's housing are tenements built between 1880 and 1901, altogether, 90 per cent of the buildings in the area are over 33 years old. Resi- dences, on the whole, are "unsafe, deteriorating and overcrowded with multiple use of toilet and water facilities, inadequate heat- ing and ventilation and crowded sleeping quarters." Employment-The average in- come is $3,480, compared to the citywide average of 5,103. Nearly two-thirds of male workers and nearly three-fourths of women are operatives, service workers or lab- orers, "The spectre of joblessness substantially feeds the roots of this community pathology." SELECTED MERCURY CLASSICAL RECORDS MONO and STEREO Regularly $4.98 and $5.98 $98 HOURS: MON.-FRI. 10 to 9 SAT. 9 to 6 EXCEPT COLUMBIA $3.98-Now $2.47 $4.98-Now $3.09 $5.98--Now $3.71 JAZZLAN D RECORDS $1.89 discount records, 300 SO. STATE 665-3679 ALL*J JZZ 3,8%/oOFF VERVE ATLANTIC R[VERSIDE BLUE NOTE CONTEMPORARY ANY JAZZ RECORDS P. Wl (a'lr I :fN i r a i ccot Are your studies getting you down and order from. 0 Opmea! Specializing in PIZZAS ... Chicken Dinners Call NO 3-7859 of HARYOU. The report defined Harlem's ills and recommended a program of combatting them with education, employment, family stabilization and community im- provement. In Washington, the President's Committee on Juvenile Delin- quency and Crime has approved such a program, to last three years. Its estimated $100 million cost-to come from federal, local and private sources-has not been arranged. Violence Potential Dr. Clark's disavowed reports, attributed to HARYOU, that 400 Negro youths have formed a gang to kill and main whites. But the HARYOU study report drew a pic- ture almost as frightening in its potential for violence. The HARYOU study detailed problems besetting Harlem: Family Llfe- Half the children under 18 do not live with both parents, one of five males over 14 105 N. FOREST--Across from Couzins DINING EXCELLENCE AT EDUS i F s E r 1 t r E 1 S F r GET THE NEW BIC "FINE POINT" -ONLY 250! This is really fine writing. Until today, only a spider could spin such a fine line. Now BIC invents a new "Fine Point" pen that writes sharper, clearer, thinner lines. .t* BIC "Fine Point" with "Dya- mite" Ball Point is guaran- teed* to write first time every time because it's tooled of the c hardest metal made by man. BIC is the world's finest writ- ing instrument: BIC never skips, BIC never clogs, BIC never smears. What a pair of pen pals: thin-writing BIC :: "Fine Point" with orange bar- rel, only 250; standard line Golden Tree Roon Town and Country Doon Main .Dining Room Featuring MAINE LIVE LOBSTERS I - '~Siiihe1 NoIw!