THE MICHWIGAN DILYT Kennedy Urges Peace in 'Izvestia' Interview; Seeks Mutual Accord T, 4 r------ Assures No U.S. Attack On' Russians Peaceful Coexistence To Reduce Tensions MOSCOW (-President John P. Kennedy, assuring the Russian people that nobody is going to invade the Soviet Union, declared yesterday that the basic threat to world peace lies in efforts to Com- munize the world. In an unprecedented interview spread across 10 columns of Iz- vestia, the United States chief said: "If the Soviet Union were mere- ly seeking to protect its own na- tional interests, to protect its own national security, and would per- mit other countries to live as they wish-to live in peace-then I be- lieve that the problems which now cause so much tension would fade away. Military Power "The Soviet Union is a mighty military power. "It has great nuclear strength. It has rockets, airplanes, a great number of divisions. Other coun- tries are associated with it. No- body would ever again invade the Soviet Union. There is no such military force which would be able to do it. The question is to sign an agreement which will insure recognition of our interests as well as yours, and this is undoubtedly within our power." Those were fresh words to be heard in the Soviet Union, so used to hearing mostly the Soviet side alone. What is more, the words were printed in the official gov- ernment paper. Kennedy Expresses Views Kennedy expressed his views in an interview last Saturday with Alexel Adzhubei, Izvestiav editor and son - in - law of Premier Khrushchev. Crowds of Russians rushed to buy copies of the paper as it hit news stands. The interview, including com- ments by Adzhubei as Kennedy went along, was printed virtually intact. Tass Comments There was no comment on it in Izvestia, but the Soviet news agency Tass, in a dispatch to be printed in other papers, said Ken- nedy "tried to take cover behind the old blind of an imaginary 'Communist menace'." It assert- ed he gave evasive answers to some of Adzhubei's questions or did not answer at all. Kennedy said the United States recognizes that the Soviet Union does not intend to permit reunifi- cation of Germany. It appeared the President delib- erately couched his views in low key with the purpose of getting across the idea that the United States is looking for peaceful solutions of the world's problems and is not the aggressive imper- ialistic power usually depicted. Salk Predicts Versatile Cure DENVER (-Dr. Jonas Salk told doctors yesterday there are bright hopes for a single vaccine warding off 10 to 100 virus dis- eases. He said the vaccine possibly couldalso prevent some cancers and nerve diseases which may be triggered by viruses in yet un- known ways. Or, if cancer viruses are found, they could be put in the super vaccine. The Pittsburgh scientist de- eared the future in vaccines lies in using dead viruses--not living one -and better yet, using only a iny portion of the virus: the part which stimulates' immunity. JOHN F. KENNEDY .. 'Izvestia' article WOMEN: View Peace At Sessions By RONALD WILTON A group of women from the So- viet Union and the United States, including Mrs. Elise Boulding, a sociologist with the Center for Re- search on Conflict Resolution and the wife of Prof. Kenneth Bould- ing of the. economics department, concluded a series of conferences Monday on the problems of peace and disarmament. The conference took place last week at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. The Soviet women came, at the invitation of the United States section of the Wom- an's International League for Peace andrFreedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association. Issue Statement At the end of the conference the participants issued a state- ment on those areas where they reached full agreement. The statement recognized "the urgency of taking all necessary measures to meet the danger fac- ing mankind." The participants "rejoiced" that a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Nego- tiations" was presented to the United Nations by the UN am- bassadors of the two countries. Women Support UN The women also supported the UN "as a framework for uniting all peoples and for the peaceful settlement of international dis-, putes" and recognized "that the United Nations must evolve to meet changing world conditions." COMMUNISTS: Mao Lauds Albanians, Sees Unity TOKYO () - Mao Tze-Tung joined other Chinese Communist leaders yesterday in singing the praises of Albania in what appear- ed a deliberate affront to Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Mao, Red China's leader, and other officials sent a message to Albania praising the Albanian Communist Party as "loyal to Marxism-Leninism and the . . unity of the international Com- munist movement," radio Peiping said. It became clear at the Soviet congress in Moscow last month that when the Chinese Reds de- fended the ideological positions of Albanian Communist leader Enver Hoxha it amounted to an attack on Khrushchev. The Soviet pre- mier had denounced Albania's Red leaders for Stalinism. The depth of the ideological quarrel between the two giants of Communism was underscored by the Chinese statement and a rival one issued in Moscow on the 17th anniversary of Albania's libera-' tion from the Nazis. In Moscow, the Soviet news agency Tass said the Russian peo- ple were sending greetings to the people of Albania, but it accused the leaders of the tiny country on the Adriatic of "dangerous actions damaging the unity of the entire Socialist (Communist) common- wealth." Vandal .Burns Russian Flag MINNEAPOLIS (M)-A Russian flag was burned yesterday as it hung from a standard at the en- trance of a University of Minne- sota building where a Soviet med- ical exhibit is "now on display. The act, reportedly the work of an unidentified youth, brought an immediate letter of apology from O. Meredith Wilson, Minne- sota president, to the Russian doctor in charge of the exhibit. The flag burner escaped in a car before a university policeman guarding the exhibit inside could catch up with him. The, exhibit and display of the Russian flag was the object of a student demonstration last week. C. DOUGLAS DILLON . . . end silver sale President Declares End of Silver Sales Expect Action To Increase Price; Asks Removal of Metal Backing WASHINGTON (Ao--President John F. Kennedy announced yes- terday a decision to end federal sales of silver-an action expected to result in an immediate increase in the price of the metal. Kennedy also called for the gradual removal of silver backing from part of the nation's paper money. This would take 25 to 30 years and require congressional approval. The most immediate impact of the far-reaching program will be on the price of silver and, indirectly, on the prices which consumers "pay for items with a high silver y content. These include jewelry, silverware, photographic film, bat- teries and certain electrical items. NeWPrices Quoted Informed guesses on the likely new price for silver ranged from $1 to $1.05 an ounce. The price has been 91.5 cents. Historically, the President's de- cision represents an effort to end decades of sometimes-bitter con- troversy over silver policy by re- moving silver from the political and monetary arena. In effect, Kennedy took the po- sition that silver has no place in monetary affairs except as an in- gredient for coins. Prices Maintained Since 1946, the Treasury has maintained both minimum and maximum price levels for silver by standing ready to buy the metal at 90.5 cents an ounce and to sell at 91.5 cents. The sales price re- mained fixed even though silver consumption has outpaced pro- duction on a growing scale in re- cent years. Now that the Treasury has stop- ped sales of silver, users will have to turn to the commercial mar- ket where prices can be expected to reflect the unequal supply-de- mand situation. The retirement of the $5 and $10 silver certificates should take care of coinage needs for 8 to 10 years. GEORGE W. BALL ... tariff cuts UNITED NATIONS: Urgea Talks On Berlin NEW YORK (P)-West German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss said yesterday that if fur- ther East-West negotiations fail to ease tensions over Berlin the issue should go to the United Na- tions. Strauss Indicated West German expectations for effective UN- ac- tion were limited but said it "would provide moral support and have a certain political value since it represents the world's con- science." He seemed confident that cur- rent consultations between the Western powers would lead to a new East-West meeting. 1WASHINGTO R)-Key legis- lators are expecting an early re- quest from President John F. Kennedy for authority to nego- etiate tariff slashes up to 50 per cent on whole categories of prod- ucts. They think he has made the de- cision to press ahead in 1961, de- spite considerable congressional opposition, for a sweeping new trade program. It would keep the door open for American exports to Europe and ease trade throughout the free world, at the price of ad- mitting more imports to this coun- try. The common market, embrac- ing continental West European countries and apparently soon to include Britain, poses a threat of joint tariffs against outside coun- tries which do not negotiate trade agreements with the new econom- ic unit. President Has Decided "I think the President has de- cided," one reciprocal trade spe- cialist said privately yesterday. "There is every indication of it- certainly in the way public opinion is being prepared." The latest in a series of freer- trade statements by administra- tion officials was a speech Mon- day at the Geneva session of the general agreement on tariff and trade. George W. Ball, newly pro-' moted under secretary of state,' called for tariff cuts across the board. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers who presumably would handle the President's proposals expect them to include two major broadenings INDEX: Living Cost Increases October's record high cost of living was countered by an in- crease in factory workers' spend- able earnings, the Labor Depart- ment announced yesterday. The rise in living costs was the smallest October-to-October in- crease since 1955. The department reported that since the prices went up only about one fifth as fast, the buying power of workers rose about four per cent during the year. Gain Over Last Month After the .1 per cent gain over last month the consumer price in- dex stood at 128.4 per cent of the 1947-49 average, the department said. In Detroit, the Consumer Price Indexes increased .4'per cent from September to October, a report re- leased yesterday by Adolph O. Berger, director of the North Cen- tral Regional Office of the De- partment of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, said. Increase in Earnings The increase in earnings, off- setting the price rise, indicates that workers have been accumu- lating buying power, commission- er Ewan Clague of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. NEW TRADE PROGRAM: Legislators Await Tariff Cut of executive bargaining power ph provisions for helping owners an employes ofbusiness unable 1 withstand increased import coly petition. To Halve Tariffs Under the existing reciproc trade act, agreements may be nE gotiated reducing tariffs 5 pE cent annually for four years, total of 20 per cent, on specif items. Kennedy is expected to as for authority to halve tariffs in single year. Dramatic Arts Center presents "THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED PERMANENT FLOATING AVANT GARDE GROUP IN NEW YORK" -time magazine Merce Cunningham* Dance Company, with john cage and david tudor,.pianists *Winner of 1961 National Dance Magazine Award Monday, Dec. 4--8:30 P.M. Ann Arbor High School $2.00 - $1.50 Tickets on sale at: Bob Marshall Book Shop EL FOUNDATIQN Street bbath Services HERBERG or at Drew University ak on JEWISH FAITH" Dec. 1 Lecture at 8.:30 follows B'NAI B'RITH HILL 1429 Hill Following the Sal DR. WILL I author-lecturer-profess will1 spec "FOUNDATIONS OF Friday, C Services at 7:30 Reception World News Roundup By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS-The Unit- ed Nations General Assembly yes- terday voted 97-2 for a denuncia- tion of South Africa's white su- premacy policies. But it discarded committee rec- ommendations for harsh boycott measures and for reading South Africa out of the United Nations. * * * PARIS-A day-long transport and utilityhstrike of 500.000 work- ers= of the government-operated transport, gas and electric indus- tries touched almost every home and business in France and reach- ed into rebellion-torn Algeria yes- terday. The strikers are seeking 10 per cent wage hikes which the gov- ernment contends would be infla- tionary. * * * UNITED NATIONS-A United Nations inquiry group asserted last night that Portugal has not carried out recommended reforms in Angola and that the situation in that strife-torn African terri- tory is growing worse., NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru yes- terday described recent reports of1 accupation of additional Indian territory by the Chinese Commu- nists as exaggerated. NEW YORK-Scattered selling turned an irregular stock market lower yesterday. The Dow-Jones index closed down 3.92 to 728.07. Students Welcome BABE'S GAY NINETIES RESTAU RANT" Now Open 'til 1:00 A.M. Located in The BELL TOWER MOTOR INN Across from Hill Aud. -298 S. Thayer *~ ii B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary Friday, Dec. 1, 8:30 P.M. DR. WILL HERBERG Theologian - Sociologist - Author "FOUNDATIONS OF JEWISH FAITH" Monday, Dec. 4, 8:30 P.M. DR. NELSON GLUECK Biblical Scholar - Author - Archaeologist "THE NEGEV AND GEO-POLITICS" v i PAN H{LENI ASSOCIATION 0Y invites you to attend Rushing Q Wednesdlay, December 6 C0 4:15 or 7:15 00 Rackham Aud. 00h+ h hRUSHING REGISTRATION t langanyika becomes a free na- tion next week. Can the "moder- ates" end the tyranny of hunger, poverty and ignorance? Or will the African extremists rampage- and turn the country into another Congo? Read this week's Post. . *Saurdoy ENoming POST Thursday, Dec. 7, 8 P.M. JOE AND PENNY ARONSON CONCERT OF FOLK MUSIC Jewish -- Satirical -- International 0 (Admission $1 Fri., Dec. 8, 7:30 P.M. Rabbi Harc Hillel members $.75) SABBATH SERVICES old D. Hahn There will be a MICHIGRAS MASS MEETING Tuesday, December 5th "HOMAGE TO A TROUBLED WORLD" Sat., Dec. 9, 1 P.M. ATI D-SZO STUDENT PANEL "APPROACHES TO JUDAISM" Sun., Dec. 10, 8 P.M. HILLEL PLAYERS Presenting a Reader's Theatre Version of "MOSEA MENDELSSOHN"