THE MICHIGAN DAILY Royalists Of Talks President's HOUSE A Plan Renewal BUSINESS, LABOR: Kennedy Forms Unit On National Economy with Souvanna i n CTION: Aides Confer About Laos Report U.S. To Act Against Red Rebels WASHINGTON (1) -- President John F. Kennedy conferred with his top military and diplomatic advisers yesterday amid reports he is preparing to take much stronger action to support the pro- Western government of Laos against Soviet-backed rebels. At the same time the President was rperesented as still somewhat hopeful that a diplomatic solution might yet be found for the Laotian crisis before the United States and the Soviet Union beconie more deeply involved. President Kennedy conferred for 90 minutes this afternoon with his top military advisers on the critical situation. It was the se- cond such session in two days. The group at the White, House in- cluded Secretary of Defense Ro- bert S. McNamara and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Rusk Meets Allies Immediately afterward Rusk re- turned to the State Department and conferred with British Am- bassador Sir Harold Caccia and French Ambassador Herve Alp- hand. It is understood that he gave them a report on United States planning to deal with the growing crisis in the southeast Asian kingdom if diplomatic ef- forts to restore peace there proved futile. The primary United States con- cern has been t. get Russia to ! halt their airlift operations and work with some kind of interna- tional commission, preferably composed, of neutral nations, to bring an end to the civil war. Understands Argument Rusk is understood to have ar- gued for this line of action with Gromyko and to have warned that there are grave dangers in allowing the conflict to go on with a build-up of military power on both sides. Gromyko is said to haver re- stated Russia's proposal of an in- ternational conference that would include Communist China. Committee Approves Depressed Areas Bill WASHINGTON (A)-Committee approval opened the way yester- day for an early House vote on a $400 million program designed to aid chronically depressed areas. The House appeared likely to consider it next week. The Senate already has passed a similar bill. Both houses also have passed, in somewhat different form, emergency unemployment legislation high i nNEM on President John F. Kennedy's PRESIDENT KENNEDY .. committee approves bill SPACE: N.avy Bows' To Airmen61 WASHINGTON () The Navy bowed publicly yesterday to a Pentagon directive making the Air Force, manager of military space projects. Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally told the House science committee that his views "were not in complete accord with the directive." He said he had urged a policy of assigning space jobs to the services in accordance with their abilities and needs. In a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert- 8. McNamara, Connally said; he was "assured" the Navy would have the oppor- tunity to "continue working on space programs." priority list. To Provide Funds The bill would provide $300 mil- lion in revolving funds for loans to encourage industry to establish itself in areas of persistent un- employment. The money could be used for sites, public facilities and in exceptional cases machinery. A third of the amount would be ear- marked specifically for rural areas The measure also would author- ize grants of $75 million for pub- lic facilities and $19 million for economic surveys and retraining of workers stranded by the wast- ing away of industries which em- ployed them. The whole program would be under the authority of the Secre- tary of Commerce, but other de- partments would participate. Prohibits 'Pirating' The committee wrote into the measure stringent language in- tended to prevent use of any gov- ernment funds to "pirate" an es- tablished industry away from its present location and into a de-. pressed area. The intention was to restrict the industry-attracting programs to new plants-including new branch plants. The principal difference from the Senate version is in the fi- nancing of the $300 million re- volving fund. The House bill would. require appropriations in separate legislation for the money; the Senate voted to authorize bor- rowing from the Treasury. Amendment May Give Vote To Capital WASHINGTON () - The vote- less residents of the District of Columbia will have the right to vote for president and vice- president if three more states rat- ify the 23rd constitutional amend- ment. Oklahoma ratified the amend- ment yesterday, becoming the 35th state to do so since Congress sub- mitted the proposal last June, 16. Ratification by three-fourths of the states is needed to pua a con- stitutional amendment in effect. Hope for Approvals Backers of the proposed amend- ment believe the three state ap- provals still needed could come within the next week or two from among Ohio, Kansas, New Hamp- shire and Rhode Island. Ratifica- tion also is given a chance in North Carolina and Texas. The proposed bill will be drawn in consultation with Democratic and Republican party leaders and will be submitted to a public hear- ing. It will cover such details as voting'age, residency requirements and absentee balloting. Constitutional Provision District residents have never had the right to vote in presidential elections because the Constitution provides for electors to be chosen only in the states. The 23rd amendment would not make the district a state but would give it three electorial votes. COEDS: It's Hairstyling Galore! No Appointment Needed Custom-Styling THE DASCOLA BARBERS Near Michigan Doily Pro-Western Government Seeks Peace I Ministers To Present International' Plea VIENTIANE (P)-The royal gov- t ernment, facing what it calls a s crucial week of decision, announc- ed yesterday it will renew peace talks with neutralist ex-Premier Souvanna Phouma. There was no indication of what proposals will be presented or if Souvanna has agreed to meet with the government. The Communist bloc and the pro-Communist Path- et Lao rebels consider Souvanna to be the lawful premier. The royal government has de- nounced Souvanna as irresponsi- ble Saturday when-talks with him at his exile in Cambodia broke r down and he left on a trip around the world. Decide at Meeting The decision to reopen talks with Souvanna was made at a four-hour cabinet meeting presid- ed over by Premier Prince Bun Oum. Sconomics Minister Ngon Sananikone left no doubt the gov- ernment is feeling the pressure of a rebel offensive in central Laos. "We must reach a decision and soon," he told newsmen. "Laos cannot afford to continue to bleed. At least 10 men die on each side every day, and 10 men is a lot for us. We are a small country, and we do not believe in bloodshed." Information Minister Bouavan Norasing said the cabinet is at- tempting to draw up a plan for some kind of move on the inter- national scene to end hostilities in the troubled kingdom. To Present Plan The Council of Ministers will lay the plan before King Savanag Vathana today. $ouavan said the cabinet min- isters discussed all recent propo- sals to end the fighting, including the Communist-backed 14-nation conference that is opposed by the United States because it would in- clude Red China. He added that the cabinet con- siders the 14-nation meeting pro- posal a "Chinese maneuver to con- solidate their position." He said a three-nation neutral commission would have to guarantee Laos' neutrality before such a larger meeting was held. The Communist bloc has vetoed the neutral com- mission idea and insists on the larger meeting. Ngon had indicated earlier the pro - Western government was swinging toward acceptance of the 14-nation conference. "We don't care which confer- ence sits," he said, "but itmust end hostilities and guarantee Lao- tian neutrality." Bouavan said the royal army is consolidating its position north of Sala Phou Koun, a stronghold that fell to the Pathet Lao March 7. He said government troops were moving toward Muong Kassy, about 90 miles north of Vientiane. It was the first time in a week the government claimed the mili- tary situation might be improving. Until yesterday, the news had been that one rebel column was advanc- ing north on Luang Prabang and another south toward Vientiane against little resistance. Red Chinese B last SEA TO TOKYO (P)-Red China charg- ed yesterday that smaller mem- bers of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization a r e demanding Western military intervention in Laos only because the United States wants to intervene. SEATO's military meeting starts in Bangkok today, followed by a; meeting of ministers next week. United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk is to attend the eight- nation meeting., 13 WASHINGTON (WF) - President John F. Kennedy yesterday put a team of top business executives and labor union leaders to work to help him fight inflation and solve a wide array of pressing na- tional problems. President Kennedy told the opening meeting of his 21-man ad- visory committee on labor-man- agement policy its purpose is to "give direction to the general movement of wages and prices so the general welfare of this coun- try can be served." The group, which includes rep- resentatives of the public and gov- ernment, had a cordial and earnest initial session, according to its chairman, Secretary of Labor Ar- thur J. Goldberg. The- committee resolved to meet at least once a month, with the next session set for April 3. Asks Consensus Views President Kennedy indicated that he looked for the group to provide him with business-labor- public consensus views on such matters as unemployment, produc- tion, wages and prices and export competition-so that they could be dealt with voluntarily if possible, without necessity of governmental action, The President's stress on obtain- ing committee advice on wage- price "direction", surprised some observers. He said this was a mat- ter in which "I do not want the White House to have to come in at the last minute." This appeared to be a word of caution that he expects the group to strive to hold employers and unions on a moderate course int their wage-price policies. Walter Reuther, head of the auto workers union and one of the union -mem- Gold Report Encouraging WASHINGTON (R) - The Com- merce Department yesterday, gave an encouraging report on the na- tion's balance of payments. It said the gold outflow "for1 some weeks now has stopped en- tirely." The nation's payments position has shown "very substantial im- provement" from the deficits1 which caused a serious drain on, gold stocks for more than two years, the department's office of business economics said. Actually, although the report did not so specify, the, Treasury1 showed a slight upturn in goldl holdings last week. The outflowi was halted i nthe last week of February for the first time since last July.E bers of the group, said later how- ever he didn't think President Kennedy had "any specific direc- tion" in mind. National Survival Affected The President said, the coun- try's wage-price structure is "im- portant in national survival" be- cause it affects the nation's com- petitive position abroad. Long- range unemployment also is a matter of utmost concern. "It is quite possible," the Presi- dent said, "that we could have a recovery this summer and still have six or seven per cent of our people unemployed in the fall." Changes in demand and produc- tion techniques in the steel, auto, coal and airplane manufacturing industries, he said, are extremely serious and require study and ac- tion. Rebels Deny Congo Mobs Raid Angrola LEOPOLDVILLE W)-Officials of an Angola independence move- ment yesterday denied Portuguese charges that recent violence in Angola was caused by the terror- ists crossing the border from the Congo. "We have information indicat- ing, that it was a spontaneous up- rising of the people against the Portuguese," George F. Manteya, Leopoldville secretary of the Pop- ular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, said. Manteya pointed out that the people in several regions of the Congo and Angola are tribally re- lated. He said it was possible that in the event of violence tribes might help their brothers across the border. In an interview, Manteya said three Angola nationalist parties, all outlawed by the Portuguese, recently met in Leopoldville and agreed to form a common front to work for independence. He said none of the parties is Com- munist or Communist-inspired. "It is not our intention to drive white people out of Angola," Man- teya asserted. "For many of them Angola has been their home for many generations. They are An- golans just as we are and the country will need them." Manteya said the freedom par- ties seek independence by peace- ful means. He expressed hope that the pressure of world opinion would force the Portuguese to ne- gotiate with the nationalist lead- ers. r 'I Sabbath Service ofHillell Friday, March 24, 7:15 P.M. Speaker DR. NORTON MEZVINSKY, History Dept. "Mordecai M. Kaplan and Reconstructionism" World News Roundup By The Associated Press The House voted yesterday to continue for another 21 months the imposition of economic sanctions against Cuba and the Domini- can Republic in the form of reduced sugar purchases. The new measure continues the President's authority to halt I 1429 H ill Street All Welcome SMART-NEW! Cuban sugar imports, relieves him sugar from the Dominican Repub ports he obtained from Western< Hemisphere nations and other countries purchasing United States agricultural commodities. * * * The possibility of a second Bandung Conference was among the subjects discussed with Presi- dent Gamal Nasser in Cairo, In- dia's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said yesterday. 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