15, 1961 TH 'MICHIGAN DAILY 15, 161 TE MIC I__NDAI_ r 7.a kfro-Asians sk Inquiry in Ang1ola Official Claims Policy Change Neede Into Uprisings <" UN Debates, Belgian Exit From Congo U.S. Delegate Rejects Deadline, Penalties By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS-The Unit- ed Nations General Assembly yes- terday received an Asian-African demand for an immediate inquiry into conditions which have led to recent bloody clashes in Portu- guese Angola. The resolution, sponsored by 22 countries, is expected to come up for a full-scale debate next week despite Portuguese protests that the UN has no jurisdiction over happenings in the African terri- tory. The council plan also called for an inquiry. Both proposals urged ,reforms looking toward early in- dependence of Angola. There was no immediate re- action from the United States dele- gation to the resolution but it appeared certain the United States would support it. , Likely Proposal It 'seemed likely the proposal would win overwhelming support. Also in the Assembly, United States Ambassador Adlai E. Stev- enson, declared a Belgian exodus would speed a solution to the Congo crisis, but he rejected pro- posals setting a deadline and threatening penalties. The United States chief delegate expressed support in the Assem- bly for a mildly worded Asian- African resolution urging quick reconvening of the Congolese par- ligment to determine the future political structure of the divided country.4 Assembly Adjourns After hearing Stevenson the As- sembly adjourned until today for a' vote onl rival Congo resolutions before it. The Asian-African resolution submitted to the Assembly was similar to orie considered by the 11-nation Security Council. GOP Senators Fail To Block, No Comment --AP Wirephoto CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE-University of California students seek in vain to interview John Birch Society founder Robert Welch (left) after hisspeech in Santa Barbara Thursday. On the other se of the globe in Augsburg, Germany, Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, commander of the 24th infan- try division, denied charges made in the Overseas Weekly that his division's information program is dominated by the Society. LAOS 'DISAPPOINTMENT' Paratroopers Evacuate Without Fight I i' Price Probe* WASHINGTON (P)--Republican senators lost a move yesterday to block a public investigation of price fixing charges in the elec- trical industry. The motion to conduct the in- quiry behind closed doors lost on a 4-4 tie vote of the Senate anti- trust subcommittee. The vote was taken in executive session after two days of wran- gling. One Democrat, Sen. William A. ,Blakley (Tex) was reported to have joined the three Republicans on the losing side. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn), subcommittee chairman, announc- ed the inquiry will get under way at -an open session Monday. The question of closed vs. public hear-, ings was resolved after a dispute over whether the subcommittee could meet while the Senate was in session. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis) accused Kefauver of being a pub- licity seeker. Soviets Cheer Space Hero VIENTIANE (MP)-Western dip- lomats here were plunged into despair yesterday by the evacua- tion-without a maJor fight-of 500 royal paratroopers dropped near Muong Kassy nine days ago. The, westerners had hoped for s, decisive push- by royal forces be- fore an expected cease-fire is neI gotlated with pro - Communist Pathet Lao rebel leaders. The evacuation wrote off as a failure one of the most spectacular operations of the civil war-the April 5 air drop interpreted by westerners as a warning to the Pathet Lao that government forces still were powerful despite a suc- cession of defeats. American Pilots Young American Civilian pilots flying U.S.-made helicopters plucked the red-bereted para- troopers from a valley northwest of Muong Kassy Thursday and took !them to the royal capital of Luang Prabang. The paratroopers had been dropped near the north-south highway between Luang Prabang and the administrative capital of Vientiane to counter paratroop- ers the Pathet Lao had thrown in- to the fight April 3 for royal mili- tary headquarters at Vang Vieng. Officials Claim Government officials claimed their paratroopers had - accom- plished. their mission of halting the rebel drive southward. But House To Act On School Aid WASHINGTON (P)-Rep. Adam C. Powell (D-NY), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, said yesterday the ad- ministration has asked for prompt action on school aid legislation. In response to the White House urging, he said, a $2.4 billion pro- gram of loans, grants and schol- arships for colleges will be brought to the House floor during the week of April 24. earlier this week Moscow Radio Boun Leuth, government com- reported the government para- mander-in-chief based in Luang troopers were encircled. Prabang, to commit infantry It was reliably reported in Vien- troops from the north to support tiane that the evacuation finally the paratroopers and outflank was forced by the failure, of Gen. Pathet Lao units. orld News Roundup By The Associated Press HONG KONG -- The British- owned South China Morning Post reported early today a strong and well-organized movement against the Communist government has. made itself felt in Shanghai. * * * MOSCOW - Roman Ruden- ko, the Soviet attorney who prose- cuted U2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers at his trial, said at the astronaut reception last night a recently published report that Powers might be released soon was a fabrication. WASHINGTON - The State Department announced yesterday that President John F. Kennedy will meet President Sukarno of Indonesia when that Far Eastern neutralist leader arrives here April 24. *s s BOSTON - The 8,000-ton freighter Marine Merchant broke open in heavy seas off the New England coast, and sank yesterday after her crew was rescued. Tomorrow at 7:30 at Hillel Film on Eichmann with Discussion by Prof. Theodore M. 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