WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1968
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Japan
Considers
Possible
Nuclear
Armament
TOKYO (RP) - A growing debate
in Japan over its relations with
the United States and Red China
is bringing forth the first vague
hint that the general Japanese
attitude toward nuclear arms may
be changing.
The debate, centered on the
Japan-U.S. security treaty and
Communist China's atomic wea-
pon potential, has focused at-
tention on controversial proposals
for a Japanese military buildup
In Japan the whole idea of re.
armament-especially with nuc-
lear weapons-has been shunned
for two decades.
Now the government is pro-
ceeding more boldly with plans
for a defense buildup. It also is
taking a subtle stand on the ques-
tion of a nuclear proliferation
treaty, leaving the way open for
Japan to have its own atomic
weapons as long as others do.
For years to come, the military
buildup is likely to be a non-
nuclear one. Japanese opposition
to atomic bombs goes deep. The
idea of a rearmed Japan, even
without nuclear weapons, is
enough to make other nations
shiver - and Japanese officials
know this.
It all started with debate over
the security treaty which gives
the U.S. the right to maintain
bases in Japan while pledging to
help defend the Japanese. The
treaty was revised in 1960 amidst
bitter rioting. Either country can
request another revision after 19-
70.
The Japanese Socialist party,
which often echoes a pro-Peking
line, has long waged a campaign
to scrap the treaty. The Socialists
cite the Viet Nam war as a rea-
son for getting rid of American
bases in Japan. They say this
country could find itself involved
in an Asian war against its will.
Some observers think Prime
Minister Eisakv Sato has deliber-
ately plunged into the debate on
treaty revision, saying the treaty
should remain unchanged, in an
attempt to sway public opinion.
It is said that he does not want
to wait until the last minute -
1970 - and find himself in the
midst of new riots.
Some government supporters
on the right agree with the Social-
ists that Japan should try to end
its dependence on American mili-
tary strength. But there is a dif-
ference. The Socialists want a de-
fenseless Japan that trusts in the
good will of its neighbors. The
conservatives want a Japanese
military buildup that would per-
mit this country to defend itself.
With Japan showing a more in-
dependent line in world affairs
and a vague tendency toward an
Indian-type nonalignment, the
chances of a defense build-up are
becoming more likely.
The government is considering
strengthening the submarine and
missile forces. Japan's space pro-
gram is pushing ahead, and the
country may become the fourth
in the world to launch its own
satellite with its own rocket later
this year. The space program is
for peaceful purposes, but its
rockets easily could become mis-
siles.
And the Japanese government
says it can make a nuclear bomb
if it wants to. Probably the Ja-
panese could produce a nuclear
ballistic missile in a year - and
keep in the race with Red China.
Japan likely is ahead of China in
missile technology while trailing
the Chinese on nuclear weapon
development.
Japan renounced the use of nu-
clear weapons after World War
II. Developments - particularly
Communist China's nuclear tests
- have produced second thoughts.
This month, after China's third
test, several Japanese papers sug-
gested Japan might be forced to
reconsider its nuclear policy. The
government pledged anew to avoid
nuclear armament.
Yet the government has been
involved in a debate over Japan's
policy toward a proposed treaty
on proliferation of nuclear wea-
pons. The government's official
view is that countries possessing
nuclear bombs must cut back on
their arsenals if such a treaty is
put on the books. The Japanese
say such a reduction would match
their own sacrifice in not making
A-bombs.
Japan is not saying whether it
will refuse to sign the treaty if
the nuclear powers refuse to cut
their arsenals. And Japan is not
saying whether it will make A-
bombs if it refuses to sign the
treaty. Foreign Ministry sources
say these questions are left un-
answered deliberately.
The Security Research Council
of Sato's Liberal Democratic par-
ty recently said that officials
should refrain from public state-
ments in Parliament that Japan
would not possess nuclear wea-
pons. The council said such dec-
larations diminish the country's
ability to present a war deterrent.
It is a long way from such hints
to open advocacy of nuclear ar-
senals. But public opinion may be
evolving. A few years ago no Jap-
anese government would have said
openly that this country could
make an A-bomb if it wants to.
But the Sato government has now
said it repeatedly - with hardly
a public ripple.
Withhold
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By The Associated Press 'military regime
The United States, acting with when Pistarini d
unusual speed, suspended diplo- rested the 2nd A
matic relations with Argentina mander, Gen. Ca
yesterday a few hours after the was opposed to t
elected regime of President Arturo Within a few
Illia was ousted by military lead- out a shot fired,
ers. over the countr
In various ways, the United communication
States had sought to discourage ment offices and
the coup against the wobbly gov- of the provinces.
ernment of President Illia, under An army dep
intense fire at home on charges Government Hou
it was acting too slowly to dimin- big show of ford
ish the political power of former capital city of si
dictator Juan Peron and of Coin- Pistarini ann
munists. forming a ruling
Lt. Gen. Juan Carlos Angania, with the comman
the country's most respected mili- the navy and air
tary man, was picked by a junta nigno Varela a
yesterday to succeed Illia. Alvarez.
The three-man military junta The military
that took over governmental con- the growth of p
trol said Ongania, former army the Peronists,
commander in chief, would be being too lenient
sworn in as interim president to- ists and Commu
day. failure to act e:
The junta announced it has dis-
missed Illia, who refused to resign
the presidency. It also dissolved
all political parties and Congress c~ong
and dismissed members of the
Supreme Court.
Elected in 1963, Illia had serv-E
ed only 32 months of his six-year COup
term.
The military rebellion, spear- LEOPOLDVIL
headed by Lt. Gen. Pasual . LEOPO D L
Pistarint, army commander in -The pro-Red
chief, was sparked by growing po- rulers of the
litical power of the followers of public - Brazzav
ex-dictator Juan D. 'Peron. forestalled a Ghi
Peronists gained control of coup yesterday b
three of the country's 22 provinces power.
in recent elections. Premier Ambr
The country was reported calm announced over
in the wake of the coup, but there radio he had ta
were fears that demonstrations, an uprising by
especially by Peronist groups, may the army and tr
break out. He said he w
The swift-moving action that name of Preside
put Argentina once again under a semba-Debat, wI
Recognition
gentine
began Monday
ismissed and ar-
krmy Corps com-
rlos A. Caro, who
he coup.
hours and with-
the military took
y, including all
centers, govern-
the governments
ployment around
use was the only
ce visible in this
x million persons.
ounced he was
g junta jointly
rnders in chief of
force, Adm. Be-
nd Brig. Adolfo
leaders, fearing
olitical power by
accused Illia of
with the Peron-
nists, as well as
ffectively against
the nation's many economic prob-
lems.
Before the military coup, Per-
onists figured to take control of
several Argentine provinces in the
March 1967 elections, including
Buenos Aires Province. This the
military never planned to permit,
for with Buenos Aires Province
goes control of a 25,000-man po-
lice force.
The military is basically pro-
West, as was the Illia regime. In-
formed sources said the new Cab-
inet will include mostly military:
men.
The effect of the coup on a spe-
cial inter-American conference of
foreign ministers, scheduled to
start Aug. 29 in Buenos Aires, re-
mains to be seen.
Some Latin American diplo-
mats speculated the conference
might be moved to some other ca-
pital, perhaps Washington.
The State Department an-
nouncement expressed regret at
"the break in continuity of dem-
ocratic constitutional government
in Argentina," and said Washing-'
ton would consult with other na-
tions in the Organization of Am-
erican States on the question of
future recognition.
The department's announce-
that on questions of maintaing re-
ment reflected established policy
ations, the decision must be based
on specific situations.
When the government of Presi-
dent Joao Goulart, accused of at-
tempting to deliver Brazil into
Communist control, was over-
thrown April 1, 1964, Johnson
sent "warmest wishes" to Gou-
lart's successor the following day.
Argentina's two top diplomats
in Washington resigned a few
hours after the coup.
U.S. officials declined to specu-
late what effect the coup might
have on U.S. foreign aid to Ar-
gentina.
o Republic Rulers Fear
Seize Supreme Power
Lull Comes
To Fighting
In Viet Nam
Ground War Quiet;
Buddhist Monk Still
Fasting in Protest 3
SAIGON (P) - While United
States Air Force and Navy pilots
attacked Communist targets on
both sides of the border, the
ground war in South Viet Nam'
practically came to a standstill
yesterday.
U.S. spokesmen for the first
time in months described the sit-
uation as "no contact with the
enemy." The Viet Cong and their
North Vietnamese allies were ob-
viously trying to keep out of bat-
tile.
Patrols of tle 8,000-man Am-
erican task force committed to
Operation Nathan Hale in the
coastal highlands of the Tuy Hoa
sector sought vainly to regain
touch with North Viet Nam's bat-
tered 18B Regiment, believed to
be withdrawing westward toward
the Laotian frontier.
One U.S. reconnaissance unit
located a pack train of 16 horses
apparently abandoned by the re-,
treating North Vietnamese.
It marked the third day of light'
onocontact with the Red Regi-
ment. which had been sent south
to seize rice-rich Phuc Yen Prov-
ince for the Communists.
Prior to that, U.S. forces had
badly mauled one battalion and
positively identified the regiment's
other two battalions as operating
in the area, 15 miles north of Tuy
Hoa.
U.S. paratroopers, air cavalry-
men and Marines reported killing
nearly 400 North Vietnamese in
earlier clashes of the week-old
operation.
In Saigon, Thich Tri Quang
went through the 21st day of his
antigovernment hunger strike. The
militant monk, 42, rejected an or-
der by the 80-year-old patriarch
of the Unified Buddhist Church,
Thich Tinh Khiet, to end his fast.
Nguyen Duy Tai, head of the
clinic where Quang is hospitalized
under guard, said "he is refusing
all medical treatment; he has not
been given a single injection." The
monk is reported limiting himself
to three glasses of sugared water
a day.
A settlement appeared near in
. an eight-day strike of 13,000 Viet-
namese workers of the American
RMK-BRJ construction combine.
A spokesman for the combine,
which handles building projects
f under U.S. government contracts,
r said it has endorsed the workers
demands for higher wages in ex-
change for a pledge from-their re-
f presentatives to urge them back to
the job Wednesday.
The workers are promised there
will be an increase by July 15,
though less than the 30 per cent
they asked.
Among other things the strike
s halted work on projects at Sai-
r gon's port and its military-civilian
airbase, Tan Son Nhut.
WASHINGTON OP) - President
Johnson was told yesterday that
only in Mississippi will fewer than
half the beds in any state be
available for elderly patients un-
der the medicare program that
goes into effect Friday.
At a White House conference
with Secretary of Welfare John
W. Gardner and Atty. Gen. Ni-
cholas Katzenbach, Johnson re-
ceived reports showing that 92.2
per cent of general hospital beds
across the country have been cer-
tified for civil rights compliance.
But because of the refusal of
many Mississippi hospitals to
abandon discriminatory practices,
PROGRAM STARTS FRIDAY:
Discrimination in Mississippi
Bars Medicare Participation
RNixon Meet,
A ttack A dministration
only 26.6 per cent of the beds in
Mississippi so far are in com-
pliance, the officials reported. The
rest automatically are barred
from participating in medicare,
under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The President also was told
about some problem cities-notably
Mobile, Ala., where only 30 beds
out of 3,986 will be available un-
der the medicare program.
Johnson, during the conference,
expressed concern about these
problem areas. He also voiced his
opinion about plans by some phy-
sicians to bill patients directly
rather than to seek reimburse-
ment from the medicare fund.
LE, The Congo (
Chinese civilian
earby Congo Re-
ville - apparently
iana-like military
y seizing supreme
woise Noumazalia
the Brazzaville
ken control after
some members of
ribesmen.
vas acting in the
nt Alphonse Mas-
ho is in Malagasy.
Diplomatic reports indicated
that some army men wanted to
end one-party rule in the former
French colony on Africa's west
coast.
But if so, the army men were
not as well organized as the mili-
tary leaders of Ghana, who over-
threw President Kwame Nkrumah
last Feb. 24 while the leftist leader
was in Peking for talks with Red
Chinese leaders.
As far as is known, the army
was not involved in disorders that
swept Brazzaville Monday and
Presidential assistant Douglas
Cater said Johnson took the po-
sition that individual doctors
should decide how to handle bill-
ing, but added:
"The President feels sure doc-
tors will not drive a hard bargain
with needy patients by demanding
direct, immediate reimbursement."
Johnson, talking to reporters
after the meeting, said there has
been substantial progress in pre-
paring for medicare.
"I hope we'll use every hour
that's left to make' available to
our aged people every facility that
exists," he said.
He said he hoped every hospital,
every physician, and every eligible
older citizen will show understand-
ing and cooperation and work to-
gether to make medicare a suc-
cess.
Gardner said that, nationwide,
92.2 per cent of general hospital
beds now are eligible for medicare
patients from the standpoint of
civil rights compliance.
The percentage in Georgia, he
said, is 54.9 per cent, in Louisiana
57.2 per cent, and in Alabama and
South Carolina, 66.1 per cent.
In addition to Mobile, Gardner
listed Shreveport, La., and Jack-
son and Meridian, Miss., as prob-
lem cities.
In Shreveport, he said, 341 beds
out of 1,939 are available under
medicare; in Jackson 346 out of
1,233; and in Meridian 145 out of
1,784.
The federal officials again said
that in dire emergencies where
there is a shortage of hospital
beds for insured people, federal
facilities will be made available.
world News Roundup
DETROIT - The trade publi-
cation Automotive News Monday
described as "a monstrous hoax" a
new federal law requiring that an-
tismog devices be installed on all
cars starting in 1968.
Joseph M. Callahan, the paper's
engineering editor, claimed the
exhaust emission control devices
will "do little to help" air pollu-
tion problems.
He estimated the devices will av-
erage about $45 a car.
"Assuming that as many cars
are sold in 1968 as were sold in
1965, the total basic cost of these
exhaust control devices would be
$417 million each year," he wrote.
"The American people will find
they are being victimized in a
multi-billion dollar smog hoax-
a hoax that will be perpetrated on
every future car buyer.
WASHINGTON - President
Johnson's controversial open hou-
sing proposal narrowly survived
an attempt yesterday to scuttle it
in the House Judiciary Committee.
The vote in the sharply divided
committee was reported to be 17
to 15 against killing a key section
of the 1966 civil rights bill that
would ban racial discrimination
in the sale and rental of housing.
Major amendments that would
exempt some forms of housing
from the law still remain ot be
acted on before the committee
gives final approval to the meas-
ure.
WASHINGTON - The House
Commerce Committee rejected
yesterday a move to substitute the
tough Senate-passed auto safety
bill for its own version of the safe-
ty legislation.
But chairman Harley O. Stag-
gers, (D-W. Va.), insisted "ours
is a better bill, a stronger bill and
a fairer bill."
The Senate bill, passed 16-0 last
Friday, would require establish-
ment of interim federal motor ve-
hicle safety standards next year
-in time for the 1968 models.
The House version, still open to
amendment by the Commerce
Committee and on the floor, would
require establishment of safety
standards by the secretary of
commerce but set no time limit
on such action.
LONDON - British legislators
of all parties launched a campaign
yesterday for a European political
community to make possible the
withdrawal of U.S. and Soviet
armed forces.
The all-party move got under
way in an atmosphere of dispute
after 80 Laborite legislators de-
manded stringent conditions for
any British linkup with Europe.
A statement from the Laborites
Monday night was signed by five
parliamentary private secretaries
of Prime Minister Harold Wilson
and four of his ministers.
VOLGOGRAD, U.S.S.R. - Pre-
sident Charles de Gaulle has dis-
cussed a Moscow-Paris hot line
with Soviet leaders, informed sour-
ces said yesterday.
These sources said no agreement
has been reached, but a direct
communications link between the
two capitals will be considered fur-
ther during the French president's
visit.
The report on the hot line was
made shortly after De Gaulle ar-
rived in this city, the former Stal-
ingrad, where the Soviet army first
administered a major defeat to the
Germans in World War II.
* *$ *
LANSING -- The Michigan Ed-
ucation Association yesterday an-
nounced sanctions against the
Ecorse School District, where
teachers have been on strike since
early this month.
The strike itself was not men-
tioned in the statement in which
the association urged educators
not to seek employment in the
school district.
Ironically, it is the MEA's rival
teacher organizing troup, the Am-
erican Federation of Teachers,
AFL-CIO, which is bargaining a-
gent for the Ecorse teachers.
The Ecorse School Board has re-
fused to negotiate contract terms
with the teachers while they are
still on strike, leading to an im-
passe.
early yesterday, and the rank and
file remained loyal.
Armed Patrols
Reports from Brazzaville, across
the Congo River from Leopold-
ville, said armed patrols loyal to
the civilian regime were in control
of the streets and the city was
quiet. Shops were open.
The army chief of staff was
reported arrested by other officers.
Headquarters of the National
Revolutionary Movement, the only
sanctioned party, was sacked Mon-
day by demonstrators, the premier
said.
Fragments
Only fragments of information
filtered out of Brazzaville from
radio broadcasts or through travel-
ers who made it across the river
before ferry service was suspended.
The trouble apparently started
over the reduction in grade of a
Capt. Gouabi to private first class.
According to the reports reaching
Leopoldville, Gouabi put back his
officer's insignia.
About 150 members of his Koyou
tribe from the northern part of
the country tried to force their
way into the premier's office to
protest the reduction.
Major Moutsake, the army chief
of staff, was reported arrested to
forestall any coup. Loyal army
troops took up positions around
the main government building.
Former Colony
The Congo Republic, a formei
French colony which has always
been overshadowed by its bigger
neighbor, the former Belgian Con-
go, long has been torn by tribal-
ism. The government is one of
the farthest left in all Africa, and
is heavily influenced by Com-
munist China.
Noumazalia appointed a pro-
visional committee of a captair
and two lieutenants to take charge
of the army.
The premier said the "suitable
solution" would be found for the
case of Goutbi.
Massemba-Debat, 45, took over
the presidency of the Congo Re-
public Aug. 15, 1963, after Presi-
dent Abbe Fulbert Youlou was
forced out of office by a rioting
mob. Massemba-Debat is attend-
ing a meeting of the Organizatior
of African and Malagasy States.
DETROIT () - Former Vice
President Richard M. Nixon and
Michigan Gov. George Romney
took turns in sniping at bigness
in government yesterday but
were mum at what took place at
a 45-minute private meeting they
had.
The two Republican leaders, fre-
quently mentioned as possible
candidates for the party's presi-
dential nomination in 1968, par-
ried newsmen's queries as to what
had gone on in the unscheduled
meeting.
Nixon laughed aloud when one
asked, "Did you two settle which
one was to head the '68 ticket?"
Neither he nor Romney replied.
Convention
Nixon, in a' keynote address at
the National Junior Chamber of
Commerce convention and at a
news conference, chided Demo-
crats who had not supported Pre-
sident Johnson's Vietnamese pol-
icies.
Both Nixon and Romney hit
hard at the theme that the fed-
eral government was getting too
big and that the country was
drifting towards centralization.
Nixon drew a standing ovation
from the 10,000 delegates when he
declared, "The government should
not help those not wishing to help
themselves."
Applause
He drew thunderous applause
when he urged that the govern-
ment grant tax credits to parents
who are putting children through
college and to private industry for
training people for new jobs.
Romney said the nation "must
end the myth that every problem
can be solved out of Washington
with money."
The governor added:
"We must modernize state and
local governments and bring a
halt to the concentration of pow-
er in Washington."
Nixon, whose 35-minute speech
was interrupted nine times by ap-
plause, devoted most of his time
to the Vietnamese war.
"The Commies would love to
bleed us white in a long ground'
war and we should not play their
game," he said. Nixon told the
news conference the United States
would be in a dangerous position
if the war is not finished by 1968.
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