TUESDAY, MAY 17, 196 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Students Spearhead
Drive
To
Replace Sukarno
JAKARTA, Indonesia (P)-The
student organizer slouched on a
wooden bench as he talked about
the future of President Sukarno
and of Indonesia. He talked with
seeming nonchalance of stripping
away Sukarno's many titles "like
so many old clothes" and of "put-
ting the old man on a shelf out
of reach."
The organizer is not a student.
Technically he is an engineer, in
his early 30's. But he is really a
political man. He spoke casually
but carefully. The impact of his
words was supported by action in
the streets: the students were fin-
ished with the bung-brother-as
President Sukarno is called. They
were a new generation.
The husky organizer, who ask-
ed to be identified only by the
alias of Ali, went on:
"We are going to take away
from the bung most of his titles.
They were given to him illegally,
by a Provisional Peoples Consulta-
tive Congress that had no right
to make such decisions.
"We will take away from him his
presidency for life and his right
to rule by decrees.
"We will strip him of his cloth-
ing until he stands there in his
undershorts and singlet. No more
ribbons for the bung."
As recently as three months ago
such words would not have been
spoken, even among friends. But'
in the past three weeks, the cam-
paign to reduce the one-man pow-
er of Sukarno, who ruled this na-
tion for more than 20 years, has
accelerated.
Papers now openly poke fun at
him, openly say Indonesia should
go back to the United Nations,
even though Sukarno shouts it will
never go back unless the United
Nations is reorganized.
The drive is against the control
Sukarno holds - not so much
against the man himself. It has
been spearheaded by students and
tacitly supported by military rul-
ers.
A few student organizers, such
as Ali, have played important
roles. They may, and indeed ex-
pect, to emerge themselves as poli-
tical leaders in a few years.
Ali lighted a cigarette and be-
gan to go into details of the Su-
karno operation. The first part
of the plan is to leave Sukarno's
name out of all student state-
ments.
"We will make him unsignifi-
cant. There will be no more hero
worship for this man," Ali said.
Other political fronts have fol-
lowed suit, saying little or noth-
ing about Sukarno. Instead, mili-
tary strong man Lt. Gen. Suharto
will be played up, Ali said. Also to
be given increasing fanfare will be
Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution, Indo-
nesia's mystical darkhorse.
"You might say there is a con-
cert of action here," Ali said. "And
Gen. Nasution is the producer
while Gen. Suharto is the con-
ductor."
Nasution, once defense minis-
ter, was forced out of the cabinet
by Sukarno in February when he
attempted to reshuffle it. The cab-
inet was toppled by student dem-
onstrators. Nasution became depu-
ty commander of the "Crush Ma-
laysia" campaign but plays a
stronger role behind the scenes.
The second step in the student
plan concerns the nation's high-
est legislative body. The Provision-
al Peoples Consultative Congress.
The present one was appointed by
Sukarno after he dissolved the old
Parliament in 1960. Now the cry
among student and political fronts
and in the press is for full ad-
herence to the 1945 constitution.
In effect, this means the Con-
gress has no right to name Su-
karno president for life; and it
gives the students, the army and
the press a base from which to call carry pistols under their untuck-
for new elections. ed shirts. One such youth said
When the new session of the
Congress begins, says All:
"We will mobilize five students
for every member in the Congress,
which numbers more than 600."
This is one of the main reasons
students are not returning to
school, despite reopening.
To give the delegates courage to
fight Sukarno, "we will put a gun
in each one's back, if necessary,"
Ali said.
They probably could do it. A
large number of the students,
many of them still in their teens,
the army had "loaned" the weap-
ons to the students.
But despite the pressure, Ali
said, all effort will be made to
reduce Sukarno's powers legally.
It will be done by following the
constitution in the strictest sense.
"When we are finished taking
away his powers, we will ask him
if he wants to be president with us.
If he does, then it's okay," added
Ali. "The bung will be like an old
Bible. Everybody respects it and
handles it with care. But every-
body ignores it."
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Britains
Affects
Seamen Ask
Short Week,
More Pay
Wilson Criticizes
Strikers, Pledges
Government Hell
LONDON (P)-Food prices inch-
ed up and the pound sterling slip-
ped as the nation's first strike of
merchant seamen since 1911 start-
ed putting the squeeze on Britain
yesterday.
"It will settle nothing," Prime
Minister Harold Wilson told the
nation on radio and television.
He painted a picture of labor-
management mistrust and outdat
ed work rules bedeveling the ship-
ping industry and offered the gov-
ernment's help in solving its basic
problems.
But the government is ready to
act, with the help of the navy, if
the strike produces a national THIS AR
emergency, he declared. fire ball i
The 65,000 members of the N a- crfir Iall
tional Union of Seamen began
their walkout at midnight, and un-
' ion officials declared the men's
response was 100 per cent. p il(
Shipowners said 115 vessels -
almost all in the coastal and
cross-channel trade-were idled on CAPE K:
the first day. Two confid
Ocean-going British ships, which scribed yest
handle about half the foreign trade and in gre
for this island nation, will be af- ward their
fected as their crews reach home today-set
ports and refuse to sign on for space walk
new voyages. moon-flight
The strike came as the British They are
economy is convalescing from a p.m. EDT
sterling crisis and trying to reor- countdown
ganize itself for a stronger fight to begin at
in overseas markets. Atlas rocke
Fears of the consequences on Agena targe
the economy were reflected on an 11-hour,
foreign exchange markets. The In a prel
pound slipped from Friday's price officials ca
of $2.79425 to $2.79165 at the close the smoothe
of yesterday's trading, gram.
It was the lowest level since The Gemi
speculators attacked the pound Cal Tho
last September, and the Bank of Lt. Thoma
England bought pounds to sup- L.Cmdr. Et
port future prices of Britain's cur- ped througl
rency. put in an h(
Wilson had been expected to tor practici
issue a warning against panic will bring tb
buying, but he avoided this. The chap
E However, he did say: "The na- might inter
tion has the right to demand that faded as a
wholesalers and retailers do not mover over
exploit the situation by rushing to ery areas, a
raise prices before they are hit." storm in the
Ford Feddes, chairman of the One of t
shipping federation, said the em- busy, 70-ho
ployers' last offer of a 13 per cent will come to
rise over three years is as far as nan maneu
they could go. at the end
The seamen demanded a 17 per During m
cent package immediately. Basic the only l
wages are $42 for a 56-hour week. year-old roo
The seamen say they have to work he is feelinj
up to 80 hours a week to earn the layed by con
average pay of $56. They want a Early an
40-hour week with overtime and walk, while
other benefits. foot tether,
The compromise proposed by the coming thr
government during pre-strike talks craft circui
was a full inquiry into working to the groun
conditions and an immediate 3 But whey
per cent increase. The shippers longer nylor
agreed: the union did not. a small rad
Shippin
Prices,
Strike
Sterling
Viet Political
Crisis Hurts
War Effort
Buddhist Dissidence
In North May Shake
Ky's Governient
SAIGON (/)-South Viet Nam's
latest political crisis is hamper-
ing the war against the Viet
Cong, threatening governmental
stability and dimming therchances
for elections.
It appears to be playing into
the hands of Communists strug-
gling for control of this South-
east Asian nation.
It underlines the precarious
position of the United States
here and the weak links between
the U.S. Embassy and the mili-
tary regime it has been backing.
The regime apparently staked
its future on the daring decision
to send elite troops to smash:
Buddhist dissidence in the north.
The next several weeks-if not
days-will be crucial.G
As usual, the government of
President Nguyen Cao Ky acted
in secrecy-and with efficiency
it has seldom shown in the fight
against the Communists. The air-
lifting of 2,500 crack troops to
Da Nang was carried out "ex-
pertly ," according to American
officials.
ITIST'S CONCEPTION SHOWS a Gemini space craft flying through a space fire ball. The
s created when the rocket engine fires up the second stage of a Titan II to carry the space
orbit.
)ts Read for Gemini Shot
ENNEDY, Fla. (R) -
ent Gemini pilots, de-
terday as ready to go
at shape, breezed to-
daring dash into space
for a record 2%-hour
and rehearsals of
t techniques.
e aiming for a 12:39
launch with the final
on their Titan rocket
7:39 a.m. EDT. The
t will first launch an
et ship at 11 a.m., after
20-minute countdown.
launch briefing, space
lled the preparations
est thus far in the pro-
ini 9 crew, Air Force Lt.
s P. Stafford and Navy
'gene A. Cernan, whip-
rh review sessions and
our in a flight simula-
Ing the techniques that
hem back to earth.
nce that bad weather
fere with the launch
fair-weather system
the launch and recov-
nd the small hint of a
e Atlantic dissipated.
the highlights of the
ur, 40-minute mission
imorrof, featuring Cer-
vering alone in space
of a long nylon tether.
uch of the space walk,
ink between the 32-
okie astronaut and how
g will be the word re-
mmand pilot Stafford.
d late in the space
he is on a short 25-
Cernan's voice will be
ough over the space-
t and will be relayed
nd directly.
n he switches to the
nr cord, he will rely on
io to talk to Stafford
and the voice will not enter the
spacecraft-to-ground system.
At the same time, flight sur-t
geons will be unable to monitort
his physical condition for such!
items as heart rate because that
data will not be relayed over his
slim communications link.b
He will try out for the first;
time a back-pack maneuvering
unit with 12 tiny jets and its ownt
independent oxygen supply-thet
forerunner to devices that will en-
able man to work free and alonet
in space. An extended tether con-
nected to the spacecraft will al-
low Cernan to get as far away as
140 feet.
He will fly the Gemini 9 space-c
craft into a 4%-hour pursuit oft
the Agena target rocket at blast-
off today-a hurry-up rendezvous
chase that will cut two hours off
the time it took Gemini 8 to per-
form the same task two months1
ago.
After practice dockings with the
fuel-laden Agena target, they will
shut down for the night to rest
up for Cernan's space walk the
next day.
But those initial dockings were
the point in the last Gemini mis-
sion where trouble cropped up en-
dangering the lives of Gemini 8
pilots Neil A. Armstrong and Da-
vid R. Scott. A maneuvering jet
on the Agena went wild and sent:
the joined vehicles into an uncon-
trolled spin.
During Cernan's space walk to-
morrow, Stafford will undock with
the Agena and move about 80 feet
away from the target ship. Then-
with Cernan out on his tether-
Stafford will guide the Gemini
into a mock rescue of his space
buddy who will play the part of:
a disabled astronaut.
After Cernan returns to the
'TO DEFEAT AGGRESSION':
White House Conference
Calls for Unity in Viet Nam
spaceship, Stafford will redock
with the 7000-pound Agena and
trigger the Agena's big thrust mo-
tors-the first time two space ve-
hicles will have joined and one
will be used to propel the other.
This too is potentially a most dan-
gerous moment. The Agena has
been called "a flying bomb" in
space because of its fuel load.
On the third day of the flight,
the Agena's engines will be used
to twice change the orbits of the
joined vehicles with Stafford con-
trolling the Agena rockets by elec-
trical connections from the Gem-
ini.
If all goes well, there will be
two more rendezvous attempts-
one in which Stafford will pre-
tend that his radar is out and
attempt to find the Agena with-
out electronic aids.
The final rendzvous will see
Stafford attempt to reach the
Agena from a higher orbit instead
of a lower one.
But the United States feels it,
was a major mistake.
The crisis that pushed the
country to the brink of potential-
ly disastrous civil strife brought
into the open the deep-seated
between the military directorate,
and the Buddhist political appar-
atus.
The Buddhists accuse the re-
gime of treason and violation of
pledges to honor a political truce
before the elections, set for this
fall.
It was Ky's pledge of elections
last April that averted a major
disaster then and halted the tur-
moil.
None can safely predict at this
time whether the Buddhists will
still have faith in the regime's
promise of elections and civilian
rule. Their followers were alerted
to stand by for instructions.
Chief of State Lt. Gen Nguyen
Van Thieu has reaffirmed that
elections will take place as sched-
uled. Sept. 11 has been set as a
tentative date. But members of
the 32-man Electoral Committee
preparing the vote admit they
see little chance of holding it.
It all depends on how far the
Viet Cong can exploit this crisis
-and whther the Ky government
can survive it.
WASHINGTON (P)-The White
House declared after a new round
of top-level talks yesterday on the
Vietnamese crisis that the United
States will work to build unity
among all non-Communist ele-
ments in South Viet Nam and to
carry forward "the movement to-
ward a constitutional govern-
ment."
U.S. influence in the strife-rid-
den Southeast Asiar country is
likewise "to be used to defeat
Communist aggression and social
misery." a spokesman said.
Talks with Ambassador
President Johnson discussed the
Vietnamese military situation and
the new political crisis with Am-
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Sec-
retary of State Dean Rusk, Sec-
retary of Defense Robert S. Mc-
Namara and other advisors prior
to Lodge's departure today for his
post in Saigon.
White House press secretary
Bill D. Moyers announced that
Lodge will go to Saigon-where
he is due late this week-by way
of Korea, for "a review of our
coordinated efforts with members
of the Korean government" at
Seoul. South Korea has 20,000
trops fighting in South Viet Nam
and plans to send another 20,000.
Moyers reported that Johnson
has received a message from
South Vietnamese Buddhist lead-
er Thich Tri Quang asking for
U.S. aid. Moyers said a reply will
be delivered orally to Tri Quang
by someone other than Lodge.
ConferenceePoints
The conference here with John-
son and his top foreign policy
and military advisers was said to
be focused on two major object-
ives:-to restore some kind of
unity between the government
and anti-government factions
which became locked in bitter
conflict over the weekend; and
-to stick to plans for forming a
civilian government beginning
with elections in mid-September.
In Washington, Sen. Mike
Mansfield of Montana, the Sen-
ate Democratic leader. told re-
porters that civil war may be
imminent in South Viet Nam if
the disrupting factions do nothing
to overcome their differences.
Legislative Critics
Mansfield told reporters that
he thought the United States
should keep "hands off and not
interfere in the internal affairs
of the South Vietnamese."
A reopening of the Senate's
hearings on Viet Nam was fore-
cast by the two top members of
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK-The stock market,
heavy with confusion over Viet
Nam and domestic economic fac-
tors, dropped sharply yesterday.
Trading was heavy.
A wave of selling in later aft-
ernoon wiped out any chance of a
rally ,and final prices were around
the lows of the session.
Volume for the day rose to 9.27
million shares from 8.99 million
Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age, which opened with a rise of
1.22 points at the end of the first
half hour, closed with a decline
of 8.58 at 867.53.
JERUSALEM-Two Israeli farm
workers were killed yesterday
when a mine, said to have been
planted by Arab terrorists,bex-
ploded under their Jeep near the
Syrian border. Israel said it would
lodge a formal complaint with the
UN Security Council.
An Israeli official called the in-
IT
the Foreign Relations Committee.
chairman J. W. Fulbright (D-
Ark.) and Sen. Bourke B. Hicken-
looper (R-Iowa).
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), a
persistent critic of U.S. policy in
Viet Nam, charged in a Senate
speech that Johnson is seeking
"to cover up the collapsing situa-
tion in Viet Nam with increasing-
ly blatant appeals for national
honor."
Morse said he agrees with what
he termed fear that Johnson has
lost control of American foreign
policy to the Pentagon.
"And the Pentagon is maneuv-,
ering this President and his coun-
try ever closer to war with Chi-
na," Morse added.
Sen. Robert P. Griffin, (R-
Mich.), who just this morning
moved over from his House seat
to the Senate. said, "I am dis-
turbed and shocked at the de-
velopments taken by Gen. Ky."
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cident "the latest act of Syrian
aggression" and he added, "The
Israel government is considering
the deteriorating security situa-
tion along the borders with grave
concern."
NEW YORK-The city's 21 mu-
nicipal hospitals began cutting
back nonemergency services yes-
terday in the face of a threat-
ened nurses' strike, only one week
away.
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