TUESDAY, MAY 17, 196 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE 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." } 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." world News Roundup 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." 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