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{ SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1965

TAlE MICUIG AN DAILY

rAGE TRRE

Longshoremen end Dock Strike Democrats To Postpone EToET
In Gulf Coast, Eastern Ports Fiscal Reform Caucus Mahn To R

eplace Harriman

WASHINGTON (P)-Longshore-
men agreed yesterday to end a
33-day dock strike in most major
east coast and Gulf ports. And
President Lyndon B. Johnson or-
dered new efforts to settle the
lingering dispute elsewhere - in
south Atlantic and west Gulf
ports.
This meant that ships again

will begin moving today out of
such major ports as Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New Orleans.
Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason,
president of the AFL-CIO Inter-
national Longshoremen's Associa-
tion, ordered his union's members
to return to work at 8 a.m. EST
today in ports where agreements

already have been approved. j
But the longshoremen stead-
fastly rejected federal attempts
to get the dock workers back on
the job elsewhere while talks con-
tinued on remaining issues in the
dispute. The areas still without
an agreement to go back to work
center from South Carolina to
Florida on the Atlantic and at

LANSING (-'-Democrats put off for a week to 10 days their
consideration of fiscal reform in 1965-but one of its chief supporters,
Sen. Basil Brown (D-Detroit) said he's getting more and more
support for the proposal.
Brown also received Thursday a letter from Gov. George Romney
welcoming Brown aboard the fiscal reform band wagon but repeating
the Republican governor's oft-stated belief that no specific tax
plan can be proposed until both
parties agree that reform is need -
ed now.

Texas ports in the Gulf of Mexico. Brown wrote Romney last week
New Talks proposing that Democrats sup-
Shippers accepted terms of the port Romney's ill-fated 1963 tax
settlement proposed for south At- package in return for the gov-
lantic ports and the proposal for eror's support of an eventual
a return to work pending new graduated income tax.
talks in west Gulf ports. Democrats caucused Thursday
Ralph A. Messey, president of but were tied up with house-
the ILA's south Atlantic and Gulf keeping matters and so did not
coast district, said the proposal get into a tax reform discussion.
by a three-man presidential panel, They planned to seek staff re-
headed by Secretary of Labor W. search in the whys and -where-
Willard Wirtz, was no different fores of tax reform and before
from proposals that had been con- making any caucus decision on
sidered six months ago. whether to cooperate with the
Except for agreeing to continue governor in developing a plan this
negotiations, Massey rejected all year.

-Associated Press

DOCKWORKERS IN MOST EAST COAST and Gulf ports will
be back at work today, ending a 33-day dock strike, Thomas W.
Gleason (shown above), president of the AFL-CIO International
Longshoremen's Association, announced yesterday.
TWO CONTENDERS:
State Dems Can't Decide
On Man for Auditor Post
LANSING P-A simmering dispute has developed among labor
leaders in the Democratic Party over the naming of Michigan's first
legislative auditor.
The Associated Press learned yesterday that the list of nominees
for 'the newly-created auditor post has virtually narrowed down
to two men-Richard Austin, former Constitutional Convention
delegate, and Albert Lee, owner of a Detroit accounting firm. Behind
Sthe scenes, the struggle has re-

Hindi Decision
Spurs Massive
Riots in India
NEW DELHI O)-Mushrooming
riots threw a vast section of tor-
mented southern India into bloody
chaos yesterday. No one knew the
exact death toll but it was well
over 50.
Mobs sometimes 10,000 strong
battled soldiers and policemen in
'a dozen places. They attacked
trains in search of loot and burn-
ed government buildings in a wild
distortion of what began as pro-
tests against the government's de-
cision to make Hindi the official
language.
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur
Shastri, deserted by some of his
top aides, was in serious trouble.
Twice the Prime Minister called
on President Sarvepalli Radhak-
rishnan, India's .respected elder
statesman from whom Shastri
often seeks political advice. The
p Prime Minister was worried about
the appalling increase in blood-
shed.
V He also was appalled because a
headmaster of an elementary
school and a farmer in Madras
state poured gasoline on their
clothing and burned themselves to
death. This raised to five the
number who have turned them-
selves into flaming torches in re-
cent weeks to protest the govern-
ment's language policy.
The worst rioting was in Madras
state, semitropical coastal area
of about 36 million Tamil-speak-
ing people. It was here that dem-
onstrations started against the
New Delhi government's decision
to make Hindi the official lan-
guage in multilingual India.
By Friday night, trouble was
reported in four other states,
Kerala, Mysore, Andhra and Ben-
gal. And it was clear looting and
arson, not language, was driving
some mobs through the streets.
Eight battalions of police were
rushed into Madras state to re-
inforce units that had been strug-
Sgling for three days to contain
the rioters. Army troops were
flown to the city of Madras with
orders to shoot "hooligans" if
necessary.

sulted in a split among labor's
ranks.
State AFL-CIO President Aug-
ust Scholle is known to favor
Austin, even though the AFL-CIO
Councils in Wayne and Macomb
counties and the Committee on
Political Education (COPE) are
backing Lee.
UAW
The AP also learned that many
top United Auto Workers leaders
would like to see Austin get the
appointment, but are not willing
to get involved in an open fight
with other 'labor elements.
Several Democratic legislators
reportedly were entertained this
week by Otto Wendel, the Team-
sters lobbyist, who picked up the
entire tab for cocktails and *in-
ner at a plush restaurant.
Favor Austin
Although the Democratic State
Central Committee has taken no
stand in the dispute, State Chair-
man Zolta nFerency told the AP
he also favored Austin.
"While the State Central Com-
mittee has not taken an official
position on this, my personal
choice is Richard Austin," he said.
"It's not that I have anything
against the other candidates, but
I feel that Dick Austin is more
eminently qualified.
"He has given valuable service
to the state as a con-con delegate
and apportionment commissioner
and he apparently is highly re-
garded by the accountants asso-
ciation."
- Since Democrats now control
both houses of the legislature,
they will determine who fills the
job. The decision may be forth-
coming shortly when Democratic
lawmakers take a secret caucus
ballot on the matter.

proposals.
Panel Reports
The panel, made up of Wirtz,
Secretary of Commerce John T.
Connor and Sen. Wayne Morse
(D-Ore), reported immediately to
Johnson. The President had nam-
ed the panel Wednesday to make
a new effort to end the long
strike.
The agreement by the ILA to
go back to work where agreements
already have been reached met
Johnson's major aim in naming
the panel, sources said, making it
unlikely he would have to seek
action by Congress to end the
strike.
After talking for about an hour
with the panel, Johnson said, "To
the extent that this procedure has
resulted in reopening ports, it is
a job well and superbly done ..."
Endorsements
He endorsed the board's recom-
mendations for settling the re-
maining issues as "wise, sound and
prudent" and said they "have my
full backing."
Then the President added, "the
secretary of labor will discuss with
the union representatives a pro-
cedure to effectuate the wise con-
clusions of the panel and will
report to me promptly."
Public Interest
The panel said the public in-
terest supersedes the interests of
those involved in the dispute and
demanded "an immediate return
to work."
Longshoremen at several ports
where agreements had been reach-
ed had been ordered by federal
courts to return to work. In sev-
eral ports, such as Mobile, Ala.,
and New Orleans, the dock work-
ers either had gone back on the
job or dropped picket lines asha
result of the orders.
One exception to the back-to-
work movement at north Atlantic
area ports may be Hampton
Roads, Va., where longshoremen
balked at a final agreement after
reaching a tentative settlement
last Saturday.
Seeks Repeal
of Excise Tax
Congressman Weston E. Vivian
(D-Mich) announced Thursday
that he has submitted a bill in
the House of Representatives to
repeal the excise tax on auto-
mobiles, auto parts and acces-
sories.
Congress passed the bill both
during World War II and the
Korean War to reduce the con-
sumption of luxuries and to raise
additional revenues during the
war. Although Congress has since
reduced the excise taxes on re-
frigerators, appliances, jewelry,
cameras and sporting goods, the
tax on automobiles has remained.
Vivian said that the automobile
tax was established at a time
when it was in the national in-
terest to raise revenues in order
to support the war effort. But
today, we are encouraging con-
sumer spending to maintain the
"greatest peacetime economic ex-
pansion in the history of our
nation."

Brown said he already is pre-
paring the governor's formal fs-
cal package for submission 0 the
legislature and, in addition, is
having his own set of bills draft-
ed.
"But to do what I really want
would have to wait on a graduated
rate income tax," he said.
Brown's proposed deal with
Romney would involve Republican
support of a constitutional amend-
ment removing the present pro-
hibition of a graduated income
tax.
Romney's reply to Brown said
"I am pleased to learn that you
agree with me that we need tax
reform now and you are prepared
to support such action. I commend'
you for your individual expression
at this time ...
"However, you have failed to
recognize in your letter that these
goals cannot be achieved until
there is first bipartisan agreement
on the immediate need for tax
reform despite our current sur-
plus."
Romney said any program
which picked up a one-party lable
would meet resistance.
But he pledged to "use my in-!
fluence to secure Republican
legislative leadership and mem-
bership support for immediate tax
reform action. I urge you to pur-
sue similar efforts with the legis-
lative leaders and members of
your party."

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WASHINGTON (/P) - President White House adviser on Latin
Lyndon B. Johnson reshuffled the America.
state department's top ranks yes- No Surprise
terday, naming Thomas C. Mann, The changes caused no surprise
a fellow Texan, undersecretary of at the state department. It has
state for economic affairs. been reported for some time that
Mann, a 52-year-old career dip- Harriman found his job taxing
lomat, will replace Averell Harri- and would eventually be replaced
man, the 73-year-old international by a confidante of the President.
troubleshooter. Harriman was Mann is a long time friend of
named ambassador-at-large, a Johnson.
job which will free him from ad- In addition to his many other
ministrative work. chores, Harriman was also in over-
Presidential Press Secretary all command of charting U.S.
George E. Reedy said in announc- policy in Africa. It is not expected
ing the changes that Harriman that Mann will take over this
"will handle specific high level The new undersecretary is only
assg nents, in the department the third career diplomat 'o reach
the No. 3 post at the state de-
Harriman partment. The others were Robert
Harriman had the title of un- Murphy and Livingston Mercnant,
dersecretary for political affairs. both during the second term of
In the past the No. 3 job at the President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
department has been filled by un- One Vacancy
dersecretaries for either political The state department now has
or economic affairs. only one major vacancy, the No. 4
Mann's designation, Reedy said, post of deputy undersecretary for
underscores the President's great political affairs. Llewellyn Thomp-
interest in international economic son, ambassador-at-large, is hold-
affairs. The new undersecretary ing this post temporarily.
is familiar with foreign economic Mann-was Ambassador to Mex-
policy as he was assistant secre- ico when Johnson became Presi-
tary of state for economic affairs dent in November 1963.
in the late 1950s. When he went through the rou-
Mann will vacate the job of tine of submitting his resignation
assistant secretary for inter- as ambassador, he made it clear
American affairs. Johnson named his feelings wouldn't be hurt if'
Jack Hood Vaughn, now ambas- he was accepted.
sador to Panama, to replace Mann He sent along a note to Secre-
in that post. Mann, it is under- tary of State Dean Rusk saying,
stood, will no longer act as special in effect: "If you hear this nas
been accepted, please telephone
me the happy news collect."
Experience
7s , R o W dBut Johnson didn't accept the
resignation, calling Mann to
Washington to give him three
ciated Press
x Klan, the Minutemen, George
party and the Black Muslims all TOD
quiries by the House committee on
the committee last week adopted
ing chairman Edwin E. Willis (D-
committee. In recent years the

WASHINGTON-The Ku Klu
Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi
are the subjects of preliminary inq
un-American activities.
It was learned yesterday that
unanimously a resolution authoriz:
La) to "continue preliminary inqu
brought to the attention of the
committee has confined its in-v

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vestigations almost entirely to
Communist and extreme left-wing DE P E N DA B E
organizations and activities. DPETDEB E
IMPORT SERVICE
PARIS-Paris police roughly We have the MECHAN I CS
shattered a Communist-called
demonstration yesterday against and the PARTS.
U.S. policy in Viet Nam. They
drove a crowd of about 800 youths NEW CAR DEALER
away fi'om the U.S. embassy, then
grappled with some of them mn Triumph-Volvo -
running fight along the Seine. Fiat-Checker
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -
Malaysian forces broke up a new H ERB ESTES
landing by well-armed Indonesian
guerrillas Friday and seized a
sampan with 10 more aboard, kill- 319 W. Huron
ing 1 and capturing 18, officials 665-3688
reported.

GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY
World New
By The Asso

UNDERSECRETARY MANN
titles: assistant secretary of state
for inter-American affairs-a post
Mann had held before going to
Mexico City in 1961, chief of the
Alliance for Progress and special
assistant to the President.
The undersecretary-designate is
a graduate of Baylor University.
An economist, he once was assis-
tant secretary of state for eco-
nomic affairs. His foreign assign-
ments have included Venezuela,
Guatemala, Salvador, Mexico and
Greece.
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mayor of a predominantly wh
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