FRIDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PANE THREE FRIDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 1965 - THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Drop One Charge in 4 Rights Murder Case Federal Judge Charges 17 With Misdemeanor; Ruling To Be Studied MERIDIAN, Miss. (P)-The tough felony indictment in Missis- sippis case of the three murdered civil rights workers was dismissed yesterday-leaving 17 men facing a misdemeanor charge. U.S. Dist. Judge Harold Cox, in granting a defense plea, said no federal law was embraced by the federal indictment and therefore his court had no jurisdiction. In Washington, a Justice Department - Judge Aids VENEZUELA- VotePush in Leoni Selma TalksC (P T al s" TPniiha C.1Pf t^nsn *4FT Unites Political Groups -t Raul fn mil SELMA, Ala. - Pi - A federal judge conferred with Selma civic leaders yesterday, reportedly in an off-the-bench move to expe- dite Negro voter registration. Negro leaders meanwhile aban- doned their street demonstrations temporarily and devoted their at- tention instead to a new right-to- vote drive Monday and a spread- ing boycott of white merchants. Uoins saia ogn iormia able reefs during his first year in his announced program "to consolidate Venezuelan democra- cy."~ The portly onetime labor law- yer. inaugurated last March, has further curbed leftwing and right- wing rebels, negotiated a coali- tion including two once-bitter op- position parties, and quietly met' pressures from the armed forces and businessmen. Oil exports, small manufactur- ing and agriculture have all "n- creased slightly during Leoni's first year. Foreign reserves reach- ed $870 million, an increase of $80 million over the past year. Meanwhile Leoni continues Bet- ancourt's policies of agrarian re- form - although this program is not a success thus far-and build- ing schools, roads, irrigation proj- ects and dams in the interior. Meanwhile Leoni continued Bet- ancourt's policies of agrarian re- form - although this program is not a success thus far--and build- ing schools, roads, irrigation pro- jects and dams in the interior. spokesman said the ruling will Seek Equal House Seats WASHINGTON VP)-A proposec constitutional amendment tha would require congressional dis tricts of nearly the same popula tion was approved yesterday b3 the House.Judiciary Committee. Under the proposed amendment no congressional district couli have a population varying by mor than 15 per cent from the state' average district. In an attempt to curtail ger rymandering, the amendmen would also require that the dis tricts be compact and self-con tained. As approved earlier by a sub committee, the bill would hav fixed 121/2 per cent as the maxi mum population variation. An at tempt to increase it to 20 pe cent was defeated. Then ai amendment by Rep. Peter W. Ro dino, Jr. (D-NJ) raising it to 1 per cent was adopted. be studied before it is decided to -. file an appeal. There was no fur- ther comment. Ruling Sent A copy of the ruling was sent immediately to the department, which recently clashed with Judge Cox in blocking some perjury in- dictments he wanted against civil rights workers. t Maximum Punishment I - The charge thrown out by Judge - Cox carried a maximum punish- y ment of 10 years in prison and a $5000 fine. The second federal indictment dpending against the men has a maximum punishment of one year e in jail and a $1000 fine. The s defense wanted it dismissed, too, but the judge did not mention it. - It alleges conspiracy, involving t law officers, to illegally punish - the three men. - Notcharges have been filed by the state; the federal government - cannot file murder charges in e the case. Grand Jury - The Neshoba County Grand r Jury had the case before it twice. n Each time it was shelved on the - ground that no investigation was 5 possible without all FBI evidence. The Justice Department has been loath to reveal all such evidence before the federal trial. Eighteen men were indicted.' One of them-James E. Jordan- ranks as a government witness. His case was moved to Atlanta. The defense dismissal appeal was for 17 men. Reconstruction Law The felony dismissed was based on an 1870 Reconstruction feder- al law forbidding conspiracy to deprive any citizen "of life or liberty, without due process of law," while he 'is exercising his constitutional rights. - - A VIETNAMESE WORKER prepares bombs for a which will be used in attacks against the Commu in South Viet Nam. The scene is Bien Hoa Airbasi side Saigon. No Viet.Nam Talks 'Aggression' Stops WASHINGTON {P'-Secretary of State Dean F day the United States has told Red China that pe Asia depends primarily on halting the Communist a South Viet Nam. Rusk ruled out in his news conference statement "aimed at the acceptance or the confirmation of aggr "A negotiation which simply ends in bittern merely adds to the danger," Rusk declared. In discus -- - - -- -----negotiation whic U.S. District Judge Daniel H. In contrast to the five stormy Thomas left Mobile yesterday to years of his predecessor and more drive the 170 miles to Selma for pugnacious predecessor and friend the conference with business and Romulo Betancourt, Leoni has civic leaders in the afternoon, appeared unruffled before critics The conference reportedly was and never in danger of overthrow. called in an effort to implement Sabotage I the order Thomas issued Feb. 4 di- Castroite terrorism and sabotage I recting the Dallas County board of may become rare. Public trans- Associated Press registrars to speed up the han- port service has resumed normal- dling of Negro voter applications. ly in the once-violent "twenty- B-57 bomber, The Rev. James Bevel, left in third of January" district where nist Viet Cong charge of the campaign until Dr. bus burnings were common. e 15 miles out- Martin Luther King returns from Venezuelan Communists, already a speaking trip to the West Coast, split three ways among Moscow, said volunteer workers were sent Peking and plain Nihilism, were UTN 1 1out in a house to house drive for routed in failing to carry out Unl more Negroes to join the line of their threat to halt the December prospective new voters. 1963 elections which Leoni won. NI 1 Bevel said the campaign has Leoni followed by winning an --sh reached the stage where most of Organization of American States the adult Negroes willing to put vote last July obliging members to their names on the voter registra- sever relations with Cuba. Only Rusk said yester- tion list have already done so. Mexico refused. ace in Southeast ' RAUL LEONI ggression against any negotiations ession." ess and hostility sing pressures for Ib bn7AhPn National Roundup By The Associated Press ,n nave peen ae ; BAT, NARROTTR. Fin. _.Tnfnrmprl Qniiri-PQ harp fnr tip nnrninl Since then Leoni has split lo- cal Communists further by offer- ing exile or pardon to those will- ing to renounce violence. Leoni also showed the military, he was commander in chief last year by firing the commandant of the navy who objected to Leoni's officer promotion list. Some convicted rightwing officers who rebelled against Betancourt have been pardoned on good be-! havior pledges. He secured a congressional ma- jority by welding his moderately left Democratic Action Party into a coalition with the further left Republican Democratic Union and the further right National Demo- cratic Front. Leoni, thus supported, plans to push through a variety of legis- lation stalled since 1959. Oil Firms U.S., Dutch and British oil com- panies were privately annoyed in January when, Leoni decreed the government oil company will take over some of their gasoline sta- tions. But the administration promgised to negotiate a fair payment for the stations in a program aimed' at guaranteeing the state-owned company 33 per cent of. the do- mestic gasoline market by 1968. Leoni drew fire from business organizations for removing subsi-! dies from a long list of import- ed commodities. He wants to en- courage domestic production and create badly needed jobs. EUROPE 43 DAYS EUROPE'$1599 SIX UNIVERSITY CREDITS England, Holland. Germany, Switzer- land, Austria, Italy and France -a con- tinental vacation encompassing excit- ing and traditional highlights of Eu- rope, with many fascinating "off the beaten path" excursions. 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Ann Arbor, Michigan JoinThe Daily Sports Staff Ilomney 's Bills Face Scrutiny Of Democrats mtuj rin jn, r'a.- naormeausouurce nee fr ie annua veloped by many countries Rusk AFL-CIO Executive Council's winter meeting are predicting that a repeatedly hammered the argu- new election in the contest for president of the Steelworkers Union ment that the "missing piece" is may be held under government supervision. any indication whatever that Under the Landrum-Griffin Act, the Labor Department can go to North Viet Nam "is prepared to court to force a new election if it finds evidence of voting irregulari- stop doing what it is doing against ties. t~~c naiahhnt" - _ -_ - _. On March 1st VOTE VOICE for NSA x Barry Bluestone x Richard Horevitz x Judy Klein R Dick Shortt Elect a Radical New VOICE for USNSA IS nie gnors- I SGC Exchange Store Committee on Planning & Development Interested persons contact Gary Cunnjngham or Sherry Miller 663-0853 by Feb. 26 He declared that North Viet LANSING .P) - A Democratic Nam, in violation of international sword hung over Gov. George agreements, "has directed and Romney's $788.5 million 1965-66 supplied the essential military budget as House Democrats con- personnel and arms for a syste- sidered the possibility of killing matic campaign of terror and Romney's budget bills. guerrilla action aimed at the over- They met this week to discuss throw of the government of South ways of handling legislation in Viet Nam and at the imposition the face of a constitutional re- by force of a Communist regime." quirement that the governor'sh budget bills must be disposed of On the military side, Secre- before any other measures involv- tary of Defense Robert S. Mc- ing appropriations can be acted Namaradefended on Capitol Hill upon. the broadened American combat' role in the Southeast Asia con- One way of handling the prob- flict. lem would be a technical man- McNamara said after testify- euver inwhicdRomney'sbillm ing before the Senate Armed would be reported out ofrcommth Services Committee that the new tee and killed on the floor of the U.S. jet bombings in South Viet HsemanddSnnate. Nam are a change of tactics and Similar-or even identical - equipment, not policy. He noted bills could be introduced later the House and Senate had voted and passed into law. virtually unanimously last August Democratic sources have indi- for the Southeast Asia resolution cated that the procedure has been giving President Lyndon B. John- under consideration. son broad backing for the use The constitutional provision was of armed force. intended to prevent last minute Meanwhile, in Saigon, bombs' scrambling to pass the budget as rained by the ton on widely sep- the end of a legislative session arated Viet Cong positions yester- approached. day from U.S. Air Force jets Legislators have found, however, rounding out a week of active war- that the repeated hearings, the fare. They blasted . target areas controversy, and the long study in the Mekong Delta, a coastal generated by any major spending jungle and the central highlands. measure, produces a serious back- T log of lesser bills that involve Though effectiveness of the state spending. raids is difficult to evaluate, the Communist guerrillas seemed un- deterred in a campaign to slash T across central Viet Nam from the I N STA N T sea to the Cambodian frontier. As thrust and parry of the war Swent on, Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh flew to Hong Kong on his way to New York to present South Viet STUDY ANYTIME Nam's case at the United Nations. He planned to rest at the British ANYWHERE crown colony with his family for a week. Sound attenuators as Among the dignitaries on hand utilized by military and I to see Khanh off was U.S. Am- bassador Maxwell D. Taylor, who com ral jt a has not always seen eye-to-eye ground crew personnel with Khanh on issues of war and are the perfect solution. politics. Taylor arrived at the last For information write: moment. Khanh departed a few hours P.a0.mBoxA969 after formally turning over the P.O.BmoxA69s armed forces command to Maj. Berkeley '1, Calif. Gen. Tran Van Minh at the gen- eral staff headquarters. In Washington, the Labor Department emphasized it cannot act unless there is a formal complaint after all internal union 'procedures have been exhausted. WASHINGTON-Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey and Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach made an unpublicized trip to the Capitol late Wednesday to talk over voting rights legislation with a group of liberal congressmen who recently visited Selma, Ala. Meanwhile, Justice Department sources disclosed that the ad- ministration is narrowing its plans for voting legislation to two key areas-a "localized moratorium" on literacy tests and the limited, last resort use of some kind of federal registrars where local registrars are shown to discriminate. * ** * WASHINGTON-The administration's school aid bill ran into trouble yesterday in the House Education Committee over its for- mula for funneling money to poorer school districts. At the first session of the full committee on the measure, Chair- man Adam C. Powell (D-NY) bypassed the main section of the bill and said it would be taken up later. Another section, to make funds available for the purchase of textbooks, was tentatively approved. 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