WEDNESDAY, 8 MARCH 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE I WEDNESDAY. ~ MARCH 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Spanish Student "March" Ban ned Protest Strict Government Control; Movement Gains National Support MADRID (P)-Spanish policet squelched a planned demonstra- tion of university students in1 downtown Madrid yesterday, but support for the youths spread to other educational centers in Spain. A directorate of security bant on a student march on the Min- istry of Education was rigidly en- forced by armed police.3 Some used rubber truncheons to prevent several thousand Univer- sity of Madrid students from gath- ering in the heart of the Spanish; .capital.. Student Syndicate The immediate target of the student protest has been the of- ficial student syndicate whose' leadership is imposed from above. The syndicate controls most extra- curricular activities, as well as scholarships, and the students want to be able to name their own governing body.a The decision to bring their movement to public attention was taken at a meeting in the Faculty of Law, where several thousand young men and women gathered. While the police quelled the disturbance in Madrid, univer- sity students in other cities, in- cluding Barcelona, Granada, Se- villa and Salamanca, demonstrat- ed or went on strike in support of their Madrid colleagues. Protest Meetings It was apparent that tempers had risen steadily since last Wed- nesday, when a clash between stu- dents and the police set off a series of protest meetings and strikes and brought about renewed moves to end direct government control of student affairs. There has been student agita- tion in Madrid and other parts of Spain for several years. In 1956 it led to bloodshed. But both Spanish and foreign observers ap- peared to take the present action more seriously because of the extremely large proportion of stu- dents and professors involved in what is essentially a desire to les- sen some of the authoritarian aspects of Spanish life. Suspend Professors Four professors have been sus- pended and the Faculty of Philos- ophy and Letters has been closed. Some of the activities of the Faculty of Medicine have been suspended. In each case the action has followed the holding of an unauthorized student assembly. Most schools at the university were closed yesterday in celebra- tion of the "day of the university student."' But sponsors of the agi- tation for reforms said the daily assemblies of students would be renewed on the campus today. Best estimates of the number of students gathered in downtown Madrid ran to about 5,000-fewer than one-third of the enrollment of regular students at Madrid University. Political Character An official statement said, "small groups of students" par- ticipated in the march, adding "the political character of this demonstration was shown by the presence there of some profession- al agitators who have been recog- nized and detained by the public forces." Students shy away from any direct assault on Spain's political regime, but their present action has inevitably taken on political overtones and could have wide- spread repercussions on other phases of Spanish life. Police Action Student sources said security police acted against the planned demonstration last night by round- ing up known student leaders and several professors accused of guiding the students for political reasons. No confirmation or denial of the arrests could be obtained from government spokesmen. A number of the foreign stu- dents attending the University of Madrid have closely followed and even participated in the current agitation. Some were involved in the clash with the police last Wed- nesday and many have attended the subsequent students assem- blies. India Grain' Stopped by Dock Strike NEW DELHI ()-The United States dock strike has cut off American grain aid for India, par- liament was told yesterday. "The ships have not come and we have had to make a cut every- where," Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari declared. The United States had been shipping grain to India at a rate of more than 20,000 tons a day since the government's appeal for help last July. Then the flow of grain stopped in mid-February. There has been a mere trickle of grain since, mostly from un- affected west coast ports and Aus- tralia. Most imports of wheat come from Houston and Galves- ton so the return to work in At- lantic ports did not help India's food shortage. The last wheat from the United States reached the markets of India Monday, two weeks after un- loading. After that is gone, there will be no foreign grain for March and April. India's domestic wheat crop is expected to be a good one at 12 million tons, 2.3 million tons more than last year. But it is harvested in mid-April and won't reach mar- kets before May. Even with the strike in the United States ending, it will take about a month for wheat ship- ments to reach India, and it will be some time before adequate supplies reach the markets. No famine is expected during the next two crucial months. But food prices will soar and the gov- ernment may be faced with more food riots and bloodshed. Pledges $60 Million To UN Special Fund UNITED NATIONS RP-The United States announced yesterday it will contribute up to $60 million for the United Nations special fund and expanded program of technical assistance. It had with- held the pledge last November because of United States-Soviet deadlock over peacekeeping debts. The pledge was submitted with the customary provision that the United States contribution would not exceed 40 per cent of the total pledged. A statement from the United States mission said the pledge had been deferred because of a "complex series of constitutional and Expert Says VotingRle VNot Harsh CAMDEN, Ala. (M)-A specialist in voter registration procedure in Alabama said yesterday that the voucher rule which Negroes in one county say keeps them from voting is actually not as harsh as it might appear to be. The specialist, Mrs. Martha Witt Smith, who is the registrar con- sultant for the entire state, said further that the rule which is un- der attack in federal court is the only means that voter registration boards have in determining wheth- er an applicant can meet Ala- bama's residence requirements. The voucher rule is not used only in Wilcox County. Its applica- tion is state wide, but only Negroes in Wilcox County have filed suit against it. . Supporting Witness A voucher, or a supporting wit- ness, is a registered voter who can say that a prospective voter has lived in the state for one year, in a county for six months, and in a precinct for three months. Negroes in Wilcox, where no member of their race is registered to vote, contend that the rule keeps them off the voting list even if they are qualified. Voucher Qualifications Mrs. Smith pointed out, how- ever, that a voucher does not have to be a resident of a county in order to be a supporting witness for a prospective voter in that county. She said that any voter in Alabama can appear as a sup- porting witness in Wilcox or in any other county if he is willing to sign a sworn statement that he is acquainted with the applicant. Mrs. Smith said the voucher rule is essential in determining whether prospective voters can meet the state's residence require- ments. In addition, she explained, the supporting witness often is able to help a registration board locate an applicant's residence on a county map to help in determin- ing in which precinct he resides. This is expecially helpful in rural areas, she said. When the time comes to purge a voting list of those who have moved out of a county, the voucher system gives a board someone on whom to call to find out whether a voter is still a resident, she con- tinued. MESSAGE ON CITIES: Johnson Attacks Urban Center Decay financial discussions were under way at the time." It said that it now appears more time will be needed for more ex- tended discussions looking toward a satisfactory solution of the U.N. financial problems. "Since we would not wish this further delay to impair the order- ly operations of the United Na- tions' development p r o g r a m, which we believe is one of the most important activities carried on by the United Nations system, the United States is making its pledge for 1965 at this time," the statement concluded. The General Assembly adjourn- ed on Feb. 18 without reaching any agreement of Article 19 of the U.N. Charter, which says any member two years in arrears on assessments must lose their as- sembly vote. The Soviet Union, France and 11 other nations are in that cate- gory because of failure to pay for U.N. peacekeeping activities. They contend the assessments are ille- gal because they were approved by the General Assembly instead of the Security Council. A 33-nation study committee has been given the task of trying to resolve the peacekeeping issue by June 15. The assembly was re- cessed until Sept. 1. The United States decision to make the pledge was made known by Ambassador Adlai E. Steven- son in a letter to Secretary-Gen- eral U Thant. Israeli, Syrian Forces Clash TEL AVIV, Israel (1') -Israeli and Syrian forces clashed several times yesterday north of the Sea of Galilee. A cease-fire ordered by United Nations observers went into effect at five p.m. and was adhered to by both sides, an Israeli army spokesman announced. The spokesman said the inci- dents started when a Syrian po- sition at Khirbet Dikha opened fire on an Israeli tractor near Al- magor Settlement on a hill inside Israeli territory. A Syrian army communique said shooting erupted in the Doka area armistice line when an Israeli tractor failedto heedfaSyrian warning to withdraw from Arab land. The fire was not returned, the Israeli spokesman said, but Is- raeli forces replied on three sub- sequent occasions when a second Syrian position north of Khirbet Dikha went into action. WASHINGTON (A) - President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Con- gress yesterday to give big cities a new arsenal of weapons to at- tack "two giant and dangerous, forces converging on our cities: the forces of growth and decay." Instead of the customary hous-I ing message, Johnson sent Con- gress a "message on the cities," described as the first time a Presi- Dems Want .Budget Haiti LANSING (A') - Democrats re- jected Monday night Gov. George Romney's plea that they not kill his proposed budget. They threw the sharpest-yet verbal jabs of the legislative session at Romney. The Republican governor tried to convince legislative majority leaders that their plan to scuttle the executive budget because of a constitutional technicality was fis- cally unsound. The constitution states that no legislative action can be taken until the budget is decided upon. Budget hearings are still being held and the legislature wishes to act on other matters. Democrats saiddunless they formally kill the document, they can't move aheaddwith their pro- gram. Senate and House leaders agreed to meet with Romney yes- terday if a mutually satisfactory time and place could be found, but they said their stand would not change. House Speaker Joseph Kowal- ski (D-Detroit) ' said Romney "should take care of the executive branch and we'll run the legis- lative." Majority Floor Leader J. Bob Traxler (D-Bay City) said Rom- ney's "consultants seized on this to drive a wedge into the harmon- ious relations between the gover- nor and the Democrat-dominated legislature. Our action does not warrant this extreme criticism." dent ever has laid such stress onl urban problems.! Encourage Planning1 The message is designed to en-' courage planning and action en- compassing entire metropolitan areas, White House sources said, cutting across small local govern- mental units that have blocked' such action in the past.3 The package contains proposals designed to stimulate building of' more new housing-Johnson said two million houses annually will be needed by 1970-and to make" better use of existing housing. In- cluded is a broad new program of rent supplement payments tried in the past on an experimental basis. Rent Supplement "The most crucial new instru- ment in our effort to improve the American city is the rent supple- ment," Johnson said. Sources said the rent supple- ment is designed to fill a gap now existing in housing programs- families who make too much to be admitted to low cost housing proj- ects but can't afford to buy or rent adequate homes without some as- sistance. No Cost Estimates The message contained no cost estimate and the White House said there would be none until the legislation goes to Congress, probably next week. A central theme of the message is the need for a department of *Student oriented shopping UflVERSITY TOWERS . Now renting for Aug. '65 S. UNIVERSITY AVE. & FOREST AVE. PHONE: 761-2680 housing and urban development to give urban problems "representa- tion at the highest level of gov- ernment." The late President John F. Ken- nedy made it a campaign issue in 1960, but suffered a stinging de- feat in Congress when he tried to create the department under his governmental reorganization pow- ers in 1961. It has been proposed each year since, but no serious effort has been made to enact it. Administration sources indicat- ed the proposal would be given major emphasis this year. To The 1,348 People Who Voted for Me for National Student Association Thanks! Lee Hornberger Vice-President of IQC 14 14 1' 11 -Associated Press AN ATLAS-CENTAUR rocket like the one shown above blew up on its launching pad yesterday. The rocket was launched as a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's project to land astronaut expeditions on the moon. Yesterday's failure was a disappointing setback to the program's timetable. Moon Shot Attempt Fal is Shatters U.S. Space Plans 2On Iw dS)n J oinent of Q IPIHERCIED IEARRI[NGS Q has arrived Come in and see the new imported styles from the fashion centers of the world. arcade jewelry shop 16 nickels arcade World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Am- bassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin traded official views on the Viet Nam situation yesterday in what the. Russian envoy termed a "busi- ness-like" discussion. * * * MOSCOW-Repeated Red Chi- nese attacks accusing Moscow of splitting the Communist camp went unanswered yesterday as del- egates from 18 Communist parties met for the second day of Soviet- staged unity talks. Red China and its allies in the ideological dispute boycotted the meeting. * * * NEW YORK-Nine adults were seized by police yesterday during a s h o r t - lived demonstration around the board of education building in Brooklyn protesting alleged school segregation. Truant officers also seized about a dozen children. * * * JACKSON, Miss. - The Justice Department filed notice of appeal yesterday of a federal court de- cision dismissing the most serious charge against 17 men arrested in the Mississippi civil rights trio killing. United States Dist. Atty. Robert Hauberg, in an unusual move, filed formal notice with the court that the Supreme Court would be asked to rule on the dismissal. CAPE KENNEDY (P)--An Atlas- Centaur space rocket exploded in- to a boiling fireball on its launch- ing pad yesterday and dealt a damaging blow to United States plans to launch a Project Survey- or spacecraft this year to deter- mine if the moon's surface can support astronaut expeditions. The blazing eruption occurred two seconds after the rocket blasted off in an attempt to hurl a dummy surveyor model toward a make-believe moon in an im- portant rehearsal for the actual attempt. The fireball mushroomed more than 200 feet high and flung flam- ing wreckage over a wide area. No one was injured, but damage to the launching pad was exten- sive, possibly as much as five bil- lion dollars. The 120-man launch crew was sealed inside the concrete block- house 1.200 feet from the pad for 2%/2 hours before range safety of- ficials felt it safe enough for them to leave. The danger result- ed from several small fires that threatened fuel storage tanks and unexploded ordnance devices ejec- ed from the shattered rocket. The so-called "Paper Moon" shot was to have propelled the dummy surveyor payload to an empty spot in the sky 248,000 miles away. That's where the moon will be next fall when an attempt had been planned to launch the first "live" surveyor toward a gentle landing on the lunar surface. The target firing date had been in a favorable per- iod between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2 and the shot yesterday would have provided valuable engineer- ing and trajectory information. The failure ended a streak of Atlas space - launching successes which had reached 28. The rocket was used to launch four astro- nauts into orbit in the Mercury program. Roi":"'?:"'; {:6"{. 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