THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'aqi .ref Coup Ousts Succeeds; Socialists Middle East rWar Viewed As Possible Syria Claims Fighting Heavy in Baghdad NEW GOVERNMENT-A pro-Nasser faction led by President Abdel Salam Aref of Iraq fomented an uprising yesterday in Baghdad. The deposed regime was closely allied with the neighboring Syrian regime. Pictured above from left to right are Aref, Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of the United Arab Republic and Nazem El Kudsi, president of Syria. NORTHERN NIGHTS "SK I-JAMAS" ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: Kennedy Promises U.S. To Meet Commitments MIAMI BEACH 0P)-President John F. Kennedy said last night the United States will live up to its commitments to the Alliance for Progress because it offers the only route to "progress without despo- tism, social justice without social terror." In an address delivered before the Inter-American Press Asso- ciation, Kennedy said the alliance is the Western Hemisphere's hope for a decent standard of living and "a common dedication Sfreedom." The President made no mention of Argentina's annulment of mil- lions of dollars in contracts with American oil producers, but he - commented that "every country is free to shape its economic institu- tions in accordance with its own national needs." "However," he added, "just as no country can tell another how it must order its economy, no nation should act within its own borders so as to violate the rights of others under accepted principles of international law." This was in line with his accept- ance at a news conference last Thursday of Argentina's right to annul the contracts, and his in- sistence that there must be fair compensation to the affected - -*firms. Before coming to Miami Beach, Kennedy toured the Tampa area. Before the Florida State Cham- ber of Commerce at Tampa, Ken- nedy spoke up for harmony rather than hostility between business and the administration and said he is not "out to soak the rich." Businessmen are welcome at the A U ST I N White House, he said. In response to questions as to DI A O ND why he was pushing his civil CORPORATION rights program so hard, he let it be known that he intends to keep 1209 S. University 663-7151 right on pushing, even though "I know it has not been getting great support here in Florida." BEIRUT, Lebanon (RP) - Pro- Nasser President Abdel Salam Aref of Iraq seized power in Baghdad yesterday with the help of the army, touching off fighting that threatened a general flareup in the Middle East. Driven from office was the cab- inet of anti-Nasser Ba'ath Social- ists, who are closely allied with the Ba'athist regime in neighbor- ing Syria. Syrian broadcasts denounced Aref as a tyrant and predicted his downfall. Cairo newspapers hailed the coup as heralding jin end to Ba'athist supremacy in Iraq and Syria. Power Struggle This raised the prospect of a struggle involving Iraq, Syria and President Gamal A bdel Nasser's United Arab Republic. Only last spring these nations were talking of an Arab union. Aref and a group of army offi- cers moved at dawn to wrest power from the ruling Ba'ath party. Curfew Radio Baghdad interrupted a program to announce the imposi- tion of a general curfew. The radio relayed proclamations an- nouncing the takeover of power by Aref and ordering immediate dissolution of the national guard, military arm of the Ba'ath party. Baghdad and the rest of the country quieted by nightfall, Baghdad radio asserted, but it ad- mitted that the forces backing Aref had encountered "some pockets af resistance." Fighting Rages Syria's Damascus Radio, how- ever, claimed heavy fighting still raged in Baghdad between the Iraqi army and the national guard, backed by some Ba'athist- inclined troops. Quoting a Ba'ath- ist radio station broadcasting from inside Iraq, Damascus claimed that apart from Baghdad the rest of the country was under Ba'ath- ist control. Baghdad Radio denied the Damascus reports, asserting that the national guard had surrend- ered. There was no mention of the fate of Premier Ahmed Hassan El-Bakr and other members of the cabinet. Another statement broadcast by Baghdad Radio said the action of the army was only, directed against the national guard and "not against any part or faction." China Calls Khrushchev U.S. Lackey TOYKO AP)-The Red Chinese yesterday called Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev a bible- reading, psalm-singing servant of the United States ,and claimed he didn't appreciate that Red China sacrificed itself in the Korean War to avert a direct United States-Soviet clash. In the latest chapter of the running Soviet-Chinese ideological dispute, the Chinese also accused the Russians of bluffing when they threaten to use nuclear weap- ons to support revolutionary struggles. Presumably, the Chinese had the October 1962 Cuban crisis in mind but they did not say so. Reply to Charges The Chinese made their claims in an 18,000-character article ap- pearing identically in the official Peking People's Daily and Red Star, a theoretical journal. The I article replied to Soviet charges that Peking sought to push the Soviet Union into a nuclear war with the West. The Chinese replied that they considered it absolutely impermis- sible that the Soviet Union should be the first to use nuclear weapons in a conventional war involving the West or in a revolution that the West was trying to stop. Avert War The article also claimed that Red Chinese military forces avert- ed a United States-Soviet war in 1958 when they opened the con- stant bombardment of the Na- tionalist-held islands of Quemoy and Matsu off the China main- land. The article told Soviet leaders: "The Chinese Communist party is firmly opposed to a 'head-on clash' between the Soviet Union and the United States, and not in words only. In deeds, too, it has worked hard to avert direct armed conflict between them." The Chinese statements appear- ed to bear out a theory that the Russians, who were present in North Korea at the time, encour- aged the Korean Reds to invade South Korea, then asked the Chinese to intervene in 1951 when the attackers suffered severe re- verses. Union Supports Action on Race NEW YORK W)-Warned that Negroes are losing faith in the labor movement, the AFL-CIO urged its 13.5 milion members yes- terday to fight racial discrimina- tion everywhere. But it slapped down a move to adopt language by its only Negro vice-president charging "failure of labor to throw its full weight into the civil rights revolution." Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por- ters, said "there is a growing feeling of alienation from the labor movement in the Negro community." A move from the convention floor to adopt his speech as a preamble to the civil rights reso- lution was defeated by voice vote. I' TOMORROW at 8 p.m. DR. PRESTON W. SLOSSON Prof. Emeritus of History "ISRAEL: THE WEST IN THE EAST" B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation All Are 1429 Hill Street Welcome I A proposal to create a "Court of the Union" which would out-I rank the United States Supreme F Court was vigorously attacked yesterday by Charles W. Joiner, associate dean of the Law School. Addressing the 69th National7 Conference on Government, Dean Joiner branded the proposal to DEAN CHARLES W. JOINER ... preposterous create a super-Supreme Court of the chief justices of each of the 50 states as "preposterous." Four Backers "And yet four state legislatures have memorialized Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing this amendment (to the Constitution)." Dean Joiner noted that the pro- posal to create a Court of the Union has been put forward by an organization known as the Council of State Governments. This court, according to the pro- posal, would be required to review the judgments of the Supreme Court on matters involving rights reserved to the states or to the people by the Constitution. r I I This power could be invoked by the demand of the legislatures of five states. 'Defective' Idea The whole idea is "defective," Dean Joiner said. "It would de- stroy the Supreme Court as an effective body"; it would lead to 'constitutional paralysis"; and "it is not unlikely that such a court would produce decisions of a high- ly parochial nature." "This proposal would bring all matters involving these questions into the realm of state-house politics . . . It is preposterous to think that the gateway to justice and judicial decisions lies through the benificence of the legislature," he said. PREPOSTEROUS' PLAN: Joiner Raps 'Court of Union' i -a ,1, ©, DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE IT? Letour I CONTEMPORARY CARDS do it for you! COME IN and see the best selection of f^^ 1k x4 - Sizes 32-40 Smartest Hosiery Shoppe Michigan Theatre Building ANN ARBOR, MICH.