THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pace Th'ree' .... Heath supported on miners wage bat PIi b1 ThrV e 111V tle V LONDON (Reuter) - W i t h some of the gloom lifting from Britain's industrial crisis, Prime Minister Edward Heath was cheered yesterday by an opinion poll showing popular support for his wage battle with the na- tion's coal miners. The poll showed 59 per cent in favor of the miners accepting a pay offer which the government says is the maximum possible under the anti-inflation rules. AND 41 PER CENT blamed the miners for the dispute which has reduced the country's fuel- starved industry to a three-day work week. Only 33 per cent blamed the government. More significantly for politi- cal purposes, the survey conduct- ed by National Opinion Poll~s showed Heath's Conservative gov-.- ernment 3.9 per cent ahead of the opposition Labor Party in electoral popularity. This is the biggest lead enjoyed by the gov- ernment since it came to power in 1970. The figures raised belief in some quarters that Heath may press for a snap general election in coming weeks to cash in on any popular discontent with un- ion militancy. BUT POLITICAL sources insist- ed it was far from certain that Heath will decide the tim is ye: right. Despite new hopes for a solu- tion to the miners' wage con- flict, government minisftars stress- ed there was still no clear sign of a formula that couldi per- suade the men to call off she damaging overtime ban which has perilously reduced fuel stocks oved the past nine weeks. The latest hopes res ed on an agreement Thursday night by Heath to consider a prYosai put forward by leaders of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), a body embracing most of British (rgan- ized labor. THE TUC suggested that if the miners were allowed special treatment under the controver- sial stage three of the anti-infla- tion code, then other unions would desist from exploiting this to ad- vance their own wage demands. Employment Minister William Whitelaw emphasized in a radio interview that hopes shuld not be raised too high. He raid the government had to stick to its anti-inflation policy as a safe- guard against "rip-roariag in- flation." Anthony Wedgwood Benn, in- dustry spokesperson for the op- position Labor Party, said in a separate interview he detected signs of hope in Whitelaw's re- marks. BENN NOTED that Whitelaw avoided stressing the much-used words "stage three" and instead concentrated on talking about "the counter inflation p -ogram." The inference appeared to be that the government might, by some verbal juggling, consider a settlement which techni Wa'y in- fringed the stage three rules but which somehow remainad in the spirit of the overall anci inflation code. The other cause for relief dur- ing the day was a return to near normal operations, for the time being, at least, by the nations railways. Ever since Dcc 13 the engineers had been conducting a slowdown to promote their wage demands. Traveling, especielly in London, became a nightmare. AFTER REACHING a peak Wednesday, the protest was par- tially lifted by rail umon lead- ers on condition the state-run railway management agrees to join in pay neg+-iations before Tuesday. Without negotiatons, the un- ions threatened to stage a one- day strike on Tue ;day and fol- low up with tougher measures af- ter that. Saxbe 'Nixon should provide own defense for Senate trial' AP Photo Fire and ice A lot full of cars parked between snow banks is silhouetted by flames while a snorkel fire truck, at left, works at trying to control an apartment complex fire yesterday in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The fire was caused by an explosion, killing four people. WASHINGTON (R') -- Atty. Gen. William Saxbe said yester- day it would be wrong for the taxpayers to finance President Nixon's defense lawyers in the Senate trial of any impeachment charges. Saxbe said he believes "a de- fense fund" should be estab- lished if the accusations against Nixon proceed to that point. SAXBE MADE his comments at his first news conference since becoming head of the Justice De- partment a week ago. He said that government law- years, including those in the Jus- tice Department, could rightly be involved in defending the President at some point prior to a Senate trial if the House voted to impeach simply on the basis that they "don't like him." He said that politically-moti- vated impeachment proceedings attacking Nixon's performance of duties within his clear author- ity as President would allow Nix- $20,000,000 EACH: Irain to WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The Defense Department yesterday confirmed that the government of Iran had signed a formal letter of intent to purchase 30 new so- phisticated Grumman F-14 fight- ers from the United States. Defense Department spokesper- son, Jerry Friedheim, said stor- ies saying such an agreement had been reached are "correct." FRIEDHEIM also confirmed that Iran in an unusual move on to rely of government-paid lawyers. "IF ON THE OTHER hand," 'he continued, "it's based on an indictment or solid charges of criminality, then you have reached the point that it is be- yond the scope" of his duties as president, and government law- yers should take no part in the defense. "If it reaches the Senate for any reason, the Justice Depart- ment is out of it at that point," the attorney general added. "His defense obviously would be in the hands of his personal attorneys." He was asked whether he will allow three Justice Department lawyers on loan to the White House to continue working on Nixon's defense against Water- gate charges. He indicated that he would for the time being but said they probably would be re- called at some point during any impeachment proceedings. WITHOUT CLEARLY defining the situation which should com- pel the President to pay for his own lawyers, Saxbe said at one point "there will have to be set up , an independent defense. I think there would have to be a defense fund established." Saxbe repeated his pledges to guarantee the independence of the special Watergate prosecu- tor Leon Jaworski and said he has not talked with Jaworski dur- ing his week in office. "At any time he wants to talk to me, he can, but I'm not going to call him," Saxbe said. HE SAID IF prosecutors de- velop evidence against the Presi- dent, it will be up to Jaworski and U. S. District Judge John J. Sirica to determine whether to present it to a federal grand jury or to the House committee considering impeachment. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXIV, Number 85 Saturday, January 12, 1974 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 May- nard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier (cam- pus area); $11 local mail (Michigan slid Ohio); $12 non-local mail (other states and foreign). Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $5.50 by carrier (campus area); $6.50 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $7.00 on-local mail ;other states and foreign). ' buy fighters from U.. for a foreign country agreed to pay a portion of the U.S. de- velopment cost of the Navy sup- ersonic fighter. The letter of intent for t h e Grumman F-14, which is the lat- est and most advanced fighter just now entering the U.S. arsen- al, is the first contractural step toward the expected signing of u full contract in about thirty days, according to informed military sources. Agreement on the letter w i 1I permit the Navy to begin fund- ing Grumman for advanced items needed to produce the 30 Tomcat fighters, which cost approximate- ly 20 million dollars each wit'i support equipment. THE FIGHTERS, which are de- signed to defeat enemy aircraft in air combat, will be equipped with the Hughes Aircraft Phoenix Missile System, which is capable of firing and directing simultan- eously six missiles at six differ- ent enemy aircraft. Wheat export delay announced by Department of Agriculture Delivery of the planes to Iran will begin in January, at the rate on one or two a month. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi indicated his interest in purchas- ing the F-14 when he visited th, United Stated last tJuly. T li e Shah also indicated an interest in purchasing 50 of the F-15 fighters being developed by Mc- donnell-Douglas for the Air Force. FOLLOWING preliminary dis- cussions, the Defense Depart-- ment in October prepared a form- al letter of offer to sell Iran 30 of the F-14 planes. The purchase of the planes will be the latest of an already heavy investment in Iran in U.S. army. The country hasalready agreed to buy more than two billion dollars worth of helicopters, tanks, ships and other fighters. Iran, a main supplier of Mid- dle East oil to the United States, is considered outside the Arab orbit of nations, and did not take part in the October conflict be- tween Israel and the Arab caun- tries of Syria and Egypt. you see news happen call 76-DAILY Every Monda Is GUEST N You AND a Guest4 ----for only $2.2 At these BUTTERFIELD THEATRES STATE, MICHIGAN, CAMPUS, WAYSIDE y Night IGHT! admitted WASHINGTON MP) - The Agri- culture Department said yester- day the Soviet Union has agreed to delay taking 18.4 million bush- els of U. S. wheat until after next summer's harvest. Officials hope the move will help cool threats of rising bread prices. Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture Carroll Brunthaver said. he was "very pleased" by the So- viet delay in wheat orders. But he declined to speculate on what effect it will have on bread prices. BAKERS CLAIM bread prices could soar to as much as one dol- lar per loaf unless the govern- ment immediately i m p o s e s wheat export controls. The Nix- on administration is opposed to such curbs. Brunthaver's comments were made to reporters following a department report on export commitments as of Dec. 28. Ear- lier this week officials said they had urged U. S. exporters to de- lay some deliveries of wheat un- til after the new harvest is ready next summer. Brunthaver said he did not know whether the Soviet delay was prompted by department re- quests to the grain trade. But he said no other countries had so far indicated they would post- pone deliveries. SHORTLY before the report, Brunthaver told a food-editors' conference that no official or in- formal approaches had been made by the government to the Soviet Union. But, he said, if the report showed some heat left to be shipped "that we think they don't need before the new crop's in we probably would make offic- ial representations to them." Despite the shift to next crop year in Soviet orders, the report showed total wheat exports for the year ending June 30 could exceed 1.2 billion bushels - vir- tually unchanged from earlier indications - and leave the U.S. reserve at its lowest since 1948. The issue of bread prices has stirred exchanges between Agri- culture Secretary Earl Butz and the bakers. He told the industry yesterday it "would be an eco- nomic blunder" to impose wheat export controls. IN A LETTER to Bill Meadl, chairperson of the American Bakers Association, Butz accused the industry of "a startling lack of understanding" in claims made Wednesday that consumers might have to pay one dollar for a 24-oz. loaf of bread if re- straints are not put on wheat ex- ports. "That is preposterous, and in- tentionally or unintentionally you launched an irresponsible scare tactic Wednesday to catch the headlines and perpetuate a hoax on consumers," Butz said. Call- ing it a "calculated move" by the bakers, Butz said the one dollar bread price was used as an excuse to ask for immediate export controls for wheat. "IF YOUR organization ac- tually though wheat prices would move up to make one dollar bread by May, bakers would move into the futures market and make a killing," Butz said. To reach one dollar per loaf, Butz said wheat prices would have to rise to 33 dollars per bushel. The price of wheat on the futures market for May delivery is about six dollars per bushel, he said. 25 ,-i Riots in Gujarat claim ten lives; troops patrol 603 E. Liberty HENDRIX AP Photo Attorney General William Saxbe looks out into the audience after he finished his first news conference in the Great Hall of the Justice Department yesterday in Washington. Moments before Saxbe suggested that President Nixon should secure his own at- torneys if a Senate trial for impeachment should begin, rather than use government attorneys from the Justice Department as he is doing now. NEW DELHI (Reuter)-Troops in full battle dress patrolled the streets of two major cities in the state of Gujarat yesterday after rioting over food shortages and mounting inflation claimed at least 10 lives. Officials in Ahmedabad, the capital of the western Indian state, said that police this morn- ing shot dead two people and wounded four in Visnagar town, bringing the death toll for two days of bloody riots to 10. 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