r4 t1,3 C4C M YT t Vol. LXXXI, No. 42-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, July 9, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Vol. LXXXI, No. 42-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, July 9, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages I.S. rejects Viet -Associated Press MME. BINH arrives for yesterday's session of the Paris peace talks where the United States said the Viet Cong proposal on POW release and troop withdrawal was unacceptable. PRG PLAN: Viet peace program calls Nixon's bluff peace PARIS (N) - The United S t a t e s rejected yesterday Communist demands for the unconditional withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam but moved to nego- tiate the w h o l e new Viet Cong plan in private talks. The Communist delegates turned down the bid for private sessions. A Viet Cong spokesman said after the 120th peace talks session that the form of meet- ings could be discussed after the United States replied to the de- mand to set a date for American troop withdrawals. U.S. Ambassador David Bruce and South Vietnamese Ambas- sador Pham Lang Lam poured cold water on much of the seven-point Viet Cong peace package submitted last Thurs- day. However, they said they were willing to explore it more deeply to clarify obscure issues. Bruce said although there were "new elements" in the plan, basic Communist demands seem- ed unchanged. In presenting her North Viet- nam-approved plan last week, Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh of the Viet Cong said that if the United States agreed to get out of South Vietnam by the end of the year "modalities" w o u 1 d be agreed upon for "the release of the totality of military of all parties and of the civilians captured in the war including American pi- lots captured in North Vietnam, so that they may all rapidly return to their homes. These two operations-withdrawal and prisoner release-will begin on the same date and will end on the same date." Bruce said the Communists must release prisoners they hold in Laos and Cambodia-not only in Vietnam as stipulated in the new peace plan. proposition Challenges military law AIR FORCE CAPT. THOMAS CULVER is being court martialed at Lakenheath, England for taking part in an anti-war demonstration outside the American embassy in London. Culver is a military lawyer. PROTEST FIRINGS: Telephone workers stage wildcat walkout By ZACHARY SCHILLER Daily News Analysis Peace proposals made last Thursday by Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, chief negotiator of the South Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government (PR- G), have put pressure on the White House to reveal the ulti- mate objectives of its Vietnam policy. The first point of the proposals Soffers in exchange for thre with- drawal of American troops and materiel the release of all U.S. prisoners of war. Also proposed is the establishment of a coal- tion government with the partici- pation of "thse political, social and religious forces in South Vietnam aspiring to peace and national concord," the only pre- condition of which is the cessa- tion of U.S. support for the Thieu government. Le Due Tho, a spokesman of the North Vietnamese government, said Thursday that the first point * of the peace plan is not dependent on a political settlement in South Vietnam, and can be negotiated separately at the Paris talks. Mrs. Binh said in an interview that her latest peace proposals are flexible, and are not made on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. 4 However, the U.S. yesterday termed the proposal unacceptable in its present form. American chief negotiator David Bruce said that although there were "new elements" in the plan, basic Communist demands seemed un- .changed. He added that the Com- munists must release prisoners they hold in Laos and Cambodia -not only in Vietnam as stipu- lated in the new peace plan. In addition, Bruce asked that the next session be restricted. "free from the glare of publicity and without the need to make public statements except to the degree we mutually agree up- on," but was turned down by the Communists. They see the form of the meetings as unimportant. Nixon Administration policy on the prisoner of war issue has been that troops will remain in Indochina as long as North Viet- nam continues to hold American POW's, while under the PRG plan, by the very virtue of U.S. troops leaving, prisoners will also be able to return home. Thus, one of the President's key reasons, particularly in recent months, for continuing the bomb- ing and remaining in force in In- dochina is invalidated by the Vietnamese plan. Ronald Ziegler. White Nor oc' press secretary, said last Tsar'.- day that President Nixn will "accept no arrangements tat See VIET, Page 10 By CHRIS PARKS Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti telephone workers yesterday joined communications workers from various southeastern Michigan cities in wildcat strikes against Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Picket lines were formed at about noon yesterday out- side the Ann Arbor office of the telephone company on Huron St. Most workers have honored the lines. The walkout resulted from an incident Wednesday in which the refusal of nine company wire splicers to cross picket lines in Dearborn re- sulted in their losing a day's pay According to strikers, the splicers had gone to Dearborn on assignment and when con- fronted with picket lines had phoned the company and asked for further orders. They were told, they said, to go to a hotel and wait for a decision. They waited in the hotel most of the day on company orders, but were informed yesterday they would not receive any pay for the day. Company officials contacted last night refused to comment on the incident. Nick Prakken, manager of ."'.: ?: :: ."'the local office called the strike "illegal," but declined comment on whether the company would seek legal action against the strike. As most of the company's op- eration is automated, they can "continue to provide service in- }l..' ' definitely" without the workers, > 4F... o-. a . F ..2 ' iakken said. Further, a b o u t 50 manage- ment officials have been brought in from the Detroit office to maintain operations. A group of about 10 to 15 strikers maintained picket lines outside the rear entrance of the -Associated Press telephone office last night greet- ing nonstriking workers with mild verbal harassment. ew Detroit Medical and Surgical In general, however the work- etion are assigned a private doc- ers were peaceful, according to the building guard. Doctor realizes dream Lionel Swan, a Detroit physician for 21 years sits at his desk in the ne Center. Patients at the new center, which is in a largely black slum se tor, an unusual concept in slum areas. (See News Briefs, Page 7.)