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ap, Te EY AE gpa bp prem msiepun Weather Report Occasional cloudy intervals with a chance of showers overnig' and Tuesday. : Thought For Today" A well adjusted man can enjoy the scenery even when he has to take a detour. Oshawa F OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1964 aye Price Not 10 Cents per Copy payment, of Postage RIVAL YOUTH FACTIO BATTLE IN VIET CITI VOL. 93 -- NO. 198 | Dixie Democrat ' Racists Threaten ~ Convention Row 8:30 p.m. convening, traditional opening rites and the keynote speech by Senator ,John Pas- tore, a fiery little orator of Ital- ian descent from Rhode Island. The formality of nominating President Johnson comes Wed- nesday night when -- unless he chooses to break the secret ear- lier--it will be known whom he has selected as his vice-presi- dential candidate. Hubert Hum- phrey, senior senator from Min- matter, which is: regarded as a more fundamental threat to party unity, indicated continu- ing efforts to achieve some sort of compromise. COMMITTED TO WALLACE The Alabama matter hinges on the' fact that the delegates originally were committed to Governor Wallace, an ardent segregationist, who is believed likely to support Republican By ARCH MacKENZIE ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CP) A showdown on the key civil rights issue was promised for the opening round of the Demo- cratic party's national conven- tion tonight as the pro-segrega- tion Alabama delegation spurned a loyalty-oath demand from the credentials commit- tee, By a vote of 33 to 3, the Ala- bama voting delegates heeded SLAMS GUADELOUPE Cleo Aims For Governor George Wallace's "wishes and said it will take the ease to the convention as a whole. The credentials committee de- ferred until today a decision in rights fight-- whether the pro - segregation legation from _ Mississippi should be replaced by a largely- the other civil del Negro rebel group. It was not known just when the convention will be asked to vote on the unseating of most of the Albama group for refzs- ing to sign a pledge that they will support the national party and its policies including civil rights. Deferral of the Mississippi Senator Barry Goldwater in the Noy. 3 presidentia] election. The Mississippi people have postponed until Sept. 9 a deci- sion on whether they will de- cide to continue the Southern United States' traditional Dem- ocratic support or bolt to the Republicans. It was felt likely that the two cases might be tossed to the convention floor together »ar- ring a compromise highly de- sired by President Johnson. Civil rights and the South re- the four-day convention whose 5,260 delegates and alternatives streamed into this gaudy board- walk city Sunday. Today's agenda called for an Congo Mercenary Recruiting Denied LEOPOLDVILLE (Reuters)-- A Congolese' government spokesman today de nie d for- eign press reports of an influx of white mercenaries into The Congo. The spokesman, Sende, Prime Minister Moise Tshombe's chief aide in the ministry of information, said the : ment has 'no. in- were "wrong," and Pg recruiting mercena- ries to fight against the rebels." In an interview with report- ers, Sende refused to make any statement about the landing here Saturday of a South Afri- can Air Force C-130 transport plane, except to say the govern- ment would make a stat Emmanue! it} Southern Rhod The denial came as rumors "shock brigade." mercenaries. have been flown into Kamina military base, in north Katanga, for military training. sipnist forces, and claimed.to be highly placed in thé new op- eration, said the new brigade would be about 1,000 strong. Operating '"'completely out- Side the framework of the na- tional Conglese army" it would be composed of nationals from Britain, South Africa, ia, and whites about the plane later. When the plane landed its crew told reporters it carried food and medical supplies. "We will fight against the rebels with our own forces," Sende said. "We have enough soldiers. "But we could use some mili- tary advisers and we are at present negotiating wiih Belgian government about this." U.S. Trio Recalls Escape | the (British) from Kenya, he said. Diplomats here agreed today that Saturday's arrival of the South African plane here would further alienate the rest of Af- rica from The Congo. They said even if the plane carried food and medical sup- African governments would not support any link between South | Africa and members of the Or- | ganization for African Unity. From Congolese Reds LEOPOLDVILLE (AP)--Two mained the basic problem for circulated in Leopoldville that the Congolese authorities had recruited a white mercenary One report said more than 100 plies, as its crew said, the other nesota, continued to ISSUE REPORT also issued a Nam_ had clear weapons. Cuba." the Communists and Klux Klan, jeral renunciation of ex' weakness ter's political appeal. lead. in speculation about the choice. The convention's committee on resolutions and platform report Sunday saying that responsible leader ship from the Cuban crisis 'to the recent Gulf of Tonkin en- gagement against North Viet "turned the tide in freedom's favor." It empha- sized that contro] of the use of nuclear weapons must continue to remain with the president, a slam at assertions by Republi- can presidential candidate Barry Goldwater that the NATO commander should have some discretion in use of tac- tical -- or small-scale -- nu- | While the Democrats would continue to strive for further disarmament, it said, it would also 'move actively to carry out the resolution of the Organ- ization of American States to further isolate Castroism and speed the restoration of free- dom and responsibility in Some members of the plat- form committee also reported they are attempting to gain support for a clear and speci- fic denunciation of extremism, naming the John Birch Society, the Ku But others said they would One: South African who fought|oppose the specific naming of for, Tshombe's Katanga seces-|organizations in favor of a gen- --which is a subject the Demo-|: crats say stands as a major in Senator Goldwa- ! lands. Officials blamed Cleo for PUERTO RICANS FLEE CLEO | NEW DELHI (Reuters) today as India's prices. Strations. More than 500 .Communists|hadur Shastri faces were arrested throughout India|major confrontation with the Communist;/Communists as plans call for party began a five-day country-| picketing of banks, stock ex- wide protest against rising food|changes, grain dealers and gov- Some 200 were arrested in midnight swoops by police injtion in New Delhi, about 400 towns in southern India before|persons marched on the mar- they could launch their demon-| ket The others were arrested when they picketed wholesale grain markets and state legis- én ' jlative assembly gates in New ill but were driven off by ma-|Delhi,, Lucknow, Bombay, Cal- --|gime of Prime Minister La! Ba- its first ernment offices. In this morning's demonstra- shouting slogans against price increases and food hoard- ing. HOPE FOR SUPPORT Some 100,000 Communists,. in- cluding parity Leader S, A. Dange, will court arrest in pre- India Forestalls Red Food Price Picketing 86 were arrested and more than 50 injured, The protest leaders have based their hopes for general support on popular discontent with the rising cost of. living in India. The government has entered a critical period with six weeks winter crops. Rice and wheat are already scarce and food jlines have begun appearing at grain shops in several parts of Jamaica SANTO DOMINGO, Domini- can Republic (AP)--Cleo, the worst hurricane of 'the season, raged across the Caribbean to- ward Jamaica today, leaving behind a path of death and destruction. ¢ The storm swirled past south- ern Puerto Rico Sunday after battering the Guadeloupe Is- at least 14 deaths, 100 injuries and $50,000,000 in damage to the French possession. Cleo will probably strike Ja- maica tonight with hurricane force, the weather bureau said. Gale force winds and heavy rain pounded the southern coast of the Dominican Republic early today. Small but powerful Cleo, with 140 - mile centre winds, pressed onward south of the island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti, Severe lowland flooding was predicted. The weather bureau said that Cleo's 125-mile wide mass of hurricane force winds appar- , Cuba ently would skirt Hispaniola's heartland. But the storm. was headed toward Haiti's southern peninsula, were killed last year by hurri- cane Flora. where thousands Cleo also might strike Cuba with its fury intact, the weather bureau said, However, it was too early to say whether would pose any danger to the U.S. mainland. it Military leaves. were can- celled in Santo Domingo. Civil defence and Red Cross units were placed on alert. Residents were asked to remain indoors. In Bass Terre, capital of Guadeloupe, authorities said Cleo was the worst hurricane to Strike there since 1928. They re- ported more than 1,000 persons homeless, demolished and thousands more badly damaged. Electricity was disrupted in most areas and roads were blocked. hundreds of homes Some of Guadeloupe's sugar and banana plantations were wiped out. Wisconsin Twisters Hit Homes. MILWAUKEE (AP) -- "The worst is over; we're going home." But for Mrs. Francis Winnemuller of Port Washing- ton there was no home of her own. She, her husband and their nine children were treated at hospital after their home was destroyed by a tornado, one of three that slammed southeast Wisconsin Saturday. Twisters hammered Port Washington, Fond du Lac and the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Typhoon Kathy Dispels Punch TOKYO (AP) -- Typhoon Kathy, losing some of its punch, churned through Japan's island sea today after leaving nine persons dead and five missing in Kyushu, the country's south- the country. ernmost island. whose own home was stroyed, estimated total damage to the town at $2,000,000. He said more than 230 houses were damaged, 30 beyond repair. Injure 2) Creek. De st ructive winds pounded Beaver Dam and Ste- vens Point. More than 400 houses were damaged or destroyed.Twenty- five persons were injured, none seriously. Port Washington, about 18 miles north of Milwaukee, was hit hardest. All but two of the injured live in the town of 4,755. DAMAVE HEAVY Police Chief "Vernon gen e- Major problems were the cleanup, the restoration of power and shelter for occu- pants of damaged homes. The Winnemullers were scat- tered in the homes of relatives Sunday night. The father and te seven of the children were treated for shock. Mrs. Winne- muller suffered an injured leg, and two of the children were cut. The children range from nine months to 16 years. At Fond du Lac, a city of By MALCOLM W. BROWNE SAIGON (AP) -- Youthful mobs.in Saigon, Hue and Da Nang sacked and burned build- ings today in the worst out- break of organized rioting since last summer. However, several hundred students supporting the govern- ment sacked and burned the student union building in: Sai- gon in a counter - demonstra- ion. In Da Nang, South Viet Nam's second largest city, more than 1,000. howling youths stoned a U.S. . enlisted - men's barracks as anti - government demonstrations took an increas- ingly anti-U.S. tone. A grenade exploded at the height of the riot, seriously in- juring three demonstrators. There were no American. cas- ualties, Another blast a short time later killed a Vietnamese' woman. the barracks fired shots into the air to scare off the demon- strators as rocks smashed win- dows, ATTACK VILLAGE The mob then attacked a nearby Roman Catholic village and set a house afire. Villag- ers moved out of their houses. to defend themselves while their women carried children and belongings to a waterfront jer. F After the fire, mob leaders called for a withdrawal: some, rioters slipped back the village and set two more houses aflame. : Another grenade exploded as the rioters pulled back. A maid working at the enlisted 'man's brracks was wounded and die} soon afterwards, More Americans are sta- tione in Da Nang, on the South China Sea, than anywhere else in the country, except Saigon. The counter - demonstrators arrived at the one-storey stud- ent union building in buses and three-wheeled scooter taxis pro- vided by the government. They waved banners and shouted pro-government _ slo- e gans, pelted the building with rocks and then set it aflame. Most of the students were Cath- olic refugees from North Viet Nam, now living near Bien Hoa, 15 miles outside the capi- ty The demonstrators passed out leaflets denouncing student leaders who "create division in our ranks and who play into the hands of the neutralists and Communists in this time | of or D Saigon, about 1,000 students a tacked a Roman Catholic US. Camp Pict, tems students tai majority of Saigon do not support the demonstra- AMAGE SCHOOL In Hue, 400 miles north The 30 or more Americans inj era} Beatles To Play Kansas Ballpark KANSAS CITY (AP) Charles O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athletics Baseball Club, announced Sunday the Beatles had accepted his offer of $150,000 to appear in Munic- ipal Stadium Sept. 17 for a con- tdugh United States colonels, missing for three days in the mountains of rebel - infested Kivu with a young American diplomat, told here of a 50-mile hike to safety after the rebels shot up their jeep. Hiding by day and marching by night, they lived on pineap- chine-gun fire because the goy-|cutta, Madras and other cen- ernment soldiers thought they) tres. were rebels trying to outflank| The arrests continued as the them. Communists carried out their McFarlane had to leave his|plans to picket banks, stock Papers behind in the jeep.jexchanges, _ government of- These were picked up by a(fices and grain dealers. -- os es vio was later] Sixty Communists were ar- : slain in Bukavu. Congolese sol-jresetd while picketing the Ut- wt. aay ager Bb water! diers found the papers, and|tar Pradesh state legislature injacross India, who conferred : ohne : : |there was fear that the Amer-|Lucknow and another 31 were/here recently, were assigned a oe, Witten Fi ge, Mave J . icans had been killed. |arrested in Jaipur as they pick-|central control room where po- pow Hh P ge rac: = al For the next three nights|eted the Rajasthan state legis-|lice moves could be co-ordin- American Vice-Consul Louig R.|eY hiked over Kivu's rugged] lature. ater | cert. McFarlane ran into a rebel| 70UMtains guided by the stars.) In New Delhi, 51 picketing) A series of one-day general] "were going to be' able to truck column Wednesday about the second day, they|Communists were arrested at|strikes in three states kicked| seat 37,500," Finley said, "with 35 miles west of Bukavu, the|*'™bled on four Bashi tribal|the wholesale food grain shops|0ff the Communist campaign! some seats on the field. It will capital of Kiva, where last W2!tiors armed with spears|in the city's main market. |three weeks ago. > be the biggest arena they'l! week Congolese soldiers fought! #4 machetes, When they burst} Police throughout the country) Serious clashes occurred at/perform in on their tour here." a desperate street battle 7 po them, yelling ""jambo"| moved into a full state of read-|the cotton mill town of Ahme-| Finley said all profits from <irphg: Gratton: we anw wal ( Ay for "hello"), and Show-/iness in anticipation of the well-|dabad, western India, where six|the show would go to charity. a green Chevrolet pickup hell-| the a evieee ih ae three of| publicized protest. . |persons were killed, and at Al-| "It is something I want to bent for Bukavu," Dodds' said| warriors fled. ' The three - month - old re-llahabad, northern India, where|do for the kids. in Kansas Sunday. Seconds later, a burst) _ « gg) was sndoted as sm ing, '* lay's c en, or Bea- tle fans, are tomorrow's base- Knocked. out the anericersy MAVERICK LIBERAL, FREE VOTE bet tata? The Athletics owner said he New Debate Twists jeep. | Dodds and Rattan, both para-[" troopers and counter - insur} heard the singing group for the gency experts, had been 'n9| first time in San Francisco's a look at a Congolese. army Cow Palace. ¢ "TI thought they were terrific. By STEWART MacLEOD |(L--York Humber), a_ strong] I've been a fan of Bing Crosby, OTTAWA (CP)--The lengthy advocate for retention of the| cannot change. flag debate, not noted for its|emsign, is due to enter the de-| Several Conservative back- variety in the first 12 days, will|bate as it goes into its 13th day.|benchers say Friday's 'an- bave a slightly altered routine| - Until now, all Liberal speak- nouncement will not result in independence style "satya- ghraha," or peaceful demon- Sstrations, in all major cities. They. hope to gain the support of 1,000,000 Indians. All police and military leave affecting units based near the} cities was reported cancelled. Leading police . officials from 30,000 about 40 miles northwest of Port Washington, Police Capt. Gustave Schmitz esti- mated that 200 houses were damaged by the twister. There were no injuries, At Taycheedah, about three miles northeast of Fond du Lac, two persons were injured when their house trailer was toppled by the winds. Ten Arrested During Strike Picket Fight BRANTFORD (CP) -- Ten men were arrested today after clashes with police outside the Canadian Westinghouse Com- pany Limited plant where about 300 workers have been on| ; Strike since Aug. 13. D. A. Currie, personnel man- ager at the plant, said the trou- ble began when he tried to drive through the picket line to work. His car was pushed back a few feet and police, trying to cleat # way for him, met with resistance from. a crowd of about 100. After police reinforcements eme! i As in the earlier disorders, police stood by without interfer-' ing. Firemen doused the flames' before they could wreck the building but the interior was ruined. Troops are reported on call outside Saigon, ready to move into the capital if demon- strators begin using firearms --|ary acts of rock 'n' roll per- sonalities. Finally, the Beatles appeared, jaunty under their floor - mop hairdos. Pandemo- nium. Amid the clamor, amateur photographers in the audience flashed their cameras, illumin- ating the hill behind the bowl like sheet lightning. The quartet breezed through their famous 'songs with scant regard for the shrieks that sounded almost continuously. The biggest response came for the number sung by Ringo Starr, the sad-eyed drummer. "Go ahead and let yourselves go," urged: John Lennon. "It's not our place anyway." Reuther Hears UAW Haggle With Firms outpost on the road. McFar-} lane, who speaks Swahili, har) gone with them to interpret - | Dodds and Rattan are mem- bers of a U.S. military mission to The Congo and had been sent to Bukavu as observers. Aban-) ing of attitudes that a free vote Frank sinktra and Elvis: Pres. ley. Now I'm not ashamed to say that I'm a Beatle fan." HOLLYWOOD (AP) -- The \ doning the jeep, the three Americans and Congolese Army Capt. Shimanga sought cover. They tried fo rejoin soldiers|:; trying to ram the three-leaf|es pe the outpost over the gs J | PHONE NUMBERS - CITY EMERGENCY LICE 725-1133 'FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 HOSPITAL. 723-2211 when it resumes today. The oft-repeated Conservative j¢harges that Prime Pearson's Liberal government flag down the throat. of Parlia- }ment under the threat of an jerection no longer applies. The prime minister announced Fri- day that votes on the flag would be free of party discipline and the government wouldn't stand or fall on the result, Another new twist scheduled for today involves the first |Speech by a Liberal Red En- sign supporter. Ralph Cowan ers have stoutly supported the any weakening of the party's | government's tives, |Ensign supporters. _almost to a-man, havejbate is scheduled tablished themselves as firm| until { proposed 0 e w\ position. Minister|flag. design, and the Conserva-| Like last week, -the flag de. to continue Friday. when the Com- |mons will devote that day to Meanwhile, there is no end in|consideration ° of departmental jsight for the flag debate. While some Liberal members| jhave expressed the view that|party leaders estimates. While no further meetings of are scheduled on jthe free vote will speed the dis-|the flag impasse after three cussion to a conclusion, Opposi-|such sessions failed to reach Diefenbaker comes lion Lader the . change alter things. too Says|agreement last week, observers late|say it is likely there will be Since the debate|more attempts to reach a com: started, he told the Commons/promise if the deadlock contin- Friday, there has been a freez-'ues, ' f : hills were alive with the sound of screaming Sunday night as the Beatles made their local debut at Hollywood Bowl. It was a wild~scene, man. | The hillside amphitheatre, or- dinarily the home of sympho- Inies under the stars, was jpacked to the. highest reaches with emotion - wracked adoles- cents. In addition, clumps of free-loaders could be spotted in the surrounding hills, look- ing like pilgrims in a Cecil B. DeMille epic. The crowd of almost 19,000 DETROIT (AP) -- Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers U'nion, planned to visit negotiations at each Big Three auto firm to- day--marking the start of ur- gent bargaining on new con- tracts fot more than 500,000 workers, ~ Current pacts at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler ex- pire one week from today. 1 Speaking to UAW workers in Flint Sunday' night, Reuther said: "We are looking for justice, sat restlessly through prelimin- and we will strike to get it. with suded' te teste 10 on $100 cash or $200 property hail each. were called the car got through but its windshield was cracked by a "flying object." Plant Manager J. A. Sher- man also had difficulty getting through the picket line, The 10 men were charged Police and re- The strike followed the Gol- apse of negotiations betwéen management and Local 555 of the-International Union of Elec- trical, Workers (CLC) for a new con- Radio and Machine . SAIGON STUDENT § .