The Daily Tar Heel Nadar accuses auto industry of negligence WASHINGTON Consumer crusader Ralph Nader accused the auto industry Monday of "criminal fraud or criminal negligence" provoking R-Alaska, by making unsafe cars, Sen. Theodore Stevens, into an angry, shouting rebuttal. ' The outburst came at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. Nader said a bill designed to require Detroit to produce cars that are less damageable and more easily repaired was too weak in light of what he said was the industry's "criminal fraud or criminal negligence in the design of motor vehicles." Stevens, slapping his desk, told Nader "I must take umbrage" at his testimony. ; Y"You look for the worst in people and j not at what's good that's happening in , this country," Stevens said. ' Nader shot back: "Do you give credit to a burglar because he doesn't burglarize 99 per cent of the time? What kind of nonsense is this?" Stevens said if Nader knew of "criminal" negligence on the part of the industry he should present his evidence to a grand jury, not at a Senate hearing. "Get the indictment!" he shouted at Nader. . Nader responded to Stevens to "find a district attorney with the guts" to indict an auto maker. . The pending bill was opposed by John J.'Nevin, a vice president of the Ford Motor Co. He said it would raise car costs by several hundred dollars, do little to cut insurance costs and infringe on a customer's freedom of selection of a car. Eights lor new commitment WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission said Monday America will degenerate into a "divided nation with all kinds of civil disorder" unless there is a new commitment to civil rights from everyone including President Nixon. t The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh made the statement in making public a commission report accusing the Nixon administration of failure to make any major civil rights improvements in the eight months since the commission first accused the government of inertia and hostility that threatened to nullify civil rights laws. The commission said the administration had frustrated the hopes of minority f groupswltfeVthe mre palliative of- tinkering and promises" . instead, of, aggressive action. It said only "strong executive leadership" from the White House could help. -. Hesburgh .a,nd ojer commissioners refused at a news; icCfflference to put all the v Sfarhe on Nixon of any other of the past four Presidents because the "lack of moral ! commitment is with , the American people, the government, and the total , bureaucracy." ' Summarizing the situation', Hesburgh said,: "I see happening a divided nation. I see happening all kinds of civil disorder, hypocrasy because we say one thing and do another, frustration because theovernment doesn't follow the law.". Penal study RALEIGH -The chairman of the State "Penal Study Commission announced Monday the Smith Richardson Foundation had provided an additional $3,000.to the commission to continue its work for the next two years. ' . Attorney Ralph Strayhorn said the funds would be used for continuing study of the North Carolina Correctional t System, particularly in areas dealing with juveniles. i Strayhorn said all recommendations f made by the committee earlier which icould be implemented without legislative faction had been put into effect and I added, "We believe that the work of the Signal mencaii sir me CHICAGO-The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Monday called a nationwide rail strike for next Monday at 6 a.m., unless agreement is reached on the union's wage and fringe benefits demands. CJ. Chamberlain, president of the Signalmen, said the union has exhausted all procedures under the Railway Labor Act and was legally free to call a strike after May ,14, 1971. S Unless the union and the rail carriers reach an agreement before May 17, only ' Congress could prevent a strike that could shut down the nation's railroads. ' " J The Union had previously voted to strike March 5, but did not when President ) Nixon appointed an emergency board to recommend a settlement in the 21 -month old con tract dispute. " "The recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board appointed by the President of ,lhe United States to hear the dispute are wholly inadequate and do not meet the needs of the membership of the Signalmen's skilled craft union," Chamberlain said. "The last wage increase granted Signalmen was a 3 per cent raise on July 1. 1969." ; ALL' y EAi 3-12 FRIED CHICKEN COLE. 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If so, he said, "we will see an end to the' extremist practice of , running roughshod over the rights of others " Mitchell said President' Nixon fully shared his sentiments. ?. ,-- "I am proud of the Washington city police," he said. "I am proud that they stopped a repressive mob from robbing the rights of others." . Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, in a speech to the same peace officers meeting, strongly defended the best-known law enforcement officer in Mitchell's Justice Department,,, FBI iieaaeir cans get s committee and the recommendations made thus far are progressing well on all fronts." He noted the General Assembly had passed legislation aimed at eliminating the highway quota system and that legislation for consolidating the corrections, probation and parole units into a single department is now pending. ,. . Gov. Bob Scott, in a written statement issued by Strayhorn, said that the consolidation of all correctional agencies is "one of the most significant steps North Carolina can take for prison reform this year." E'S $1.50 5-9 pm U G3UM funds 1 1 ST' Ujjif Hi QJilMiiy Director J. Edgar Hoover. Reagan said current criticism implying that Hoover is trying to turn thev FBI into a secret police "make a mockery of the facts." Hoover's "whole career has been devoted to resisting the efforts to turn the FBI into a national police force," Reagan said. Mitchell contrasted the violence in Washington with the orderly demonstration there April 24, when, he said, an estimated 175,000 marched with Virtually no destruction, little hostility to police and relatively few arrests." AmMNixoim California congressman calls for Nixons impeachment WASHINGTON-Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, D-Calif ., said Monday President NLxon should be removed from office because of his Vietnam War policy and that he was considering introducing impeachment, charges in the House. Dellums, who became the first congressman to say publicly he would vote for impeachment, said he expected to reach a decision "in the next week or so" on whether to try to oust Nixon from the White House. The black liberal, serving his ; first term in the House, condemned the administration's Indochina policy as .he stood on the House steps and accepted 405 signatures of Harvard law students urging that Congress initiate impeachment proceedings. . Dellums said he would hesitate "not at all" to vote for impeachment, but that introducing a resolution calling for -impeachment was a more serious matter that deserved more consideration. He noted that the A and' that Rep. Paul M . 3tV Egyptian talks encouraging U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco said Monday his talks, with Egyptian leaders in Cairo were "specific and useful" but cautioned a breakthrough on an interim settlement for reopening the Suez Canal was not . imminent. Egypt and Israel voiced similar sentiments. ; 'In our judgment, both sides Fare interested in finding an answer to an ' interim settlement," Sisco said in London enroute to Washington from Cairo where he met for four hours Sunday with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and other top Egyptian leaders. In Cairo, Sadat said Egypt's offer to reopen the canal in return for a partial Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Sinai Peninsula still stands but added, "Egypt is not ready, - however, to relinquish one inch of its territory or to bargain with the Palestinian's rights." Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, - departing from Tel Aviv for his post in Washington, , said the meeting between Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Israel's leadership last week "helped to clarify the attitude" of Egypt and Israel. But he added: "I don't think there have been any basic changes in the policies of the two countries. It is too early to -discuss the chances of an overall peace agreement and too early to say anything aboutjhe chances of a partial agreement being reached." , , Reopening the Suez Canal shut by Egypt during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war is " . regarded by Washington as a possible first step toward a permanent peace in the Middle East. ' Egypt has insisted that its troops be permitted to cross the canal before the waterway is opened. 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Devaluation in Austria dropped the dollar to its lowest point since the end of World War II and the "floating" of the West German mark had the effect of devaluating the dollar 3.75 per cent. But the dollar was firm in London, Paris and some other money centers. Money speculators were reported holding back in West Germany, betting the mark would be worth more in the next few days. In Washington, the U.S. Treasury Department said it felt the international financial crisis was improving and "no immediate action" was planned. International banker Ezra Zilkha in New York said the emergency period was over although the "basic questions" remained unsolved. And Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul A. Samuelson in tion h? ursed Nixon be impeached .can uu proposed starving Clonal World news in brief but was reported during the Rogers talks to have expressed a willingness to permit an Egyptian "presence" on the occupied east bank of the cana. Rogers, who met with President Nixon in Washington Monday to report on his weeklong five-nation Middle east peace seeking mission, had said there had been "some narrowing of the gap" between Egypt and Israel on the Suez issue. 1552's continue bombing trails SAIGON A new troop reductionthat trimmed American forces in South . Vietnam to 267,100 men the lowest level in almost five years -was announced Monday by the U.S. command. On the war front, about 2,000 South Vietnam troops were lifted by helicopter . to the northeastern rim of the A Shau Valley Sunday and Monday as part of a task force sweeping jungle areas east of the Laotian border. An American paratrooper was killed and four more wounded in the same area when Communists attacked a reconnaissance patrol. B52 bombers continued attacking supply trails in the ' northwestern corner of South Vietnam. The President's target for Dec. 1 , under his Phase VII program, tis 184,000 troops in Vietnam. The command is now one-sixth toward meeting that figure and has more than seven months to send another 83,100 GI's home. The command announced 920 men have ordered to stand down status with an element of the Americal Division, the last complete U.S. division remaining in Vietnam. But the division will remain the largest in Vietnam, since it now numbers some 24,000 men-about 8,000 above normal division strength. 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In West Germany, the crisis center, an expected immediate outflow of dollars failed to materialize on the first trading day since exchanges were closed Wednesday in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. - The problem began last week as traders and speculators flooded West German banks with dollars considered overvalued against the healthy and prosperous mark. By purchasing marks and holding them, the speculators could clear a profit when trading them back to receive more dollars than originally invested if the dollar slipped in value. . But throughout the capitals of Europe Monday, trading was cautious. Observers felt many speculators were hoping the mark would rise to as much as 5 per cent above the old parity of 3.66 to the dollar, or perhaps an official revaluation would be approved by the government. To combat this and encourage an debate over whether Nixon should be impeached. Furthermore, Dellums said, "There are several congressmen who I think would be interested in impeachment." He conceded, however, "I'm not sure it could win." Under the Constitution, impeachment charges must be made by the House and tried before the Senate, which would sit as a jury with some member of the House acting as a prosecutor. The most recent effort at impeachment was made by some 120 House members seeking to remove Justice William O. Douglas from the Supreme Court. In that case a House Judiciary subcommittee, which must act on impeachment resolutions, rejected the proposal on grounds that there first must be evidence the accused is guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors." . . , Dellums, an ex-Marine and social worker whose district includes Berkeley, Calif., said he planned to talk to at least 20 House members before making up his mind about an impeachment resolution. . . - Chi ready na to open talks BEIRUT The Beirut newspaper Al Kifah said Monday Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai told visiting "Arab newsmen in Peking he is ready to open negotiations with the United States on world problems. H? said the negotiations should begin with the question of Nationalist China. - - Publishing remarks made by Chou Sunday night to the . newsmen, the newspaper said the premier warned the United States against getting involved in a war with Communist China. 'The United States will never be able to get out of China," Chou said. The paper said Chou predicted further improvement in relations between the "Chinese and American people" and said he was ready for negotiations with the 'United States on world problems beginning with Taiwan. FBI to check wiretapping WASHINGTON As J. Edgar Hoover began his 48th year as FBI director, the Senate's best known criminal investigator said Monday that he had ordered an inquiry into federal and state wiretapping to calm "public uneasiness" about it. Sen. John L. McClellan, D-Ark., said he had directed the staff of his subcommittee on criminal laws and procedures "to undertake a comprehensive examination" of how Equipment ' LIST OUR PRICE 499.95 439.99 249.95 199.95 49.95 29.95 34.95 27.50 129.95 ea. 82.83 ea. 269.95 235.00 233.95 274.65 79.85 69.95 59.95 ' " 49.95 the Zoom m n Ti i ' ! I outflow of dollars, the German government decreed that dollar accounts can draw Lnterest only with the approval of the Central Bank. Certain stacks and bonds also can be purchased only with approval of the Central Bank. The key to the solution W3S handed West Germany after a weekend nee!:r. of European Common Market in Brass!. The market gave permission for its six member nations to allow their currencies to float free of the dollar for a time to bridge the problem. West Germany immediately set the mark afloat and Monday it climbed about 3.75 per cent to 3.525 marcs for one U.S. dollar from the official parity of 3.66. But speculators felt the mark might increase as much as 5 per cent and force the government to backtrack on an earlier promise and revalue the official rate. Zilkha, chairman of the Fidelity International Bank in New York, an international banking institution, said the crisis situation was over due to the emergency actions of the European governments. government officials carry out wiretaps and of what legal controls limit them. The senator sponsored the section of the 1968 Crime Control Act wlikh authorizes wiretaps with prior court approval. . He said he fsaw , "no evidence" to 'warrant fear but,, that "I'Varh'.rank to admit that I sense a public uneasiness about wiretapping." For that reason, he said, 'There is a need here for' a public review of the facts-all of the facts." Nasa delays Mariner launch CAPE KENNEDY-The new administrator of the space agency said Monday the launch of a second Mariner spacecraft toward Mars could be delayed until the end of May if necessary to make sure if would work. Engineers aimed toward a May 18 launch, but Dr. James C. Fletcher said that date was "uncertain" pending the results of an intensive investigation now underway into -Saturday's launch failure of the first attempt to orbit Mars. "I think we want to be sure that the second launch is going to be all right, or at least that we've done everything we can do to be sure it is all right before it goes," Fletcher said at a news conference in Washington. He said her personally will participate in the probe of the S77 million failure. "Although May 18 is the designated date, we do have until the end of the month, approximately, and if necessary. we will delay that long," he said in replv to questions. Luncheon Special 11-30 A.M.-2: 30 P.M. Va bbq chicken W2 Vegs. & Rolls Academy Award Winner Best Foreign Film INVESTIGATION OFA CITIZEN above ,) suspicion 1fV wvis ni.M Shorn: 2: 10-4; 25-6 -40-8: L5 mimm"wil '. ' -s;mxm hit-..,-, "t'' j .rl) I i 1 I

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