After Seven Weeks End Is Expected In Hoffa's Trial
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.—(UPI)—James R. Hoffa's attorneys today pictured him as a man who pulled himself up "by his own bootstraps" and urged a 12-member federal jury to acquit the Teamsters union president of jury tampering charges. The case was expected to go to the jury late today.
"We know you will not separate him from his family," attorney Harry Berke said in concluding the final defense arguments. "May God bless you."
Special prosecutor John J. Hooker St. was to make one final argument for conviction before Federal Judge Frank Wilson, who reprimanded Hoffa today for boisterous conduct in the hallway outside the court-room, charges the jury and sends it out to consider a verdict.
HOFFA AND FIVE co-defendants are on trial here on charges they tried to fix another federal court jury two years ago. The trial is in its seventh week.
"You are on trial just like these defendants are on trial regardless of how bad they (the government) want Mr. Hoffa . . . our system of jurisprudence is more important." Berke said in winding up for the defense.
Before today's session began in Hofia's jury tampering trial, the Teamsters president loudly renewed his attack that the government was "like the Gestapo" in spying on him. His charges were made in a hallway near Wilson's courtroom.
When Wilson took his place on the bench, he said he had heard Hoffa in the hallways outside his courtroom, despite closed doors.
"SOMETHING HAS to be done to protect the jury from noise." Wilson said. The jury had not yet entered the room at the time.
"Let's discontinue these extremely loud arguments both inside and outside the court," Wilson told Hoffa and his attorneys who remained seated at the defense table.
Hoffa nodded acknowledgement.
BERKE SAID Hoffa should be believed over star government witness Edward Grady Partin, who linked Hoffa to the alleged jury tampering.
Berke, whose soft southern drawl often rose to a roar, charged Partin, a Louisiana teamster, sold himself to the government to frame Hoffa.
The defense also charged that too many marshals in the courtroom were causing a "trenchcoat atmosphere" in front of the jury.
lawyer, said he wanted to "breakup this military display."
James Haggerty, Hoffa's Detroit
ANOTHER DEFENSE lawyer, Harvey Silets, said "there can be only one inference (to the jury)—they are afraid we are going to tamper . . ."
Berkes said "with a whole world watching the trial . . . you'll (the jury) have to look for divine guidance.
"NO GRFATER crime could be committed than to convict an innocent man." Partin said.
"The newspapers have many stories where someone has gone to the gallows because someone else has told a falsehood.
Prosecution attorneys, in opening their arguments yesterday, accused Hoffa of a massive attack on the "foundation of American justice."
Snow to Kill Fake Spring
You may think that Spring has sprung, but don't be fooled. Those bermuda shorts and short-sleeved shirts won't protect you against the heavy snow, high winds, and falling temperatures that are moving across the Great Plains.
By mid-morning cold air had moved into western Kansas. It is expected to combine with a storm center to the south of Kansas and to develop a situation favorable for the much-needed rain and snow in the wheat state.
The weather bureau has issued livestock and hazardous driving warnings for the northwest parts of the state calling for rain changing to snow over the next 24 hours
Five inches of snow fell in Denver, Colo., before the storm started moving eastward. Tueson, Ariz., reported five inches of fresh snow at sunup this morning. Farmers are welcoming the storm as the snows are bringing precious moisture to the dry plains soil.
Tuesday, March 3, 1964
Local temperatures will cool markedly from the warm weather of the past few spring-like days. Skies will be cloudy and temperatures colder tonight with rain or snow likely. Tomorrow's sky will be cloudy with occasional snow. Low tonight will be in the lower 30's and tomorrow's high will be in the lower 40's.
61st Year, No.95
Recently, another such agency, the International Labor Organization (ILO), has been hampered and at times practically paralyzed in its work by an African campaign to force South Africa's expulsion. This campaign threatens to wreck the ILO.
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United Nations officials, supported by the United States, have been at pains for some time to keep politics out of the specialized agencies.
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Today's action was the second official act by France against Nationalist China. Two weeks ago, France vetoed Nationalist China's efforts to establish an embassy to the Common Market Executive Commission in Brussels.
THE CLASH between the United States and France came at today's opening sessions of WHO's 17th World Health Assembly.
"The government of France is in favor of the admission of the People's Republic of China to the World Health Organization." French Delegate Prof. Eugene Aujeleu told the conference.
Diplomatic sources in Paris said the move here was part of a French drive to seat Peking in the United Nations. Previous efforts by Eastern Bloe nations to obtain a U.N. seat for Red China have been defeated
WHO IS an agency related to th United Nations with headquarter in Geneva. It is not specifically par of the U.N., but is closely allied wit it.
The United States immediately condemned the French move.
France Asks Red China Be Let in UN Agency
American delegate Nathaniel McKitterick said China already "is rightfully represented," and to change this would be to "challenge the authority of the (United Nations) General Assembly—either for
GENEVA — (UPI)— France demanded today that Communist China replace Nationalist China as a member of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The move appeared to be part of a French campaign to get the Red Chinese into the United Nations which sponsors WHO.
It was France's first effort to gain a seat for Peking in an international organization since Paris recognized Bed China in January.
innocent reasons or for propaganda purposes."
WHO was set up as a result of a meeting of the U.N. Economic and Social Council but is not a part of the United Nations.
THE FRENCH demand was supported by the Communist members, led by the Soviet Union, of the 110-nation organization and by three African states—Guinea, Ghana and Somali.
Officials said, however, the Conference Credentials Committee already had accepted Nationalist China's credentials, so there was little prospect of French success. The Communists also have in the past tried but failed to get Red China admitted to WHO.
The Africans and Communists also
demanded the exclusion of South Africa from WHO and the assembly, but the Credentials Committee accepted South Africa as well, officials said.
McKitterick, director of the State Department's Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, said in his statement to the 400 doctors and health specialists attending the conference:
"TO CONCLUDE . . . that an assembly of doctors is the right place to prescribe new political divisions is surely wrong. Indeed, I might say presumptuous—as it would be if the United Nations or its Economic and Social Council should begin to tell this assembly how to eradicate smallpox or prescribe a course of medical research."
Specialist Questions Handling of Viet Nam
An international relations specialist said last night that he was skeptical about U.S. war policy in South Viet Nam.
Hans Morgenthau, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, said the Chinese can continue to meet our war offensive in South Viet Nam by "escalating" the war.
Morgenthau, who wrote "Politics Among the Nations," (the text used in a KU course on international politics) was invited to speak at KU by the Political Science Department.
MORGENTHAU SAID he was very dubious about the U.S. policy of "periferal containment of China."
He said if the U.S. continues to pursue this policy it will ultimately have to risk war with China. He compared our policy to the ill-fated Maginot Line.
If China armed Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras, it would be analogous to our China containment policy, Morgenthau said. In such an event, the U.S. would fight China, he said.
On France, Morgenthau said the schism between France and the U.S. was "considerable," not "small," and it may have "revolutionary consequences."
Morgenthau debunked theories of international politics that give no weight to power balance considerations. Theories that foreign policies are rooted in the machinations of pressure groups, or in a manifest national destiny were among them.
US Seeks Large Ship Permit To USSR Ports for Trading
MOSCOW — (UPI)— The United States today sought to remove Soviet restrictions which prevent the use of large American ships to carry wheat to Soviet ports.
Commerce Department official Clarence Martin is discussing the Soviet harbor rules with officials of the Merchant Marine and Foreign Trade ministries. As they now stand, the rules bar ships drawing more than 32 feet of water from Soviet harbors.
THE RULES have not yet interfered with the shipment of grain. The only American vessel to arrive thus far, the Exilona, is a relatively small freighter of about 6,000 tons, drawing about 27 feet of water.
The United States feels the restrictions could frustrate attempts to implement President Johnson's pledge to transport half the U.S. grain sold to Russia in American ships.
They said work to deepen harbors of some ports has not yet been completed. The Soviet merchant fleet is made up of ships small enough to use the present facilities without trouble.
U. S. UNION leaders have suggested that lighters be used to unload the grain cargoes from larger ships outside the docking area.
But a Soviet Merchant Marine official, Igor M. Averin, said this would increase the cost of shipping and would add technical difficulties to the cargo handling.
Soviet newspaper readers yesterday learned one of the reasons their government has been forced to buy $1 billion worth of grain and flour from the United States, Australia, and Canada.
Martin has said that such expense probably would be paid by the shippers.
THE GOVERNMENT newspaper Izvestia, in a report on the 10th anniversary of the Virgin Lands, disclosed that these grain-growing areas suffered from drought for the past three years, in particular last year.
Sen. Morse to Speak On New Administration
Senator Wayne Morse, (D-Oré), will speak on aspects of the new administration at 8 p.m. Wednesday. April 1 in Hoch Auditorium.
His appearance is sponsored by the KU All Student Council and Student Union Activities. The lecture will be open to the Public without charge.
A reception will be held in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union following the talk.
The Virgin Lands program was originated by Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev as a means of stepping up agricultural production by utilizing millions of square miles of territory in central Asia that had not been sown before.
At first, the Virgin Lands added substantially to Soviet production. But in later years bad weather and troubles in recruiting work forces for the farms there cut into crop yields.
Fedor S. Kolomiets, the Communist Party official in charge of the Virgin Lands Program, said that the area made a net profit of nearly $1 billion in the 10 years.
BUT LAST year, he said, "the sun in the steppes was so hot it burned everything living."
Kolomiers said that despite bureaucratic failings and the tough climate, 100 million acres had been brought under the plow in the Virgin Lands and a total of $11 billion worth of wheat had been produced.
He said ways and means had been found to defeat dust bowl conditions and ensure stable harvests.
UNDERLYING ALL RATIONAL foreign policy is the desire of nations to "preserve the integrity of its institutions and its territory," Morgenthau said.
Although foreign policy is often cloaked in words of high purpose nations, nonetheless, strive for "the maintenance or restoration of the balance of power." Morgenthau said.
Although some theorists have said that the balance of power does not, in fact, exist, Morgenthau said there was no other theory to explain global events. Only if world government should come about could we ignore the power politics theory, he said.
To be opposed to power politics is to be "like a man opposed to swimming, who falls in the water," Morgenthau said.
Three objectives underlie U.S. foreign policy, Morgenthau said. Two of them have been important since our early history.
First, the U.S. has sought to preserve a balance of power in Western Europe. The ascendancy of any of these powers would result in its dominating the others. This would threaten us in turn, Morgenthau said.
SECOND, WE HAVE continually sought to remove European influence from this hemisphere. European power in this hemisphere would upset the balance of power in Europe, as well as weaken our influence in the West.
Third, we have attempted to hold constant the balance of power in Asia. This policy developed later. In pursuit of it we have opposed the domination of Asia by Japan or China, or by any European power.
Morgenthau, a small man in his sixties, speaks with a soft German accent. Before the war he was a councilor on Germany's labor arbitration court.
To avoid the Nazis, Morgenthau slipped through Spain and came to the U.S. in the late thirties. He taught for two years at Brooklyn College. Between 1939 and 1943 he was assistant professor of law, history, and political science at the University of Kansas City.
Morgenthau is now professor of political science at the University of Chicago, a post he has held since 1943.