European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Nov Embt 1964 the stars and stripes 3 rubber workers join italian strike movement Rome strike actions have added fresh fuel to Italy boiling Labo politics customs collectors and rubber workers joined in n spreading wave of labor unrest rocking the already troubled Dis sension was building up inside the Cente left coalition As the crucial 22 municipal elections the latest walkouts came with the state railway system tied up communist led customs agitating for improved work were called off the Job for a five Day the government called in finance police to handle Passen Ger Luggage at harbours and shipments in and out of another for 24 hit the rubber troubled by a wage dispute Between manage ment and the communist run general e of Munsun Enera for the third Day of a i confederation of italian labor Gil pressed on with its train i causing an estimated 18 million dollars Dally damage to the nations wobbly with Gil members walking off the lob for 90 minutes three times a about three out of four scheduled trains were being the Gil is pushing for administrative reforms from the gov no communist unions have refused to go saying the walkout is a political weapon aimed at Premier Aldo Moros coalition of Christian democrats und the government was having plenty of trouble of its Al remly harassed by the spreading labor leaders of two of the coalition parties found them selves caught up in deepening political fight against each other that Coula have serious consequences at the mils in the Forth coming nationwide it begun when Giuseppe Sara Gat Leader of the democratic so said on television that in certain cooperation with communists was Permis Mariano Leader of the Christian in an unmistakable told a political rally sunday that to speculate on possible cooperation with reds was Bud then with tempers rising on both Sara Gat is sued u reply to he Tang that the Christian democrats had cooperated with communists in i the past to cover up Berlin politics boil As Brandt goes to London by Edwards Shields ence and letters As Well As Berlin up West her1 copies of the the Mas circulation tabloid commented Brandt had every right to bring charges of political libel against the offending news papers and it was High time a Ion was taken against but Justice authorities did not have to use such heavy and endanger the Freedom of the the a news photographer was beaten up by plainclothes City and police officials apologized to the Len socialist mayor Willy Brandt left a boiling political pot at Home when he journeyed to Lon Don to Confer with new labor prime minister Harold the West Berlin political fire was fuelled by heavy handed police and bureaucratic actions and gleefully fed by Brandts Chris Tian democratic Brandt Hopes to emulate Wil son next year and Lead the West German socialists spa to Vic tory for the first time in National by defeating Chancellor Ludwig Erhards Christian demo cratic party incidents criticized by on the local scene he was already under fire from the cd for a series of incidents which brought criticism even from Usu ally Probandt officials tracked Down two readers who had written to the widely circulated newspaper Morgen Post criticizing arrange ments for issuing passes for West to visit relatives behind the communist the officials were refused the writers addresses by the newspaper but found them through the Central police Morgen Post called the action an abuse of readers although the officials said they just wanted to help the letter writers get raided the Echo publishing House whose two sensational weekly newspapers had been Heftly attacking Brandt and charging him with fighting with norwegian forces against the German army in world War they a led business correspond photographer after angry press but the policeman who ordered the roughing up was apparently not criticism of Brandt flared again when it was disclosed he had allowed his Ihorst kor to accept a bottle of schnapps and a Book of photo graphs As souvenirs from the East German official with whom he negotiated the agreement for Wall the Bild Veltung said it was incredible that we should Exchange gifts with the murderers at the Egon Drew scattershot criticism from the Berlin press for what wus at Best awkward handling of information Over the pass Mcgall halons and the sub sequent traffic through the Ber Lin Brandt defended Buhr and his City officials in a noisy session in the City Assembly and had no trouble beating Down the opposition since his socialists hold an overwhelming 89 to 41 Edge Over the Christian demo political muddle deepens in Libya by George weeks Libya up Libya is grappling with a political dilemma complicated in part by its newfound and rapidly expanding Oil one authoritative Western source called it a political another contended that discontent has been spreading since the government jailed opposition candidates to prevent them from registering last months election and an Arab Diplomat saw the possibility of another Yemen with a struggle Between royalists and republicans in these in a weekend of interviews with business and military officials from a variety of coun tries with a stake in Byas future were sharply disputed by government they were confident that All political factions would rally be Hind the government after King Tirls i opened parliament tues they also predicted that pay raises announced Friday for civil servants will bring protests from those who say Libya eco nomic Boom is benefiting Only the in Advance of the parliamentary session at there were vague rumours noted and re ported Home by foreign embassies of a possible but the consensus of foreign observers Here was that the who could Call upon British garrisons and Small but Well disciplined and widely paced libyan Security can withstand u Stopgap measures to counter Dis Content were viewed As being More Likely than a this has been the pattern for last january there were Stu Dent demonstrations in favor of the Lin Atlon Arab Summit con Ference in in the juror that followed shooting of student dem the government of Premier Moh Leddin Fekel re the replacement government of Premier Mahmoud Muntazir has been reshuffled in the last month with the firing of about a Hal dozen Cabinet members and at least an equal no Iuler or More of this came As result of a juror created by the jailing of potential opposition one of the deposed Cabinet of former Interior minister Mohamud wus re ported to be trying to Challenge the government by running for the presidency of the there were also unconfirmed reports that the King would Call upon one or two or three former prime ministers to form a new As he did when for Mer Premier Muntazir was asked to replace it wus Muntazir who sinned the treaty under which British troops and air Force units Are based in there also were reports that King would step Down in favor f Crown Prince or even Ake the extraordinary step of naming the Crown prime has debated a proposal to utilize the enormous tides la Maines Passamaquoddy Bay to produce now the practical French Are putting it similar proposal into two huge zoo Yards hold Bach the English Channel off Halo As a tidal Power Sutky to u will be ready in a Prince As one of the Rosl important fac ors in libyan politics is in Cairo president carnal Abdel Nui ser of the United Arab it was Nasser 22 speech against foreign bases on Arab soil that sparked demands thai a rills and military units be evacuated from both countries since have agreed in principle to withdraw before heir tralies and the libyan government has Felt Little pressure of late from but there Are a sizable num her of Arab nationalists in Libya who would respond if called upon by Nasser to rite up against the Brazil death toll reaches May Brazil up the number of recovered from the rubble of a 19story building that collapsed last Fri Day has risen to officials fear that at least an other 20 persons May be buried under the France starts Price control measures Paris up the French government is launching a set of Price control measures to strengthen the franc against re n e w e d inflationary government off cult they said the drive will be part of the Gull let governments re solve to safeguard at All Cost the current value of the new franc since it was put into circulation on Christmas eve has lost some 30 per cent of its buying Power through officials said president Charles de though usually re moved from economic con ordered his Cabinet to keep the nations economic activity und currency in Good trim because he feels he May have to face dramatic decisions soon with far reaching economic the new measures will put it tight lid on certain commodity prices and Cost of services that helped most to push up the Cost of living Index in recent informants in the Institute for co Numic and statistic studies the it item Price Index went up per the inflationary be Llevad to have been another half per cent in appeared to be resuming at the same rapid per cent per fore the government Price tall Zallon plan of september Only a few weeks finance minister Valery Giscard Des along introduced in parliament he nations im9 calling or a balanced expenditure and come of 100 billion francs in observers believed the govern ment could keep the budget balanced Only by holding the line on Price next year an election rear when France will reeled municipal councils in its and elect a new pres Dent resumption of inflation Ary pressures also would inter Fere Ullh the key decisions de Aulle will have to take on to continue building the concorde super Jet if Britain lulls out of the joint and whether France is Strong enough now to withstand a freeze of the common an atmosphere of urgency appeared to pervade government services with a hurry of reports that de at each is reminding his ministers of the need for steeled nerves and total determination to meet whatever emergencies supreme soviet to meet Moscow supreme russian wll begin a session an offi Cial announcement jail for slander Warsaw a polish born american writer Melchior wan monday was sen fenced to three years in prison after a court Here convicted him on charges of slandering Poland under an the term was Cut to 18