European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 18, the stars and stripes prayerful mood sen. Robert f. Kennedy currently on Campaign tour across the United states strikes a prayerful pose a few moments before a breakfast engagement. He subsequently served As speaker of the morning before the Campaign gather ing. Associated press photo shoot to Iger Chicago up mayor Richard j. Daley s orders that police shoot to kill arsonist threw this riot shaken City into a turmoil of angry words an staunch support tuesday. The mayor Drew both Damn ing criticism and resounding Praise for his get Tough policy toward fire bombers looters and other lawbreakers during racial upheavals. Members of the City Council divided sharply on Daley s orders that the cop on the beat should shoot to kill if he sees an arsonist and shoot to maim or cripple if he sees looters at the hubbub the mayor s new Little Kerner commission held its first meeting in what was slated to be a full fledged investigation into the rioting that swept the City after the slaying of or. Martin Luther King set up the nine Man commission monday when Betook police supt. James b. Conlisk or. To task for failing Mohave shop to kill orders in effect against arsonists during the riots that Cost 11 dead and $10 million in fire losses april 5,6 and 7. Ort in Daley reiterated is orders to Conlisk and the head of the City s 12,000-Man police Force sent out new orders to commanding told them to use such Force As is necessary including deadly Force to prevent such felonies As arson attempted arson burglary and attempted burglary. Another order Conlisk also instructed com Manders however to keep their men reminded of another order which restricts policemen from firing into crowds firing Over the Heads of crowds except on orders from an officer above the rank of Captain or firing warning shots where there is a Hance of injuring bystanders. The Rev. Jesse Jackson director of the Southern Chris Tian leadership conference operation breadbasket charged the mayor is inciting them members of the negro Community to riotous action in this order. It is in sorry comparison to mayor John Lindsay of new York who put human dignity above to and i i sets Jackson s american said for More important business Star says Brando drops film for rights work Hollywood a actor Marlon Brando says he is giving up the starring role in the arrangement to devote himself to the civil rights Are issues facing us with which i think everyone ought to concern himself first and Foremost Brando said wednesday and i Don t feel i can do two things successfully at one spokesmen for Warner arts where the film will be made said the actor was devastated by the assassination of or. Martin Luther matters with which i m presently involved said Brando Are of such an Over whelming nature that i prefer not to get into the making of a motion picture at this , who participated in a at stars & stripes bookstores 4 o volume set of president Sand famous americans Uii play adv of. Funeral at Oakland calif., Las week for a slain member of the Black panthers a militant negro group did not specify what he would do for the civil right cause. I m now working on plan which i will announce later this week he said. Deborah Kerr and Richar Boone have been signed for major roles in the film to remade in Hollywood and new York. Elia Kazan is producing and directing. The arrangement film ver Sion of director author Kazan s Best seller was to have reunite the director and the actor who won Academy awards for on the Kazan also directed Brando in Streetcar named desire and Viva Zap Brando is giving up the Lea role of the tortured advertising executive Eddie Anderson. I personally like the Story an the script of the arrangement very much and regret that have to Bow out of the Lead role said Brando. A Lilly cops return to regular shifts Philadelphia a policemen Are Back on regular eight hour shifts now that police commissioner Frank Rizzo has lifted the 12-hour emergency shift declared april 5 in the Wake of Martin Luther King assassination. In addition to police and Par guards a number of City employees in other departments also had been placed on the emergency work schedule in a attempt to stave off potential racial the City remained quiet during the emergency period the Bill for overtime duty is Esti mated at More than $1 million. Mer Chicago police supt. O. voiced Complete sup port of Daley s orders. The newspaper said Wilson in a Telephone interview from his Alifornia Home said the country is confronted with situation where drastic action just be taken or our cities maybe burned to the Joseph j. Lefevour president of the fraternal order of olice praised Daley s Posi Tive i can assure you that you will have the fullest cooperation of the Chicago policemen i carrying out your orders Lefevour said in a , you have our deepest respect and admiration for the unequivocal stand you have taken with respect to the anarchy that is threatening to destroy our Leon m. Despres said the mayor s order is clearly he said Daley should take a vacation he has lost Alderman a. A. Ayner termed the order unbelievable and inflammatory. Al Derman William cousins said i could cause chaos at a time to Leal Vito Marzullo on the other hand said Daley was talking my if the order had been issued april 5 there would have been Ess trouble and it would have been ended quickly he said. Alderman Otto Janosek said i agree with the he said he feared for his life when Ariter bounced a Brick off the ipod of his car As he drove this Home during the riot. Rep. Leslie Arends r-m.,refused to comment directly on Daley s order but he said something must be done to see people show respect for Law won t shoot says Lindsay new York cup mayor John v. Lindsay said tuesday that when disorders break out inthe City s streets we re going to respect human life in Short we re not going to shoot children in new York mayor s remarks came at his City Hall news conference when he was asked to comment on Chicago mayor Richard s order to policemen to shoot arsonists and said i cannot agree with mayor Daley. In times of trouble we re going to respect human life. We re not going to turn disorder into reads from report the mayor read briefly a segment of the report by the president s advisory commis Sion on civil disorders of which he is vice chairman. In the segment he read the report cited recommendations for riot control made by Tho Federal Bureau of investigation. It cautioned against Over responding to disorders in Urban has ordered the Chicago police to shoot Al persons committing or attempt ing to commit arson or looting. . Population soars Washington a the census Bureau has estimated Tho nation s population at 200,507,000as of last March 1, about 259,000 higher than the estimated popu lation at the Start of the year
