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C (Jay on\ If\ Trade With Communist Nations Aids U.S. With the approval of the . Nixon administration, the Department of Commerce has issued 51 licenses for the export of $367-million worth of machine tools and other equipment to the Soviet Union.. On top of the approval of licenses for $1.27-billion worth of exports to Russia last year, the new licenses are in line with what appears to be an established policy of dealing with many conymunist countries. It hasn't always been thus, but it is high time such a policy were pushed. The fact is well known that the United States suffers from a continuing deficit in its balance of payments. One of the things needed to cut down or eliminate that deficit is a material increase in American exports. There is no sense standing by and wat ching West Germany or France profit by trade with Eastern Evropean countries. It stands to reason that American industry has a stake in competing for some of that business. .. Any market for American goods should be developed. If the Soviet Union wants American machine tools for its big new truck plant on the Kama River, it is very much to the U.S. national interest to provide them. Soviet money is as good as anybody's. -BUFFALO COURIER - EXPRESS Welfare Districts _ Face Probe ALBANY, N. Y. (UPI) - George K. Wyman, outgoing commissioner of the State De- partment of Social Services, announced creation of a task force Saturday night to con- duct a full scale investigation of all local welfare districts in the state. Wyman selected Daniel Klep- ak, deputy commissioner for administration of the State Health Department, to head the investigation into administration and supervision of welfare pro- grams in the state's 63 city and county districts. Klepak, known as a \get tough administrator,\ has been in state service since 1941. He has worked for the Labor De- ' partment. the Budget Division and the Office of General Serv- ices in addition to the Health Department. Wyman said he was launch- ing the probe because of reports. by Comptroller Arthur Levitt and Welfare Inspector General George Berlinger which have \highlighted the need to devel- op a new supervisory, manage- ment and information system that will allow the department to assure high standards of lo- cal administration and program delivery.\ \'The welfare administration task force will carefully exam- ine all aspects of local admin- istration and state supervision in order to determine how the state may both assure the qual-; ity of local administration and provide greater assistance to local districts in doing their work,\\ Wyman said. \It has become increasingly clear that the present supervisory ststem used by the department must -be strengthened to meet the needs of today.\ Governor Rockefeller hailed creation of the task force as \a completely fresh approach to the problems of local welfare districts.\ Plane Flips While In Forced Landing BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) - A light plane flipped over during a forced landing in a snow- covered field in the suburban town of Clarence Sunday but its occupants escaped injury. The pilot, Russell Hardy, 42, of Eggertsville, said the craft developed engine trouble short- ly after takeoff from Transit rt in Clarence, authorities reported. The plane fhpped over on its nose when the wheels .dug into the snow Hardy said he and his wife, Jean, 41, unfastened their seat belts and walked to a nearby farm house to notify authori- ties. The Hardys live at 21 Albion Deaths BIXLEK, DONALD, B. THE JOURNAL-REGISTER vOL. T70-NO. 18. Servzng The Lake Plains marlin—Orleans Ma gara, Genesee \IED1\A NEW YORK, MONDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1972 EEI‘iZUeqffier Clouding up, a chance of snow by evening, - high 35-40. Periods wet snow likely tonight, windy, low 25-30, Partial clearing Tuesday, . high 30-35. Winds variable, becoming gusty. PRICE 10 CENTS . Taiwan Gov't. Claims Surprise And Shock By SHULLEN SHAW TAIPEI (UPD China charged today that President Nixon's trip to China would not contribute to peace, as he hoped, and called on the free, countries of Asia and Pacific to join hands in combating the menace of communism. The first official Nationalist reaction to the Nixon-Chou En- lai communique issued in Shanghai Sunday made no mention of Nixon's promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Taiwan when conditions permit. The Nationalist statement, issued by the Foreign Ministry after 24 hours discussion of the communique, said: \According to President Nix- on, he made the trip to the Chinese Ziamland with the hope that it might bring a generatlon of peace and relax tensions in the Asian and Pacific region. Actually, the effects of Pres- ident Nixon's visit are diametri- cally opposite to what he expected, and the countries in the Asian and Pacific area will be among the first ones to suffer from its, aftermath.\ The statement called on the countries in the area \to rely upon their own determination and strength and spare no efforts in consolidating unity and cooperation among them- selves. They should not enter- tain the slightest delusion of co- existing peacefully with the Chinese Communists.\ The statement the Muckland said Nationalist government 'shall redouble its efforts in striving for the sacred task of the early restoration of freedom for our compatriots on the Chinese mainland.\ ''The destruction of the tyranny of the Chinese Commu- nist regime is a sacred responsibility of the govern- ment and the people of the Republic of China which will never waver or change under any circumstances,\ the state- ment said. 7 \Our question can be solved only when the government of the Republic of China, the sole legitimate government elected by all people of China, has succeeded in its tasks of the recovery of the mainland, the unification of China, and the deliverance of our compatriots. There is definitely no other alternative.\ The Nationalist leaders had expressed surprise and shock at the Nixon-Chou communique and held a series of\ secret meetings to try to decide what to do about it. Informed sources said Sunday the United States may with- draw a small part of it's 9,000- man military force to convince China it had no intention of backing any invasion of the mainland. A source said the cutbacks in strength were being considered for the 374th Tactical Air Wing, an Air Force cargo plane unit that supported U.S. combat forces in Southeast Asia. Is Losing Value by Erosion ELBA-Failure of the boards of supervisors in both Orleans and Genesee Counties to par- ticipate in the establishment of a small water shed to protect the valuable Elba mucklands have already resulted in the loss of 1,000 acres of useful farm lands, growers in that area claim. John L. Mortellaro Batavia, of Maruuana Ruling Is Upheld WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Supreme Court refused today to disturb a ruling that an Ilinois law classifying marijuana as a narcotic drug was invalid because it lacked scientific classification. The brief order said it appears that \the judgment of the Supreme Court of Hlinois rests upon an adequate state ground.\ The «state's highest court threw - out the - marijuana portion of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act in a previous case and cited that action on Nov. 30, 1971 when it overturned the conviction of Howard C. Hudson for possessing and selling marijuana. An appeals upheld Hudson's conviction but the Illinois Supreme Court overturned it, accepting his contention: \The legislative classification of ma- rijuana as a narcotic drug with its attendant sentencing provi- sions deprived the defendant of due process and equal protec- tion of the law... In October, 1971 the - court had ruled in another ease that ''the present classification of marijuana is arbitrary and deprives the defendant of equal protection of the law.\ In his brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, State Attorney General - William J. - Scott argued that the absence of clear scientific evidence on the properties of marijuana, \the only sane course of action would be to assume the worst and treat marijuana as a serious threat to the health of the community. To do other- wise would be taking an irresponsible risk with the future. \If a decade from now, further research has shown that. the very basis of our society has veen altered by the presence of marijuana, it will then be too late to change the situation.\ president of the' Genesee-Orleans Growers Association paints a dim picture of the future of the once profitable 7000-acre muckland area unless some assistance comes soon to halt erosion that is syphoning off the acreages. He stated areas of the \west muck\ are in very bad shape and notes that some parts of the muckland have not been used in four or five years because of the lack of drainage, some farmers have lost their entire crops, mostly potatoes, because of poor drainage. The drainage problem on the muckland is compounded by the , fact that currently water from high ground drains through the muck and during wet periods this creates a very serious problem. The new plan for drainage would involve diverting this water from the upland area, the so-called Oak Orchard Waters shed area, around the muck by a series of diversion ditches along with two small dams to hold back water from the high ground. That would mean that the muckland drainage system would have to handle only the water on the muck itself and this could be done. Cost of such a project has been estimated at $2% million, of which the area muck growers would have to pay about half a million. State and Federal monies are available for the remainder of the cost. Mr. Mortellaro emphasized that only muck growers would be involved in paying the area share and not the surrounding owners of property in the upland watershed areas. He said lates have indicated a cost \of $8 an acre for a 30-year period. Once the project is completed it will be the responsibility of muck owners to maintain it. Although turned down in a bid for financial aid, Mr. Mortellaro said the growers will need moral support from both Orleans and Genesee Counties. Their okay will be needed to call a referendum for property owners in the project area. The growers association of- ficial noted that the drainage situation is getting worse all the time, causing damage to many crops in the west muck area. In addition, back-to-back poor years in the onion market in the past two years have hurt growers financially and caused many to take a second look at investing in a long-range project. Loss of the Elba muck area would be a a major blow to the economy in both Genesee and Orleans counties, Mr. Mortellaro pointed out. He noted that the muck area is a \great generator of money'\ both through taxes paid .on the property as well as the operation of muck farms and the money spent by growers in the area. He said estimates have put the muckland operation at a $12 million business, one of the biggest in the area. a PLAYGROUNDS are where children find them, even if they sometimes happen to be on adult battlegrounds. Despite the Belfast sign, the scene is Newry, Northern Ireland, where boys will still be boys and play in a burnt-out auto as Catholic demonstrators protest Brit- ish army shootmgs of civilians. Woman, \28 Hurt As Sno-Vehicle Hits Her A snowmobile accident late Saturday night on Kams Road in the Town of Barre resulted in an injury to a 28 year old Kent woman. Anne M. Shawver, Box 77, Kent Rd., was a passenger on a snowmobile operated by Leslie L. Becker, 46, of2167 Kent Rd., Kent, which was bemg towed when it broke through ice. The Shawver woman's husband, Randle Shawver, 33, was|driving a snowmobile about . 10 feet behind her, the Orleans County Sheriff's Department said, which was unable to stop when she was thrown from the other machine. The Shawver woman was taken to Arnold Gregory Memorial Hospital in Albion and treated for lower back injuries sustained after the trailing snowmobile passed over her. Earlier that day, a snowmobile parked on the shoulder of Route 31A, just west of the Power Line Rd. in the Town of Barre, was struck by a car driven by Raymond G. MacFarland, 18, 2069 Peter Snell Rd. who was traveling east on Rt. 31A. _The snowmobile, owned by Kenneth J. Frasier, 26, of Newport Plaza, Albion, then 'Aud' Cash Stolen BUFFALO, N. Y. (UPID)- Three armed men held up two Sportservice employes and es- caped with $24,300 in cash today as the employes were leaving Memorial Auditorium with con- eession receipts from the busi- est weekend in the sports fa- cility's history. Police said the three confront- ed the employes in the dimly hghted basement of the audlto- rium, forced them into their car and abandoned them and the vehicle a short distance from the arena. The $24,300 in receipts were contained in three money bags, but police said the bandits, in their haste to make a getaway, left behind two bags containing another $5,000. They left the Sportservice em- ployes bound with adhesive tape when abandoning the car at the foot of Erie Street. At the time of the holdup, the Buffalo Sabres National Hockey League club was in the audito- rium for a picture - taking ses- sion. The Sabres were unaware of what was going on in the basement. Police said the bandits, after forcing the employes into the car, merely honked the vehicle's horn to signal a watchman that a car was leaving and the watchman opened the basement door. Police said two of the bandits were armed with shotguns and the third had a pistol. About 45,000 persons watched sporting events at the auditori- um since Friday night, includ- ing a Buffalo Braves game and an open workout, college bas- ketball games Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and a Sunday night Sabres' game. struck a woman standing next to it, Mrs. Mary Kingdollar, 26, also of Newport Plaza, who was later taken to Arnold Gregory with leg and knee injuries, according to Sheriff's deputles No personal injuries were reported following a three car accident early this morning. involving three Lyndonville residents on Route 63 at the in- tersection with Housel Avenue in the Town of Yates. . Sheriff's deputies said a car driven by Sheila Robinson, 20, of 78 Eagle St., was struck after car driven by Dorothy J. Ben- tley,_ 35, of Waterbury Rd., glanced off another vehicle driven by Wayne L. Salen, 17, of 230 N. Main St., who was at- tempting to make a right turn onto Housel Ave. The Sheriff's Department said the Salen vehicle slid on the icy road before it was hit by the Bentley car. The Robinson vehicle had been traveling north on Route 63 and was stopped to make a left turn onto Housel Ave., Sheriff's deputies said. Democrats Warned They're Ignored NEW YORK (UPI) - The chairman of Mayor John V. Lindsay's commission on city- state relations said Sunday that. Democrats may need to \walk out\\ of the Republican - con- trolled state legislature to de- fend the interests of their con- stituencies. William vanden Heuvel charged that Republican lead- ership in the legislature has \totally ignored\ the needs and interests of the Democratic minority. During a radio news confer- ence, vanden Heuvel urged Democratic senators and as- semblymen to \refuse to par- ticipate in the legislative pro- cess.\ They should \stop play- ing this charade as though responsible government is work- ing in Albany,\ he said. 'The ee Changed Nixon Visit Hailed - As He Heads Home ANCHORAGE (UPI)-Pres- ident Nixon is on his way home from China and \the week that changed the world.\ His \Spirit of '76\\ jetliner returned Nixon to American soil shortly after 5 a.m. EST today when it landed at snow- covered Elmendorf Air Force Base nearAnchorage. ._ A motorcade whisked him to the home of Lt. Gen.Robert Ruegg, the U.S. Alaska military district commander, for a nine- hour rest before Nixon leaves Alaska for fonight's arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The jetliner flew over the North Pole from Shanghai where the President and Chinese leaders Sunday an- nounced the result of their week of talks. Nixon and his hard-bargain- ing ideological opposites from Peking agreed upon exchanges of visitors, trade and ideas. But Nixon made a major concession to the Communists which undercuts his Nationalist Chinese ally, Chiang Kai-shek, and casts a cloud over the future of the \other China\ on the islandof Taiwan, 100 miles offshore. No comparable concession from the Chinese was apparent. President Seems Convinced But the President seemed convinced today that his mission was a success and that: he had broken two decades of mutual distrust which twice in a generation-in Korea and Vietnam-have seen each coun- try supporting opposite armies in Asian wars. On the flight from Shanghai to Anchorage, Nixon conferred in private with chief aides and worked on papers. A big welcome from Nixon's official family and the Washing- ton diplomatic corps awaited him and his wife, Pat, in N.Y.C. University Will Remain Free, Chancellor Thinks NEW YORK (UPI) - Dr. Robert J. Kibbee, Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY) said Sunday he believes the system will retain its no tuition policy despite state-ordered cuts in its operat- ing budget. Kibbee, in a broadcast inter- view, said he did not want to \second guess'\ the Board of Higher Education which will have to act on the system's next budget, but \I think the board is going to hold the no tuition policy for full time un- _dergraduates,\ he said. Governor Rockefeller has rec- ommended that the city's Board of Higher Education impose tuition on the City University as a means of meeting fiscal problems. Kibbee said that under CUNY's open admissions policy, the system would have 23,000 students more than its current enrollment next year. \'That's a lot of students,\ Kibbee said, \and its an in- crease of about 15 per cent in the total enrollment of the City University.\ Bingo Remains A Big Source of Support Bingo still remains a top money producer for parochial schools,-. churches and synagogues, veteran organizations,. volunteer fire departments, health research organizations, youth activities, fraternal orders, etc. in New York State. The net profit to all of these types of organizations for the six-month period running from Oct. 1, 1970 through March 31, 1971, was $20,305,371, the highest that it has ever been. This was an increase of 5.86 per cent over the previous six months (April 1, 1970, through Sept. 30, 1970) and 19.68 p.c. higher than it was for the same six-month period in the previous year. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 1971, the total net profits realized by these organizations amounted to $39,187,288. During the six month period ending March 31, 1971, the organizations located in the C1ty of New York realized a net profit of $9,352,665, a gain of almost 5 p.c. over the previous six months ($8,911,790) and a gain of over 17% p.c. for the same six-month period ending March 31, 1970 ($7,955,340). In Orleans County for the period Oct. 1, 1970 to March 31, ©1971, 12) part1c1patmg organizations reported 49,366 players on 295 occasions played y 8,332 games andpaid in a total of $292 650. They paid out $218,250 in prizes, $1,994 in license fees and attained a net profit of $61,659. In other area counties; 16 organizations in Genesee had a profit of $72,347; 65 in Niagara, $707,970; Monroe 53, $578,547, and Erie 223 $2,855,867. Washington but it was not yet certain whether the ambassa- dor from Taiwan would attend or would boycott it to register his country's \shock\ Nixon's agreement with his Communist hosts. , Nixon feels that more impor- tant than the document he and Premier Chou En-lai produced in 18 hours of taxing private discussions and 14 more hours of informal contact is that the- effort has started \to build a bridge across 16,000 miles and 22 years of hostility.\ < Nonetheless, Chiang, leader of 15 million Chinese and Taiwanese, who still speak of liberating the mainland of 800 million people, are profoundly affected by Nixon's promise in the communique to remove some of the 9,000 U.S. military, mostly airmen, stationed on Taiwan and ultimately to withdraw all U.S. forces. Informed sources on Taiwan said the United States is considering cutting the 374th Tactical Air Wing, an Air Force- unit which supports U.S. forces in Southeast A513 Nixon's View Nixon's view, as reflected m the communique and its accep- tance of the principle of ''peaceful coexistence,\ was that Taiwan's future is a matter for the Chingse to settle -so long as the solution is peaceful not military. Allies in 3-Pronged Offensive SAIGON (UPD Ground fighting flared in four areas of South Vietnam and in Cambo- dia today where South Vietna- mese forces pushed forward on three fronts. Spokesmen report- ed 184 guerrillas and 20 South Vietnamese killed in the series of battles. U.S. troops accounted for at - least 20 of the Communist dead in clashes ranging -from the Da Nang area to the coastal region southeast 'of Saigon, and two Americans were reported wounded when their observation helicopter was shot down in one skirmish. The air war also flared up and flew 12 missions against suspected guerrilla positions in South Vietnam, the most in two weeks. They concentrated their bomb loads on the Khe Sanh area just below the Demilitarized Zone. Spokesmen said a total of 9,000 South Vietnamese troops were fighting inside Cambodia in a three-pronged operation aimed at clearing out border areas. The push into Cambodia was part of the allied effort to blunt a threatened Communist offen- sive. It began without public fanfare four weeks ago when 4,000-man . South: Vietnamese force which had been encamped in the Parrot's Beak area of Cambodia for almost two years went on the offensive. Part 'of the force, including rangers and armored units, clashed with guerrillas Sunday seven miles northeast of Svary Rieng in the biggest battle of the campaign so far. Svay Rieng is four miles inside Cambodia and 65 miles west of Saigon. To the west, a second column of about 3,000 South Vietnamese moved into a marshy area of Cambodia between the Bassac River and the Gulf of Thailand Thursday and in a battle with Communist. forces killed six guerrillas. No allied forces had been in the area for months. at - _didacy for That - / orld\ _ Henry A. Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser and his most intimate counsel during the talks with Chou, said the 16-year-old U.S. treaty - commitment to defend Taiwan was not mentioned in the . communique -a silence that stung the Nationalists because of the delicacy of the issue. Failure to mention the treaty was all ° the more noticeable because the commu- nique did emphasize U.S. intent to support South Korea and tighten its ties with Japan. Tokyo and New Delhi also were made uneasy by the agreement with Chou, but Western Europe saw it as an expression of \realism.\ «Most American politicians _ were cautious in assessing the outcome of Nixon's summitry with Chou and Communist party Chairman Mao Tse-tung, China's father figure. They awaited his briefing with congressional leaders Tuesday and his report to the American people expected later this week. Chou Waves Goodbye At 10:12 a.m. today Shanghai time (9:12 p.m. EST Sunday), in sunlight at Shanghai's - modern airport, the Nixons departed China with a goodbye wave from a solemn Chou in his gray tunic and with Pan American stewardesses from the other two U.S. planes waving small American flags. About 1,000 Chinese stood - passively along the streets as a motorcade carried Nixon to the airport -the biggest crowd Nixon saw in this country, where a word from the government produces a mass. One immediate effect of Nixon's diplomacy was to . permit five of the 87 U.S. journalists covering the trip to stay behind for an indefinite period. The Americans saw a good omen in Nixon's unexpectedly quick meeting with Communist _ party Chairman Mao Tse-tung .at his home. Geller Says Lindsay Has Poor Chance L NEW YORK (UPI) - Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., who 'has served under nine pre51- dents in his 50 years in Con- gress, said Sunday he did not think Mayor John V. Lindsay | could win the presidency. -Asked about the mayor's can- the Democratic nomination, Celler replied, \I do not think that he would measure up to the great re- sponsibilities of the president partleularly in the light of his experience as mayor of the city of New York. . \I do not think he has been too successful a mayor of the city of New York,\ Celler said. The congressman said he thought Lindsay \would make a fair president, but there are those in the race who would make a better president and I want the better president to be nominated because he's have the better chance to win in the election.\ Asked who he thought could win, Celler said, \I believe the man who is now in the race who can win is (Sen. Edmund) Muskie...\ ® * Celler, chairman of the House ° Judiciary Committee, also was questioned in a television inter- view about hearings scheduled Monday by his committee on 1 1 busing to achieve school inte- gration, ~*\I think it would be deleter- ious of me at this moment to express a view; I'm like a judge who is about to hear a case and it would be unfair for that judge to present a view that would be in favor of one side or the other side,\ he said. _ Celler made his remarks on WNBC-TV's \Newslight.\ Have A Chuckle Soe TWINSBURG, Ohio (UPI) - Mayor Leroy F. Reeves says if you happen to be one of a set of twins and are planning to get married, he \II marry you for free. ._ Reeves is making the offer to call attention to this northern Ohio community of 4,000 Twinsburg: was. founded in 1819 by twins Moses and Aaron Wilcox who married sisters, had property in common, died on the same day and are buried in the same grave.
