Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-05

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The Japanese Reds, told M
obligingly delivered their writ
| of American Communists" to
a minor official of the United
States Embassy.
David Osborn, United States
Embassy first secretary, said
the Attorney General hadn't
seen the protests. '"They haven't
been translated yet so we don't
know exactly what they say"
Mr.. Osborn said.
One protest came from Masao
Iwama, Communist member of
the upper house of Parliament.
Another was submitted by the
lparty's National Committee and
the third by the Tokyo District
Committee, he said.
Although Japan's leftists have
announced no plans for DEM
onstrations against Mr.. Ken
nedy's visit. reports circulated
that leftist students were plan
ming a demonstration tomorrow
at Waseda University, where
Mr.. Kennedy Is scheduled to
meet student groups. But one
official of the Kennedy well
coming committee said a special
police escort, had not been
arranged for the Attorney Gen.
eral while on the campus.
Prime Minister Assured
Mr.. Kennedy met Prime
Minister Hayato Ikeda today
and assured him that future
United States economic policy
under his brothers direction
will not neglect Japan.
Economic issues that have
caused some grumbling in ia
pan came up in the first official
call of the United States At
torney Generals six-day visit
to Japan.
Mr.. Osborn said the proposed
81a-cent a pound surcharge on
the cotton content Of textiles
the United States imports was
stressed in Mr.. Kennedy's talk
with Mr.. Ikeda.
Mr.. Kennedy assured Mr..
Ikeda that the trend in United
States policy is definitely to-
ward lowering tariffs, Mr.. Os-
born said.
Mr.. Kennedy also told Mr..
Ikeda that President Kennedy's
intention to seek closer ties
with the European Economic
Community does not mean that
Japan will be frozen out of
the lucrative American market.
Mr.. Kennedy told the Japa-
nese leader the United States
is seeking favorable trade treat
ment of Japan as well as itself
in the FEC.
Whirls About Capital
Mr.. Kennedy, an expert and
tireless campaigner, whirled
about Tokyo all morning on be-
half of his brothers new from
tier program. Japan is the first
stop on a round the-world trip
that will take Mr.. Kennedy
and his wife, Ethel, to Indo-
nesia, Thailand, Italy. West
Germany and the Netherlands.
In quick succession Mr..
Kennedy visited the Prime
Minister, Foreign Minister
Zentaro Kosaka, Justice Min
lister Koshiro Ueki and both
house of the Diet (parliament) {.
my brother, the President,
won his election by the slim
majority of 100000" Mr.. Ken
needy told the lower house
Speaker Ichiro Kiyose. Have
you any ideas how the Kennedy
administration could improve
its majority in 1852"
Mr.. Kiyose, whose ruling
Liberal-Democratic Party is
supported by about go per cent
of the Japanese electorate,
laughed and said he thought
his American guest was doing
quite well.
Youth Mentioned
The 36-year-old Kennedy's
relative youthfulness came up
in talks with Turuhei Matsuno,
speaker of the Diets upper
house.
you came into parliament
five years before I was born,
the 36-year-old visitor told
upper house Speaker Turuhei
Matsuno. do you have any
advice for men on how to stay
in elected office that long?"
Again Mr.. Kennedy got no
concrete advice. but it was OBJ
vious that his hosts greatly
enjoyed his difference to their
age and experience.
Everywhere the visitor went
he was greeted by crowds of