Show House Names Nip Premier A By 2 Vole TOKYO May 23 Tetsu INS Tetsu Katayama leader of the thc Social Democratic party was elected by bythe bythe bythe the house of representatives es Friday night as Japans Japan's first prime min miri- minister i ister under the new democratic 1 constitution The scholarly Katayama received re received te- te tei i votes against one for forthe forthe forthe the outgoing premier Shigeru Yoshida Yoshida Yo- Yo Yo-I Yo shida and one for tor Akira Saito Salto a n member of ot the wing right-wing Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- Demo I. cratic party Katayama thus became the first I premier in ta Japanese history who I was not chosen by the emperor But he assumed the premiership under difficult conditions affordIng affording affording afford afford- ing him only a small chance of success in his endeavors to organize I a coalition cabinet I Katayama's election was assured earlier in the day when the leaders of Japans Japan's four tour major parties agreed to sponsor and support his candidacy The Democratic party however made its support contingent on K Katayama's ability to form tonn a cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net in which all four of at the leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing parties would participate Yoshida however already had announced a boycott by his right- right wing Liberal party of any proposed proposed pro pro- pro pro-I posed cabinet led by a Social Democrat Democrat Democrat Dem Dem- unless the Social Democratic I party expels its extreme left- left wingers Expulsion of ot the wingers left-wingers would r reduce e ed d u c e the numerical strength of the Social Democratic party from its present first place to third position In the diet parliament parliament par par- In that event the thc Social Democrats would no longer be bc entitled entitled entitled en en- titled to the premiership 0 The four major parties ar are the Social Democrats the Liberals the Democrats and the Peoples People's Co Co- Co- Co operatives Observers were unable to see how Premier ut can an an extricate extricate extricate ex ex- himself from his |