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Foreign Aid Cutters Shift Strategy
As $3,637,000,000 Bill Nears Vote
WASHINGTON, l#>—Advocates'^
of sharp cuts in the $3,637,000,000
foreign aid bill shifted strategy
today as the Senate neared its
first vote.
In the hope of picking up addi
tional strength, Sen. Long (D-La)
said he would call up first an
amendment to cut $90 million
from a proposed authorization of
$800 million for defense support.
His original plan had been to
seek first a vote on a move to cut
$300 million from the $1,800,000,
000 the Foreign Relations Com
mittee had voted for direct mili
tary assistance.
Long and his backers appar
ently felt they had a better chance
to carry the smaller cut than the
larger one, and that if they could
put it over, they might have bet
ter prospects for the bigger slash.
The Senate leadership of both
parties remained outwardly con
fident of keeping the sums in the
bill substantially intact.
Jenner said the United States
“is mortgaged to the hilt,” and he
added:
“The debt of the United States
is more than double the combined
debt of 12 European nations
which we are helping. If we can
not reduce our debt now, how will
we finance another war?”
Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore), taking
a position at variance from that
of his colleague. Sen Morse <D
Ore), lined up firmly in support
of the bill. He said:
“If leaders of our nation are
willing to stake their reputations
on the efficacy of foreign aid, I
am not going to eliminate that aid
and commit some young Ameri
can to military duty in a distant
land where our President or Sec
retary of State contend that aid
may be necessary.”
The Foreign Relations Commit
tee cut administration requests by
$227 million. Morse yesterday
called that “but a spit in the
ocean of foreign aid waste.”
Telegraphers Union
Reaches Agreement
With Associated Press
NEW YORK, UP)—The Associ
ated Press and the AFL-CIO
Commercial Telegraphers Union
reached agreement today on the
terms of a new contract.
The settlement came after 14
hours of continuous negotiations
conducted by the U.S. Mediation
and Conciliation Service.
CTU members operate and
maintain teletype and wirephoto
equipment in the offices of the
Associated Press, worldwide news
cooperative. About 650 employes
are in the union. The contract
with them expired last Monday
but had been twice extended.
Harry S. Leimbach, general
chairman of AP Division 14 of the
CTU, said “altho the members
had authorized a strike, a union
committee agreed to the settle
ment in the interest of continued
good labor relations with the As
sociated Press.”
Military Coup
Overthrows
Haiti Government
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CP—
The government of provisional
President Daniel Fignole was
overthrown today in a military
coup.
It was the fifth government to
be unseated in this troubled Ne
gro republic since last December.
Fignole, who had wide backing
among the peasants and working
classes, took office after street
clashes erupted into brief civil
war May 25.
Brig. Gen. Antonio Kebreau,
the army chief, “dismissed Fig
nole and the entire cabniet,” a
police announcement said.
Crowds immediately started
mushrooming in an ugly mood
around police headquarters, the
presidential palace and the army
headquarters. Troops stood ready.
Haiti’s six months of troubles
stemmed mainly from rivalry
among 10 candidates for the pres
idency in elections originally to
be held next Sunday. Rumors had
been circulating here for days
that Fignole intended to seize the
post without holding elections.
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Adm. Sides Will Be
Chief of Weapons
Evaluation Group
QUANTICO, Va., UR— Rear Ad
miral John H. Sides, a Pentagon
expert on missiles, is to be the
new head of the Weapons System
Evaluation Group.
The group is composed of about
100 military and civilian scien
tists who analyze weapons sys
tems—such as a new plane, its
intended mission, application of
the weapon—to determine its
practicability. The group reports
its findings to Secretary of De
fense Wilson and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
Sides will succeed Lt. Gen. An
derson, an Air Force officer who
is leaving WSEG to be chief of
the Air Research and Develop
ment Command at Baltimore.
Anderson takes over the spot
now filled by Lt. Gen. Thomas S.
Powers, who becomes chief of the
Strategic Air Command when
Gen. Curtis LeMay comes to
Washington as vice chief of staff
for the Air Force.
Soviets Propose Delay
Of Two or Three Years
I On Nuclear Tests
LONDON UR—The Soviet Union
today proposed a two- or three
year moratorium on nuclear tests
with international inspectors at
' key points to prevent cheating.
The Soviet proposal was made
| when the five-power subcommit
j tee of the United Nations Disarm
I ament Commission resumed its
1 sessions here today after a fort
j night’s recess.
Humphrey Says
Tax Cut This Year
Out of Question
WASHINGTON, (<P>— Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey told
Congress today a tax cut this year
is “absolutely out of the ques
tion,” and said it was “perfectly
idle” to speculate on prospects
for 1958.
'Until government income and
spending is adjusted to provide
a Treasury surplus for the fore
seeable future, Humphrey indi
cated that he foresaw no prospect
of tax reduction before 1959.
Humphrey, soon to step out of
the administration, presented his
fiscal views to a Senate-House
economic subcommittee.
Asked to comment on a state
ment by Budget Director Percival
F. Brundage that a cut in 1959
was possible, Humphrey replied
that “the weight of the evidence
is certainly in that direction.”
But Humphrey called it “mere
speculation” to say when a tax
reduction can be made.
Humphrey was asked whether
Congress would be asked to raise
the debt limit again. The legial
limit fs $275 billion but there is
now a “temporary” ceiling of
$278 billions.
Humphrey replied: “We’re still
hoping we’re not going to have to
ask for an increase, but it’s a very
tight thing. We’re on very narrow
ground.”
On economic prospects, Humph
rey said the nation can look for
ward “to a continuing period of
high prosperity” if government
spending is controlled and “run
away inflation” is prevented.
Pribilof Islands
Seal Killing Group
Sails From Seattle
SEATTLE, UP>—A party of 16
men sailed from Seattle at noon
today for the annual processing
of the Pribilof Islands’ seal kill.
Harry Gladson, chief statisti
cian for the Fouke Fur Co. of St.
Louis, Mo., which holds a contract
from the government to process
all of the Pribilof seal kill, is head
of the party.
Thirteen more men from the
Fouke Fur Co. will join the party
later in the month, Gladson said.
The group will remain on the
Pribilofs until the end of August
processing the skins from the
seals killed by the natives. Seals
are killed only during the breed
ing season when they come on
land.
The kill, which Gladson esti
mated would amount to about 90,
000 skins, this year will be made
into finished dyed skins by the
Fouke Fur Co. Then they will be
auctioned. Gladson set the value
of the finished skins at $100 each.
The government pays the na
tives for the killing of the seals,
gives the Fouke Fur Co. its con
tract price for the processing and
pockets the profit which remains,
Gladson said.
14 Young Paratroopers Killed
When Truck Plunges Off Bridge
Three Bound Over
To Grand Jury for
Robbery and Assault
George Kost, Vernon Carlson,
and Louis Kost have been bound
over to the Grand Jury with bail
set at $2,500 for each.
The first two are held on a
charge of robbery and assault and
the third for assault with intent
to commit robbery.
The complaint was made by
Elmer Olanna, who alleges that
he was taken for a ride, beaten,
and robbed.
Freer Trade
Defended for
Small Nations
WASHINGTON UPt—President
Eisenhower said today such na
tions as Great Britain and Japan
must be permitted “freer trade
if they are going to make a liv
ing.”
Eisenhower said, “We don’t
want the Communists to get a lot
of strategic goods in the world,”
but he added that the consequenc
es of inadequate trade—so far as
the free world is concerned—
must be taken into account.
The President addressed about
200 representatives of the Com
mittee for a National Trade Pol
icy, a private organization repre
senting agriculture, industry, la
bor and consumer groups.
The President spoke of coun
tries which are “having a hard
time making a living, countries
that are small iin area) and in
dustrial in character.” He men
tioned Japan and Britain as ex
amples.
If these countries cannot sell
enough to make a living, he said,
they may be “forced to deal with
others in a way that we should
never accept if we can possibly
help it.
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Chinese Communists
Free Two American
Jesuit Missionaries
HONG KONG, IAV-A Shanghai
telephone operator reported that
the Communist Chinese govern
ment today freed two American
Jesuit missionaries it had held in
prison for four years.
The release of the Revs. Charles
J. McCarthy, 48, of San Francisco,
and John Alexander Houle, 42, of
Glendale, Calif., had been expect
ed since the prison terms of both
were completed today.
Their release left six Americans
confined in Communist China,
two serving life sentences, two
completing five-year terms next
year, one sentenced to 20 years,
and the other to 15 years.
Fathers Houle and McCarthy
had been arrested in June 1953
in _Shanghai, presumably on the
usual charge of “counter-revolu
tionary activities and spying.’’
► FT. CAMPBELL, Ky., —A
canvas covered Army truck car
eened off a bridge here yesterday
and landed upside down in a
rocky creek bed below, killing 14
young paratrooprs and injuring
nine others.
Many of the injured lay trapped
among the dead until a helicopter
arrived to lift the rear of the flat
tened truck. Rescuers separated
the dead from the living as they
pulled the casualties free.
The soldiers of the new 101st
“Pentomic” Airborne Division
were returning to barracks after
four days of field training in a re
mote area of this vast base astride
the Kentucky-Tennessee line. All
were riflemen.
The men had been out since
Monday on tests of the division’s
“pentomic” organization, adopted
last September and geared to the
atomic age. The division has five,
more independent battle groups
instead of the traditional battal
ions and regiments.
The 2Vfc-ton truck, its cab and
rear covered because of intermit
tent showers, suddenly weaved
across a gravel road, sliced off 15
to 20 feet of steel bridge rail and
smashed into the shallow creek
20 feet below.
Several soldiers struggled free,
tried unsuccessfully to free their
buddies, and then propped the
heads of the trapped men above
water. One survivor clambered up
the bank to summon aid.
Two H-34 copters were used to
evacuate the victims to the base
hospital. All survivors are ex
pected to live.
A board of inquiry began an
investigation of the accident, the
worst in the history of this base.
Several survivors estimated the
truck was traveling 40 to'45 miles
an hour. The Ft. Campbell speed
limit on gravel roads is 25 miles
an hour.
Parents Must Pay
Property Damage
By Juveniles
Parents of juveniles causing
property damage may be sued for
recovery of up to $500 after July
1, according to a law enacted by
the Legislature. In addition to the
$500 limit, court costs may be
added.
This may cut down the amount
of damage done each year and
loss sustained through broken
windows and other malicious
damage. Juveniles who turned
over outhouses, ransacked cot
tages at Dexter and shot holes
through smoke stacks are among
those whose parents may be held
liable.
Parents of teen-age boys who
are allowed to camp alone should
warn and educate them to the ser
iousness of their malicious and
destructive pastimes.
Heretofore the damage could
be recovered only if the parents
did so voluntarily.