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Mexican Political Spokesman
Backs Cuba’s Stand Against U.S.
Ambassador Asked For
Mexico's Official Attitude
WASHINGTON, (A—The Mexi
can ambassador was asked today
to explain Sanchez Piedras’ vocal
backing of Cuba in its dispute
with the United States. The ex
planation was not immediately
made public.
Ambassador Antonio Carillo
Flores spent about 45 minutes
with Assistant Secretary of State
Roy Rubottom. The envoy told re
porters as he left “I’d rather not
say anything at this time.”
Flores was called in for ques
tioning as to whether the remarks
made in Mexico reflected the
Mexican government’s attitude.
The State Department at the
same time reported that it was
inquiring through American Am
bassador Robert Hill in Mexico
City about the same speech.
The statement was regarded
here as certainly not helpful in
the U. S. effort to gain backing
from other Latin-American coun|
tries.
The U.S. inquiry through dip
lomatic channels was especially
pertinent because Sanchez Piedras
.is a spokesman for Mexico’s rul
ing political party, which is non
Communist and considered
friendly to the United States.
U.S. authorities reserved judg
ment on the effect of the Mexi
can development.
Standard Oil Puts
Taboo On Doiii"
Business with Reds
NEW YORK. iyp>—Standard Oil
Co. and its far-flung world sys
tem of affiliates has warned
tanker owners and brokers: It
will, in effect, place on a black
list those who do business with
the Soviet Union.
The company, obviously hitting
back at Cuba's Fidel Castro for
seizure of American refineries,
did not use the term “blacklist.”
A spokesman called it an “ex
pression of feeling.” But it could
put a new squeeze on Prime Min
ister Castro, desperately in need
of transport to bring to Cuba the
oil paid for by bartered Cuban
sugar.
United States Accuses
Mr. K. of Threatening
Instead of Negotiating
WASHINGTON, l.fi—-The United
States today accused Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev of trying to
“conduct foreign relations by
threat rather than negotiations.”
A spokesman declared Khrush
chev has made several threaten
ing remarks recently which ap
peared designed “to influence in
ternal affairs in the free world
countries.”
State Department press officer
Lincoln White said the Khrush
chev remarks he had in mind in
clude a threat to make a separate
peace treaty with East Germany
if the West German parliament
should hold a meeting later this
year in West Berlin.
Khrushchev has also threatened
to send Soviet soldiers into neu
tral Austria if U.S. rocket bases
in Italy were used to attack Com
munist countries.
By JACK RUTLEDGE
MEXICO CITY, li'Pi—A congres
sional spokesman for Mexico’s
ruling political party says the na
tion is solidly backing the Cuban
people against the United States.
Senators and deputies gave him
rousing cheers.
President Adolfo Lopez Mateos
was silent on the statement made
by Emilio Sanchez Piedras, chair
man of the Permanent Commis
sion of Congress.
Sources close to the president
said they felt the statement rep
resented the view' of a spokes
man for the legislative branch and
not the executive, which is re
sponsible for Mexico’s foreign
policy under the constitution. But
his speech was billed as an ex
planation of the basic policies of
Lopez Mateos’ government, and it
i seemed most unlikely he would
have spoken without consulting
, top government officials.
' Sanchez Piedras told a congres
I sional caucus, “It appears that
j our northern neighbor the United
| States is closing the doors of its
I friendship and understanding in
the face of the yearnings of the
Cuban people to live in liberty
and economic independence.”
“We, the representatives of the
people of Mexico, repeat to the
Cuban people our same attitude
of solidarity,” he continued, "and
we wish to tell them that we are
certain that their right to live in
social justice and economic lib
erty will have to prevail in this
continent in the hope of peace and
reciprocal friendship.”
Castro Rejects British and
U.S. Protests of Seizures
HAVANA, (#1 —Prime Minister
Fidel Castro’s government Thurs
day night rejected the U.S, pro
test against seizure of American
and British oil refineries in Cuba
and charged the foreign oil com
panies were trying to “return
Cuba to colonial dependence on
foreign economic interests.”
Foreign Minister Raul Roa ac
cused the United States of being i
“false, hypocritical and malevo- j
lent” in saying the refineries i
were taken over illegally last !
week.
Roa also rejected a British pro
test against the seizure, but only
the note to U. S. Ambassador
Philip Bonsai was made public,
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Divers Start Recovering
Bodies From Big Blimp
LAKEHURST, N.J., tm—Divers
started bringing up today the
bodies of crewmen killed when a
blimp crashed and sank 15 miles
off the New Jersey coast.
The blimp, a 403 - foot giant
among present day airships, buck
led in flight Wednesday and
crashed off Barnegat Inlet. Four
crewmen were picked up then,
but one died later. Seventeen
others were missing and pre
sumed dead.
Throughout the night, divers
descended into the 55-foot deep
water as searchlights played on I
the scene.
The other three ZPG3W type
blimps in Navy service were |
grounded today by the Navy, ]
pending a determination of the 1
cause of the crash.
: Concede Kennedy
May Not W in First
Ballot Nomination
LOS ANGELES, W — Realistic
supporters conceded today they
can’t put Sen John Kennedy of
Massachusetts over on the first
ballot for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Instead, these strategists con
centrated on a second roll - call
blitz they believe will deliver the
prize in the party convention.
And if they can’t snag the gold
j ring on the second go - around,
they were saying they can out
last any of the other contenders
l even if a half dozen countdowns
arc needed.
This possibly significant change
| in tactics indicated that Senate
I Democratic leader Lyndon John
j son of Texas, Sen. Stuart Syming
' ton of Missouri and those at
tempting to draft Adlai Stevenson
| may have won the first skirmish
j in what is developing into a frat
i ricidal contest of major propor
j tions.
j Truman Changes His
Mind and Will Attend
L. A. Convention
LOS ANGELES, iJ’i — Former
President Harry S. Truman has
changed his mind and will attend
the Democratic National Conven
tion here, Gov. James Blair of
Missouri announced today.
Blair said Truman will arrive
Monday and will be a member of
the Missouri delegation.
The governor noted he had
never formally accepted Tru
man’s resignation from the dele
gation.
Rejects Claim ANB
Campaigns Against
Capitol Move
JUNEAU, I*—C.E. Peck, Grand
Secretary of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood, said today claims
that Juneau interests are financ
ing an ANB campaign against In
itiative No. 1, the capitol move
proposal, are untrue.
The claim was made on July 1
by Lloyd Ahvakana, an Alaska
National Guard captain, in an in
terview with an Anchorage Daily
Times reporter.
.Peck said the ANB’s grand con
vention in Yakutat last Nov. 9-14
voted unanimously in favor of a
resolution placing the ANB on
record against moving the capitol.
“It is my duty as Grand Sec
retary to keep local camps in
formed as to policy adopted by
the Grand Camp in its regular
convention,” Peck said.
“The accusation that I received
money with which to travel to
all Brotherhood camps to get
members to vote against the capi
tol move is untrue.”
Bloody Rioting
Continues In Italy
ROME, — Political rioting
brought bloodshed to Italy again
today. Or»e demonstrator was kill
ed in clashes that spread to the
Sicilian cities of Palermo and Ca
tania.
The new outbursts came as
Senate President Cesare Merza
gora appealed for a 15-dav truce
in the rioting and strikes.
Merzagora said the future of
Italy was endangered by the vio
lence and his proposal for a truce
won some early support.
Hearing Will Open In
Seattle Tuesday On
Alaska Freight Rates
SEATTLE, W — The Federal
Maritime Board will open hear- ;
mgs in the federal court house,
here Tuesday at 10 a m. on a rate
increase by the Alaska Steamship
Co. and other ocean carriers to
Alaska.
The 10-per-cent increase went
into effect January 10 but is sub
ject to refund if the FMB finds j
against the carriers. Objections to.
the increase have been entered!
by the State of Alaska and the1
General Services Administration
of the federal government.
Hearings also are set for An
ehorage July 21.
Clear Fire Chief, Curtis
Clawson, Will Give
Fire Fighting Instruction
JUNEAU, —The employment
of Curtis R. Clawson. 47, fire
chief at Clear, to provide fire
fighting instruction throughout
Alaska was announced by State
Fire Marshal Robert F. Crouse.
I Crouse said Clawson’s initial
| assignment will be at Cordova,
| where he will conduct a five-day
| training program with the Cor
| dova Fire Department, starting
[ today.
Clawson’s services to other com
munities in the state will be avail
able through the Division of Fire
Prevention of the Department of
Public Safety, Crouse said.
WIEN FILES COMPLAINT
AGAINST INTERIOR AIRWAYS
WASHINGTON, W—Wien Al
aska Airlines has filed a com
plaint with the Civil Aeronautics
Board charging Interior Airways,
Inc., with operating illegally as a
common carrier.
Wien said Interior is author-'
ized for private operations, but
has solicited charter business
“from any and all,” not only in
the area served by Wien, but in
the Anchorage area as well.
A similar complaint was filed
earlier by Cordova Airlines.
Jim Farley Takes Angry
Slap at Adlai Stevenson’s
Presidential Aspirations
LOS ANGELES, UH — Demo
cratic warhorse James A. Farley
took an angry slap today at the
presidential aspirations of Adlai
Stevenson.
Farley said that Stevenson “is
prepared to accept the nomina
tion to the presidency apparently
in the belief that it is the duty
of God, the Democratic party and
the American people to force it
upon him.”
Farley is a backer of Texas’
Lyndon Johnson.
“To paraphrase a current state
ment to send Gov. Stevenson to
negotiate with Mr. Khrushchev' is
to send the cabbage patch to the
goat,” Farley told a Rotary Club
luncheon.
“I have no doubt,” Farley for
mer chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, said, "That
the convention will select a can
didate who, like Jefferson, Jack
son, Cleveland, Wilson, Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Truman, has per
sonal honor enough to admit he
seeks the office instead of insti-1
gating a futile and unmanly:
method of trying to appear as if!
that great and majestic office '
seeks him.”
Farley was campaign manager
for FDR and was Postmaster Gen
eral.
Panic Stricken
Whites Flee From
(kmgo M ii t i neers
BRAZZAVILLE, Former French
Congo. l#>—Thousands of panic
stricken white, men, women and
children wearing pajamas, rushed
out of the newly independent Re
public of Congo today, fearful of
assault and rape.
Later the exodus was halted by
the Congo army.
Mutinous Negro soldiers were
reported for some hours to be in
effective control of Leopoldville,
capitol of the former Belgian
Congo. The city lies directly ac
ross the Congo river from Brazza
ville. which is in autonomous ter
ritory soon to receive its inde
pendence from France.
The Belgian embassy in Leo
poldville reported partial calm
was restored after President Jo
seph Kasavubu personally addres
sed the mutinous soldiers.
But is was apparent the situa
tion in the capitol remained dan
gerous with the white population
alarmed at reports of assault and
rape of white women.
There are about 700 Americans
in the Republic of Congo but the
State Department said it had no
reports of injuries to them.
The Republic of Congo got its
independence from Belgium June.
30. Since that time part of the
country has been in turmoil as
troops demanded more pay and
dismissal of all white officers.
Air Force Sends Two Big
Planes to Evacuate
170 Persons From Congo
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, 111.,
—The Air Force rerouted two
huge cargo planes on a transAt
lantic flight to evacuate 170 per
sons from the strife-torn Republic
of Congo.
The Military Air Transport
Service, in making the announce
ment, described the persons to be
evacuated as noncombatants. A
MATS spokesman said he did not
know whether they were Ameri
cans or who requested the Air
Force help.
18-YR.-OLD MORMON BEAUTY
IS CHOSEN MISS USA
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., I.P — A
raven-haired beauty reigns as
Miss USA and matches her per
fect figure and charm against 42
girls from all over the world to
night in semifinals for the Miss /
Universe title.
Linda Rement, an 18-year-old
Mormon girl from Salt Lake City,
Utah, Thursday night won out
over 42 American contenders for
Miss USA.
Just a month oat of high school
and an only child, Linda was one
of the youngest girls competing.
But her poise, her gorgeous face
and figure captured the fancy of
the judges as it did a crowd of
6.000 sjrectators.
Good Jolce On the Wrong People
VIENNA, Wi — Two thousand
people — many of them hopping
mad—were turned away from a
Soviet Embassy reception Thurs
day night. Somebody had sent
them phony invitations. Austrian
security police said the invita
tions were mailed to a wide range
of Viennese, including hotel
porters and prostitutes.