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EGYPT A REPUBLIC
^Christian Science Monitor)
The end of monarchy has been proclaimed in the
land where, like the history of civilization itself, the
record of absolutism in government goes back further
than anywhere else in the world. Egypt is a republic,
with Gen. Mohammed Naguib as both its President
and Premier, and with all royal rights and titles abol
ished.
After the deposition of King Farouk last year the
infant King Faud II remained theoretical ruler, but
General Naguib early declared in favor of a republic,
and the present action ends the dynasty which began
in 1811 with Mohammed Ali, an Albanian general of
the Ottoman Emperor’s troops. So comes eventual
acknowledgment that the right of government springs
from the people; for the people now will be asked, it
is expected, whether they wish a constitution estab
lishing a presidential republic along the lines of the
United States or a parliamentary republic using British
legislative practices.
All this takes place in a land where kingship is
so old that history deals not so much with individual
monarchs as with dynasties—the first starting with
King Menes about 3200 B.C. and being followed by
(among many others) the Pharaohs, the Ptolemies, and
Mamelukes. There have been long periods, too, of out
side control, as of Turkey, France, or Britain. The
temper of present-day Egypt is strongly conditioned
by the drive for complete independence.
The many republics of the world may happily wel
come a new member to their ranks. They hope self
rule in Egypt will help the cause of self-rule every
where by establishing a pattern of responsibility and
good judgment.
Free governments will hope, too, that popular rule
through the government General Naguib and his asso
ciates are constructing will contribute to peace and
stability in the world.
A pretty girl and a good newspaper advertisement
are two things that sell a lot of merchandise.
There are many things worse than being in debt,
and one of them is being unable to get out of debt.
Ninety percent of all the clubs in the country
could be abolished without serious loss to the nation.
New Judge For Nome
Is A Cheechako
By ALICE FREIN JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, (Special) —
Andrew Thomas McGuire, 42,
nominated Monday as United
States district judge, Second Div
ision, said he’d never been in Al
aska, although he was close to it
during World War II.
A native of New London, Conn.,
home of the Coast Guard Acad
emy, McGuire said he had learned
much about the territory from
Coast Guard friends, including
Cmdr. Edward Chester, formerly
of Juneau.
Since 1950, McGuire has been
here in the office of the general
counsel, War Claims Commission,
as chief of the section on opinions
and reports. His salary is $8,360.
He was admitted to the District of
Columbia bar in 1942.
Between 1940 and 1950, he was
legal adviser to the 13 judges of
the District of Columbia munici
pal court. McGuire said his fam
ily had been Republican for gen
erations. His father, Henry Mc
Guire, is city clerk in New Lon
don. His wife, a native of Massa
chusetts, is a dietician. They have
no children.
McGuire received his A.B. from
Holy Cross College in 1935, his
L.L.B. from the University of
Connecticut in 1938.
He was a lieutenant with the
Navy’s amphibious forces in the
Pacific two years, and is about to
be promoted to lieutenant com
mander in the Naval Reserve.
Because the Senate Judiciary
Commirtee will not meet again
this session, Senator Langer,
chairman, said no hearings on Mc
Guire would be held until Con
gress reconvenes. This means the
nomination will be returned to
the White House. It is presumed
the President then will give Mc
Guire an interim appointment.
FCC To Adopt New
Color TV System
WASHINGTON, UP — The Fed
eral Communications Commission
announced today it proposes to
authorize a new compatible color
television system which can be
tuned in on existing receivers.
The new color plan is sponsored
by the National Television System
Committee, a technical group rep
resenting virtually all segments of
the telecasting industry, which
has been studying the color prob
lem for more than three years.
The committee recently asked
the FCC to adopt its color stand
ards as the uniform standards for
all color casting. Many of the lead
ing set manufacturers joined in
asking for such approval.
If the committee’s color system
should be finally sanctioned by
FCC for commercial use, it would
throw out the Columbia Broad
casting System’s color broadcast
ing technique which FCC approv
ed on an exclusive basis in 1950.
The CBS system cannot be re
ceived on existing sets without
conversion. The new one would
show up on present sets in black
and white.
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U.S. Men Tell Of Torture In N. Korea
As Prisoner Exchange Gets Under Way
By GEORGE A. McARTHUR
PANMUNJOM, (ff)—The Com
munists gave back 392 Allied
war prisoners yesterday. Two al
ready are dead and others were
gaunt and haggard but many re
turned to freedom laughing and
shouting.
Seventy Americans came out
of Red prisons. Forty-two of them
were sick or wounded.
The Communists said they
would send back 400 more Allied
captives Friday in the third day
of the Korean war prisoner ex
change. Eighty-one will be Amer
icans, bringing the total for three
days to 221.
One South Korean died in a
Communist ambulance enroute to
Panmunjom today. Another died
shortly after.
Still other ROK soldiers were
reported at the edge of death.
They looked pitiful.
Some Americans appeared in
good shape and the 25 British and
25 Turks all appeared healthy.
U. S. men told of torture in
North Korean stockades. They
told of hunger and beatings and
buddies who died.
Many of the die-hard Red pris
oners sent north broke in a fren
zied demonstration as they left
U.N. hands.
They howled, screamed, ripped
their clothing and went back to
Communism ntarly naked. Two
failed in an escape attempt.
One Red smashed an American
ambulance driver in the nose.
They threw boots, clothing and
other gear at U.N. personnel. One
officer was hit in the mouth and
suffered a split lip.
The U.N. Command protested
sharply. A U.N. officer said later
I the Communists told him “they
would take measures to see that
incidents do not happen again.”
The outbursts obviously were
set up for waiting Red photo
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graphers and newsmen.
One of the first Americans
freed in the second day’s exchange
was Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison,
highest ranking U.S. officer yet to
return. The 32-year-old Clovis,
N.Mex., fighter-bomber pilcrt is a
second cousin of Lt. Gen. William
K. Harrison, who helped negotiate
the armistice with the Commu
nists.
Col. Harrison said the Commu
nists tortured him cruelly trying
to get military information.
He said he didn’t tell even
though he was starved, smothered
with a wet towel and jabbed with
lighted cigarettes.
A B-29 co-pilot, Lt. Samuel E.
Masenburg of Detroit, told of four
days of continuous torture when
the Reds “butted me around . . .
slugged me . . . gave me no food.”
His frost-bitten hands were tied
behind his back, he said, but he
didn’t give the Reds any informa
tion.
Others told of the chill early
days of the war, when Allied
troops died in the fctr north, cold,
hungry and beaten.
Their stories of Red savagery
were emphasized by a new Army
censorship rule that permits a
returning prisoner to tell only
what he has seen first hand.
Men Drivers Are Polite
CLEVELAND, UP)—In the police
department’s week-old program of
stopping and congratulating cour
teous motorists, patrolmen have
complimented only nine drivers—
all men.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., UP) —
The farmer wanted a permit to
transport garbage to feed his hogs.
To the question on the State
Agriculture Dept, questionnaire
“disposition of swine?” he replied:
“Tame.”
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