FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1953
Egyptian-Policy. Tightens.
On British Suer: lone' •
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CAIRO, Egypt, May 14 (A:))—Egypt tightened the economic screws
today on British forces she wants to drive out of - the Suez Canal
zone. New bitterness boiled up in the old dispute over control of
the strategic East-West.
Premier Mohamed Naguib's Cabinet applied trade restrictions
which the Interior Ministry, announced would bar all commercial
transactions with the British in
the canal zone except by, special
approval from the "appropriate
authorities."
The order requires special- per
mission from the Egyptian Sup
ply Ministry to sell the British
Forces food, alcoholic beverages,
building materials and other
necessities. If no perniission is
granted, Britain will be forced,
once again—as she has during
past flare-ups—to ship in from
tong distances the fresh foods
and other supplies usually pur
chased from the Egyptians to
keep. her 80,000 -strong canal zone
garrison operating.
Informants said the Cabinet de
cided to install check posts along
the roads leading into the canal,
zone to enforce the new decisions,'
viewed by Egyptian political cir
cles as the start of a blockade
against the British forces.
A similar boycott was applied
soon after Egypt's renunciation in.
October, 1951, of the old - treaty
permitting British troops to guard
the canal. The renunciation and
Britain's refusal .to pull out led
to violence that cost the lives of
189 Egyptians, and 4 Britons in
three months. That period of
bloodshed ended in the Cairo fire
riots of Jan. 15, which added be
tween 50 and 60 to the death toll.
Charges and counter-charges of
the. last two days—following the
breakdown last week of renewed
A n g 1 o-Egyptian negotiations—
have f ri ;ned fears that new vio
lence y start.
Reports of new outbreaks—still
of a minor nature—have begun
once again to punctuate the com
parative calm that followed the
Cairo fire riots.
- Britain claims there have been
30 attacks by Egyptians since
April 1, with two persons killed
and two wounded on the British
side. Egypt counters that British
forces- have committeed 43 "ag
gressions" in which eight Egyp
tians have been killed and 17
wounded in the same period.
McCarthy
Answers.
Attlee Talk
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IF)—
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.) said in
the Senate today that if the Brit
ish want to pull out of the fight
ing in Korea let them "withdraw
and -be damned." ,
"Then I say let's sink every
accursed ship •carrying materials
that result in. the death of Ameri
can boys," he cried.
Angered by former Prinie Min
ister Attlee's statenient in the
British House of Commons Tues
day -that there are elements in
the United States who do not
want peace -in Korea, McCarthy
launched a bitter attack on Att
lee.
He also charged the Chinese
Communists own "a sizeable
number" of ships flying the Brit
ish flag and trading with Red
China. The value of British trade
with China, he said, jumped from
$207,000 last December to more
than three million dollars in Jan
uary.
"If the British are trying to
blackmail us into accepting Com
munist terms on the grounds that
they will withdraw from Korea
if we don't, then I say 'withdraw
and be damned'," McCarthy said.
"This nation has the guts, the
strength" to go it alone in Korea
if necessary, the senator added.
McCarthy said Attlee delivered
"one of the most insulting speech
es ever made in the legislative
body of a recipient nation against
an ally which has been pouring
out her economic life blood for
practically every other nation on
earth."
"The American people are en
titled. to an apology for this cheap,
uncalled-for, fantastic attack Om
the President and the people of
the United States," he told the
Senate. _ .
Dulles Refuses
Truman Barbs
AMMAN, Jordan, May 14 (iP)—
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles
refused to associate himself today
with 'Arab criticism of the Tru
man administration's aid to Israel.
He arrived here after a 24-hour
visit to the neighboring Jewish
state and paid a • courtesy call on
Jordan's young King Hussein I.
After ;crossing over into the Jor
dan side of divided Jerusalem,
Dulles was told by a former mayor
of 'the Holy City—Aaref El Aaref
—that traditional Arab friendship
for the United States was seriously
weakened by what he said was
the former •Democratic regime's
policy of arms, money- anx:kother
aid to Israel. •
Dulles replied that, "while we
Americans criticize each other at
hdme, we do not do so abroad."
Appropriations - Bill
"
Passed .b y Ho use,
WASHINGTON, May . 14 (Al
The House today passed without
change a bill appropriating $3,-
444,145,000 for the Treasury and
Post Office. Departments for the
fiscal year starting July 1.
It was the first time in recent
years that a major money bill has
cleared the House without any
attempt being made on the floor
to raise or lower the kinds recom
mended by the appropriations
committee. Passage was by voice
vote. •
The bill now goes to the Senate.
It carries $2,832,250,000 for the
Post Office Department and $611,-
895,000 for the Treasury vThe
total is $127,893,000 less than for
mer President Truman : proposed
in. his January budget message
and $49,955,000 below..ltesijierit
Elsentiower's request: "
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USW Requests
7th Pay Boost
Since 1945
PITTSBURGH, May 14 (W)—
The big steel union made its bid
today for a seventh pay increase
since World War 11.
Both' labor and management
are ' hopeful that a costly strike
can be avoided on July I—the
first date the workers could stop
work under the present contract.
President David. J. McDonald of
the CIO United Steelworkers and
Vice President John A. Stephens
of .U.S. Steel Corp. headed the
teams which opened the 1953
contract talks. The current con
tract runs until 1954 but provides
that "rates of pay",_ may be dis
cussed this year. ••, ' • - •
McDonald, en route to the con
ference room for the initial ses
sion, stopped to chat with news
papermen and said:
"Payl,.incrases are warranted
on the basis of the economic needs
of the members of the United
Steelworkers, their • increasing
productivity, the prosperous state
of the industry and the economic
situation of th e country as a
whole."
Army to Re-examine
Indiontown Decision
WASHINGTON, May 14 (AP)—
Defense Secretary Wilson said to
day the Army will re-examine its
decision to close down the big
militOxy Teservation . at Indian
town/Gap, 'Pa., next* Sept. 1..
Wilson's announcement came
out of a meeting, attended by
Reps. Fenton and Mumma, Penn
eylvania Republicans; the two
U.S. senators from the Keystone
State Edward Martin and James
H. Duff, and representatives from
the Pottsville; Lebanon and Wil
liamstown; Par; chambers of com
zaerce
Nee Rebuffed
By Eisenhower
On Peace Aims
WASHINGTON, May 14 (W)--
President Eisenhower today re
buffed British leader Clement Att
lee in the row over American
peace aims and prodded Russia
anew to back up its peace talk
with valid deeds,
So far,
.Eisenhower said, he has
seen no evidence of good faith
by the Soviets.
The President, at his news con- .
ference, directly challenged Att
lee's assertion in the House of
Commons that some elements in
the United. States do - not want
peace in Korea.
Speaking with great solemnity,
Eisenhower declared:
"I have met no one in America
who does not want,peace."
Eisenhower also:
1. Declined to go along— at
least for the present—with Att
lee's proposal that Red China be
admitted ..to the United Nations
after a Korean armistice.
2. Soft-pedaled talk of a ser
ious rift with Britain over Far
East policy, declaring he does not
believe it is as wide as it appears
—despite a storm of congressional
criticism directed at Attlee and
Prime Minister Sir Winston
Churchill.
3. Backed up the State Depart
ment's dictum that any confer
ence of big power leaders should
await evidence of the sincerity of
Moscow's 'peace gestures.
Oil Spokesman
Warns of Curb
On Oil Imports
WASHINGTON, May 14 (M
A spokesman for Eastern oil and
gas distributors w ar n e d today
that a proposed curb on oil im
ports probably would lead to gov
ernment rationing.
Harry B. Hilts, secretary of the
Atlantic Coast Oil Conference of
New York City, testified the im
port curb also would bring higher
prices on a wide variety of fuels.
Hilts and about 2D other wit
nesses spoke against a bill by
Rep. Richard M. Simpson (R-Pa.)
aimed generally at increasing
protection for American indus
tries, through tariffs - and import
quotas.
In addition to general protec
tive provisions, the bill would
limit oil imports to 10 per cent
of domestic deinand.
Opponents of the bill said this
would reduce .residual oil im
ports from 400,000 barrels daily
to approximately 80,000 barrels.
The effect, they insisted, would
be to create an artificial short
age, and force residual oil con
sumers at "untold hardship" to
try to shift to other fuels, spread
ing shortages to other petroleum
products.
Charles 'A. Lockard, assistant
secretary of the Empire State Pe
troleum Association of New York
City, charged the coal industry is
seeking the oil import quota so
their, competition would be "arti
ficially throttled."
Ike Photo Contest
Open to Amateurs
Snapshots of President Dwight
D. Eisenhower taken during his
recent visit to the College can
win the "Eisenhower Contest"
for amateurs sponsored by Cen
tre Daily Times. •
Photos and negative., must be
postmarked or delivered to Cen
tre Daily Times by tomorrow, and
should include the film size and
type of camera used. Names and.
addresses of th e contestants
should ,be printed on the back of
prints.
Winners will be announced
early next week.
Perjyry. Action Pending
WASHINGTON, May 14 (W)—
The Justice Department announ
ced today it will ask the U.S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals to reinstate
four charges of .perjury against
Owen Lattimore, one-time State
Department adviser on Far East•
- affairs.
Mercantile Tax Proposed
HARRISBURG, May 14 (iP)
The'sponsor of the discarded sales
tax proposal today introduced a
bill to impose a mercantile levy
as a partial substitute.
Republican House leaders im
mediately showed interest in the
plan but denied that they were
behind it. .
"We've got our backs to the
wall and I don't know what I'm
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for now," said Rep. Albert W.
Johnson, Republican floor leader.
Johnson estimated that the
mercantile tax—% of 1 per cent
on the wholesale level and 1 / 2 of
1 per cent on retail sales—would
produce "in excess of 100 million
dollars a biennium."
Rep. Earl E. Hewitt Sr. (R-Ind.),
also introduced a measure to tax
hotel room occupancy 1 per cent.
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