TUSEDAY. MARCH 23. 1954
Radford Hints
French Air Aid
WASHINGTON, March 22 (11:)
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
hinted at possibly greater U.S.
air aid to France's - Communist
beset forces in Indochina today.
Emerging from a 30-minute con
ference with President Dwight D.
Eisenhower at the White House,
Radford told newsmen the Uni
ted States "will certainly con
sider" sending more B-26 bombers
to help the hard-pressed French
forces if such a request is made.
He also commented that if more
planes 'are sent, he does not be
lieve it will be necessary to send
additional .American air techni
cians to Indochina to keep them
in flying operation.
Need Personnel
At Hanoi, Indochina, Brig. Gen.
Jean DechauX said if more
.U.S.
aircraft are sent now, it would be
necessary to send service' crews
along to maintain them because
the French are short of that type
of personnel.
Dechaux commands French air
operations in the current bitter
battle against Communist-led
Vietminh forces besieging the
French bastion of Dien Bien Phu.
More than 300 U.S. Air Force
technicians and civilian transport
pilots are now aiding the French
in servicing planes or delivering
supplies in Indochina.
Radford's hint of a possible
step-up in U.S. air aid came as
he left the White House with Gen.
Paul Ely, chief of the French
armed forces, who is here on a
three-day visit.
No Request by France
Radford told reporters that as
far as he knows there has been
no formal request by France for
more air aid.
Despite the reported gravity of
the French position at Dien Bien
Phu, Adm. Radford told newsmen
confidently that "the French are
going to win" the battle there.
Radford also reiterated that the
contingent of U.S. Air Force tech
nicians now in Indochina will be
withdrawn in June according to
plan.
Police Begin
Hospital Probe
HARRISBURG, March 22 (M
A state police investigation is
being made of reports of inac
curacies in the accounts of Sha
mokin State Hospital.
Revenue Secretary Otto F. Mes
sner, who ordered the probe; said
today a preliminary report has
convinced him that "nothing seri
ous" is involved.
The Philadelphia Bulletin said
Sunday that in 1951-53, it cost the
state $714,000 to operate the state
owned hospital but that only
$233,000 was collected from pa
tients.
The newspaper said the hospi
tal's revenue agent listed 67 ac
counts as uncollectible because he
was unable to find the patients
or their families but that reporters
located 58 of the 67. •
Messner conceded this was "a
bad thing" but explained that it
was a bookkeeping procedure oc
casionally used in small debts.
Specialists Suggest
Gear Shift Shoes
CLEVELAND, March 22 (in—
Shoes equipped with a kind of
automatic gear shift are one way
to give us happier feet, two bone
specialists suggested today.
The idea is to put into shoes
movable joints which will auto
matically adjust to the shifting of
bone and muscle "gears" when we
walk or stand.
From a scientific study of feet
and shoes, this is one of several
changes proposed by Drs. Harry
C. Stein and I. E. Fixel, ortho
pedic surgeons of New York City.
They find eight major defects
in the engineering of conventional
shoes and propose the changes "to
make our feet the boss of our
shoes, instead of our shoes tboss
ing our feet."
"We're becoming a nation of
foot cripples with aching feet,
bunions and other troubles largely
because our shoes aren't best en
gineered for our feet," they said.
Senate Vote
To Decide
Seat Dispute
WASHINGTON, March 22 (JP) —
The Chances of Sen. Dennis Cha
vez (D-NM) keeping his Senate
seat brightened today as floor de
bate opened on a recommendation
that he be ousted because -of a
1952 New Mexico ballot dispute.
With a showdown vote expected
soon, probably tomorrow, there
were signs some Republican sena
tors would support Chavez and
others might not be present for
the vote. Indications were that the
Democrats would solidly oppose
the resolution to declare the New
Mexico senator's seat vacant.
Even if all Republicans went
against Chavez they would need
some Democratic help to oust him.
The Democrats outnumber the Re
publicans 48-47 and the lone inde
pendent, Sen. Wayne Morse of
Oregon, is counted in . Chavez'
camp.
Morse, however, was the only
dissenter in, a voice vote to lay
aside the Hawaii-Alaska statehood
bill and take up the New Mexico
dispute. The Oregon senator said
he didn't consider the Chavez
question of such "emergency". na
ture as to warrant the switch.
He said it offered "precedential
weight" for continued delay in
consideration. of statehood for Ha
waii and Alaska by bringing up
"some other issue and then some
other issue."
Sen. William E. Knowland of
California, the GOP floor leader,
told Morse he had given the Dem
ocrats a "firm commitment" to
consider the „New Mexico election
dispute.
Before the Senate is a resolu
tion approved by its rules com
mittee that Chavez's seat be de
clared vacant.
Elish Drops from Race
HARRISBURG, March 22 (R)—
Peter Elish, Washington County
controller, withdrew today for the
Democratic nomination for secre
tary of internal affairs.
Egypt Gets
LONDON. March 22 (W)—Brit
ain told Egypt today that if the
Egyptians want the Suez Canal
zone talks resumed they will have
to stop sniping' and ambushing
British troops there. Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden said four
British soldiers have been killed
and several others wounded the
last few days.
Egypt just as bluntly rejected
Britain's representations a b out
the. attacks. A Cairo official said
the mere presence of British forc
es in the zone "constitutes an ag
gression against Egypt."
Egypt wants the British to re
move 80,000 soldiers from the
zone. The British say their re
moval would endanger the se
curity of the canal.
The worsening British-Egyptian
relations brought a surprise Cabi
net meeting tonight. Prime Min
ister Sir Winston Churchill called
in his top military advisers to. the
meeting two hours after Eden
spelled out the new warning to
Egyptian authorities in the House
of Commons.
All Cabinet discussions remain
secret pending announcements in
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Two Rob Bank;
Lock President,
Patrons in Vault
SHARON, Pa. (IP)—Two bandits
robbed the First National Bank of
nearby West Middlesex of an un
determined amount o' cash today
after locking Up the bank's presi
dent and several customers in a
vault. They fled in a waiting auto.
The bandits, both brandishing
pistols, entered the bank about 10
a.m. One of them yelled: "this is a
stickup. Take it easy and nobody
will get hurt."
They forced Ernest Klinger, the
bank's• president, three other em
ployes and three customers into
the hank's vault before cleaning
out the teller cages of cash.
Mrs. Jim O'Neil, a depositor, en
tered the bank several minutes
after the robbery. She saw nobody
but heard voices in the vault. The
frightened woman ran out to get
help.
Several minutes later she re
turned with John Walker, a hard
ware store proprietor, and Dan
Grundy, a station filling atten
dant. They opened the vault door
on instructions from Klinger from
the inside.
None of the employes appeared
hurt. Klinger had no immediate
comment except to say he said he
did not know immediately how
much cash was taken.
U.S. Loans Pay
Allied Debts
WASHINGTON, March 22 (fP)—
U.S. foreign aid hit a record high
Of over 6% billion dollars last
year, enabling foreign countries
to pay their trade debts and tuck
2 1 / 4 billions into their gold and
dollars savings, the Department
of Commerce said today.
Foreign countries were able to
build up their gold and dollar re
serves even though they received
about 2% billion dollars less than
they spent in commercial trans
actions with the United States in
1953.
Foreign reserves outside the
Iron Curtain reached an all time
high of 23 billion dollars in read
ily available -gold and U.S. and
Canadian dollars at the end of
1953, the Commerce Department
reported.
But to what extent other coun
tries were approaching the point
where they could get along with
out U.S. aid was still uncertain,
the department's report on the
balance of payments for 1953 indi
cated.
Ultimatum on Sniping
Commons. But it was clearly un
derstood in the lobby before the
ministers filed into the meeting
that the prime minister called
them together to consider the
pressing Suez problem.
Eden told the House of Com
mons that four British service-
men have been killed and several
others wounded in a series of at
tacks by Egyptian guerrillas in
the Suez area the last few days.
He said two other British soldiers
have disappeared.
Eden said conditions in the ca
nal zone deteriorated. "very seri
ously" in the last week.
Egyptian authorities were told
that "in the present conditions—
which are due to their failure to
take the necessary steps to main
tain order—a resumption of dis
cussions is not possible."
Britain provisionally agreed to
Withdraw her 80,000-man garrison
if she is given specific right of
re-entry under certain circum
stances and if a caretaker force of
British technicians keep the base
in good order.
Egypt's prompt rejection, the
Cairo official said, referred to
Trieste Issue Dims
Hopes for befense
ROME, March 22 (il ) )—Scandal,
communism and a revival of the
Trieste issue today dimmed pros
pects for rapid ratification of the
European' D e f e n s e Community
treaty by Italy.
Creation of EDC—the major
objective of the current U.S. for
eign policy toward Europe—al
ready is snarled by the French-
German dispute over the Saar.
The French Assembly has made a
settlement of the quarrel a con
dition of ratification.
Premier Mario Scelba, whose
new government previously plan
ned to push EDC through quickly,
hinted at a luncheon of foreign
correspondents that a settlement
of the Trieste question favorable
to Italy would ease the treaty's
road. Yugoslavia disputes Italy's
rights to the Trieste area.
Responsible sources said the
main reasons for new delay in
bringing EDC before Parliament
are these:
1. The government is preoccu
pied with the Wilma Montesi
case, which brought out allega
tions of misconduct in high places,
led to the resignation of the na
tional chief of police and resulted
in a wave of popular indignation.
2. Officials are busy with plans
for a crackdown on communism,
which will include measures
against Communist-controlled
trade agencies and infiltration
into lower civil service ranks.
3. Parliament will be busy with
a budget, and social and broader
land reform bills are scheduled.
The Social Democrats, whose 19
votes represent the margin of
poWer for Scelba's center coalit
ion, insist on priority for these as
the price of support.
4. Shaken by the Montesi scan
dal, the government at this tricky
moment does not want its slender
majorities put to the test of far
left and far right opposition by
putting up EDC. Enough depu
ties displeased by the Montesi
developments might bolt party
lines to bring down the govern
ment.
Polish Premier Resigns
WARSAW, Poland, March 19
(JP)—Boleslaw Bierut, Premier of
Poland since 1952, has given up
the post to be first secretary of
the United" Polish Workers' Com
munist party, it was announced
today. Bierut, also a former pres
ident, has been Poland's No. 1
Communist since World War 11.
"organized aggression of British
forces against Egyptian civilians
in the canal area." Egypt also
contended that the current dis
orders followed the shooting of an
Egyptian police officer by British
soldiers March. 11. Egyptian civil
ians in the Suez area have acted
"in several instances in self de
fense," the Egyptians said.
Langer Bill
Will Reaffirm
War Power
WASHINGTON, March 22 (R)—
Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.) to
day introduced a resolution which
he said would reaffirm the "ex
clusive power" of Congress to de
clare war.
The resolution says in one pro
vision:
". . . The armed forces of the
United States shall not be ordered
into action against the territory
or armed forces of any foreign na
tion without a prior declaration
of war, except to the extent nec
essary to repel an armed attack
against the United States or - any
of its territories or possessions."
Langer told the Senate when in
troducing the resolution that Sec
retary of State John Foster Dulles
in a speech last week "gave the
impression that war could be de
clared without the consent of Con
gress."
Dulles interpreted the North At
lantic Treaty as empowering the
President to order instant retalia
tion in event of an attack on a
nation allied with the United
States under that treaty.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
has said he would act within con
stitutional processes. He also has
said that a president who did not
act to repel attack on this coun
try, without waiting for congres
sional action, should be impeached
and hanged.
Fiying Discs Seen .
HAZLETON, Pa., March 22 (JP)
—Four "flying discs" spinning in
circles and making passes at an
airliner were reported by a dis
abled veteran and his wife today.
Michael Kuritz, 44, said he and his
wife and mother-in-law saw the
"flying discs" from his home at
Weatherly, five miles southeast of
here.
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