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France Fights
German Arming
LONDON, Sept. 28 (JP) —France, thrice invaded by German
hordes, toddy proposed a seven-nation armaments authority to put
the brakes on any runaway West German rearmament. The United
States, Britain and Germany promptly, opposed the plan.
Premier Pierre Mendes-France made the French proposal at
1 the opening of a nine-power
conference oil granting West Ger
many sovereignty and rearming
the Germans-within the North
Atlantic treaty Organization.
West G.erman Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer offered his own
plan to the conference, calling
for an end to the nearly ten years
of occupation of his country by
U.S., British, and. French troops.
He renewed the Bonn’ govern
ment’s offer to / join NATO and an
enlarged Brussels alliance in or
der to contribute to. Western de
fense. He promised to limit West
German'rearmament to the quota
fixed by the French-killed EDC
unified army plan.
Adenauer, in trouble back home
after a demand tonight by the
Free Democrats on German re
unification,. evidently was seeking
quick and'tangible benefits to his
country from the conference.
Two major problems arose dur
ing today’s session:
1. Mendes-France proposed that
the French-German dispute over
the Saar be settled as part of, a
“package deal” that'would include
an agreement on West Germany.
Other delegates feared this would
complicate the conference. The
French and Germans have differ
ing ideas about the future of the
coal and steel producing border
territory which for. generations
has been a bone of contention be
tween them.
2. Combined U.S.-British-Ger
man opposition to Mendesr;
France’s plan . for a European •
armaments authority. Instead •
they want NATO to control the '
West German buildup. Adenauer, •
with full British-American 1 back- '
ing, proposed giving NATO more ,
powers to ensure that NATO con- '
trols would be effective.
Ridgway Sees
Need of Power
In Atomic War
DENVER, Sept. 28 (£>)_Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway said at Pres
ident Eisenhower’s headquarters
today that with survival of the
nation at stake in any atomic war,
there probably would be need for
more armed manpower than ever
before.'
Ridgway, Army chief of staff,
made the statement at a news con
ferenc£ after he arid Secretary of
'the Army Robert T. Stevens had
given the President a progress re
port on building up combat
strength.
..“We see a very definite possi
bility that a war in which atomic
weapons were freely used may re
sult in a need fof increased man?
power, rathef than decreased,”
Ridgway declared.
“The stakes in the next world
war are survival. It’s not some
thing you. can play with. The
whole survival of our people as a
independent nation may be at
stake.”
■ Ridgway’s remarks appeared to
implied criticism of any advocates
of relying on air power and atomic
weapons at the expense of a re
duction in ground forces strength.
In reply to a question, the gen
eral said the: United States now
has 25 divisions, including six in
training. But he would not say
whether he is satisfied with that
strength.
Death Toil Reaches 80
In Indian Rail Disaster
BOMBAY, India, Sept. 28 (JP) —
The known death toll in India’s
worst railroad disaster climbed
to 80 late-today as rescue workers
continued to pull bodies from a
flooded river miles from Hy
derabad.
At least 100 persons were in
jured, 29 seriously.
Five cars of the Hyderabad-Ka
zipet express huptled into the rac
ing waters , early today when a
flood-weakened bridge collapsed.
An estimated 600 dozing passen
gers were aboard. I
British OK
Rearmament
Of Germans
_ SCARBOROUGH, England,
Sept. 28 (/P) —Britain’s Laborites
today endorsed West German re
armament—but by a margin of
less than two per cent.’They kept
control of their party’s foreign
policy in the hands of moderates
led by former Prime Minister Cle
ment Attlee.'
The moderates’ narrow victory
at the Labor conference weak
ened the 71-year-old Attlee’s in
fluence in West European So
cialism. It also brought small
comfort to the nine-power Lon
don foreign conference
discussing West German rearma
ment.
Aneurin Bevan’s defeated left
wing followers trooped out of the
seaside conference hall more jubi
lant than the victors. They inter
preted the outcome as a sign of
mounting strength.
. The delegates approved by a
vote of 3,270,000 to 3,022,000—51.8
per cent—a motion by the Attlee
moderates calling for a West Ger
man contribution to Western de
fenses.
A Bevanite motion calling for a
ban on arms for the Germans was
defeated 3,281,000 to 2,910,000 —
52.9 per cent.
- The closeness of today’s ballot
ing was due to the fact-that while
the local party organizations were
strongly on Bevan’s side as usual,
the big trade unions which have,
supported Attlee solidly hereto
fore were divided on German re
armament.
During the debate Attlee, speak
ing in the tones of a schoolmaster,
asked the conference to avoid tak
ing “a sterile and negative” step
that'.would tie the hands of any
future Labor foreign secretary. ,
Israeli Freighter Seized
lit Canal by Egyptians
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 28 (/P) —Egyptian gunboat seized a small
Israeli freighter today! as it tried to run Egypt’s blockade on Israeli
shipping through the Suez Canal.
Egypt charged the vessel fired without provocation oh a cluster
of Egyptian fishing boats, killing three persons.
Israeli government spokesmen in Jerusalem quickly denied the
charges and said the vessel was
unarmed. They accused Egypt of
violating international agreements
permitting free passage of all
ship's through the Suez.
.. Israeli officials conferred with
their delegates in New York on
a possible U.N. Security Council
test of the case. Israel long has
sought a showdown on Egypt’s 7-
|year blockade of Israeli, shipping
through the vital waterway.
Maj. Amin Shaker, a spokesman
for Egypt’s military regime, said
the 500-ton Bat Galim opened fire
with small automatic weapons on
the fishing boats near the Red Sea
coast village of Sharm El Shekh,
25 miles from the south entrance
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Leader Charges
'lrregularities
In State Funds
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 28 (IP)
—Sen. George M. Leader, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, said
tonight there are “shocking ir
regularities” in the interchange
of funds between the State Liquor
Control Board and Gov. John S.
Fine’s budget office.
“It is inconceivable but never
theless true that the governor’s
office and the Liquor' Control
Board have become part of a cur
ious interchange of state funds to
build up the illusion that liquor
profits were millions of dollars
more than they actually were.”
Leader, in a prepared speech,
pointed to the governor’s finan
cial report for the first half of
the current biennium which
showed liquor store profits at 44
millions for the year ending May
31. The net yield, he said, actually
was $39,917,000. He added:
“During that year, cash trans
fers amounting to 44 millions were
made by the Liquor Control Board
to the general fund and it is this
figure which turns up in the gov
ernor’s report as ‘liquor store
profits,’ when the designation is
false and misleading.
“Against the 44 millions hand
ed over to the general fund by
the Liquor Control Board is a
‘loan’ of 15 millions the general
fund handed: back to the Liquor
Control Board.
“In other words, the general
fund received only the net amount
of, 29 millions from the state stores
fund and not 44 millions' as er
roneously reported in. the gover
nor’s financial statement.”.-,.
McCarthy Issue
Denied by Hall
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (IP)—
The chairman -of the Republican
National Committee said today
the battle raging around Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy will have no
effect on the November elections
and added: “The American peo
ple are sick and tired of the whole
situation.”
GOP chief Leonard W. Hall
gave this estimate while answer
ing questions after q National
Press' Club luncheon.
One of McCarthy’s friends, Sen.
William E. Jenner (R-Ind), said
that -\yhen the Senate considers
a censure vote against the Wis
consin Republican it must remem
ber that the Communists are out
to discredit McCarthy.
of the canal.
A boat was overturned . and
three fishermen were wounded,
he said, several others were
wounded, according to Shaker,
who said the Egyptians did not
return the fire.
He said the freighter and its
crew of ten were seized by an
Egyptian, gunboat and placed un
der arrest in Port. Twefik. Bay
pending an investigation.
It was the first time since Egypt
clamped down the blockade dur
ing the 1948 Palestine War that
an Israeli vessel flying the blue
and white Star of David flag of
the Jewish state had tried to
make way through the canal.
Delaware Students Rebel
At Segregation End
MILFORD, Del., Sept. 28 (/P) —Only a third of the 1562 pupils
enrolled at Milford’s formerly all-white school showed up today on
the second day of a boycott against the end of racial segregation.
Meanwhile, there were-signs that a boycott against enforcing the
Supreme Court’s integration ruling may be spreading to other south
ern Delaware communities.
A majority of the pupils at the \ I g g
all-white , elementary school in ¥w fL ||C
the small town of Lincoln, seven
miles south of here, were missing *
from their classes today. And in ItJP I*l Q T
Laurel, 12 miles to the southwest, o^ a
a meeting was called for tomor- § A _ • /
row night to “formulate plans for B
residents ... to vote on desegre- &J 1 II yC
gation ” • “
Increase at Milford
Dr. George R. Miller, state sup
erintendent of public instruction,
announced that 509 pupils —53
more than yesterday—showed up
this morning at the Milford school.
And a crowd of adults estimated
at 100 and notably smaller than
yesterday stood quietly on the
streets outside the school.
For the second day ten of the
Negro high school pupils who pre
viously had to attend out-of-town
all-Negro schools, arrived for
classes in private cars and school
buses. School officials heard re
ports that the other Negro pupil
had decided to return to a school
in nearby Dover.
Reopened by Board
Milford’s combination elemen
tary-high school was reopened
yesterday on orders of the State
Board of Education after the local
board resigned. An attempt by
local school officials to institute
racial integration met with threats
of violence.
State and local police continued
to patrol the streets to control any
possible demonstrations. They also
escorted the Negro pupils to their
homes after class.
Only 36 of an enrolled 140 pupils
appeared this morning at the only
school in Lincoln.
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LOCK HAVEN, Pa., Sept. 28 (#)
—Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood, Repub
lican gubernatorial candidate, to
day described his Democratic op
ponent, Sen. George M. Leader,
as “a captive candidate.”
“He cannot think for himself;
he cannot act for himself; he can
not decide for himself!” said
Wood.
“He must turn to his political
masters for advice and direction.”
Wood, in a prepared speech,
said Leader could not make “a
single move” in the election cam
paign until he received the ap
proval “from the Pittsburgh boss
es and the contractor political"
strategists, headed by, Matt Mc-
Closkey.
McCloskey, a Philadelphia con
tractor, is Democratic state fi
nance chairman. Wood went on:
“The Pittsburgh gang of ward
politicians and contractor boss
McCloskey have a big stake in
this election. Their stake is pat
ronage and millions of dollars in
state contracts in a public-be
damned policy.
“They care not for the welfare
of the citizens of Pennsylvania as
long as their empty pocketbooks
are fattened. They care not for
educational needs of the children
of this state unless they are in
position to grab the contracts to
elect new buildings.”
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