SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1954
West
Clear
BONN, Germany, Dec. 10 (JP)—The treaties to rearm West Ger
many cleared their. first hurdles on the road to ratification in Bonn
and Paris today.
But the attitudes of legislators in both countries showed many
more obstacles remain before West" Germans get the right to raise
a 500,000-man force for NATO
Right fo Rearm
In Paris, the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the French Na
tional Assembly recommended
raticifation of the treaties to re
store German sovereignty, giving
her the right to rearm and settle
the troublesome Saar dispute.
But the Paris vote on the key
treaty providing for rearmament
was by the narrowest of margins,
16 to 15, with. 11 abstentions. La
ter an independent deputy tried
to change his positive vote to ab
stention, but he was not allowed
to do so.
In Bonn, the Budesrat upper
House gave preliminary approval
to all the treaties except the con
troversial Saar settlement. The
Bundesrat said its position on
this pact, which is most unpopu
lar in West Germany, would be
made known after the Bundestag
lower House acts.
Storm Signal
This was a storm signal of trou
ble to come for the Saar agree
ment, which the French insist
must be accepted as their price
for allowing German rearma
ment.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
also faces the prospect of a criti
cal loss of strength in the Bundes
rat, which is due to be reshuffled
following elections in the states
of Bavaria and Hesse. It consists
of ministers from the nine states.
The test will come when •the
treaties go back to thp reconsti
tuted upper House early next
year.
Lower House
In Bonn, the treaties now reach
the lower House, where three sep
arate votes are required. The first
vote is due after a two-day de--
bate beginning next Wednesday.
After the third vote the treaties
go to the Bundesrat for final ac
tion, probably in January.
These parliamentary processes
in Paris and Bonn were accom- I
panied by new rumbles from
Moscow, where Soviet • Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov declared
similar moves by Moscow would
have been construed in the West
as "an act of war."
Molotov spoke at a mass rally
celebrating the 10th anniversary
of the French-Soviet friendship
treaty.
Coal Association
Seeks Proteciion
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (W)--
The National Coal Association to
day called on congress to protect
the depressed bituminous industry
from "unfair competition" by nat
ural gas, foreign fuel oil, and fed
erally subsidized atomic power
plants.
The association's board of di
rectors closed a two-day confer- ,
ence on industry problems here by
adopting two resolutions seeking
federal action to relieve present
and prospective "economic dis
tress" in the coal fields.
The association declared its be
lief that the "orderly and timely
development" of atom-fueled pow
er plants "does not require that
the principles of private enter
prise be violated."
Writer Ordered Exiled
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (JP)—
The Justice Department said to
day an inquiry officer has ordered
Cedric H. Belfrage, a New York
writer, deported "on grounds of
Communist party membership."
Belfrage, identified as the editor
of the "National Guardian," has
10 days in which to appeal.
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSN.
Germany Treaties
First Obstacles
ike's Loyalty
Not ueried
: y Butler
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (1?)
Chairman-elect Paul M. Butler of
the Democratic National Commit
tee said today he will never ques
tion the "loyalty or •integrity" of
President Dwight Eisenhower, but
reserves the right to call atten
tion to his "failures."
Butler told a crowd of about 50
reporters at his first Washington
news conference that nothing
I"personal" was involved in his
Istatement last Sunday at New
Orleans that the President "lack
ed the capacity" to lead and unite
the American people.
"As I have said," he declared,
"I will never vilify the Presi
dent, as Sen. Joe McCarthy has
this week, but all the roars of
Chairman Hall and other Re
publicans will not deter me from
calling attention to the failures
of the President."
Butler said Democratic spokes
men have consistently treated the
rPresident with courtesy and con
sideration, adding:
"Mr. Eisenhower would be a
happier man if he were treated
as well by his own party."
The 49-year-old, slightly built
South Bend, Ind.., • attorney, was
elected at New Orleans last Satur
day to succeed Stephen A. Mit
chell.
Navy Begins Launching
Of Carrier 'Forestal'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (W)—
The launching of the supercarrier
Forrestal got under way today.
The Navy said the sea valves
in the big graving dock at New
port News, Va., where the 60,000-
ton ship has been under construc
tion, were opened at 4 a.m., to
have the ship afloat by the time'
of the ceremonial christening at
noon tomorrow.
•
cks )a e Plan
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (p)—
The CIO ended a week-long con
vention today with a pledge to
back up member unions in de
manding that employers accept
guaranteed annual' wage plans in
1955.
Delegates unanimously passed
a resolution saying that major
industries should put aside funds
to supplement present state un
employment compensations for at
least a year when workers lost
their jobs.
"Not only workers but the en
tire nation will benefit," the con
vention said, "when the great in
dustrial companies are impelled
by the stimulus of wage guaran
tees to plan for stable employ
ment and to support government
policies directed toward encour
aging economic stability,"
Walter Reuther, elected without
opposition to a new term as CIO
president, pledged that the 1 1 / 2
million member CIO Auto Work
ers Union, which he also heads,
will win a guaranteed wage plan
in conflicts with the auto industry
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Nation to Benefit
Pope Interrupts
Phone Service
To Visit Birds
VATICAN CITY, Dec, 10 (A))—
Pope Pius XII briefly interrupted
the telephone service in his big
Apostolic Palace apartment today
by unexpectedly appearing in the
switchboard room to visit his pet
birds.
The priest operating the board
jumped from his stool as the ailing
pontiff entered and knelt while
the Pope admired his eight gold
finches. Bells on the board rang
unanswered until the Pope re
turned to his sickroom.
Afterward a Vatican source
said the Pope seemed extremely
pleased to see the caged birds—
especially because they we r e
singing. '
"Obviously they feel better
than I do," the Pope smilingly
commented, the source said.
Ike Gives Lift
To Two Marines
THURMONT, Md., Dec. 10 (iP)
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower
gave a couple of hitch-hiking
Marines a surprise today by halt
ing his motorcade and arranging
a lift for them in another car in
the caravan.
It happened on the outskirts of
Washington near the start of the
trip of the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower to their weekend re
treat in the Catoctin Mountains
here.
The President's car stopped for
a red traffic light just before
turning on to the main highway
and he spotted the two Marines
around the corner trying to hitch
a ride.
Eisenhower sent James J. Row
ley, chief of the White House Se
cret Service detail, to invite the
two youths into the caravan and
they, climbed into a car behind
the chief executive's and rode
about 40 miles, to Frederick, Md.
The two Marines were Pfc. Har
old .D. 'Payne, 20, en . route from
Camp Lejeune, N.C., to. his home
in Akron, Ohio, and Pfc; William
L. Weaver, 19, traveling from
Camp Lejeune to St. Johns, Mieh. l
Crosby Auto Accident
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (p)—
A $1,051,400 auto accident damage
suit against Bing Crosby was set
tled today for $lOO,OOO.
The settlement was announced
in Superior Court today by the
singer's lawyers as the case was
coming to trial.
next year
The convention's resolution said,
"We recognize that large employ
ers should accept responsibility
for providing regular employment,
or failing that, regular wages,
while workers are out of jobs.
Large Employers
The emphasis on "large employ
ers" appeared to indicate some
doubt within the CIO of the wis
dom, for the time being at least,
of smaller firms committing them
selves to guaranteed wage plans.
Employer groups have argued
Nobel Prizes Given
To Five Americans
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10 (JP)—Author Ernest Hemingway received
his Nobel prize today along with four other Americans and two Ger
mans. The novelist also received, a hint that "brutal, cynical and
callous sides" to his earlier works delayed the coveted international
recognition.
King Gustav Adolf VI presented the 1954 awards amid tradi
tional royal pageantry. The seven
winners share the equivalent of
$140,000. Dr. Linus Pauling, Cali
fornia Institute of Technology, re
ceived the chemistry award. Drs.
John F. Enders of Harvard, Thoth
as H. Weller of the Harvard
School of Public Health and Fred
erick C. Robbins of Cleveland's
Western Reserve Medical School,
shared the medicine prize for their
research in the fight against polio.
Two' German doctors, Max Born
and Walter Bothe, shared the phy
sics prize
Conflict Hinted
The hint of conflict among the
members of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Literature over
awarding the prize to Heming
way came in the presentation
speech of Prof. Anders Osterling,
who was known to have supported
the American's candidacy.
"Hemingway's earlier writings
display brutal, cynical and callous
sides which may _be considered at
pariance with the Nobel prize's
requirements for a work of an
ideal tendency," he said.
'Heroic Pathos'
"But on the other hand, he also
possesses a heroic pathos which
forms the basic element in his
awareness of life, a manly love of
danger and adventure, with a nat
ural admiration for every indi
vidual who fights the good fight
in a world' of reality overshadowed
by violence and death."
Hemingway, 56, hailed by Prof.
Osterling as "one of the greatest
authors of our time," was the only
American winner not present at
the solemn ceremonies.
No GOP Split Seen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (iP)—
Sen. Millikin (R-Colo.) said today
he expects no major Republican
split and "there already is an ir
resistible demand that the Presi
dent be a candidate for another
term."
Millikin, chairman of the Con
ference of All Republican Sena
tors, added in an interview:
_ .
"And I don't think he can be
beaten if he runs."
that just as individual workers
have no control over economic
ups and downs affecting employ
ment, neither have individual
firms. However, the CIO resolu
tion said it was contemplated that
an employer's liability under
guaranteed wage plans would be
limited "to a certain per cent of
his payroll."
"Such a limited liability ap
proach is the answer to the argu
ment that guaranteed wage plans
would result in an impossible
burden," the resolution said.
Officials Seek
Safety Record
On Turnpike
HARRISBURG, Dec. 10 Un—
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials
said" today they are hoping this
year will be one of the lightest
in history in the number of fatali
ties on the toll road.
Commission records show 47
persons have been killed on the
superhighway to date this year
compared with 87 at the same
time last year.
A commission safety 0.1 Icial
said that unless a sharp rise oc
curs in the number of fatalities
during the remainder of this year
the total for 1954 will be the low
est since 1949. That year 39 per
sons met death on the road.
The accident rate—the number
of fatalities per 100 million ve
hicle miles traveled—at present is
the lowest ever, the commission
said.
The record low in this category
was 1947 when there were 5.8
deaths per 100 million vehicle
miles traveled. That year there
were 17 fatalities.
As of Oct. 31 this year the ac
cident rate was only 4.4 fatals
per 100 million vehicle miles
traveled, for the lowest rate since
the 'first 160 miles of the super
highway was opened back in
1940.
Attorn-y Denies
Senator. Killing
PHENIX CITY, Ala., Dee. 10 (W)
—Pale and nervous and after a
night in jail, Prosecuting Atty.
Arch Ferrell insisted defiantly to
day that "I am not a murderer"
and "I did not kill Albert Patter
son."
But another former ringleader
of Phenix City's fallen vice em
pire, ex-Chief Deputy Sheriff Al
bert Fuller who was indicted for
I murder along with Ferrell yes
terday, remained silent "on the
advice of my attorney."
State authorities were ready to
ask for speedy trials of the two
former Phenix City big shots who
faced possible death sentences for
the June 18 killing of the cru
sading former state senator nomi
nated for attorney general on a
vice cleanup platform.
3 Lewisburg Convicts
LEWISBURG, Pa., Dec. 10 VP)
—Three convicts accused of kill
ing William W. Remington in
Lewisburg Federal Prison will be
arraigned here next Monday be
fore U.S. District Judge Frederick
V. Follmer.
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