THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1956
Parliament Backs
Eden on Cyprus
LONDON, March 14 (JP) —Prime Minister Anthony Eden
tonight won parliamentary approval of his government’s con
troversial policies on troubled Cyprus.
The House of Commons gave Eden a 317-252 vote of sup
port after he declared Britain had to exile Archbishop Mak
aries or abdicate control over the eastern Mediterranean
• j island colony.
Rritlek ("**** | n i A - I Loss of Cyprus, Eden declared,
DIITISn ItOUmer jwould endanger the free world’s
fk• |>|< | . . defenses and Britain’s vital Mid-
Riots With Use l die East oii s «ppy
r , - Eden made no direct reference
■ IT Hm\A/iva to an >’ American criticism of his
v I DUIUCvi W ll© handling of the problem, or to the
HICOaA, Cyrpus, M.rch ,4 « JSSg* ffigSS 1
—The British countered a new
terrorist killing today by sealing
off a block of downtown Nicosia
with barbed wire-
A British police sergeant was
shot dead and a Cypriot police
man was wounded by automatic
fire this morning in an area
where nine British servicemen
have been killed since last Au
gust by militant backers of the
island’s union-with-Greece move
ment.
Bullet Hits Bystander
A Greek civilian bystander was
nicked by a stray bullet.
Reacting swiftly, soldiers and
police strung the barbed wire bar
ricade around the 8000-square
yard area and instituted a thor
ough search of persons and build
ings.
“We are convinced there is a
secret hideout for arms and pos
sibly terrorists in the restricted
area,” a British official said.
Region May Be Searched
It was officially announced the
region would be thoroughly
searched and those caught within
the cordon would have to remain
until the search was concluded.
However, an except was made
for casual passers-by on the
streets when the barrier was
strung. They were allowed to
leave through a single outlet after
search and screening.
Three bombs exploded tonight
on the outskirts of Nicosia and
two more near Kyrenia. All were
thrown at houses occupied by
British personnel. An official an
nouncement said there were no
casualties.
Ike Says U.S. Interests
Hurt by Mideast Riots
WASHINGTON, March 14 (JP)
—President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er said today American interests
in the Middle East “are very
greatly jeopardized.”
He made the remark in a news
conference discussion of the
Arab-Israeli differences. He also
touched on the Greek-British row
over Cyprus, saying America
stands ready to help work out a
solution.
They Want Neither
PITTSBURGH, March 14 (JP)—
Delegaets to the annual Pennsyl
vania CIO Council convention to
day adopted a resolution calling
for a state legislative program
■which would ban imposition of a
sales tax or an income tax.
But he made it plain to critics
both here and abroad that he in
tends to stand firm on the issue.
Surrender, he said, would weak
en the entire Western defense
system from the Mediterranean to
the Persian Gulf,
i Last Mid East Base
As Britain’s last middle East
base, Cyprus is a hinge of the
related NATO and Baghdad Pact
defense lineups.
Eden declared that the arch
bishop, Greek Orthodox leader of
the Cypriot union - with - Greece
movement, not only refused to
call off the terrorists on the is
land but, “by his silence, he has
[taken to apbrove assassination
and murder.”
Arrive Aboard Frigate
They arrived aboard the British
frigate Loch Fada today at the
Seychelles Islands in the Indian
Ocean, their place of exile.
Labor critics condemned this
action as short-sighted. They con
tended in debate that Eden’s gov
ernment should have made new
efforts to continue negotiations
with Makarios. The archbishop,
1 42, has been the spiritual and po
litical leader of Greek-speaking
■Cypriots, who make up 400,000
|of Cyprus’ half-million people.
Rector Perishes in Attempt
To Rescue Two Housekeepers
TRENTON, N.J., March 14
(/P) —The rector of St. Mary’s
Roman Catholic and two
housekeepers he tried to warn
died today as roaring flames
destroyed the historic church
and adjoining rectory in pre
dawn hours.
The heroism of the Rt. Rev.
iMsgr. Richard T. Crean, 55-year
old vicar general of the Trenton
■ Diocese, was told by four younger
priests, who escaped dramatically
along with a cook.
The 85-year-old Gothic type
cathedral, built on a Revolu
tionary War site, was consumed
by flames that leaped 75 to 100
feel above its lowering spire in
the heart of the capital city.
Damage was estimated unoffi
cially at three million dollars.
Msgr. Crean, who had lived half
his lifetime in the church, was
found dead on the third floor of
the four-story brownstone rec
tory.
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New Hampshire Vote Sends
Nixon's Political Stock Up
MANCHESTER, N.H., Marchjquences stemming from his aston
-14 (/P)—Republicans agreed to-!j; hin S New Hampshire showing,
night that Vice President not poUt,ci:in
Richard M Nixon’s stunning Some GOP leaders saw the spon
write-in tribute in New Hanip* taneous demonstrations of wide
shire’s presidential primary (Spread support for the much-dis
has sent his political stock soar-: cusse< * v 'ice president as a virtual
• (guarantee of another Eisenhower-
In *' 1 Nixon ticket in the fall.
And there was an abundance of! Others spoke of “a mandate
evidence to back them up. ifrom the people.”
The tide of write-in votes was! Even some Democrats interpret
unprecedenled in the state’s his-! e d Nixon’s achievement as a sign
tory. Republican Gov. Lane Dwm-I that he has much greater “grass
ell said in a congratulatory tele- roots" appeal than many party
gram-to Nixon. leaders had believed.
“The number of write-in votes] Thus, the 22.000-odd votes
you received 22,141 exceeded! which Nixon received in yesier
any similar expression ever dem-; day's balloting may eventually
onstrated by the people of Newt have a significance far beyond
Hampshire," Dwinell told the vicei their actual number,
president. ) Voters in the nation’s first pres
in Washington. Nixon him- idential primary of this campaign
self declared. "No one could tyear also spoke out clearly on
have been more surprised than several other subjects:
I was at the number of people j They gave Sen. Estes Kefauver
who took the trouble »o write (D.-Te'nn.) a big boost in his see
in my name . . . and I want ond bid for the Democratic presi
to express to each of them my dential nomination by endorsing
deep appreciation and thanks." (a slate of delegates pledged by
The vice president did not men- law to cast eight votes for him at
tion any possible political conse- Chicago
House Passes Bill
Forcing Motorists
To Carry Flares
HARRISBURG, March 14 UP)—
The House today approved legis
lation that would require every
motorist to carry three flares,
electric lanterns or red emergen
cy reflectors in his car. They
would be used as danger and cau
tion signals when an auto is dis
abled at night or during poor
visibility conditions.
A 161-32 vote, without debate,
sent the bi-partisan-sponsored
proposal to the Senate. Both
Houses approved similar legisla
tion earlier in the session but on
Feb. 14 it was vetoed by Gov.
George M. Leader.
| His own quarters were on the
! second floor. The priests said he
lhad called to them and apparent
ly tried to warn the housekeepers
j —Miss Mary Brennan and Miss
Mary Donnellan, who died in
their fourth floor rooms.
The fire broke out about 4:30 •
a.m. during a heavy rainstorm.
While all the city's fire com
panies and volunteer units from
neighboring communities were
still at the scene some five
hours later, another blaze broke j
out at Jefferson Grammar .
School, a quarter-mile away
where 800 students were evac
uated safely.
The cathedral fire, the most
spectacular in the city in 30 years,
was marked by moments of terror
and drarrdf.ic rescues. Burning
roof timbers fell into the pews
below.
Three priests were injured. One
was burned as he clung to a ra
dio aerial wire awaiting rescue
and another was hurt in a leap
into a firemen’s net.
in BX
Dulles Reported
As Optimistic
On Indochina
SAIGON, South Viet Nam,
March 14 UP) —Reliable sources
said U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles came away from a
conference with Vietnamese
President Ngo Dinh Diem today
convinced there will be no re
newal of war in Indochina—even
if elections to unite North and
South Viet Nam are not held in
July.
In his 2%-hour conference with
the President, Dulles was report
ed to have agreed with Diem that
present conditions will not per
mit free elections in both the
free South and the Communist
controlled North as provided in
the 1954 Genova armistice agree
ment for Indochina.
Reportedly Vetoed Idea
Informants said Dulles vetoed
the idea that Vitt Nam should be
come a member of the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization imme
diately, advising Diem to wait for
a more advantageous time and
assuring him of U.S. aid.
The U.S. secretary arrived this
morning on his swing through
the Far East following the SEA
TO conference in Karachi. He i-'
to leave tomorrow for Manila.
Diem Cold to Elections
Diem for months has refused
to consider preparations for the
elections in both North and South
Viet Nam this summer. The elec
tions were included in the armis
tice agreement to detenv>ine whe
ther the Vietnamese people pre
fer his government or the Com
munist-dominated one.
Even Baffles Russians
I MOSCOW, March 14 OP)—The
iRt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill,
presiding bishop of the Protes
jtant Episcopal Church in the
.United States, baffled Soviet ec
clesiastics today when he told
I them about U.S. income taxes.
Farm Bill
Addition
Approved
WASHINGTON, March 14
j(/P) —The Senate approved an
'additional $6O million for the
'school milk program tonight
and wrote it into the omnibus
.farm bill after one of the an-
Igriest rows of the whole farm
[debate.
All opposition to the amend
ment finally collapsed, but not
before Sen. George D. Aiken (R.-
Vt.) accused Democrats of playing
"low-grade politics" on the issue.
Aiken, the administration's
spokesman on the farm bill, also
charged that some senators were
trying to kill the legislation by
loading it with provisions that
President Eisenhower must veto
"in self-respect.”
Objection Qualified
This objection did not apply to
the politically popular milk pro
gram. however.
Aiken opposed inclusion of the
milk program in the bill on the
ground it would force the Senate
to make concessions to the House
in conference to protect this and
other popular sections of the bill.
Parities in House Bill
The House version of the farm
bill calls for a return to 90 per
cent of parity on crop supports, a
policy the Eisenhower administra
tion is dead set against. Theie are
reports that the House will insist
on high, rigid supports if there is
to be a farm bill this year.
The storm broke when Sen. H.
Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.)
moved to amend the bill to add
$lO to $5O million available for
the school milk program in the
current fiscal year and $2 to $l5
million available for the campaign
against brucellosis.
'Raise for Governor
; HARRISBURG, March 14 oP>
[The House was asked tonight to
boost the governor's salary from
!$25,000 to $35,000 a year and in
crease the annual salary of Cabi
|net members from $15,000 to
| $20,000 a year.
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