WEDNESDAY. D|
MEMBER 11. 1957
Rocket Bases in Britain Unions to Fight
Predicted by McElroy Move to Hinder
- fiERLIN, Dec. 10 (/P) —Defense Secretary Neil McElroy | I /
predicted tonight a U.S.-British agreement to establish me- “ODwi S * OW6I
dium range rocket bases in Britain will be signed shortly. CITY, N.J., Dec. 10
b ........ uP>—AFL-CIO leaders pledged an
Arriving here from with all-out fight today against any
British leaders, McElroy told re- labor movement under the guise
porters: “We see nothing thatjof smoking out corruotion.
should interfere with the success-; A . dec i aration ' of
ful conclusion of the agreement. tive policy a j so f avo red federal
| McElroy did not go into detail;legislation to protect the health,
but repOrts in London said there • welfare and pension funds of both
will be at least four rocket bases. ‘ labor and management.
Three win be under British con-j But an AFL-CIO general board
itrol and one under the United .meeting greeted with skepticism
States. ! and misgiving for the most part
McElroy laid ihe question of :the Eisenhower administration la
planting rocket bases in other bor proposals outlined last week
member nations of the Western 'by Secretary of Labor James P.
alliance, will be discussed at ;Mitchell.
next week's NATO summit ; Federation President George
meeting in Paris. ; Meany said -several administra-
Informed sources said the, tion proposals ‘‘bother me very
French showed irritation at the.much.” He referred particularly
British U.S. agreement at a meet- to a plan for secret ballot elec
ing of the NATO Permanent ‘tions in unions and declared:
Council, called in Paris to set up; . “He’s (Mitchell) getting pretty
an agenda for the summit meet-:deep, in my thinking, into the in
ing. Itemal affairs of a trade union it
,The sources said the French self.”
delegate, Etienne de Crouy Cha
nel, demanded there be protract
ed discussion of atomic balance
among NATO members.
They said the demand-under
scored French fears that Britain
and the United States were
sidetracking France in nuclear
matters.' The reported this feel
ing was increased by growing
U.S.-British unity as reflected
by the- missile base agreement.
Informants said the French
charged Britain and the United
States were trying to boss the al
liance. As a result of the French
attitude, work on the agenda
bogged down, the informants add
ed,
Wor/dscope
First Evictees
Leave Indonesia
SINGAPORE, Dec. 10 (JP)—The]
'first planeloads of Dutch evicted:
from Indonesia arrived tonight. 1
Some women were carrying!
children along with coats and bun-!
dies. Older children trudged with;
school books, toys and satchels, i
The first 71 refugees were the!
advance guard of what may swell j
into a flood of thousands of Dutch!
nationals Indonesia is threatening 1
to' expel because the Netherlands!
refuses to yield West New Guinea.]
Holland granted independence to'
other islands in the area in 1949.!
The Indonesians opened a cold!
war when the United Nations!
refused to recommend further ne
gotiations. Anti Dutch strikes and
boycotts were followed by Com
munist-led worker seizures of big
Dutch banks, trading andshipping
concerns.
Dulles Hit's Critics
Of Administration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 MV-
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles fired back today at Demo
cratic critics 'who contend the
administration lacks a "sense of
urgency” in moving to meet Rus-;
sia’s challenge.
At a news conference, he cited
the decision to hold an unprece
dented summit meeting of 15 At
lantic Pact nations in Paris next
week as evidence that the admin
istration does have “a certain
sense of urgency.” Dulies spoke a
few hours before President Eisen
hower decided with the full ap
proval of his doctors, to lead the
U.S. delegation to Paris.
Bulganin Proposes End
To 3-Power Atom Tests
LONDON, Dec. 10 fJP> —Premier
Nikolai Bulganin said tonight
Soviet Russia would stop nuclear
weapons tests after Jan. 1 if the
United States and Britain would
promise to halt their tests on the
same date.
“The Soviet government,” Bul
ganin said, "is ready to solemnly
announce that it will make, no
nuclear explosions as of Jan. 1,
1958, provided the U.S.A. and
Britain, who have these weapons,
The
French official sources denied
there was any split with Britain
and the United States over the
missile base question. They con
ceded, however, there was no
firm agreement on the agenda.
Subway Strikers
Seek Bus Tieup
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 UP) A
growing subway strike, worst in
the city’s history, converted New
York today into a vast, honking, I
hopeless traffic jam. Two-thirds,
of the city’s rapid transit service
was knocked out .
City buses, last barrier against
a complete breakdown of munici
pal transportation in the city, be
came a new target of strikers dur
ing the day. Seven terminals were
picketed, but the pickets with
drew at dusk.
announce their agreement to halt
their tests from the same date.”
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HEc Christmas Party
The Home Economics Club and
the Future Farmers of America
will hold their Christmas party at
the Centre County Home for the
Aged on Dec. 15.
r for a Wednesday
night progressive jazz session featuring the
Austin Wells Combo from 8:00 to 11:00 pun.
plus your favorite sandwiches, steamed
clams and pizza.
Thursday Nite . . . DON SMALTZ QUINTET - DIXIE
Saturday Afternoon . . . FRANK TELESCA - JAZZ
JAZZ CLUB
Meeting Tonight
121 Sparks - 7:30 P.M.
TICKETS ON SALE for
GEORGE SHEARING
(Present Membership Card)
Also on Sale:
LONG-PLAYING RECORDS of
PREVIOUS JAZZ CLUB CONCERTS
Aid for Scientists New / £ p “ , " i , k in Maki ? 3
Say Reliable Sources.
Advanced by Ike
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (*P) —jConn.) today pictured the Rus-
A federal educational aid pian 5131 '- 5 as working on a new earth
designed to help meet the TV^nd
, . _ ... ... .networks ana interrupt TV ana
lenge of Soviet scientific advan- ! ra( jio programs with Soviet prop
ces was reported today to be in'aganda. He quoted "the moat re
preparation for President Eiien-i’i ab, e and authoritative sources."
bower’s next budeet mess-ice ‘ Patterson said the situation
™ , budget message. calls fof a superacc el e rated crash
The plan, estimated to cost -S<‘program in rocket and atomic
million dollars a year, would runlweaponry.
four or five years. t
The announcement of the pIan.UMW May Aid Leader
came from G. Kerry Smith, a[ WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (.-P)
1 nongovernment education official (United Mine districts in
who said it is being prepared by (Pennsylvania may throw their po
:the U.S. Office of Education and:litieal strength to the support of
'supported by Secretary Folsom |Gov. George M. Leader for the
■;for inclusion in the Presidents Democratic nomination for the
budget message to Congress. U.S. Senate next year.
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