WEDNESDAY. SdPTEMBER 24, 1959
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ON (/P)— Democratic National
WASHING
Paul M. Butle ,
signed as a m '
grounds.
asserted last night that Sherman Adams re
tter of political expediency and not on moral
[sident Eisenhower's top aide, told the nation
Adams, Pr
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Fuad Chehab
ident of Lebanon
umblings of new
LEBANON ( 0
took over as pre
yesterday amid
and violence
political turmoi
In one of his first acts Chehab;
promised American troops will be;
removed from this little Mideast!
nation but didn't say when.
Chehab, former army chief of
staff, succeeded ''pro-Western Ca
mille Chamoun as president.
The inauguration da y was
marked by an exchange of gun
fire in Beirut's Armenian section
and a call for ,a general strike
Wednesday by the Christian Pha
langists, a pro-Chamoun political
movement.
Phalangist spokesmen said the
fight in the Armenian quarter be
gan when leftist snipers fired on
Phalangist patrols. The Phalang
ists claimed to have captured six
snipers and turned them over to
authorities.
An exchange of gunfire was re
ported in another sector between
Phalangist forces and the pro-
Nasser popular resistance forces.
Informants close to Chehab pre
dicted he will name rebel leader
Rashis Karami premier. Karami
has said he favors union with
President Nasser's United Arab
Republic, provided the Lebanese
people want to take such a step.
Soft Coal Leaders Meet
AmidNewContractßumor
PITTSBURGH (W) Top executives of the soft coal in
dustry met behind closed doors yesterday amid reports that
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis is pressing
for an improved contract.
A meeting of the executive committee of the Bituminous
Coal Operators Association in the
Duquesne Club lasted about 2 1 / 2
hours. Members of the group
avoided newsmen_ after the ses
sion broke up.
Several committee members
contacted later said there was
nothing to report. One source
said the meeting was called to
study the coal business situa
tion in general.
However, another source close
to the committee said that there
have been preliminary talks be
tween the UMW and the northern
soft coal operators about a new
contract. The source added:
"Conversation on reopening the
contract is in th• embriotic state
'Hon as to prob
lilts is entirely
and any specul.
able developm
pre-mature."
There were
Washington Mo
arid Edward G
of the Bitumi
ciation had re
agreement on
improved well
ties and other
lag a shorter i
reports from
day that Lewis
Fox, president
'ous Coal Asso
-11 ched tentative
wage increase,
re fund royal
benefits includ
, ork week.
of the executive
before Monday's
A member
committee said
UMW has not
session that th
presented the sift coal industry
with any fo r al demands. He
added:
"I don't see how commercial
people could g •ant a wage in
crease if t her • Were demands.
Business is do n and there is
keen competitio from the oil and
gas industries :nd from non-un
ion coal operat ons."
'Expedient'
in a dramatic radio and T 1
broadcast Monday night that al-I
though he was bowing out he
"did no wrong" in accepting ex
pensive favors from Bernard
Goldfine, a Boston industrialist.
Answering Adams in a sec
ond nationwide broadcast Tues
day night, Butler said in a pre
pared speech that his task was
not a pleasant one because "no
American enjoys talking about
impropriety in public office."
"No American relishes the dark'
lend of a long career in public;
ilife whether it concerns a mem-r
fiber of his own political party orl
a member of the opposition par
ty," Butler said.
The Democratic chief added,
however, that he wished to reply
to political accusations made by'
!Adams and detail "some of the
!facts glossed over without corn-'
ment by Mr. Adams." '
Earlier Republican National
Chairman Meade Alcorn had
depicted Adams as a guiltless
man who voluntarily had be
come a martyr to unfair politi
cal attacks made against him.
The two national chairmen'
spoke out as reports circulated'
that President Eisenhower plans
a speedy appointment to fill the
White House void caused by Ad
ams' decision to retire under fire.
Adams contended in his leave
taking statement he was the vic
tim of a "campaign of vilifica
tion" by those who suggested un
truthfully that he had used his
influence with regulatory agen
cies in Goldfine's behalf.
"There was no Democratic plot
to vilify Mr. Adams or to destroy
him," Butler said.
Ex-FCC Chief
Linked to Bribe
WASHINGTON (!P)—House in
vestigators were told yesterday
former Federal Communications
Commission chairman spoke of
being offered a bribe in a Pitts
burgh television case, but in turn
was accused of soliciting one.
The story was related by Oliver
Eastland, an investigator for the
House Legislative Oversight Sub-
Icommittee,
Eastland appeared to be talk
ing about George C. McCon
naughey, who was FCC chairman
in 1954-57, but he didn't name
names.
In Columbus, Ohio, where he
now practices law, McConnaug
hey denied he had ever solicited
a bribe. "I have never solicited
money or law business or any
thing else from anyone in the
Pittsburgh case or any other
case," he said.
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Rebel Bomb
Found Atop
Eiffel Tower
Chairman
PARIS (TO—French police, trou
bled by Algerian rebel terrorism,l
raced to the top of the Eiffel Tow
er yesterday to remove a dymna-i
mite bomb planted in a wash.
room there.
It was defective, officials said,;
otherwise it could have blown the
top off the famous landmark. The'
bomb with an eerie arrangementi
of wires was spotted by a French
woman tourist. The tower is vis
ited by thousands of touristsl
every year.
The planting of the bomb came;
at a time whn Algerian rebels;
both in France and Algeria were,
stepping up a campaign to dis-'
credit the new constitution pro
nosed by Premier Charles de!
Gaulle. A referendum on the con-,
tstitution will be held Sunday.
French newspapers were filled;
with reports of Algerian attacks.
which now arc almost hourly oc-;
currences.
Left-wing militants, who charge!
the proposed new constitution!
will make De Gaulle a dictator,!
moved violently into the picture
Tuesday morning. Some 250 club-1
wielding left wingers stormed the!
gates of the Sim ea automobile
plant near Paris, beating workers!
whose union supports De Gaulle.!
Three Simca workers were
wounded by gunshots and 15
more hurt by clubs.
The crude time bomb s atop the,
Eif fe l Tower contained five
pounds of dynamite—enough to.
blow off the television installa
tions which perch on the 1000-
foot steel structure.
The bomb was found in the
washroom on the top public plat
!form of the tower. It consisted of
'a battery, a clock and the dyna
mite. The clock had stopped.
Economic Rise
Is Anticipated
WASHINGTON UP)—The Com
merce Department expects a
marked rise in national output
and income during the July-Sep
tember quarter.
Without predicting actual fig
ures, the department said the ma
jor economic indicators point up
ward and show continued recov
ery from the recession.
In its monthly survey of cur
rent business, the department em
phasized two recent develop
ments:
S Increased demand for ,the
products of business and industry - .
OA slowdown in inventory liq
uidation with a simultaneous
closing of the recession gap be
tween lagging production and
fairly steady consumption.
Looking ahead, the department
saw signs of further economic
improvement resulting from in
creased government spending and
a firming of business outlays for
plant and equipo,ent.
Goldfine Regrets
Adams Resignation
Boston (FP) Boston indus
trialist Bernard Goldfine whose
gifts to presidential aide Sherman
Adams led to his resignation said
yesterday he is sorry Adams re
signed.
"My feelings and friendship, of
many long years, toward Gov.
Adams remain unchanged," Gold
fine said in a brief statement is
sued at his downtown office.
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South Blasts Ike;
Hits 'Uncertainty'
LEXINGTON,- Ky. (M—Two Southern governors criti
cized President Eisenhower yesterday for what they called
his uncertain stand on integrating schools.
But, as the Southern Governors Conference headed to
ward final sessions, it appeared doubtful the governors could
agree on a positive stand them-1
selves.
L
Tennessee Gov. Fran k G. ' .° t o ile
Clement said he might intro- i m ile Rock
duce a resolution reaffirming i
states rights and state responsi- '
bility.
Clement at a news conference,
Ask
criticized the President for vaca
tioning instead of trying to help
solve the segregation and other
problems facing all the governors.
Clement said Eisenhower should
meet with all governors and seek
"honorable solutions" to prob
lems that affect this country at
home and abroad
"I am merely emphasizing a- ; ::
new what I think is the Presi-C
1
dent's responsibility,' said Clem-i
ent. "I would tell him, in all re-:
spect, that he is not carrying out':
his responsibility."
Arkansas' Gov. Orval E. Fau
bus jabbed at the President for
using federal Troops at Little 1
Rock last year to force inte
gration of Central High School
If Eisenhower and Vice Presi-:
dent Nixon want integration, they,
should send their children to in-i
t tegrated schools, Faubus said.
He said Nixon has taken his;
'children from integrated schools,
'and placed them in private insti-:
tutions.
"If these people would practice
,what they preach instead of try-t
ing to force integration on us,"
Faubus asserted, "they would set'
fan example for the whole coun-I
try. '
Faubus also told a news con
ference a federal law ordering
integration would be unconsti•
tutional.
The statement referred to a
suggestion that the integration
issue should be resolved by Con
gress immediately.
Gov. Leßoy Collins of Florida
focused the conference's atten
tion on the issue Monday when
he suggested Congress should
seek ways to head off the present
pattern of conflict.
Stock Market Rises
NEW YORK (fP) A sudden
rally pushed the stock market for
another record high in the Assoi
ciated Press average yesterday. 1
PAGE THREE
Court Aid
The Little Rock Board of Edu
cation asked yestei day for a quick
test in federal court of an Arkan
sas plan to lease four closed high
school buildings to a corporation
for use as private segregated
schools.
The action is considered by seg
regationists as going against the
plan of Gov. Orval E. Faubus
who had called upon the board to
make school facilities available to
private corporations to be oper
ated as private segregated schools.
The board petitioned U S. Dis
trict Court to say whether it can
legally lease the buildings. It said
,it is willing to do so if the court
will absolve the board from con-
I tempt action.
In Virginia, Gov. J. Lindsay
'Almond Jr. was expected to close
; six junior and senior high schools
;at Norfolk after a federal judge
'rejected a plea for further delay
;in admitting Negroes.
The Little Rock action was
'called "absolutely unnecessary"
iby a segregationist spokesman.
Amis Guthridge, an attorney
;and Citizens Council leader, said
the board "is more interested in
seeing the mixing of the races in
;our schools than seeing them op
:erate."
Denies Raid
'lf Quemoy Falls
WASHINGTON (Th—The State
;Department yesterday- denied re
ports that Red China had been
i warned that United States-backed
"Chinese Nationalist bombers
Iwould attack th e Communist
! mainland if Quemoy were about
to fall.
Press officer Lincoln White,
asked about the published re
ports, said "I know of nothing
that is not on the public record."