WEDNESDAY. DE
!EMBER 17, 1958
NATO
Weste
PARIS (W)—,' solid rank of North Atlantic treaty powers
pledged yesterdaly full support to the Western Big Three in
their determination to reject Russia's demand that they get
out of West Berlin.
Then they promptly declared their willingness to nego
tiate with the Russians on Berlin,
and on Germany as a whole, se
curity, and disarmament.
In a communique issued at
the end of their first day's meet
ing, the 15 nations declared:
"The member states -of NATO
could not approve a solution of
the Berlin question which jeop
ardized the, right of the three
Western powers to remain in
Berlin as long as their responsi
-Willies require it."
Moreover, they declared the So
viet Union would be wholly re
sponsible for any hampering of
traffic between the West and the
former German capital.
Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO's sec
retary general, told a news con
ference after the communique was
issued that "this is not a provoca
'lion." '
Iraqi Plotters
Face Gallows;
Tension Mounts
WASHINGTON (IP) —F o e s of
Iraq's Communist-backed regime
are reported facing a silent and
terrifying t h r e a t—a hangman's
gallows outside the Baghdad jail.
This information has reached
diplomatic officials who are
watching what they consider to
be a powerful new upsurge in
Communist strength throughout
Iraq.
The gallows have been erected
in the past few days, they said,
amid mounting REI pressure on
Premier Abdel Karim Kassem for
a savage crackdown on alleged
enemies of the revolutionary re
gime. .
The development coincides with
what are called pretty solid ru-:
mors that some low-level foes al
ready have been executed after
swift, secret trials. They appar
ently were accused of plotting to
overthrow the regime as part of
an alleged conspiracy exposed by
the Baghdad regime last week.
Anti-Western sentiment is re
ported boiling in the northern
Kurdish areas. This has been
fanned by Communist agitators,
but there are few reliable reports
on what is occurring in that re
gion.
Public Assistance Board Okays
Recommending Birth Controls
HARRISBURG (JP)—The S
yesterday adopted a ruling p
recommend birth control din
Welfare Secretary Harry Sha
pirol
declared immediately that he'
will not put the ruling into effect]
"unless directed by law to do so."'
The controversial ruing was
adopted by a 4.3 vole of the
board, a policy making agency
for the Public Welfare Depart
ment on relief mailers.
The educational director for
the United Steelworkers intro
duced the proposal, referring to
it as "planned parenthood." He
stressed that the change would
be permissive and in no way bind
ing on the case worker.
The action would upset former
welfare policy prohibiting case
workers 4o supply information
on birth control unless it was
specifically requested by an
Under the new ruling the case
worker may make the first over
ture toward recommending such
measures.
Powers Support
n Stand in Berlin
The West. he said, wanted to
demonstrate that threats don't
pay, and that on "big questions,
we are united."
The West Germans were pleased
with the communique. Press chief
Felix von Eckardt said "the NATO
Council has reaffirmed the view
point of the German government
in a way which is both distinct
and impressive."
Supreme Court to Pass
On Voters' Literacy Test
WASHINGTON GP) The Su
preme Court agreed yesterday to
pass on the validity of a North
Carolina literacy test for voters.
The test was challenged by a
Negro voter who contended it re
sulted in discrimination.
tate Board of Public Assistance
ermitting its case workers to
ics to relief recipients.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Douglas, Flood to Push Bill
For Aiding Depressed Areas
WASHINGTON (JP) Backers
of legislation to aid chronically
depressed areas agreed yesterday
to drive for early passage of a
new bill.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D. 411.)
and Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D.-Pa.)
told a group of about 50 persons
at a strategy meeting they will
lose no time in introducing a new
'measure in the 86th Congress.
They made it
. plain that they
are undaunted by any prospects
of a presidential veto. President
Dirksen to Seek
Senate Leadership
WASHINGTON (P)—Sen. Ev
erett M. Dirksen said yesterday
he will fight ,for and expects to
win the post of Senate GOP floor
leader.
The Illinois senator, describing
himself as a down-the-line sup
porter of President Eisenhower
"for whom I have carried the flag
when the legislative going was
rough."
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