'AGE TWO
Congo Leaders Reject
Security Council Plans
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (4 1 )—Congolese Premier
Joseph Ileo lined up with Katanga President. Moise Tshombe
yesterday in rejecting the U.N. Security Council's new Congo
plan. He called one phase "a declaration of war."
"The Congolese people are ready to die to defend our
sovereignty," flee told a news
conference. "We are ready to de
fend ourselves with all means at
our disposal. If the UN uses
force, we will reply with force."
The Katanga government's bit
ter reaction, however, appeared
somewhat eased.
Tshombe, who had ordered
a general mobilization in, his
mineral-rich secessionist prov
ince, announced in Elisabeth
ville the United Nations and
Katanga have agreed to halt all
troop movements "likely to lead
to friction."
Unconfirmed reports circulated
of political killings at Stanley
ville in revenge for the slaying
of ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba.
British diplomatic sources said
a firing squad Monday executed
15 opponents of Antoine Gizen
ga's Communist-backed Stanley
ville regime—men plucked from
about. 300 Congolese prisoners. An
account published in London said
one of the victims was Alphonse
Songolo, Lumumba's former com
munications minister who later
broke with him.
UN headquarters here had no
word about it.
flee deplored but disclaimed
.responsibility for the recent de
portations and death of Lu
mumba and eight of his politi
cal followers. He said the de
portations Lumumba and two
aides to Katanga and six Lu
mumba politicians to South
Kasai—were carried out before
his regime took office two
weeks ago.
As for an international inquiry
into Lumumba's' death, he said
"that is a problem which con
cerns the Congo exclusively." But
he said his government is ready
to cooperate with the United Na
tions "provided they respect our
sovereignty."
Kennedy Contacts Nikita
WASHINGTON (!P)—Presi
dent Kennedy is sending a
personal message to Soviet
Premier Khrushchev express
ing hope that future talks be
tween the two countries will
be "fruitful."
Ambassador Llewellyn Thomp
son was instructed yesterday to
hand the message to the Soviet
leader upon his return to Moscow.
Thompson left Washington later
in the day after two weeks of
consultation with Kennedy and
members of his administration.
The diplomat has had four con
ferences wth the President since
his arrival here Feb. 8. 'These
meetings, the White House said
after the final session, "will en
able Ambassador Thompson to re
turn to Moscow with a clear un
derstanding of the President's
Views on the matters discussed
for his use as guidance in con
versations with Soviet officials."
Thompson went to the White
House with Secretary of State
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Smith Refuses
Embassy Post
In Switzerland
PALM BEACH, Fla. (M—Earl
E. T. Smith said yesterday he
has turned down the post of am
bassador to Switzerland because
of controversy centering on his
former embassy post in Cuba.
The Palm Beach financier said
in a statement at his home:
"I have asked the President of
j the United States to withdraw my
name from further consideration
as ambassador to Switzerland.
"The President asked me in
IJanuary to assume this respon
sibilityl and I was honored that
j the President believed I could be
of service to my country. How
ever, because of the controversy
'that has been stimulated I have
'requested the President to with
,draw my name.
Smith was assailed by Fidel
Castro as a foe of the Cuban peo
ple through maintaining friendly
relations with the government of
Cuban President Fulgencio Ba
tista, whom the beared revolu
tionary forced to flee.
Biddle . Awaits Approval
WASHINGTON (W) The Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
is expected to give quick ap
proval to President Kennedy's ap
pointment of Anthony Drexel Bid
dle Jr., Pennsylvania's adjutant
general, to be ambassador to
Spain.
The formal nomination has . not
reached the Senate yet but all
indications are that it will be sub
mitted soon.
Dean Rusk. In the statement is
sued afterward, the White
House said the envoy is taking
"a personal message to Mr.
Khrushchev expressing the
President's confidence in Am
bassador Thompson and the de
sire that any further conversa
tions between Soviet officials
and the ambassador will be
fruitful and assist in bringing
about better Soviet-American
understanding."
Kennedy's expression of confi
dence in Thompson was under
stood to mean a restatement of
the President's belief in methods
of quiet diplomacy. The new ad
ministration, officials said, is
firmly convinced that the best
way to explore new ways to bring
about better Soviet-American un
derstanding is to talk with the
Kremlin through normal diplo
matic channels.
This, however, does not rule out
a meeting between Kennedy and
Khrushchev at a later stage, of
ficials said, if the Soviet leader
should insist on having one or if
he chooses to come to the spring
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Laos Reds
Denounce
Neutrality
TOKYO (1P) Laotian leftist
rebels and Red China yesterday
denounced King Savang Vatha
na's attempt to pull Laos through
the storm of cold war by steer
ing a neutral course.
Broadcasts from the rebels as
sailed the Laotian king's declara
tion of neutrality for Laos and his
plan for a three-member com
mission of neutral nations to pre-
I vent foreign intervention.
Foreign Minister Chen Yi of
Red China said the proposal for
a watchdog commission was the
work of the United States and "is
[not to promote peace and neu
trality in Laos," Radio Peiping
said.
"This marked the start of the
new U.S. scheme to turn Laos into
a second Congo and a U.S. col
ony," he added.
The leftist Pathet Lao forces de
nounced the plan, saying the king
advanced it under armed pressure
from the Vientiane government
of Premier Boun Oum.
The king's declaration of neu
trality and his proposal that Cam
bodia, Burma and Malaya send a
commission to Laos has won sup
port from the United States and
raised Western hopes for a poli
tical settlement of the civil war.
Both Red China and the Laotian
rebels repeated a proposal that
14 nations, four of them Commu
nist, hold a conference on Laos.
This plan was rejected last month
by the United States and France.
Despite the opposition to the
king's plan, informants in London
pictured British officials as opti
mistic over chances of an agree
ment.
De Gaulle Plans Meeting
PARIS VP) President Charles
de Gaulle and Tunisian President
'Habib Bourbuiba will meet Mon
day to explore the chances of
peace in Algeria.
The meeting was arranged here
by French officials and Bourgui
, ba's information minister, Mo
h-ammed Masmoudi.
session of the United Nations
General Assembly in New York.
The President himself, at his
latest news conference, said he
"would make a judgment as to
what could usefully be done
once we know . what Mr. Khru
shchev's plans were."
Kennedy's message to Khru
shchev was understood to ex
plain the new administration's
thinking on outstanding inter
national issues. Officials indicat
ed Thompson will not present
anything new when he calls at the
the Kremlin, but will be in a po
sition to give a first-hand account
of the President's philosophy on
world problems.
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To Airline Union
WASHINGTON (IP)—Talking took' the spotlight from
voting yesteEday in the crippling airlines strike. The govern
ment hurriedly set up conferences as hope dimmed that the
flight engineers would vote to go back to work.
President Kennedy, after appointing a peace-seeking
commission, appealed to the flight ,
engineers to return to work.
George Meany, president of the
AFL-CIO, seconded the appeal.
The engineers union, however,
has been slow to respond. It has
asked the engineers to vote on
the appeal.
But polling and ballot count
ing is behind schedule, and one
union spokesman predicted
that members would vote to
continue the strike, which has
shut down many flights from
the nation's airports.
Kennedy and Secretary of La
bor Arthur J. Goldberg conferred
in the morning. Then, in early
afternoon, Goldberg talked for al
most an hour with President Ron
ald A. Brown of the Flight Engi
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neers International Association
and other union officials.
After the meeting, Goldberg and
Brown appeared grim. Neither
woud say exactly what they dis
cussed.
Goldberg also asked airline
officials to stand by for con
ferences with himself, the com
mission, and possibly union of
ficials. Brown and his associates
also were asked to stand by.
Commission members rushed to
Washington. Goldberg said they
planned to start work immedi
ately.
The strike by the 3300 flight
engineers, causing the worst air
line tieup in history, was touch
ed off by a decision of the Na
tional Mediation Board.
The board ruled that the pilots
and flight engineers of United Air
Lines must vote for a union to
represent them. At present each
group has its own union.
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Nixon Offer Denied
LOS ANGELES VP) A news
paper said yesterday that form
er Vice President Richard M.
Nixon may become head of Stan
ford University. Stanford and
Nixon aides promptly denied it.
The Los Angeles Herald-Ex
press, in a story' by Political Edi
tor Jud Baker, said Nixon was to
meet Stanford officials this week
end in Phoenix, Ariz., to discuss
heading Stanford.
President Thomas P. Pike of
the Stanford Board of Trustees
said: "Nothing could be further
from the truth."
Pike said Stanford President
Wallace Sterling has done an out
standing job and has plans that
can't be sidetracked.
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