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VOLUME XVI
Friday, October 28, 1955
iNUMBEK 226
Russia-Big Three clash over
security and German unity
■
Rival plans appear
irreconcilable at
ministers' parley
by John M. Hilgihitawer
GENEVA (/P) Russia and
the western powers clashed in
itie BUg Four foreign ministers
meeting today with rival and
apparently irreconcilable plans
See European security.
The United States. Britain
md France <got in first, (pre
senting to Soviet foreign mini
ster V. M. 'Molotov a nine
point “treaty of assurance on
the reunification of Germany.”
It would become fully effec
tive only lif East and West Ger
many were united (and the new
Germany became a member of
the North Atlantic Treaty Al
liance (NATO).
It would create a radar equip
ped East-West buffer zone a
iong a reunited Germany bor
der# with Poland and Czechoslo
veto*.
Molotov responded with a
1'5-froinrt proposal for a Euro-j
ipeen aeciinity treaty, delaying
German unification indefinite
ly. Under the Soviet program
the North Atlantic Alliance
would be destroyed, commun
ist China would (become an
“dtoserwr” in Europe and all
American troops would eventu
silly have to 'be withdrawn
*10rom the territories of Euro
pean countries.”
By the time Molotov acted
the western ministers had al
ready rejected his proposal.
They based their statement, in
advance o# its presentation, on]
g My football predict ion for
ttM® weekend: That a lot of
“money waigerers” will find
that they picked the wrong
team.
—f-4—
g Oil and iw-ater dont mix—
according ito an old proverb. |
Hut discussions concerning thej
advantages of oi!l vs. water for|
«leeirictiy are beinig waged1
about town these days.
H-l
g Haven’t the diplomats learn
ed yet that the more you give
the communists — the more
they want — and that the Reds
never do what they promise.
—|—\—
g Was discussing being cold
— “'bone cold” — last night
and found out there are others
who 'feel the same way, except
when they go to a football
ko'aime.
—I—I—
g We understand they are
playing touch football at SJS
arid Sitka High and Mt. Edge
cumbe. — Now why not get to
gether and have a league of
two or more (teams from each
school. The schedule would
give a season of five to ten
games — worth trying.
Russian proposals which had
been made aft Geneva summit
conference lin July.
“France, the United King
idem and the United States of
America,” they told Molotov,
“are not 'prepared fio enter in
to a system of European secur
ity which, as in the Soviet pro
posals put Iforward at Geneva
(iin July) does not end the div
ision of Germany.”
The session ended at 7:20 p.
m,, after 3 hours and 20 min
utes.
The aim Of the treaty pro
posal is to induce Russia to a
gree to reunification of Ger
many and its membership in
the North Atlantic Treaty Alli
ance. The treaty would become
fully effective only if united
Germany became a NATO mem
ber as West Germany now is.
Together with the security
offer secretary off state Dulles,
British foreign secretary Mac
Martian and French foreign min
isher Pinay proposed to Soviet
foreign minister Molotov all
over again a plan for unifying
Germany through free elections
under Big Four supervision.
Virtually the same plan was
presented 20 months ago at the
Berlin Big Four conference.
The treaty proposed by the
West would have as its essen
tial signatories, officials said
the United States, Britain. Rus
sia, France, Poland and Czech
pslovakia and eventually a uni
fied Germany.
President works
further on State of
Union message
DENVER (/P) President Eisen
hower today worked further
on his State of the Union mes-1
sage, received reports* on the
Geneva foreign ministers con
ference and had a new set of
chest x-rays taken Iby his phy
sicians.
The recuperating president
also sent dff a message of sym
pathy on the death of Giark
Griffith. 86 year old owner of
the Washinjgton Senators (base
ball chub.
1 A bulletin from Eiltzsdmons
army hospital reported that
Eisenhower was continuing to
progress satisfactorily today
after another good night’s
sleep of IV2 hours.
The bulletin said, too, that
j the .president got in some more
1 work in his room on the State
, of the Union message which he
| will send to congress in Janu
1 ary.
i He called in his personal se
cretary. Mrs. Ann Whitman,
j and dictated notes regarding
| the message to her.
. Meanwhie. White House
press secretary, James Hager
ty reported that Eisenhower
is receiving daily reports from
secretary of state Dulles on
the Big Four foreign ministers’
conference which opened in
Geneva yesterday. The reports
veon:inuea on page four)
Three lost in Arctic
1 Being flown to AFB
lot Fairbanks
| ANCHORAGE (£>) One or
* possibly all three men who
* were stranded in Alaska’s froz
1 en north country for six days
* will be flown to Ladd air force
base hospital in Fairbanks to
? day for medical checkups.
| Only one man was injured
| when the Interior Airways Ces
sna 180 was forced down in a
snow squall about 30 imiiles
1 southeast of Barter island to;
! Friday. He was R. F. Castling
of Toronto, Canada, a General
Electric Co., technician, who
suffered a possible sprained
back.
Pilot Keith Lenhart of Anch
orage and his othtr passenger,
Harold N. Brazell of Harpers
Ferry, Iowa, a Western Electric
Co. mechanic, escaped injury
in the crash.
The (trio had been missing 5
days on a radar delivery flight
from Barter island to Hersehel'
island, 00 miles to the east in
the Canadian Arctic. They were
spotted Wednesday by another
^continued on page three)
U. N, rejects Red
bid for debate on
disarmament
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(/P) The U. N. assembly polit
ical committee today brushed
aside wii.hoult a vote Soviet
Russia’s demand for a quick
disarmament debate here.
It avoided a direct test by
voting 49-5 (Soviet Bloc) to j
'take uip next in its work pro- j
gram steps to study atomic
radiation hazards. The debate:
on this will 'begin Monday. |
V. V. Kuznetsov, deputy So
viet foreign minister, first in
sisted on the debate because
he said it would help 'the Big
Four foreign ministers meet
ing at Geneva. Disarmament,
is one of their topics. Western!
delegates said such a debate
here would hamper the Gen
eva talks.
The 12-nation disarmament
'commission swamped a simi
lar Soviet request last week.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., chief
U. S. delegate, was quick to op
pose Kuznetsov’s move. He said
it -would ibe better to wait a few
weeks until all the information
was available. It would be im
prudent to take up the question
now. he said.
“Disarmament is one of the
questions closest to President
Eisenhower’s heart,” Lodge said
“We sincerely want disarma
ment. We want a full discussion
of it at this assembly. But this
is not the time for it.”
Kuznetsov made his demand
after Columbia’s Francisco Ur
rutia proposed that the commit
tee move on to a study of dan
gers or atomic radiation. This
subject would complete com
mittee action on atomic sub
jects after its 53-0 vote last
; night agreeing on steps to set
j up an international atomic a
( gency.
j The Soviet bloc voted then
j (continued on page four)
French premier wins vote of
{confidence on election issue
Balky assembly
backs Faure for 3rd
time in month
PARIS </P) Premier Edgar
Failure today won a vote of con
fidence from the French na
tional assemfbl'y Clearing the
way for a quick debate on mov
in|g up national elections to
;.he month of December.
The vote was 271 to 259.
The victory was the third
for Faure this month in the
balky assembly. Each time he
had been ipuit in a difficult po
sition and had seemed to be
on the point of defeat.
Today he was solidly oppos
ed iby Socialists and got prac
tically no help from the Gaul
le sis, but by pulling the cen
tralist parties tightly together
the premier managed to sur
vive his toulghest test.
The latest vote was on the
government’s general policies.
The resolution adopted mere
ly “takes note” of statements
by Faure and finance minister
Pierre Plflimlin on financial
and economic policies which
have guided the government
and the results Obtained. Re
jected were Socialist and Com
Polygamy trials to
pose problem to
Utah's government
SALT LAKE CITY (JP) State
and local tow offictolis say U
tah’s latest drive against po
lygamy is likely to be a lengthy
difficult chore — despite a
rolling start made this week
with charges (filed against lour
men.
“It’s difficult getting the ev
idence against these people,” i
said state atty. gen. E. R. Cal-]
lister Jr., “because for the
most part none of them prac- j
tice polylgamy openly. And a'
lot of them have wives in daf
! ferent houses in different sec
| tions of the city — or of the
state, for that matter.”
Galltister commented as Salt
Lake county officers continued
to look for two men already
named in complaints accusing
them of “unlawful cohabita
tion.” Two others named in
similar complaints have been
arraigned and released on
bond.
The number of arrests on
charges of unlawful cohabita
tion increased to three. Hefber
C. Smith Jr./ a 39-year-old in
surance salesman, appeared
voluntarily at the Salt Lake
county sheriff’s office. He pro
vided $2,500 bond and was re
leased for a later court appear
ance.
Officers still are seeking
David B. Danger, 52, also a
Salt Lake City insurance sales
] man. He too, is charged with
| unlawful cohabitation, as are
two others arrested earlier and
I released on bond.
munliis(t motions expressing no
confidence in the government.
The real issue was the ques
tion of moving up general! elec
tions to Decemiber, as Faure
has requested. The next relgu
lar election of deputies is sched
uled for next June, but Faure
insists important decisions
must be taken in the first six
months of 1956 which require
continuity off the parliament to
back the solutions reached.
Many (government oppon
ents say they cannot support
new elections until the meth
od off casl ing ballots has been
changed. Faure says that he is
willing to let the deputies de
cide on a change in the election
law but he has doubts that any
agreement can be reached on a
new system.
Foreign miniver Pi nay ‘fflew
back from the Geneva confer
ence of the Big Four foreign
ministers to oast his ballot.
Pimay said yesterday in Ge
neva: “I cannot validly repre
sent France while there is dan
ger of a crisis,” the Faure vic
tory, therefore, means' the wes
tern powers will face Molotov
in the Big Four conference
with the team that started, and
without substitutes.
Also present alt Friday’s ses
sion was Maurice Thorez, sec
retary general of the French
Communist party. It was his
first appearance in the assem
bly charWber in about five
years, since he suffered a par
alytic stroke.
Cool and wet in
northwest today
by The Associated Press
Pair and pleasant weather
continued in most of the east
ern third of the nation today
but it was cooler and wet in
sections of the mid-continent
and the northwest.
The cooler air moved east
and south over the plains
states and was accompanied by
light showers. Thunderstorms
hit the southern plains, while
rain spread over most of Ore
gon and Washington and parts
of Idaho.
Snow flurries fell in the nor
them Rockies. The fall at M/ul
len Pass, Idaho, measured 4
inches.
Winds up to 45 mph were re
ported in sections of the plains
as temperatures dropped <■ into
the 30s or low 40s as far south
as the Texas panhandle.
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yafcutat variable
winds 8 to 12 mph. becoming
south to southeast It) to 15 mph
late tonight.
Cloudy with occasional driz
zle and patches of fog ending
by this afternoon. Becoming
partly cloudy with patches of
fog tonight.