Pineau Named To
Form French Govt
PARIS (AP) Christian Pi
tman, h 50-year-old Socialist dep
uty who amuses himself by writ
ing fairy tales, agreed Monday to
try to rescue France from her
nine-day-old Cabinet crlaia.
President Coty named him to
form a new government.
The fact that it will be a job in
attested by the failure of two
other members of the National
Assembly who have tried for the
premiership since Pierre Mendes
France’s Cubinet toppled Feb. 6.
Pineau is personally popular in
the Assembly. He has held a half
dozen ministries in various gov
ernments since he got out of a
Naz^ prison camp in 1945. Po
litical observers have estimated
that he has less than an even
chance to succeed.
Members of the Socialist dele
gation in parliament, meeting
with the Socialist executive com
mittee, solidly backed Pineau
Monday. They agreed to let him
see what he could do in negotia
tions with other parties in the
627-seat Assembly on the basis of
a program acceptable to the so
cialists.
The party approved a foreign
policy based on ratification of
the Pans accords to West Ger
mnn rearmament, alcrndy panned
with Soclalint help in the Annem
bly, and nlmultaneoun nioven to
net up a new Biff Four conference.
The fact Plneau in a Hocialint
may make the nledding rough in
hin dealingn with membern of
other partien. The Socialintn were
lant ditch nupportern of Menden
France, a Radical moderate So
cialint. They have retimed to join
any Cabinet nincc the 1951 elec
tion.
A wartime renintance leader,
lawyer and former bank clerk,
Pineau In connidered one of the
more connervative membern of
hin party.
He in an advocate of Kuropean
integration, favorn extennive re
formn in French North Africa
anil wantn the withdrawal of
French troopn from Indochina. He
wan called on once before in
January J952 to become Pre
mier, but gave up quickly.
Milkes Named to Post
Sanford Milken, (sophomore in
pre-law, wan recently appointed
managing aaaintant of the Emer
ald by Editor Jerry Harrell.
Milken han been a member of the
Emerald (staff nince September.
Search Continues for Survivors
Of Sfratojef Bomber Explosion
WINNIPEG (AP) Two heli
copters landed near the wreckage
of a United States Air Force
Stratojet bomber Monday in
Northern Saskatchewan as
ground parties and planes con
tinued the search for two mis
sing filers.
The bomber exploded Saturday
while on an Arctic training flight.
Two crew members parachuted
and were rescued.
Officers aboard the helicopters
sought clues to the fate of Maj.
Robert D. Dowdy. 31, of San Di
ego, Calif., and Capt. Thomas L.
Pittman, 33, of Fabens, Tex.
A search area 325 miles square
surrounding the ^wreckage was
designated as the probable limit
that a parachute might have
drifted. Fourteen search planes
combed that area Monday but
found no trace of the men.
Temperatures in the area have
dropped as low as 20 degrees be
low aero since the crash.
Rki-erpiipped rescue planes
moved the other two'members of
the crew from the rough wilder
I newt over the weekend.
The are Lt. Col. Kenneth G.
McGrow. 33. of Yakima, Wash.,
and Capt. lister K. Tipton of
Preakness, N.J. Both said they
were hurled unconscious from the
plane and came to while falling.
SU Concert Cancelled
The recorded music concert lec
ture scheduled for tonight at 7:30
, in the SU has been cancelled.
Post Office Proposes
Registered Mail Plan
WASHINGTON (AP| The
Pont Office department came up
Monday with an idea for a new
and cheaper type of registered
mail, and asked the public for its
reaction.
Under the present system of
handling^egistered mail, you pay
a minimum of 30 cents for a re
ceipt showing proof of delivery.
Some of this mail is quite valu
able and the post office goes to
considerable expense guarding it
in transit.
Under the proposed system,
you could pay 15 cents for send
ing a piece of registered mail for
which in indemnity was claimed.
For that price, the mailman at
ithe delivery end would receive a
receipt of delivery which would
be kept on file for six months in
the post office of delivery. If you
wanted to pay seven cents more,
or a total of 22 cents, you would
get the return receipt yourself.
The new type of service would
I l>e called "certified mail.” It
| would go in the regular mail
Indian Program
Ready for Study
WASHINGTON (APi The ad
ministration's "free the Indians '
program was booked Monday for
a thorough study before the Sen
ate subcommittee on Indian af
fairs.
Chairman O'Mahonev (D-Wyo. i
announced public hearings would
begin "within the month." He said
| that he made arrangements for
the sessions at an informal meet
ing with Indian Commissioner
Glenn Emmons and H. Hex Lee.
associate commissioner.
The Republican-led 83rd Con
gress approved a resolution call
ing for an early termination of
federal control over Indians, now
wards of the government, and
later passed several bills starting
the lifting of controls from spe
cific tribes.
channel* anrl not be guarded as is
the case with valuable registered
mail on which indemnity Is
claimed In case of loss.
Postmaster General Surnmer
ficld said the department greatly
reactions. He asked that any
ideas on the plan be sent during
the next 30 days to Norman R.
Abrams, assistant postmaster
general, Washington 25, D.C.
Washington House
Approves Bridge
OLYMPIA fAP)- Plans for a
second bridge across the Colum
bia river at Vancouver were ap
proved by the House 90 to 0 Mon
day.
Approval was given on a bill
strengthening existing permis
sion for the second bridge and
authorizing reconstruction and
repairs to the present bridge.
Both bridges would carry tolls
until the bill was paid.
The measure now goes to the
Senate.
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