Well in Washieigton
Spouts
TOLEDO. Wash. (J) Natural
gas was flowing Saturday from the
Cowlitz Basin Oil Co. No. 1 test
well south of thiss Southwest Wash
ington town. l:j ; "
t The volume of the flow had not
been determined. Some streaks of
'petroleum were being carried to
k the surface with it.
"? The flow which started late
Thursday, has had sufficient pres
sure to force a continuous 10-inch
- stream of water and gas to the
surface. It originates in a sand
strata 800- feet deep.
In optimistic mood. J. F. Wal
lace, president of the firm, de
clared: "We are pretty sure we have hit
it. This is .tbe-eighth strata of gas
sand in the ,well, and each has
beeiTsWJiiger- than the previous
one."
Bomb Threat Added to
Portland 'Crime Wave'
PORTLAND (Jf) A rash of bombing threats continued here
Saturday with a- wholesale merchandising company getting the
latest threat . c
The , Dahnken, Inc., firm, located on the sixth floor of the
downtown Morgan Building got
"Merely a warning. A bomb will
WASHINGTON. April 21 It is
easy for a convention of an occupa
tional group to become a mutual
admiration society. The program
set up for the American Society of
Newspaper Editors this year point
ed in the opposite', direction. To
initiate criticism of the American
press. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins,
former chancellor of the University
of Chicago was invited to- be the
first speaker. With pungent phrase
and flat broadside he criticised the
newspapers for failing to exercise
the constitutional freedom they
talk about so much. Some oL his
criticisms were familiar cliches
"monopoly," "one -party press,'
fat cats of publishers.
The editors didn't take it lying
down. Both members of the panel
end speakers from the floor took
issue with Hutchins on many
points. One of the panel was Jona
than Daniels of the Raleigh News
and Observer. He made one com
ment I regard as vital: "World
freedom begins at home.H It is
well enough to f proclaim freedom
abroad or in the nation sometimes
it is harder to fight for freedom
against local prejudice and in
flamed, opinion. The close-in fight
er may, be more heroic than the
one of i the ivory tower who de
mands freedom for the. Chinese.
This' afternoon a select roup of
Washington correspondents: Ros-
coe Drummond of the N. Y. Her
aid-Tribune, James Restan of the
.Times; Max Freedman of the Man
chester Guardian and Nat Finney
(Continued on Editorial Page, 4.)
Dust Storms,
Rain Plague
Wide Areas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blinding dust storms and drench
ing rains plagued wide areas of the
midcontinent Saturday. Southeast
Texas simmered in 100-degree
heat.
A large, vigorous storm system
grinding eastward across the Great
Plains touched off the stormy
weather. . s
A tornado " ripped apart some
farm buildings near Tariko, in ex
treme Northwestern Missouri, but
no one was reported injured. In
Western Illinois, Dan Andrews. 82,
was killed when he toppled from
the roof of his home at Lima while
clearing away fallen tree limbs
during a windstorm, s j .
' Another tornado flicked across
two farms south of Coin, Iowa.
blowing some buildings apart and
damaging others. There were no
reported injuries. Winds of near
tornado force were reported else
where in Southwestern Iowa. The
Weather Bureau said Jefferson had
more than four inches of rain.
A near cloudburst hit Evansville.
Ind. A downpour of 3.91 inches in
24. hours sent a flash flood pouring
down streets in the city's low West
Side area. Water stood 15 inches
deep in Evansyule's airport.
SUFFOCATES IN SAWDUST
EUGENE John F
Boettcher, 75, nightwatchraan at
the Eugene' Planing Mill, was
found dead in a sawdust bin at the
plant Friday night Coroner Fred
Buell said the man apparently had
fallen into the bin. He did of
suffocation, the coroner said.
Jf ax. Mia. Preel.
Salem
Portland
Baker -,
Medford
North Bead
Roseburg
San Fraacisco
l .11
55 44 .13
55 as .01
SI 44 trace
51 44 .09
55 44 .06
60 49 .00
Chicago.
58 45 .05
70 ' 49 .00
67 50 M
New York
Los Angeles
Willamette River S.8 teeU
'FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Early moraine cloudiness, other
wise progressively clearing weather
through Monday, warmer tooay and
Monday 'with high today of 60-63 and
Monday. 63-65. Low tonight 34-30,
Temperature at ISM a.m. today
was 35.
SALEM PHECtFITATiOJ
Stare Start f Weather Year sept.
This Tear Last Year Normal
2927 4013 33.39
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RED
mors
Natural
Gas
The Cowlitz Valley beef rancher
said the cable tool rig will keep
punching the hole deeper in the
hope of finding richer gas supplies
and possibly an oQ pool.
Head driller Don Boger said the
well was capped shortly after it
came - in and it registered 300
pounds of pressure behind the
column of gas, oil and slightly
salty water.
"If we hit a dry strata of gas
sand farther down, we should have
a commercial well." Boger said.
"On the other hand, this present
strata may blow itself dry and be
come a producer."
Wallace, his three brothers and
a son own 1,200 acres in the area
and have mineral leases on about
4,000 more. They say theyplan to
drill additional wells. They started
well No. 1 in March of 1934.
a typewritten letter reading,
blow up a part of your store on
' Tuesday April 26. Nothing else
to know. ,
Police, whose ranks have been
spread thin in checking such
threats, said they believed it was
a hoax, but would investigate.
Series of Incidents
In 10 days there have been:
4a) A bombing at the Meier &
Frank department store, accom
panying a $30,000 extortion note;
(b) The bomb-kilhng of Oliver
Kermit Smith, 34, Portland attor
ney; ic) A $20,000 extortion de
mand on the wife of a prominent
Portland attorney; d One-day
closures of four Pacific Northwest
high schools after telephone calls
threatening that the schools would
be bombed: e) Bombing threats
to two other Portland business
firms Friday each a false alarm,
and (f) Reports from several
housewives that they had received
telephone calls, attempting to ex
tort minor sums.
Another householder said he re
ceived a car-bombing threat Fri
day, but this also was a false
alarm.
Smoke Bomb '
One householder did get a bomb
a Navy smoke bomb tossed
onto the porch, presumably by two
boys seen running from the neigh
borhood.
Police said the threats to the
schools probably , were pranks,
stemming from the attention given
the department store bombing.
They also said there was no con
nection between the store bombing
and the bomb-slaying of Smith.
Smith's wife, Marjorie. 35 and
Victor L. Wolf, 43, were charged
with Smiths murder. Police said
Wolf told tbem the plot against
Smith's life was worked out a
month ago. The motive was Wolfs
love for Mrs. Smith and the $20,-
000 insurance on Smith, detectives
said, adding that Wolf talked free
ly of setting the bomb, but that
Mrs. Smith steadfastly denied any
part in it.
Editors Pick
s .
Ike Over Adlai
WASHINGTON (UP) -An over
whelming majority of editors
polled at a breakfast given for the
American Society of Newspaper
editors, believes President Eisen
hower and Democrat Adlai E. Ste
venson will be the prseidntial
nominees again next year and that
Mr. Eisenhower will win.
The annual - breakfast and poll
sponsored by the Washington pro
fessional chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi. national journalism fraternity,
showed 88 editors voting yes and
11 no on the question whether Mr
Eisenhower will be the 1956 Re
publican nominee. On the question
whether Stevenson will be the
Democratic nominee, 74 voted yes
22 no.
The vote was 70 to 20 in favor of
Mr. Eisenhower as to which' would
be the winner if the President and
Stevenson are nominees.
State's GOP
Chief Boehnke
To Quit Post
EUGENE UPi Ed Boehnke said
Saturday he was resigning May 21
as chairman of the Oregon state
Republican Central Committee.
"I have not the time, energy or
money to continue," he said in a
letter to all county chairmen and
vice chairmen.
It is this group of party leaders
which will select his successor.
Boehnke said he would call
meeting May 21 to do that
Although there have been rum
blings that' Boehnke and Jess
Gard, : Republican national com
mitteeman, were not hitting it o
well. Boehnke denied any rift. He
said he was giving up the job with
reluctance.
He first took , it when Robert
Elliott of Medford - resigned, for
business reasons,' in January a
year ago. Last July Boehnke then
was elected for the full term.
Boehnke said by resigning now,
the new chairman would have
ample time to prepare for the 1936
campaign. i
Henry Busse, Band
Leader, Succumbs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP)-Henry
Busse, famous orchestra leader
and trumpet player known as
"Mr. Hot Lips", died of a heart
I attack at a hotel here Saturday.
105th Year
5SECTIONS-36 PAGES
Blossom Sunday
Today Features
Music, Motoring
(Tour map oa Page 3; Sec. 1.)
Observance of Blossom sun
day today will be featured by
recital of organ music and the
traditional motor tour of the
hrnral areas in the Salem area.
McNary Field weathermen
early this morning predicted
cloudiness today and progres-..
singly clearing weather through
Monday. Today's high is ex
pected to be 60-62, Monday,
63-65.
Blossoms are late this year,
but Salem Cherrians, sponsors
of the annual event, gnarantee
sightseers a fine view of
countryside landscape and
some scattered blooms, accord
ing to King Bing William
Healy.
Maps of a suggested route
. through the farming sections
will be available to motorists
at downtown service stations
and hotels today. One route in
cludes the Eola Hills area west
of Salem in Polk County. The
other directs motorists into the
Liberty-Sunnyside area south of
Salem.
Salem Cherrians, their wives
and special guests, including
Gov. and Mrs. Paul Patterson
will attend a 10 a. m. breakfast
today at the Senator Hotel.
The organ music program will
be held from noon until 4 p.
jn. at the State CapitoL Extra
guides will be available.
New Tax Hike
Bill on Senate
Slate Monday
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE
City Editor, The Statesman
Newest version of a higher
state income tax, a Senate com
mittee plan that, would boost the
tax an average of 60 per cent,
will come up for debate Monday
morning in the Oregon Senate.
The big problem of where to
get an extra $60 million or more
to balance the state's budget will
have to be solved before the tir
ing legislators can close up their
Capitol desks and go home.
They've been at it now for 15
weeks. ' '' " !
Big difference between the
tax plan before the Senate and
the tax plan the House has al
ready approved is one of money.
The House- approved plan
would extract $12,700,000 more
each year out of state income
tax. The Senate proposal would
gain $22,400,000 a year more.
(Additional tax details on page 6,
sec. 1).
Senate tax committeemen
thought much more new revenue
would be needed because: (1)
They didn't agree with some of
the House revenue estimates; (2)
they could see more appropria
tions coming along from ways
and means committee than the
House anticipated when it passed
an income tax boost averaging
32 per cent.
A second principal tax consid
eration concerns the tentative
plan to have the people ote on
3 per cent retail sales tax
which would raise $45,000,000 a
year and would substitute for the
income tax increase.' Besides
helping balance the state budget-
it would provide, additional state
money tor schools.
A public hearing on the sales
tax bills will be held by the
House tax committe at 1 p.m.
Monday in Room 321 at the Cap
itoL
In a chanee of trend Saturdav.
House tax committee members
recommended putting the sales
tax on the ballot Nov. 8 instead
of this summer.
Senate tax committeemen also
had a change of heart over the
cigarette tax bill They decided
not to add a tax on other tobacco
products after alL They said
neighbor states- don't have such
tax and the result might be too
much smuggling of cigarettes
across the state line.
That Senate committee is di
vided and at best only lukewarm
to the cigarette tax (3 cents
pack) that the House passed.
Most members think it would be
referred and defeated by the
electors anyway. i
Committeemen couldn't agree
Saturday whether to recommend
that the bill be passed. Chairman
Rudie Wilhelm Jr. announced
however, that the bill would go to
the Senate floor about Wednes
day, regardless of what the com
mittee recommends.
(Additional legislative news on
page 6, sec 1).
Thailand Premier
Arrives in U.S.
-
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Puang
Pibul-Songgram, Premier of Thai
land, arrived Saturday at the San
Francisco International Airport on
his -first state visit to the United
States.
The specially chartered Pan
American Stratocruiser. carrying
the Field Marshal and his party of
22 persons landed at 10:19 am
PST.
The 58-year-old premier is con
sidered one of the West's strongest
friends in South Asia, arrived here
G
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America to
Insist Parley
Include Chiang
WASHINGTON (ft The United!
States told Red China Saturday i
that the Nationalists must sit m
at any Formosa peace talks, and
that the Reds should show their
sincerity in advance.
This was the official response
to the offer of Chou En-Lai, Pre
mier of the Communist China re
gime, to -open direct negotiations
with this country on easing ten
sions in the war-threatened For
mosa area.
"The United States always wel
comes any efforts, if sincere, to
bring peace to the world," the
State Department said in a public
statement cleared with President
Eisnhower.
On Equal Basis
"In the Formosa area we have
an ally in the free Republic of
China (Chiang Kai-Shek's Nation
alists) and of course the United
States would insist on free China's
participation as an equal in any
discussion concerning the area."
The statement suggested three
ways in which Red China could
"give evidence before the world
of its good intentions."
1. Agree to an immeiate cease
fire in the narrow strait separating
China's Communist - held main
land and the Nationalist held is
land of Formosa. Red China has
vowed to take Formosa, which the
United States is pledged to defend.
Held by Peiping
2. Release at once the IS Ameri
can airmen and others, including
41 U. S. civilians, held by the Pei
ping regime.
3. Accpt the standing invitation
of the United Nations Security
Council to appear before it and
take part in a debate aimed at
pacifying the Formosa area. Less
than three months ago Red China
rejected this U. S. bid.
la Capitol Hill, Sen. Knowland
' California, Republican leader,
denounced Chou En-Lai's offer as
an invitation to another "Munich"
while other leaders took a cautious
attitude.
Asks Examination
Sen. George (D Ga), chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee said: "I think we
should accept the statement of
Chou and examine it on its mer
its." State " Department spokesman
Henry Suydam told newsmen that
acting Secretary Herbert Hoover
Jr., checked by telephone with
President Eisenhower before is
suing Saturday's statement. Eisen
hower is weekending at his Gettys
burg, Pa., farm.
Nationalists
Scoff at Red
Peace Move
TAIPEI, Formosa Ufl The Na
tionalists Sunday scoffed at a Red
China bid to negotiate directly
with the United States over For
mosa as a move "to divide the
Free World" at the very time
when a high U. S. mission is ar
riving here to deal with the crisis.
An advisor of President Chiang
Kai-Shk said the offer by Red
Premier Chou En-Lai at Bandung
was intended to placate . worried
Asian - African conference dele
gates but that Chou knows the
United States is on record as say
ing any such talks must include
the Nationalists..
If
Display Featuring Bird's Nest
Wins at Garden Council's Show
By ULLTE L MAD SEN beautiful -d i s p la y, fashioned
Gardea Editor, The Statesman j around Hiroshigo-Aiken's "A Por
Wee Weeders Garden club of i trait" It followed an Oriental
Salem, depicting David Morton's
Symbol, was first place winner
in the division "Flowers in Poetry'
at the Salem Garden Council's
Fourth Annual show.
The show opened Saturday at
the Izaak Walton Club House at
301 S. Cottage St., and will be
open again Sunday from 12 noon to
6 p.m. There is no admission
charge.
A bird s nest with two robin-
blue eggs, arranged on a piece of
forest limb, with Oregon Grape,
cherry blossoms and Madam Lang
try Narcissuses against a back
ground of green, made up the win
ning display.
However, Wee Weeders was not
the winner of the top cash prize.
Under a new point system, tried
out this year for the first, time,
points won by members of the
club, counted toward the cash
prizes. Labish Meadows Garden
Club, third place winner in artistic
display, garnered 106 points for the
$12.50 in cash.
In itself. Labish Meadows bad
The Oregon Statesman, SaUm,
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Baby Red Fox
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whose father, Harold Washburn, caught the little varmint in the James Smart prune orchard in
Polk County's Spring Valley-Zena area. Robert and his pet will soon part, for authorities will not
permit a fox to be held captive ia this district, where many sheep and chickens are killed anno
ally by the predators. Handling the litle.fox is serious business as his bite might cause lockjaw.
(Statesman Phot by John Ericksen)
Navy to Shift Salem Air
Units to Hillsboro Base
. . i i
The Navy plans to shift its three naval air units from Salem
to Hillsboro, it was disclosed in a recent release of testimony by
Navy officials before the House appropriation committee. The
three-are Auxiliary. Air Units 891, 892 and 893.
This was substantiated somewhat by Lt. Comdr. : John Neil
Bryant of the Salem air facility who, while denying anything offi
Aunt, Niece
In Race ior
Mother'Title
SUtesmar Newi Servict
FOUR CORNERS Oregon's
"Mother of 1955," Mrs. Florence
Brinks of Portland, will get some
competition from her own niece
in the national finals at New York
City, according to a former resi
dent of this area.
The competition will come from
Mrs. Johanna B. Clumpner, An
chorage, Alaska, who has been se
lected as Alaska's "Mother of
1955."
1 Reporting the coincidence of the
aunt-niece selection was Mrs. Jen
nie Buisman, Long Beach. Calif.,
a former resident of 3870 Midway
Dr. east of Salem. ,
Mrs. Buisman, who is the mother
of Mrs. Clumpner, told about her
daughter winning the Alaska con
test in a 'letter to Effie Maye
White, The Statesman's Four Cor
ners correspondent.
theme, with a big brass bowl on
a teakwood stand. Again, narcis
suses predominated and the back
ground was pink and black.
In the artisic display, Friendly
Neighbor's Garden Club placed
second and the Camellia Society,
only two points behind Labish
Meadows, came in for the second
cash prize, with Keizer Garden
club, winning the third.
The show, which even the spon
sors feared early in the week
might not be good because of the
weather, is unusually fine. A num
ber of commercial growers brought
non-com petative displays of potted
azaleas, alpines, primroses, and a
variety of geraniums, as well as
gloxinias. The very fine orchid
display by Noble Bashor added
much to the show. His Dendro-
brium trailing orchid, alone is well
worth taking a trip out to the show
to see. He received a blue ribbon
on this, as he did on others of his
orchids. '
(Additional details also, on page
at S, sec L)
POUNDDD 1651
Oregon, Sunday, April 24, 1955
Offer
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on Formosan
Objects Vocally to Capture
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'. WA
fox Is held gingerly by red-haired,
cially, said Salem s field is not
adequate to handle the larger
and faster planes.
No Word Here
Bryant, whose unit .trains 154
weekend trainees from miles
around, said he has not been
able to learn anything about the
move from higher headquarters
at Seattle.
According to word from Wash
ington, the proposed new station
at Hillsboro is designed to serve
naval reservists within about 150
miles of Portland and , will re
place facilities now used at Spo
kane. Navy officials, in testifying be
fore the committee, were asking
for $8,598,000 to start work on
the Hillsboro base this summer.
To cost $12,476,000, the base is
not slated for completion until
1957.
64 Pilots
The Salem station has a per
manent complement of 18 men
and Bryant. Present trainees in
clude 64 pilots and 90 enlisted
men.
Bryant said perhaps half of
these , come from the Portland
area, and others from as far
away as Eugene, Medford, North
Bend, Bend and Florence.
He pointed out, by way of
showing that this long-distance
weekend commuting is no deter
rent to training, that some Med
ford reservists drive all the way
to Seattle each weekend to fly
the faster planes (Corsairs)
based there.
No Building Seen i ;
As to rebuilding Salem's' air
port to match the faster planes,
Bryant said "there isn't much
they could do with this airport
rone runway runs into a hill.
He said the runways here would
require another 2,000 feet to be
adequate.
. Bryant said he guesses it
would take two years before the
-units would be shifted from Sa
lem, but that he has heard spec
ulation' of one year, j
Chrysler Corp.
Makes Seat Belts
Optional on Cars
.DETROIT Ufl Automobile seat
belts as a dealer installed op
tional equipment were announced
Saturday by Chrysler Corp. for all
V. ?4 m.mm ... T
live tines oi lis ivx cars.
The belt installations will be sold
either in sets of three for the
front seat alone, or the car may
be fully equipped with belts for
six4, occupants. t
PRICE 10c
Negotiate
to
freckle-faced Robert Washburn,
Bulganin Asks
Ike, Eden Set
Parley Date
By RICHARD KASISCHKE
MOSCOW UP) Prime Minister
Nikolai Bulganin said at a party
Saturday night it's up to President
Eisenhower and British Prime
m.... ui sci i uaie ior a
Big Four meeting at the highest
level.
Bulganin was asked by a West
ern correspondent if a Big Four
foreign ministers'- conference on
Austria might be followed by a
meeting of the heads of govern
ment. "Ask Eisenhower and Eden
about the date," Bulganin replied.
"I have made my position clear."
"Do you mean by your statement
that you are of a positive attitude
toward a Big Four meeting?" Bui
ganin was asked.
ine soviet rremier nodded in
assent.
(In Washington, State Depart
ment officials were inclined to
treat Bulganin's remark as an off
hand one. They said the trend of
events points toward a Big Four
meeting on the highest level but
added it is premature to talk about
a date now. The White House and
State Department had no formal
comment.)
This was the first time Marshal
Bulganin had talked to Western
correspondents since he became
Premier.
Foreign Nations
To Get Formula
Of Salk Vaccine
WASHINGTON (UP) -The State
Department expects in the next
few days to begin sending to about
75 nations the formula of the Salk
polio vaccine and the University of
Michigan evaluation report.
Russia and other Communist na
tions will be among those receiving
the information.
The move is being taken on in
structions from President Eisen
hower as a gesture of good will.
Officials said transmission of the
polio vaccine information is pri-
Salk formula has been known to
medical authorities abroad for
some months.
Grounded Troopship
Blocks Suez Canal
CAIRO. Eevot tfV Tu2s drat? zed
the British troopship Empire Fow
ey off a Suez Canal sandbank Sat
urday night clearing the vital in
ternational channel after a 12-hour
tieup. .
Four ships, halted in the canal
by the mishap, resumed their
transit, company officials said.
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No. 28
Is sue
Chou Asserts
China's People
Friendly to US
BANDUNG. Indonesia Ufl Pre
mier Chou En-Lai declared Satur
day Red China does not want war
with the United States and offered
to negotiate with the United States
on the question of relaxing ten
sion in the Formosa area.
In a terse statement issued dur
ing the 29-nation Asian-African
conference now drawing to a close,
Choa said:
"The Chinese people are friend
Chinese people do not want to have
war with the United States of
America.
f "The Chinese government is will
ing to sit down and enter into ne-
BANDUNG, Indonesia ITi
Rumors spread at the Asian
African conference Sunday that
Red China's Premier Choa En
Lai would make an important an
nouncement shortly concerning
11 American airmen his country
holds on spy charges.
Correspondents asked Chou's
spokesman if Chou was going to
announce release of the Amer
ican fliers.' The spokesman re
plied only, "that has nothing to
do with the conference." .
gotiations with the United States
to discuss the question of relaxing
tension m the Far East, especially
in the Taiwan (Formosa) area."
There was little elaboration from
the Communist side. One of Chou's
aides suggested the next stop was
up to Washington.
Premier Mohammed Ali of Pak
istan said he already had forward
ed Chou's statement to Washing
ton "with suggestions of my own.
I think it is a great move for re
laxing tension, particularly in the
critical Far East"
Issued to Press
Chou's statement was issued by
his press representative following
an informal luncheon attended by
representatives of India, Indonesia,
Burma, Pakistan, Ceylon, Thailand,-the
Philippines and Red Chi
na, where the subject of Formosa
was discussed.
The first five nations named are
the Colombo powers who sponsored
the 29-nation Asian-African con
ference. Sources disclosed Saturday night
that the five Colombo powers have
offered to "mediate" with the Unit
ed States if Washington's reply
was not acceptable to the confer
ence. These sources said this offer
was made during the luncheon
mppfiniT at u:hirh Owin 9?rorl aft-
cr pleas by Ceylon's Sir John
Kotelawala, to make a gesture to--.
ward relaxing tension in the Far
East.
Earlier Proposal 2
There was general belief in Ban- -
dung that actually Chou's propo
sal may have been initiated weeks
ago. It was recalled that India's"
V. K. Krishna Menon, top advisor
to Prime Minister Nehru visited'
with President Eisenhower before
joining Nehru in India for the con
ference, i
Premier U Nu of Burma, who .
has assumed the role of an East-
West negotiator, was among those .
who received Chou's statement
favorably, . -Askd
- whether he thought the '',
United States would accept Chou's '
offer of negotiations, U Nu replied:
Yes, I think so. That is also
the opinion of all five Colombo
states. I feel very strongly that
direct talks between the two states
will be helpful."
Hope Expressed
Indonesian Premier Ali Sastro
amidjojo expressed hope also the
United States would accept.
There was' no immediate com- -ment
from India's Prime Minister
Nehru. " . ;
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of
the Philippines likewise reserved
comment on the Chou statement
which was. not read before a for
mal conference session.
A spokesman for the Peiping
delegation, asked if Chou would
have anything to add to the state-;
ment, replied "We will now await
a response." A reporter asked if '-
the statement meant Red China x
wished a 10-power conference such
as Russia had once proposed. The
spokesman answered sharply:
"We want direct negotiations.
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