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TT1HIIE WdDI&ILID) TIMS WEEK i ! ?t i'iifittilrfifiri IT 'II Foreign Vlinisters Unlikely to Agree on German Unify m m t t No Substitute Fills Ikes Umpire Role By ED CREAGH Associated Prei$ Writer TT7HEN Harry Truman was President he kept a sign on YY his desk: The buck ends here." Dwight D. Eisen hower dispensed with the' sign, but after more than 2 years in the White House he could ruefully conclude that ids predecessor certainly had the right idea. Advisers may advise, Cabinet members may propose out wnen reaiiy Dig decisions im DESCENT FROM THE SUMMIT must be made it is up to the;The shape of the administra President . and only the Presi-tion's farm program ranks high dent to make them. And that is . among these in view of its po why President Eisenhower'! ill- litical impact in an election ness is causing many more prob-year. lems in government than appear on the surface. The Eisen- hower admin iit ration Is be 1 1 e r geared to cope with this ait uation, prob ably, than any other has been. The President is a great believer in delegating responsibility and a strict Spotlight m Geneva In foreign affairs the picture i is the same as spotlighted by the foreign ministers confer ence at Geneva. Secretary of State Dulles, of course, has con siderable freedom of action. But on major issues to what extent can he commit the United States without a go-ahead from the (President? And how can he pos sibly give a convalescent chief executive the background need ed for decision-making? I Nature, the old adage goes, abhors a vacuum. To the extent judge of whether the respon-jthat a vacuum exists in the sibility has been carried out. His realm of high state policy, there "team" is accustomed to work-ican hardly be a high official in lng on its own, without detailed; Washington who does not hope instructions from the top. That, for reasons stronger than sen fcr 1 -s " I 7171 Is why Eisenhower's totally un expected heart attack, for all the alarm and concern it creat ed, failed to disrupt government operations. The '"team" was able to- carry on pretty much as usual. New Business timental for the speedy and complete recovery of President Eisenhower. Will the"Geneva Spirit" Evaporate in the A rgu m en t over Germ qny? ktl Y 171 Argument over ijermqny: r m PVB " " i - NOR' - ;,i I"-?- FIN, HxVl 1 The Allies wont Germans " ".Jr VjJ y&i Communists wont Germany reunited and free to L CCD II A M POlANllS disunited until Moscow can choose alliance with the - - W7l J 1 1 mMIl XilS woo the Bonn government 2 ; free world ' , 'f iff. . rom th. Western camp g J Mac Milton I . Hv Molotov fi. Russians Ex To Be peeled Unyielding i By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press Ketcs Analyst THE Big Three foreign ministers, approaching their new conference with Russia at Geneva . this week, talked of cautious hope, but walked with the air of actors who have already done the same show a hundred times. Vice President Nixon and Secretary Dulles agreed, pub licly that this was the best chance of progress toward peace m 10 years. Britain's Harold;- MacMillan wasn't insisting so! The Allies were prepared to loudly as just after the Big Four joffer a step by step arrangement meeting that there 'ain't gonna ; whereby Germany would be un be no war. France's Pinay said ified, and free to accept the de publicly that Russia is now vio-jcision by .all her people as to latins the "Geneva spirit." At. whether they wished to remain any rate, a lot of its shine had m Western European Union and worn off. Germany's B r e n t a n o, who won't be sitting with the other min isters but who has a vital in terest, seemed to take some hope from the fact that the Allies will have a plan under which FLOODS: Repairs Undone! in damage, compared to less ! than 20 dead and missing in the i Northeast Revisited "Carrying out established pol-j T . . , Icies- was a frequent way of w;r V" .'.Hatest downpour. describing this process. But in- "V Zt "Z ArmV Engineers, who did 12 creasingly there is a nocd for Sh If Th. LC! mimon doIlaVs worth of repairs! new policies-many of them of "'iafter Diane, estimated the new -this week found itself m a re-J- . . ,t ..... , ., i i floods left them with four mil lion dollars worth of work to do, Second Try Some of this will be restoring a sampling of key officials and' The culprit this time was not conduct a minimum of official dignified with a name, but .three business nhvinuslv is in nn con- days of hard rain from immo- i i i i i . i r : i : : .l i i c i i r dition to study the ins and outs DIUzea na waier-iaaen tropica iwiuua mey iiau mea uciore. of often conflicting recommen-;!1" caused damage in some places , Of the 48 Connecticut towns hit dations which go into the mak- i"5 " 8at " that wrought by jby the weekend floods, 28 had ing of key decisions. juiane. suucreu aamage irora wiane. nciiucrmea expiainea ine three days of unremitting rain in these terms: The new floods left a dead and Quote Don G. Mitchell, chair man and president of Syl vania Electric Products, Inc., in disputing CIO President Walter Reuther's contention before a Senate-House eco nomic subcommittee that automation will lead to un employment unless compen sating steps to increase con sumption are taken: "I not only do not even remotely fear that mechanization or automation will cause un employment, but I am con cerned about the strong probability of a labor short age in the years ahead un less the rate of mechaniza tion is increased." POLITICS: llndecision in Dixie A Boiling Pot tion in the 1956 presidential r r ig ,..uA. .w"He- i Whitehead found one Demo hA.MA. rltas ,i'i, . n A I n Ki -i 1 i 4 t , i cratic governor, who asked snot last weak for the 21st Annual . . .u.J Southern Governors Confercnc 'As will be the case whenever to be identified, stating that an effort is being made from Tex as to organize a conservative NATO. Simultaneously, there would be established a 14-nation European security system in cluding the United States, Brit ain and Canada, to see to it that neither Germany nor any other nation could get out of hand militarily. First display of peaceful intentions, would be made through reductions of mil itary forces on both sides of the new boundary between Germany and the Communist sphere. Reds Won't Retreat fnct Wtrnari Tnuf die oermany miSm icuiutcu .ua- sia t j "Well, that might der a European security system, be nice, but ... " Then she will lebtrtt There were no signs that he or go home with East Germany and - offing. !BUv..ui " T:i- Southern coalition which would j ,m:xi u m mu., . Ui?, .be able to speak with authority vention, and thus have a strong pontics. I Groping for Direction Veteran Associated Press po- There is. for example, and most importantly right now, the,missin to11 over 40. Connec--ui a..44;. .v.nn . ticut as was the rase with federal budget for the 1956-57 :"ane, was naraesi mi umer riorortmnt a at.!states where overflowinsf rivers tropical low pressure system , .o much. 'The Bureau of thejleft behind mountains of slimy" Budget says no, you only get so debris, wrecked homes and bur- J melhan sea much. Secretary so-and-so, theesses, washed-out highways w 1. , f A head of the Department A, pro-and railroads, broken bridges "ins ; toke iU pas- .v. .;,i 1, u:. and snarled nmver lines inrlnH- sage- However, the moist trop- icaia Liia . tuk ui kvicuik ilia r - - , . . . ,, most cherished project He pro- ed Massachusetts, Rhode Island,1, s owed and fi na ly. tests but to whom does he Dro- wew lorK, xsew jersey and ... ,..., - ...6.. le t Pennsylvania. pressure area hanging further Chessman Wins Umpire Necessary , Aid tended " ..i". .lflu 1 It" im." I Caryl Chessman, under a sen- Normally, the President is and must be the umpire in such voice in the selection or ;.tne nominee and drafting of a plat- jhtical reporter Don whitehead, form. j after sampling gubernatorial j This source also said this ef j opinion, wrote that the j back-' fort "so far has received a cold ! ground talk accompanying the J reception." Although not dis ! conference made this fact! clear: counting the possibility of I'fir- Southern Democratic jgover-'ture change, he added: j inors without a strong man to! "The truth is there isn't a man .lead them and lacking a ling issue are groping for COURT: Another Reprieve Dates Tuesday, Oct. 25 NATO foreign ministers meet in Paris. Thursday, Oct. 27 Foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and Russia meet at Geneva. Sunday, Oct 30 American College of Sur geons convention, Chicago. Monday, Oct 31 Hallowe'en. continuous rain in the station-! The governors of states hurt ary low pressure area from tence of death in California for the others expected Russia to thA .ofoiiu. i' aoceptthe plan, however, and ka under her - arm, and Erich Ollenhauer, West German ait Jop the Germans to atew Socialist party leader, said open-' whUe she kn0WJ there ly what most observers thought can be no Europan peace with that unity, and therefore a - a-,v;a r.manv .v. peaceful Europe, is hot i the'knows how to in troubd waters, just as she has been fish-t ing in the Middle East Incidentally, the Middle East question will be in the back ground throughout the ; sessions 'and most likely, will finally break into the open when the United States presses the Rus sians to walk softly lest they do just what the Communists have always tried to do spon sor wars between others in or der to weaken the outside world wherever possible for Commu nist infiltration. ' Russia's effort in the United Nations to help embarrass France over the North African situation, and the spectacle of a tottering French government in an unstable France trying to help make world policy, is going to be an underlying . source of friction throughout the meeting. Pinay doesn't think much of try- To Test Planned anyway. He has merely acceded A U.S. Public Health Service to French clamor Jor negotia. scientist revealed this week the tions. This week's vote of con- Medicine most were advised by Sherman ! early Friday until early Mon-!sevcnyears' has won yet another;. h ldin kinify-;or an issue to pull these people direc- into an organized bloc at -this time. There's no strong leader. And I can't see any issue which is going to bring about a South ern union. Court blocked government ef- Three Divisions forts to bring former Arniy Sgt If the temper of governors at government hopes to begin with-!fidence in the French Parliament Jrhn nvifi Prnvnn in trial for the conference accurately ire-! in a year a mass test of the tu- does little to cover inherent 9 mj timonn trpoenn rr,arape fleets political thought in home berculosis-preventing effective- French political weakness, which disputes as he must be in con-Adams assistant to the Presi- day. ricis Deiween an aepanmenw dent that the major disaster" and agencies. Who makes thedeciaration of tw0 months ago decision when the President is had been extended to cover the unable to give the necessary ;new floodi This nabled the time? Sherman Adams, his chief SmaU Business Administration assistant; secretary oi tne iTeas-d tne Housine and Home Fi In Short . . reprieve from the gas chamber.! The SuDreme Court, although! ' S a ury Humphrey Eisenhower's inance Agency in Washington to m.p.h. for-its Skyhawk jet at-by the prosecution, i a tP "?.Uk,""". iUke steps to help flood victims, tack bomber. The high speed The high court said in order Budget Bureau itself. And an v , P-,.. J:.f i-;,r;i 'flieht was made bv Lt. Gordon in thA now hoar;nr it nt Baltimore D:s- states, Whitehead decided that ness of the dru? isoniazid. ,me Russians wiu oe sure xo piay . . J. , tion of Southern states will have news conference in New York Plenty f Business split 5-3, ordered a new hearing! . T , , a difficult time. He saw this po- mat u tne orug proves as enec- United states wiU be up on the death cell author's claim"?1356? a leven-count indictment litical lineup developing among tive against TB for humans as,t0 both elbows in world affairSf his appeal before the California ending rroyoo wun acts oiU1Xie governors: ; ,u nas in ammai CXperunCui3,;not just European affairs, dur- ireason wnne ne was a prisoner, l. une group oy iar me larg- enure pupuiauuiu i uc, yiw-m(r tbe conference. Also at Ge of the Japanese after the fall est will be ' loyal' to. jthe tected against the disease for as nea sbe will be discussmg the of Corregidor in World War II. Democratic party and its npm- little as a penny a day. - ! points of tension with Red rYovoo had been convicted and inees, with strong indications! adoui uu,uuu cases oi luoer- cbma Claimed: By the U.S. Navy, a Supreme Court involved a tran new world speed record of 695 script "fraudulently prepared" . . . -. - 11 t , ni I CiWll. UilCLlUl VL Vl V i 1 " u r i uP a CiDefense, inspected the area so Gray of La Jolla, Calif., around "intimating any opinion regard- WhO takes the rap ll tne decision . .,, j . c l j . circular inn kilometer rnurw K t -v,. v turns out unpopular with theiTJ r""-" i.t Ai7w r Z:.r "lU ..; an appeals court on the grounds! 2. A second -small number, voters? ' ? u"' uimuwci. " " " """v V"' the trial should have been held including Gov Georee Timmer lr rom his sickbed in Denver, the "rw, am. ciaric dissented, cmei Justice;. ... , . T c "...u V' iv. sentenced to life imprisonment that Adlai Stevenson is ,the culosis develop in the United j j-be atter is pressing for i on similar charges in NeW York, 'front-running prospective can-!States each year, with an annual high-level conference and Dul dui me veroici was set asiae Dy oioate voters? This same problem exists , President pledged all aid pos though perhaps less critically, 'sibie'to the disaster area. in me aiaie oi me union mes sage. This annual statement of administration policies like the budget in January, it happens, the upcoming one' oeam ion oi u.uuu. u vAljin- ftfT ., v. ran f.ii Palmer said the test will be cnm.h;nr sKn..t rn.tr trn. conducted in a way similar totnd.until Peiping "promises to Bv scientist, at W. r rnT"o Mland: -h"e T . . . - r ' ti . . ,, spent consiaeraoie lime as an neve mat a inira parxy move-mougn many ueiaus nave yei t.A . uv renonncin nv resort the University of California California, took no part in the; . T L.L.' . - ..- ..-d:,..,, u v. uj ... a iu-uons V renouncing any resort The Red Cross estimated 6,900 atomic research laboratory, a case. jArmy prisoner. In dismissing the ment is a "strong possibility. (Justice Department's second at- 3. Texas' Gov. Allan Shivers, to be worked out Among the tQ forCg unresoivea aeians is. me com- pia u xr,,. npni oi . ... i . a. . . . . . ... . - v. . 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V- 1 """6 -"s " tempt at conviction, tne uaui-wno supported iresioeni jusen-; position oi tne test group. in the United Nations nnnarent. .' in damaged dwellings. .in reverse" called an "anti-, Chessman wrote ' Cell 2455,!more 4ud- said Provoo1 could hower in 1952 is the advocate of i Exneriments have shown that " -V, XP":.l . u ii nrntnn " rt.tt. .!.. ,u- i .. . ..... 7 . . 7 7 7 . .. . . .. . . . . :i is living iu radK indi proud". if"" v,,c suu mot nave a lair trial "at tnis late, "an Eisenhower type' uemo-, isoniazid, nrst used m iasz oniy;anJa fnrllm u- chif arn in Uict of a mnvia nn4 "Trial r.v!j-..n . .... .,!.. j : i . j i , : i ganaa lorura uie coiei arena lor Although staggering, the newiPr0100-"1 has T been exnected Tfor a lon2idamage came nowhere M" the Urged: By Secretary of De- ject of a movie-and "Trial byjdate" and that government's' cratic nominee and is in search to treat advanced tuberculosis, i dfsarmament talkT instead of nas Deen expectea ior a long .it-iu,,-, v 10 j,;.,- nrril nnhiishA last JnW .u.. ,.... i,..,,... i.j.... : disarmament taiK, msieaa ot t;m. rt nrpttv miich a list of : wc nuj. " - - - cnoice oi iNew lorn ior we nrsi oi ionowers. oni vers aireaay nas, can proicvi guinea pigs agdiiui c.n.v. lime ra oe preuy muui a ui ui . . Tn rnnntUnt v,- v:n;. jn Th votr hlno Vim Ananw . ai ., . , j.v. j- ...i i .geneva. fcoldover nroierts from the last - uuc uwvw vu "--'-i ...... lrlal causea -oppressive; aeiay announcea ins personal opposi- ine aisease even wiicu iii;e " ,ti nf rnn.- TIlt om QeiuSe l0 4 uves and caused irom deiense spending without i io"s ngnt. rJT-iTS STtr, than 215 "i" dollvs'impairing military strength, Marines New Commandant "I'm very much excited and quite humble. It is quite a chal lenge. . . . " That's the way Lt. Gen. Ran-1 dolph McCall Pate responded last week to news he will be come the 21st commandant in the'tiroud history of the United States Marine Corps. ..His appointment as successor to Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, who will retire at the end of this year, was announced. by Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, immediately after a conference with President Eisenhower in Denver. Pate, who now is assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, said he had no inkling of his selection. The 57-year-old native of South Carolina commanded the First Marine Division in Korea during the last three months of the Korean War. For that fight and his subsequent salvage of Marine gear during the pull back to the armistice line he was awarded the Army's Dis tinguished Service Cross. land damage" In another action, the Supreme Provoo now goes free. riinlnmats twmftl to thinV to the defendant, tion to Stevenson as the Demo-! amounts of germs are introduced Russja needed easement from 'cratic standard bearer. into the animals. (AURighURwrDtd.APNtvtlftuTtti HIS SPECIALTY: TROUBLED WATERS WHO SAID, 'CUT DEFENSE STRENGTH'? FMclMr, SiMK Cfy JhimI HIS 'SUP IS SHOWING imilitary burdens and therefore 'that there might be room for hope of progress in this field. But students of the Russian way were still pointing out that she would only make deals when they are decidely advantageous to her. " ' Sidelights Because George Willie Hall forgot to wipe his moustache he now faces charges of moonshin ing. Observant alcohol tax unit officers in Okmulgee, Okla., b- ramo cneniciniia nf TTall u.Hn they noticed traces of whiskey mash on his bushy upper lip, jThey charged him with operat ing a still after discovering two : barrels of mash and a 55-gallon cooker near his home. 1 A car and 24-year-old George I Baker collided in Washington. D. C, last week and the car ... J 1 1(V...U tonic uui sctuuu ueai. Yiinuugit ,he was 'thrown over the hood, doctors declared pedestrian Bak er apparently was unhurt. The 'car, however, suffered a crum :pled fender, broken headlight and smashed windshield. I In 1945 the W. R. McVeys of jDenison vbitcd the Texas State (Fair and hitchhiked home be cause someone stole their car. This year they attended the fair again and lost another car to thieves. If 7T"' 1 rsl H5 h s : I Y . i