$-(8ec. II) Statesman, Salonv Ore., Mem., Jan. 3, 3B
Showdown "Hours Near for
New 'Government in France
Free Beer Police Break 2 Argentine Peron Plots,
TARIS (Jf The showdown hours ' trying lo weaken the ties between
arrive this week for the new France and North Africa.
French National Assembly when it ; Party Meeting
Will decide whether it will Create) The Christian Democratic Tarty
a government pood for the East, j (officially known as the Popular
Rood for the west, or good lor Republican Movement, or mkh
nothing. I decided Sunday night to hold to an
About midweek the Assembly, earlier announced policy of oppos
which met last Thursday for the ; jng any government which does not
first time, should be well enouRh renounce Communist support,
organized for President Rene Coty j a motion unanimously adopted
to call In one of the party leaders by the MRP national committee
and ask him to form a cahinet I said it opposed "any majority of
Highest on the hst of probabilities ' popular front and any govern
ls Guy Mollet, head of the Socialist ment which lets the way open lor
party which Is allied with the dy-' it accepting without differentiation
iihijiic rierre nienues-r rame nu
his Radical Socialist party. Togeth-
; the votes of Republicans or the
er they have about 150 votes, by no ' Communists."
means a majority. But at the mo- j The decision was reached at .the
ment it is the most conesive group
other than the Communists.
Big Question
Comes then the big question. Will
the Mollet-Mendes-France combi
nation rely on the 151 Communist
votes to win confirmation? Or will
It be able to attract votes from
right-of-center parties,, some of
w hose members may be willing to
give the new combination a
chance?
These two leaders, among ,the
youngest In French politics, Insist
their program must be accepted
on a "take it or leave It" basis. "So
invite into their cabinet more
voices from the right, they insist,
would create another of the many
do nothing cabinets that have
plagued France since the war.
The Communists appear ready
to support Mollet and Mendes
France in the hope of strengthen
ing their own position. They are
close of a two -day committee
meeting.
The Mollet Mendes-France com
bination has indicated it would not
reject Communist votesin its bid
for confirmation.
I'. S. Dismayed
The possibility this combination
could develop is dismaying to
American diplomats here. They
feel it would be a blow to Western
cohesion, and that it would alien
ate more members of Congress in
America, many of whom already
are very sour on France as an
ally. What worries them even more
is that such support might develop
into a "popular front" with Com
munists in the cabinet.
Ruled Legal
WASHINGTON UP The gener
al counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board, T. C. Kammholz,
ruled Sunday that a union may
legally try to organize workers by
buying them beer.
A firm had complained that a
union coerced workers, in violation
of the Taft-Hartley act, by picking
up their beer tab during an organ
izing campaign. !
The employer also complained
the union obtained signatures on'
union 'membership cards by threat-,
ening workers with loss of jobs, of
fering reduced initiation fees, and
exaggerating union wage scales in
other localities. i
-,- Kammholz dismissed the charges
saying" asme irom me joss-oi -joo
threats which were unsupported by
the evidence, the remaining allega
tions, even if true, did not coosti
i tute violations under the act."
As is customary in such admin
El F.NOS AIRES, Argentina
Provisional President Pedro Aram
buru's government announced Sun
day it has cracked plots in two
Western Argentine provinces mas
terminded by troublemakers still
faithful to fallen dictator Juan D.
I'eron.
Authorities in Jujuy Province, on
the Bolivian border, arrested 25
persons in the city of San Pedro.
Those seized, including the al
leged ringleaders, were turned,
over to the federal government.
Police making raids in San Juan",
capital of San Juan Province on
the Chilean border, saiS they
seized leaflets giving orders for
sabotage and other troublemaking.
Directions for burning crops, pub
lic transport and buildings were
included. An undisclosed number
of persons was arrested.
Scanty reports from the interior
indicated none of the military wav
involved in the alleged conspira
cies, which apparently were
smashed before they got going.
The revolutionary government
which-toppled Peron in Scptemler
has been staging a series of raids
and investigations to wipe out re
maining pockets of Peronista re
sistance. Some disaffection h.is
been uncovered in the military
ranks, largely at the non-commissioned
officer level.
All consoiracies have been re
ported broken thus far. None of
the troublemaking is considered a
I serious threat to the Aramburu
; government.
President Looks Tine' to Pastor
istrative rulings, the names of the
principals were withheld.
WASHINGTON UP - President
Eisenhower "looks fine" to his
minister. i
The Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. El
son gave that estimate Sunday aft
er chatting with the President at
the close of services in National
Presbyterian Church.
Eisenhower, a member of the
church, wore a topcoat against the
morning chill when he left the
White House unannouncedVto at
tend services.
Several members of the ward
of the General Federation of Wom
en's Clubs were in the congrega
tion with the President.
I
RUSSIAN NOW 1SJ
j MOSCOW UP The newspaper
i Soviet Trade reports that Igor P.
i Koroev, a retired army cook, re
cently celebrated his 155th birth
day in a mountain village in the
southern Ossetian Autonomous re
! gion in the central Caucasus.. His
j first job was in the kitchen of a
Russian general who fought Na
Ipoleon, the paper said.
V
Plane Crash
Fatal to Pilot
BIRBANK. Calif. l.P-The pilot
of a light plane was killed Satur
day night when he apparently at
tempted an emergency landing oa
a street in a heavily populated
housing tract, police reported.
Officers identified him as Virgil
Alfred Gibson, 29. of Ridgecrest,
Kern county, Calif.
The plane crashed but did not
burn. It narrowly missed power
lines, automobiles and several pedestrians.
COMPETES FOR CONTRACT
, DAMASCUS UP Czechoslovak!
is corawting with Scandinavian
i Dutch and Swiss interests for. a
contract to build a new Syrian
! International Airport here. An of
ficial source said information fot
bidding was supplied at the re
'quest of the Czech Legation.
Uneasy Calm
Settles Over
Split Church
NEW YORK UP Traditional
Sabbath dignity reigned Sunday at
services in Brooklyn's embattled
Church of The Holy Trinity, with
only a slight backwash from last
Sunday s commotion.
The Rev. Mr. William Howard
Melish, the church's controversial
pastor, held early morning and 11
a.m. services amid churchly calm
But several detectives sat at the
later service with the congrega-
, tion, numbering about 300. Outside
the stately edifice some 100 per
j sons gathered .curious to see if
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were no demonstrations.
About SO feet away from the
church, at a street intersection,
workmen were busy doing a re
pair job with triphammers. A lady
parishioner, before entering ihe
church, asked the workmen to stop
during services. After few min
utes they complied.
Last Sunday the Rev. Mr. Me
lish, now facing a court battle to
stay on at the 102-year-old church,
engaged in rival, simultaneous
services with the bishop-appointed
Rev. Robert Thomas.
It was a stormy Sabbath gath
ering. Numerous newsmen, pho
tographers and detectives roamed
the premises. Vestrymen spoke out
against fellow vestrymen, and par
ishioners joined in the general vor
' bal squabble. '
The Rev. Mr. Melish made no
direct mention this Sunday of Inst
week s Incidents.
The Rev. Mr. Melish has been
acting rector of the church since
1949. All those years a vestry and
congregational fight over his re
tention has gone on.
The acting rector has been ac
cused of left-wing activities, in
cluding his taking over the chair
manship in 1949 of the American
Soviet Friendship Committee. He
has repeatedly denied all accusations.
In state supreme courV on Jan.
It, Justice M. Henry Marhiscello
will decide whether the Rev, Mr
Melish may continue as minister.
He was given court permission to
conduct services this Sunday and
next Sunday.
On Jan. 9, four of the seven
church vestrymen .voted to name
the Rev. Irving S. Pollard as new
rector. The nomination was ap
proved by Bishop James P. Ve-
Wolfe of Long Island.
Gov. Patterson
Plugs Arterial
HighwayPlanning
PORTLAND UP Gov. Paul
Patterson said Sunday he believes
thix country has out too much
emphasis en farm-to-market roads
and not enough on arterial high
ways.
He expressed the view at a
trucking line's safety award din
ner. Patterson, member of the
President's fovernors committee
on highways, said the committee
will Lake it reauest for 25 mil
lion .dollar highway improvement
tH-oeram directly to Congress.
He said the committee is nre-
rred to settle for 15-year im
provement program rather than
10 years and will ask that it U
rmnc4 from present federal rev
enuesthe federal gas tax and an
Industry tax.
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Dawn." "Slattery'f Iiurricas.'
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