JA Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Tucs., Sept. 21, 1954
Diplomats Study
French Proposal
LONDON Wl France's Western j thresh out a way to enlist West
Allies took a long, cautious look i Germans in Western defense.
Tuesday at her new plan to re- Prime Minister Winston Chur-
arm West Ocrmany. J wo lead
ing British newspapers termed
it at least a starling point for
the nine-power talks opening in
London next week.
There was na immediate of fi
rial reaction to the proposals,
outlined by French Premier
Pierre Mendos-France Monday in
a speech before the European
Consultative Assembly at Stras
bourg. Thsy included lieing West
Germany in a tight European al
liance that would limit the fight
ing forces of all ember states and
control their arms production.
" In Washington, a State De
partment spokesman said the
French plan is being studied but
no comment would be made im
mediately. A few hours later the
United States formally accepted
Britain's invitation to attend the
Sept. 28 London talks, called to
Reformists Hail
Doctor's Win
PHEN1X CITY, Ala. W -
young physician rode into office
here Jlonday in a City Commis
sion election hailed by anti-vice
crusaders as a roaring protest
from the people against racket
cer rule in Phenix City.
Dr. Clyde M. Knowles Jr., who
had the support of the racket
busting Russell Betterment Assn.,
was elected to the three-man
Commission with a majority of
almost 2 to 1 over the combined
vote of four opponents.
Armed National Guard troops
stood watch at each voting place
throughout the day and escorted
election officials to City Hall
where the ballot boxes were turn
ed in after the polls closed.
Complete but unofficial returns
gave Dr. Knowles 2,000 votes
against a total of 1,250 for the
other candidates.
He was the first doctor to ex
amine the body of slain vice foe
A. L. Patterson, whose assassina
tion June 18 brought on the clean
up in Phenix City that led to the
young physicians' election.
chill called his Cabinet to its
regular weekly session Tuesday.
The discussion was expected to
center around .Mendes-France's
plan and arrangements for the
nine-power conference.
The French memorandum is in
tcrested governments giving full
details of Mendes-l ranee s pro
posals was still secret. The first
British comment appeared in the
influential, independent Times
and the Conservative Daily Telegraph.
Both newspapers said the
French Premier had furnished at
least the basis for possible
agreement. But both expressed
misgivings as to the extent of
British military commitments in
Europe France might demand as
the price for consenting to Ger
man rearmament.
The Times also questioned
whether Britain would accept the
loss of national sovereignty ap.
parently inherent in the proposals
to control the size of armed forces
and armament production
The French plan, put forward
as a substitute for the defunct
European Defense Community
(EDC), is similar in many re
spects to proposals advocated re
cently by British Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden.
Both call for an expansion of
the five-nation Brussels pact into
an alliance of at least Britain
West Germany, France, Italy
Belgium, The Netherlands and
Luxembourg. Instead of a com
mon army as the EDC plan pro
posed, members of the pact would
rush immediately to the defense
of any other partner attacked.
Although the full details of
neither proposal have been made
public, the chief difference seems
to be i i the method f controlling
tne. size of armies and production
of arms. Mendes-France would
do this through the enlarged Brus
sels group; Eden proposes that
the 14-nalion North Atlantic al
liance set the limits.
Mendes-France also wants to
delay West Germany's participa
tion in NATO. Germany, sun
ported by Britain and the United
States, i3 pressing iard to g'j'.
ir.to NATO right away.
REUNION James Goldsmith, 21, holds daughter, Isa
belle, after the four-month-old child was returned to
her father in Paris by her maternal grandmother, the
Duchess of Durcal, wife of the Bolivian tin king, Antenor
Patino. A judge ordered the baby returned to Goldsmith
after he accused his mother-in-law of "kidnaping" and
filed a court complaint. (NEA)
Housing Investigator Says
Sparkman Victim of Gossip
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. U-Sen
ate housing investigators said
Tuesday they are convinced that
Sen. John J. Sparkman (D-Ala)
exerted no undue influence in
connection with housing "wind
falls."
A witness before Sen. Homer
Capehart's Banking Committee
testified Monday that it was "com
mon knowledge" although
"purely gossip" that the 1953
Democratic vice presidential can
didate helped push through an
illegal loan.
However, Capehart said Tues
day that the committee is con
vinced that Sparkman is the vic
tim of "rumor and gossip" and
that the Alabaman only "was ex
ercising responsibility to a con
stituent like any senator does."
in a day ot televised hearings
Monday, the Banking Committee
charged two young men cleared
$2,471,072 on apartment construc
tion in four states, an Illinois
man "induced" approval of phony
GI loans, a former FHA state
director had interests outside the
law.
Capehart attacked Federal
Housing Administration officials
for "looseness" in administering
the law. He said his committee
uncovered thousands of cases
where FHA made excessive loans,
which by law were limited to 90
per cent of cost.
Marvin L. Warner, 35, and
Joseph Kanter, 30, natives of
Birmingham and now of Cincin
nati, were accused of realizing
a huge windfall on 12 apartments
in those two cities and in Indian
apolis and St. Louis. Their total
cost was $21,964,860, but loans
totaled $24,435,932.
Sparkman was linked to a $3.-
400,000 Warner-Kanter apartment
in Indianapolis. Former FHA ap
praiser James Swan said it was
"common knowledge," though
"purely gossip," that Sparkman
helped push a top-heavy loan
through.
Warner denied Sparkman was
involved. He said a "windfall" on
the loan represented "proper and
legitimate" savings on construc
tion.
Indochinese
Government
May Topple
SAIGON, Indochina W Demon
strations by refugees from North
Vict Nam erupted into violence
Tuesday that claimed two lives,
Gen. Nguyen Van Hinh, the Viet.
namcse chief of staff, charged
Premier Ngo Bi.ih Diem's govern
ment with provoking the trouble
Gen. Hinh, involved in a bitter
dispute with the premier that
seemed sure to topple the govern
ment, charged that approximately
500 refugees who demonstrated
in favor of Diem and against the
Aimy had been armed by gov
ernment forces with club3 and
bottles.
Police sought to disperse the
demonstration. In addition to the
two killed, several more were
wounded.
The refugees were brought here
fro'm North Viet Nam after the
country's partition under the Ge
neva armistice. They are housed
in a camp in Saigon. Most arc
Roman Catholics, as is the pre
mier.
The dispute between Hinh and
the premier reached new heights
Monday night with the resignation
of nine ministers. Diem has not
accepted the resignations but it
appeared that Diem's government
had little chance of surviving the
crisis.
Gen. Hinh made his charges at
a newi conference.
Hinh said the army has "def
inite proof that the government
provoked the troubles which oc
curred this morning in Saigon.'
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