Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 31, 1963, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPage 8A EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. Thuri., Jan. Jl, 1863 U.S. Group Seeks Ways To Aid Congo Nine Problems Need Quick Cure LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo W A six-man U.S. mission ar rived here Thuraday to leek way to atanch the economic hemorrhage bleeding the Congo to aeatn. Harlan Cleveland, U.S. assist ant secretary of state, heading the group, aaid he also will dis cuss a cutback In U.N. military strength following the end of Katanga Province's aession. The world organization has more than 20,000 men under arms here, and the United States pays the biggest part of the bill. During their 10-day stay the Americans will be told of these grave problems: 1. Runaway inflation, due to political unrest and massive gov ernment deficits, has boosted prices in Leopoldville more than 68 per cent in the last year. 2. Lack of goods to buy In the interior is destroying the incen tive for small farmers to pro duce more than their own needs creating food shortages in cities. 3. There is no work available for about half the work force. Millions of dollars worth of ma chinery lies idle for lack of spare parts. 4. The finances of mineral- rich Katanga, which supplied the Congo before independence with about half its foreign ex change earnings, are a mystery. 5. Thousanda of tons of cof fee, tea, palm oil and other pro duce are being smuggled out of the Congo, depriving the central government of taxes and foreign currency. 6. Much foreign aid has been used to plug leaks In the econ omy rather than to cure eco nomic ills, 7. The central government lacka the power and trained per sonnel to impose unpopular eco nomic solutions on the nation. 8. Disputes among the 21 provincca created last year re sulted in serious breakdowna in local administration and some times in bloody fighting. 9. Premier Cyrille Adoula'a offer of places in the central army to members of the Katanga Gendarmerie will place an add ed strain on the already over extended budget. The move probably will swell the army to mora than 4u,ouu men. y-Asav- x f' ' j,m' " v"5l ' M"t X 4 r, " 1 (AP Wlrephoto) Govs. William Scranton, left, of Pennsylvania, and Nelson Rockefel ler of New York exchange pleasantries Wednesday night at a Repub- T v lican fund raising dinner in New York. Both spoke at what was -aVinilcr called the Republican Victory Dinner. GOP Washington Urges Nuclear Capability U. S., Canada Dispute A-Arm WASHINGTON tfl The United States, apparently taking sharp issue with Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker, has declared bluntly that Can ada's defense forces should be equipped with nuclear weapons. Although North American de fense systems "using nuclear- capable weapons" are necessary for effective protection against the Soviet Union's nuclear bomber fleet, the State Depart ment said Wednesday night, the Canadian government has failed to come up with a practical plan. The nuclear weapons issue has been hotly debated in the Parliament at Ottawa in recent days and has become a problem in Canadian domestic politics. In such circumstances a U.S. government declaration is high ly unusual. ' Sharp, Simple Sentences In Ottawa, there was wide spread speculation the U.S. crit icism would spark a general fought on nuclear defense is sues. The statement, issued by the State Department and delivered to the Canadian Embassy, is also unusual because it is stripped of ordinary diplomatic language and lays down tne Washington view of the North American defense problem in sharp, simple sentences. "The Soviet bomber fleet will remain at least throughout this decade a significant element in the Soviet strike force," the statement said. An effective continental defense against this common threat is necessary." The statement said that al though the Western alliance needs more conventional forces, conventional forces are no al ternative "to effective NATO or NORAD defense arrangements using nuclear-capable weapons systems." - NORAD is the joint U.S.-Canadian defense system against Soviet bombers. Lester B. Pearson, leader of the Liberals, the biggest oppo- election call and a campaign sition party, said he found it surorisine the United States should issue such a statement But he blamed it on what he said were conflicting versions nf defense Dolicy Riven by Dief enbaker and Defense Minister Douglis Harkness in Commons debate last week. Declines Comment Diefenbaker, in Toronto for a speech, said he would have no comment until he studied the statement. Diefenbaker recently told Par liament that strategic plans in volving the use of supersonic jet fighters by Canadian forces in Europe had been "placed under doubt by the recent Nas sau declaration" between Pres ident Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Mac millan. The State Department state-' ment said the Nassau agree ment raised no question of the appropriateness of nuclear weapons for Canadian forces In fulfilling their NATO or NORAD obligations. While maintaining that Can ada always will fulfill its de-" fense commitments, Diefenbak er has suggested "greater and greater emphasis must be placed on conventional arms and conventional forces." "More nuclear arms will add . nothing materially to our de fenses," he has said. ,; At Diefenbaker's suggestion the United States and Canada . opened negotiations two or -three months ago, the United States said, on the problem of supplying nuclear weapons for Canadian armed forces. These talks have been explor atory and inconclusive, the statement declared. All of Canada's opposition parties are opposed to arming , Canada with nuclear weapons. However, Pearson has said that ' since Diefenbaker committed . Canada to them, he should hon-' or the commitment and then get out of the nuclear role through negotiations. The view in Ottawa was that ; U.S. patience had run out. Search Plane Spots Bodies In Atlantic Board Okays School Plans SALEM (UPD The State Board of Education Wednosday ap proved two school district re organization plans and set a date for an election on a proposed community college district. The board approved plans for Multnomah and Linn counties. It set a date of March 23 for an election on the formation of a central Douglas County area education district. The Multnomah plan calls tor the formation of an administra tive school district taking in most of eight present districts. The Linn plan proposes a separate district for the Gates, Mill City and Santlam Union high schools, now joined with Marion County.. The board approved the ap pointment ot George. Richard Ragan as consultant in educa tional television and radio. Too Cold BELLAIRE, Mich. W A snow sculpture contest next Sunday as part ot Bcllairc's winter carnival was postponed until Feb. 10 because of cold weather. Officials said Thursday sub zero temperatures the past several days resulted in snow conditions which do not make for good sculpturing material. NEW YORK Vfl The search plane, flying through freezing rain and fog about BOO feet above the choppy Atlantic, spot ted three flight Jackets and i broken life raft amid dobris. Said the copilot: "When we got closer we realized it was hopeless." The words told of the end of new type Navy plane, a sub marine hunter, which crashed into the sea Wednesday about 230 miles southeast of New York. "Apparently none of the 14 persons aboard survived," said an announcement from Patux ent River, Md., home base of the four-engine plane which had been taking part in a sea ex ercise. The 400 m.p.h. craft, called the P3A Orion, was of a type accepted for Navy service last August. The pilot ot a Coast Guard plane reported sighting 12 bod ies in the water. The aubmarlne Carp, which had been engaged in the training exercise with the missing plane, picked up one body. , Later a Coast Guard vessel reported coming upon some damaged life rafts, deflated life preservers, an abandoned oxy gen flask and some exposure suits all apparently unused. Sighting of the rafts had led to an initial report of survivors aboard the P3A, last heard from in a routine radio contact at 2:48 a.m. Wednesday. Chamber to Hold Annual Meeting On Membership The annual membership meeting of the Eugene Cham ber of Commerce will be held at noon Friday, according to chamber President Robert Cross. 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