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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.
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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.
Installation of officers, award
ing of certificates to retiring
board members and a brief re
port on 1082 activities will
highlight the no-host luncheon
meeting at the Eugene Hotel.
The meeting also will feature
something new this year, said
Cross "buzi sessions" partici
pated in by menjbers to help
form the chamber's program of
work for 1963.
Reservations for the luncheon
meeting are not required. The
meeting is scheduled to adjourn
before 1:30 p.m. Chamber mem
bers arc invited to bring staff
members and associates of their
businesses and professions.
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