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1 Page 8 Section I THE CAPITAL JOURNAE Salem, Oregon,. Tuesday, April 9, 1957 ISO TWO PROBLEMS ALIKE Foreign Aid Like a Gigantic Jig-saw Puzzle Editor's Nolo: The Internation al Cooperation Administration, which operates the U.S. foreign aid program, is beset by one headache after another. The ren sons arc explained in this third ef a scries of articles on foreign aid. By BELMAN MOWN WASHINGTON in Suppose ' you are the director of the agency that operates the multi-billion dol lar American foreign aid program. You arc dealing with more than 60 nations and territories. Among these governments are Communists, Socialists, dictators, constitutional monarchies. In foreign policy, some usually stand with the United States. Others are "neutralist." Still others stand closer to Russia Some New, Sensitive Some are brand new, with deli cate national sensibilities. Their economies, still embryonic, are susceptible to inflation and limited in the size and type of projects they can usefully absorb. Some are strategically located, smack up against the Iron Curtain. Others arc oceans away. This one possesses vital ores and minerals that the United Slates lacks and must import - rhrnmitc. eranhilc. nickel, tin manganese, mercury, mica, tung. BY TEXAS OILMAN $2 Million Tithe Given to Church DALLAS Wl A Texas oilman turned over two million dollars to his church as a tithe yester day after selling Ins petroleum company interests in a multimil lion-dollar deal. Tnddie Lee Wynne of Dallas, president of the American Libery Oil Co., signed final papers trans ferring Amilco stock to American Petrofina, inc., 01 new lorn. The gross transaction reportedly Involved an estimated 35 million Guilty Officer Enters Plea in Court-Martial PAnniS ISLAND, S.C. MV-First U. William D. Conroy pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of hit ting a young enlisted man ana placed his Marine corps career In the hands of a seven-man gen eral court-martial at this recruit (raining base. The court, before passing sen tence, followed military procedure and permitted Conroy to offer testimony in possible mitigation of the offense. This was the first blemish on Conroy's four-year service rec ord. Maximum punishment for the offense is six months' confine ment and dismissal from service, This was another in a continu. Ing series of maltreatment trials which began after six men drowned a year ago Tuesday night on a disciplinary march Into tidal creek here. Conroy became the first officer Involved in such case since the disastrous march into Ribbon Creek last April 8. The 26-year-old lieutenant from Queens, N.Y., was accused of striking Pvt. David L. Porter, and officially was charged with conduct unbe coming an officer and a gentle man. dollars. Spokesmen said Wynne would get about 20 million after payment ol outstanding ocms. Tin ncr cent of the net was given to the Texas Presbyterian Foundation, the largest gift it has ever received. Wynne grew up as a Methodist but has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 195. lie is a prominent layman. Members of his family said they practiced tithing the cus tom or eivine a tcnin or a spccuii- share of wealth for religious or charitable purposes lor many years. Dr. Hubert H. Honncr. director of the foundation, said $600,000 of the Wvnne gift will be used for immediate financial help for three church institutions In Texas, and the rest would go to the endow ment fund for uso by various Presbyterian institutions In the state. Africa Trains Crash; 24 Die CAPETOWN, South Africa lV Two crowded electric trains col lided head-on late yesterday In a Capetown suburb, killing nl least 24 persons. Scores were injured. Large quantities of blood from while donors were rushed to the scene. An announcement from the official blood transfusion serv ice later said that though only "white" blood was sent, it was available to all the injured regard less of race. Blood collected by transfusion services here is separated into while and African classifications. according to the race of its source. Boys Collect $605.21 Each For Honesty BRIGHTON, Colo. VPi Four well-scrubbed and happy little boys lined up in District Court yesterday to get $605.21 apiece. Dist. Judge Martin 1'. Miner ordered the money paid to Rich ard (Ricky) Tabor, 7, of Pueblo, Colo., and Dunne Bickford, 10, Michael Asnlcar, 11, ana nis brother Patrick, 12, all of Denver, The boys found $2,910 lost sum mer In a vacant lot at Derby, north of Denver. Tha money was split equally among them after Judge Miller set aside $489.16 lor attorney fees and legal advertis ing costs. He ordered that each boy be paid $230.21 in cash plus $375 in vested by the court in U.S. Say ings Bonds. Ricky said he thought he'd save his money toward college ex penses, but maybe I II get a bi cycle first." The boys won't have to pay any income tax on their shares, but they will have (o file tax returns in 1958. The law says any indi vidual earnings $600 or more a year must file a return but taxes don't begin until tho earnings reach $675. sten, cobalt. That one possesses little or nothing of apparent value to the non-Communist world as of today. It's a gigantic jig-saw. No two problems are exactly alike. As each project comes up, there will be reasons for and against approving it. Take some individual cases. Afghanistan Population 12 mil lion, remotely situated, adjoins Russia, tends to vote "neutralist" in the United Nations. Project To build airfields and train the air force. Cost, 14'A mil lion in loans and grants. The ICA approved for several reasons, but primarily to keep Russia from doing the job with its technicians and equipment. What would you have docided? Indonesia Example Here's another. Indonesia Population 80 mil lion, gained independence after World War II, rich in resurccs, "neutralist" in foreign policy. Project A survey of economic development potentialities to be made by a private American en gineering firm. Cost, $3,680,000. But Indonesia insists that the engineers' findings be not made known to tho ICA. Notwithstand ing, the project was considered "in the best interests of both na tions" and was approved. Each day brings a different kind of headache. There's that fertilizer plant for Korea. Cost originally estimated at 2114 million, later upped by 9 million. Engineers first recom mend one process, then switch to another. Which is more efficient? The plant is under construction while all these angles are still be ing rc-survcyed. But the ICA's problems are by no means confined to its overseas offices. Some dwell in Washington. For instance Funds on Annual Basis Congress approves foreign aid funds on a yearly basis. This works against long range plan ning, hampers flexibility. I More important, funds not "ob ligated by a given date go back to the Treasury. What happens? Here is an excerpt of a letter from Abbott K. Hamilton, former ICA official, to President Eisen hower: "At several staff meetings in early 1956 wo were told that only six months remained in which to dispose of . . . $1,200,000,000 and that special effort must be made by all to start obligating at the rate of $200,000,000 a month otherwise any uncommitted funds Epstein Statue of Christ May Stir Up Controversy in Wales CARDIFF, Wales OB A tower ing statue of Christ by New York- born Sir Jacob Epstein is to be shown to the public tor the first lime Wednesday, but already there are signs it may stir a new Epstein controversy. London critics and local news men were shown the 16-foot-high figure, cast in shimmering alumi num, Monday. The London visit ors were impressed, but reaction of the local viewers indicated the public reception 'is likely to be mixed. The figure, placed atop a huge concrete archway 35 feet above the floor of Llandaff Cathedral, is called "Christ in majesty." Ep stein has termed it his "greatest act of faith." The body of the figure is I sheathed in a long, rectangular robe, with the hands, in the words of dne critic, "away from the sides as if in appeal." The London Times critic said the "whole figure must have a tremendous impact on anyone en tering the cathedral." Ewart Howell of The News Chronicle described the effect as "startling" and added: "The body is an exaggerated, elongated, rec tangular tube with little pretense at detailed modeling. The statue induced in me a feeling of awe and reverence. It seemed to say simply 'I am. Accept me.' " But one local reporter con fessed: "I find this thing repul sive , , . No, not quite that. I mean it makes me feel sort of J frightened." I would go back to the Treasury and be lost. "Could anyone think of a more wasteful and unsuccessful method of operation?" ICA's director today is a tough minded Ohio lawyer, John B. Hollistcr. He was a law partner of the late Sen. Robert A. Taft. a former judge, congressman, and Stale Department consultant. He is 66 years old. 8,630 on Staff He has a staff of 8,620, of whom 5,161 are Americans. The total monthly payroll is around $3,780, 000. Hollistcr says he thinks the for eign aid program is "adequate" now. i Lack of flexibility, he says, is one of ICA's biggest problems. "You can't tell a year ahead of time what you may have to do in a given region but you have to formulate your plans anyway." As to the ycar-by-year pattern of congressional appropriations he said: "We try not to do things in a slipshod way. On the other hand, congress keeps the pressure on you to obligate money within a given period, it obviously isn't tho best way." Does he personally favor the program? "I'm a Middle Western lawyer who left a good practice to come down here. Why should I do that if I didn't believe in what I'm doing?" Tomorrow: Could American pri vate enterprise do the job better? Envoy Won't Visit Jordan, Egypt, Syria BAGHDAD, Iraq W Special U.S. envoy James P. Richards says he has not received "satis factory" invitations to explain the Eisenhower Middle East doctrine to the governments of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. He Indicated he would not visit those countries. The President's emissary spoke to newsmen last night, on the eve of his departure for baudi Arabia. Richards said he would go to any .Middle East nation to ex plain the U.S. program for the area if he received a proper in vitation" from its government. Both the Syrian and Jordan re gimes have already rejected the Eisenhower Doctrine. Although Egypt has taken no official stand. the government-controlled Cairo press has been highly critical of the anti-communist doctrine. Richards said he would go to Israel because her government 4 1st, Anniversary SALE Reg. 69.50 MATTRESS & BOXSPRING 2-pe. Set 44.41 Glen Woodry's 1605 N. Summer Bluebonnets Back tpvmtq Tar MS Snrinp will have a little more touch of Texas around Ennis this year. Tha annual htllphmMPt trails. 8 faclitral hnnnrinff Ihp hlnnmin? of the state llower, win De revivea as part of the town's 85th birth day celebration April 18-28. Drought damaged the bluebon net crop last spring and the festi val was called off, but recent hoaw mine nrnmisc to make it as colorful as ever this year. "has a desire to discuss the Ei senhower Doctrine." To date seven Middle East coun- tcioc hava unHnrsPft the doctrine during Richards' visits and agreed to acccDt U.S. aid. They are Lebanon, Libya, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and faKisian. HOLD IT CHIEF! LANSING, Mich. tUP) Ralph Brown, a full-blooded American Indian, was charged with illegal scalping today. 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