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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, Dteember S. 1954
41 Nations Have Guarantee of
U. S. Aid in Event of Attack
BY WILLIAM GALBRAITH
Uniied Press Staff Correspondent
Washington U.R) The Uni
ted States is committed formal
ly to go to the aid of 41 nations
if they are attacked.
Guarantees of American aid
against aggression are contained
in treaties with the 41 nations
spread throughout the world and
representing every , continent.
In addition, this country has
less formal but important agree
ments or understandings with
other nations which could
prompt U. S. retailiation in
event of aggression, a survey of
American defense commitments
disclosed.
Though there are differences
in wording, the formal treaties
all mean the United States is
committed to aid any one of the
countries if it is attacked. The
pacts are generally two-way.
Thev include pledges by the
other signers to help this country
in case of attack on. American
territory, and sometimes in case
of assault on U. S. ships and
planes.
Latest Pact With China
The latest pact, with National
ist China, was signed Thursday,
It committed the United States
to defend Formosa and the Pes
cadores Islands. Nationalist
China in turn promises to help
the United States in case of at
tack against western Pacific
islands now controlled by this
country.
Many of the treaties do not re
quire the United States to fight
automatically in case of attack
against a signer. But the effect of
the agreements is such that this
nation would be expected to
fight if need be.
Following is a list of mutual
defense treaties.
Rio Pact: Signed in 1947 by
the United States and 20 Latin
American republics. Provides
that an armed attack against one
American state f'shall be con
sidered as an attack against all."
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty: Signed
in 1949 by the United States,
Canada, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Iceland, Italy, Luxem
bourg, The Netherlands, Nor
way, Portugal and Britain.
Greece and Turkey became mem
bers in 1952 arid Germany is in
the process of being admitted.
Philippines: Signed in 1951;
the pact recognizes an armed
attack on either party in the
Ike Noncommittal
On Reelection Plan
Washington -(U.R) President
Eisenhower told a senator who
urged him Saturday to run for
reelection in 1956 that he thinks
it best to "take it step by step."
The noncommittal remark was
quoted by Sen. Hazel H. Abel
who is serving a two-month term
as senator from Nebraska.
Mrs. Abel, elected Nov. 2 to
a short term expiring in Janu
ary, told reporters she had a
friendly chat with the President
about a variety of things in
which they are mutually inter
ested. She said it included Republi
can politics and farming. She
has a 640-acre dairy farm near
Lincoln, Neb., and Mr. Eisen
hower has a farm near Gettys
burg, Pa.
Mrs. Abel said she used to be
100 per cent for President Eisen
hower but she now is "200 per
cent for him." She said Mr.
Eisenhower gave his "step by
step" response when she expres
sed a desire to work for his
continuation in office. - .
Pacific area as a threat to the
other's security.
Anzus: Signed in 1951 with
New Zealand and Australia. Has
the same operating provisions
as the Philippine pact.
Japan: Signed in 1951. Japan
grants the United States the
right to keep armed forces in
ized to contribute to the main
tenance of international peace
and security in the Far East and
to the security of Japan against
armed attack from without."
ASIAN AGREEMENTS .
Korea: Signed in 1953. Similar
to the Philippine and Anzus
treaties in calling on both na
tions to meet any common dan
ger "in accordance with its con
stitutional processes."
Manila Pact: Signed last Sep
tember by the United States,
Britain, France, Australia, New
Zealand, Philippines, Thialand
and Pakistan. All agree that an
attack in the treaty area of
Southeast Asia endangers the
security of each, and agree to
meet that danger.
Formosa: Signed Thursday
with Nationalist China. Provides
that an armed attack on For
mosa, the Pescadores or Western
Pacific Islands under U.S. con
trol endangers the security of
both countries and should be met
in accordance with constitutional
processes.
Navy Okays $200,000 Pact
For. One-Man Helicopters
Washington (U.R) Two package for easy transportation!
rotorcycles, one man portable
helicopters, are going to be
built for the Marine Corps for
experimental purposes
The new flying machines will
be used for battlefield observa-
tions, liaison, escape and small
unit maneuvers
Contracts awarded by the
Navy call for " a machine which
can be collapsed into a small
Husband Stands By
Wife Despite Plot
For His Murder
New York KU.R) A husband
allegedly marked for death in a
fantastic murder - for - profit
scheme tenderly kissed his pretty
blonde wife Saturday and prom
ised to stand by her although
she is charged with engineering
a plot to have him crushed by a
taxi while he walked his dog.
The plot was thwarted by
police Friday night after they
were tipped off by 35-year-old
Taxi Driver ' Fred Bezer, who
is studying to be a private detective.
Bezer had been taken in on
the alleged plot by Mrs. Patricia
Ricco, 30, and two of her girl
friends. He was supposed to
have used his taxi to crush
James Ricco, 30, a Pennsylvania
railroad employeej in a faked
accident.
Charged with " complicity ; In
the plot along with Mrs. Ricco,
the mother of three children.
were Mrs. Ann Sabella, 27, also
the mother of three, and Media
Rainey, 25, who is Mrs. Sabella's
sister and Bezer's girl friend.
Police had watched thethreej
women closely after receiving
Bezer's tip and arrested them
Friday night.'
Bronx District Attorney Louis
Silver said Mrs. Ricco planned
to collect Ricco's $3,000 insur
ance and then be in a position
to sue Bezer's cab company for
$100,000 in damages, pleading
that her husband's death left her
with three small children to
raise alone.
Ricco came to magistrate's
court Saturday where his wife
and her confederates were
charged with conspiracy to com
mit murder. He held her hand
and kissed her several times be
fore she was taken to Bronx
county jail in lieu of $50,000
bond.
"I will stand by my wife,"
Ricco said. "I do not believe this
charge is true."
Miss Raney also was held in
$50,000 bond. ' Mrs. Sabella was
released in $1,000 bond because
she gave a statement on the plot
to police.
and quickly assembled."
In 1907 when the Army Sig
nal Corps ordered its first mil
itary airplane, the requirements
then said: -
"It is deemed advisable that
the flying machine should be
designed so that it may be quick
ly and easily assembled and ta
ken apart and packed for trans
portation." -
The Navy placed contracts
amounting to $200,000 with two
manufacturers selected from 18
firms which selected more than
30 designs for rotorcycles.
The. firms, which must pro
duce rotorcycles ready for
flight within a year, are Gyro
dyne Co. of America, St. James,
N. Y., and Hiller Helicopters,
Palo Alto, Calif. Both machines
will be powered by four cylin
der gasoline engines produced
by Barmotive Products, San Le
andro, Calif.;
Free Information
Debates in U.N.
Denounced by Reds
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The United Nations debate on
freedom of information Saturday
Drought a Czechoslovak denun
ciation of the United States and
West Germany for using infor
mation media for "malicious
slander." ' " ;
The U. N. Social, Cultural and
Humanitarian committed' receiv
ed two more resolutions on free
dom of information, one a Philip
pines proposal to create a three
man commission of experts to
study the effect of "media of
mass communications" upon
world relations and "war ten
sions" and to survey "barriers
to the free flow of news and in
formation within, countries and
across national frontiers."
A second resolution offered by
Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Egypt,
India, Indonesia, Philippines,
Saudi Arabia and Yugoslavia
asks the economic and social
council to take up the matter of
a draft convention on freedom
of information at its next meet
ing and also would put the con
vention on the agenda for the
1955 U.N. Assembly. .
During the day's debate, Czech
delegate Vladimir Pavlicek said
that "in other countries, notably.
West Germany, the media of in
formation serves malicious slan
der.' He referred specifically to
"tne aosura balloon campaign
which was launched by the
American occupation authorities
from Germany into Czechoslo
yakia but which merely evokes
the contempt of our people.'
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McCarthy Cancels
Speech Because of
Injury to Eibow
Cincinnati, O. (U.R) Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) Sat
urday cancelled a flight here
from Washington, D. C, ta de
liver a speech to the Cuvier
Press club. '
John Held, chairman of the
club, said he had received a tel
egram from McCarthy s secre
tary announcing the Senator's
physician had ruled out the trip,
Efforts by Held to obtain add!
tional information nere or in
Washington failed.
Can't Be Reached
"He is so ill he can't be
reached and his wife is so upset
she can't talk," Held said.
Held released the text of a
telegram to the press before
reading it to 400 guests at the
dinner, most of them not news
men, who went to the table not
knowing why McCarthy had not
arrived at the nearby Boone
county (Ky.) airport to keep the
engagement.
The telegram read: "Doctor
has advised me that after visit
ing Senator McCarthy at his
home this afternoon, he will not
allow him to leave Washington.
Elbow injury was not given suf
ficient time to respond to treat
ment and doctor will not gamble
with possibile permanent injury
to arm. Unfortunately I have
been able to talk to the Sen
ator personally, but I know if it
were for his choice he would be
with you tonight."
It was signed: "Mark Driscoll,
secretary to Senator McCarthy."
Waited at Airport
Reasons for the change in
plans were not announced at the
airport, where some 200 persons
waited from 2:30 p.m. (EST) on
for his arrival. About a dozen
die-hards remained at the air
port until 8 p.m., the hour Held
was announcing at the hotel din
ner he was "convinced" the Sen
ator would not arrive.
Most of the waiting crowd
told newsmen they had signed
the "10 million Americans" pe
titions against- censure of, the
Senator.
One man said he knew Mc
Carthy "would have come unless
there are good reasons," because
"Joe wouldn't let us down." One
of a group of 12 law students
also waiting said he was "still
for McCarthy, even after this."
- Rep. Gordon H. Scherer, Cin
cinnati Republican, was drafted
as the . after-dinner speaker.
Scherer is a member of .a sub
committee of ; the House , Un
American activities committee.
He made no comment about Mc
Carthy's absence before address
ing the meeting.
-
ARTISTS CONCEPTION of rocket-propelled 13,000 mph airliner
which Dr. m R. Dornberger, missile specialist. Bell Aircraft
Corp., forecasts Is possible within 10 -or 15 years. He formerly
was in charge of developing Germany's V-2 TOcket.(International)
First Military Helicopter
Port Dedication Scheduled
Washington (U.R) The
first military airport in the
world designed exclusively for
helicopter operations will be
dedicated at Fort Eustis, Va., on
Dec. 7, the Army announced Sat
urday night.
"Heliport" is built in a giant
wheel shape with taxi-way run
ning around the outer 'fringes.
Atomic Fuel Would
Run 15 Reactors
Chicago (U.R) The United
States is ready to provide for
eign nations with- enough atom
ic fuel to run 15 highly effec
tive reactors.
Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
made the announcement Friday
in a speech before the Chicago
Executive Club.
It was the first official state
ment of how far the 220 pounds
of fissionable material offered
by President Eisenhower's atoms
or peace plan would go.
The AEC chairman emphasiz
ed that the fissionable material
could be used in medical, biolo
gical, industrial and physical re
search, but could not be used for
bombs.
One of the 15 reactors, he said,
would cost about $2,126,000 or
less and would "put a nation into
business" in many fields of re
search.
PROJECT URGED
Washington KU.R) Sen. Ar
thur V. Watkins (R-Utah) said
Saturday he has urged President
Eisenhower to recommend to
Congress next year authorization
of the $1,200,000,000 upper Col
orado Water Storage Project.
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Both the runways, under
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