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Britain Has Suez Canal London (UK Britain has 5,000 troops on Cyprus an hour by air from Egypt to spearhead any attempt to reoccupy the Suez Canal Zone, and heavy na val and military reinforcements are standing by. Within a few hours after the government decided on a "pre cautionary" buildup in the East ern Mediterranean, three air craft carriers and a cruiser had been alerted for early departure to an unknown destination. Simultaneously, the imperial general staff completed plans for the emergency processing of 20, 000 reservists, in addition to the three divisions already under arms in Britain. One destroyer !s already at Cyprus, and Britain's entire Mediterranean fleet an aircraft carrier, four cruisers, seven de stroyers, four submarines and a swarm of auxiliary craft is "on maneuvers" nearby. A British cruiser and a de stroyer are in the Red Sea, a few miles from the eastern end of the canal. To match these preparations, Egypt's President Gemal Abdel Nasser is reported massing the destroyers and submarines he recently obtained from the Rus sians at the approaches to the canal from east and west. Deetroyers Unavailable Three destroyers he had ob tained from Britain in recent Hearings on Timber Consolidation Said 'Cheap Political Show1 Washington U.R Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich.) an nounced his opposition yesterday to a proposal by the majority of the House Government Opera tions Committee for consolida tion in the forest service of all government timber activities. Hoffman charged that hear ings which produced the recom "mendation were a "cheap polit ical show" designed to help Democratic candidates and hurt Republicans in Washington and Oregon. Favors Widespread Hearings He said he is "firmly opposed" to the proposed consolidation of timber marketing and forest management for lands adminis tered by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. jf "If any such consolidation is to be seriously considered," he said, "i should be done only during and subsequent to wide spread public hearings to hear the views and opinions of all in terested groups not just a few people in the Pacific Northwest." The majority findings, and "Glorified 100" 11-DIAMOND BRIDAL PAIR No Money Down S100 icoBQciir?1 "The Gre,el" I yll '(l-DIAMOND BRIDAL PAIR V'lll al diamonds in a modern mounr- M NO MOIEY DOWN 0 5,000 Troops, Warships Near in Event Egypt Starts years are currently under Brit ish control, and it is unlikely that they will be available to Egypt if the West decides to as sure the freedom of Suez by force. Under, present circumstances, it Is only in the air that Nasser could give British forces much of a fight if they sought to re occupy the canal zone. British land-based air units in the Mediterranean are equipped with absolescent Meteor jets, which probably would prove no match for Nasser's Russian-made Migs. Carrier planes of more recent make are already on hand to re inforce the Meteors, however, and in case of action it is likely that up-to-the-minute jets would be flown from Britain. Paratroopers Ready If Britain decides to take the zone, the first troops to move probably would be the red-be-reted Independent Parachute Brigade, currently being used to hunt down anti-British guer rillas on Cyprus. Transports with a capacity of 50 paratroopers each probably would fly the brigade to i. des ignated airfield in the zone, with orders to seize and hold it while reinforcements poured in by plane to secure the "airhead." British authorities scoffed at speculation that the navy might Hoffman's minority views, were based on 10 days of hearings by a house subcommittee and a senate interior subcommittee. Hoffman said the hearings de veloped into an attempt to "as sist in the reelection" of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), to "ad vance the standing" of Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.). They also were aimed, he said, to "aid in the campaign to defeat" Reps. Harris Ellsworth. Russell V. Mack, and Sam Coon, all north west Republicans. Contribution Told Hoffman said that Neuberger, a member of the Senate subcom mittee, attemptd to pose "as the champion of the little man" and as an advocate of sale of tim ber in small lots. But he said the hearines showed that Neuberger received a $1,000 campaign contribution from a person "interested in" the L. & H. Timber company. The timber firm, Hoffman added. sought at one time to have a 75. 000.000 board foot block of forest service timber put on the mar ket at one time. "SENATOR" Man's Diamond Set Onyx Ring No Money 49.50 Down convoy shipping through the ca- nal if Nasser tries to close it. They pointed out that warships Smith Lauds State Police For 25 Years of Service Salem (U.R) The Oregon state police, observing their sil ver anniversary today, received happy birthday greetings and congratulations "for their effic ient operation over the past 25 years" from Gov. Elmo Smith. "The Oregon state police have earned the respect of the people of Oregon," the Governor said. "They have attained a reputa tion, which is well deserved, as one of the nation's best law en- Eugene Firemen Ask Suspensions Eugene (U.R) Members of the Eugene fire department yes terday asked city officials to sus pend them also if the city went through with the suspension of two firemen scheduled tb be laid off without pay for 60 days. The two firemen, Captain Fred O'Sullivan and Patrick Flynn, were to be suspended as the outgrowth of an investiga tion of fire department personnel and policies conducted recently by two civil service investi gators. The two men were accused of releasing interviews critical of the department without consult ing the fire chief. The petition, containing 49 names, stated? "These men were not repre senting themselves solely but the firemen as a whole. There fore, we take this action: That the undersigned also be given a like amount of suspension or the previous order be rescinded." Copies were sent to the mayor, the city council, and the city manager. SPECIALS and FEATURE ITEMS FOR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, Special Purchase Ladies' Rayon Gowns SI 00 Special ea. I Six styles, all colors. Med., Ig. and ex. Ig. Run resistant. Lace trim. Special! Reg. $6.98 Garden Hose Reel 21 S198 Koep your garden host noatly rolled up yet ready for instant use. 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Kefauver Scores Bull's Gizzard of By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington U.PJ Davy Crockett Kefauver pulled on his coonskin hat. grabbed his trusty rifle and shot his feudin' enemy right through the gizzard. His feudin' enemy was former Presi dent Harry S. Truman. There was and still is Lylc t Hlison OOUOl aDOUl Mr. Truman's intentions toward the Democratic National Con vention which opens in Chicago Aug. 13. There was much evidence, however, that of the three lead ing contestants for the Demo cratic nomination, Mr. Truman liked least Tennessee's Sen. Estes Kefauver. Mr. Truman did not seem to care much, either, for Adlai E. Stevenson, his hand-picked 1952 nominee who gave the President a fast brush-off once the prize was won. 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GLASS SPINNING ROD Cork Handle $9 QQ Rey. S4.98 eSsOU Wednesday, August 1, 1958 His Political to like Gov. Averell Harriman, of New York, the only 100 per cent Truman Fair Deal candi date in the race. Wants No Risk The word around was that ; Mr. Truman was strongly tempt-1 ed to make a hard move at the convention to prevent Steven-' son's nomination and to put Har riman at the head of the party's 1956 ticket. Whether he would do that, some of his old time as sociates believed, would depend largely upon his judgment of the chances for success. Mr. Truman would not want to take too much of a chance' on losing an open convention battle. And so it seemed to stand as of Tuesday afternoon. Then j shortly after 4 p.m. (EDT) Ke-! fauver announced that he was withdrawing from the presi dential race. He endorsed Stevenson for the Democratic j nomination. The senator certain-. ly did no such thing merely to , land a probably fatal blow on 1 Harriman's chances and on Mr. ' Truman's possible role as a 1956 ; convention manipulator. A Stevenson-Kefauver ticket seems quite possible now al-. though there would be some 1 geographical objections to it. The lure of the vice presidential nomination well could have been among the factors which i moved Kefauver to make a pre convention move which comes ! close to assuring Stevenson's nomination. The Retaliation Factor The satisfaction of letting Mr. Truman have one where it ; should hurt, however, must have been a pretty sizable factor, too. Mr. Truman has been represent-' ed at times as being neutral be- j tween Stevenson and Harriman, ; but there has been no such j double talk about his thoughts on Kefauver. j It cannot be said that Kefau- i ver is even with . the former President, but he's gaining on I him. 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