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a t c d tl h IT tl 01 fc 3( cc se T. JU0CTTEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, Mar 13- I357 Humphrey's Trip In Mid-East Highlights Problems of Region s-a"a' not: Sn.' Huh'rt H. Humparcr (D-.Minn.) toured the Mid eAt mm asicnment from the Senate Forawa Relations Committee to take a (v-hand look and study of the itwoira in that area. He Is rhair mai t the rnmmittee's subcommittee 0 or Kaitern and African affairs, la la fallowinc dispatrh. written for ta taited Press. Humphrey reports rat waf of his findings in the two s' anb tour. y SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY Wttn for Uniled Press Jerusalem, Israel UR) Al most everybody knows what the problems of the Mid-East are but nobody's yet been able to put to gether the answers to these prob lems. A two-week trip throuzh the area obviously cannot provide the answers. It has, however, provided two things: First, the discovery that peo ple in the area do not spend all their time hating each other. They, like we, are interested in constructive things. They are de veloping their economies. There is a reawakening Second, a somewhat better un derstanding of why some people in the Mid-East feel as strongly as they do about some of the problems. Lands Contrast When one flies low over the Nile delta of Egypt, for example, and sees the absolute contrast between land which is irrigated and land which is not, he more fully comprehends the enor mous pressure in Egypt for the Aswan high dam which would greatly increase the irrigated acreage. When one sees the miserable conditions of the Arab refugee camps, he realizes more than be fore why there can be no real peace in the Mid-East until the refugee problem is settled. When one sees the economic progrss, the drive and vigor of Israel and its relatively supe rior military strength as com pared with the poverty, disease and relatively inferior military strength of most Arab states, he better understands why some Arab leaders express fears of Is raeli expansion. Finally, when one sees the desolate Negev, the great south ern desert of Israel, jnd when one learns that Israel expects 100,000 immigrants this year, he better understands why the Is raelis are so insistent on irriga tion of the Negev. The care and use of water is an ever-present topic of conversation. Water Important Although one usually thinks of oil in connection with the Mid-East,- the fact is that water is at least as important as oil if not more so. Water is no respecter of inter national boundaries. The Nile, Jordan, and Tigris-Euphrates all are international rivers and if maximum use is to be made of their waters it must be done un der some kind of international arrangement. So far, international agree ment in regard to water In the Mid-East have been virtually im possible to negotiate. Perhaps some consideration might now be given to a new approach in the form of a regional develop ment agency established under the United Nations but operat ing independently through a board of directors representative of the various interests con cerned. Resettlement Essential Such an agency could not only supply capital and construct projects; it could also operate the projects and provide the technical assistance which is so badly needed if the capital proj ects are to be of maximum bene fit. ' It is only through economic development of this kind that the refugee problem may be set tled. The resettlement of refu gees is one of the essentials of lasting Mid-East peace. Resettle ment and economic develop ment go hand in hand. There are many immediate po litical difficulties in the way but this can be said of any proposal as far as the Mid-East is con cerned. And a new approach can not be any more unsuccessful than those which have be,en tried in the past. More important Back Stairs: Relaxation Pleases Doctor By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: President Eisenhower was away from Washington nearly half of the first four months of this year and his doctor, Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder could not be more pleased. Snyder turns a definitely chilly shoulder to political critics who would have the President stick closer to his desk. Snyder believes frequent periods of re laxation, even more than rest, constitute the best prescription for the President's continued good health. A group of 70 Gettysburg lady homemakers went to Washing ton recently for a visit under the guidance of their county ex tension home economist. The only neighborly thing to do was drop in at the White House. Their Gettysburg neighbor, Mrs. Eisenhower, arranged for we must keep trying keep searching for the answers. The stakes are high peace or war freedom or Communism. the ladies to have a specially conducted tour of the premises. The Adams county women came home all aglow and loaded with things to talk about. They reported to the Gettys burg Times that among the handsome sights they saw was the beautiful Gold Room of the White House. And this had members of the White House staff scratching their heads in puzzlement. There is no Gold Room at the White House. There's a Blue Room, a Green. Room, and a Red Room, but no Gold Room. What the ladies probably were referring to was the stately East Room which has a lot of gold in its decor. Gwen Cafritz, one of Wash ington's leading hostesses and party givers, has been serving up distinguished groceries to the capital elite for a number of years. She says there is not any ap preciable difference between Democrats and Republicans as dinner guests, and that applies to members of a president's staff, too. Mrs. Cafritz says she really doesn't believe political lines cut deeply into Washington so ciety and that most politicians regard dinner parties as relative ly neutral ground. Budget Director Percival Brundage has been under heavy fire recently from some sections of the Congress for the part he played in drafting the admini stration's $71,800,000,000 bud get. There have been demands that Eisenhower fire Brundage. At a recent Cabinet meeting, the President looked down the long mahogany table at Brun dage who was about to make a presentation on possible budget savings. With a twinkle in his eye, Eisenhower nodded to his budget director and said, "Well, I see you're still with us." It is only natural that presi dents worry on occasion about having their more secret tele phone conversations overheard. The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt protected his secret telephone talks with intimates by conversing in French on the theory that a potential . eaves-. dropper probably would not be bilingual. Erich von Slroheim Succumbs in Paris Paris (U.R) Erich von Stroheim, 71-year-old actor-director who was Hollywood's "demon Prussian" of the 1920's, died of cancer at his country home near here Sunday night, it was reported today! Von Stroheim, who had been bedridden-for nine months, died at 9 p.m. in Maurepas. His artist-wife, Denise Vernac, was at his bedside when the end came. Von. Stroheim made his name in Hollywood films about World War I, in which he customarily appeared as a stiff-backed Prus sian officer. Before World War II, he had left Hollywood for Europe, where he appeared in such films as "Grand Illusion." His most recent American appearance was in the movie 'Sunset Boulevard," with William Holden and Gloria Swanson. Corvallis 0J.P.) 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