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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.) Frank Ram
sey of Corvallis Saturday was
elected president of the Oregon
State College Alumni associa
tion. Robert White, Salem may
or, was named first vice presi
dent
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