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Ike's Proposed
Reply to Russian
Letter Studied
Khrushchev Wants
Summit Conference
Washington (LTD The
White House said today Presi
dent Esienhower has drafted
a proposed reply to Russia's
call for an emergency summit
meeting on the Middle East
and that it is being studied by
European Allies.
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said a draft of Eis
enhower's answer to Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
was sent Sunday night to
members of thevNorth Atlan
tic Treaty Organization for
their approval.
Mo Hint on Contents
Hagerty gave no hint as to
the contents of "the President's
reply. He said he would not
expect the reply to be sent to
Moscow and made public
today.
In London, Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan told the
House of Commons that Brit
ain and its allies are "urgant
lv reconsidering . . . the best
means by which to arrange
for a meeting which heads of
government could attend."
Macmillan did not elabor
ate. Khrushchev had proposed
that the meeting be held Tues
day in Geneva between the
heads of government of the
United States, Britain, France,
Russia and India,- plus U.N.
Secretary-general Dag Ham
marskjold. Wants Soviet Agreement
The delay in answering ob
viously ruled out any chance
that such a meeting would be
held Tuesday, or probably in
the immediate future.
Eisenhower was expected to
offer Russia the possibility of
a summit meeting later if the
Kremlin would agree to effec;
tive U.N. action in L.eoanon
that would permit withdrawal
of U. S. troops there.
In Paris a government
spokesman said. France
agreed to a summit meeting
"in principle" but not if the
western Big Three are to be
considered 'aggressors in the
Middle East. Khrushchev in
his letter on the conference
had referred to U.S. "aggres
sion" in Lebanon and British
"aggression" n Jordan.
Hagerty said the position of
the U.S. still was that the
work of the U.N. Security
Council on the Middle East
crisis should continue.
Middle East
At a Glance
By United Press
International
Amman King Hussein
of Jordan severed diplo
matic relations with the
United Arab Republic of
President Garrfal Abdel
Nasser: the United States
lent him $12 million to help
him retain his shaky throne.
Cairo Nasser returned
from talks in Damascus
where the UAR announced
it was signing a military
treaty with the new rebel
government of Iraq. Ob
servers said this put the
formal stamp on Iraq's ad
O herence to the Nasser bloc.
Istanbul Turkish news
papers reported, Turkish
troops near the Syrian and
Iraqi frontiers had received
standby orders. But there
still was no sign of alarm at
large scale Soviet troop ma
neuvers near the Turkish
border and Bulgarian ma
neuvers. Khartoum The govern
ment of Sudan expelled a
UAR consular official and
protested to Cairo and Mos
cow, against radio broad
casts labeling the govern
ment an agent of "imperial
ism." . Moscow The govern
ment newspaper Izvestia
said Soviet Moslem leaders
are calling on Moslems
throughout the world to help
in the Arab "struggle for
independence." Western ob
servers have speculated
Russia might send Moslem
"volunteers" to the Mid
east. Malpractice Insurance
At University Urged
Portland (UPD The State
Board of Higher Education's
Insurance Committee has rec
omended general liability and
malpractice insurance for
more than 9,300 employees of
the University of Oregon.
PRESENTS WATCH Arnold
er, presents a wrist watch to
county extension agent. The watch was given Tucker on be
htlf of the Jackson county farmers in appreciation of the
work Tucker had done while in office. During the Sunday
picnic at TouVelle state park in Tucker's honor, Ward Spatz,
Medford pear shipper, read a letter from Robert J. Steward,
of the state department of agriculture. Frank Ross, of Ore
gon State college, presented greetings from Frank Ballard,
head of the extension service. Approximately 200 people
attended.
Dress Rehearsals
Start at
Ashland Dress rehearsals
started this week at the Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival,
which opens a week from
today.
Producing Director Angus
L. Bowmer said all depart
ments have been able to in
crease their tempo without
difficulty. Tighter schedules
were necessary because the
season this year has been ex
panded eight days.
Each of the four plays will
have two complete dress re
hearsals during an eight-day
period. Full afternoon run-
Drowning Caused
Death of GP Man
Grants Pass Drowning
caused the death of Charles
Willisffii Ogle, 18, Grants Pass,
it was reported this morning.
Saturday evening an autopsy
was performed at the request
of the boy's family by Dr.
Robert H. Buck, Medford
pathologist, who also signed
the death certificate.
The boy, a freshman at
Southern Oregon college,
Ashland died at Twin Plunges
in Ashland iriday. friends
told Ashland authorities that
Ogle went to the pool early
to attend a swimming class
and was seen at the edge of
the pool. No one saw him go
into the water, pool officials
said.
Ashland firemen and police
attempted to revive the boy
after he was pulled from the
bottom of the pool by two
college students.
The boy is the son of Mrs.
C. L. Ogle, Grants Pass, and
the late Dr. Ogle.
Funeral services were held
today in Grants Pass.
It was impossible to deter
mine whether or not medical
factors entered into the
youth's death, although by
standers noted he looked pale
while at poolside earlier.
Stathos Defeated
By One Vote for Post
Salem Don Stathos, Jack
son county chairman of the
Republican central commit
tee, was defeated by one vote
for the position of KepuDiican
narty state secretary during
the state meeting of the com
mittee in Salem. He was de
feated by Mrs. Frederick
Young, Portland, who re
ceived 20 votes.
Other officers elected by
the committee were James F.
Short, Salem, chairman; Mrs.
Helen Daughtrey, Portland,
state vice chairman; and Otto
j; Wilson, Salem, treasurer.
During the Saturday meet
ing the committee declined to
censure Sherman Adams,
presidential assistant, for con
duct involving Bernard Gold
fine, Boston industrialist.
Medford Man Still
Reported Unconscious
Donald Glenn Schrag, 27,
of route 4, box 477B, Med
fqrd, was reported still un
conscious and in critical con
dition this morning by Rogue
Valley hospital officials.
Schrag was the driver of a
car involved in an accident
Friday, July 11, on Culver
rd., a half mile from Phoenix.
Four other persons were in
jured in .the two-car accident.
Bohnert, Central Point farm
Ben lucker, recently retired
throughs and evening dress
rehearsals are set this week.
Rehearsals Open
The first round of dress re
hearsals is closed to all visit
ors, Bowmer said, but Festi
val association members, by
presenting membership cards,
may attend the second round,
which starts Thursday night.
Plays this year are "Much
Ado About Nothing," and
"King Lear," both directed by
Robert B. Loper, and "The
Merchant of Venice," and
"Troilus and Cressida," both
directed by James Sandoe.
Advance ticket sales are
the highest in history, accord
ing to William Patton, gen
eral manager. Starting Thurs
day, July 24, and continuing
throughout the season, the
central box in Ashland will be
open from 9:30 a.m. until 9
p.m. daily and from 3 p.m. to
9 p.m. Sundays.
About 750 people are ex
pected to attend the opening
night banquet in Lithia park
Monday night.
Paving Progressing
On Dead Indian Rd.
Paving operations on Dead
Indian rd. are p0rgressing fa-
vorably, according to Ralph
A. James, county commis
sioner. 4
James reported that he and
County Engineer Paul Ryn
ning inspected the road Fri
day after the county court re
ceived a complaint that there
was a bad place in the road.
The current operation in
cludes resurfacing the road
where it is necessary, and
paving the last four miles of
the road in Jackson county..
Red cinders are being used
for the first time in Jackson
county, James reported. He
said that although the cinders
are more porous, and conse
quently absorb more oil than
conventional gravel, cheaper
transportation costs are ex
pected to offset the additional
oil costs.
In other areas red cinders
have been used consistently,
and indications are that roads
built with them stand up just
as well as roads built with
other gravels, James said.
92 Americans
Flown Out of Iraq
Rome (UPD A giant DC6B
airliner arrived here from
Baghdad tonight with 92
Americans, the first group to
be brought out of Iraq since
a military coup overthrew the
government there seven days
ago. , a ,
The airliner touched down
at Rome's Ciampino Airport
with 36 women, 54 children,
2 men and a pet Dachshund.
The flight was the begin
ning of an airlift shuttle to
bring about 1,500 Americans
from Iraq, officials said.
Many of the Americans
were expected to stay in
Rome, hoping for the Middle
East situation tp cool down
so they could return to Iraq
safely.
Canada Prime Minister
Urges Summit Meeting
Ottawa (DPD Canadian
Prime Minister John Diefen
baker today called on west
ern leaders to follow . up
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev's offer of immediate
summit talks.
Jopoouese
Resolution Would
Make Possible
Troop Withdrawal
Russia Expected
To Oppose Plan
United Nations, N. Y. (UPD
The United States said to
day a compromise Japanese
draft resolution before the U,
N. Security Council would
make it possible to withdraw
American forces from Leb
anon. The Japanese resolution au
thorizes Secretary - General
Dag Hammarskjold to make
arrangements for strengthen
ing of the U. N. observer force
in Lebanon "to insure the ter
ritorial integrity and political
independence of Lebanon so
as to make possible the with
drawal of U. S. forces from
Lebanon."
Ready to Withdraw
U. S. Ambasador Henry
Cabot Lodge reiterated that
the U. S. stood ready to with
draw the 10,000 American
forces in Lebanon as soon as
possible and said the "Japan
ese resolution is a construc
tive proposal which would
help the U.N., through the
secretary-general, carry out
its responsibilities."
British Ambassador Sir
Pierson Dixon also supported
the Japanese measure.
But Russia served notice in
advance it would oppose
Tokyo's plan as a "rehash"
of earlier American pro
posals. Other Western powers ap
peared to be lining up in sup
port of the Japanese proposal,
Summit Talks Possible
There had bwrrtpeculatioid
previously that Russia might
go aloi with the Japanese
proposal with the understand
ing that details would be
worked out at an East-West
summit meeting.
There were reports that the
Western Big Three might
seek a "summit" meeting on
the explosive Middle East sit
uation in the Security Coun
cil. Such a meeting would
bring President Eisenhower,
Soviet Premier Nikita Krush
chev and British Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan togeth
er at the conference table for
face-to-face talks.
Prineville Sheriff
Hospitalized Here
Crook County Sheriff Jesse
Wooldridge of Prineville is
hospitalized in Medford with
a multiple jaw fracture suf
fered when struck by a base
ball Saturday night.
Wooldridge, in addition to
the jaw injury, lost several
teeth when struck in the
face by a baseball thrown by
a warming-up pitcher while
he was in the dug-out.
Wooldridge is business
manager of the Prineville
American Legion Junior team
which lost to Medford 3-1 Sat
urday night.
The sheriff ' is expected to
remain in Medford for several
days. His son, Ray, a star
pitcher -for Prineville, missed
Saturday night's game. He
was confined to his room
with a sore throat.
Two Men Stranded on Rocky Bluff
Brought Down In Dramatic Operation
Tillamook (UPD Two
young German immigrants
stranded for 21 hours on a
rocy bluff overlooking the
Pacific ocean at Cape Look
out state park, were rescued
early today.
Sheriff Hallie Ireland of
Tillamook county reported
that both Willie Sahlman, 26,
and Hans Dahms, 24, appear
ed to be in good condition de
spite their frightening ordeal, i
Ropes Lowered
The rescue was made about
7 a.m. today after ropes were
lowered from the top of the
bluff. The two had climbed
up the face of the cliff Sun
day and were unable to go
higher. One of them was
about 25 feet higher on the
cliff than the other.-
Sheriff Ireland said rescue
was impossible without help
from below and that high
tides late Sunday along with
darkness, hampered efforts
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Callan Optimistic
About Completion
Of Work This Year
James A. Callan, construc
tion engineer for the Talent
project, stid today he is "still
optimistic" about the outcome
of the current work stoppage
on the project.' v
Over the week end, a fed
eral mediator reported "sub
stantial progress," at meetings
between the Associated Gen
eral Contractors and the strik
ing Operating Engineers and
Teamsters unions. The AGC
had ordered contractors here
to stop work in reply to
strikes elsewhere in the
state. ' '
"I'm still optimistic," Cal
lan said. "If they clear it up
this week, we'll still try to
get our program completed
on schedule."
Affect Program
Otherwise, he admitted, "it
will certainly affect our pro
gram quite a bit. ; ,
"A lot depends on the wea
ther," he added. Adry fall,
he explained, would allow
workers to make up for time
presently being lost. Approxi
mately $6,750,000 in construc
tion work has been halted by
lour major contractors com
plying with the AGC order.
Leroy Smith, the federal
mediator, tentatively schedul-
fd anothermeeting . in . Port-
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the AGC for today.
House Committee
OKs Klamath Bill
Washington .(UPD The
House Interior Committee to
day approved a bill providing
for the sale of Klamath In
dian land after the federal
government terminates its, su
pervision over the Oregon
tribe.
Under the measure, which
already .has passed the Sen
ate, the Klamath property
first will be put up for sale
to private interests and then
will be offered to the federal
government.
The senatebill was. amend
ed in the House Indian affairs
subcommittee to provide for
a new appraisal of the "fair
market value" of the Klamath
land. .,
The measure also provides
that the federal government,
through the Agriculture De
partment, would spend no
more than $90 million in the
purchase of Klamath prop
erty. Commerce Secretary
Defends Sherm Adams
Washington (UPD Secre
tary of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks strongly defended
Presidential Assistant .Sher
man Adams today and said no
public figure "has been whip
lashed more brutally in our
generation."
to get to the men
He said a companion of the
pair, Gerhard Stuberbeck, 24,
talked to them through a
loudspeaker to reassure them.
He said fear had been felt for
Dahms, who had only a nar
row ledge to stand on with
hardly enough room for both
feet. Sahlman had room
enough to lie down.
Afraid to Leave
Ireland said Sahlman would
have been able to come down
earlier but was afraid to
leave his companion alone on
the bluff.,
Stahlman was about 60 feet
up the bluff and Dahms was
about 85 feet.
' This morning Gene Bur
gess, a Tillamook, policeman,
climbed up to Sahlman but
was unable to reach Dahms,
who was above and to the
right of Sahlman. P. F. Tay
lor, police chief of Garibaldi,
got a rope to Dahms who tied
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1958
Make It "Well Done" While You're At It
(Herblock Is on
Highway Accidents
Kill Nine in Oregon
By United Press International Bridal Veil early Saturday.
At least nine persons died Robert F. Bangs, 38, Bea
in highway accidents in Ore- verton, and Emma Williams,
? . , . '30, Portland, died m a two-
gon during the week end. rar HrW r. twi
Mrs. Carolyn Nicholas, 38,
Newport, was killed Sunday
evening in a two-car accident
about two miles south of De-
poeBay., , --. -.....
Phillip Ray Pfeiffer, Van
couver, Wash., was killed in
a two-car collision near
Boardman Sunday evening.
His wife, Mary, was hurt crit
ically. - .
Warren Dale Cassal, 31, Pi
lot Rock, was killed early
Sunday when his pickup
truck failed to make a curve
and crashed into a lumber
truck, then careened into a
service station at Pilot Rock.
Alta Mae Davis, 40, Hepp
ner, was killed Saturday
when her car overturned sev
en miles southeast of Hepp-
ner on Basie canyon road.
Percy Everett Heinz, 46,
Crane, died in Harney county
hospital at Burns late Friday
from injuries .suffered when
a station wagon struck a
wooden bridge five miles east
of Burns.
Multi-Death Crashes
.Four persons perished in
multi-death accidents. ..
Robert Edward Sinclair, 51,
and his wife, Bernice, 46,
Portland, were killed ' in a
three-car accident just east of
WEATHER
FORECAST: Chance of evening
nlng thunderstorms over moun
tains. Otherwise fair through
Tuesday. Low tonight 55. High
Tuesday 95. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 5
Lowest This Morning 55
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:42 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:54 a.m.
The Moon sets 10:32 p.m.
tonight and is in Perigee. .
First Quarter July 23
Mars, low in east at 12:52 a.m.,
is now as bright as the star,
Vega. Its orbit has now carried
it to within 91 million miles of
the Earth. (A litUe nearer than
the Sun.) . -
it around himself. Then, the
sheriff said, Burgess got a
rope to Dahms and managed
to get the frightened youth
to where Burgess and Sahl
man were. Burgess helped
Dahms down.
Sahlman managed to climb
down himself with the aid of
a rope thrown from above.
Two Coastguardsmen had to
scale the bluff to where Sahl
man was to hold the rope into
the cliff.
The sheriff said it was cold
and foggy in the area this
morning. He said tides drove
out rescuers from below Sun
day night.
The sheriff said ' the pair
was advised to "take a show
er and go to bed."
The rescued youths are em
ployed by a telephone com
pany in Vancouver, B.C., the
sheriff said.
The pair climbed the bluff
about 10 a.m. Sunday.
Proposal
Syppo"
Vacation J
late Saturday.
Two Lightning
Fires Reported
Two more lightning fires
from thunderstorms last week
were reported over the week
end.
H. G. Hopkins, staff officer
of the Rogue River National
forest, said one lightning fire
was reported late Saturday,
and a crew reached the scene
late Sunday.
The fire, covering about a
quarter of an acre, still was
manned today, but under con
trol. It was southeast of Mt.
Thielsen north of Crater Lake
National park.
Hopkins said there still is
a possibility more "sleeper"
fires will be spotted. A plane
was to check the forest again
today.
The southwest district of
state department of forestry
reported 46 lightning strike
fires from thunderstorms last
week. The total includes one
found yesterday near Grants
Pass. It was suppressed by a
forest patrol crew.
Another half-acre fire near
Grants Pass yesterday also
was reported by the forestry
department. Information on
its exact nature was not avail
able this morning.
Early Summit
Talks Opposed
Washington (UPD Top
government sources said to
day the administration is
firmly opposed to an early
summit conference that would
deal only with the Mideast
crisis. It also is discouraging
all intervention in Iraq.
The administration, be
lieves, it was stated reliably,
that such a summit meeting
outside the United Nations
would kill the UN and place
the United States and Britain
before the world as "defend
ants." This government is not con
templating any intervention
in Iraq and is discouraging
Turkey and Jordan from try
ing by force to restore the Fei
sal government.
Small Business Ta
Relief Wins Approval
. Washington (UPD The
House approved' by over
whelming voice vote today a
$260 million program of
"fringe benefit" tax relief for
small business.
Hollywood (UPD Come
dian Joe E. Lewis is reported
in satisfactory condition at
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
where he is recovering from
abdominal surgery.
Price 10 cents
Tribune
No. 104
Armed Services
Subcommittee
Discusses Adams
Washington (UPI) A
H6use armed services subcom
mittee called a half-dozen wit
nesses behind closed doors to
dy to decide whether to hold
public hearings on. a case in
volving Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams.
Chairman F. Edward He
bert (D-La.) said the witnesses
would be quizzed to see if
their testimony might "tend
to defame and degrade" any
one. The House has a rule against
making committee sessions
public if such testimony is
likely to be presented without
supporting evidence.
Case Taken Over.
The Louisianan's committee
took over the new Adams case
last week from House influ
ence investigators who had
probed the affairs of Boston
textile millionaire Bernard
Goldfine and his gift-giving to
Adams and other government
officials. -
The influence-investigating
subcommittee is considering
contempt charges against
Goldfine.
Goldfine is not involved in
the new case, which concerns
the refund of $41,284 in gov
ernments penalties assessed
against Raylaine Worsteds,
Manchester, N.H., for failure
to make prompt delivery of
Army cloth under a World
War II contract.
Refund Decided
, The company originally was
penalized $49,771 but appeal
ed for a $25,462 refund. This
was turned down by the Army
and the comptroller general in
19l42.
Raylaine reopened the case
in 1953 and the Armed Forces
Board of Contract Appeals de
cided last Nov. 27 to make
the $41,284 refund. It did not
explain why it awarded the
company more than it had
asked.
Roswell M. Austin, chair
man of the board, wrote a
memorandum on ' the case
questioning whether Adams !
was guilty of "highly unethi
cal" conduct. He said he did
this because of evidence show
ing pressure had been brought
to bear.
Blight Continues
As Serious Threat
Blight cohtinueto present
a serious threat in the county
to both commercial and pri
vate orchards, County Exten
sion Agent Clifford Cordy
warned today?
The blight, a bacterial dis
ease which spreads rapidly
through the tissues of the
plants, enters through young
twigs and through damaged
spots in the bark, Cordy re
ported. Among the number of
species it is hitting in this
area, he said, are apple, pear,
hawthorne, flowering quince,
and pyracantha.
Normally, the horticulture
specialist said, a few straight
days of hot, dry weather will
clear up the undesirable
growth. However, this year
the hot, humid weather has
made the blight threat parti
cularly serious.
Among the symptoms of
blight, Cordy reported, are
leaves , still clinging to a
branch after the limb is dead.
As the blight is running rap
idly this year, to rid a plant
of the disease it is necessary
to cut away the diseased por
tion of the plant 12 to 15
inches below any visible
symptoms, he stated.
WEIGHTY BIRD
Whoever made off with a
chicken from the front lawn
of Leland Clare Young, 855
West Second st. over the
week end might have
thought it was a plymouth
rock. The chicken, from
what Young told city po
lice, weighed 20 pounds
and was made of concrete.
No Specific.
Nation Target
Of Statement '
Radios Appeal for
Death of Hussein
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The
commander of U. S. forces in
Lebanon reminded possible
aggressors in the Middle East
today that his land, sea and
air forces have "atomic capa
bilities." The U. S. commander, Vice
Adm. James L. (Lord Jim)
Holloway aimed his statement
at no specific nation and he
emphasized that all U. S.
forces have such capabilities.
Added Significance
But his statement took on
aaaea significance since it
was issued through the U. S.
Embassy here at a time of in
creased saber-rattling in Mos
cow and as Communist and
Egyptian-Syrian United Arab
Republic radios were building
increased tensions through a
stream of inflammatory
broadcasts.
The Damascus, Cairo and
Baghdad radios appealed
again today to the people of
Jordan to assassinate King
Hussein and overthrow his
government.
Hussein's government is
under the protection of 2,000
British paratroops who came
by massive airlift into Am
man Thursday to join the U.S.
in preserving Middle East
peace in the face of the re
volt in Iraq and serious civil
strife in Lebanon.
Shooting in Beirut
The U. S. completed its
buildup of more than 10,00
Marines and airborne infan
try in Lebanon today, while
the heaviest firing in two
weeks was heard in the divid
ed city of Beirut.
A spokesman for rebel
leader Saeb Salam said the
fighting was between his men
ana partisans of the pro-government
PPS party. The fir
ing, which included 13 explo
sions that sounded like artil
lery, was confined to the
rebel-held Basta section near
the city's race track. .- -
A squad of U. S. . Marines
was alerted shortly before
midnight to rush to the Brit
ish Embassy. However, noth
ing materialized.
Holloway's statement issued
through the embassy said that
"all combat forces including
ground, sea and air forces
have atomic capabilities."
He did not enlarge upon
the subject except to note:
"Further discussion of the
subject is a matter of military
security."
.However, it was known
that the Marines in Lebanon
were equipped with eight
inch howitzers capable of fir
ing atomic shells.
Three U.S. jet planes scat
tered more than one million
leaflets over Lebanon today,
telling the people that U.S.
forces are here to "help main
tain Lebanese independence."
The leaflets were printed in
Arabic and bore a picture of
President Eisenhower.
The U.S. Embassy reported
that Lebanese rebels who
have been sniping at U.S.
military planes also fired at
an Egyptian airliner attempt-'
ing to land at Beirut Sunday.
The statement denied a United
Arab Republic statement that
U.S. Marines fired on the
plane.
Meanwhile, Iraq's revolu
tionary regime was going all
out to win swift diplomatic
recognition from the West.
The new government
pledged safety of western oil
installations and promised
friendship with western gov
ernments. Mav Invite Diplomat
Diplomats believed Brig.
Abdul Karim Kassem, pre
mier in the rebel junta, might
invite U.S. Mideast trouble
shooter Robert Murphy to fly
from Beirut to Baghdad for
talks on normalizing relations.
The new Iraqi envoy to
London - quoted Kassem as
saying in a radio telephone
conversation ' from Baghdad
today:
"For God's sake, make it
clear to the West that we are
still their friends."
At the same time revolu
tionary Minister of National
Guidance Siddi Shanshal de
clared in an English-language
speech over Radio Baghdad:
"I am glad to speak ... to
all western people to say that
we in Iraq want to be friend
ly with you."
In Washington, an Iraqi
Embassy spokesman said the
new government will honor
all "economic, political and
other commitments" made by
the regime it overthrew.
"The western oil interests
in Iraq will be safeguarded
and guaranteed and protect
ed," the spokesman said.