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Matter of Fact By Joph Alsop BEHIND THE CAIRO SCENES Cairo Behind the scenes. the prospect of a Communist take-over in Iraq is worrying !PW the leaders nf the Egyptian government as nothing else has worried them since the Suez crisis. The trend of feeling was in dicated to this reporter by President Ga- -loi-ph Alsop mal Adbel Nasser himself. Further interviews with other key personalities have painted a still darker picture. More over the Egyptian government plainly thinks that a decisive Communist take-over in Iraq is very much more likely than first appeared in Baghdad a fortnight ago. No doubt this is because of the recent obscure but evi dently dramatic events in Baghdad. These caused the Iraqui leader, Brig. Abdel Ka- rim Kassem, to announce that he had frustrated another coup d etat organized by cor rupt elements and foreign powers." Without announcing it. Brig. Kassem also replaced his national-minded chief of police with a pro-Communist Thus Kassem has now moved a long further stage towards becoming the Communists helpless prisoner. TF Kassem indeed becomes -- another Nuri Pasha, serv ing the Kremlin instead of the British, a double miscalcula tion made here in Cairo will be in part to blame. On the one hand, President Nasser always, hoped and be lieved that the Kremlin would go no further than supporting Arab nationalism, simply be cause this movement led by Nasser aimed to drive West ern influence from the Mid die East. He did not expect that the Kremlin would ever order the Arab Communists to compete directly and openly with the Arab nationalists On these assumptions, which have now been proven wrong, Nasser cheerfully ac cepted and is still accepting all kinds of Soviet aid. Thus, at least indirectly, he lent part of his own vast prestige and personal glamor to the Arab Communists. ON the other hand, President Nasser also miscalculated when he supposed that the battle of Iraq would be ended by the defeat of the former regime there. His glamor and prestige, his unceasing at tacks on the Nuri government in Baghdad, were indeed the main motive forces behind the former regime's defeat. But the immediate instruments of the coup d'etat were the con spirators in the army and or ganizers of the Baghdad mob Yet even without Communist pressure, these new masters of Iraq were always likely to want to go on being the mas ters, instead of handing the HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court SP 3-906S mastery over to Nasser. Such in fact is the explanation of the course followed by. Brig. Kassem, who is not a Comma nist even although he can too easily become the Commu nists' prisoner. In fairness, it must be added that Nasser's two miscalcula tions were as nothing to the miscalculations of the West ern policy-makers, iwen so, the mistakes of the past are making the pill of the present a good deal more bitter to swallow here in Cairo. nnHE Communist trend in Iraq is a very bitter pill indeed for the Egyptians. Un til the Iraqi revolution, all Arab revolutionaries every where at least outwardly ac cented the unique authority of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Any Arab leader who opposed Nasser's authority was auto matically and sincerely de nounced by Cairo radio as a "tool of the imperialists and traitor to the Arab nation." Determination of Nasser and the other Arab nationalists to purge the Arab lands of any kind of foreign influence was inspired, one must remember, by a quiet genuine Arab patriotism. Now the Communists in Iraq are not only challening Nasser's unique authority among the Arabs. Worse still, they are asserting a new kind of foreign influence that is much better able to fight Nas ser's movement on its own ground than any influence the West could ever hope to exert. WESTERN opposition to Nasser took the form of Western support or govern ments that were sitting ducks for Nasser attacks. The West ern powers were also hope lessly incapable of using the two .main tools of modern Middle Eastern politics, mili tary conspiracy and the or ganization of street mobs. The Communists, in contrast, are if anything better able to use these tools than the adher ents of Nasser, who are enthu siastic and daring but sadly untrained and untested by the iron Communist standards. Hence a Communist-dominat ed Iraq will be a very serious danger indeed, not only to Jordan, the states of the Per sian Gulf, and other unstable Arab lands, but also to Nas ser's own "northern region" of Syria. For all these practical as well as patriotic reasons, the tendency of affairs in Bagh dad is causing a degree of concern nere tnat almost amounts to consternation. This is not publicly admitted, but. it is abundantly evident in everything the Egyptian leaders say in private. Iraq is the main topic. Even a month ago, one suspects that any Iraqi government which did not fully acknowledge Cairo's special authority over all Arabs would have been viewed with no enthusiasm Today, Brig. Kassem has only to deal with his Communist problem himself, in order to be welcomed in Cairo as a be loved friend and brother. But the question remains, what will- Egypt do about it, and what will the Western powers do about it, if Kassem does not deal with this prob lem himself? (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. si PRESENTS CHECK Bill Laton of Crater High school pre sents A. C. Fjries, president of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association, a check for S100 for the Festival's build ing fund. The check was presented following Crater High's production of "Cheaper by The Dozen" Friday night. 'Curtain Callers' Of Crater Donate SI 00 to Festival Campaigners for the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival building fund effort, current ly adding up thousands of con tributions, were especially heartened by one gift they re ceived last week. It was a $100 donation from members of the "Curtain Callers," dramatics club at Crater High school, Central Point. The money comes from the group's general fund, a treasury earned by the mem bership. Instigation for the gift was from the students themselves. "It was strictly their idea, and they were quite insistent about it," emphasized Jim Backen, teacher of junior Eng lish and drama at the school. "They have really enjoyed the Festival shows and they want to help rebuild the stage." Arranged Visit Backen, when a Southern Oregon college student teach er at Crater high in 1957, ar ranged a group visit to a Fes tival production by members of his classes. A total of 58 joined that first excursion, some in skeptical reluctance. "But they loved it," Backen stated, "and over 70 per cent went back on their own to see more of the productions. They took their parents, too." Last year, Backen conduct ed 100 of his students to the Elizabethan theater, with the same success. "Up to now we've had to limit the excur sion to two classes," he added, "but next summer, if we can get the space, there are a lot more who will want to go." Friday and Saturday nights, the "Curtain Callers" staged the comedy "Cheaper by the Dozen," under Backen's direc tion. A. C. Fries, president of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association, saw the play, and received the $100 Friday night. "The kids wanted to invite one of you to the play so they could make a personal presen- Stocks Gain on Major Fronts As Court Ruling Helps Utilities Elmer Walrer By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York-ftTD-Stocks dur ing the past week registered gains in all major averages W. and all but scaled new record highs. The list rose sharply in the W e d n e s day session after a substant i a 1 rise on Tues day. On Thurs day, the list started higher and finished lower. The year's highs were too much to scale at one jump, it appeared. This barrier, however, left Wall Street experts with new theories of the future. Many of the experts predicted a break-through will occur be fore the new year with the market closing 1958 in a burst of glory in the traditional year-end rally. Utilities did break through their barrier with the aver age setting a new 28-year top on Wednesday after the Su preme Court ruled in favor of natural gas companies in rate making practices on Mon day. The utility average had risen steadily for 10 sessions before running into opposi tion. It sagged 0.09 point on Thursday and came back ex actly that amount on Friday, so that it was able to finish the week at its best level since September of 1930. Closing Levels At the Friday close the in dustrial average stood at 562.27 up 5.52 points from the previous week and down 5.17 points from the all time high; railroad 154.70 up 0.63 on the week but off 3.21 from the 1958 high; utility 87.95 up- 1.48 on the week and at a 28-year high; and 65 stocks 195.91 up 1.94 points on the week but off 1.36 points from tation," Backen said, "but we were afraid you might be too busy to come over for one small contribution." the year's high. The other market feature aside from the utility rise was being enacted over on the American stock exchange. There, the common shares of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company were rising by 51V points to 536 and the pre ferred by 18 points to 163. The common stock of the com pany has been split 10 for one and will be traded start ing Monday on the big board. This 'is a new addition to the companies which have turned from family ownership to public ownership. The oth er two outstanding examples in recent history have been the Ford Motor Company and Campbell Soup. Generally Favorable Business news generally ruled favorable for the stock market, but Wall Street ex perts had noted a fair amount of tax selling which was hold ing the list back. In- the Friday session, the Federal Reserve Board report ed its production index had risen three points in Novem ber to a seasonally adjusted 141 per cent of the 1947-49 average. The reserve board said the rise was sparked by a major advance in automobile produc tion along with widespread gains throughout manufactur ing. At 141 it compared with 126 in April, the low of the depression. It was 2 points above the level of a year ago and only 4 points under the August, 1957, peak of 145. 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