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
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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.
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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
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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.
Higher Sales Volume
Stock sales during the week
totaled 19,094,814 shares,
bringing the year's total to
708,800,856 shares. The daily
average trading amounted to
3,818,999 shares, against a
daily average of 3,513,092
shares in the previous week.
Activity centered on the
less conspicuous shares, in
cluding such stocks as Avco,
Sperry Rand, American Mo
tors, Studebaker-P a c k a r d,
Continental Motors, electric
and musical industries and
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