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In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
The latest on the Middle East:
The West moves today ' Tues
day toward a utrmit conference
with Russia WITHIN THE UNIT
ED NATIONS.
Britain accepts Soviet Premier
Krushchev's proposal for a summit
conference on the Middle East cris
is, provided the conference is held
within the U.Ni Security Council.
The White House calls this "an
orderly procedure," and says the
U.S. will go along if it is generally
desired.
All that remains is for Krush
ehev to agree.
Will he agree?
That remains to' be seen. But in
his original proposal he called for
a five-power heads of state meet
ing in Geneva OR ANYWHERE
ELSE THAT MIGHT BE AGREE
ABLE.
We'll see what we'll see.
' Why is this interesting?
Well, what we want is a solu
(inn that will allow British and
American troops to withdraw from
the Middle East without loss of
lace.
That would calm the tension. It
would get the fuse farther away
from the powder keg.
That prompts this question:
Why did we send troops into
Lebanon in the first place?
. That question makes this dis
patch, which came over the wires
several days ago, rather interest
ing: "West German intelligence offi
cials say the landing of American
troops in Beirut (Lebanon's capi
tal! MAY HAVE DISRUPTED SO
VIET PLANS TO SEND VOLUN
TEERS to bolster rebel forces in
Lebanon.
"Officials said Russia began or
ganizing the volunteers late last
month. The Czech army (Czecho
slovakia is a Russian satellite) re
portedly was told by Russia that
satellite army olunteers were
wanted to accompany Soviet .vol-
unteers possibjy to Lebanon."
That is to say
We BEAT RUSSIA TO THE
PUNCH.
And-
No shooting followed.
West Accused
Of Talk Delay
LONDON AP The Soviet Un
ion accused the Western Allies to
day of trying In delay a summit
conference on the Middle East as
long as possible," and, perhaps,
even frustrate it altogether."
The Soviet newspaper l.vestia
said Washington's stand that Mid
dle East issues should be settled
In the United Nations was a sub
terfuge to avoid a direct reply to
Premier Khrushchev's proposal
for an immediate five - power
meeting of government chiefs.
The Izvestia editorial broadcast
by Moscow radio was based on
news reports describing Ihe draft
reply being studied by the United
States, Britain and France.
Izvestia said Khrushchev's pro
posal in no way excludes the pos
sibility of a settlement in the U.N.
"But it must not bo overlooked,"
Izvestia continued, "that, as
shown by the session of the Secu
rity Council, the U. S. A. and the
countries that follow it are striv
ing to inveigle the U. N. into be
ing an accessory to aggression
and to cover up the crime of in
tervention with Ihe flag of this
international organization." -In
the Security Council the So
viet Union has vetoed a U. . pro
posal to send a U. N. military
force to take over from the Amer
ican Marines in Lebanon and also
opposed a Japanese resolution to
enlarge the V. N. observation
group in Lebanon. Led by the
United Stales, the Council voted
down a Soviet demand for imme
diate withdrawal of U. S. forces
from Lebanon and British troops
from Jordan.
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ALVIN NELSON, world i champion saddle brone rider of 1957, has entered the Klamath
Basin Roundup, thwilcs to special permission of the Army, with which he it now serving.
Ha will compete in (he July 25-27 rodeo against George Menltenmaier and Enoch Walk-
r, who occupy first and second place, respectively, in (he current world's champion,
ship brone riding competition. Nelson it shown here riding Frightful Mack t Pendleton
in 1954. (See story inside.) )
Prire Five Cents 14 Pages
Withdrawal -
Of Lebanon
Forces Seen
BEIRUT, Lebanon, (API One
of the leaders of the opposition
to President Camille Chamoun
said Tuesday he believes Amer
ican troops will be withdrawn
from Lebanon soon.
Former Premier Hussein Ow
eini, leader of the National Front,
said he based his view on talks
he had Monday with Robert
Murphy, President Eisenhower's
special diplomatic troubleshooter
who has been thrust into the role
of mediator in this little country's
politics.
Oweini said he thought the Amer
icans would soon withdraw be
cause the Iraqi situation is now
"stabilizing."
U. !. Marines, sent here to as
sure Lebanon s independence.
were in the midst of a lot of noisy
shooting again Monday night.
opposition elements, many of them
pro-Nasser, continued ,their 74-day
rebellion.
"There was a lot 'of commo
tion around the whole area," a
Marine officer said.
No bullets hit leatherneck posi
tions around the airport, how
ever, and the Marines did not
shoot back.
One Marine was killed before
dawn by a Marine sentry. An of
ficer said the dead man had failed
to answer a challenge as he was
returning from a mission.
In the heart of Beirut, a number
of heavy explosions shook build
ings early Tuesday and automatic
rules chattered.
The nightly noise usually means
the rebels are exploding dynamite
, "'
'forces are replying with rifle fire.
A Marine oflicer said, that clos-
liaison with Lebanese army
units had stopped some of the
sniping that has been going on
around the Marine positions.
Lebanese forces have moved in
to previously unprotected high
ground around the airport, forc
ing snipers farther hack. The Ma
rines have manned rooftop posi
tions around the dock area.
Priests Land
On Home Soil
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Two
American Catholic priests one
hardly able to speak and the oth
er speaking in a whisper set foot
on home soil here yesterday for
the first time since leaving a Red
Chinese prison.
The Rev. Joseph P. McCormack
of the Maryknoll order and Fa
ther Cyril Wagner, a Franciscan.
released after five years imprison
ment, flew here from Shanghai
where they had gone after leav
ing Red China.
Father McCormack, 65, New
York City, said that for those five
years "we weren't allowed to talk
or even move our lips as if to
speak. But, of course, we did.
He spoke barely above a whis
per because, he said, prison con
ditions had robbed him of normal
voice tone. Father Wagner, suf
fering from asthma, was appar
ently too fatigued to speak with
newsmen.
The priests' convention for "the
flavor of espionage" and for be
ing imperialistic tools. Father
McCormack said, was ridiculous.
LOST TIRE
. BALTIMORE (AP) Officer
Paul Wade saw several children
rolling the equivalent of $800 down
an alley. The kids said they found
it on a street. The officer took
it in tow and Southwestern Dis
trict police are looking for the
owner of an almost new, ton
pound, 30-inch high airplane tire
:--'W.'ff&(-
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
Red Rewrite Of Jap PlanjAide Says No
Delays Showdown A Day s
UNITED NATIONS.v N.Y. (AP
A Soviet attempt to rewrite a
Japanese Middle East peace plan
threatened Tuesday to delay a
showdown vole for at least 24
hours.
In a surprise move. Soviet Dele
ate Arkady A. Sobolcv handed
the 11-nation Security Council a
series of amendments, including
a new demand for the immediate
withdrawal of U.S. forces from
Lebanon, i
He suggested strongly he would
use the veto to kill the whole
Japanese resolution if his amend
ments were turned down. The
council already has rejected a So
viet resolution calling on Ameri
can troops to get out of Lebanon.
The new Soviet move "brought
a quick adjournment of the coun
cil until 3 p.m. EDT. But some
delegates said later they would
have to get new instructions from
their governments, and doubted
I hey could do so in time to vote
Tuesday.
U.S. sources said some of the
amendments obviously were un
acceptable. The delay in the U.N. gave
more time tor big power ex
Chief Agrees
To Red Meet
WASHINGTON (AP)-Presidenl
Eisenhower yielded to British in
sistence Tuesday and agreed to
go along with a Summit meeting
of the United Nations Security
Council if that is generally de
sired by the Western powers and
Russia.
A While House announcement
to this effect shortly after noon
apparently ended a dispute with
Britain over whether the Western
Big Three should move openly
and directly toward a U.N. sum
mit 'session or merely indicate
indirectly in notes lo Moscow that
such a meeting might be possible.
About an hour earlier British
Foreign Minislcr Selwyn Lloyd
had told the House of Commons
in London that Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan would altend if
a special meeting of the Security
Council were aranged.
The purpose of the meeting.
Lloyd said, would be to discuss
Ihe Middle East crisis but it would
not act on any resolution unless
there was a general agreement
that such action should be taken.
Press secretary James C. Hag-
erty said at the White House:
"A United Nations Security
Council meeting of the character
suggested by Foreign Minister
Lloyd is clearly within the con
templation of the IU.N.) charier.
If such a meeting were gen
erally desired, the United States
would join in following this order
ly procedure."
Meanwhile, it was learned, sec
retary of State Dulles had revised
a proposed United States note lo
Soviet Premier Khrushchev In
bring it more into line with Brit
ain's insistence that the Western
powers should open the way clear
ly and unmistakably for heads of
government lo attend an extra
ordinary session of the Security
Council.
Khrushchev proposed on Satur
day a five-power emergency sum
mit conference at Geneva com
posed of the government' chiefs
of Ihe three Western nations, plus
himself and Prime Minister Nehru
of India. He also asked the at
tendance of U.N. Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold.
France objected to Ihe hostile
tone of the Khruschcv note sent
to India and Uie Western Big
Three but generally favored ac
ceptance of the idea of a summit
conference.
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1958
changes on possible high level
alks either in the U.N. or out
side. In this morning's brief de
bate, however, there was no men
tion of these talks or of the pro
posed emergency meeting of the
U.N. General Assembly.
The Soviet move came after
Lebanon had removed one import
ant question mark by announcing
it would accept the Japanese plan.
Until Lebanese delegate Karim
Azkoul spoke there had been some
fears that Lebanon might balk.
Sobolev told the council his gov
ernment could not support the
Japanese resolution in the present
form. He said it would amount
to U.N. intervention in the inter
nal affairs of Lebanon and would
be a violation of the U.N. charier.
The Soviet" amendments would
completely alter the meaning and
intent of the Japanese proposal.
The Japanese resolution pro
vides for a beefing up of the pres
ent U.N. observer group in Leban
on to such an extent that it would
uarantee the political independ
ence of the strife-torn Middle
East country and permit the with
drawal of U.S. forces.
The Soviet amendments would
uunuenKi u.e umieu aiauiur in-
tervention in Lebanon and demand
the immediate withdrawal of U.S.
forces.
The amendments were sure to
be rejected, opening the way for
the expected Soviet veto.
At the suggestion of Sweden, the
council adjourned until 3 p.m.
EDT to permit consultations.
Defeat of the Japanese plan
may result in in emergency ses
sion of the U.N. General Assem
bly.
Diplomatic efforts to settle the
latest Middle East crisis held
most attention as the tense area
generally remained outwardly
quiet. The chief military develop
ment yesterday was the assign
ment of U.S. Marines to Lebanese
army antisniper patrols in Beirut
The Western Big Three planned
lo tell Soviet Premier N i k i t a
Khrushchev that the proper place
for settlement ellorts is the U.N.
Only Indian Prime Minister Neltiju
and U.N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold had accept
ed Khrushchev's bid for a summit
conference, beginning today, on
the crisis, and Hammarskjold in
his acceptance insisted that such
meeting be closely linked with
the U.N.
The Western reply opened the
possibility that Khrushchev might
come lo U.N. headquarters to turn
Security Council meeting into a
summit session.
Sentry Slays
U. S. Marine
BEIRUT (API - A U.S. Marine
was killed before dawn Tuesday
when he failed' '.o answer a chal
lenge from a sentry at a Marine
outpost near Beirut Airport.
An otticer said the Marine was
returning from a mission.
He was challenged three limes
by the sentry." the officer said.
When he failed to answer, the
sentry fired and hit him in the
stomach."
The wounded man was taken to
an American warship by helicopter
but died before an operation could
be performed.
It was the second fatality among
members of the American force
in Lebanon. Last Saturday a Navy
fighter pilot died in crash in
the mountains nearbv.
The name of Ihe dead Marine
was withheld until his lamily was
notified.
Armed Service Committee
Begins New Adams Inquiry
WASHINGTON (API-A House
armed services subcommittee
starts taking testimony behind
closed doors today on the role of
Sherman Adams in a $41,284 pen
alty refund to a New England lex
tile firm.
The White House says Adams.
President Eisenhower's top aide.
did no more than relay queries
and information on the matter in
a routine fashion. Former officials
of the now defunct company, Ray-
laine Worsteds, Inc., have denied
any White House pressure was in
volved. ,
Subcommittee Chairman F. Ed
ward Hebert said several days of
closed-door testimony will be tak
en before any public hearings are
called. The group spe.it yesterday
studying the background without
calling witnesses.
The new investigalinn follows
lengthy hearings hy another sub
committee ol Adams' relations
with Bernard Goldfine. a Boston
textile manufacturer and real es
tate owner who dcniPd Adams
pulled strings in his behalf. Gold
fine is not involved in Ihe current
inquiry.
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jciii iu n
WASHINGTON (API - Under
Secretary of State Christian Her-
ler reportedly reassured senators
Tuesday that the United States is
not going to send troops into Iraq.
Sen. J. William Fulhricht (D-
Arki said he was glad Herter "re-
aitirmed this decision in a 45-
ininute secret briefing in the Sen-
ale roreign Relations Committee.
The briefing, inaugurating a
new policy of keeping senators in
formed daily of developments in
the .Middle East, drew Ihe unim
pressive attendance of 11 of the
96 senators. All bad been invited
Fulbright said none of the sena
tors asked Herter whether t h e
United States has any plans for
recognition of ihe new govern
ment in Iraq which overthrew the
pro-nest regime.
"He said we don't know much
about the new government," Ful
bright, a senior member of t h e
Foreign Relations Committee, told
reporters. "He laid it is 'like an
iceberg you can see a little on
top, but you don't know what's
beneath.
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Gal
.nmnnwd TnntHaJ that ih it s
negotiate directly with the revolu
tionary regime m Iraq in an ef
fort to "go to the heart" of the
Middle East crisis.
Trade Slate
Passage Seen
WASHINGTON (API Senate
supporters of reciprocal trade
concentrated their efforts today
on defeating air effort to limit
President Eisenhower's powers
over tariffs.
They spoke hopefully of passing
by tonight a bill to extend Ihe
24-year-old trade program, leaving
it up to a later Senate-House con
ference committee to agree on
more liberal terms than those rec
ommended by Senate Finance
Committee. The House had voted
s,.bstanlially , what Eijsenliower
asked. ,
The major Senate test shaped
up over a committee proposal lo
strip Ihe President of his power to
overrule Tariff Commission rec
ommendations for higher tariffs or
import quotas.
The Democratic and Republican
leaders of the Senate and Chair-
man.Harry F. Byrd (D-Val of the
Finance Committee are sponsor
ing an amendment to knock out
this proposal.
The Finance Committee voted
only for a three-year extension
instead of the five years voted by
the House. But Senate leaders
have worked lo prevent any floor
fight on this. In Head, the Senate
delegation may accept four or
five years when the conference
with Ihe House is held. Other
changes also may be made then
Candy Is Dandy;
Likker Quikker
Way To Bastille
OLYMPIA. Wash. (API Two
novice distillers were caught hov
ering over a bubbling still fired
by a hot plale yesterday.
Juvenile Officer Rov Snyder
said the culprits were 12 and
years old and told him Ihey were
just experimenting.
Convinced they were telling the
truth. Snyder said the boys could
benefit by their studies. "The slill
showed signs of expert workman
ship." Fresh support lor Adams came
from Secretary of Commerce
Weeks, who described him as a
"loyal . . . devoted . . . dedicated
. honest" public servant. Weeks
made public in i statement com
ments he had plained as a speech.
Weeks said Adams has been
"whiplashed more brutally than
any individual in public life in our
generation," and has been "cruel
ly smeared by vindictive hate
mongers." "When Ihe whole truth on him
is known by the public." Weeks
added. "I believe my own high
opinion of his rugged New Eng
land character and service to the
nation also will be the verdict of
the fair minded American people,
and Ihose who have been perse
cuting him will be ashamed."
The Raylaine company was pen
alifed $49,784 for late delivery of
uniform fabric shortly after Pearl
Harbor In 1941. It appealed un
successfully to the Armed Serv
ices Board of Contract Appeals for
a $25,000 refund, but in 1957 suc
ceeded in having Ihe case re
opened and the penally rut by
$41,284.
Woman Slain
Husband Hospitalized; Employer Held
A double shooting last night re
sulted in the death of Edith At
kins. 402'i South Fourth Street,
ihe hospitalization of her husband.
Thomas, and the arrest of Wil
liam Thomaston, who is being held
on a charge of first degree mur
der pending arraignment.
It was at 11:25 that Thomas At
kins staggered into the city po
lice station, bleeding profusely
from the right chest and arm, and
said that he and his wife had just
been shot in their nearby home by
his employer, William Thomaston.
47
Police went immediately lo the
Atkins residence, summoning
Peace Ambulance. They found
Mrs. Atkins shot through the left
hand and in the stomach. She was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Klamath Valley Hospital.
Meanwhile, at 11:30 p.m. Ore
gon State Police received a call
from Thomaston's landlord, in
forming them that Thomaston had
Construction
Fund Suffers
Vast Slashes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
House Appropriations Committee
today cut more than half a billion
dollars from Defense Department
construction fund requests. It cit
ed the new Air Force Academy
as an outstanding example of
"loose fiscal procedures."
It slashed $511,838,000 from the
si. 730. 653,000 requested by the ad
ministration for construction pro
gram at military bases in the
United Stales and abroad.
The Air Force was given the
biggest cut, 300 million dollars
from the $1,001,500,000 it request
ed. 1 The Navy's bid for $368,253,000
!was trimmed hy $85,502,000, while
Ihe Army's request for $340,900,
000 was pared by $126,336,000.
Project alter project, including
uch items as officers' swimming
pools and elaborate housing ac
commodations, was cut out com-
plelely or sharply slashed as un
desirable or "certainly not essen
tial." The committee rapped the mili
tary services for poor planning on
construction programs and for
having "little, if any, idea of Ihe
cost, plans or the types of facili
ties to be constructed."
In too many cases, it said, re
quests for money were based on
"merely a dream in some plan
ner' mind. ...
It directed1 the secretary of de
fense to take positive steps to cor
rect the situation and to prevent
Ihe individual services from seek
ing new construction when Ihere
are available facilities owned by
but not used by another service
The committee was especially
critical of policies and practices
relating lo construction of the Air
Force Academy at Colorado
Springs, Colo. It called this proj
cct "an outstanding example of
costly and inadequate planning,
loose fiscal procedures, and a dis
regard for justifications submitted
to the Congress.
Many buildings at Ihe academy.
the committee said, were in
creased in scope and cost without
congressional' approval until after
binding contracts had been ap
proved. A typical example ol me lack
of realistic planning in connec
tion with Ihe. academy, the com
mittee said, was Air Force ap
proval of floor-to-ceiling black
boards on all four walls of class
rooms.
MOST ENJOYABLE
TULSA, Okla'. (API A 5,250
mile ride with 70 women passeng
ers and not one complaint about
backseat drivers from bus drivers
Glen Gray and O. D. Brown, who
described the charter Irip lo Seat
tle, Wash., as the most enjoy
able" they've made. The women
attended the National Business
and Professional Women's conven
lion.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Klamath County United Fund and he Klamath Basin chapter
of the American Red Cross recently executed renewal of their partnership for the
1959 Klamath County United Fund-Red Cross Drive. Seated, left to right, are R. H. Gal
lagher, chairman of the local Red Cross chapter; Rollin Centrall, president of the United
Fund; and Virginia Dixon, executive director of the Red Cross ehapter. Rex Dye, execu
tive secretary of the United 'und, is standing. y
During Drinking
just shot two people and wanted to
surrender. State police officers
picked Thomaston up at his resi
dence. 849 Riverside Street. He
was questioned immediately by
District Attorney Arthur A. Bed-
doe.
Beddoe said this morning after
also having questioned Thomas
ton's wife, who had turned herself
in as drunk at the city police sta
tion at 12:45 a.m., and some of
Atkins' neighbors that the two
couples had apparently known
each other for a period of at least
News In
Brief:
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS Soviet de
mand lor Americans to get oul
ni Lebanon, threatened veto of
Japanese plan for U. N. measures
delays vote in Security Council
WASHINGTON President Ei-
senhoner yields to British Insist
ence, agrers to go along with V. N,
summit meeting on Middle East
LONDON Prime Minister
M 'cinillan ready lo attend U. N.
summit talk, British - announce
after British-American split de
lays replies to Soviet suggestion
for talks outside U. N.; Soviet ac
cuses West of stalling.
LONDON United States and
Britain reported consulting Bagh
dad Pact allies on question of
recognizing new Iraq regime.
WASHINGTON Secretary of
Stale Dulles will attend Baghdad
Pact meeting In London next
week.
UAMAHUS yrlan press
says Kuwait and Iraq may soon;
join iassar federation.
BEIRUT Lebanese opposition
leader says U. S. troops will be
pulling oul soon because Iraqi si
tuation Is stabilizing. U. S. envoy
Murphy seeks political compro
mise. One Marine killed by own
sentry.
HIS FAIR LADY
NEW YORK, (UPI) Edward
Mulhare, 35. Irish actor now star
ring in "My Fair Lady," and
Sara Tal, 23, Miss Israel of 1056,
announced their engagement Mon
day. The couple has been ac
quainted for more than five years.
They first met when Miss Tal
played a bit part in a film star
ring Mulhare and produoed in Is
rael.
Report Says
Ponder fraqi
LONDON (API Government
officials reported today that Brit
ain and the United Stales are con
sulting the Baghdad Pact allies on
the question of recognizing the
new Iraqi republic.
-The officials here said Washing
ton and London lean in favor of
some form of recognition for the
revolutionary regime but that
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are
cool to the suggestion.
The informal exchanges on the
question of recognition have as
sumed special urgency because
Ihe premiers of Ihe Baghdad Pact
nations are scheduled to meet in
London next week. Secretary of
State Dulles will represent the
United States, which is not a
member of Ihe alliance but serves
on its committees.
The new Iraqi regime has not
officially renounced membership
in the pact, but its alliance with
President Nasser's United Arab
Republic was accepted as an in
dication nf a new foreign policy
line. Nasser is vehemently op
posed lo the Baghdad Pact, of
which Iraq was the only Arab
member.
Spokesmen for the revolutionary
regime have insisted, however
they want In be friends with the
West. The United States and Brit
ain apparently see some hope that
a friendship can he maintained.
Informants said there is a pos
sihilily that next week's meeting
will he postponed until about Sep
tember, presumably lo allow the
Party;
two or three years.
According to Beddoe, Thomas
ton, who is a cement contractor,
moved here slightly over two
months ago and had a contract to
do some work at Kingsley Field
for which he asked Atkins lo come
up from San Jose.
The district attorney said that
apparently the two counles began
drinking together yesterday morn
ing, starting off the day with a
trip to Dorris to buy liquor, and
stopping for drinks on the way
back before having lunch at the
Thomaston's place.
Beddoe said the drinking party
apparently continued on after
lunch at the Atkins' home. He said
Ihey were seen leaving there about
4:30.
The two couples apparently re
turned lo the Atkins' home be
tween 7 and 7:30 Beddoe says, with
Mrs. Thomaston deciding to sleep
it off" in Ihe Atkins' back bed
room. She apparently was unaware
of the shooting which took place
within a few yards nf her.
Beddoe says that Thomaston ap
parently left the Atkins' residence
some time after 7:30, drove to his
place and picked up the 300 Sav
age rifle, returning to Atkins' resi
dence where the shooting occurred.
Beddoe said this morning that
he was slill investigating the back
ground of the shooting, hut that
he was not satisfied with Thomas
Ion's claim of self-defense. This
morning, he had still not been able
to question Atkins, nor had he been
able to have a complete interview
with Mrs. Thomaston.
Atkins was described as being
in "fair" condition at Klamath
Valley Hospital this morning.
Weather t
FORECAST Klamath Falls
and vicinity: Mostly fair through
Wednesday except some thunder
showers over mountains In late
afternoon. Highs 82-88; low Tues
day night 52-60.
High yesterday .. .. 87
Low last night . 1 62
Prcclp. last 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 .-. 19.42
Same period last year 15.05
Normal for period 12.56
' BULLETIN
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) The
Philadelphia Phillies today fired
Mayo Smilh as manager and re
hired Eddie Sawyer who piloted
the team to the last pennant in
1950.
Britain. U. S.
Recognition
Iraqi republic to make up its mind
on its foreign policy intentions.
As of now, the informants said.
one school of American and Brit
ish diplomatic opinion leans in fa
vor of recognizing the rebels as
Ihe de facto (effective) govern
ment of the country. Full-scale de
jure (legal) recognition, in the
view nf these diplomats, should
be withheld until the rebels show
themselves ready and able to con
duct their international relations
and commitments in what Wash
ington and London consider prop
er fashion.
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, how
ever, are reported strongly op
posed to recognizing a regime that
seized power by force and is po
litically hostile to all the Bagh
dad alliance stands for.
Two key issues face the pre
miers next week if Ihey meet
without Iraq:
. Can the alliance survive the
withdrawal of its only Arab mem
ber?
2. Will the allies have lo recast
all Ihcir defense and political
planning now that a potentially
hostile power has seized the alli
ance's headquarters in Baghdad
and with it the group's secret pa
pers? If the Iraqi representatives do
show up at Ihe meeting, the al
lies will have to decide whether
Iraq's continued membership is
compatible with her new mutual
defense treaty with Nasser's
U. A. R.