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By FRANK JENKINS
Interesting news:
According to Commerce Clear'
tag House, Inc., a Chicago tax
research firm, Oregon's STATE
taxes in 1961 are the lowest on
the Pacific Coast. They amount in
the 1961 fiscal year to $113 per
person. Here is the comparison:
Hawaii $206.00
Washington $167.00
California $142.00
Alaska $138.00
Oregon $113.00
The report adds that in the
1961 fiscal year only three states
in the Union had lower tax collec
tions than in the preceding fiscal
year. These three states were Ore
gon, Ohio and Wyoming. Of the
three, Oregon's four per cent re
duction was the largest.
All of which is statistical proof
of our boast that Oregon is one of
me Best governed states in the
niion.
That's the good side of the news.
Let's now turn the page.
In the 1961 fiscal year, the cost
of Oregon's state government was
$113 per person. For the same
period, according to a careful
computation worked out by Tax
Foundation, Inc., Oregon's share
of the cost of operating the FED
ERAL government was $408 per
person or 3.6 times as much.
Which is to say:
Of each total tax dollar you
pay, 27 cents goes for the cost of
state government and 73 cents
goes for the cost of federal gov
ernment. That's quite a difference.
It hasn't always been that way.
Not too many decades ago say
back in your grandfather's time
the situation was almost exactly
reversed. In those days, the cost
of the federal, government took
about one-third of he total tax
dollar and the cost of local gov.
ernment about two-thirds.
Why the change?
There are many reasons. Wars
are now much more costly than
then, and the bulk of the cost
of wars comes out of the federal
treasury. Statecraft is also much
more expensive than in Grandfa-I
ther's time. Grandfather would
have had a duck fit is in his day
it had been suggested that we
should pay out tens of billions of
dollars in aid to foreign nations
whose friendship we want to influ
ence. He would probably have
looked upon it as BUYING
FRIENDS, and as such would
have wanted no part of it.
And.in Grandfather's day, there
were such things as federal grants
in aid. We have the odd notion
that such things are manna from
above, showered down upon us by
our kindly old Uncle for free.
Grandfather would have recog
nized, instantly that all such gifts
come out of taxes, and axes
come out of the pockets of the
people:
Anyway
Times have changed.
We now have BigGovernment-a
long-way-off. Because it is a long
way off, we don't watch it as
closely as we watch government
that is closer to us. As a result,
big government in Washington
now takes two-thirds of the total
tax dollar instead of the one-third
it used to take.
Plane Crash
Kills Five
BURNS, Ore. (API - Wreck
age of a single-engine plane, with
,the bodies of five Palmdale,
Calif., residents, was found late
Saturday morning on the south
slope of Pueblo Mountain.
The scene was south of Denio
on the Oregon-Nevada border.
Dead were:
The pilot. Craig Wilson, owner
of the Topper Poultry Co.
His wife.
His sister, Edna Wilson.
Mrs. Gary Pierce, 20, and her
6-month-old son. Chris.
The plane disappeared Fri
day on a flight from Reno to
John Day. Ore. A search was
started with planes taking off
from Pendleton. Baker, John Day
and Burns. Planes from Reno
and Sacramento joined the search
Saturday.
Vaughn Michael, a pilot from
John Dav, spotted the wreckage.
He landed nearby and. made his
way lo the scene. He reported no
survivors. The bodies were to be
removed later.
Hunters Sight
Guns On Wire
''inters sighted in their guns on
a power line in l9e Davis Creek
area between Lakeview and Al
turas Saturday morning and made
Och an excellent score on the
wire jat they plunged Ccdarvillc.
Ca. and Jun'gr into an elec
tricity outage that lasted 40 min
utes. Power was out from 8.29 a.m.
to 9:10 a m. in the Cedarville sec
tiotO"d 'as not restored to the
entire line until 1124 a m.
o
KlanPath Falls and vicinity -Partly
cloudy.eLo Saturday 25-30
with freeze warning tssufd: high
60-63.
High yesterday 60
Low last night 33
Precip. last 24 hours .00
Since Oct. 1 12.93
Same period last year 9.27
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GODFREY BLOHM
G. C. Blohm
Dies Friday
In Portland
Godfrey C. Blohm, manager of
the U.S. National Bank in Klam
ath Falls from 1937 to 1945, died
in Portland Friday, Sept. 29, at
Holiday Park Hospital. He was 73
years of age.
Mr. Blohm left Klamath Falls
in 1945 to manage the United
States National Bank branch in
Eugene and at the time of his
retirement in 1958 was vice presi
dent of the banking chain.
Survivors include sons, Philip of
Malin and Richard of Sunnyvale,
Calif., his wife, Margaret, three
brothel's, and five grandchildren.
Since his retirement he and
Mrs. Blohm have been living on
their Malin ranch.
Mr. Blohm was active in many
civic organizations in Klamath
Falls during his term .with tne
bank here. Among these activities
were Rotary Club president,
chamber of commerce president,
member of the school board and
draft board and past president of
the Oregon Banker's Association.
He was a member of the Masonic
Lodge in Portland and the Scot
tish Rite bodies in Klamath
Falls, Hillah Temple AAONMS,
BPOE 1247, and the American Le
gion.
Funeral services will be held
from Finley Mortuary in Portland
Monday at 10 a.m.
Memorial contributions to the
Malin Community Presbyterian
Church are suggested by the fam
ily. Power Held
ByDe Gaulle
PARIS (UPl) President
Charles de Gaulle, under heavy
parliamentary and public pres
sure, Friday relinquished most of
the dictatorial powers he as
sumed during last April's revolt
in Algeria.
But in a surprise last-minute
announcement Friday night, De
Gaulle said he will keep enough
power to block any attempts to
overthrow his government.
De Gaulle said he would retain
the right to proclaim a state of
emergency, to arrest and hold
persons on suspicion of plotting
against the government, to ban
certain writings, and arrange
pecial trials for plotters.
Berlin Crisis Talks End In No
NEW YORK (AP' Secretary
of State Dean Rusk and Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-
myko held the last of their New
York talks on the Berlin crisis
Saturday with some evidence they
Kill be able to agree on a nego
tiating formula at further meet
ings in Wanhington.
Western diplomats said the dis
cussions here, though apparently
inconclusive, had served to de
fine the issues more clearly. They
also gave some encouragement
that the Soviets will agree to ac
ceptable arrangements for an
East-West foreign ministers' con
ference later this year.
The Western powers are re
ported to have told Russia em
phatically through these talks
that they have no intention of ne
gotiating with East Germany
over thO' ghts to maintain
troops in West Berlin. They also
pressern3romyko for an explana
tion of what the Soviet Union
means by talking about guaran
tees of access to West Berlin.
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LOS ANGELES (AP)-Richard
M. Nixon denies he sought a se
cret deal to get former Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight out of the 1962
race for, California's Republican
gubernatorial nomination.
"False and libelous on its face.
the former vice president said
Friday of Knight's charge: That
Nixon sent an emissary to offer
Knight any state job he wanted
if Knight withdrew.
"No person representing me or
authorized by me has made such
a promise," said Nixon.
Knight retorted, "I will disclose
the name of Nixons pressure
emissary and present my proof
and witnesses at a public press
conference within a very few
days."
These were the latest develop
ments in a dispute between Cali
fornia's two top Republicans a
long-simmering feud that has
come to a boil since Nixon an
nounced his candidacy for gover
nor Wednesday night.
Knight, now a Los Angeles TV
commentator, claims Nixon en
California Battle
Slows GOP Hopes
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (API i
California's early outbreak of Republican-
feuding- tempered GOP
optimism today over prospects for
major political gains in the West
next year. t.
Party leaders from California
at the Republican regional con-;
ference, lined up behind Richard
M. Nixon in his fast-developing
battle with former Gov. Goodwin
J. Knight in the Republican race
for governor.
But there was open concern
over how the intraparty squabble
New Border
Curfew Set
HOF, Germany (AP) East
German authorities will Impose a
curfew on border areas effective
Sunday in a new move to make
the Iron Curtain escape-proof, Ba
varian police said Friday night.
They said they have learned the
restrictions would affect all East
Germans living in a 500-yard zone
along the border. At the same
time, police reported preparations
seem under way to evacuate all
residents of this zone and to level
their houses.
The police said their informa
lion was based on reports from
police observation posts along the
frontier and stories received from
refugees. '
In the wooded Harz area, East
German lumberjacks were report'
ed at work cutting trees to im
prove visibility for Communist
guards.
The future status of the U.S.,
British and French garrisons in
West Berlin is one of several
critical issues discussed by Rusk
and British Foreign Secretary
Lord Home in separate talks with
Gromyko.
Rusk and Gromyko expect to
meet again in Washington this
week. Rusk is returning lo Wash
ington and Home to London to
night. In Washington, it is understood
Gromyko hopes to have a confer
ence also with President Kennedy,
but U.S. officials said the meeting
has not yet been arranged.
Toe talks, which actually mark
the start of informfi negotiations
over a compromise settlement,
have dealt with three major as
pects of the Berlin crisifQ
1. Rusk and Home have tried
to impress upon Gromyko that
the Western powers will fight to
defend West Berlin and its access
routes. Some aides tQ the two
Western ministers think Soviet
Premier Khrushchev now 'Qier-
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WIM1C
Ssys Knight
gineered the GOP maneuvering
that forced him to step aside as
governor in 1958 to allow then
U.S. Sen. William F. Knowland to
run for that office. Knight ran for
Knowland's senate seat. Both lost
badly.
Knight claims and Nixon de
niesthat Nixon, then vice presi-
dent, wanted both men defeated
so he could have unquestioned
control of California's Republican
party.
The latest rupture in the never
cordial relations between Nixon
and Knight started in this
fashion:
On the eve of Nixon's na
tionally televised news conference
Wednesday night, William A.
Munnell, state Democratic chair
man, issued a statement claiming
a Nixon friend offered Knight a
secret deal to withdraw from the
race.
The next morning, Knight told
newsmen that he had been offered
any state job he wanted includ
ing California chief justice in a
telephone call Sept. 7 by a
would affect Republican chances
in the West's biggest state.
Nixon- arrived here Saturday lo
address delegates from 13 Western
states. It was his first public ap
pearance since the I960 GOP pres
idential candidate announced he
would seek the California gover
norship. Rep. Bob Wilson, R-Calif., chair
man of the Republican Con
gressional Campaign Committee,
talked of a 50-seat gain for the
GOP in 1962 congressional elec
tions, including a pickup of eight
districts in California and six to
eight in Southern states. This
would overturn Democratic con
trot of the House.
Wilson said Nixon would be of i
great help in his home state's
campaign provided he wins his
own primary contest.
The present congressional lineup
in California favors the Demo
crats 16-14. Eight additional con
gressmen will be elected next
year as a result of census gains.
Wilson said he expected former!
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
to campaign in California next
year but not until after the Junei
primary showdown.
In another development, Sen
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., a lead
er of the Republican right wing,
acted to halt a "stop-Kuchel'
movement against Sen. Thomas
H. Kuchel, R-Calif., who is aligned
with party progressives.
Goldwater told California's del
egates before leaving Friday that
he would campaign for Kuchel's
reelection next year. Rep. John
Rousselot, R-Calif., an avowed
member of the John Birch
Society, has indicated he might
oppose Kuchel.
stands thai he runs the risk of
war if he overplays his hand.
2. Rusk has tried to discover
whether Khrushchev is willing to
ajgree to a basis for negotiations
on Berlin. If he is, an East-West
foreign ministers conference in
November or December seems
certain.
3. Rusk and Home have sought
to explore the possibilities for suc
cess of a foreign ministers' con
ference. In essence, they want to
know whether Khrushchev is will
ing to compromise or whether he
intends to dictate the terms of
a settlement.
Gromyko's practice in the talks.
Western informants say, has been
to repeal stated Soviet policy.
Thus he has reaffirmed his gov
ernment's plan 69 gn peace
treaty with Communist East Ger
many by the end of the year.
Gromyko is said to have argued
that troops stationed in Berlin aft.
er the treaty is signed would be
there by agreement with the East
German government.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
Mse
wealthy Republican friend of Nix
on s.
Robert Finch, Nixon's 1960 cam
paign manager, termed Knight's
report "totally preposterous."
The Democrats, plagued by in
traparty fights for years in Cali
fornia, obviously were happy at
sighs of an intramural vGOP
squabble.
Democratic Gov. Edmund G
Brown expected to seek reelec
tion, suggested Nixon withdraw if
Knight's charges were true. State
Democratic Cochairman Roger
Kent requested a state bar mves
tigation. He suggested Nixon be
disbarred for violation of legal
ethics if the Knight charges were
substantiated.
Then Nixon counterattacked Fri
day. In a statement telephoned to
newsmen by aides in his law of
fice, Nixon said: "Mr. Knight's
charge that an unnamed indi
vidual representing me offered
him a job to stay out of the race
for governor is false and libelous
on its face.
"I demand that Mr. Knight and
every newspaper and television
and radio station which carried
this charge publish a retraction.
"I have never made any prom
ises of any kind to Knight or any
other individuals to keep them out
of the race for governor."
Two other Republicans lumped
in. Mayor George Christopher of
San Francisco, a Nixon man and
possible candidate for lieutenant
governor, said Knight had a la
natical obsession against the Re
publican nartv."He said Knight
seems to want to help the Demo
crats. ,
Assemblyman Joseph Shell of
Los Angeles, another gubernatori
al aspirant, asserted some GOP
officials had "suggested" he drop
out of the primary. He said he
was in the race to stay.
Blast Not
Death Try
NEW DELHI,' India (AP) - A
senior police official said Satur
day an explosion in a crowded
street shortly after Prime Minis
ter Nehru rode by in a car was
not an assassination attempt.
Nehru himself shrugged off the
incident and said he did not even
know about it until he got home
Friday night.
Then," he said, "police told
me that there had been a cracker
explosion." Indians use this ex
pression in referring to a fire
cracker sometimes placed in a
bottle or wrapped in mud or
stones.
Appearing at an integration con
ference here this morning, Nehru
told newsmen with a smile: "It
seems to have created a little
more excitement in London and
Washington than here. I had two
cables from London and Washing
ton." He did not identify the send
ers, other than to say one was "a
colleague.
Decision'
The West maintains thai the
troops are in Berlin by right of
World War II conquest.
Khrushchev's ultimate objective
is complete withdrawal of the
Western forces.
But he has talked Dubliclv about
the Allies remaining in Berlin un
der some new arrangement hv
which Soviet forces also would be
introduced into the Western sprlnr
of the city. Khrushchev has also
said he would agree to let U.N.
forces garrison in West Berlin.
The Western Dowers are under
stood to have indicated to the So
viet Union that the accent mkiiv
may be negotiable so long as the
basic rights of access are not im
paired. That simply means that
the West, as Dart of anv over-all
settlement, probably would be
willing to recognize East German
authority in the operation of the
supply lines, but it would not
recognize any East German rights
to interfere with the flow of
traffic.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1961
OUSTS
FIRST BELTS Bruce Galloway, in his buckot-seat
foreign car, backed the Klamath Jaycees' seat belt
campaign Friday . by being first in line. Galloway Is as
sistant secretary of the local YMCA. Belts are avail
able from M.J.R. Muffler Service and Dick's Richfield
Service in the Klamath Falls area.
Foreign
Inked By
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) Presi
dent Kennedy Saturday signed a
$3.9-billion foreign aid appropria
tion bill which also included funds
for the Peace Corps and other fi
nancial activities abroad.
Kennedy also put his name on
legislation allowing the National
Football League and other sports
circuits to enter package televi
sion contracts. ,., . ,
At his vacation retreat over
looking Narragansett Bay, the
President signed two other spend
ing measures Including the
$1,133,453,164 supplemental appro
priation which the House dropped
on the Senate in a temper-boiling
adjournment of Congress early
Wednesday morning.
The disputed money bill was a
compromise of separate measures
passed earlier by the Senate and
Lid Clamped
On Shipping
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -The
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
clamped a lid on Pacific Maritime
Association shipping from West
Coast ports Saturday and spokes
men said the strike will continue
until shipowners come to terms.
Pickets were set up late Friday
after a meeting urged by the fed
eral government between PMA
and union representatives ended
without agreement.
Acting Secretary of Labor W.
Willard Wirtz had arranged the
meeting, no federal represonta
live attended.
"If these people (the 13-firm
member PMA) want to nego
tiate," Capt. Robert Durkin, the
union's West Coast president,
said, they 11 negotiate with their
ships picketed and they are going
to stay that way until we get a
contract.
"We want lo talk about more
than just pay," Durkin said, "We
are trying to redistribute the addi
tional percentage we get through
automation so that It will help our
unemployment problem.
A PMA spokesman said ship
owners might meet over the week
end to reconsider the union s posi
tion.
Approximately 20 ships were
tied up in San Francisco, Los An
geles, Portland and Seattle. The
PMA operates 136 ships. Durkin
said as more of these ships en
tered harbors they would be pick
eted. Foreign flag vessels, Amer
ican flag ships already signed to
contracts and ships with military
cargoes are unaflected.
Hardest hit so far are the Mat-
son Lines' ship Lurline and the
American President Lines' Presi
dent Cleveland. Among the hun
dreds of vacation-bound persons
beached by the three-day strike
was Sen. Barry Goldwater,
R-Ariz.
Telephone
Aid Bill
Kennedy
the House to add to funds pre
viously appropriated for govern
ment agencies. The House quit
after ."passing.- th - compromise,
sending It tb the Senate on a lake-
it-or-leave it basis. The Senate
took it, but only after bitter com
plaints about some of the provi
sions agreed lo by the Senate-
House conference. .
The other appropriation bill fur
nishes $3,877,915,989 for public
works of the Army, Atomic En
ergy Commission, Interior De
partment, Tennessee Valley Au
thority and for several study com.
missions.
The foreign assistance bill totals
$4,123,345,000, including $3,912.-
000,000 for economic and military
aid. Kennedy originally sought
nearly $4 8 billion in new assist
ance funds, but critics of spending
abroad slashed that request while
aenying Kennedy the authority he
sought to borrow .money from the
lTeasury for economic develop
ment loans;
The over-all aDnrnDrlntlnn m.
bodies $30 million for the Peacel
Corps, $10 million less than
Kennedy asked, nlus funds for
the Export-Import Bank and
the Inter-American Development
man runa.
'Error1 Said
Crash Cause
N DO LA, Northern Rhodesia
(UPD An aviation expert tenta
lively blamed "pilot error" today
lor tne Sept. 18 crash that killed
U.N. Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold. The official said the crash 7
miles north of here may have
occurred because the pilot was
fatigued or because he was un
familiar with Ndola airport.
He said there was no evidence
so far to suggest sabotage, but
added he was not surprised by
rumors of it.
Accidental Shot Kills
Man On Deer Hunt Trip
Ronald Dave Watson, 32, 1606
Siskiyou, became Klamath Coun
ty's first hunting fatality of the
1961 season when a loaded gun
standing on the floor of the car in
which he was riding discharged
hitliag him in the chest. The acci
dent occurred at 6:30 p.m. Satur
day. ;
According to authorities, wal-i
son, with Carl Werner Heinz, 1940j
Fremont, was riding In the back
seat of a raralrivwi by William
Anderson, 329 Torrey, returning
from a hunting ground In the
'Telephone Flat" area above
Klamath Lake and four miles
southeast of the Johns-Manville
plant.
TU 4-8111 No. 6805
SYPTIAM
Me iv Flag Flies
Over Buildings
BEIRUT, Lebanon (API-Syr
ia's new civilian regime raised the
flag of the Syrian Arab Republic
over government buildings Satur
day and ordered the ouster of
Egyptians in quick sequel to the
revolt against Cairo's rule.
All Egyptians, civil and mili
tary, were instructed to present
themselves at military headquar
ters Sunday for shipment home.
The .order, signed by "the com
mander of the Syrian Arab army,"
was broadcast by Radio Damas
cus. This broadcast and another an
nouncing the flag-raisuigs were
monitored in Beirut, capital of
neighboring Lebanon.
Premier Mamourt Kuzbari had
announced dissolution of the mili
tary group that boosted him to
power. He promised democracy
and constitutional rule.
Kuzbari has not yet proclaimed
Syria's independence from Presi
dent Nasser s United Arab Repub
lic, in which it joined Egypt in
February 1958. But the new flags
flying over government offices in
dicated this was just a technicality-
The exact number of Egyptians
in Syria is not known, but there
must be several thousand. In ad
dition to the hundreds of govern-
ment officials who serviced the
now-sundered United Arab Repub
lic in Damascus and other cities
there were large numbers of
Egyptians holding posts in the
Syrian army. There were several
units believed composed, entirely
of Eavotian soldiers.
. Egyptian women were asked to
stay in their homes Saturday "tor
their own safety.
This, and a previous communi
que asking Syrians to stop staging
demonstrations in support of the
revolution, indicated the leaders
may have been worried about dis
orders. . i
In Beirut the newspaper Llsart
al Hal reported the new govern
ment, which was named only Fri
day, freed , all political prisoners
in Damascus. There was no con
firmation in Beirut of the report.
U.S. - Syria
Out Of Question Yet
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.
recognition of the new Syrian re
gime seemed out of the question
today until a lot more unfolds In
the latest Middle East drama
One Impelling reason ruling out
early establishment of formal ties
with the Damascus insurgentsr'was
a U.S. desire to remain on good
terms with President Gamal Abdel
Nasser of the now-disrupted
United Arab Republic. , ,
Another was that the Syrian
group has yet to make any re
quest to the United States lor
recognition.
Still another was lack of ev)-
dence of the new regime's nature.
Some experts said that it was
still possible the Syrian group
would want to maintain some po
litical and military ties with CairO;
provided Syria has a high degree
of autonomy. Resentment against
being treated like a stepchild In
the U.A.R. is considered a major
reason for Syria's splintering the
3'i-year-old union.
The U.S. policy to go slow on
The gun, a 30-30 carbine, had
been placed on the transmission
well of the station wagon; and
leaned against the front scat.
When the car hit a particularly
rough bump the weapon dis
charged, the bullet narrowly
missed Hcini who was riding in
the front, plunged through the!
seat back and struck Watson In
the left arm and chest.
He was immediately rushed to
the highway for medical aid, but
apparently died en route. The am
bulance was called from Rogers
Service Station near the Johns-
Manville plant, and the body was
removed to Ward's Klamath Fu
neral Home,
Weather
Shasta-Siskiyou Fair
slightly warmer.
Mi
day;
Sun.
Northern California Fair Suit
day but some fog or low clouds
on coast in morning; slightly
warmer Inland.
The government waited less
than two days after Thursday's
virtually bloodless coup to ask
foreign diplomats in Damascus to
seek recognition by their govern
ments of the new Syrian regime.
Turkey and Jordan already
have accorded recognition. Iran
was reported considering recogni
tion, and Iraq came to Syria's
defense. All four nations have long
been wary of Nasser's ambitions
for a unified Arab state dominated
by Egypt.
Premier Abdel harim Kassem
of Iraq, Nasser's major counter
weight in the continuing Middle
East struggle for power, said in
a speech in Baghdad that the
Iraqi army was alerted "to stand
ready in the face of any foreigner,
if he tried to interfere in our
brother country Syria."
The only Arab leader with a
sympathetic word for Nasser as
his dream of a single "Arab na
tion" started crumbling was Pres
ident Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia.
He sent Nasser a friendly tele
gram expressing regret at the
revolution and hope the dispute
could be settled peacefully.
Radio stations in Damascus and
Aleppo broadcast pleas to Syrians
jto stop staging demonstrations in
support of the revolt. They warned
that continued, excitement might
allow exploiters to infiltrate their
ranks." ,
The Lebanese-Syrian border was
still closed, but life appeared mov
ing back toward normal In the
country.
Telephone communications, shut .
loff jlvben the revolt started;.WeTe ;
reopened, and 'a flood of calls
choked the lines. -
Damascus radio also broadcast
a word of friendship for Egypt In
Its morning program.
'Syria extends its hand to sister
Egypt to strengthen the aim of
the Arab nation on the basis of
freedom and equality. We are
ready any time to accomplish
this," said an announcer. This was
not an official statement, but was
made by a commentator between
musical programs..
Recognition
any recognition of the Damascus
government was stated Friday by
Joseph W. Reap, State Depart
ment press officer. Asked about
U.S. recognition. Reap said, "It
is premature to consider the ques
tion.", '
Reap also reiterated Washing
ton's hands-off policy. He said the
evidence indicated the uprising
was of internal origin, not set off
by any outside power.
Another high-ranking official
said, "As far as we are able to
detect there is no Communist in
fluence" In the rebellion, which
he attributed to deep dissatisfac
tion with Nasser. , '
U.S. authorities were reluctant
to say anything more about the
revolt for fear of further stirring
up Middle East troubles and get
ting the United States involved.
It was apparent Nasser had suf
fered a damaging blow to his as
pirations for wide Arab leadership
and the realignment of the deli
cate Middle East power structure
was under way. Washington hoped
the transition would be peaceful
and would not present the Commu
nists with an opportunity to step
in. , '
Early signs of the realignment
showed up in the prompt recogni
tion of the Syrian regime by Jor
dan and Turkey, both long op
posed to Nasser. Israel, too, was
expected to be pleased by the split
in her neighboring enemy.
Portland Port :.
Ships Struck
PORTLAND (AP) - Members
of the striking Masters Mates and
Pilots Association Friday placed
pickets at four ships In the Port
land harbor.
The ships are the Santa Anita
at Terminal 4, the P T Navl.
gator (t Terminal 1, Oregon Matt
- lat Luckenbach Terminal, and
(Montana at Swan Island.
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