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Chaos, Near Bankruptcy Fail.To Jar Congo's Chiefs From Tribal Suspicions Into Reality Editor's Note: The lives of.shed. political chaos and near many men, along with some of your tax dollars, have gone into the effort (o end the chaos that has throttled the Congo since it won independence 16 months ago. What are the results? What is the outlook? Here is the first of three articles giving a penetrating look at the Congo today. The writer won a 1961 Pulitzer Prize for his dispatches on African affairs. By LYNN HEINZERLING bankruptcy not to mention mil lions of dollars have failed to awaken the Congo to reality. Congolese leaders still cannot put aside tribal suspicions, pre tensions and ideologies long enough to face their real prob lems as a nation. The republic's "government of reconciliation" under Prime Min ister Cyrille Adoula has failed to reconcile. , LEOPOLDVILLE. the CongOD hv .,', r,Ln,a i St, .have its own constitution, but is1 AP Sixteen months of FREE DELIVERY SERVICE ON ANY ITEM IN THE STORE Phone Us Your Needs Deliveries Each Day at 11:00-2:00-4:00 I IN THI VILLAGE COURT th I Main TU 2-347S blood-;i,,,,,i0 iiu iu. i,in A r-mm. nisi governments couapsea ana Uizenga joined the Adoula gov-, ernment as vice premier. He con tributed little and lias gone back to Stanleyville. Nobody knows Jf Ivvhen or whether he will return. - I The army is still divided, with I IjGen. Joseph Mobutu commanding II in Leopoldville and Gen. Victor Lundula in charge at Stanleyville. The United Nations has reached a cease-fire agreement in the se cessionist province of Katanga, whose rich copper deposits are the nation's greatest asset. It is desperately trying to bring Pres ident Moise Tshombe of Katanga into negotiations with Adoula. Both Mobutu and Lundula talk vaguely of taking Katanga with their armies, although the logistic problems alone are far beyond their capabilities. The Congolese Parliament con siders its most important order of business is to arrange to chop up the jungle land into still more provinces with diverse tribal urges. There are not enough skilled Congolese to run the cen tral government and administer the present six provinces properly. The new nation still does not ANNOUNCING A BRAND NEW DISCOUNT Furniture Store NOW OPEN IN THE Town & Country Shopping Center 3800 So. 6th FEATURING NAME BRAND FURNITURE AT DIS COUNT PRICES. Broyhill . . . Authentic . . . Rev ere . . . Nod-A-Woy . . . Lenoir House . . . Cam bridge . . . Sterling . . . Douglas . . . Castleton . . . Metalcrafr . . . Cooper . . . Colony . . . School field . . . Empire. TERMS . . . TRADES . . . FREE DELIVERY . . . ACRES OF FREE PARKING. operating under a fundamental law worked out with the former Belgian colonial masters. Parlia ment is amending this law so that the six provinces laid out arbi trarily by the Belgians can be cut up to accommodate and perpetu ate tribal groupings. It is a labor based on the an cient hates of the Congolese that will further impede the Congo's entrance into the world of the 20th century. The shadow of the first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, still lies across the Congo. The tall flamboyant nationalist leader was slain in Katanga more than eight months ago while being held by Tshombe s government, The newspaper of the Lumumba forces in Leopoldville in a recent issue described him as "that grand liberator, that Caesar leader of leaders, hero of heroes, sage of rages, savior of saviors." Lumumba's top lieutenants Gizcnga. minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye and Chamber President Joseph Kasongo, all leftists are contending for the grand liberator's mantle. They hope, too, to seize power from Adoula. Western diplomats, who have watched the whole incredible story unfold in the Congo, believe the Adoula government is the best the country can achieve in the cir cumstances. Some consider Adou la the most impressive man in the Congo. He seems in control although In. tenor Minister Gbenye, the Lu mumbist, is pressing him hard. Lumumbist youth movements are springing up. Communist money is coming into the country to fi nance trouble, diplomats say. Recently in Leopoldville's Afri-, can quarter pamphlets, have been circulated urging the black Con golese to attack whites. Anllwhite excesses last year started an exodus of Europeans which almost paralyzed the econ omy and threatened to turn the Congo back to the jungle. They are coming back now Belgian teachers, businessmen, techni cians. The Congo can hardly sur- Vive without them. Although the central govern ment has not resumed diplomatic relations with Belgium, a small Belgian mission operates with government approval. Adoula must keep the Congo calm and solve the Katanga prob lem to survive. The central gov ernment cannot hope to operate this huge country of 900.000 square miles without a share of Katanga's" rich copper profits. United Nations officials are con fident. They expect that prelimin ary contacts between Katangan emissaries and the central gov ernment will be followed by meeting between Adoula and Tshombe. Despite his statements, Tshom be himself is known to feel that the days of his private state are numbered. Not a single nation has recognized the proclaimed in dependence of Katanga. The central government, under great pressure from leftists and Lumumhists, still thinks grandi osely of sending Mobutu's troops to the Katanga border and seizing the recalcitrant province. Mobu- 'DENNIS THE MENACE" tu is known to regard such an ad venture more soberly. It was Mobutu, with the back ing of President Joseph Kasavubu who expelled Russians, Czechs and Poles from the country last i year after they openly supplied war materials to maintain Lu mumba in power. Mobutu's .forces do not have the equipment or the supplies for a drive to Katanga. Although the United Nations might regard such an action as a legitimate police maneuver of the central govern ment, it would be bound to pre vent civil war. Mobutu and members of the central government know that a defeat in Katanga or. even a long stalemate could mean the end of the Adoula government. The time would then be ripe for a takeover by the extremist Lumumbists. There are bright spots. The Communist threat is recognized ana it is still less real than in the days of Lumumba's gaudy reign. I HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore. Tuesday, October it. 1961 PAGE S Dismal Fall Weather Spots Nation ;j dommunitij. ;j Cciiendar : Zulu May Visit Sweden To Collect Peace Prize By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dismal fall weather foggy, rainy and cool covered broad SO WHAT? AlAYf36 I MWTlOZZ A GIRL- AS LONS AS I LIVE NEW WASHER - DRYER PAIR by RCA WHIRLPOOL 2 Cycles - Normal and Gentle 3 Wash-Rinse Wa ter Temperatures 3 Water Levels for flexibility "Suds-Miser" saves soap and water Eficient Damp-Dry Spin Speed Top Loading Door Exclusive "Magic Mix" Dispenser Filter TUESDAY ALOHA, OES Friendship Niuht and Reception. 8 p.m., Masonic Temple. Honoring Martha Powell, grand representative. NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT THIMBLE CLUB, 8 p.m., Shasta Grange Hall. Masquerade.' POMONA GRANGE OFFICERS practice, 8 p.m., Midland Grange Hall. SWEET ADELINES Rehearsal, 8 p.m.. Pine Grove Room, Willard Hotel. All women interested in barbershop singing invited. EAGLES AUXILIARY OFFI- CERS. 7:30 p.m.. Eacles Hall. M A L I N PARENTS AND PA TRONS. 8 p.m., grade school gym. Joe Searles, Klamath Civil De fense director, speaker. WEDNESDAY REALTY BOARD, 12 noon. Rickfalls. Program. EIGHT & FORTY, 8 p.m., home of Ada Matthews, 324 North Sixth. Bring white elephants for sil ver auctions. AAUW STUDY GROUP, 9:30 a.m., 2027 Del Moro. "The Gift ed Child," by Forrest Hawley. In terested persons invited. RED CROS first aid instruc tors, 7:30 p.m. Chapter headquar ters, county library. Organizing session. . WEDNESDAY J EAGLES AUXILIARY DRUM j CORPS, reorganizes 7:30 p.m., Eagles Hall. All interested wel come. GOLDEN AGE CLUB, 1:30 p.m., Klamath Falls Auditorium. Hal-! loween party. Women bring pies. SOJOURNERS, 12:30 p.m. j luncheon, Willard Hotel. ROYAL NEIGHBORS of Amer ica, 8 p.m., IOOF hall. THURSDAY WW I BARRACKS NO. 325 and Auxiliary, 8 p.m., VFW Hall. FAIRVIEW SCHOOL PTA, 2:15 p.m., auditorium. Executive board meeting preceding. KLAMATH MINERAL CLUB, 7:30 p.m.. Klamath Auditorium. Rock auction. LIONESS CLUB RUMMAGE SALE, 8 a.m., Clyde's Towing. Proceeds to Eye Program. LADIES AUXILIARY CANTON CRATER No. 7, 8 p.m., IOOF Hall. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (API Albert John Luthuli said today he would apply to South Af rica's government for permission to go to Sweden to collect the Nobel Peace Prize he won for his fight against the government's ra cial policy. Interior Minister Jan De Klerk refused to say whether the 62-year-old Zulu ex-chief would be released. "I will have to consider the whole matter," De Klerk said. Luthuli said in a telephone in terview he was proud to learn of the award, "not just because this honor has been done to me but also to my country and its people especially those who have fought and suffered in the struggle to achieve the emancipation of all South Africans from the bonds of fear and injustice." He said he had not decided what he would do with the prize money, which will amount to $43,744. Luthuli was belatedly awarded the 1960 prize for his work toward the easing of effects of racial dis crimination in South Africa. The 1961 peace prize was award ed to the late Dag Hammai skjold the Swedish U.N. secrelary-gener al who was killed in a plane crash in Africa Sept. 18. The money will go to his estate. There was no immediate official reaction to the Luthuli award from the white supremacist South Afri can government. But the Cape Town newspaper Die Burger, which backs Uie ruling Nationalist party, took a dim view of the award. Luthuli, a leader of the now out lawed African National Congress, has been detained intermittently by Uie South African government since 19o2 when the congress started civil disobedience cam paigns against racial discrimina tion. Constitution Groups Meet SALEM (API Four subcom mittecs of the 17-member slate1 Constitutional Revisirn Commis sion w ill hold organisational meet ings this week in Portland. Chairman Herb-'rt M. Schwab, Portland circuit judge, has called a meeting of his Judicial subcom mittee meeting lor 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at his courtroom. Chairman Stafford Hansell, Re publican state representative fromj Hcrmiston, set 10 a.m. Friday for a meeting of his Suffrage, Election and Amendments subcommittee. : It will meet at Portland State College. The Finance and Local Govern ment subcommittee headed by Sen. Donald R. Husband, R-Eu-gene, will meet at 2 p.m. Friday at Portland Stale College. The Human Rights subcommit tee headed by Rep. George Van Hoomissen, D-Portland, will meet at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Portland State College. sections across the nurtliern half I in the northw est quarter of the of the nation today. country fog, drizzle and light rain ex tended from the southern Great Lakes region south and south westward into central Missouri and Indiana. The murky weather was associated with a slow-moving cold front that extended across northwest Ohio southwest ward into Texas. Light rain fell in eastern sec tions w here there also was con siderable cloudiness. Rain hit areas along Lire east coast of Flor ida and from Cape Hatteras, N.C., northward through New England. Cloudy skies also were reported WANTED Man or woman with retail sales ex perience - Men's clothing and sport ing goods. Well es tablished local store. Write Box 747-C Herald-News. Klamath OEA Meets Saturday The first general meeting of the Klamath Chapter Oregon Educa tional Association will be held at the Winema Hotel Saturday, Oct. 28. A 12:30 p.m. turkey luncheon will be followed by a business meeting with several items of business on the agenda. A musical program has been arranged by Willard McKinny, vice president of the association. Mrs. Frances hoerte, president, will report on highlights of the NEA convention in Atlantic City last June. Her talk will be illus trated with slides. Members not contacted by school building representatives for reservations should call Lois Hart- ely, TU 2-0738 or Lillian Brandt. TU 4-3620, by Wednesday, Oct 25. Home Ec Chief Visits Schools Mrs. Estelle Van Cleave, super visor of Home Economics Educa tion from the State Department of. Vocational Education, Salem, spent Oct. 12 14 visiting local homemaking departments and school officials, Mrs. Bruce Stew art and Mrs. Charles Waldron, Klamath Union High School and Mrs. Helen Vaughn, Fremont. She visited also with schools at Bonanza, Chiloquin and Merrill and was state representative at the Southern District meeting of Future Homemakers of America at KUHS, when 240 girls repre senting 10 schools were present. Mrs. Van Cleave is a former resident of Klamath Falls and is a new member of the Homo Eco nomics Supervisory Staff in Sa lem. 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