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Vol. 62.   No; 149
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1955
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FOUR—Broad
Foreign Legion
\Called To Quell
Moroccan
Fear 150
CASABLANCA, Morocco (Reuters)—French tanks
md armored cars patrolled the streets of Casablanca
Monday night after three straight days of rioting which
left scores of persons dead.
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led  in
Riots
Dead
Smoke still spiralled over the
K*i*T.rm*t  area   after bombings
Sunday by anti-French Moroccan
crowds.
Tough Foreign Legionnaires and
ether troops were alert to nip any
nt-* street battles like those which
i- the last three days killed at
lust H demonstrators, soldiers
i:d police. Most observers said
Monday night the death toll prob
■My is 130 to 200, with more than
*» wound*, d.
SNIPING CONTINUES
Troops and policemen, brought
"-*m Paris by plane, ringed the
Old Medina, the indent harbor
i-t- where angry crowds Sunday
Milled with firemen supported by
links. Police fired on crowds with
tinnons and machine guns to
qj*H the rioting.
Arab and French families alike
Ui*d their dead in blazing hot
vjs-hini Monday. Sporadic shots
VM lhe silence as troops and po-
';'(, perched on rooftops, ex-
dinged fife with Moroccan snip*
irt.
ln the. outlying cities ot Rabat,
Sil* and Fort Lyaulcy, Arabs
t'ji'd their shops to mourn the
c-aths of Moroccans in the rioting.
N4.1CF. CHIEF SUSPENDED
Resident-general Gilbert • Grind-
nl -iready has imposed martial
li* on the port city and ordered
is ill-night curlew, Monday he
n-pended the city's chief police
wnnussioner.
The trouble broke out last Thurs*
l*r—Bastil1« Day—when terror-
!iti tombed Frenchmen celebrat*
hi their national day. French set*
"der vigilante gangs then set out en
l-mching md shooting excursions.
It has been charged that the police failed to Intervene in the seller's "vengeance attacks" on
Arabs ind have let massacres go
tn unchecked,
Grandval expelled two French*
ntr* from Morocco. They were
■fin Cambazo, a former racing
cyclist alleged to be Implicated in
i French counter-terrorist move*
ant in the protectorate, and Marcel Mattel, secretary ol a French
'.tt!*r*' organization. Both are be*
**! exiled to Paris.
First Atom Power
Is Used To
Grill Hamburger
WEST MILTON, N.Y. (AF)-.
The free world's first commercial
atomicelectric power went "on the
Un-**" Monday, and onc of Us first
uses was the grilling of a hamburger by a housewife.
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commission
turned a switch that unleashed
"several thousand" kilowatts of
atomic ■ electric energy into the
public utility system of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., which
services sections of upstate New
York.
The electric power was generated by steam produced by • a
counterpart of the atomic reactor
that will power the world's second
atomic submarine, which will be
launched Thursday at Igroton,
Conn.
A spokesman for the General
Electric Co., whict built the gen*
erator from which thc power was
transmitted, told a reporter that
the generator could provide additional power for up to 35,000 homes
In the system served.
The spokesman said that "one of
the first persons" to utilise tlie
atomic power was Mrs. John
Thomas of nearby Ballston Spa,
who cooked a hamburger with the
power.
GE officials said the turbine
generator, with a capacity of 12,-
50O kilowatts, "is expected to produce electricity at the rate , of
about 10,000 kilowatts."
Power from the submarine re*
actor will be available at three
mills a kilowatt hour, which, is
"about the regular rate" for -so-
called "interruptattlc service," officials said.
They pointed out that the power,
as a byproduct of the submarine
reactor, would not be available'on
a regular basis. '
Suggests New
For Germany
By ALAN HARVEY
Canadian Press Staff Writer
GENEVA (CP)—Russia and the West sketched broad
plans for European security at the opening Monday of the
Big Four talks at the summit.
«* »m*xsz7. £•&£•*. »?-■«;
stations in St, John's
Bidwcll with
United States Naval B;;sc at Argentia.   The picture shows Admiral
Captain A. F. Pickard, O.B.E., CD., Commanding   Officer   of   the   Newfoundland
Base.    (Story on page ....
Howard Hug;hes
Sells R.K.O. For
25 Million Cash
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)—In perhaps the largest
cash deal in movie history, industrialist Howard Hughes
Monday sold RKO studio and its assets lo General Tire
and Rubber Company—making the latter a new giant, in
the entertainment industry.
* The price:  $25,000,000 in cash. 	
Unions Are
Decertified For
Ille-jal Strikes
The atmosphere of these first
top-level talks since Potsdam in
19'5 was cordial and* free from
recriminations. But East and West
still may be far apart in the
search for mutually compatible so
lutions.
Specific  but flexible   Ideas  on
German unification and European
r security were outlined for the West
by Prime Ministers Eden of Britain' and Faure of France.
Marshal Bulganin, in a 29-min-
ute speech—the longest made Monday—promptly countered with the
suggestion of an immediate freeze
on aU foreign troops in European
countries.
NEW IMPULSES  *
President Eisenhower in his policy statement largely dwelt on the
need for a new impulse in world
affairs.
Eden's formula for Germany,
in part a restatement of thc Eden
plan ot 1354—consisted of these
three -points:
1. A security- pact comprising
the Big Four and a united Germany, with Locarno-typs guarantees against aggression.
2. A de militarized zona between
East and West. A British spokesman said thc area Eden had in
mind has not been defined and is
open to negotiation.
3. Agreement on the "lotal" of
'1. The states joining the system,
which he said should include all
Europsan countries and the United
States, would maintain their present obligations such as NATO in
the West and the Warsaw pact in
the East. However, they would be
pledged not to increase any forces
stationed on foreign soil and would
bind themselves to refrain from
the use of armed force.
2. "During the second stage the
states concerned would assume in
full the treaty commitments relative to the setting up of a collective security system in Europe,
with the simultaneous and complete termination of ihe North Atlantic treaty, the Paris agreements
and the Warsaw treaty while thc
groupings of states created on the
basis of these arrangements would
be abolished and replaced by an
all-European system of collective
security."
'STRESS NATO NEED
In pre-"summit" talks, the West
has stressed the importance of retaining thc NATO defensive system. External Af(airs Minister
Pearson of Canada said in Paris
Saturday that "NATO is not negotiable."
The historic first meeting of thc j
Big  Four,  taking place  amid  a
general expectation of a new phase
"Better
Deal For
Vets" Is
Renewed
OTTAWA (CP)—ror tot
fourth time this session dp-
position groups in the Com-
mon*f Monday pleaded for a
better deal for Canadian war
forces and weapons for both halves j !n international rela ions was held
of divided Germany and "neigh. \mAh* T?1 chanSer °*f*, l^f"
boring" countries. I acc ^ ^,^ » *« white budd-
i ing on a hill in Geneva.
D
M. Spends
18 Million On
New Ecjuipment
WINNIPEG (CP)-A *40,000,000
Pirchase of 1,950 new freight cars
lad 173 more dlesel-powered units j
Us announced today by Stanley!
f. Dingle, vice-president in charge
■< operations of the Canadian Na-
ttoal Railways.
Tne equipment order—one of the
lirwst in Ihe system's history—
>M the employment ot 200 more
*•*■* ill point up the growing pros-
wily of the country aa a whole,
*» iiid.
During a month - long western
CiMda tour, climaxed by driving
-s tie final spike in the «-mHe
■Par line into Kitimat, B.C., Mr.
finjie said he was constantly
,r*a.cd by new industrial growth
■* lhc Prairies and in British Co*
l-nbia..
"I saw things to indicate that the
**st j- just busting out-Industrial-
The."
Tbs new diesel units will bring
?* number in the system to more
Of'the'l.MO about 1,750 will be
***«rs and Ihe other ZOO will be
""poncars." The diesels will cost1
■fcat $25,000,000 and tha freight
«•* Sl.1,000,000.
Jta additional men will be em-
HJ'fd to maintain cars for the Jh-
tf«scd business expected as a re-
jJ!l ot'induslrial expansion and to
■■hIBj  this   year's   wheat   crop
wch. said Mr. Dingle, "looks like
, (nod one snd a good year for
'* West."
  rt
ood Prospects
or Excellent
fay Crop   ■> .
*■>*« ire good signs for an «*
J'Mt hay crop in the province
)* year. Though weather eomli-
*•** were not too good earlier
1 far, hay crops are sow com*
•long ucfUetttl*-.     pm ^
Says Government;
Mice Are Getting!
Out Of Control j
OTTAWA (CP)-Bring back ihe
cats, cried Harold E. Winch Monday as he said Parliament's trace
are getting, out of hand. {
The CCF member for Vancouver
East made the appeal in thc Com
mons while criticizing the verminous state of Parliament's Centre
Block. -
He said that a number of cats
which had once made the building
their home were exiled before this
session. There were no mice before.
Now there were mice on the fifth
and sixth floors, in the restaurant
and cafeteria, skittering across the
marble corridors.
Cockroaches, too.
"May I suggest you bring those
eats back, or bring in exterminators between sessions," Mr, Winch
said. "Not while we're here,
though."
The ileal was announced after
days of s-acret negotiations between Hughes and Thomas J. G'*
Nell, vice-president'of the rubber
firm and head ol Mutual Network
and General Teteradio 'Inc., coin*
panie controlled by General Tire,
Under the agreement thc now
RKO owners acquire control of 400
to 600 of its old films, which pre
sumably will be shown on Its television network.
The announcsment by Hughes'
public relations firm said it is believed "the largest single financial
transaction in the' motion picture
industry and one of the largest
cash sales by-an Individual in the
history of American finance."
The contract was signed today
and General's cheque for $25,000,-
000 will change hands July 25.
Hughes was sole owner of thc
studio, tho first such 'owner in
Hollywood history.
The sale Involves RKO's Hollywood studio and a distribution
company studios in New York
City and facilities in Mexico City;
101 domestic and foreign motion
picture exchanges; tho facilities of
RKO Pathe Inc. and RKO Television Inc., bul not RKO Pictures
Corp.
Miners Reject   -
Company Offer
The Buchans Miners Union turned down a Company offer Saturday which offered a 5 cents re*
troactive wage increase. And thc
strike is still on at the inland mining town.
Attempt Refloat
Grounded Ships
QUEBEC (CP) - Unsuccessful
attempts were made Monday to
refloat two ocean-going freighters,
aground in the St. Lawrence river
since Sunday.
The cargo has been unloaded
from the Middlewx Trader cn
route from Trois-Rivieres to Liverpool when she ran aground in
heavy fog at Cap Brule, 2D miles
cast of Quebec City. Efforts to refloat her have been postponed until
today, however.
First attempts also failed to free
tha Norwegian freighter Ogna
County,, aground at Batiscan on
the north shore of the river, so
miles upstream. The Ogna County
left Montreal Saturday.
When they are refloated both
ships will ba taken to dry dock in
Quebec for inspection.
Return Premier
And Party
Is Delayed
r,
QUEBEC    (CF.-The    National
Federation   or   Pulp   and   Paper
Workers   (CCL),   decertified  during the weekend for illegal strikes
at two paper plants, plans to ap* i Droccdurc*
peal te the department of the at-1 Proccauie'
torney-general Ior thc recall of provincial police assigned to keep order   at   a .strikebound   plant   at
Grand'M-are, 'Qite.      ' '     '
"The presence of provincial po*
lice under thc circumstances could
provoke disorder and deprives the
workers of-frae exercise of their
rights of association," the federation said Monday in a statement
from Hie office of president Philippe Lcssard.
Withdrawal of the police would
"facilitate a rapid settlement of
the conflict," the union said.
' Provincial police headquarters
1 here said "only a few" of the men
sent to Grand'Mere two weeks ago
to keep order are.still there and
no incidents have been reported so
far.
The federation, during a three-
day meeting here, also protested
against "disloyal practices" of in- j
temalional unions in seeking tol
"raid" the striking unions for
members. It said unions affiliated
with the federation have agreed
not to sign any contracts in the industry without the approval of the
federation and lhe CCL.
The federation was decertified
during th-3 weekend as bargaining
agent for workers at both the
Bclgo mill nf Ihe Consolidated
Paper Corporation at Shawinlgan
Falls and the Laurcntide mill at
Grand'Mere.
Eisenhower  presided  as   chairman—he called it his "brief mo-
TWO-STAGES
Bulganin countered Eden s pro-   .......   ■■;*-;--. bro d
tem in Europe. He envisaged this
omuijc  iu   *■""■■«  " *■ .,   ,
father than a series of detailed
proposals.
Russians To
Atoms For Peace
veterans.
The requests were made during .
study of the estimates of Veterans *
Affairs   Minister   Lapointe,   ap*
proved after a 3%-hour debate.
Veterans problems previously were
discussed by two House commit*.
tees and during debate of legislation boosting war veterans allowances 20 per cent.
Replying to the opposition requests, Mr. Lapointe said "little
that had not been discussed before
was advanced during this discussion."
The minister said the govem-
mant is thinking of extending war
veterans allowances to veterans
who must live outside Canada for
health reasons. However, he said
payment of allowances to all veterans living in other countries
would create a serious Administrative problem.
LOOKING INTO MATTER
H. W. Hcrridge (CCF-Koolenay
West) said the number of veterans
who -must live outside Canada in
warm climates for their health is
small and payment of allowances
would not involve a large sum. At
present, allowances are paid only
to veterans residing in Canada.
"The suggestion does deserve
consideration and we are looking
into it at the present time," Mr.
Lapoinle said.
H-2 again rejected a suggestion
that allowances should be paid to
veterans ■ who served only ,in the
United Kingdom during the First
World War. The U.K. was not re-
gardcrt as a theatre of war*in th*
1914-1918 conflict. The allowance
was paid to veterans of the Second World War who served only
in the U.K. because that area was
a war theatre.
Mr." Lapointe said the govern
ment has not closed its mind to
payment of allowances to widows
o£  Imperial  veterans  who  ha**
pects of his opening speech to the
"summit" conference evoked no
official comment in Western circles.
The Western delegations decided
that to make formal criticisms of
the Soviet speech might prejudice
chances of tho conference's suc
cess. ....
But Western observers said they
the   statement
in
Flying weather hasn't been too
good and it meant that Premier
Smallwood and Tourist Director
Vardy have been, delayed in returning lo Ihe city. *
Yesterday the EPA plane made
the flight north tD pick them up.
Temperatures
TORONTO <CP .-Minimum and
maximum tempsratureg-
Min.
Vancouver  •  5G
Victoria  49 ■'
Toronto  71
Montreal   70
Quebec  Bt
Saint John  54
Halifax    58
Charlottetown   64
Sydney   60
Yarmouth  57
St. John's   55
Max.
71
88
81
84
84
4 80
73
72
76
64
GENEVA (Reuters) —
Western Diplomats Monday
night welcomed an announcement by Marshal
Nikolai Bulganin that Russia will contribute fissionable material to the international "atoms - for - peace saw nothing
fund." marking a shift in Russian foreign
The Soviet premier told the Big policy or making a major con-
Four conference: "The Soviet gov- tribution to the success of the con-
ernment has taken a decision to  fcrencc.
contribute to the international pool The two-phase plan for first
of atomic materials of the interna- "freezing" and then dissolving the
tional. atomic energy agency an Atlantic pact and its new eastern
appropriate amount of fissionable Communist counterpart will cert-
materials as soon as an agreement ainly be rejected by the West,
on setting up this agency has been whose policy is founded on the
ranched." maintenance  of the  Atlantic   al-
Only a few hours before, Pres- liance.
ident Eisenhower—who personally The proposal for the demobiliza-
launched the "atom bank" plan tion of troops of the four powers
two years ago—expressed disap* being withdrawn from Austria was
pointment at Soviet failure to fol- not expected to raise Western en-
low United States and British thusiasm. Only a few thousand
example in giving material. | troops are involved and their dis*
Though Moscow had said it wasi bandment would bs. insignificant,
considering the Eisenhower plan. Bulganin's rejection of President
Mondays' statement by Marshal! Eisenhower's suggestion that in-
Bulganin was taken as meaning I lornational communism and the
that Russia will definitely join in fate of the peoples in Communist
it. ; Eastern Europe were conference!
Marshal Bulganin  did nol: say j issues had been foreshadowed in1
how   much   fissionable   materialj recent statemnts by Soviet lead-
Russia would contribute. Other as-1 ers.
Ike Entertains
Old Pal Zhukov
At   Big
Four
Front
Sl
ows
Meeting, Solid
Sudden Crack
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
GENEVA (AP) — The
"solid front" of the western
powers in the "summit"
conference showed a sudden
crack Monday.
President Eisenhower and Pre*
mler Faure pulled apart on two
important propositions.
The differences were confirmed
by, an American delegation mem*
ber who described Faure's speech
ai going much further In some
respecti than U, S. policy now
goes.
Other officials said the split
should not be taken too seriously
but It obviously poses a problem
hi Western relation*.
Tlie issues mi which the differ-
appearad  were   disarmi'
f.
ment and European security.
AGREE IN PRINCIPLE
Eisenhower said on the fir^t issue that the four powers should
concentrate on the problem of
working out an effective inspection system to enforce any arms
cuts agreed on.
Faure,' by contrast, said he
thought disarmament might bc
ahicved by budgetary controls,
meaning that a country would bc
assumed to be culling its actual
armaments if It showed in its
budget less money for arms.
On the second point,. Eisenhower
said Russia could be given additional security gua/anlces to meet
its legitimate ' security concerns
over, rearming Germany." Faure
proposed creating a European security organization to which all European states could belong.
Officials said that while Eiscn- enough about the Faure sugges-
hower and Faur-3 were' in complete lions to order steps to dissociate
accord'on the principle of rcas- the United States from them.
suring the Russians ahd working'
on   arms   reduction   they   were
clearly  unco * ordiriated  on   "details."
FAURE TAKES INITIATIVE
In fact, American officials were
fearful that the Russians might
seize on Faius's budget-cutting
suggestion to try In create an
opening for a disarmament", system that the West' would have to
live up to and Russia would not.
They also wera reported to believe that tbe Frehch leader, in
striking out fpr a bold Initiative,
might play inlo Russia's hands
with the call for a European security system.
.Apparently *SUI« Secretary Dulles and Elsenhower were worried
A delegation member, who declined use of his name but spoke
with obvious authority, told reporters the speeches by Eisenhower, Faure and.Prime Minister
Eden had not been fully concerted.
He said the three went over
their ideas in general al htiieh
Sunday but it wns understood lhat
"any details" would be used
merely lo illustrate the principles
which were to be set forth'. Therefore, no one would be* committed
to specific proposals such as those
Faure made.
How the break came about was
not quite -clear. It was learned
that some members of Faure's
own delegation here question the
widsdom of the. disputed proposals.
By
MARVIN ARROWSMITH
GENEVA (A?) — President Eisenhower entertained his old ally-in-arms. Marshal Georgi Zhukov, and
other Soviet leaders at dinner Monday night. Both
sides drank ' champagne
toasts to the success of the
Big Four conference and:
achievement   of   a   lasting
peace.
The official word after the 2H*
hour stag affair at Eisenhower's
Lake Geim^ villa was that both
tho' American and Russian delegations enjoyed themselves.
It, was the first meeting of the
president and Zhuknv al a social
affair since November, 19-15.
' Tliey saw each other for the first
time m those 10 years at Monday
morning's opening session ot the
"summit" conference. But at that
meeting Soviet party boss Khush-
chev took over tha conversation.
He told Eisenhower that Marshal
Zhukov, Soviet Defence Minister,
was missing his" daughter's wed-
■ ding in Moscow in order to "■"**"
sec
you.
TALK PRIVATELY
But White House Press Secretary James Hagerty said the president and Zhukov had at least one
opportunity at the dinner Monday
night to talk privately.
,    Eisenhower's guests in addition
| lo Zhukov were Premier Bulganin,
' Khrushchev, Foreign Minister Molotov and Deputy Foreign Minister j   7:00 p.m.
Gromyko. !t*-—•-"
At a dinn-ar of roast beef, Eisenhower offered a champagne toast
lo President Voroshilov, president
of the Soviet Praesidium, who is
Eisenhower's opposite number as
chief of state. Voroshilov is not
attending the "summit'* meeting.
Responding,   Bulganin   touched
his glass to Eisenhower's and offered substantially the same toast,
Eisenhower and Zhukov came to
know   each   olher   well   in   the
months  after  the  war.   Recently
the president referred.,to Zhukov
as  his old  friend,  and disclosed
they had been in t-onritleiilia! cur-
respimdence this year. The president expressed hope the xchang J
might help improve relations be-'
tween the United States and the
Soviet Union.
When they met at th-s Palace of
Nations Monday morning Khrush*
they came up and with wide
motion of his arms took over the
conversation. " i-
WEATHER
Cloudy with showers.
Nfld. Skies.
li
lived in Canada 20 ycars. The mtJL-
ter was under constant review.
EXEMPT CASUAL EARNINGS
Howard Green (PC—Vancouver
Quadra) said the allowance is paid
only if the veteran has lived in
Canada 20 years. He also urged
that casual earnings be exempted
from consideration as income for
pusposes of allowances.
The minister said the matter
will not be reconsidered until the
department has had an opportunity lo study the effect of legislation enacted about a year ago permitting veterans to receive higher
casual earnings.
He said that regulations were
changed last week to eliminate
for hospital care costs in depart-
deductions from veterans' pensions
mental hospitals. The government
also had turned down a recommendation of the veterans affairs
committee to extend war veterans
allowances to merchant navy veterans.
A number of members said both
war veterans allowances and ceilings on permissible annual income
should be increased to compensate for higher living costs. Increases enacted earlier in the session were not enough.
Allowances were increased to
S60 a month from $50 for singl*
men and to $108 from $90 for mar-
Had veterans. Income ceilings, under which veterans qualify for the
allowances, were boosted to $8W
from $720 for single veterans and
in $1,440 from $1,200 -for married
men. The ceilings'include the allowances.
Tuesday, July in
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