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Britain And Russia Call For Cease - Fire In Laos
first Of Three
{Steps To End
os Civil War
.DOS—Reuters—The Soviet Union and Brit-
d jointly on Laotian leftists and rightists yes-
.c, aurec on a cease-fire in the civil war raging
Etiny Indochina kingdom.
Wa and Britain specified the cease-fire as the
Jjj three steps aimed at ending the war, which
I uid may become a serious threat to peace and
mthcast Asia."
•p was reacliva- dure.   Britain   and  Russia,   act-
,, national  truce 'nR as co-chairmen of lhc 1934
in ni i ssion   on Geneva  Conlercnce   Ihal  ended
i*.ri   verify   nnd 'he war in the former French
,c.[jrc colony of Indochina, then would
■•row in" oul nl lssue  directives  for  "the  work
mild come'\Liv of "'"trolling the ccasc-tirc."
mis sit down '.-it     Britain said Monday it  must
ner out  a fin.il lic srtt isfietl that thc cease-fire
-ia   ami   Britain "i,s c:"fcc,ivc before the bc^ln-
\a  talks  would nm" of   t,ne   1*,*nation   Gcnev
fr level. """"''
agree-
Conference.
Spokesman Lincoln White said
Indian   Prime *" Washington,   also    that   the
io   reactivate U.S- stands «n its policy of 'no
"enfied cease-fire,   no   comer-
ni-e."
White noted  thnt  the  Pat!if>l
Lao   rebels   in   Laos   have
iiiniactV "   '" launche(l  an offensive  towirds
the capital   of   Vientiane   .ind
i iNADA added:  **we shall therefore see
c'lalely sent a call  whether a cease-fire is in facl
• -fl Poland,  its fol- observed.'' I
i - members tor MAV GIVE ORDER TODAY  X
nn-.iin?   Friday   in     Authoritative   sources   said
Tc commission ad- cease-fire orders in Laos   may
, Ro oul today. It was understood
Britain has given the cease-fire
appeal lo the right-wing regime
: of Prince Boun Oum, which is
rules of proce- recognized hy the West. !
Space Flight
Not Enough
I KDMONTON (CP) - Dr. .1.
I Robert Oppenhcimcr, noted phy-
; sicist, said in an interview Monday that great scientific discoveries are not likely to come
from short hops into the "y.\\>-
urbs of space" such as that la-
ken by Russia's Major Yuri Sagarin.
Dr. Oppenheimer, director ol
the Institute for Advanced Study
at Princeton, N.J., said Major
Gagarin's flight into orbit
around the earth was a gre.it
technical achievement and an
adventure.
However, he said, with space
exploration in ils present static
of development ho looks (or
greater discoveries once man >s
able to place a telescope on .hi
artificial satellite beyond 'lie
earth's atmosphere, where il
can take an unhampered 'ook
intc Ih? reaches of the universe.
For the time being. tlio.i_,!i.
"my guess is that great discover ies are not going to come oul
of the ability to manoeuvre
around the immediate planet;,, y
system which is, after all, a
small place."
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New Talks To
Avert Strike
By ROBERT RICK
Prcss Slaff «v.   -■
OTTAWA <CPt - "!'V*:. ■■"*
negotiations aimed at avert ing
the May 16 railway strike threat
wil! be launched later-this wi.ck.
reliable informants said Mov
day.
The ncw lalks—1n which the
full railway .and union negotiating teams will pnrtieipato-
are expected to start in Mini-
real Wednesday.
Informants indicate the government has provided a basis
on which meaningful ncgoli:i-
tions can hc based. Rut Ihe nature of the govornmcnl intervention is not known. ,
All parties connected with 'he
dispute have. h?cn cautioned lo
proceed quietly and with a minimum of pub'icily.
The stage for the full-seals:
wage talks was sct in Montreal!
Monday at a conference of .-ail-j
wav presidents Dona'd Cordon1
of the CNR and N. R. Crump!
of th* CPR with Frank H. H-ill". |
chief negotiator for the '3 no;vj
operating uni'uis, and George:
Pawson, secretary of thc I.Vun-;
ion negotiating team.
BREAKS THROUGH ICE—The Canadian icebreaker "D'Iberville" arrived in
St. John's Harbour on Sunday afternoon and began escorting ships into the
harbour. Above you see the "D'Iberville" clearing a channel through thc ice
for the coal-carrier "Dorset Brook" from the British Isles.
(Capitol Photo Service).
Lawyers Lock In Argument
Over Eichmann Evidence
By fiARVEN HUDG1NS ^ . charges tha' Adolf %tchma'mt
JERUSALEM <AP« - Opp.*! had life and death power to
ing lawyers locked Monday in carry out Nazi Germany's ' li-
a critical argument over .vi- nal solution to the Jewish prob-
dence Ihc prosecution wants lo 1cm."
put   on   record   tn   prove    its    The three • judge panel trying
Sympathy  Messages  Pour
In  On  President  De  Gaulle
ANGELES—Carole Tregoff, red-haired sweet-
°' Dr. R. Bernard Finch, quietly cries as she
in the vehicle that is transporting her to the
'l's Prison at Corona, Calif., where she will be-
«fe sentence for murder and conspiracy. The
' were convicted of murdering the physician's
Dr. Finch was transferred to the California In-
p» lor Men. He will later be transferred to San
Hhwhere he will serve his life sentence.
Weather    I Nfld. Skies
/"•""ly. log patches and j    TUESDAY, APRIL 25
■"M ending this  morn-   Sunset today .. 7:04 p.m. 1
\* \ lew sunny intervals
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tomorrow  ... 4:52 a.m. 1
■sh today 40.
TEMPERATURES:
Moonset
tomorrow. ...3:14 a.m.  1
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Full Moon  .... April 30
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High 3:20 a.m.,   4:00 p.m. 1
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Parliament To
Sit Overtime
By DON IIANRIGHT
Canadian Press Staff Wilier
OTTAWA iCP'-A prorogation
target of July I became apparent Monday as the Commons,
still facing a heavy work load,
decided to start silting over-
time.
The House voted over Liberal
objections to extend ils silting
hours to 42 hours a wcek from
the present 25'i. The change is
effective Monday, May 1.
Inherent in the added hours
is a clash with Commons committee work. There are 24 house
committee either in existence
or contemplated, many of them
far from finishing their work
and most of them holding meetings with the Commons itself in
progress.
Added on government initiative were two-hour morning sittings on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
PARIS (Reuters)— Messages
of .sympathy and support flowed from the world into the office of President dc Gaulle Monday as hc faced a military revolt in Algeria.
Al the same time, Parisians
reacted lo the crisis in an almost traditional manner by
stocking up on food and hoarding gold Napdeon coins.
President Kennedy assured
de Gaulle of his "continuing
friendship and support as well
as that of the American people."
British Prime Ministcr Macmillan sent a message of goodwill and friendship to de Gaulle.
The committee of ministers
of the 15-nalion Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, sent
a message to the French.government expressing "sympalh;
and enlire solidarity" in (hi
crisis.
The French federation of the
i Algerian National Movement
| said il stood ready to take up
arms s_t the side of France "to
bar the war to the colonialist
ultras, our common enemy."
Thc MNA, a Moslem nationalist organization, claims, thousands of supporters among Al-
garian Moslem workers in
France.
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, representing 56,000,000 workers
throughout the world, declared
support for the peoples of Al-
garia and France "by every
means at its disposal."
Meantime. Paris housewives
lined up in front of stores to ay
in supplies of food. Biggesl sales
, reported wcre of canned goods.
; sugar, cookies,
i noodles.
Airliner Escapes From
Rebel - Held Algeria
TUNIS, Tunisia 'Reuters'-An
Air France airliner arrived here
Monday from neighboring Algeria after flying across Ihe
desert at an altitude between
20 and 60 feet to avoid detection.
The plane's captain, who
asked not to bc named, told a
correspondent that he . and his
crew of four, including an air |
hostess, considered they could'
not stay in Algeria under 'he
prescnt circumstances of thei
French military, rebellion.
He said they left Algiers Monday morning in their DC-4 with
60 passengers going   to   planes
in the Sahara desert in the area
of Toggourt.
At El-oued, about 15 minutes ■
flying time from the Tunisian!
frontier, the plane's capbini
asked all passengers to get out, {
pretending he had engine 'rouble. He said he and the crew
had agreed during the flight
from Algiers to try to leave tbe
country.
He asked El - oued control
tower for permission to make a
test flight without passengers.
This was granted. '
"We then turned east and 15
minutes later we were over Tunisia," he said.
Kiuhmahn for crimes against
the Jewish, people will near
pleas from Eichmann's counsel,
Dr. Robert Servatius, and pios-
ecutor Gideon Hausner before
ruling today on admitting the
disputed evidence.
Servatius rose to his feet ie-
peatcdly during Monday's session to argue against admitting
as evidence sworn statements
from a former Gestapo issd-1
ciate of Eichmann, SS 'elite |
guard' Maj. Dieter Wisliccny,;
who was executed by Czechos-1
lovakia in 1946.
Wisliccny has becn quoted as
saying in an affidavit madc at
thc Nuernberg war trials that1'
Eichmann told him-. "I -.vill
laugh when I jump into the
grave because of the feeling}
that I have killed 5,000.000 j
Jews. That gives me great sat-'
isfaction and gratification."
Servatius argued against in-!
troduction of Wisliceny's swim
statements on the ground there!
was hostility between the onetime Gestapo cronies.
DENIES  SAYING   'JEWS'
Thc exact contents of lhc Wisliccny affidavit Hausner wants;
to gel inlo Ihe record were not
revealed. But in tape - recorded'
testimony replayed in court last ]
week. Eichmann denied making
thc oft-quoted statement thai lie
would die happy in the knowl-1
edge 5.000,000 Jews preceded;
him to lhe grave. He claims he j
did not say Jews but "enemies'
of the Reich." j
Hausner said the Wislicenyi
statements he seeks to have ac-
cepted were taken by Smith W. j
Brookhart, a. former member
of the U.S. staff at the Nuernberg trials.
France Imposes
Economic Ban On
Rebel Algeria
PARIS—Reuters — France clamped an economic
blockade on rebel Algeria Monday night amid another
invasion alert.
Information Minister Louis Terrenoire said all
movements of funds, all bank operations and all
maritime traffic is being suspended between France
and the North African territory.
At the same timc, Premier Michel Debre issued a
new warning of a possible invasion by the Algiers
junta following its failure to execute an expected
paratroop assault Sunday night.
The warning called   for   fur-1 southern France   from   Algeria
ther vigilance   again   tonight— i after defying a ban imposed by
"especially for the people of the  the junta.
Paris area." ;   Officials   sources   said   mes-
It said the government again sages were being received at
wa_ banning all plane flights j the armed forces ministry from
and barricading airport run- j units in Algeria expressing loy-
ways to prevent rebel landings.! alty to de Gaulle.
The alert came after Debre; But the French government
issued an urgent callup order j appeared to be relying mostly
to military reservists and said'on reservists and some 40,000
the volunteer home guard units' para-military riot police to de-
would be expanded. '. fend the country from an as-
WON'T ISSUE ARMS sault by   paratroops   or   other
The  premier emphasized the (units among the 400,000 French
goverirpent    would    not    issue i soldiers in Algeria,
aim*-  lo   civilian   organizations |   French NATO troops were teas demanded   by   the , Commu-' ported confined to barrack.
nisis  ..nd  left-wing  socialist-**.   : alo*sg with 15  000  paratroopers
Terrenoire announced   he for-, in southwestern France and an
mation of a special 10.000-man! estimated  160.000 other soldiers
force of riot police, police and in France, most of them draft-
republican guards for   Ihe   de- ee<- undergoing training,
fence of Paris. Th   government   said   every
Over-all defence measures for detail of a rebel invasion plan
France included the mobiliza-; was known and Ihis. plus Hie
tion of a reserve infantry divi-1 resolution of the people of Met-
sior and of 90 squadrons ofjropolitan France, had thwarted
gendarmerie reservists — one:the scheme of the four retired
squadron of about 130 men for generals leading the Algerian
each  metropolitan  department,   rebellion.
A special joint headquarters j Gen. Maurice Challe aaid the
has becn sct up to co-ordinate i coup was aimed at saving Al-
action between police and army'geria "from the claws of rebel-
units. | Hor and to give back France a
Terrenoire said French fight-! pacified  Algeria."
crs had orders to fire on any|   He added: "In this matter I
suspect aircraft which  did not 1 shall go on to the very end."
reply to a challenge, and added j 	
Aid For Laos
Rightist Army
"Algiers has been warned about
this."
Monday night's alert again
mobilized th. nation to mass cn
airfields when sirens sound
warning of a paratrooper landing.
GOVERNMENT STRONGER      |    VIENTIANE     (Reuters   ) -
As de Gaulle and his govern-Long convoys of reinforcements
fent faced another tense night for the right - wing government
thcy appeared greatly strength- army streamed north Monday to
ened after a day of mobilization: aid troops withdrawing from the
and the blockade announce- j fallen government stronghold of
ment.. jVang Vieng, 85 miles north ef
Terrenoire  said  the  blockade j here.
is designed to   make   it   clear i   The bulk of the Pathet Lan
flial the rebellion will lead only . rebels were now said to be about
lo   "a   more   and   more   tolal, 10 miles south of Vang Vieng.
break" with France. I captured  Saturday, with a 12-
Experts calculated that Al-jmile gap between them and the
geria could not hold oul in the i retreating govcrnment troops,
face of a blockage for moiej The pro - Communist Pathel
than two weeks. The rehel gen-1 Lao radio said Monday that JO
erals in Algiers must seize Pa-1 "rebels," including members of
ri_ within a week or meet total,the U.S. advisory team, were
failure, they said. ! captured at Vang Vieng.
Meanwhile,  10,000,000   Frciv-h'   Unconfirmed   reports   earlier
Not Released
OTTAWA 'CP) - Four Canadian priests imprisoned in Cuoa
last week still have not been
released. External Affairs Minister Green told the Commons
Monday.
Replying to Lionel Chevsier
IL — Montreal Laurier), Mr.
Green said the Canadian embassy in .Havana has becn ro-
ing its best to get the priests
out of custody.
workers  downed tools
hour Monday in   a   gesture   of
support for de Gaule.
Algiers radio called on the
people of the rebel-held city to
demonstrate support for the
junta at a rally in Algiers main
Monday night.
Monday said an American lieutenant - colonel and two soldiers
from a U.S. military and and
advisory group were missing
afler the fall of Vang Vieng.
Leftist guerrillas struck Monday at the village of Pak Thang
only two miles from Vientiane
The French news agencyHhe closest attack ?et ~ kUl"
quoted a "good source" saying m* lhree s°ldiers and wounding
foreign legion paratroopers sur- ei8h'    bc(ore    fleein8    **»    ,h«
rounded French sailors and air- W00°8-	
men demonstrating  — presum-|
ably against the revolt—at the j
rebel-held Maison   Blanche   air i
base outside Algiers Monday
PLANES DEFY BAN
Nine French planes,   five
them   jet   fighters,   landed
THE COUNTRY PARSON
600 Unemployed March On Parliament Hill
By ALEX MORIN
Canadian Press SUff Writer
OTTAWA (CP)—Some 600
placard - waving unemployed
marched on Parliament Hill
Monday to demand jobs' and
recommend government measures that might provide them.
After a 3%-hour morning
meeting-with five cabinet ministers by a delegation of 30 of
the jobless, the entire group
-proceeded to the main   Com
mons entrance for an orderly
demonstration. I
They later jammed thc Com-1
mons railway committee room, j
where thcir brief was read
again, once to representatives!
of the CCF-New Party group I
and again to the Liberals.
Speaking for the government,
Labor Minister Starr said: "As
a government, wc don't want
this problem. Wc would certainly be foolish if we obscured I
our vision: and did nqthing
about it. In time we have to
go back to the voters who elected us."
Stanley Thornley of Toronto,
leader of the group which calls
itsplf the National' Unemployment Lobby Committee, said
that immediate action must be
taken,
OKLV a start
"The unemployed are   only
starting their campaign,"    he
If the government does
not act, they will stand exposed
before the whole country. . ."
The group's 5,000-word brief]
said there is an unlimited field
for employment in public works.
It listed renewal programs for
urban housing areas, work on
the' unfinished Trans-Canada
Highway, a national electric
grid system and a trans-Canada
pipeline north of he Great
Lakes to Toronto and Montreal.
Also suggested was extension
of the winter works program on
a year-round basis and extended
seasonal unemployment insur
ance benefits beyond May 15.
Other direct aid to the worker would be: A 40-hour work
week, minimum wages of $1.25
an hour, two weeks vacation
with pay after one year, a 50-.
percent increase in fanjily a-
owanccs and old age pensions
and a national health plan.
"It's ■*} human failing that il
folks are given a, coffee break,
they think it has' become their
| right."