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Vol. 68.   No. 80       THE DAILY NEWS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., FRIDAY, APRIL 7,1961 (Price 7 Cents)
BRICK'S
TASTELESS
ietnamese President Seeks More Aid From tl. S.
Right-Wing Govt.
Reverses Policy
|eed More U. S.
Dollars To Crush
Limunists Rebels
jjlGOS
_ AP — President Ngo Dinh Diem of j
Liifl Nam wants an increase in the $150,000,000
he . elsfn,m thc Unitcd states, believing more
. necdc(l to crush the Communist rebels. He
Ejlikc to enlarge the 150,000-man army now ar-
fatainst the Viet Nam guerrillas.   Washington
to have approved a 20,000-man increase re-
condition it will mean no rise in total U.S.
.dent's
Jin » two-hour  inter-1 the last few days, some at Sal-
';«, direct   quotations  gon*s doorstep.
Joined. Diem believes he must have
,nt (eels that to fi- „ bigger army to seize the in-
mv increase (rom | hiative. and he insists the only,
aid would reduce j alternative is a slow and cruel'
hi-ilir,".!   ?r-t\  C
war in which his people wil suf-
,1 *„, the morale Although   Diem   is   involved
! Nair.'s  H.noo.flOO wiln SCcurity in his own nation,
he  also   is   deeply   concerned
the army by ill.- over the situation in neighbor-
c„,. :,N.!it SM.onn.. ing Laos—which has been  ised
icinrmed Vietnam- a< a highwav for terrorists in-
Piom   does   'lot filtrating South Vict Nam from
mount   riedue'ed Communist Viet Nam.
■"■■■■■•''■*'. rr0"r,m5 Diem takes the stand that the'
M#t Asian iant. frec wor](, must cnsurc Laolian
•Jd  ;hlJt .'"'T'™ independence or face the threat
tor..   M.'ipen   up 0(     Communist takeover of all
'  "  !,,c,mpt.'0 Southeast Asia.
t,  national  dec-
:m. certain to win Vict Nam has a 130-milc bor- J
der with the Communist North.
UKOtvist; Sparsely populated uplands and
Stabbed In
$1 Holdup   j
} OTTAWA (CP) - A Montreal'
j youth has bcen charged in eon-'
\ nection wilh the slabbing of a!
j . woman storekeeper during a $1j
I j holdup Thursday in downtown!
f i Ottawa.
J | Police said Jean Claude La-j
j ' douceur. 21. will appear in court j
1 today on a charge of robbery
| with violence. Three other men!
|.' are being held. j
| i Mrs. Violet Plouffe, 49. was j
I stabbed in the back when four
| holdup men demanded the
* money from a cash register in
>   her small store. She had made
! ^°Tha"Zet:rtnhel her! VIENTIANE-Routers - The right-wing Laotian
\ back above thc left shoulder government has reversed policy antl is ready for im-
j   blade, she was reported in sal- j mediate cease-fire talks with leftist forces, a hiphly-
\ isfactory condition Thursday af- reliable source said here Thursday. Reports from
I %XeC^gr S^ook!?™ Delhi and London indicated a British-Soviet call
the only bill from the cash reg-1lor a ccasc-tirc in the Laotian civil war was immin-
!   ister.   'ignoring   a   quantity   of i cnt.
;   coins  and  apparently   unaware j   The source here said thc gov- 	
of $130 hidden under a counter.,ernment  would  issue  a  cease- they   claim   have   "invaded''
fire order as soon as a similar l_os
order was given by the pro-Corn-     ,"'•_,„„„.,..     „. ,.
munist Pathet Lao. In., .rii.cn alio,, of a rca»c-lirc
may he diliicult because ot po-.r
Vientiane radio fre;;: ntly conmuiiiicatujiis, ill ■ detinue*
broadcast a statement by right- "front lines'' in the jungle lighl-
wing strongman Gen. 'Phoumi '"S and countless guerrilla
Nosavana that his men would bands operating behind both
slop fighting as soon as the order govcrnment and leftist lines.
Ready To Talk With
Pathet Lao Rebels
Eichmann
Transferred
general, a
■> arc im-
o.urr- and
st esort
.ws iw»v,
1 rtisc babys i
,-is onAtt:    t
,,'ipla      h=tf00dSi
[notw *w*f-
toys * ana
"wl >*ulseL
olher *»
I STH «°VH
^ r%'
mull bands roadless swamplands and paddy |
light, units rcsions provide havens for up- * ■
,e been-at- wards of 10,000 Communist ter-
villages  in rorists.
Algerians Kill 2 In
aris Hospital Raid
ffiS-AP1 - A hand ol Al-1 stream of shots   into  his   bed
xKiitioiu i.   raided   a and he died within an hour. An-
•?it.: Thursday, shoot-(other Algerian in the room hid
V. ■ mden p;itie'nts, visi-1 under his bed and escaped.
ti po'.icc   guards.   Two ! FRENCH GIRL HURT
nere  killed   and   14'   A French girl, seven • ,vear-
' old Martini Petit, was wounded
xA ati.icl.   was   fol- j in another   room.   Her   fathcr,
. the bombing of the va-, sitting beside the bed. and her
15. consulate in Algiers,, mother,   who   flung   herself
bv F ;■ e n c li right-1 across   the   g i r 1.   also   were
o rc-emed American  wounded.  Eleven other patients , wc^erT'leaders   dkeussed   ....
«WMt to boh France were wounded crisis jn Solltheasl Asi    includ.
BinnalM ri-iete to ;ct     As the band rushed to their -     South V|d Nam _nd Laos
for negotiations, waitipg taxi they knocked out a _,*     wfth . _umbcr of oll)er
Frac  gmornmen   gave, ward attendant, struck a nurse L^ jssucs duri     , .,,..„„„_
of getting   Algerian with, gun butts   and   wounded Lru. ,h    potomac   Rivcr
.nations   under   way ; two policemen who tried to bar | abo__d   ^   presidential   yacht
. ,hc,r *»*■  i Honey Fitz.
1   A British informant said later
that the views.of the two
KEY WEST, Fla.—Prime Ministe Lar.ild Macmilian and President
John F. Kennedy stand shoulder to shoulder during ceremonies at
the Boca Air Station shortly after the two arrived in Key West for
top-level conferences.
Kennedy, Macmillan Discuss
South Viet Nam Situation
By HAROLD MORRISON       world.   At   the   same   time   lie eow decision had not come at
Canadian Press Staff Writer    , warned   against   driving   for   a the time of their discussions but
WASHINGTON (CP) — Prime I Monolithic    Western     coalition,: Macmillan expressed confidence
Minister Harold Macmillan  and ' arguing that along with Western ] that it would come at any
President   John   Kennedy   ex- \ unity there also must be somc I soon.
pressed deep concern Thursday j diversity. j' The latest British word is that
over military assassination and On the Laotian crisis, Ken- the Russians are still seeking
political deterioration in South nedy and Macmillan awaited thc further clarification of the Brit-
Viet Nam and decided furtiier * f or ma 1 announcement from ish cease - fire proposal ind
urgent study must be given to Moscow accepting Western pro- that British Ambassador Sir
find ways of reducing Commu- posals for a cease-fire as a ncc- Frank Roberts reported from
nist infiltration in that little' essary prerequisite to a H- Moscow lhat thc situation
Indochinese country. country   conference.   The- Mos- i progressing favorably.
Nearing the end of their series   *** 	
of foreign policy talks, the two
JERUSALEM 'Reuters)
Adolf Eichmann has been
crctly transferred from a prison, CLAIM INVASION
camp  to  a   maximum   security!    The   right   wingers   [
vhere   hc   will   await   the; ha:' declared a truce c:
In New Delhi,  informed  diplomatic sources said the three-
isly power   supervisory   commission
miy on Laus might bc convened lor
opening of his trial in five
il was disclosed Thursday.        |
The cell is in the Beit Ham.;
the Jerusalem community een-j
that was come-ted into a
courtroom for the Nazi col-
trial on charges of mass
murder of Jews dumg the Second World War, authoritative ... , M ,,
sources said                                    EVIAN,    France    * Reuters)— military   wing  of  the   Algerian
<The cell was said to bc con-1 France   officially   acknowledged provisional  govcrnment.
nected'with   the   dock   in   the I Thursday that peace talks \"
courtroom  by  secret   passages. | the   Algerian   insurgents   would ,
Postpone Peace Talks
The FLN said last Friday it
Thedock itself is constructed' of | not start as scheduled here Fri- £*■ *,*£_£ fl*
bulletproof glass and reinforced. ^l parallel   negotiations   with   the
Wood that will aHow those m    Authorities inith.s Alpme area
court to  see  Eichmann  during moved to protect residents!,
the trial. j threatened by opponents of the     .   *
Police said Eichmann was'talks as terrorists struck in a French statement said the
moved   to   the   cell   Tuesday iParis. ki,'"g * policeman. government stood by the spirit
night from Jalami prison, near' The government announced in,of its communique of March 15,
Haifa, in a heavily - guarded po- Paris after a .V.i-hour cabinet in which France confirmed its
Hee vehicle. j meeting   that   the   talks   werc desire for the talks with an "of-
A police spokesman denied a' postponed because of the at- ficial delegation" to lay ground-
report that Eichmann was titude of the Algerian National work for Algerian self - deter-
drugged before the transfer.       Liberation   Front   <FLN',   the' mination.^ ^_
v«?ita! raid was ni
iiolent episodes ii
ot warfare between r
national i>i
CHURCH THREATENED
PRETORIA (Reuters> - The
movements moderator of a Dutch Reformed
I Church says nationa Ism. wttch-
wi in a taxi drove up I craft and Mohammedanism are
hospital in suburban ' threatening the spread of Chris-
»il. i tianity in South Africa. Dominee
•I lhe band, wearing * (Rev.) A. M. Meiring, re-elected
**. entered the building j moderator   of   the   Nederduits
'ttserian victims of a re- j Gerformeerde Klerk, told a gen-
eral synod meeting of- about TOO
church leaders here that "Christianity is being seen more and
.....  more as a symbol o all that Is
k - ».. suard in a | white." He said the missionar-
p*asshot down and then'ici' task is being made more
in sub-machine difficult by the Negroes' dream
of nationalism and their impa-
__i loncd Iheir May tience with "white supremacy."
"""   here an Algerian —	
Thcy   poured   a 19 STUDENTS SLAIN
kl      r>  ~"i      BEIRUT. Lebanon (Reuters)-
'>6W DOOK. ] Nineteen   students   were   killed
ktov ,rBl    „,       t     I and about 40 wounded in Bash-
Kir*.      ",lawa-b?™|dad. Iraq, last week when the
5* L3,-1  r, °' *_! army opened lire during a taxi
•«i book unada Made!Mvm strlke. travellers arriv-
a "« ^ -  <■»■- ■      here   from   lraq   rePorted
** between the National
*» Front 'FLN. and the
p Nationalist Movement
gical ward.
are
IS LAOS WORTH FIGHTING FOR?
As Vital Piece Of Real Estate, No: As Symbol In The Cold War, Perhaps
siws.of the two men r;, **'-*i^-*aaa»tai__   ->-.'_»   %tt\~n w .    ^ '■ ■*. **
much  in  harmony."        '4.vS*M^^^^L>'W>XJ'< X<   jA>?
Macmillan   told    a^O-JiV        ,'-*- * •*v< Y"WV    *    ~~T>*.
>ign   relations   coni    }^-\     '- .,   , V,f>       *      \   M       t.>     _f    .,
believes a  coalition ty - .   *    '        * \  f  *  "'  '>
in   Laos   could   bo   by„» J' _,^L? \  L-- «*"(*>.*
<^tm
The   students   re-!nounccd
Senate   foreign
mittee he ' "
government
kept truly neutral with the Com;, ..
munists given only a minor role | f-
In the cabinet
Informants said he also *old
the Senators he believes there
Is a need for increased interna-
tirnal machinery for co-operation,   especially   ln   the   free
Premier
Designate
BRUSSKLS <AP.) - Then Le-
fevre, chairman of Belgium's
Social Christian (Roman Catholic) party, was appointed premier-designate by King Bau-
douin Thursday, the palace an-
l««J nn ^.-land*.TheJC'Ssse<> Wednesday after a one-
*«ti2L WaV, Tlc"rt-! dav protest strike commemorat-
'PUv: S^rel*ca.'^iing the seventh day of the kill-
wound, and eight; ini, tne ,ravellers said.
, -J. Some of 'licsc'
^ Nilishci previoi.dv
^ m tlle I'nited states.
£ *• *ho now lives at
Cornwall. rcnorls -ha[-
i communique.
Lefevre is known to favor a
coalition of the Social Christian
and the Socialist parties. Paul-
Henri Spaak. a former premier,
is the Socialist leader.
The government of Premier
Gaston  Eyskens.. also a Social
TF.1CHERS TO BARGAIN
VANCOUVER  <C P)  — The Christian, "resigned
h Columbia   Teachers' | of  parliamentary  elect
wake
MARCHING PATHET LAO troops were photographed hy NEA correspondent Edward R.
Kennedy during the brief period in .1958 when they were being integrated Into the Royal
Laotian Army. The integration plan collapsed and these troops formed the nucleus of the
Communist forces  now driving on the capital cities of Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
By EDWARD R. KENNEDY
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
."arded a'c.naFiJ. r*n?m   Federation    Wednesday  ap-jMarch 2fi. His party lost eight worth fighting for'.
"! Icllow I ■     . V.OH11-    „„^„_j     s     „„,.„mm»nHnl!nn     fnr: nt    ile    IDA    conic    in    iho    lnu'or If ..,...-.,„  .1..M.J
proved
out  like an emaciated human, '4
lorso  between   lhe  border  of   '-
...  ...   _,.,.     .   .        Hed China in the north   and |
NfcW YORK (NEA)-ls Laos   Cam))()rli_ „n the south. To the !
east lies Hed China Vict Nam '.
 ,„ ,.,,.,„„   .                recommendation   for; of  its  104 seats in  the  lower If you've slogged through its , ™'d" nro"we"st s'outh Viet Nam" I
,,s»nlhpstiTn«tli ni'-h'.s I"'0**-'11"   •   wit1e  contract  'isr-j house   and   thcir   conservative steaming jungles, talked to ils  To ,j,c wcst js a long   irro«u^
£_< ^ new "book W ",,ininS- B"1 "* anm'al cornxn-1 partner in the coalition govern- easy-going,   happy-go-lucky,  is-  lar bofder wilh Thailand, a key |
^ he s.nvs.                     lion   added   a   stipulation   lhat ment then-thc Liberals _ !osI „„„„, tri,)c,,nrn. w:lk.|,c,l our   mcmhcr of „lc. southeast Asia j
I'trccmcnts rcochcrl at the ,irn-lonc ol 21 scats in lhc 212-scnl   forciRn  aid  ■-'-' -'   "
'       —    vincial  level should be ratified j chamber. The Socialists held
^ttnvmmftrv ,,v ,cac,,•^,*■, mA scl10"' bo*jrds.'ioJ,»'r. m scats.
at the district level.
Attention
Argentia
.   Service
Any driver of a commercial vehicle going to
Argentia every morninp
and anxious to increase
his profits kindly con
tact
W. H. NORMAN.
Circulation Manager.
"The Liberals brought on the
election by pulling out of tlie
coalition because Eyskens insisted on delaying cuts in social
welfare payments after a tough
austerity law had been passed
by parliament. The austerity!
|program in turn had caused thc!
harsh strikes and violence atj
the end of last year.
I siphoned off inlo Tr(,a(y organization
silken official pockcls. as I ! ,t is anmlt U)c si7e of nil-
havc, yon musl make a quail- j nois ant) Indial1a combined. Of
fied answer. :,.   SMtlere(t   population   of
As a real estate, no. j ^,oul two miUi0n_never offi-
As a symbol in a contest-1 cially counted—about 80 per
ed area of the Cold War, per-' cent are illiterate, Five native
hal)s- ' dialects are spoken
Most Americans with whom Villagers have no conception
I lalk these days cannot un- of country. You might as well,
dcrstand why. President Ken- talk of nuclear physics as of
nedy—who was saying a few i communism, thc Unitcd Na-
months ago that Matsu and j tions, freedom, slavery. The
terms are utterly meaningless
TUEB1NGEN. West Germanv Quemoy wcre not worth, the
(Relttera) - Two former Nazi "fe •* a single American -
Gestapo officers went on trial should pow be alerting the nature Wednesdov accused of ,-iid- ,ion for 8 P«ssl,,,pi shooting
Ing In thc wartime murder of crisis in a tiny land-locked
several hundred Lnt\inns.! kingdom even less known lhan years.. Long after the Indo-
malnly Jews, by taking part in the Chnese Nationalist islands.| china war was over. 1 met
Many did not know, for example, that they had been
under  French  rule
wl   _. -i    m   '    *- mMS executions.   Richard  Wie-|    Laos is an artificial country | tives who thought il still
The Daily News.  | chert. M.iand Bruno Schulz, 58, i sliced oul of the old French j going on.
Dial 2177. 'pleaded not guilty. colonial empire; it   is   drawn'    i •_.•_-..■-
KOI'I'OK'S NOTE: One
of the few Americans
who knows Laos well is
Edward R. Kennedy, for-
mcr Far East roving
correspondent for thc
Newspaper Enterprise Association now attached to
lhc NEA headquarters
staff in thc United Stales.
Kennedy,- a combat infantry officer in World
War II, purveyed Laos by
plane, jeep, boat and
afoot while covering
Southeast Asia out of
Banskok. In this dispatch he attempts to answer the question: "Is
Laos worth fighting for?"
in some areas since a National Geographic expedition
in 1029.    '
The climate is either hot and
dry or hot and wet. Roads are
-Jigible. You travel by   '
STREET SCENE IN VIENTIANE: Watcr buffalo nib the
j fenders of big shiny cars,
the beast of burden, buffalo, i Chinese pressing against the
nudges the fenders of Merce-1 Thai frontier, how long could
I des Ben/, sedans, lt is astonish- the Thais be expected to re-
| ing in a country with only a main resolute? Or the Cambo-
I few miles of paving lo see how dians. much less warlike, or
/ finds ils way into' the  South Vietnames, already
I this status symbol of the "
1 thc big, shiny car.
Laos   has   no   seaport,
j what would it do with one
! has no exports.
Thc  topography  is  depres
had-prcssed     by     subversion
from within?
The Communists have chosen thcir front well. It is far
; from our supply lines, difficult
; lo defend. It would be point-
: less to use nuclear weapons,
ingly like Korea-one monoto- j g)ld We 5orely iack convention-
nous hill after anolher except | al forec, We lack allies, too,
in the central plateau. j for tnere is no resolution for
Looked at simply as real es- j seif.defense among  many - of
tate, you must tel your ques-, these pcopie.*
tioner that it isn't worth    a     Prince Norodom    sihanouk,
single life to defend it.    Nor | n    -
even the ,life of a single Rus- j
sian or Red Chinese to take it. j
But you must quickly add 11
that it cannot be looked at sim-''
ply as real eslate. ;    Were these relatively   poor
On the big position maps at j plums to fall to the Commu-
SEATO in Bangkok, where I j nists, the real riches of South-
was stationed for three years, east Asia would be open to the
you see Laos the way President same techniques of infiltration
Kennedy must see it in Wash^ j and subversion. To the south
ingtoi.. ! are Malaya and Indonesia with
If (he Communists takc  it,; their natural wealth of rubber,
! playing his saxophone i
j comic opera palace in.Cambo-
i symbol of thc lack
' of will to resist.
or foot except, in Vientiane the' they get a common border w'th i ol and  minerals, and to   the
1 was the first while man seen i administrative capital,    where | Thailand. With 700 million Red. west, Lurma and even India.