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Vol. 63,    No, 172
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1956
(Price 5 cenls)
Charles Hutton & Sons
Prime Ministers Start
Talks On Middle East
By ALAN HARVEY
Canadian   Press  Staff  Writer
LONDON (CP—The prime ministers of the Commonwealth Friday talked about Cyprus, thc Arab
Israeli conflict in the Middle East,
riots in Poland, German reunification and article two of the Atlantic Pact.
Completing the third day of
their conference, the ministers
discarded their set speeches and
settled down to informal "back-
chat" sessions covering a variety
of contemporary problems. Prime
Minister St, Laurent gave Canada's views on specific subjects
and    External   Affairs    Minister
Pearson told how the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization is trying to do more on on-military
spheres.
British spokesman reported the
latest news of riots in Poznan,
Poland, and there was some discussion of developments in other
Russian  satellite countries.
Wilson Says U. S. Defence Strong,
But Won't "Flaunt  It" To World
WASHINGTON (AP — Defence
Secretary Wilson Friday denied
Democratic charges that the Eisenhower administration has skim-
.ped dangerously on air power in
line," Wilson  appeared before  a   eluding nuclear equipment,
Senate armed services committee
and   insisted   U.S.   defences   are
strong.
He said the striking power of
Us drive to balance the budget.) thc army, navy, marine corps and
Under   instructions  from   Frcs-1 air   force   has   been   augmented
idem Eisenhower to "lay il on the I steadily   with   new   weapons,   in-
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m-tm!. lir was thrown against the windshield of the car anil knocked unconscious. Thc unfortunate man was placed tn an
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vi .* tmr a broken leg.—(Dally News pholo by John O'Brien).
Save Of
Provinces,
h  TITO   JACKSON'
Rebellion In Eastern Tibet
Troop  Convoys  Attacked
Commission   To
Dutch  Royalty
Study
Stories
THE HAGUE (AP — Queen l rumors that the monarch might
Juliana and her husband, Prince j abdicate or the royal couple might
Bernhard, announced Friday a separate or get a divorce,
three-man commission will invest- j Dutch Premier Willem Dress
igato publication of stories in the denied these rumors on June 15.
foreign press about their "family
life and relations."
A royal  communique  said tlic
"We also expect," he said, "to
have in the relatively near future
ballistic missiles of intercontinental range which can be
launched from the United Stales,
and ballistic missiles of intermediate range, which can be
launched from our ships or allied
bases, able to carry nuclear attack to practically any point on
the earth's surface."
However, he added that "we do
not need or wish to flaunt it be-
A communique from 10 Down-:
ing Street, where the 10-day meetings are being held, said the premiers "have held a general review of the international situation ... and have discussed some
particular questions relating to
Europe and the Middle East."
EMPHASIS ON OIL
Informants gave this ptctur-a:
Cyprus— Britain's colonial secretary, Alan Lennox-Boyd, gave
an outline of the complicated back'
ground of the Cyprus despute,
with emphasis on the importance
of Middle East oil for western
Europe. The United Kingdom, It
was indicated, views Cyprus as
part of a wider problem in which
Turkey h3s a vital interest. No
immediate solution appears in
sight.
The prime ministers were told
Turkey has again refused to entertain a proposal that the island
inhabitants should be allowed to
choose Greek rule.
Details of'lhc British suggestions are still secret. But it ll
known that thcy visualize a definite period at the end of which
thc Cypriots—four-fifths of whom
fore the world.'
"Our objective is to deter war!are of Greek extraction - would
by every honorable means. It is
not our objective to over-arm or
to give any country cause for
alarm."
be granted self-determination.
FEAR SOVIET  PENETRATION
Africa — According to conference sources, South Africa takes
boss   and  the   sub-committee  in-
Other   government   officials   said
the story about the faith healer's
reported influence had long been
press repnrts "have disappointed' known in official circles. But they
' and hurt both of us. We find it | denied   Miss   Hofmans   could   in-  and  around   on. the  question   of
1 desirable that an investigation be j fluenee   government   policy whether  budget-balancing instead
made   into   the   circumstancesj through the Queen. j of defence requirements had dic-
whicb could have led to this."       i    The Der Spiegel story reported  tated military spending since 1953,
1    The story first appeared in the; the   Queen canje   under   the  in-
pondent said Tibetan sources said ' also said to have suffered heavy-    Khambas,    traditionally   turbu    German   weekly   magazine   Der | fluenee   of   Miss   Hofmans,   who
"a wave of rebellion" had swepl ■ losses, lent northern Tibetans,  were re-   Spiegel at Hamburg June  129 It: claims God-given powers to heal
-. L.u jReulcr.-O-lleavy   through eastern provinces of Tibet! MONASTERIES BURNED | ported attacking Chinese   convoys   said Miss Greet Hofmans, a 61-' through   prayer,   after  Prince
■\r- been inflicted on  and that no Chinese remained in     The correspondent said leaders | coming lo Lhasa from the Chinese  year-old   faith   healer,   had   in-! Bernhard brought her in 1948 to
■;y,:r,imi.st   troops   by t|,c Kham-Golok area in the north-   of a Tibetan lama (priest) resist-  province of Sikang. j fluenced lhc Queen, to the prince's! treat their partly blind youngest
''-   i" vC:-jtcrn t      u'  easl' " antic movement, who recently ar-!    The  Chinese  were  reported  to   displeasure.    Suhsequentlv,    t h e j daughter, Princess Maria Cristina
•■iriril   rnnay   hy   the     Fighting  Was  said  to  ho  con-! rived in India, had reported lhat ' have asked the Dalai Lama, Tl-1 story was published abroad, wilh j now nine yean old.
ri A.p.-ipiM- The Stales   limiing between Tibetans and Chi-   the Chinese had  bombed  Lltang, I beian religious  ruler,  to use his
nose troops 150 miles from Lhasa,! a   provincial  capital,   and   razed i prestige and good offices to stop
This   apparently  was   a- refer-! a serious view 0f the; Soviet pene-
ence to Russia. j tration into the Middle East. The
I South  African  government  ii
For three hours, the Pentagon known  to   feel  the  Communists
could be poised on a southward
vestigating airpower went around  drive through Africa. Austrlia and
New Zealand, to whom the Suez
Canal route remains vital, share
South Africa's anxiety about Soviet moves in the Middle East.
When investigating senators
asked whether fiscal policies of
t h e    Eisenhower   administration
Tlie Middle East generally-Delegates talked about Palestine and
the discussion • took what obscrv-
have "played an excessively: ers described as a "reassuring"
heavy role" in the national de-: trend. Prime Minister St. Laurent
fence' program. Wilson replied! was said to have been interested
with  a   blunt: j in the question of arms shipments
'"No, they have not." | to the Middle East.
Darjceling  corres- Tibet's    capital.    Tibetans    were! several monasteries.
Speaker Beaudoin In Trouble
Over Letter, Offers To Quit
\.\\ rp)_Speakcr   Rene, reporters they will nol  formally, referred io a motion of censure
* *-■ ' ; :i r i v a t e     corres-; request ihe Speaker's resignation. ■ against thc Speaker moved bv Mr.
!'"-"•• .;i a  Montreal news-! ll was considered highly unlikely! Drew, hot on the heels of life bil-       a	
; :":   :. . >*. him into more hot. such a  motion introduced by an • ler pipeline debate in which Hie J-Jth " "crippling   Ian
-■,-'■   ' .-   Commons   Friday | opposition member would b0 ap-j impartiality of the chair was clial- am|'a general desire
'•■f   ■■'.■;-rd his resignation if. proved by the large majority ofjlengcd. .tm-n 0f independence.
|(■"■_"' -i.ii> it.          0        i the_Lihcral government.  _         !_An   editorial   written   by   Mr.              	
Marilyn Weds
Playwright In
Civil Ceremony
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■m >aid in the Com-   QUOTE PRIVATE LETTER
-iiiiiinn is at thc dis-J    Opposition Leader Drew seized
H-m.p and- he would; on published extracts of a private
kately if any mem
a motion asking for
letter Mr, Bcaudoin wrote Alonzo
Cinq - Mars, 75-ye2r-o!d editorial
writer for Mootreal La Patrie, to
-r later amplified this  renew past demands for a gen.
lide the House, say-  eral election.   CCF  leader  Cold-
ion would have to be   well supported his plea,
the Commons before;    Mr. Bcaudoin's letter, one of a
*i*n. ■ series   of   exchanges   with   Mr.
Miurcc* indicated to1 Cinq-Mars  starting last  May  14,
Cinq-Mars—who was in the Commons gallery Friday—quoted Mr.
Beaudoin was writing:
"If I had had an opportunity to
speak (in thc censure debate), I
have no doubt that it would have
been easy for me to confound my
accusers ... The hardest thing
of the whole affair was for me to
be unable to explain my position
while my accusers distorted lhc
facts for their own political ends."
■nion, Industry Continue Last-Ditch
forts To Avert U. S. Steel Strike
^.R> JAMKs DEVLIN j break in lhc deadlock uver a new! resentativcs Friday, held consul-
V'KK  iAP—Thc  United j wage contract. | lalions wilh high-ranking officials
thc lighting.
Chinese Communist troops invaded the mountainous nation of
Tibet in May, 1952, and took over
the country. Thc invasion ended a
long period of independence for
tbc remote religious state, Tided
by the Dalai Lama as head of
the Buddhist priesthood.
The rebel Tibetans' grievances
werc listed by the correspondent
as heavy taxation, interference b
ihc Chines with Dalai Lama r-
ligiotis indoctrlnaton of Tbtan
nd reforms",
for the re-
c ri
mmed toward
=o    negotiators    still
"i -n clfnrts to avert
:: -ude  >trike  at  mid-
of  most  of the  12  major  steel
firms involved.
The   crux   a p p ea r cd   to  be
whether tbe big steel companies
would back down from their insistence on a long-term contract to
succeed the present two-year pact
"b-nt, afler lhc union's! ring over the contract was behind] which expires tonight. The com-
__■«. ':-Yi'>ti session wilh thej thc scenes.  Industry negotiators,! panics hold a long term pact is I pan.v represents Marilyn Monroe
'■^J'-   Friday   produced   nn: after their session with union rep-l necessary for stability in steel.     I Productions.
Plant  operations  already  were
disrupted   wilh    furances   being
cooled across thc land. Industry
sources said production losses al-
'■■ j ready aggregated "millions of do]-
■v".>ili(-rc." !>ald David j lar.f."
Much of the strategic manoeuv-
tnurd Stcclworkers
NEW   YORK   (AP)-The   mar-
riage of actress Marilyn  Monroe
and playwright Arthur Miller was
announced Friday night by a New.
York press agent.
The agent said the ceremony
was performed al 7:20 p.m.. by
city judge Seymour Rabinowitz at
White Plains, N.Y., in suburban
Weslchesler County.
Rabinowitz himself could not be
reached for confirmation.
The announcement concerning Uyays, Wednesday, Juqe 27th., Mr.
thc .culmination of the romance bo- j Alfred Rees was presented with a
tween thc curvy, blonde pinup girl chcque from his {ellmv employees
and tbe celebrated author came £ the Aceounting c!aims and
from Fred Goldberg, of the Arthur Financial Departmcnts<-
Jacobs   Company,   a   New  York "
public  relations  firm.  Thn  com-     Mr. Rees joined the Department
of Posts and Telegraphs in January  1906   and served with  that
On ihc eve   of his retirement I Department until April 1949 when [Newfoundland. rand Miss E. Jr-mirson presented
from the Canadian National Rail   he wa siranaVtved to lhe Canad-     Mr. T. A. Despres, Auditor, and ; a bouquet ol Ibwcr's to Mrs. Rees.
ian   National    Railways-Communi-
c a lions.
Mr. C. I. Merner on behall ol
thc Manager eulogized Mr. Rees
fr his loyalty and faithfulness,
and congratulated him on having
given over fifty years service to
the  Communications    System  of
Mr. W. J. Grouchy, Accountant,
joined wilh Mr. Merner in extending felicitations, and wished both
Mr. and Mrs. Rees many years of
peace and happiness in tbe days
that lie ahead.
Mr.    Moriarily,   Senior   Clerk,
made the presentation to Mr. Rees,
Mr. and Mrs. ■ Rees will leave
shortly for an extended ir'tp
across Canada to the Pacific Coast.
Shown in pholo arc, left to right:
W. J.' Grouchy, M. J. Moriarily,
C. 1. Merner, • A. Rees, T. A.
Despres, Mis. A.. Rees.
ienewed Rioting In Poland, One Hundred Believed
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JND-
|i"-5 SEYMOUR TOPPING
£UX (.\p _ Gunfire was,
%_y U\ have broken out in
^: a:ain Friday despite mar-
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jv-j fommitniM army tanks
?:.""> to stamp out a work-
\i'';X which may have taken
'-'•M-dMi businessmen who
": frnm Poznan to Stock-
;J;ri -hnotinfi continued for
"-■■> morning, ending shortly
S'Ml
J'mmunin   Daily   Worker
p-'T. also reported renewed
|: A dispatch Irom Ms War-!
':,p.*pnndcni said a heavily-!
:r,np  appeared   to  have!
■kT town  hall   and  tanks
^Ttcd  moving  in.
*■■?:»  correspondent  Sidney
Taylor who visited Poznan briefly
Friday was able to phone London
from Warsaw for a few minutes
before he was cut off. Taylor said
"a nest of resistance was holding
out" in the radio headquarters
near the wain square of the city
until early loday.
MAY HE 100 KILLED
Warsaw radio announced 38
were killed and 270 were wounded
in Ihc uprising Thursday in which
nnli-Communist workers, some of
them armed, marched defiantly
Into artnv machine-gun fire.
But Western huslnc&mcn returning from the big Industrial
cily said army, police and worker
fatalities may be as high as 100.
These eyewitnesses said 30sOOO
wnrk'ers shouted "Out with the
Russians" and "Long live demec-
/.
racy — freedom and bread" as
they battled Red tanks and assaulted secret police and Communist party headquarters.
Taking no chances, the Polish
Afmy, which is commanded by a
Soviet general of Polish origin,
slapped a curfew on the city and
•forbade the people to be in the
streets from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Tlie Polish press threatened lhat
police would now tighten the
screws on the people, The papers
fulminated against the "awkward
scoundrels behind these bloody
provocations.'
ANSWER WITH TROOPS
Angrily denying that tho revolt
bad'spread to oilier cities, an influential Polish Communist party
member declared in an Interview
here; "When this happens we are
not going to bother with talking
democracy, We are just going to
send troops."
The Pole, who declined use of
his name, said he was in contact
with top government officials and
that the revolt would set back
whal he called "our program of
liberalization for the whole country."
Diplomatic sources in Vienna
said they believed a meeting of
cast European satellite parly
chiefs and premiers was In progress in Moscow, and that the
Kremlin was advising them on
how to handle the ferment of criticism that has resulted from thc
denunciation of Stalin.
The West Berlin newspaper
Telegraf said thc "fast - growing
liberation movement" was spread-
1 ing to the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. It quote
Ballc refugees arriving in Finland as reporting many acts of
"resistance," including a two-day
occupation of the radio station al
Riga, Latvia capital.
SEEN BY FOREIGNERS
The revolt, breaking with an unexpected fury that recalled the
East German uprising of June 17.
1953 and the students' demonstrations on behalf of Stalin in Soviet
Georgia this year, flared as hundreds of Western businessmen
were on hand to attend Poznan's
annual International Trade Fair
Pieced from the accouts of
these witnesses this was what
happened:
At 7 a.m. Thursday employees
of the Stalin steel works started
a march to demand a wage increase. Shouting "Bread, bread,
bread" and waving banners, the
parade started peacefully enough
The demonstration snowballed
wilh lightning rapidity. Masses of
marchers began closing up roads.
Traffic came to a standstill. The
crowd began yelling "strike, general strike."
Polish national flags were unfurled, the crowd sang Polish national songs. A Red flag was ripped down. There were shouts of
"Out wilh thc. Russians." The!
rioters began marching in a solid
mass 20 abreast upon the city
prison. Quickly, they overwhelmed
the prison guards and freed prisoners from their cells. ■
SOME SYMPATHETIC
Police did little .to oppose the
official, indicated sympathy for
the ,strike, declaring, "Warsaw
demonstration, One Communist
should know lhat we do not stand
for this any longer."
The mob then attacked tbe
strongholds of their Red rulers,
the secret police jail and headquarters, which were guarded by
Russian soldiers. On0 account
said lhe mob caplurcd lhe bead-
quarters, and burned it along with
secret .police files. r
The mob stormed on, attacking
Communist party headquarters,
raising a white flag over the city
hall and destroying the jamming,
station that interferes with wost-i
cm radio broadcasts.  ' I
About noon troops wcre called'
out. Russian T-34 tanks clanked
into thc streets, anti-aircraft guns
took up positions on the main
squares, soldiers manned ma*
chine-guns. At tbe first shots,
women and children fled, but the
workers tore branches from the
trees and rushed lhe troops. A
flag was put over the first man
killed, and his body was carried
in the surge forward.
A Polish soldier refused to fire
on the mob. His officer killed him
with a pistol. Other troops not
only failed to shoot, but sur-'
rendered their guns.
But when the demonstrators al-
were turned updn.lhcir ranks. Tlu
troops  had. regained  control  by
late   afternoon/' Ihough  shoolin-
was still heard late at.nighl.
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