Daily News, 1955-12-13

              RuSsian Archbishop Accuses U. ^^ing^igious^Press^
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Vol. 62.   No. 280
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,      TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955
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long Spoon To Sup With Devil"
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Arabs Are Wamed^Flirting With Fire
Refuse
Visa To
Church
Leader
t.n\\tt\\--i.T — ARus-
>;::; art-hbir-in'p. who refits-
la :o jiavjil llie I'ondiiions
a: on lu.> planned visit to
::et'r.:icd States, has accus-
:: the I'.S- government of
■;s.z politifiil pressure on
k!:::o:i in withdrawing his
Arc!!b;»li.ip Bon* nf lhe Bus-
,;: Ortnodux church, speaking
;;oj;h an interpreter al a press
t]=f*rcncc Monday, said the U S.
: lernmcni doc» noi want to <id-
-:on; ol ihr Nubian Orthodox
{VjcVj leader*. He said lie rep-
:;.er.:s the M<»c\m patriarch in
^ r:h and Smili America.
"Thi, put- ;i pressure on reU-
: \" he said.
it'RN nm\N RMtVEST
I: Wa>hin;ton. iho state depart-
r;v. ;j;d a formal n»te delivered
:* JIijcow Saturday turned down
R;.«:a'> request tliat Archbish'jp
B ::> b: allwt'd to enter the U.,\
i-.Ij!iy indefinitely to fulfill ad-
r:^i:ra:!ve duties as head of the
L:;:in Orthodox Church in
'.T.s:ica.
s::h a stay wa> "neither ap-
;::jnatf nor dc.Ntrnble."
said Arch-
Israel Claims
55
Syrians
Dead In Galilee Fighting
Playing Riissia  Against
West Is Dangerous  Game
Conflicting Reports
On Bitter Warfare
JERUSALEM — Reuters — Israel claimed Monday
her forces killed 55 Syrians and captured 29 in Sunday
night's "retaliation raid'* on Syrian fortifications northeast of the Sea of Galilee. ~
Tr* American note
t-iMp Boris  and  his  secretary; |     Rviiain
cti nuke temporary  visits  to  *** DrilUUt
tt l".S. to fulfill administralivej ^—-—■-—
■i:*>s. but that any Soviet clergy-
r.n stayin; indefinitely In the
IS. jhiuld be brcind by the same
ru'iati.^s n> an American clergy-
*h in K'jjsin.
An American priori in Moscon*
i". the pwi Mas allowed lo say
■»« only for members of tiie
w!t.3iaiir colony.   Hs   was   not
(Nca Telephoto)
MERGER—Shaking hands and wielding the same gavel simultaneously,
AFL president George Meany (left) and CIO president Walter Reuther
officially open the historic AFL-CIO merger convention in New York
Meany then turned the gavel over to Reuther who began In the role of
temporary chairman the formalities of merging the 19,000,000 members
! of the two organizations into the largest labor group In the free world.
Favor  Gaitskell
As Labor Leader
 -lrt riiUin< ...  „„        LONDON—Reuters—Voting began Monday for the
iii-'ci m ii-c a fhiirch. only to j vacant leadership of the Labor party with most socialists
'"-pan altar in his *mall apart-i^„.„--j  ,1,. -„:-* anA  w;+u  a  the chance of future
! convinced the prize and with it the chance of future
Vis  (,„,!,,,„y official hereiprime ministership, will go to 49-year-old Hugh Gait-
*-A the ;,n-hltSh;»n could still g©1 'skell ; ~~" • '
•;:m;, ii t*. l!u5>i;,ns agreed to!    ^   h u due {0 be an jrpi If ilia J   A*
x_ reciprocal editions, j _11ML,1 WnAMQA*v    few   nnliU-11 11X66 J\1U6(1 AS
'Y^f -   J,,:,:llllon\       , ! nounced   Wednesday,  few  poliU-
r*£d'"*   ,T T £L   \ *to* can sce either of the rival
■•«...a;t..a :r:iiLU-d a visa to Re*.    JM«i«_Wi«*M*  MnrrUon. Gl.
t"«ii Km. :.n .American Roman
t'ith-lic pri<M, allowina him to
"■"■ir'.tr ti I"s. nationals in Mos-
cvi. Th« U.S embassy in Moscow
■■ii ::antcd vi.<as tn Archbishop
*1:.- Er.ti i1!* >errotary on the
v'r.ait.dn the;, :uu'pi the same
■■-:tati.,r(, 6* lather Dion.
JstEu^iiin. ,i;,i nilt reply when
^«d whether they agreed,to the
•■-W-'*>, jnd i)lc visas were
"=ccllcrt. TV S-.vicis in turn held
*■? rather U:w.
Steam Pipe Blows
candidates—Herbert Morrison, 87,
deputy party chief, and Aneurin
Bevan,  58,  strident  leftwinger-1-     n       •        m      .
overtaking Gaitskell in the stru3j|n nCatl!!"  "lSlll
gle for power.
In Damascus, a Syrian army
spokesman said 25 Syrian soldiers,
including three officers, were
killed and 28 arc missing,
Damascus radio claimed Monday night 100 Israelis were killed
and wounded In the battle.
An Israeli foreign ministry
spokesman said the Damascus radio claim was "a lie." He saldi
Israeli losses were four killed and
16 wounded, 14 of them evacuated
by sea to the western shore. Thrce
hundred men took part in thc
attack.
The four-pronged attack gave the
Israelis full control of the entire
10-milc Syrian Une and they blew
up all fortifications, army headquarters said.
The Syrian statement said four
observation posts fell to the Israeli
attackers after four hours of bitter fighting but that Israeli attempts to seize the heights behind
the posts were beaten back,
ALL NOW QUIET
"Ail is quiet on the Sea *if
Galilee front," an Israeli foreign
ministry spokesman said. "It will
remain quiet if the Syrians remain quiet." Fishing bas been resumed In the area.
Albert Grand, a United Nations
official, said truce supervisors had
been ordered to the   scene   but
their report had not yet been received. |
The- attack on the Syrian fortifications at El Koursi, between,
Gerges and Berthsalda, took place!
In heavy rain and under cover ufi
darkness, an   Israeli   spokesman!
said.                                      '    |
The Israeli forcc, backed by ar-!
tlllery, took the Syrian garrison;
by surprise, but the Syrians recovered and "savage" hand - to-
hand fighting took place for about
one hour.
The Israelis, fighting their way
through a mazc of trenches and
fortified redoubts, gradually gained
control of the fortifications, and
then blew up the fortress.
A l9*ycar*old member of thc Israeli forcc, his face blackened and
covered with mud and sand, said
afterwards: "This was a tougK
fight. The Syrians stood up and
fought after recovering from the
shock of the surprise attack. i
"But in the course of an hour
the only Syrians remaining at
their positions were either tho-je
who fell by the side of their guns
or were taken prisoner. The remainder escaped."
SYRIANS OPEN UP
After the battles on the high;
ground overlooking thc lake, Syrian guns further inland replied
with a bombardment of the Israeli
settlement at Etn Gev, on the eastern shore. Israeli artillery returned
the fire, the spokesman said.
Israel said the attack was in
retaliation for recent .attacks by
Syrian batteries on Israeli fishing
boats and a police launch.
The Syrian-Israeli armistice at!
the end of the Palestine War eft
the Sea of Galilee and a strip 10
miles long along its northeast
shore under Israeli control. The
Syrian positions dominate the area.
LONDON — Reuters —
Foreign Secretary Harold
MacMillan warned Arab
leaders Monday that in trying to play Russia off
against the West they are
flirting with fire and might
get burned.
He was opening a Commons debate requested by the Labor opposition on thc tension between Israel and the Arab countries.
Russia, he charged, is trying to
make the problem ''utterly insoluble" and is offering "obsolete"'
arms to Egypt and other Arab
nations as pawns in the game.
The foreign secretary said
Egypt's arms deal with the Communists could turn out badly for
her.
Quoting    the proverb that "he
who sup5 with the devil needs a
long   spoon,"   he   said:   "These
statesmen must mak<! their own
decisions. We can only warn them!
that in this particular form  ofj
supping they will require specialty,
long spoons."
Macrnillan suggested that both;
balance those given by the Communists to Arab nations.
Macrnillan said he was sure that
if some of the Middle East countries ultimately fell to communism, it would not bc from any
love ot it.
"The danger is that some of
their leaders who are playing with
fire will get seriously burned."
. Some of thc Middle East gov-
1 ernments felt they could effecti-
I vely play off one side against the
i other without realizing *fc* T,islf*
cessions on both sides.
IDEA SAID ACTIVE
Defending the Eden proposal,
which Labor politicians have criticized as asking "one-sided" territorial concessions from Israel,
Macrnillan said: "Men are talking
about it in the Middle East."
He had heard for thc first time
many leading Arabs  taking  the!
view that a final settlement mu*ti
be worked out. I
"The serious Arab leaders have;
begurf to realize that the state of' l^/wuhout"realizing Ihe risks
Israel is something they must live   .
with   and   something  they   must,     y      ' Rusgians had
make sacrifices to live with," lie     U was ct\*\ l™.   Mirt«   Ea .
said j bcen preparing their Miflffle mm
On the Israeli side, a mort care- campaign long and carefully-Jhe
ful consideration of what Eden Baghdad defence pact among
actually said was taking place. He Britain, Iraq, Turkey, Patastan
felt this ucuid lead to acceptance1 and Iran was J"sini"helimde' Tthc
of the thought that any comprom- more ^" ^jS^ gj
isc must involve some sacrifice better would be the security a w-
from thc Israelis, too. ; PeoP^s of the Middle East.
"Of course, the Russians w-lli Herbert Morrison, former Labor
try to break down any hope of government foreign secretary,
settlement and keep alive the hat-! branded the governments Mldoi.
reds and prevent the wounds from[ East policy as "s" "Mw failure.
being healed. But do not let
play the Russian game."
ARMS TRACE FOOLISH
He said it would bc foolish
us
of
Israeli and Arab fcaders now are! the Western powers to enter the
showing interest in Prime Minis-1 Middle  East  arms  race  at  this |
ter Eden's recent proposal for con-1 stage by sending arms to Israel in
Ship In trouble
Off Grand Banks
Crew Members British Freighter
Badly Injured
woav i/»..vrf „„   an utter failure.'
It is weak, he said, and "not altogether honest," as between one
pan of the Middle East and another.
He accused the government of
"isolating" Israel and leaving her
in great difficulties.
mmuhstui-^
\ **oreHi'„r, -*mad'
J/fy* a:fots of poor quality,
'"with minnrel »hows. H»m
r*«uwd for cleaning the black-
*>;t| J'tor*'fac«. Many of the
i,,'^   0ws WBr« °* poor qual-
■1!X savfl rii* •* 'hi form:
111 t:i5r."
But because thc vote, confined to
Labor members of Parliament, is
completely secret, champions of
each of thc three powerful contenders have no positive proof
they are right In assuming thn
Gaitskell Is leading the field.
The fight for the crown laid
down last Wednesday by Clement
Attlee would have been a straight,
forward Issue except for the personal position of Morrison, who as
deputy leader would be the logical
successor but for his age..
HAS UNION TRUST    '
Gaitskell, former Labor chancellor of the exchequer, in a shott
but spectacular political career
has won the confidence of the
5,000,000 trade unionists who control the policy and purse-strings of
the Labor party.
Labor's defeat in the May gen*
cral election produced demands
for younger and more active
leadership and Gaitskell appeared
to fill the bill.
Bevan, who some years a^o
was considered a powerful contender for control of thc parly, his
lost ground through his succession
of feuds with the official leadet-
shlp. Some of the party's right-
wing charged he was partly to
blame for Labor's election defeat.
Hc was thus reckoned lo havc
little chan^ h «»nv present contest for Attlee's Job,        ____
OTTAWA (CP)-An elbow broke
In the steam plant of thc National
Research Council's Montreal road
laboratories here Monday night,
fatally Injuring three men as the
heating plant was flooded with hot
water and ateam.
The dead—all council heating
plant employees — were identified
as Ray Stroud and Jean Seguin of
Ottawa anld Gerald Carriere of
suburban Cyrvflle, Ont.
Firemen said the men were
testing a new boiler.
Seven others wcre In thc plant
when the break occurred shortly
after 5.00 p.m. EST. They >an out
of thc room as steam and boiling
water sprayed across the Iloor.
Although apparently uninjured,
they were taken to Ottawa General Hospital ior observation.
Police, ambulances and Itremen
were called by lellow employees.
Well-meaning friends, tried to
assure Morrison a walk-over victory without a ballot, hopeful that
he might bc rewarded for his
service to the party by at least a
few years of leadership. But the
attempt failed.
PARDONED
Christmas
Early For
Convicts
OTTAWA (CP) - Christmas hay j
come early for 230 convicts across'
Canada  who havc  bcen  granlcdTiinmn Firf* rUflC
their freedom for good behavior mj xia^ * I|r IJUUB
Christmas Plans;
Children Killed
HALIFAX (CP) — The disabled] received here said "main engines j
British freighter Lord Church wal-J out; no steerage." It gave no de- i
lowed in heavy seas off the Grand | tails on the cause of the trouble. (
Banks Monday night as a Halifax' A storm with 75-mile-an-hour j
salvage tug raced to her aid.     ! winds swept up the Atlantic coaa:
The 6,219-ton ship reported her■ during the weekend churning up:
main engines  and   steering gear: heavy seas. '.
aut of commission and two crew     The ship's last port of call and
members seriously injured. , her  destination  were  not known j
She  gave  her position  as  350  immediately. Lloyd's lists her rs
miles  southeast   of   Cape   Race,; being -owned  by   thc  Normanton i
Nfld. ' Steamship   Company   and   rcgis-
The Ocean Salvage Foundation' tered in London. (NEA telephoto)
Francis left here  Monday  after-;    Her Halifax agents, I. H. Math- ..    f
noon. She expected to reach the ers Limited, said they did not HELD-Dr. Hobart H. Todd ot
Lord Church about noon. Wednos- know the names of thc injured jskekic. 111., is being held on a
day. men nor the nature of their in-imurdCr charge in the death of his
The freighter's distress messa-c  juries. ;wiffi of JB monti1Sr   Mrs<   Hazel
admitted
 wife
Todd.
jails and penitentiaries.
It has been the practice of the
justice   department's   remissions
branch to release a certain number
annually in time for Christmas.
In most cases, the released convicts have served at least half of
their sentences.,Until recent yea.sl
they had to have served at least1
two-thirds of their terms.
Among those who walked out of
penitentiaries this year were a few
originally sentenced  to  life  im
prlsonment.
The men are free on a signod I
"licence," under which they pledge |
to abide by the law during the
unremitted part of their sentence. I
Tliey are required to report!
monthly to police and at regular;    -.
intervals to specialized   asenciosVarry the young brothers Irom the
such as the John Howard Society j flaming home.
WINNIPEG (CP) - Eric Graf
said Monday hc and his wife had
hoped four ycars of scrimping
would havc made this a real
Christmas for Wolfgang, 5, and
Gundar, 3.
But thc tots died Saturday and
.Mrs.  Graf  was  seriously  burned
when fire destroyed the homc that r
Graf had been trying desperately ]
to pay for. j
Firemen risked   their   lives  to !
Temperatures
Dawson 48b 37lv
Vancouver  ... 36 40
Edmonton 9 14
Calgary IS 27
Winnipeg    6 4
Ottawa 16 28
Toronto 23 31
Montreal    ...lfi '2Q
t Halifax  22 32
■Sydney 17 35
St. John's — 35
months,
Police  said   he
beating hcr and drugging her into
unconsciousness after an argument
!'     •
I WEATHER
i
j Snowflurrics, clearing ihis even
ing. Colder tonight. High toda?
34.
(NEA Telephoto)
IN CUSTODY—Millionaire plas
boy Robert Shies Inge r is shown oi
his arrival In New York to fac
charges Involving aq alleged $330
000 oil swindle. Schlesinger, whr
had been sought on the charge
since last June, surrendered t
authoritits in Montreal, Canada.
The German immigrant father,
away on his third trip as a CNR
dining car waiter after a lay-off
and the Salvation Armv which undertake to heln rehabilitate them.
PLAN IS SUCCESS
Officials said the plan ha^ m^t   . ...
with gratifying ficcess, only aboul since September, heard of the
five per cent of thc convicts break- tragedy as his train nearcd Van-
ins their pledges.
Vs "Open Sky" Plan Gven Priority By U.N.
^•ITKI) NATIONS, N.Y. <AP>-
W wlmcal committee en-
^overwhelmingly Monday a
25'J0 »»ve President Eisen-
l»m t-Jm sky" inspection pro-
itttnn consideratlon in new
ijjg*0 hrenk the disarmament
Amb S°Viet   Union   and   il5
'satellites were in opposition
wr^"wittce-maln poliUc.il
^ i ol the UN assembly-voted
J°.° I" ravor of a disarm-
l 4l     resolution      advanced
L Cana<la,
$i States
K *" «<m native,
V *solulion now needs only
l^rscmcni „f the full Gen-
As*mby. A similar wte ti
expected there.
RUSSIA OBJECTS
The Soviet Union said It objected
to  the   four-power   proposal  on
grounds it failed to stress reduction of armaments, prohibition oi
atomic weapons and "the. threat ot
a new war."
Soviet 'Deputy Foreign Minis!*)
V.  V.  Kuznetsov  and represen
, tatlves of the Ukraine, Byelorussia
j Poland  and Czechoslovakia  sau
• putting Elsenhower's proposal
ahead  of' other  subjects  woulr
Britain,     the1, actually deter progress toward <\U
armament.
The four Western sponsors- re
vised
porate
sla and India.
The resolution as adopted calHi
on the UN disarmament sub-committee to continue its efforts >o
reach agreement on a compfehcti
dve disarmament plan In line with
the instructions, of last year's Gerv
;ral Assembly. The fouf. powers
» nd the Soviet Union comprise '.he
'mmlttee.
The resolution adds that the sub
mmlttee should as Initial steps
vc priority to early implementators of such confidence-building
measures, as President Eisenhower's plan for exchanging military blueprints and ■■ mutual - air
jour  vrcaicrn wuavis- w  «vm;   »<H«r.wn,  -..._   	
their resolution  to incor   Inspection, and to the Soviet plan
ideas offered by both Rus- 'for establishing 'control'''posts,' at
,-A<
strategic centers.
Elsenhower had already agreed
lo accept Bulganin's ground con
trol measures, so chief emphasis
was   placed   on  the  Eisenhower
urogram. j
In.addltton,. the.-resolution .calls j
'ii .the subcommittee to considet
French proposals for diverting
money saved through disarmament to promoting economies of
underdeveloped' countries, and lu
^rime Minister Eden's plan for
?5t inspection.
It suggests that the sub-commil-
, lec take into account also prop-)
ials by Indip regarding suspension
of .nuclear'weapons and (or an
armaments truce.
&
Christmas will be a trying time
for those convicts who found them- j
selves behind bars principally be-
-rausc of their addiction lo Hanoi
The licences under which they
wcre released sneclfy they must
abstain from  Intoxicants.
Upon leaving prlson the men r<*.
ccive clothing, "a small sum of
money and a transportation tickpt
to the city where they were con-
"•"ted.
The convicts used to be released
bout Dec. 20 but in recenl ycars
Vy have started to leave tlie
'"'sons about Dec. 5.   .
Conditional' freedom to convicts
'* .not granted, only at Christmas,
Men who have earned tickets ot
'eave through good behavior also)
)tc released In the spring for thej
■ipenlng of navigation and farm'
seeding, In the late summer for
harvesting pnd In late October for
bush work These usually ar<» for-
Tier seamen, farm hands and bu:-P
"nrkers.
MUST ACT PROPERLY'
They leave their cells after of-
couver. Hc caught thc next train
cast.
"Wc were hoping that this year,
for thc first time, we could give
the children some soit of Christmas," he said.
"My wife and I * had saved
enough money during our four
years in Canada to get our small
homc. It took all we had to keep
paying for it and there was only
53,000 Insurance on It—nothing on
the furniture . . . .' we couldn't afford that."
ficials are satisfied-about  their I
probable future behavior and that j
'.hey will receive supervision, enjoyment and shelter on tbe out
idc.
During the last year about l,Jr
mvlcts were, granted this type
sarole. In 1954 they numbered ■
'.ast year the licence^'of onl;
vere revoked - 27 for convlc
jn Indlctahl*   'fences while    <-
parole and Ye. for not living up tt
conditions of their release.
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FOI. '".MliRGENCY USE—As East-German Communists applied pres
sure r 'he West by refusing to renew yearly permits by which West
Germ; irgcs bring supplies to West Berlin through thr Soviet zone,
•rtficial "I other observers were reminded of thc* Berlin blockade of
ItMB-lf West Berlin has - vast storage system of.food,and fuel,
■vhicli hr *n maintained f«i 'ust such an emergency.'-■' Abtfre, Is one
i of thc hu-u piles of coal held in reserve in thc event that the Communist blockade threats come true, y      ^      \
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