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Vol. 62.   No. 148
ST.'JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1955
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Big
Meetings Open Today
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Leaders  Will   Seek   Solution   To   Five   Great   Problems
Western Powers Meet
To Rehearse Strategy
East West Talks Will Shape World
x< History
GENEVA (Reuters)—Talks between East and West
which will shape world history open here in a few hours.
Thr   principals   in   this   long
irrsniedof "meeting at thc summit"   «rc   all   here-thcir  plans
dravn up, their strategy carefully
Ithcaraed.
Tie bargaining begins in the
Talarc nf Nations overlooking the
UU of Geneva. There, leaders of
Britain, the United Stales, Russia
Wd France will try to reconcile
conflicting views on what step
ihould be taken to end the cold
war. ,       _
In preliminary discussions sun
•jav. the Western leaders allotted
-.ir Anthony Eden the task of stat-
in-* their ideas for assuring peace
h Europe, But the opening speech
-rill he made by President Eisen-
hVAcr.
PEACE IN EUROPE
In a sun-bathed clly gay *'•«.
ii:Mjecrs and vacationers, Eden
t-M President Eisenhower and
Vrcnch Premier Edgar Faure at
.inc president's lakeside villa. They
•UKcd Ior three hours.
Dunne their discussions the Rus-
■iin delegation, headed by Marshal
Sir-ola! E-'lganin, the prime mm-
jstcr, spun through ihe city in an
cp-n car on a sightseeing tour.
Tim were heavily escorted.
Later Soviet Foreign Minister
Vv-chc-lav Molotov visited the
Vf-tcrn foreign ministers Individual*.'.
"Authoritative sources said the
■VcMtrn leaders in their final plan
BiiiSse&sion agreed that |the cru-
till i-sue ol their first top-level
n-etins with Russia-since 1945 was
the question of peace in Europe.
A* the only head of state pre-
-wt.  President  Eisenhower  will
pr-sidc and make the opening
i-*ech at the first «ss-<» - "
Ifcirs Plus a day since Britain, the
VS. snd Russia met at Potsdam
b Hltlc the fate ol defeated Ger-
winy, i   i in
Eisenhower Is expected to Incite s general discussion about the
times of international tension.
Tai- mav include a frank charge
that Ku-sia has failed to honor her
nr agreements, has spon-
wd Communist "fifth columns
6rou:hnut lt*e world and ruthlessly
Khed power in eastern Europe.
Faure is expected to suggest
■oys of casing world tension by
f-c*r trade and movement between
»st and west. He may also refer
to hi-, •■lan-unenthuslastlcallj je-
ttived bv Britain and the United
S.-tes-n'or an agresment among
the world powers to make straight
nt- in their arms spending in favor ol developing backward countries. '
STRONGEST DELEGATION
No one knows w' * the Kusslw
nplj* will be. Marshal Buiganln
wy deliver some new proposal,
k he may counter v-ith a picture
«. world affairs in which the West
ii the villain. , ...
AU four opening statements will
t* published soon after they, arc
fliwl;. They are expected lo con*
Uir, somr blunt speaking.
Accompanied by Nikita Khrush-
iiev. ihc Communist parly leader,
H Marshal Georgi, Zukov, So
W defence minister who was a
T-mimr comrade ' President El-
»nho«rr. Marshal Bulganin ar
"Url hy air Sunday.
Hf was the last of the Big Tour
to arrive. At the airport he pulled
»iiiicmcnt from tne pocket of his
toe suit and declared that the
cKiei task of the conference was
"the creation ot confidence be-
k'-en countries."
Bul-anin heads the strongest
■■'cmUn delegation ever to leave
••(••cow. The first meeting ol West*
,rn antl Soviet heads of govern*
m**nU came Sunday night at a din-
*r given by Faure wr Bulganin,
Khrushchev and hukov as guests;
'"I honor,
INTENSIVE PREPARATIONS
■'reparations for the conference
Jttc been intensive sin?*: the three
*-s-*ern countries Invited Russia
Ji Hay lo lo Iry a "new proce-
•J*c" in an effort lo "resolve thc
-reat problems confronting the
»orld."
The Western foreign ministers
***t Sunday after their chiefs had
Jarred with President Elsen-
Str to put tato final.shape the
;% Western "brief" which will
**•" usod during the six-day confer.
tn:e.
. The major part of this document
J devnteri to possible. approaches
■"he negotiation, of j*-security.»yi-
^ in Europe pivoted on a united
Germany which would be free to
choose its alliances.
Informed sources said this
could incorporate an East-West
agreement to limit their forces in
central Europe or creale a neutral, virtually demilitarized zone
between the two opposing blocs.
GERMANY TO SECOND PLACE
The plan for reuniting Germany,
which is almost identical with that
put forward by Eden as foreign
secretary In Berlin last year, provides for free all-German elections
to a constituent assembly which
would draft a constitution.
After epprovlng the constitution
the assembly would appoint a government which would" negotiate a
peace treaty with its former
enemies.
Russia's plan Is expected to urge
the establishment of a European
security system spanning the "iron
curtain" as the priority aim, -relegating German reunification to
second place.
Seek More Pay
ForFedertl:
Civil Servants
OTTAWA (CP)-The Civil Service Federation of Canada may seek
a general salary increase for fed
eral civil servants this fall.
Federation infm e s i d e n t Fred
Whitehouse -raid in a statement
Saturday that the federation's salaries committee \& holding meetings to gather data on the salah
situation throughout Canada "so
that the federation will he fully
prepared this coming fall, if it
finds it necessary, to onM more
open a. campaign for a general
salary increase."
There are some 135,000 federal
civil sevants in Canada and the
federation represents some -85,000.
Mr. Whitehouse also said the
federation has decided to approach
Prime Minister St. Laurent concerning a five-day week through-
Frown On
Stamp Machines
Bearing "ES.W
OTTAWA (CD-Stamp vending
machines selling Canadian stamps
in folders bearing the words "U.S
Postage Stamps" are frowned on
vby the post office department, acting postmaster-general Pickersgill
said Saturday,
"It is highly undesirable," he
told the Commons while replying
to questions by John Diefenbaker
'(PC—Prince Albert) about such
machines, which, operate under a
federal licence.
Thc post office department does
not inspect such machines, unless
there Is a complaint* by a user.
Mr. Pickersgill said the department will place stamp vending
machines In post offices and certain other public places "in which
you can put In 25 cents and get
ive five - cent stamps." . This
brought enthusiastic applause.
Most existing machines charge
a cent or so more than the value
of the stamp it yields.
Asked by Harold E. Winch (CCF
—Vancouver East) what would
happen to the investment of own
ers of existing machines, Mr.
lpickcrsgill said these are all
owned by private individuals and
the department doesn't intend to
interfere with them,
Statesmen Say No
Simple Solutions
Can Be Expected
REPORTED NEAR DEATH—Screen actress Susan Ball,
reported near death in a Hollywood sanitarium, is shown
18 months ago after having a cancerous leg amputated.
Miss Ball, married tc actor Dick Long after losing leg, is
suffering from cancer of the lungs.
AIRLINER CRASH:
Moroccan Riots
Continue
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP)g8
Taidcs manned by police fired Into
a mob of Moroccans Sunday night
who had attacked with grenades
as riots flared again in France's
troubled North African protec
vtorate.
The tanks fired both 37-millimetre guns and machlneguns.
First reports said that whan the
firing stopped there were six
rioters deadand 15 wounded.
out the country,
whe said that In amny  centres
civil servants still are working a
week of 5v*a days or longer while
the five-day week prevails in other
centres.
GUESSING GAME:
Parliament Expected
Prorogue Saturday
OTTAWA (CP)—Parliament is playing its favorite
guessing game as the session enters its final stretch-
when will it end?
Estimates of a number of well-
informed members have it that
the session will prorogue next Sat-.
urday, That is the government's
target date.
But debate, on two or threa big
r-ucstidns could stretch it inlo the
following week. It is also possible
that a' sudden spurt on the only
remaining work before tha Commons, study of a series of'departmental estimates, might bring
about prorogation before Sturday.
The Senate has' completed   its
work, except for formal passage
of money-supply hills.
FOUR SUBJECTS
The chief matters likely to concern the Commons this we**k are
external affairs, CBC and transport department policies, and questioning of Revenue Minister Mc*
Cann'onhls alleged role in Ontario's Dempsey affair.
Dr. McCann has been accused
of tipping Premier Frost last April
about unreported campaign contributions of $6,800 made fn 1951 by
the late John Drohan of Barrys
Bay, to James S, Dempsey. Mr.
Dempsey,. a Progressive Cons'er*
vative seeking re-election to the
Ontario legislature from Renfrew
South, then lost Premier Frost's
support in the campaign for thc
June 9 provincial election.
Dr. McCann, a federal member
for Renfrew South, is a director
of Guaranty Trust Co. which handled the Drohan estate, lie has admitted giving Premier Frost ever-
tain information but has said rules
of secrecy surrounding tax-colleoL-
ing matters bar him from stating
what that Information was or where
he. obtained ,it.	
ONE-DAY DEBATE
.,
An Inter-party agreement has ensured that the Commons will devote itself to studying departmental
estimates on all but one day this
week.
Under House rules, the Commons
could debate on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday a government mo-
lion to consider estimates. Parties
have agreed there will be no debate Monday, or. Tuesday, but a
dcpatabla Opposition motion is expected to be put forward Wdnes-
day,
Nineteen Killed
At Chicago Airport
By STANLEY HUDDLE
CHICAGO  (AP)—An airliner struck a signboard
while attempting to land in a fog Sunday at Midway airport and crashed, killing 22 persons and injuring 21.
The  twin-engined   ■"—:"   *jn
Top Issues Concern Russia's Failure To
Observe Wartime and Post-War
Agreements
GENEVA (Reuters) Five towering problems which
have vexed the world through the years of the cold war
face the leaders of the Big Four powers at their talks here.
The four statesmen do not look
for simple solutions but all have
expressed the hope that by straight
man - to - man talking they may
agree on ways and means by
which solutions might be found,
Here are the five top issues,
with what the West says about
them and what Russia says:
World tension:
Western view: The causes arc
Russia's failure to honor wartime
and post-war agreements or to de
mobilize her huge armies. Violations include religious persecution,
prevention of free travel and exchange nf information, an anti-
Western propaganda campaign, thc
Berlin blockade, detention of pris-i
Convair 340
flicked the sign wilh its left wing
on a low approach in half-mile
visibility, smashed into a steel
wire fence girding, the airport,
snapped off its right wing, and
somersaulted to a grinding stop
upside down.
Several of lhe victims died after
being taken to hospitals.
Airport officials said the plane,
carrying 40 passengers and a crew
of three on a regularly scheduled
Braniff Airways flight from Dallas
Tex., to Chicago, probably would
have landed coutinely had it been
a few feet higher.
NO INDICATION OF TROUBLE
One of those killed was Chester
A. Wynn Jr., of Oak Park, HI., a
senior at the University of Notre
Dame and a member of its football team. Another football player,
Troy Lindsey of Midwest City,
Okla., was killed. H was iden-
cussing a contract deal with the
Chicago Cardfnals professional
football team.
The list of those aboard showed
no one with an address in Canada.
The crush occurred at llie north-
West corner of the t busy airport
about a mile from the terminal offices.
Airport manager John A, Casey
said the control tower had received a routine rcport from the
craft that it was preparing lo let
down for tha landing. Smoke and
fog limited visibility to about half
a mile, Casey said there was no
indication of trouble from the
plane's crew.
Among the dead was Capt, Alan
Tobin of Dallas, pilot of the plane.
Killed also was the stewardess,
Mary Teel. The co-pilot, Woodrow
Hanks of Dallas, was among those
injured.
" One wing :of the aircraft burst
ElUs Effigy
Is Subject
Of Uproar
BLACKPOOL, England (AP)-A
waxworks effigy of Ruth Ellis,
blonde murderess hanged Wednesday for the passion slaying of her
vrunaway lover, has this northern
seaside town in an uproar.
Thousands of holidaymakers—
many of them children—have paid
a shilling a head to peer at the
life-size figure since it went on
vshow Thursday. Church and civic
vlcadcrs haye attacked the show as
"barbaric", "revolting" and "un*
speakble unchristian."
The effigy of the young murderess, dressed in an expensive,
low cut gown, is the star centrepiece of a "chamber of horrors"
along . tbe boardwalk here.
into flames in the crash,
A passenger who suffered minor
injuries, James Ware, 21, nf Mansfield, Ohio, said:
"I was dozing. Tlie plane was
coming down Ihrmigh the clu-ids. I
felt lt .hit and then skid. Then 1
was hanging upside down, waiting
for someone to get me out."
Many of the passengers, like-
Ware, an air force officer, were
servicemen stationed at Brgs-
strom air base in Texas.
Parts of the airliner were scattered over a wide area, but the
passenger compartment remained
relatively intact. The wing which
struck the tall gasoline station
signboard fell. in the extreme
northwest corner of the airport
some 150' yards from the main
part of tha craft.
weapons would leave them with
tremendous military superiority.
Tha West has proposed that disarmament, should be in three
phases preceded by the establishment of an international control
system with full powers of inspection. The three phases would be:
1. Conventional arms, military
strength and expenditure on atomic
and other weapons to bo cut to
the level of December, 1954, or another agreed date. Eventual ceilings for conventional forces should
be onc of 1,500,000 eauh for Russia,
China and the U, S, and 650,000,
each for Britain and France.        |
2. Half   the   reduction   towards!
of; this ceiling should be made in this;
pha.se, and at the end of it manu-j
fact una of nuclear weapons would I
stop. j
3, A Ihird quarter of the reduc-j
tion should be made, a ban on!
use of nuclear weapons and destruction of stocks would follow,
and then the remainder of the re*
duction in forces would be made.
Soviet view: Russia did disarm
effectively after the war but lhe
West did not, and built up large
stocks of atomic weapons, producing also the hydrogen bomb. The
disarmament plan should be in two
phases, with maximum forces as
suggested by the West.
Phase 1. In 1956, force levels,
arms and military spending should
be frozen to the December, 1954,
level, and tha first 50-per-cent re-
uction of forces should begin.
Tests of nuclear weapons would
be banned, and nations would
agree not1* to use such weapons,
A separate agreement would
contain a t timetable for the dismantling of all foreign bases. By
oners,  and   the  establishment
the Comlnform.
Soviet view: The Western powers violated their agreements by
breaking Potsdam provisions on
four -power control of Germany
and dishonoring their pledge lo re-
iurn Formosa to China. They
maintained their armed strength
after lhc war and intensified production of atomic weapons.
Western hostility to the Soviet
system was shown by the crca*
tion of the Atlantic pact, Southeast Asia and Middle East military pacts and the erection of a
chain of tses around the Communist orbit, and the West has
prevented Communist China from
taking Us place in the United Nations.
World disarmament:
Western view: While the Western powers slashed their armed
strength after the war and resumed publication of annual military statistics, thc Russians still
maintain forces all out of proportion to defence requirements, so
that simple outlawing of atomic! June,   193G,   a   world   conference
RAILWAY TRAGEDY:
Sixty Killed
When Passenger
Trains Collide
SAN BERNARDO, Shine (AP)—Sixty persons were
killed and at least 100 gravely injured Sunday when one
passenger- train plowed into the rear of another standing
in the San Bernardo station in dense fog!
Railway officials said the death
toll may reach 70.
Most victims vere third-class
passengers riding in cars "at the
rear of a train halted in the static:-,
to await track repairs ahead. The
NATO
Approves Big Four Geneva Policy
PARIS (CP)—The North
Atlantic * Treaty Organization approved Big Three
policies for the Geneva conference Saturday and agreed
that unification of Germany
is the No. 1 goal for th* Big
Four   "summit"   meetings
opening Monday.
.At thc same time the NATO ministers unanimously supported a
statement by - Canada's External
Affairs Minister -Pearson that llie
future of NATO itself is not a subject for negotiation at the Geneva
meetings,
Pearson urged the- foreign ministers ot Britain, 'the United States
and France to remember that
while lhe size,.of armies and,sim-
vilar matters' are subject to nego
tiation, "NATO itself is not ncgo*
liable."
British Foreign Secretary Macrnillan, U.S. State Secretary Dulles and French Foreign Minister
Pinay filled the NATO ministers
in on Western policies for* the
G encva conference bf ore taking
off for the talks.
OFFERS INDUCEMENTS
Persons present at lhc'meeting
said the ministers of the- other
li. nations present agreed with thc
Big Three that Germany's future
Is. the main problem .in lhe search
for peace.       ■ '
All the foreign ministers spoke
and emphasi'icd lhat the unification tliey want is tine which1 would
leave ■Germany free to belong to
NATO as ".Vest Germany does now.
. Russia has consistently rejected
any solution of the German problem' ttiat would leave    a United
Germany linked to the West, At
LGeneva Soviet Premier. Bilganin
proposed to - ask ' for neutralization of Germany. The Western
powers have already rejected this.
Reports of the Western position
say. that Prime Minister Eden,
President Elsenhower and Premier
Faille are prepared to offer the
Russians inducements and security guarantees - if they will eventually agree to unify Germany and
permit it to decide its own political' future..
NO DEFINITE.AGREEMENTS
They are prepared, to guarantee
IharEa'st-Germany would never
he used as a base against tht'
Soviet Union,
/As Western officials see it,,such
a guarantee'would be in line with
other -European security arrangements by which the whole
lev*el  of  arnie'd. forces  on  both
sides of Europe would be reduced.
Dulles was understood to have
emphasized at Saturday's meeting
that the Geneva conference cannot be expected, to unify Germany
Immediately, lower European armaments or make any other def*
fence agreements. '
Its purpose, rather, Is for thc
heads of government to agree on
the problems tliey would like to
sec solved and, if possible, indicate
the lines along which their representatives may work toward
solutions In lhe fv' v   ,
Pearson, -who represented Canada at tlie NATO meeting along
with Hoherl Kurd, head of Hit"
Kuropean .section of external affairs'- appears somewhat less op-
limistic about Geneva than other
.NATO ministers who expectations
arc genet-ally pitched'high.      '" T
locomotive of the second train,
southbound like the first, destroyed
two of the third-class cars in the
grinding crar-h.
The second train's engineer and
fireman, both uninjured, said they
could see no warning signals
as they approached the station
through the fog. Both were arrested pending investigation.
Doctors, nurses, ambulances and
firemen sped to the scene and
found passengers of both crowded
trains in panicked confusion amid
screams of pain and horror.
FOG DIMS LIGHT
San Bernardo, about 16 niilcs from
thc capital, Santiago, to direct relief operations, Ibanez ordered a
speedy investigation and government Help for families of thc victims.
Both trains were travelling from
Santiago, tha first to Talcahuano
and thc second to Pichilcmu. A
short time before the first reached
San Bernardo a freight train damaged tracks south of the station.
The first passenger train was held
and tlie station ni'ister switched on
tlie red warning lights for lhe second train. These, however, were
invisible in the fog. the second'
tra'n's crew paid.
Siron after the wreck, the fog!
lifted. -■'.-**"-.  .'*'■:
would fix the disarmament obligations of all states except the
Big Five.
Phase 2, In 1957, production of
nuclear weapons would be stopped, then the second 50-per-cent cut
in armed strength would be made,
use of nuclear weapons would be
completely banned, and aU foreign
bases would be liquidated.
The control system would be limited in 1956 to the stationing of observers at key points, but in 1957
inspectors would be permanently
stationed in eSftTountries, with access to "objects of control."
-German reunification:
Western view: Germany should
be reunited through free elections,
carried out under a four-power-
drafted electoral law and international supervision, resulting in an
eventual all-German government
wilh authority to accept or reject
U13 international rights and obligations of the existing East and
West regimes.
Soviet view: Russia is not afraid
of a united Germany, as the West
has j-uggcsled. The West has sacrificed the cause of German unity
by bringing West Germany into its
own military bloc. The West obviously intends a reunified Germany
to enter its military bloc,
A provisional all-German government should be created from
the two existing rc-rimes, and this
should draft an clectornklaw far
free elections preceded by Die
withdrawal of most occupallci*
troops.
If immediate agrcament on German reunification cannot bc
reached, the solution must be
found step by step, by means of
reducing international trnsi-m. The
establishment of an all*Eur.';pcan
collective security fystrin. which
both Germany and ail other sinlcs
could join, would help.
European security:
Western view: It it tint fcmmn
whether the Western powers have
a definite common policy fur ;i
European security system. The
United States is known to be reluctant to enter a system which,
for example, by committing her
to defend Poland, accepts thc
status quo in Europe.
Sir Winston Churchill in 1953
suggested a "Locarno-type" treaty
under which the signatories guaranteed support of one another in
case of attack. Thi'i'e was no
American suiM'i'ri for this.
Suvit'l view: All the ht:ilf-i sliuiild
-lisi' a SO-yt-ai* t-illfi-liv'r aci'iirily
tl't-iity, i>rrt*riiVi,l by Uiri Knur
a-;l-t-t:'iirl'l tu uilluil'-iw sll lull
limited i'uiiti{t£ciit,s ut tlic-ir ti'uofi*;
| flDiii t'ennaiiy uulliju .six ntoiittia.
llie Weal at llt-rltfj last year), .sit**
[hu\t\- litis treaty O'ejei-lrd by
the We.il at Berlin last year), signatories would consult in case of
vlhrealened attack, treat any attack on one as an attack on all,
and could not join any alliance
"contrary In lhe purpose" of the
collective  treaty.
t*'ar East:
Western view: The conJsreaes
should concentrate on Europe as is-
sues. Sir Anthony Edsn has sii'g*
rested a further conference cs
eastern questions might result
from these talks. It is recoi-niied
the East must be discussed in the
general world review.
Sovjst view: Al! quested ton-
ceraing world tensions should be
examined. Communis*^ China
should take part, should be recognized by all nations, and take Nationalist China's United Nations
seat.
The Russians may also ask why
lhe United States has not started
direct talks with Peiping on Formosa, and mayraise thc Communist accusation that the U. S, and
South Vict Nam arc trying to sab-
President Carlos Ibanez and scv-  „ ta_ .,„,„ nii. „,„ib w m„.
eral cabinet ministers hastened to] 0tage the Geneva agreement on
an Indochina truce hy preventing
the planned all-VletNara elections.
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