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Today, Drafts
Next Strategy
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of State Dulles re-
turns to Washington today to
begin work on the next stage of
his strategy for seeking a peace
full and just" solution Of the Suez
Canal crisis.
Mr.. Dulles is expected to re-
port promptly to President Eli
senhower on the initial agree
ment in London yesterday to
organize major shipping coun-
tries into the Suez Canal Users
Association.
Mr.. Dulles left London late
yesterday. His plane is due here
at $3.50 pm edit. Tomorrow
night he will appear on a tele-
vision program, Meet the Press,
and presumably discuss the re-
suits Of the latest London con-
ference in detail.
No Doubt of Formation
Officials here said there was
no doust that the association
would be formed. probably with
in the next two weeks. Its main
purposes include making a pro-
posal to Egyptian President
Canal Abdel Nasser that it pro-
vide pilots and handle other ar
rangements for taking the ships
of member nations through the
canal. pending a final agreement
with Col. Nasser over future
operation of the waterway.
Major problems in the next
stage Of dealing with the crisis
which now conf ont Mr.. Dullecs
are:
/. To get the association or
ganized by completing its men,
bership, providing operating
funds, forming an executive
committee and appointing an
administrator who probably will
be an expert in canal operation.
2. To prepare for showdown
with Col. Nasser over whether
ne will work with the associa-
ton or. alternatively, will nego-
tate with it or a practical solu-
ton with international assur-
ances for kee ping traffic moving
through the canal which Egypt
took over last July 26.
3. To perfect short term meas
ures for alternative supply
routes if the SCUA plan fails.
Among projects already under
consideration are the diversion
of large quantities of shipping
around Africa and increased
shipments of oil from the United
States and other American coun-.
tries to Europe. :
Nasser Attitude Vital
The question of whether Col.
Nasser will agree to deal with the
users association is the most
critical question for the immedi-
ate future. If he does not agree,
the member nations, according
to present thinking, will then de-
eide that necessary conditions
for reliable use of the canal do
not exist. The next step would
be to fall back on the short range
alternatives while probably TAX
ing the issue to the United
Nations.
The main purposes of Mr..
Dulles diplomacy are described
by aides as being twofold: ID
He wants to avoid the use of
force by Britain and France to
re-establish international con-
troll of the canal, and (2) he
wants to .wrest from the Egyp-
tan government the single
handed national control which
it now exercises over the water
way. Mr.. Dulles himself has
summed up his aims as a peace
full and just solution of the
dispute.
Meanwhile. with respect to
Egypt, the United States is pur-
suing a policy which is appar-
emily less antagonistic than that
which the British and French
have pursued. For example, the
State Department yesterday ap-
proved the passport applications
Of 7 out of 10 American ship
ping captains who have re-
sponded to Egyptian appeals for
qualified canal pilots under
Egyptian management.
U. S. May Act on Tolls
To date, the United States has
interposed no legal objections to
the payment of tolls to Egypt by
American ships using the canal
but that is now to be changed.
One of Mr.. Dulles first tasks,
according to reports from Lon
don. will be to get the Treasury
to forbid toll payments by Ameri-
can shippers directly to the Egyp-
tan government. This could be
done under legislation passed
during the Korean war. Pay
Iments still could be deposited to
Egypt's credit in an American
bank. but Egypt could not with