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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-29
international Situation Looks Better:
Confusion Energies From Disorder

the worlds great defender OF
freedom.
AT that time the Laborites,
who are anti-colonial. we're con-
demning you Yanks as dollar
diplomats and enemies Of the
welfare state.
This Suez do has changed all
that. The Conservatives nov say
the whole thing was a plot by
you dollar diplomats TO grab all
the oil markets. Meanwhile. the
Laborites are praising you for
telling Britain TO get out OF poor
little Egypt. thus upholding free
dom.
you might say" Percy
summed up. that what you
Yanks have lost on the swings
you have gained back on the
roundabouts."
We asked. did he hear many
complaints about the gasoline
shortage?
quite a few" replied Percy,
"but the ones that are complain
ing the loudest are the ones who
couldn't afford 70 own a motor
scooter II an inch Of petrol fell
daily at high noon. like rain"
BY the way" he added. do
the Americans think Eden has
much future?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-29

We said we would prefer not
to make any statements which
might get US interned as an
enemy alien.
well said Percy. we have
three schools Of thought on that
in the pub right now. Here in
the saloon bar one school says
Eden has upheld our honor and
will come back from Jamaica
still Prime Minister, while a Sec
.ond school says he has bungleo
everything and will come back
from Jamaica as the ex-Prime
Minister"
We asked. what about the
third school?
Some Of those rough types in
the public bar" said Percy, "are
saying he won't even bother 70
come back from Jamaica, espe-
cially II it's a cold winter"
We said we'd have anoLheE
half pint Of bitter.
Better make that a pint. said
Percy. What with the petrol
.rationing theyn start missing
beer deliveries soon and there1l
be a shortage Of that. TOO. Being
"a Yank. you can imagine what
chance you'll have Of getting
any"
We said on second thought
make u . whisky. A double.
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son made a two-man race out oil
the decathlon at the halfway
mark.
And there was a rousing 85-5s
United States victory over Rus.
STA in basketball. although the
Soviets. now twice beaten, still
advanced to tomorrow's round
robin final with the undefeatec
Yanks.
The United States swimming
team qualified all its entries Col
the mems and women's 100.
meter freestyle and women's
200-meter breaststroke final.
In boxing. however, the United
States advanced only half Of ia
six quarter-finalists 70 the semi.
Z finals while Russia advanced six
The United States was shur
out in qualifying heats for thu
mems l.500-meter run and th'
women's 200-meter sprint.
The third gold medal deter,
mined today went TO Italy. which
retained lis mems team epe,
championship. Russia and tn
United States had been elimi
mated early IN the competition.
] "Details In Sports SsctionJ
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U. S. Widens Point Lead
Over Russia in OIympics

MELBOURNE, Nov. 90 lP.-
The first "rhubarb" Of the 1856
Olympics enlivened a relatively
dull day in the games today
while United States track ano
field athletes. after a days lapse
got back to the business Of show
ing Russia how it's done.
The official hubbub popped ur
in the 3.000-meter steeplechast
when Britain's Chris Brashei
first was declared the winner
in record time. then was dis
Qualified for interference" and
finally was re-established al
Britsin's first gold medal win.
ner in mems track and flelc
since 1896.
I Charley jenkins OF Villanovs
won the 400-meter run, the only
other final event on the men!
track and Geld program. to give
the Americans their 18th gold
medal.
America fattened its unofhcia
point lead over Russia 70 3is-
2lsla.
The United States also coul,
count some points-to-come a
Milt Campbell and Rafer John
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By Hal COOPER

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
LONDON. Nov. 29.-"Well, i"
said our friend Percy the bar
tender, "the International situa-
ton looks a bit better today"
We said It didn't look much
better TO US.
"why, OF course 1t is" said
Percy. "At last they've pro-
duced a little pure confusion
out Of all that disorder"
We asked what did he mean
by that?
why. for one thing" Percy
returned, the Jordanians have
decided TO finish with that
friendship pact they had with
Us. so now US British won't
have to fight the Lsraelis In de-
Tense Of the Jordanians whilst
at the same time fighting the
Egyptians on the same side as
the Israelis. This Is a big inn
provement."
We asked: Had he noticed any
other Improvements?
Certainly" said Percy. you
take snti-Amerieanism for in
stance"
"It used 10 be the Conserys-
tives and their old colonial types
that we're putting UP America IS
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Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,
jr., in New York. He indicated
the United States would accept
first, a phased British French
withdrawal with phased U. N.
police force take-over, and
second, the principle that clear
ling the canal, should proceed
simultaneously with the phased
Withdrawals.
Great Britain has been eager
to clear the waterway, blocked
soon after the fighting began in
early November, so that the oil
flow from Suez will not be de-
layed any longer than neces-
sary. She still hopes that Brit
ish and French salvage firms will
be permitted on the job. Egypt
wants to ban them.
If Washington does find the
British formula for withdrawal
from Suez acceptable, and if
France follows the British lead,
as expected, many United States
officials expect this country to
respond with a full-scale effort
to help Europe make up its oil
shortages caused by the block
ing of the canal.
Policy Review Hoped For
Diplomats hope that these
emergency. first-phase moves to
restore United States British
French accord will be followed
quickly, perhaps next week, by
See POLICY, Page A-6
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Czechs Cut Prices
On 200 ArticIes

VIENNA. Nov. 20 (P.-The
Czechoslovak Communist gov
eminent has decreed price re-
duction running from 4 to As
per cent for more than zoe
articles including food. house.
hold articles and textiles, the
Prague radio said this morning
The price reductions are the
sixth in Czechoslovakia since
1853.
Economic observers here be.
lieve the price cut is an attempt
TO appease the workers, in the
wake of the Soviet-suppresSec
revolt in neighboring Hungary
The move, attributed to the
mounting productivity of Czech
oslovakia's industries and agri.
culture" will save the consumer;
yearly some la billion CZECH
crowns (about $3.50 million Al
the official exchange rate, the
radio claimed.
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Stocks Recover
Part of Losses

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (P.-
The stock market went down fol
a time today, but staged a par
tial recovery in the early after
noon.
Key stocks were of fractions
TO around 81 share after losses
had run TO about So at most
The early burst of selling
pulled the market to its October
Il low. Brokers attributed the
decline largely to technical fac
tors. There was little in the
way Of fresh business or worlc
news to sway the market In
either direction.
Turnover was heavy.
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c. Aids u. S.
In Cutting Toll
On Highways

The Nations staggering toll
Of traffic deaths has suddenly
taken a sharp turn for the
Ibetter-and with the help OF
Washington motorists.
The National Safety Council
revealed that motor vehicle
fatalities slumped IL per cent
in October. Calling the drop
amazing" the council added
that a rise in trafic deaths ex-
tending through 10 consecutive
months had finally been halted.
Washington was listed as one
lof the cities largely responsible
for the drop. In cities Of from
$500 TO million persons,
Washington placed first with a
record of "a deaths per 10000
registered vehicles in the first
10 months Of the year. At this
time last year. the figure was
80 traffic deaths and the city
was ranked fourth.
This year there have been So
fatalities in the District up 70
now as compared with IS on the
corresponding date last year.
Nationally. traffic deaths in
October numbered $3.50. THIS
was IL per cent under the num-
Der killed in October. 1855. II
was the lowest toll for any Oc-
tober since 1919, and not since
January, 1913. have trafiic fatal
tiles been cut as much as u per
cent in any month.
Ned H. Dearborn. National
Safety Council president, said
the October improvement hac
not eliminated the possibility
that the 1855 total would Tor
the record Of 3s.96s killed n
1921.
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shipments of Substantial
quantities of Soviet arms to
Syria, reported yesterday by the
State Department, and increas-
ingly shrill Soviet warnings that
France and Britain were plotting
ATTACKS on Syria and Lebanon
Whether the rapprochement
will be established according to
plan is still uncertain, however
because of the unnatural es-
arrangement between diplomats
of the teuding nations.
Britain's cabinet was reported
to have decided yesterday on
Ifull-Scale and immediate with
Idrawal of British troops from
the Suez Canal area.
Lloyd Defers Report
Last night Foreign Secretary
ISelwyn Lloyd was said to have
decided to report today to the
House of Commons on the cabi-
met decision. Later, however, Mr..
Lloyd said his report on with
drawals would be deferred until
France could be consulted.
The British cabinets formula
for withdrawal was not dis
cuSSed in detail with the United
States and does not have this
Icountry's advance approval, as
would have been routine before
the split.
The British plan is believed
to be based, not on close private
talks, but mainly on the public
statements of United Nations
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BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star stan Correspondent

CAIRO. Nov. 29.-The presence
of the United Nations force in
Egypt may present the United
States with a new. effective
vehicle for its policy in the
Middle East.
Persons who are watching the
United Nations at work here,
and Egyptian reaction to it, be-
lieve Egypt is quite receptive to
the United Nations taking a
strong role. They belive also
that America, through the United
Nations, can do several things in
this part of the world which
past policies of unilateral deal
ings failed to accomplish.
The United Nations is carry
ing the ball now only in the
military field but it is doing
effectively just what America
and Egypt want--displacing in
vaders and insuring peace.
The international group could
be just as effective if backed by
America and welcomed by Egypt
in the economic and political
fields. Such emphasis on the
United Nations could check Rus
sian penetration apparently
desired by Egyptian as well as
American leaders-and ease the
problems Of foreign economic
assistance and political disloca-
ltions which accompany eco
nomic problems.
Moves TO Center
Egyptian leaders seem to be
viewing the United Nations
presence here from this point OF
view:
Two Egyptian goals are to be-
come strong internally and to re-
main out of the sphere Of in
fluence of any one bloc of great
nowerS Actuallv Eovnf WOULD
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President Picks Voorhees,
For Refugee Relief Job
By GARRETT d. HORNER
star Staff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ca, Nov. 30. -
President Eisenhower designated
Tracy S. Voorhees, today as his
special representative to co-or-
dinate Hungarian refugee relief
and resettlement activities in this
country.
In announcing the appoint
ment, White House Press Secre-
tary James C. Hagerty said Mr.
Voorhees, expects to start work
on the temporary and unpaid
job in Washington today.
Mr.. Voorhees,, Sc, a New York
attorney and former Under-sec-
rotary Of the Army, is under in
IStructions from the President to
set up effective machinery
promptly to assure full co-ordi-
nation among Government de-
partmentS and numerous Volun-
tary agencies in the work OF
finding homes and jobs for the
Hungarian refugees from Com
munist tyranny.
May Raise Entry Figure
Transatlantic planes daily
are bringing to Camp Kilmer
in New Jersey scores of men,
women and children who have
made their way across the Hun
.garian border into Austria.
Mr.. Hagerty indicated today
that the President soon may act
to open this country's doors to
more than the 5000 Hungarian
refugees now promised American
entrance viSaS.
When the flow of refugees into
Austria, started, Mr.. Eisenhower
ordered red tape cut to assure
visas for up to 5000 of them
before the Refugee Relief Act
expires December 81.
Mr.. Hagerty said this number
lis expected to be increased. He
added that this is one of the
matters slated for study by Mr..
Voorhees, and that an announce
lment might be forthcoming in a
day or two.
One of the reasons for the
EVoorh ees appointment, Mr.
Hagerty explained, is that offers
from American citizens Of job
and housing assistance for the
Hungarian refugees are coming
in to the White House and many
other agencies besides the State
Department.
Offers Of Aid Received
The Refugee Relief Act re-
quires job and housing guaran-
tees for aliens admitted to the
country under its provisions
Scott Mcleod, State Department
security administrator, also is
administrator of the act. His
Office is reported swamped with
offers Of help in resettling the
Hungarian refugees. while other
offers pile up in other Govern
ment agencies. as we'll as church
and private organizations inter-
ested in the program.
In this situation. Mr.. Hagerty
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Britain 10 Pull
|Suez Troops
Out Gradually
Policy Told in House
Of Lords as Lloyd
Puts Off Statement

LONDON, Nov. 20 CH).-The
British government announced
today its policy calls for a
"phased withdrawal" of British
forces from Egypt.
The United Nations last Sat-
urday called for immediate and
total withdrawal of British,
French and Israeli forces.
Lord Salisbury, the govern
ment leader in the House of
Lords, told the upper chamber
tonight:
"Our policy is that of a phased
withdrawal.
IT understand that a battalion
has already left"
Lloyd Defers Statement
Shortly before Lord Salisbury
spoke, Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd told the House Of Com
mons he was deferring a final
statement on withdrawal pend
ing consultation here tomorrow
with French Foreign Secretary
Christian Pineau. He said he
would make a further statement
Monday.
At the same time Mr.. Lloyd
strongly limited that a step-by-
step withdrawal was contem-
plated. After paying tribute to
the United Nations for it's con-
tinuing military buildup in the
Suez area, Mr.. Lloyd declared:
obviously the buildup of the
force must have an important
relationship to a phased with
drawal of our own and French
troops"
A qualified informant said last
night the British plan is to be-
gin within a few days a with
drawal in stages, but to leave
behind a royal navy unit and ci-
william salvage experts who would
help the United Nations clear
the Suez Canal.
Pays Tribute to U. N.
Mr.. Lloyd told the House:
1.-The u. N. force has now been
constituted and is growing in
numbers, and ! pay tribute to
the speed with which the Secre-
tary general and his advisers
have acted.
by December /, there will be
about 2,700 men in Egypt and
within IA days there should be
400, among which will be some
700 Canadian troops"
Mr.. Lloyd said there should be
an organized U. N. force on the
ground within two weeks, with
See BRITAIN, Page AS
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Marine Wrecks
Dead Man Scar
Faces Quiz in Death
OfGI Student Here

A young Marine, AWOL from
Marine Barracks here, was being
held in Albany, Ca, today after
wrecking convertible owned by
o man found dead in a George
town apartment Tuesday.
Police said Jim B. Edmonds
|19. Of Albany, contended he
rolled the car over at IS miles
an hour, hoping to kill himself
Police said he told. them he
had reason" for the intentional
wrecking of the car near Albany
Monday night.
The body of George Pierre
Lefebvre, 33-year-old CT stu
dent at American University,
was found in his apartment at
1922 NJ street NV. Tuesday
morning, pink pillow slip
twisted around the neck.
Death Report Pending
Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald has not yet given the
cause Of death pending labor
atory tests. He did say the
man had been dead 10 days.
In Albany, the Associated
Press reported that Edmonds,
the Marine, had been arrested
on speeding and reckless driv-
ing charges earlier this week and
was released after posting bond.
In a routine check with mill
ltary authorities, police then
found that he was AWOL from
Washington. Police said Ed
monds was driving at least IS
miles an hour and attempted to
crash into a bridge, but overshot
and turned the car over.
He was injured and today was
under maximum security guard
at the Turner Air Force Base
Hospital. Washington Detective
Sergt. George Donahue left for
Albany today to question him.
Name Found in Car
Police said papers found in
the wrecked car bore Mr.. Le-
febvre's name, including some
college examination papers.
The auto and its driver wal
the object of a Hesitate police
search. The Federal Bureau Of
Investigation entered the case
when it was assumed the stoler
car had been driven over a Statt
line.
Mr.. Lefebvre had lived alone
at the Georgetown apartment
above the Georgetown Haber-
dashery. about five months. Al
ex-Army sergeant. he enrolled
at American University this fall
His home was in Nashua, N. H
There were no signs Of a strug.
| gle in the apartment. His body
was found face up on the flool
between two cots, a large, IS.
cent commercial reprint o. Z
nude woman propped w e7 MT
the wall at his feet. He wore
only a T-shirC ana shorts.
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u. N. Force Seen Help
To u. S. Mideost Policy

like to get along without any
foreign influence here but
realizes that outside help is valu-
able to achieve quickly the goals
of internal growth.
So the policy OF Egypt has
been to move to the center be-
tween Communist and Western
power blocs and try to get bene-
fits from both sides. while en-
tangling itself with neither.
The movement toward the CEN
ter has, from the American point
of view, resembled drift into
communism. Qualified observ-
Iers here insist President Nasser
is not Communist. 1t is just
That the movement out of the
Western camp-where British
association used to keep Egypt
toward the center inevitably
suggests pro-Communist policy.
NaSser Aided by u. N.
President Nasser is not sorry
TO leave the Western bloc but
he has been embarrassed by the
welcoming embrace of the Com
munists. Western hostility to
his recent policy, plus Commu-
mist support Of 1t, has made a
position in the center almost
Impossible to maintain.
Now the virtual elimination of
British and French influence
from Egypt has taken away half
of the Western team and made it
all the more difficult to play the
middle. In fact, the choice now
seems to lie between entry into
the Soviet bloc or alignment with
America.
President Nasser seems TO
realize the Western way of life
is better for Egypt but recent ex-
Iperiences with Western i'm
lperialism" make it impossible
for him to look in that direc-
] Continued on Page AS, Col. I
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FOOD WON'T SPOIL
AFTER RADIATION

ATOMIC RAYS msy end ihs need
for refrigerator Thomos r. Henry.
The Stars science editor. describes
the Armys experiments With food on
the Feature Poss, A-i9.
THE ROCKING CHAIR doesn't
sotisiy the need Of retired people,
soys Roy Henry on the Feature poss.
AID.
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140 Still Lost in Sea

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 ~
Police in Johore state said last
night they had located 100 Of
more than 300 Chinese and Malay
fishermen reported missing after
gales swept away 30 flshtraps of
the east coast OF Malaga Monday.
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Transit Shopper
Express Service
Gets D. Okay
Midday Experiment
Will Stort Soon
On Three Routes

The District Public Utilities
Commission today issued al
order authorizing the midday
shoppers express SERVICE" pro.
posed by D. c. Transit owner
o. Roy Chalk.
Mr.. Chalk has said the service
would begin several days after
the order.
The service will operate, on ar
experimental basis at 30-minute
intervals, on the Connecticut
avenue route from Chevy Chase
circle to Thirteenth and Penn.
sylvania avenue NV; on Six
tenth street from Georgia ano
Alaska avenues NV. to Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue
and on South Capitol street, as
an extension Of the present ex-
press service.
The service will operate in
bound from 10 am. to 1890 D.
and outbound from 2 pm. to $3.50
pm.
On Connecticut avenue, the
express buses will pick up pas
sengers only between the Chevy
Chase circle and California
street. 1t will run nonstop tc
Fourteenth and / streets and
then permit passengers to dis
embark between there and the
terminal. Outbound, pickups will
be made from the terminal to
Fourteenth and l streets, with
Decentralization only from Con-
necticut avenue and California
street to Chevy Chase circle.
Sixteenth Street Stops
On Sixteenth street, inbound
passengers will be picked up only
between Georgia and Alaska
avenues and Sixteenth and Irv-
ing streets. They will be per-
mitted to alight between Four
teenth and K streets and
Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The same zones
will be in effect for outbound
express service.
Meanwhile, Morris Fox, first
vice president of D. c. Transit
System, announced that Mr..
Chalk has withdrawn from his
agreement with District Traffic
Director George E. Keneipp to
establish lanes reserved for
transit use only on the streetcar
tracks at Ninth and Eleventh
streets NV.
Mr.. Fox said this was because
the plan would slow streetcars
on those routes and would slow
traffic as a whole. He said Mr..
Chalk is renewing his bid for
establishment of curb lanes re-
served for buses only.
Earlier in the day. Mr.. Chalk
and Mr.. Fox conferred at a
Mayflower Hotel luncheon with
a dozen officials of Washington's
largest downtown department
stores.
To Consider Shuttle
During the luncheon, Mr.
Chalk agreed to consider estab-
lishment of a shuttle bus service
running on a loop route down
town on Pennsylvania avenue
Fourteenth street, G street ano
Seventh street NV. He agreed il
ought to operate on a 15-minute
schedule and at d cut-rate fare
If possible.
Mr.. Chalk asked the store ex-
ecutives to include in their ad.
vertising schedules for the shop
pers' express buses and asked
them to consider sending pack.
ages to outlying areas of the city
on some 80 buses leaving The
downtown area after morning
ruSh-hour runs. He said thu
price per bus would be $40 anC
declared, "in effect, that $40 viii
underwrite the continuance o.
the shoppers express"
This drew a troubled reaction
from the store executives, one o.
See TRANSIT. Page Al
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Stage Set for Patching
'Month-Long Big 3 Rift
British Withdrawal Plan, Pressure
Of Reds in Mideust Are Key Fuctors
BY EARL H. VOSS

The stage being set today for United States rapproche
ment with Britain and after monhong split pre-
cpitated by the European allies invasion Of Egypt
Contributing to the urgency of healing the deep wounds
in the alliance indications of serious Soviet penetration
in the Middle East Topmost among these the