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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-04-11

ganese (95.8T Of which was
imported i'm 1882 would halt
steel production.
CHROME - Chromium, which
is derived from chromite, is the
alloying element so essential in
jet engines, gas turbines, gun
barrels, ammunition and armor
plate. 1t is added to steel to inn
part corrosion, wear, and heat
resistant properties. 1t is also
used in the production of both
ferrous and non-ferrols alloys
and in the manufacture of chemi-
Gals and refractories. No sub
stitute will produce the same
results in certain types of steel.
TIN - Tin is an essential ele-
ment in a wide range of i'm
portant industrial applications.
1t is used as a principal ingrc-
dent in engine bearings upon
which most transportation is de-
pendent. Tin has excellent cor
rosion resistance and alloys with
lead, copper and other metals to
make solder, bronze. tin plate
and type metal. Our dependence
on imports of tin in 1852 was
99.Ses.
RUBBER - The dependence
of the U. S. automotive trans
portation system on rubber was
apparent in World War III. The
properties of rubber-elasticity,
softness and electrical non-con-
ductivity have made it an essen
tial material in a wide variety
of products. Tires, industrial
rubber goods, sponge products,
footwear, wire and cable insula-
ton are some of its more i'm
portant uses. Synthetic rubber
production is not sufficient to
meet our needs. -
BAUXITE - Enormous ton
nages of bauxite are imported,
since four pounds of this basic
ore are required to produce one
pound of aluminium. A shortage
of aluminium would substantially
half aircraft and guided missile
production and would cripple
other vital military programs.
The lack of aluminium for cleo
trical uses would also increase
the demand for copper. In the
past eight years our dependence
on foreign bauxite has increased
from AZ per cent to 68 per cent.
COBALT - Cobalt is used
for high temperature alloys in
the manufacture Of jet engines
and gas turbines. Other uses are
magnetic alloys, hard facing al
Toys high speed tool steels; paint
and enamel driers and chemical
catalysts. Substitutions for CO.
bait are not feasible because of
tremendous sacrifice in perform
ance and the necessity for use
of large percentages of other
critical materials. In the past
eight years our dependence on
water-borne supplies has increas-
ed from Az per cent to 50 per
cent.
To show our dependence on
the sea to obtain these materials
is the percentage of require
ments which come Ia us by sea
at the present time: Manganese,
91.0 per cent; chrome, 9S.S per
cent; tin, 99.s per cent; rubber,
1000 per cent; bauxite, Go per
cent; cobalt, SRI per cent.
The price of survival is hard
work and devotion. Without a
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-04-11

strong Navy, completely capable
OF carrying out it's tasks, we
could easily lose our freedoms.
The Nays failure to do it's Job
would guarantee defeat. The
primary task of the U. S. NAVY
IS to patrol the sea !snes and
the coast lines of this great
country of ours and insure that
the continued flow of raw ma
terlals from other continents
reach our harbors. and thus our
nations industry and economy
VIII prosper. As long as our
factory wheels turn, you can rest
assured that your Navy is full
filling its very vital part in orr
national economy and world
leadership.
Next week, more stories about
your Navy,( and its role in the
defense of the free world. Until
next week let me leave you with
TINS thought; spring is here. and
more and more children are com
ing outside of their homes to
play. \ small child has no idea
OF the danger when he plays
near the road. Play is all that
they have on their minds, and
rightly so, let us take the danger
out of their happy lives by keep
ing our mind on our driving and
remembering that the car is only
as good as the driver.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-04-11
WEDNESDAY, APRIL H. 1855

former cmploye of Whiteville
Tobacco Company. He was grad
uatcd from VAUDEVILLE hiph
school.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-04-11
BY JOEL CLENIONS

The Seniors of Tabor City are
busy making plans for their
Senior Trip. Last years O. ,du-
tt'rE class journcycd down to
Charleston, South Carolina. to
take in the sights but this ar's
excursion point will be Wash
.ngton. ID. G. They nave also in
Vitcd the Junior Class to 20 IA
long so again excitement fills
the air around Tabor City High
School.
No plans are concrete as of
yet but plans are being made to
leave at about four O'Clock on
Thursday morning. May third.
ON chartered Queen City Bus.
From Thursday until Sunday.
the central point of activity will
be the Hotel Embassy where re-
.SCrvatlonS are being made.
To help finance the trip anoth-
.cr supper is being discussed. The
other one increased the treas
ury mighty.
High school students visiting
the nations capital this year arc
awaiting new experience. Be-
sides touring through Congress
the White House, and other fam
Gus spots, students will have al
opportunity to meet top govern
mental officials, and get a bet
ter view at the government al
work.
Trips, trips, and more trips
lICHS students who like TO tray
lei are really striking it lucky
this year. Another excursion !,
now in the making. The Scienc,
Club Is planning a trip up a.
round Albcmarle and Laure
Hill the dictatorship of Mr.
Randall Burleson, the club spon.
ser.
Several of our number tray.
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anonymity-that it was time the
party stopped trading Pennsyl-
vanias and New Yorks for Missls-
sippis on election day" He was
referring to the historic appease-
ment of Southerners by other fac
lions who have forever been i'm
pressed by the weight Of a solid
South"
More and more of these non
Southerners are being reminded by
their liberal brethren that the only
Democratic presidential victory in
which the solid South was essen
tial was in 1916 when Woodrow
Wilson defeated Charles Evans
Hughes with only II electoral votes
to spare.
One round in the coming battle
is certain to be a liberal-wing chal-
lenge of Lyndon Johnson's influ-
ence as leader, a project the New
Deal faction has for some time
been anxious to launch. 1t may
involve move-Suggested pri-
vately by some liberals earlier this
year-to write off the South en-
tirely and make an unqualified
pitch for appeal in the North and
West. The cities of the North have
always-until November 6, 1856
been Democratic ground, and re-
suits of congressional and guberna-
torial contests in the West last
month were greatly encouraging to
the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Indeed, on a colonial issue, it was
even possible for the Asian African
bloc TO gain a two-thirds majority
over the Western objections. This
was shown in the vote on whether
the Assembly should take up Indo-
nesia's claim to West Guinea. The
proposal for the Assembly to con-
slider the matter was adopted over
Western objections by vote Of AZ
to 10 with IA abstentions.
On other issues where the Asian
African bloc split in its opposition
to the West, no clear-cut test vote
has yet been held. 1t is widely felt
here. however. that the majority Of
such cases on the agenda run the
risk Of ending in deadlock with
neither side attaining the necessary
two-thirds majority.
An example Of how the voting
might 90 on such cases Is the re-
cent contest between India and the
United States on q parliamentary
maneuver with strong political
oyertones.
On a motion for adjournment.
the Assembly rejected the Indian
move BY "a 70 80 and Endorsed the
American plan b. "a to q.
Had these been votes on impor-
tant resolutions. not Just parlia-
mentary procedure, both the Indian
and American proposals would have
gone down 70 defeat, lacking .
tvo-thirds majority.
Thus the ability Of the Asian
African bloc 70 produce deadloeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Living Costs:
Another Rise

For the fourth time in five
months the cost of living rose to
a record in October-and. the Gov
eminent conceded, the end still is
not in sight. With 100 representing
the 1947-49 average, the consumer
price index rose from It'll in mid
September to 117.7 in mid October.
Food prices were practically un-
changed, holding to a level of two
months standing. But other major
constituents of the index, including
apparel, continued upward. One of
the primary factors in the rise was
the introduction in october of 1857
automobiles with higher price tag.
Automobile prices account for about
half of the transportation costs,
which weigh about II per cent of
the entire index.
The recent rises bring the index
. to "a per cent higher than it was
a year ago. a fact that caused no
alarm among the Governments OBJ
servers of the economy. Evan
Clague, commissioner of labor sta
tistics, did not see any indication
of runaway imitation in the rise.
and despite the new peak. denied
that the index had blown its top"
Only yesterday the Government
acted to reinvigorate the tagging
home-building industry by raising
the interest rate on FHA-insured
home loans from AZ to 5 per cent.
This was expected to jar loose
mortgage money which lately has
been hard to come by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

a critical period in international
affairs.
To head OF such possible devel-
opment, several Western delegations
are now studying ways and means
of setting up improved machinery
for acknowledgements consultations.
The aim Of these consultations
would be to reduce and bridge the
differences between the Western
and Asian-African blocs on major
agenda items before they reach the
Assembly floor.
Such backstage diplomacy could
play a key role for the West in
breaking the Asian-African veto or
limiting its use. Since on colonial
issues the West seems doomed to
defeat in the Assembly. It Is ex-
pected that these talks will be con-
centrated on other vital issues on
which the Asian-African bloc could
be split or persuaded to compromise.
The fact that the bloc sometimes
splits on noncolonial issues seems to
be lending some impetus to the need
for such talks.
As things nov stand. however,
the shape Of the new voting align
ment which appeared in the OPEN
ing weeks Of the Assembly session
seemed 70 cast an ominous shadow
for the West.
Most Of the voting so far in the
regular Assembly session has been
on parliamentary procedure which
merely require a simple majority.
On al other matters, however, .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

seems abundantly clear from these
first ballotings Of the Assembly's
new increased membership OF 10
states.
1t seems TO be equally clear that
the Asian African bloc has little
reluctance TO Join its 20 votes 70
the votes Of the Communist states
TO prevent the West from gaining
a two-thirds majority.
Some Are Bitter
Some embittered delegates from
Western Europe went 90 far as 70
make the sarcastic charge that the
Assembly Is being converted into
"a glorifled Banding Conference"
In which even the United States
Is forced TO vote for Asian-Afriean-
sponsored resolutions It considers
unnecessary.
They were asserting. In effect.
that American support last week OF
the Asian-African call for "imme-
diate" Anglo-FTench-Is Israeli troop
Withdrawals from Egypt was more
in recognition OF the need 70 sp-
peaSe the new power bloc rather
than Of the need for the resolution.
However that may BE-, the United
States and other Western deleza-
tons are nov hopeful that q oene-
fetal compromise can BE- worked
out with the African repre-
sentatives through intensified pFi-
yate talks. They feel that the sue
cess Of those talks IL essential 70
the continued effective funetiOning
Of the General Assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Suez Crisis Lessons

At the u. N. General Assembly
in New York the Syrian turmoil
appeared to be supplementing the
Suez crisis as the organizations
Number One challenge.
Delegates considered the United
Nations victory in Egypt as prac-
tically complete as Britain and
France indicated an intention to
withdraw their troops in phases,
coincident with the buildup of the
Emergency Force. Final withdraw
ais, the reports indicated. would
begin about December IL, the date
on which Mr.. Hammarskjold ex-
poets the military organization of
the UNEF to be complete.
The London government was still
manifestly unhappy over the trend
of events. Mr. Lloyd told the House
Of Commons that Britain would
Insist" on an adequate" u. N.
force in Egypt and the speedy re-
opening of the blocked waterway
to shipping before her force would
be- evacuated. The Foreign Secre-
tary's statement was cautious and
unprecise, but the position Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
America Reacts

Swift reaction by the United
States underScored the seriousness
with which the new DEVELOPMENTS
were viewed. On Wednesday, Mr..
Moose delivered to the Syrian gov
eminent a message declaring
American concern" over the So
Wet arms. The note warned that
continued deliveries of Russian
military items would add new ten
sions in the Middle East.
On Thursday the United States.
with the specific approval of Presi-
dent Eisenhower, announced it
would view with utmost gravity
any hostile move against the
nations of the Baghdad Pact. The
United States, although the prime
promoter of the pact under the
leadership of Secretary of State
Dulles, is not full member of the
alliance, which was designed to
erect northern buffer" zone in
the Middle East against Russian
expansion.
The fortnight tone Of the an
nouncement was viewed both as a
warning to Moscow that persistence
in arming Syria would bring
American counteraction and a move
to patch together the Baghdad
Pact. The pact had been seriously
weakened by the exclusion of
Britain from the alliance for all
practical purposes since the Israeli
British-French invasion of the
Suez area.
There we're also indications that
the Washington announcement
was intended as a building block
in the reconstruction Of the Big
Three alliance, itself rocked almost
to ineffectiveness by the Egyptian
crisis. Britain. it was reasoned,
would be pleased by the United
States move. Egypt. on the other
hand, was certain to be irritated
because of Col. Nasser's determined
opposition to the Baghdad Pact all
along.
Britain let 1t be known that the
matter of Syrian military buildup
was a matter of utmost Importance
to London strategists. In the
British view, the Soviet Union had
selected Syria as the preferred
bastion of a Russian drive to OBJ
tain a permanent foothold in the
Middle East.
Turkey and Lebanon also ex-
hibited concern over Syrian inten-
tions. Lebanese Foreign Minister
Charles Malik was reported pre-
pairing a swift appeal to the United
Nations in an effort to prevent
an explosion. Turkey dispatched
her Foreign Minister, Elem Men
deres, and Nuri Birgi, his chief aide,
to London for talks with British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Oil for Europe

On Friday, as If to demonstrate
a conviction that the U. N. has
already succeeded in its mission
in Egypt. President Eisenhower or
dered the immediate operation Of
the emergency oil plan for Western
Europe.
The plan involves the co-opera-
ton of is major American oil COM
panies in a pooling of production
and tanker facilities designed to get
100000 barrels of oil a day to Eu-
ropean ports.
Up to now, United States policy
has been to withhold oil aid to
Western Europe until Britain and
France were clearly committed to
prompt withdrawal Of troops from
Suez. London reports yesterday tes-
titled to the effectiveness of that
course. Mr.. Lloyd. in his statement
tomorrow to the House. is expected
to detail the withdrawal decision.
Both Britain and France praised
the Presidents announcement as
evidence Of a greater participation
by the United States in the affairs
of the Middle East.
Washingtons support is expected
also for the British and French
insiStence that immediate steps be
taken to clear the Suez Canal Of the
estimated 40 distractions blocking
navigation. Egypt has insisted all
along that the work of clearing the
channel, expected to take at least
four to six months and to cost over
$40 million. must be undertaken by
Egypt alone or by the U. NJ. with
the bills payable by the "aggressors,"
Britain. France and Israel. The
Egyptian position has the backing
OF the Soviet Union, but the U. N.
has already indicated willingness to
tackle the job. with the cost problem
to be worked out later.
The American emergency oil plan
will not solve the European shortage
entirely. Even when the system is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
The President
AtAuqust1

President Eisenhower flew south
last week for his post-election
vacation of a week or 10 days, and
between golflng shots on the chilly
(mid-30s) Augusta National Golf
Course found time for four major
appointments:
. Ellsworth Bunker. retiring presi-
dent of the American Red Cross o
be United States Ambassador to
India.
. DR.. Lawrence Derthick, superin-
tendent of schools in Chattanooga,
Tenn, to be United States Commits
sioner of Education.
. Former Representative Jack q.
Anderson Of California. to be presi-
Dental administrative assistant.
. Tracy s. Voorhees,. former IN
dersecretary Of the Army, to be
presidential representative to CO.
ordinate Hungarian refugee prob
lens. (See review of world scene)
1t was also reported that q cabi-
net post was being considered for
the man who guided the tremen-
dously successful @. o. P. presi-
Dental campaign. National Chair
man Leonard Hall. Party chair
men in recent administrations fire.
quently have wound up as Post
master General. The present &C.
cupant Of that post. Arthur Sum-
merfeld. was Republican Chairman
in 1852, and Presidents Harding.
Hoover. Franklin Roosevelt and
Truman have chosen their party
chiefs to head the Post ONCE De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Eden cabinet, beset from Right and
Left as q result of the Suez adj
venture, appeared to be unchanged
since the departure of Sir Anthony
Eden for Jamaica over a week ago.
Britain's Conservative Party re-
manned dangerously split on the
Suez issue. A Commons motion
deploring the intervention Of the
U. N. in Egypt and the attitude of
the United States got 100 sigma
lures of Conservative M. P.s. If
anything like this number of right
wing Tories were to abstain from
voting on a Labor motion of CEN
sure, the government would fall.
(See story by Louis K. Mather on
page A-35).
On Friday French Foreign Min
lister Christian Pineau flew to Lon
don for more talks with Mr.. Lloyd.
The results of their discussions are
expected tosbe the subject of Mr..
Lloyd's report tomorrow to the
House; a full statement" is pre-
dicted on the cabinets position as
well, and the political fireworks
will begin to go off Immediately
thereafter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
New Soviet Pressure Point

Ominous rumblings from Syria
and Iraq last week helped keep
alive and dangerously healthy the
Middle East threat to world peace.
The situation in Egypt stabilized
somewhat as the United Nations
Emergency Force continued to
grow in size and prestige. U. N.
Secretary General Dag Hammar-
skiold announced Wednesday that
he expected the force to number
1000 men, organized into two COM
bat divisions. within a fortnight"
But the threat of direct Russian
involvement in that troubled area,
first raised when Moscow offered
volunteers" to Egypt shortly after
British and French troops landed
in the Port Said area, appeared
again, as menacing as ever.
Iraq pressed the alarm button
when she complained that neigh
boring Syria was receiving huge
quantities of Soviet arms and equip
ment and that Red influence in
Syria had reached the point where
it dominated the government. The
warning was coupled with a plea
for a step-up in military aid from
the United States.
Rioting in Baghdad on November
81, which cost at least five lives, was
caused not by native Communists
but by Syrian and Egyptian agi-
tators," Iraq said. Syria'S Damascus
radio, which lfavors both Russia and
Egypt's President Canal Abdel Mas
ser. shot back a charge that Iraui
King FeiSars Hashemite govern
ment is allied with Western i'm
perialists." Baghdad reported the
arrival of Soviet advisers" and
technicians in Damascus.
1t wasn't shadow boxing. United
States Ambassador James r.
Moose, jr.. verified for Washing
ton that there had been a sudden
increase in the arrival of Russian
arms and equipment in Syria in
recent weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
The Democrats:
Battles Ahead

The executive committee of the
Democratic National Committee
met here on Monday and Tuesday
to survey the ruins and draw the
lines for the upcoming party battle
over who will be given salvage
rights.
When the meeting was over. 1t
was clear that the EZRA Of good
feeling" within the party may be
near an end A return to the old
Democratic advertisement Of fam
lily squabblinR seemed assured with
the creation Of a high-level party
advisory group to promote a pro-
gram for liberal and enlightened
social progress" among the power
ful Southerners in Congress- pro-
Ject not likely to win any heartfelt
gratitude from its designees.
Hardly had the meeting closed
before Senator Willis A. Robertson
OF Virginia was taking umbrage at
AdlAi StevenSon's suggestion that
Southerners ought TO decide wheth-
er they were Democrats or Repub-
leans Senator Robertson said that
he. Ike his Confederate Army
grandfather. did not believe that
party loyalty superseded States
rights
The skirmishing continued. Tex
as Lyndon johnson. Senate Demo-
cratic leader. announced. unsur-
priSinEly. that he could not 90 along
with the SIX liberal Democrats who
want 70 make filibustering impos-
STOLE in the s5th Congress.
One Of the liberals among the
party pros 40 last weeks conclaye
remarked acicly--after insisting on
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Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd
and John Hare, Secretary for War.
Syria's response to the flood Of
charges, rumorS and reports was to
send notes Wednesday to the So
Wet Union and the United States.
explaining that Syria's policy was
one of complete independence"
The exact language Of the message
was not disclosed, but the govern
ment announcement said it called
attention to the campaign Of agita-
ton and deceit waged by Israel and
the imperialist powers"
Syrian Premier Sabri El-asSali,
responding to reporters question,
denied fatty that Syria was receiv-
ing Soviet arms assistance. He
ascribed reports on conditions in
his country to a desire on the part
of "aggressor countries" to incite
trouble in Syria as a means of de-
laying the evacuation Of troops
from Egypt. He specifically blamed
tllC AlobAOAIo VI OllC odsIlQdu PdCb-
Britain, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and
Pakistan-for "baselesS" talk aimed
at disturbing peace and security"
In Copenhagen Wednesday, So
Wet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepi-
low charged that the British,
French and Israelis were preparing
new aggression" in the Middle
East designed to force Egypt ito
her knees" He mentioned troop
buildups" in Jordan and Iraq as
menacing other Arab nations. and
suggested, in apparently precise
agreement with the Syrian Pre-
mier's statement Of the same day,
that the new ''imperialist" moves
were designed to prevent the with
drawal Of British and French forces
from Egypt,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

The forthcoming visit Of midas
Prime Minister Nehru to Washing
ton is expected to help reveal the
direction American policy is taking.
If, as result of the developments
in the Middle East, there are
brought about closer ties of the
United States to the "neutralist"
bloc in world affairs, the entire
aspect of international relations
will have changed radically.
Already there are suggestions
that the Soviet Unions helmsmen
are seriously concerned over the
possibilities implicit in such q
major United States policy shift.
Moscow. already in deep disrepute
among the neutralist nations for
the harsh and ruthless suppression
of the Hungarian revolt (see story
by Naranjan Singh Uppal on Page
A-35), can see possibly disastrous
setback for Communist diplomacy
in any such realignment.