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the union that they saw no pos
sibility Of an agreement before
the strike deadline of midnight
next Tuesday.
The word went out to the IL
companies which make up Big
Steel" to begin preparations for
shutting down. Barring a week.
end break in the wage talks, the
blast furnaces and open hearths
will be stilled on a progressive
timetable that will permit a COM
plete shutdown by Wednesday
The strike, if it comes, will cut
off almost 80 per cent of the Ma
TONS steel production. It will
have little effect on production in
other industries for a month or
two, however-most steel users
have Stockpiled supplies to last
them at least this long.
President Eisenhower, whose
plea to the disputants to keep
talking postponed an earlier strike
deadline for two weeks. has indi-
Gated he plans no further action.
He repeated the appeal at his
Wednesday news conference but
said he was not considering any
other move to forestall walkout.
The union, which stretched its
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astic about prospects of the &C.
neva conference than the foreign
Offices in Paris, London and Wash
ington.
Many diplomats still believe the
Soviet Union is anxious to con-
vene a summit conference.-the
eventually will make some minor
concession at Geneva for that pur-
pose. They generally agree that
any decision on Berlin would prob
ably be limited and temporary
but would provide a basis for
summit meeting later this sum-
mer.
Some diplomatic sources remain
convinced that the Soviet Union
is far more anxious for summit
meeting than most Westerners
realize. Others disagree, pointing
to Soviet rigidity thus far. Those
who see the Moscow policy as
aimed primarily at summit con-
ference point to ID the Soviet
desire to achieve stability in the
satellite nations of Eastern Eu-
rope; (2) the need for a period of
peace and confidence while the
Communist economy is strength
ened, and 90 the desirability of
better relations with the West in
the face of increasing presSures
on the Kremlin from Communist
China, eager to join the Atomic
Club"
One principal topic for a sum-
NIT conference, many diplomats
believe, would be the question of
nuclear ornaments. Some token
progress has already been achieved
at the Geneva talks on a nuclear
test ban. Now the Russians, it is
said, would prefer to carry on the
topic at the summit level.
There are few, whether East,
West, or neutral, who believe Mr..
Khrushchev or even Western
leaders hope to seriously tackle
German Identification. Despite
prolonged talk on the subject,
realities seem to suggest that the
division Of Germany will remain
for the foreseeable future.
The prospect then appears dim
that West German Chancellor
Adenauer will be greatly satisfied
by whatever decisions either &C.
neva or a summit meeting achieve.
Mr.. Herter apparently recog-
nized that possibility when he dis
cussed his plans for the future.
II am hoping" he said, to go
to Berlin at the conclusion of the
conference in Geneva. I am not
sure that I will be welcome
there. -"
What do you mean? he was
asked.
We'll, perhaps Berlin might be
unhappy as a result (of failure)
of the conference. I am hoping
very much that that will not be
the case"
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Foreign Aid:
Rebuff

A drastic reduction in military
aid to the Far East appears to be
in the offing as a result of Senate
action last week.
The Senate voted So to Al to
reduce President Eisenhower's re-
quest by more than $500 million.
The President had requested SIG
billion.
Secretary of State Herter, openly
dismayed, said he viewed the re-
duction as "the most disturbing
thing" that has happened recently
affecting the Far East.
Much of the money remaining,
he said, must be assigned to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton.
That means, the Secretary
added, that disproportionately
large amount has to be cut in the
Far Eastern area. That may pre-
sent some very serious problems
for us in connection with the ma
tions bordering on China, to
whom we have been giving mill
tary assistance and to whom mill
tary assistance is of great i'm
portance from the point of view
Of maintaining stability"
The action was a victory for
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Gromyko Comment

In contrast to Mr.. Khrushchev'S
off-the-cuff remarks. however.
Western diplomats were studying
hopefully another Soviet statement
this one official-which was is
sued after the conference by Mr..
Gromyko. In a rejoinder to Sec
rotary Herter's radio-TV report to
the American people on the re-
suits at Geneva, the Kremlin's
foreign minister indicated that the
Western allies would not lose their
occupation rights in Berlin If a
temporary agreement were reached
with the Russians, or even on the
termination of such an accord.
Mr.. Herter on Thursday voiced
a cautious hope that the Gromyko
remarks portended a more recep-
tive Soviet attitude. He said he
would ask Mr.. Gromyko to clarity
this statement FIRST of all" at
Geneva.
II think there is some POSSIBLE
ity," Mr.. Herter said, I'VE might
reach agreement but we are
not saying it with optimism"
On the broader question of the
Identification of Germany, how
ever, Mr.. Herter faces some fam
lily difficulties" with his own al
lies.
There has been little effective
pretense that France, Great Brit
ain and the United States are as
one on all points at issue. But
much more serious misgivings were
expressed in West Germany last
week concerning some off-hand
comments by Secretary Herter.
For one thing, he told the news
conference that the number of
seats on a proposed alderman
reunification committee was I'M
important. Since both sides would
WELD a veto, he said, the matter
Of membership size was not crit
ical.
That opinion doubtlessly will
require some explanation to West
Germany's foreign minister, Helm
rich Won Brentano, whose govern
ment has consistently fought for
Is seats on the proposed 35-mem-
Der committee since West Germany
is 21a times as large as East Ger
many. A meeting of the Western
diplomats is scheduled tonight.
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For Housing:
A Setback

Housing legislation has long
been a rallying point for liberals
in Congress. The SUM clearance
features of the Federal housing
program are one of the chief chan
nels for funneling Federal reve-
nues back to the cities: the en-
forced indignation feature of pub
lie housing has kept the Southern
Democratic bloc solidly aligned
against this phase of the program.
Since 1850 the Federal Govern
ment has been matching city
slum- clearance dollars two-for-
one. 1t has paid out some Sis
billion for nearly 700 projects in
some 400 communities.
Mr.. Eisenhower this year asked
Congress to budget 81 $4,000. 900
for Stun clearance over the next
six years, an average of $225 NIL
lion a year. The Nations mayors
insist this is far too little; they say
they must have a minimum of
5000 million a year in Federal aid
for the next 10 years to achieve
a goal of SUNLESS cities.
Northern Democrats maSsed
their forces to do battle with Mr..
Eisenhower. They appeared on
the way to victory when the Sem
ate passed a $2.7 billion housing
bill that was nearly twice as much
as the President wanted and the
House voted $21 billion.
Mr.. Eisenhower was scoring on
another front, however. He
demonstrated on other, equally
controversial legislation that his
veto could not be overridden. In
an effort to avert a veto, the con-
ference committee version of the
Housing bill was slaShed to what
Democrats calculated was only
$1,375, 100000.
Last week the President vetoed
the bill anyway. BY his figures,
he said. it added up to $2.2 bill
lion, a sum he branded as lex
travagant" and "inflationary."
The veto imperiled the slum
clearance program, which must
have new funds to continue OPP
Grating, but chances appeared
good that Congress would APP
prove another bill, watered-down
still further, before adjourning.
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ForTrujiIIo:
Troubles

Year 90 of the Era of Trujillo
is undoubtedly the most disturbing
ever experienced by the dictator
of the Dominican Republic.
The year 1859. like practically
everything else in that tiny Carib-
bean nation, bears the stamp of
the sturdy, 67-year-old chief of
state, Generalissimo Rafael Tru-
jillo, who came to power in 1880.
But ever since the Castro BROTH
ers overthrow the Batista govern
ment in neighboring Cuba earlier
this year, Gen. Trujillo has faced
a mounting pile of troubles. The
most serious challenge posed to
his rule was a small-Scale invasion
of the country which was at
tempted several weeks ago.
Gen. Trujillo'S we'll trained mill
tary forces repeatedly wiped out
most of the tiny rebel band on the
landing beach. But a handful of
rebels apparently made it through
to the hills, and may still be hid
ing out.
Gen. Trujillo knows we'll that
Premier Castro led a similar band
to power in Cuba following his
near-diSastrous invasion" that
was scarcely any more distin-
guiShed in the beginning.
Though news of the revolution
airy attempt is sparse and clouded
with propaganda, it now appears
that at least a few of the invad-
ers-who repeatedly journeyed by
boat from Cuba - were sons of
prominent Dominicans. If that is
true, Gen. Trujillo is confronted
with the germ of a domestic
problem that may be far more
serious than invasion threats
from abroad.
But it was just those alleged
threats that were under consider
alton Friday by the Organization
of American States. Charging be-
fore the GAS Council that certain
elements in Cuba and Venezuela
were plotting the downfall of their
government, Dominican repre-
sentatives asked for action by the
organization.
On Friday, however, Virgilio
Diaz Ordonez of the Dominican
Republic withdrew the charge.
The Council of the GAS then post
poned until tomorrow considera-
ton of a request to convene for
eign ministers of the 81 member
nations to consider the Caribbean
turmoil.
Though some of the diplomats
believe the charges are well
founded, there is an underlying
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Senate proponents of a balanced
budget, and was Spurred in part
by the Presidents own campaign
against high spending.
The Presidents strategy BOOM
eranged in this case because the
Democrats are attempting to re-
main within the administrations
budget total and avoid a reputa-
ton as reckless SpenderS.
Although the request bore the
approval of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, it was de-
feated on the floor by a bipartisan
force led by Senator Ellender.
Democrat of Louisiana, long a
determined foe of foreign aid.
Twelve Republicans joined with
40 Democrats in approving the
reduction.
Mr. Eisenhower was disturbed
by the cut, and raised the posi-
bility of calling a special session
of Congress to appropriate what
he considers a minimum sum.
Despite his warning, there APP
pears to be a good chance that
the sum will be reduced even more.
The bill which the Senate passed
was for authorization only. and
must be followed by an actual APP
preparation. The appropriation is
usually less than the authorize
ton.
AS matters stand now, the Sen
ate is in near agreement with the
House on the overall total of $3.5
billion for foreign aid. Differences
remain to be settled, however, on
specific ALLEGATIONS.
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Beaming at a simmering Lyn-
don johnson, he soothed:
I'VE might have an armistice.
If we needed one. between the
two parties, although we really
do not because I think our rela-
tionships have been extraordi-
narily sweet, and my affection for
the majority leader is as deep as
the deepest place in the ocean and
as high as the bluest place in
the sky"
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Democratic Leader johnson were
publicly unperturbed but privately
seething, according to associates.
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Indonesio:
NeWCHsis

Indonesia has lived with crises
ever since the birth of that ma
ton a decade ago.
From the moment following
World War II when Indonesia
overthrow Dutch rule to the pres
ent, the far-flung island republic
in southeast Asia has scarcely
known an hour of peace. Even
today, pockets of rebellion con-
tinue to undermine the nations
prestige and economic security.
Last week Indonesia'S President
Sukarno took a drastic step in an
attempt to put an end to the ma
TONS troubles. Abolishing the
provisional constitution, he fired
his cabinet, dissolved the Con-
Stituent Assembly and assumed
full executive power over the re-
public.
He denied, however, any intent
to become dictator. Although
he said he would "be both head of
state and government" he added
that he would hold consulta-
tons" with the Supreme Advisory
Council.
Later Mr.. Sukarno installed In
donesia's 18th cabinet "a body
which was notable for its absence
of Communists. Into the two
principal advisory posts stepped
a team of leaders on whom Mr..
Sukarno has come to rely more
and more in the past year. Both
are non-CommunistS.
One is ex-Premier Djuanda, a
moderate. independent official who
is generally regarded as sympa-
thetic to the West. He will serve
as Mr.. Sukarno's first minister
and Minister of Finance.
The other is 1t. Gen. Abdul
Harris Nasution who will serve as
Minister of Security and Army
chief of staff. A relative new
conner to politics. he represents
the nations military arm which
came to prominence fighting re-
bsllions in Sumatra and the Gel
ebeS. He is also regarded as a
political moderate, and repeatedly
insisted on lesser role for Com
muniSts in the new government.
Elsewhere in Asia, another neu-
trail nation-Burma-reasSessedit its
outlook toward the West. Revers-
ing a siX-year stand against ac-
ceptance of United States aid,
that country announced its will
ingnesS to receive up to S37 mill
lion in the next four years.
In 1858. Burma angrily ordered
the United States to suspend all
economic aid within it's borders on
the grounds that America was as
sisting Chinese Nationalist guer-
rillaS operating in Northern Burma.
Just as Communist repression
of the Hungarian revolt angered
many Westerners, handling of the
Tibetan uprising by Communist
China has alarmed many quarters
in the Far East. The Burmese
government requested American
aid Just after the uprising began
last spring.
The money will be used to build
highway and college facilities at
the University of Rangoon.
Although both Burma and the
United States publicly foresaw no
change in Burma's position of neu-
trality, there was new hope in
Washington that the tide was be-
ginning to turn against commu-
niSm in some parts of Asia.
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THE NATIONAL SCENE
Family SquobbIe'
Or Party Schism?

The words would have tumbled
into the political cauldron with
scarcely a ripple of it hadn't been
for their source.
I'VE have to try to influence
the Democratic leadership Of the
Congress to come along with the
national program, rather than
the conservative and moderate
program which they are trying to
follow"
There was more, in a sharply
critical vein. The speaker was
Paul M Butler, Democratic ma
tional chairman. His targets
were Lyndon johnson and Sam
Rayburn, whose recipes for veto
proof" legislation had kept the
seth Congress simmering-until
last week-toward a record of
solid If unspectacular accomplish
ment.
Mr.. Buffers remarks during
television interview were not the
first time he has voiced his dis
pleasure over the tactics employed
by his party'S congressional
leaders. This time, however, many
Democratic members of Congress
felt he had gone too far.
I'VE have enough trouble with
President Eisenhower and the
Republican National Committee
criticizing us all the time"
snapped Senator Mansfield, Dem
ocrat Of Montana, Lyndon john
sons sub-lieutenant in the Sen
ate.
The chairman's attack on the
party leadership was completely
without precedent" in his lifetime
in the party, said 91-year- old Sem
ator Green of Rhode Island in a
rare rebuke to a fellow Democrat.
Speaker Rayburn and Senate
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The dispute has grown to such
proportions since Gen. de Gaulle
first outlined his demands last
September that President Eisen-
hover is planning a meeting with
the Frenchman at the first OPP
portunity."
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calmly faced a battery of WASH
ington reporters on the eve Of his
departure for Geneva.
'Mr. Secretary" he was asked,
"if you could use only one word
to describe your feelings as you
head back to Geneva, what would
that one word be?"
Secretary Of State Christian
Herter. his bushy-b rowed counte-
nance lighting in a wry smile, re-
piled:
1T might be unprintable."
To sympathetic Western COL
leagues, Mr.. Herter's apparent
sense of Illustration was under
standable. He is heading for the
second session of the Big Four
conference at Geneva beginning
tomorrow beset on one hand by
conflicting Soviet statements and
on the other by what he calls
family difficulties" among the
allies. He expects the session to
last three weeks.
Yesterday Mr.. Herter left for
Geneva by a fast jet aircraft.
There he will again meet with his
Western counterpartS Foreign
Secretary Selwyn Lloyd of Great
Britain and Foreign Minister
Maurice Couve de Murville of
France, and tomorrow the three
will again sit at the big round
table in the United Nations Pal
ace of Nations with their dour
adversary. Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrea Gromyko.
When the foreign ministers left
Geneva on June 20 after six weeks
of public and private debate. the
Soviet stand on West Berlin
seemed as rigid as when the con-
ference began. Since last Novem-
Der, Soviet Premier Nikita
KhruShchev has been warning the
Western allies - France, Great
Britain and the United States
that they must agree to a major
change in the World War II ar
rangements for the old German
capital.
Mr.. Khrushchev, in words most
WeSterners believed were chosen
for the effect of an ultimatum,
threatened separate peace treaty
with Communist East Germany
unless the three Western powers
accepted Soviet terms.
Geneva has so far done nothing
to break the impasse. On June %.
after the foreign ministers had
recessed. Mr.. Khrushchev report
eddy told w. Averell Hartman
that your generals talk of main
tanning your position in Berlin
with force. That is bluff. If you
send in tanks, they will burn and
make no mistake about it. If you
want war, you can have it, but
remember it will be your war. Our
rockets will fly automatically"
President Eisenhower at his
press conference Wednesday re-
peated the United States position,
firmly held since the Berlin crisis
began:
II don't believe" the President
said, that responsible people
should indulge in anything that
can be even remotely considered
ultimatums or threats. That is not
the way to reach peaceful solu-
tons"
Despite the Presidents stated
reluctance to go to the summit I'M
til the way is paved on a lower
level, there was increasing support
in the United States for such a
conference. Both Mr.. Hartman
and Chairman Fulbright of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee advocated Friday that a
summit meeting be held in this
country.
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No Mood for Critics

The Butler attack came at
time when neither of the two
Democratic leaders was in mood
for intra-party criticism. Their
"veto proof" strategy was Keeling
from President EiSenhower's veto
Of the Housing bill. With the most
controversial bills of the session,
civil rights and labor reform, still
to be enacted into law, the Con-
gress that had churned out legiS-
lation on the smooth-functioning
Rayburn- j Johnson timetable ear
lier in the year was sinking into
bog of political pickering.
The charge by Mr.. Butler that
the Rayburn johnson leadership
was steering too moderate course
reflected the sentiment of such
Democratic liberals as Senators
Proxmire of Wisconsin, McNa-
mara of Michigan and Clark of
Pennsylvania, who had leveled
earlier attacks on Mr.. johnson
in the Senate.
But it also trumpeted the deeper
schism in Democratic ranks that
has widened dangerously in re-
cent months.
Mr.. Buffers impolitic words
might not be condoned by most
Democrats but he bespoke the
mood of most members of the
Democratic Advisory Council,
whose recommendations for a
more liberal legislative program
have been largely ignored by nom
members Sam Rayburn and Lyn-
don johnson.
There are a substantial number
of Democrats who agree with the
chairman when he says, as he did
last week. that the party is "going
to be in a tough situation in
1860" unless it presents the voters
with a clearer image of Demo-
cratic accomplishment than can
be discerned through the mist of
compromise that now overlays its
legislative program.
The plaudits that greeted the
success Of the Rayburn-J johnson
strategy in producing legislation
earlier in the session that was
both palatable to Democrats and
yet not so unpalatable to Mr.. Eli
Senhower that it courted a veto
have subsidized in recent weeks.
What was intended as a record
of Democratic achievement has
been smudged and all but oblit-
Grated by the Presidents victory
in the battle of the budget as the
strategic retreat planned by Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Rayburn turned
into a rout.
To Mr.. Butler and those Demo-
Gratis who are now at issue with
the Rayburn-Jo Johnson tactics, the
party has failed to carry out the
mandate it received from the vot-
ers in its overwhelming victory at
the polls last November.
I'VE won in 1858 not so much
because of the Democratic record
in Congress as we won upon a
negative vote against the admin
istration because of the lack of
positive and aggressive leader
ship" said Mr.. Butler last week.
Holding his tongue publicly,
Senator johnson said the chair
man had a right to "chide" his
party if he wished.
II admit it is somewhat rare for
a national chairman to talk about
the members of his own party"
he added. but we live in a very
unusual world"
Republicans were hard put to
restrain their glee at the Demo-
cratic family squabble. Senate
G. o. P. Leader Everett DirkSen
took the Senate floor in mock
commiseration to propose an
"armistice" between the Demo-
cratic Advisory Council and the
party's congressional chiefs to
permit Congress to get on with
its work.
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Diplomats Hopeful

In general, most neutral observ-
erS, as well as some allied diplo-
mats, are generally more enthusi-
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and with the Quartermaster in the
Korean War.
Other National Officers elected
were:
Vice President-Fulton Stokes of
White Oak, North Carolina; Secre-
tary-T. v. Downing of Frank
town, Virginia; Treasurer. w.
Holberton of Lynchburg, Virginia;
Directors: Floyd Lower of Lisbon,
Ohio, William B. Wells of Boons-
boro, Maryland; o. ]. Robinette of
Pacolet, South Carolina, r. L.
Amick of Lenoir, North Carolina,
C. D. Mayer of Richmond, Virginia;
R. E. Thompson of Oceana, Vir-
ginia and Olin F. Armentrout of
Max Meadows, Virginia.
The Convention was held in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washing
ton. Next years convention will be
held January 1860 in Louisville,
Kentucky.
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BERRY-PLEDGER WEDDING

Miss Deloris Pledger, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pledger Of
Engelhard, was married to Bradley
Berry, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
Berry also of Engelhard on Sun.
day morning at the Christian
Church by the pastor, Rev. Frank
Wiberil.
Miss Linda Sue Williams was
maid of honor and the brides
brother, Vernon Pledger, was best
man.
The double ring ceremony was
used. Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Cahoor
was soloist, singing "The Sweet.
est Story Ever Told" Mrs. Mabel
Cuthrell played the traditional
wedding marches.
The C. w. F. of the Engelhard
Christian Church gave cake cut.
ting following the rehearsal fol
the wedding at the parsonage or
Saturday afternoon.