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Evening star., 1959-12-27
Hits Idea of Contest

He found, he said, that the
majority Of probable delegates to
the Republican convention in
Chicago next July were opposed
to any contest for the nomination.
(Read the great majority favored
Mr.. Nixon.)
He added that any quest for the
nomination on his part would
entail massive struggle demand
ing so greatly of my time and
energy that it would make i'm
possible the fulflllment Of my OBJ
legations" as Governor of New
York.
The last is irrelevant. 1t has
been clear from the start that Mr..
Nixon had q tremendous lead and
that any challenge to him would
necessarily involve an all-out
struggle. Many observers believed
that the Governor could have
given the Vice President a real
run for it, even though the odds
were against him. After all, Wen
dell Wilkie beat comparable odds
In 1910.
And so, the Rockefeller decision
means that the gambler who beat
the odds and Gov. Averell Harri-
man in 1857 has turned cautious
in 1859. Implicit in this is his
willingness to take a chance that
1t may be eight more years before
another opportunity to make the
race for the White House comes
to him.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Gen. deGouHe:
He's the Boss

The French National Assem-
bly, voted last week to approve
state financial aid to Roman
Catholic schools.
Traditionally since the French
Revolution, anti clericalism has
been a powerful political force in
Catholic France. Cabinets have
been toppled from power over
clerical issues, most of them hav-
ing been conflicts over govern
ment aid to Roman Catholic in
stitutions and projects.
The church-state issue exploded
again last week, after years Of rel
ative peace. The challenge this
time was the Catholic demand for
financial aid to parochial schools.
Administrators and teachers in
the public school system protested
with vigor. The Minister of Edu-
cation, Andre Boulloche, resigned
when the parliamentary majority,
led by Premier Michel Debre, ac-
cepted the Catholic position that
the state could have no control
over instruction in parochial
schools even if the financial aid
were granted.
Just as it was beginning to look
as II a first-class uproar was
about to take place in the volatile
Assembly, President de Gaulle
cracked the whip. Repeatedly ir-
ritated by threats that the church.
state issue would splinter the gov
ernment's parliamentary majority,
Gen. de Gaulle told a Cabinet
meeting that he was considering
further limitations, through con-
stttutional amendment, on the
powers Of the parliament.
The Assembly, whose powers are
already severely limited under the
terms Of Gen. de Gaulles constitu-
ton Of the Fifth Republic, took the
hint. The aid-to-Catholic schools
bill passed Wednesday by a top
heavy vote of 427 to II. The Sen
ate is expected to complete action
on the measure Tuesday.
But the battle is far from over,
although Gen. de Gaulle's prestige
and power in the parliament has
once again been demonstrated.
Former Premier Guy Mollet, leader
Of the Socialist party, warned that
the Catholics had won a temporary
victory which they would regret.
The clerical issue, long dormant,
seems certain to be q major issue
in future elections.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y
q. N. diplomats cannot remember
a year in which so many sudden
and drastic changes we're wrought
on the international scene as
there were in 1859.
1t was a year to leave historians
breathless. 1t began in an atmos-
phere Of crisis, five weeks after
the Khrushchev ultimatum on
Berlin. Before 1t was over the
author Of that crisis. successor to
Joseph Stain as car Of all the
Russians, had sat down with
Dwight D. Eisenhower in a Mary
land mountain retreat, chucked
an Eisenhower grandson under
the chin, eaten hot dogs in Des
Moines, and proposed that the
U. N. scrap all the worlds arma-
ments from rifles to hydrogen
bombs.
This was the year that Red
China, which had lulled much Of
the rim Of Asia into blissful in
fatuation, suddenly shattered the
love affair by butchering Tibetans,
invading Indian borderlands,
abetting q revolt in Laos, and
quarreling with Indonesia. By
years end, 50 long-suffering an
Asian leader as Jawaharlal Nehru
had accused Peiping of "aggres-
sion"
Elsewhere there were changes
only a few degrees less funda-
mental and startling. Charles de
Gaulle of France challenged
indeed, all but discarded-the
very basis of the North Atlantic
alliance; military integration.
Cuba, Panama and other previ-
ously docile Latin American coun-
tries began twisting Uncle Sans
Evening star., 1959-12-27
As Vice President?

Despite this reiteration, Repub-
hcan leaders undoubtedly will put
the greatest possible pressure on
Mr.. Rockefeller to agree to be Mr..
Nixon's running mate. There is.
- Of now, little question that
Mr.. Nixon will be named by the
q. o. P, probably by acclamation
On the first ballot.
These Republican leaders see
the Rockefeller charm, imagina-
ton and appeal to independent
voters as an important asset to the
ticket. They also have noted that
the latest public opinion polls
show that both he and Mr.. Nixon
are presently running ahead Of
all Democratic hopefuls for the
White House job.
Clearly, the impressions that
Mr.. Rockefeller registered on his
trips about the country convinced
him that Mr.. Nixon has an in
surmountable lead. In explain
ing his decision, however, the
Governor put it rather euphemis-
tically.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Reaction Favorable

The Presidents tour was being
viewed as a very successful con-
tribution to good will and a
greater degree Of unity among the
non-Communist nations Of the
world. Reaction in every capital
he visited was favorable: in some
even enthusiastic.
Leaving Paris on Monday after
the Big Three "pre-summit" talks,
he few to Madrid for an over
night stay with Generalissimo
Francisco Franco. At Terrejon
Airport outside Madrid. fianked
by the Spanish dictator, the
President dwelt again on the
major theme Of his tour-peace
with justice, friendship, and free
dom. His personal meeting with
Franco. whose sympathies and
support went to the Axis powers
during World War II when Mr..
Eisenhower was leading the Al
lied armies in Europe, appeared
friendly and cordial.
From Spain the Presidents
Evening star., 1959-12-27
The Paris Talks

The most significant aspect Of
the Presidents trip, however, was
the week end Of talks in Paris.
The four statesmen-Mr. Eisen-
hover, French President de Gaulle,
British Prime Minister Macmil-
Ian. and West Germany's Chan
cellor Adenauer-conferred infor-
mally at the Elysee Palace. Just
how much unity was really
achieved remains to be seen, but
the meeting ended on q note Of
amity and concord.
In a communique Monday, the
Western leaders told the Soviet
Union that Western rights and re-
sponsibilitieS in West Berlin must
be maintained intact. But it was
evident that considerable differ
Evening star., 1959-12-27

Dulles died. Whether as q result
Of this fact or not, the United
States Joined Britain In urging
upon the alliance a negotiation
in which. in return for accepting
the Soviet empire as permanent,
the West would gain wholly new
basis for security in the atomic
age.
Renaissance in Africo
That basis would be compre-
hensive and tightly enforced arms
controls, leading to such relax
alton Of East-West tension that
the Soviet menace Of cold-war
days would disappear. In this at
mosphere, it was argued, the cap
tive peoples of Eastern Europe
gradually would gain greater free
dom. The renaissance of Africa
and Asia would be welcomed and
assisted; there would be more
time - and money - for Latin
ALlcTlCd.
East and West sat down at the
foreign ministers level in Geneva
this spring to make a preliminary
reconnaissance. 1t was not encour-
aging. Mr.. Khrushchev seemed to
want to buy Western recognition
of his empire for a ludicrously
small price: agreement to let the
West stay In Berlin-where it had
every legal right to be in any
event.
France and Germany rebelled
against the whole effort to nego-
tiate a settlement. If this was to
be Moscow's asking price, they
said, any bargain which could be
struck would be unacceptable. If
Washington and London persisted,
France would tear up NATO.
Britain and the United States
did persist. In order to delay O
Berlin crisis and try to soften up
Evening star., 1959-12-27

sleek jet transport took him to
Casablanca and q warm greeting
from Morocco's King Mohammed
v. Despite some fears that politi-
cal unrest in the North African
kingdom might bring demonstra-
tions hostile to the President, the
six-hour stay was unmarried. The
two men agreed in a formal COM
munique that the United States
would evacuate the four Strategic
Command bases in Morocco within
four years. The agreement thus
guaranteed continued availability
Of the multi-million dollar bases
for a longer period than had been
supposed when American with
drawal was first announced.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
koq and hon:
Border Woes

Iran and Iraq deplOyed troops
along their disputed border last
week, and Iran also alerted
troops along the border with
the Soviet Union.
Tensions grew tauter last week
between Iran and Iraq over a
long disputed section Of border
land, rich In petroleum. Iraqi
sources in Baghdad denied reports
that units of the Iraqi army,
with modern ornaments includ-
ing British tanks and artillery,
had been dispatched to the
troubled area.
Radio Teheran repeated the
Evening star., 1959-12-27
New Effort Due

This week, new efforts by the
Government will be made to find
q solution. Today, Joseph F.
Finnegan. chief Federal mediator,
will hold bargaining sessions with
both sides. Tomorrow, the Presi-
dents special three-man fact
finding board will reconvene for
an ominous-Sounding purpose. It
will ask the II big steel COM
panies to state their final Of
fer" to the workers.
1t was apparent last week that
the Eisenhower administration,
while hoping for the best, is pre-
pairing for the worst.
On Wednesday, the National
Labor Relations Board announced
that it would conduct a poll of
the steelworkers on managements
final offer" on January IL, IL
and Is. A secret vote, under Taft
Hartley procedures, will be taken
by NLRB field officials.
Mr.. Eisenhower called a special
top-level White House meeting on
Wednesday to discuss the steel
situation. Labor Secretary Mitch
ell, Attorney General Rogers and
Commerce Secretary Mueller were
among those attending. There
were reports that the group talked
about possible new legislation
aimed at barring a new steel
strike.
The companies announced on
November 10 what they called
their last offer. This might be
sweetened q bit in an attempt to
win more worker support, but
there is nothing to indicate the
companies plan to do this.
AS has been the case with other
offers and counter -offers, there
has been no agreement between
the union and management as to
the value Of the November 19
proposal. The companies say it is
worth 80 cents an hour over a
three-year period; the union, %
cents. The chief stumbling block
remains, however, the matter Of
local work rules. The companies
want the right to revise them, in
consultation with the union. The
steelworkers want the status quo.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Turn Offer Down

David J. Mcdonald, president Of
the United Steelworkers of Amer
lea, said the union had taken a
postcard poll of its members to
see whether they were of a mind
to accept the last offer" He said
$4,000 cards had been tabulated
and-tto no ones surprise) )-more
than 90 per cent Of the workers
voted the offer down.
An industry spokesman called
the union poll o Russian ballot"
and predicted the result would be
different when the workers vote
in secret, free from surveillance
of their officers. The majority of
independent observers, however,
believe the workers will back their
leadership.
If there is no agreement by jan
uary 26, when the Injunction runs
out, the Steelworkers will be free
to renew their strike. That is, un-
less Congress jams through spe-
cial legislation beforehand to bar
such action.
Meanwhile, the union went to
court to seek . pay rise under the
old contract which ran out last
June 30.
It asked Federal District Judge
Herbert p. Sorg in Pittsburgh to
order the steel companies to give
the workers q 4-cents-an-hour
increase beginning January / be-
cause Of q hike in the cost Of
living.
When the workers were ordered
back to their job. they returned
under terms of all agreements in
effect last June. One of these pacts
provided for a pay adjustment
based on the Department of La
bor's consumer price index for
November.
The union also asked that any
pay increase finally negotiated in
a new contract be made retroac-
tive to November 7. Judge Sorg
set a hearing on the petition for
January 4.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Lend-Leose:
Anew Try

The United States and the
Soviet Union agreed last week
to resume negotiations January
IL for a settlement of Russia's
World War II Lend-Lease debt.
BY American estimates, the
value Of military and civilian sup
plies, equipment and ornaments
sent to the Soviet fighting fronts
during World War II was $10.8
billion. When talks began in 1947
looking toward a settlement of
the debt, the United States agreed
to write off as part of the COM
mon war effort all military and
civilian goods that had been con-
Sumed. A value of $2.6 billion
was placed on that part Of lend
lease still in use and S1.3 billion
was asked in settlement.
After years of off-and-on bar
gaining, the United States in 1852
had scaled down its estimate to
$500 million, and the Soviet Union
offered to pay $500 million. al
most double the original Soviet
proposal of $170 million. There,
the talks collapsed in the chill
wastes of the cold war.
The decision to resume nego-
tiations reflects the present thaw-
ing of the ice between the two
nations. Over the last few years.
every Soviet bid for increased
trade with the United States has
been met by an American re-
minder that the Lend-LeaSe debt
remained on the books. The mat
ter was mentioned to Mr.. Khru-
Shchev during his September visit
to the United States by President
Eisenhower, and the Premier
agreed that settlement of the debt
would do much to improve the
atmosphere.
That the renewed effort to settle
a troublesome difference will be a
serious one seems indicated by the
announcement that Soviet Ambas-
sador Mikhail Menshikov will
head the Soviet negotiating team,
while Charles E. Bohlen, special
advisor to Secretary Of State
Herter on Soviet affairs, will lead
the American team.
Settlement of the Lend-Lease
debt will pave the way, State De-
partment sources predicted, for an
easing of restrictions on Soviet
United States trade.
Evening star., 1959-12-27

charges Of Iraqi troop movements.
and called Iraq's Premier Abdul
Karin Kassem "the Red servant
Of black imperialism who was in
the service Of oil-trust interests
against the best interests Of his
people.
The Shah's government in
Teheran was making every effort
to calm the situation as the week
ended. Lending strength to the
official attitude that there would
be no hostilities, the Shah went
ahead with his honeymoon plans
and departed the capital with his
third wife, the former Farah Diba,
for q Caspian Sea resort
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
wed the 2l-year-old Iranian
student in the famed Hall Of
Mirrors Of the great palace on
Monday. Before the bridal couple
was a cake inscribed May Allah
grant you a male offspring. May
Allah blind all your enemies for
ever" The Shah's first two mar
riages ended in divorce when no
male heirs were produced.
Evening star., 1959-12-27

May 4 be set as the date for the
opening Of top-level talks.
Since neither date appears to
be convenient for the West, 1t was
apparent yesterday that some fur
ther dickering, through normal
diplomatic channels Of the four
nations. would have to be done to
find q starting date acceptable to
all. The April 81 suggestion con-
f1ictS with Gen. de Gaulle's plans
to visit the United States on April
1S. The May 4 date conflicts with
q British Commonwealth Foreign
Ministers Conference, scheduled
in London on May 3.
Evening star., 1959-12-27

party who believed Mr.. Rockefeller
would say no." he did not iden-
tify himself.
Then. with unexpected sudden
ness. the Governor yesterday an
nounced his intentions. In a
statement which surprised even
the most aStute political observers,
he said:
I am not, and shall not
b, q candidate for nomination
for the Presidency. This decision
u definite and final"
At the same time, Mr.. Rookie
feller threw cold water on those
Republicans who have visions Of
. Nixon and Rockefeller dream
ticket" The New Yorker re-
peated earlier declarations that
he would not entertain any
thought Of accepting nomination
70 the vice presidency even if the
honor were offered :"
Evening star., 1959-12-27

q standing start and is now viru-
ally at 100 per cent capacity in
the affected mills. Consumer or
ders, stacked up during the 116-
day shutdown, longest in the
induStry's history, are being rap
idly filled.
Unfortunately, progress in con-
tract negotiations between labor
and management has not kept
pace with production. In fact,
there has been no real progress
whatsoever.
Talks arranged by Federal me-
diatorS have been so unfruitful
that President Eisenhowers re-
quest for round-the-clock ses-
sions never was honored.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Holidays:
Special Joy

For only the third time in this
century, Christmas and Chanukah,
the Jewish Festival Of Lights, fell
on the same day.
There were other reasons why
this season was special. 1t was one
of the most bountiful ever for
Americans. People generally had
more money to spend; business
was even better than last year
and a substantial part of the
country had enough snow to
produce the longed-for white
Christmas.
But there was something more
important. Americans of all faiths
showed that they had not for
gotten the true meaning Of the
season. They filled their places Of
worship to over1owing.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
For 1860 a New Power Lineup

beard. In the U. NJ, to the dis
may Of those long in control,
Africa and Asia began muster
ing formidable majorities.
What did it all mean? Was
there a coherent pattern, or was
it confused and unrelated
sequence of surprising events2
New BoIonee Of Power
o. N. observers. trying to bring
the world Of 1859 into focus, be-
heve this is the answer:
A wholly new balance Of power
is emerging in the world. The
Soviet Union, an inferior to the
West from 1945 to 1857, has-by
its conquest of atomic power and
space weaponry-pulled abreast.
1t almost certainly will go ahead
in the early 1960s, if indeed it is
not already ahead.
Rejecting this new power posi-
WILL OONACO NAPAOAAAdSy 40 OCA4AdAlN@
ing Of the West that it recognize
and accept as permanent the
Soviet satellite empire; indeed,
that it do more: That it abandon
its pressure points around the
periphery Of that empire (includ-
ing Berlin), making itself per-
manently incapable Of ever again
challenging the Soviet domain.
On this basis, Moscow says, it is
prepared to make peace with the
West.
British Prime Minister Mac
milan went to Moscow early in
1859 and came back convinced
that under certain conditions the
West should agree. He journeyed
to Camp David-months before
Mr.. Khrushchev did-and per-
suaded President Eisenhower his
view was valid.
Secretary Of State John Foster
Evening star., 1959-12-27
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
For Our Own Best Interest

After q goodwill tour that
touched IL countries President
Eisenhower returned to Wash
ingtOn last week and reported
on his travels, expressing the
hope that nations would reunite
for a lOng-term program Of aid
to needy nations.
President Eisenhower, just back
from a 23.000-mile journey that
took him to II nations on three
continents, voiced his first i'm
pressions" Of his historic tour at
ceremonies Wednesday dedi-
eating the traditional Christmas
pageant on the Ellipse.
Our concept of the good life
for humanity does not require
an inevitable conflict between
peoples and systems in which
one must triumph over the
other"
His words were broadcast to
all the world and his message
was a truly universal one.
1t was plain that Mr.. Eisen-
hover had been profoundly i'm
pressed by the poverty and want
he had observed on his travels.
His Christmas remarks dealt
largely with the theme of aid to
urderdeveloped nations and peo-
ples-not charity, but the as
sistance necessary for these ma
tions to develop their own re-
sources.
mo country I visited is short
of the greatest Of all resources
young people Of good heart and
stout will" the President declared,
almost every country is short
on the technical knowledge, the
skills, the machines, the techni-
ques, and the money needed to
enable their young people fully to
exploit the natural resources Of
their lando
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Steel:
StundstiII

Presidential fact finding board
to hear steel companies final
offer" tomorrow; National Labor
Relations Board to poll workers
on II January lib.
Seven weeks ago. almost to the
day, q United States Supreme
Court ruling sent more than 500,-
900 striking steel workers back
to their jobs under an 80-day
Taft Hartley Act injunction.
In that time, steel production
has picked up surprisingly from
Evening star., 1959-12-27
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Rockefeller Shows
Soges Can Err

Gov Nelson Rockefeller Of New York announced his definite
and hna decision the Republican
HOn for $780,
Gov Rockefeller good autumn-too large
part Democratic critics
meeting Republican oaS talking
He was 10 his words registering impressions"
impressions he said would help him the
Should he challenge President O. o. P.
nomination.
If there single political observer politician
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Conflicts in Dote

The date. the Soviet chief ex-
planned, would conflict with the
Soviet celebration Of May Day.
He asked that either April al or
Evening star., 1959-12-27
TEN TOASTS IN THE SPIRIT OF GOODWILL

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the state department Of edu-
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Mr.. Liberator, a m e b r
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was recently appointed as CO.
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state.
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select group of instructors
who have many years in the
rescue work, will be trained
as approved teachers by the
State Department of Educa-
ton.
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Recommends
Use OF Latin
In Council

VATICAN CITY Msgr.
Antonio Bacci, noted Vatican
Latlnlst. suggested here that
scholastic Latin should be
the language used in the gen.
eral council of the Church
announced by His Holiness
Pope John XIII.
Writing in the Vatican City
daily, L'Osservatore Romano,
the prelate, who is secretary
Of Briefs to Princes. explained
that this is only his personal
view.
He suggested that written
texts of the Latin discourses
be made available before the
council meetings so that all
would be able TO follow not
only the living voice but also
the written word Of the dis
course of the orator.
He further suggested that
headsets be installed in the
meeting places so that those
not accustomed TO the use of
Latin could follow translations
in their own languages.
He added that the Roman
pronunciation of Latin would
most likely have TO be adopted
by all delegates TO the coun-
ell