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Sharp Criticism Levelled Al U.S. Senate Committee
NEW YORK ICP) - A United States Senate committee was the target of criticism at home and abroad Friday in connection with the suicide in Cairo Thursday of E. Herbert Norman. 47. Canada's ambassador to Egypt.
Generally. the criticism two broad lines:
I. The Senate internal security committee was said to have no business reviving charges of com- munism against Norman. first made public in I951, when they uere repudiated by the Canadian government.
2. The committee was said to he exceeding its powers by making public charges against a Canadian niilcial instead of making known in the Canadian government any ideas abollt Norman it may have had.
The Waslllllglnn Post and Times llcrald accused the commi a "most meddlesome interference in an area where they have no competence at all." Perhaps the incident. the newspaper said, will lead the Senate to "put an effec- tive check .upon the irresponsibil- ity of the lulycommittee."
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said the committee showed de- cidedly poor judgment" in mak- ing public "flimsy hearsay evi- dence" but the newspaper was sure "our friends in Canada will place the matter in proper per- spective and not let it blight the good relations existing between our two countrie
Senator Rlcha Neubcrger. a Democrat front Oregon. proposed a special Senate investigation into "circumstances of the publication" of the sub-committee's hcarings.
The Denver Post said "Whether Mr. Norman was a Communist or not. the behavior of the sub-com- mittee has been completely inde- fensible. The loyalty of a Cann- dian ambsssador to Egypt is no legitimate concern of Congress.” "PERSONAL JUSTICE"
The Kansas City Star said the subcommittee "has a duty to fer- subversive activities. But it also has a duty to our relations with a trusted ally--and. above all to personal Justice."
An exception to the general trend of omment was the bears!- owned New York Mirror. which said Norman "committed suicide
for reasons of his own." adding: "The Norman suicide may re-
open in all countries studies of personnel with a view to remov- ing all those who may have or who may have had Communist associations."
Funeral services for Norman are to be held at St. Andrew's Church of Scotland in Cairo to- day and the body will then be flown to Rome for cremation. The Canadian external affairs depart- ment said Norman's widow. Irene will be flown to Canada later.
in London. the Times says Nor- man's death is "the hitterest evi- dence” that a small group of Washington witch-hunters still has the "power to wound-and kill."
Max Lerner. Columnist. wrote in the New York Post that a state- ment issued by the sub- ' t after Norman's death defied both "logic and grace" in trying to just- ify its position regarding foreign nationals being investigated.
The incident aroused the Jap- anese. in whose country Norman was born and reared. and later served as a Canadian diplomat. A group of Japanese members of the Diet expressed their "absolute disgust with the repeated spiritual torture" which led Norman to sul- cde.
Ontario Highway Bill Should
Be I83 Million For l0 Years.
TORONTO tCPl--Ontario should spend Slii3.000.000 a year for the next 10 years to fit its l1.000-mile system of provincial highways to carry the traffic load. the Ontario legislature was told Thursday.
The program was pictured in an illustrated 58-page printed report. containing about 20.000 words of text. covcrlng Ontario highway nccds over the next 20 years.
The report, tabled in the legis- lature by Highways Minister Al- lH'I- but the total bill for the next '20 years at Sl.90o.000.000ato re- hahilitate existing roads and to build new ones. it proposed that n-habiiitation and construction be
have to be increased 20 per cent to bring the picture up to date.
The report said "highways should be placed in categories con- sistent with the services they per- form."
The present road system is ade- quate in terms of mileage - "the real problem lies in improving ex- isting facllities to modern stand- um...
PROBLEM I! URGENT Urgency of the problem was n- dlcated by: l. Vehicle registrations in On- tario increased IM per cent be- tween IMB and 1955. reaching l.-
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In car drivers would reap the bcnl-fits sooner.
The proposed 81ll.'i.000.0m annual bill for new construction compares Milli the provincial highway de- partment budget estimate of 8100.- w00.tI0o in the current fiscal year cndtng next Sunday and siao.7oo.- Wl in the new fiscal year.
The report. covering only pro- Vlflf'lRl highways and secondary roads. emphasized that the needs tlmlv should continue in order to kcep abreast of changes- PRESENT SHORTCOMINGO
The report listed this background 0! shortcomings:
,l. Of the 3,600 miles of King's hllthwlys '7 so designated be- cause they are heavily-travelled Ind. of "pmvlnce-wide interest''-- 3-” miles "should have immedi- IteimpI'dVes'nent."
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3. Highways were absorbing more and more punishment. More vehicles were travelling greater distances and there were more heavier trucks. The total mileage travelled by H75 would be l7l per cent of the 1955 total or 38,”).- ooo.ooo miles. the equivalent of 77,-
III on all rural roads in I955. Fa- talities rose from 688 to i,iil. Cost of accidents in 1055 was suo.ooo.- Ill
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Churchill's Son Hes Naughty Boolt
By Alan Harvey Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CPI - " d ' ” Churchill has written a naughty book about the press. and there's going to be a row over it.
Britain's biggest distributor of newspapers and books. W. K. Smith and Son. has refused to handle the utspolten volume. Churchill has formed his own company to distribute the book.
Sir Winston's irrepressible son. as controversial in journalism an his father was in politics. has also referred the case to the General Council of the Press. watchdog of newspaper morals.
The book, What I Said About the Press. tweidenfeid and Nicholson) consists mainly of lectures Church- ill has delivered in the past, lash- ing out at Britain's press lords and the "personality" cult whereby individual privacy is sacrificed in the interests of sensationalism.
Churchill also has been critical of pornography in newspapes.
W. H. Smith and Son. whoao bookstalls are part of the scene at railway stations in most parts of Britain. has declined to dis- tribute the book. A lvokesmsl
said the ban was imposed on le- ""5
gal advice.
Fleet street expert Francis Wil- liams. writing in The New Staten- man. says the episode seems to
ally exaggerated. in in the well founded. and "it seems to a shocking thing that it made so very diftieult for the
dtoary reading public to hear it.”
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WASHINGTON ( AP) Presl-
have heard." reports that he in- tends to step out and turn his job over to Vice - President Richard Nixon.
With stress and a hint of irrita- tlon, the president undercut at his press conference various published reports that he will resign as soon as world conditions permit.
After labelling such reports rot. he went on to say:
"I frankly know of no reason why any speculative writer should at least doubt my basic integrity and honesty."
Referring back to his 1955 heart attack, Eisenhower said that when he gave the American people the opinion of his doctors that "I could undertake again a four-year tour of duty as president." it was his intent and purpose to carry on.
D E W line is Pretty Effective
SACKVlLLE.N.B. (CPI-Rob ert Shaw of Montreal. senior vice president of the Foundation Co. of Canada Ltd.. said here Thurs- day the Distant Early Warning line "may he obsolete but is still pretty effective."
Mr. Shaw. director of construc- tlon on the eastern end of the Dew line, said electronic develop- ment is so rapid nearly all such
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by the time it is installed.
He added. however. that he be- lieved the Arctic antiaircraft line "can pick up anything no matter how fast or how high."
He told a gathering of students three main types of detection sta- tions stretch along Canada's Arc- tic bounds y. one which can op- erate with no personnel. a second manned by 25 persons and a third by 15. '
"supercentres" are staffed by 150 persons. he said.
Britain Releases Greek Archbishop
By GEOFFREY MILLER
LONDON (AP)-Britain Thur!- day ordered the release from ex- ile of Archbishop Makarios in the hope of breaking the deadlock in the dispute over Cyprus. Maker- los, leader of the Greek Cypriot "union with Greece" movement. will not be permitted to return immediate! to the strife-torn ls-
lnltlal reaction among Greek Cypriots on the island was joyful. Church bells peeled and crowds gathered to talk enlctedly about the news. flashed to the island by radio.
M Athens. Greek Premier Con- stantine Itarernani syramoneld an ssnrgency Ineetin o s ca inet to dbeoss the situation.
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UK Employers Agree To Talks With Strikers
By JOHN DUDMAN
LONDON (Reuters)-British yin- dustrialists agreed for the tint time Thursday to negotiate with leaders or 1.ooo.ooo so-lktns factory workers. A meetinl between man- agement and labor lellrt-l9N3lV"e' was set for -
The employ -. . A W dmm” union demands la1:'(l::;c:': wage increase a fore the strike ll scheduled to snowball into the London area. taking another 5iIl.000 1119" 0" work. it followed the first clashes be- tween pickets and Police since the walkout began last Saturday in factories prochlcini "97?" thing from airliners in D8" P911" P9nS- .
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Minister lain Mlclseod ill "10 House of Common. "LAST CHANCE"
MaCLe0d said the management i. offer was possibly "NIB 11" Ch3”f3' lot saving the country from a dis- astrous stoppage." But he ldded
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hanticti lligether in the Confedera- tion of Si ipbuildini Ind Engineer ling l'niuns-plan to have their to- ital .'i.iititl.(i00 membership on a na- l tion-tilde strike by April 5. if lhdf demands are not met by that lime-
-Smeol Hunting Is 'Humane, To Seals
OTTAWA (CPI-Fisheries. Min- ister Sinclair. in a graphic de- scription Thursday of Labrador coast sealing operations, eXPl'"' sed more sympathy for the seal hunters than for their quarry.
Michael Starr (PC - Ontario) asked him in the Commons whether the annual spring seal hunt is carried out humanely-
Mr. Sinclair said that if the question referred to the hunters. sealing was ”the most dangerous and disagreeable work done by any fishermen in Canada."
The hunters lived in small, crowded boats. Boats and hunters often were lost on the ice.
SHOT WITH RIFLES
As for the seals. the adult an- imals were shot with rifles and baby seals were killed instantly by a heavy blow on the back of the neck. Some o' the adults were wounded and escaped "but that happens in any hunting opera- tion."
Mr. Starr asked whether the seal hunting is really necessary. and whether the rate of kill is so high that seals may be in danger of becoming as rare as buffaloes.
Mr. Sinclair said it is a com- mercial operation which has been carried on for at least 300 years. It yielded leather. seal oil. baby pelts for fur and also flippers, which hunters took home to ew- foundland to make a special dell- cacy called seal flipper pie. JIERD TOTALS 3.000.000
There was little likelihood of the seal herds being threatened with extinction. The rate of kill was governed by agreement between Canada and Norway.
Years ago upwards of 400 ships took part in the hunt. with annual kills of 750.000 animals. Last year three ships with I20 men went on the hunt and took 200.000 seals.
The seal herd now totals about 8.000.000. Mr. Sinclair said- "And a lot of Atlantic coast fishermen think 3.ooo.ooo.ooo seals eat much too much fish."
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HAVANA. Cuba (AP) - Police uncovered a large cache of arms and ammunition Wednesday in a raid on a private home in Mar- ianao suburb. They arrested two tenants and said the arms longed to youthful revolutionaries who tried to capture or kill Pres- ident Fulgencio Batista in an as- sault on his official lesidenc. March 13.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Israeli was reported Friday to have told the United States that Middle East fighting may flare up again if any Suez Canal settlement fails to lift the Egyptian ban on Israeli nhipping.
Diplomatic sources disclosed this as bad weather toiled an at- tempt by State Secretary Dulles to fly to New York for a Middle East consultaton with UN Secre- tary-General Dag Hammarsltjold. There were reports he would go to New York by automobile from Albany. N.Y.
Dulles has been directing U.S. negotiations with Egypt on future operation of the canal. it is about to be opened to regular traffic af- ter a shutdown resulting from last fall's Sinai fighting when a num- ber of ships were scuttled in the channel.
N0 AGREEMENT
So far Dulles has failed to get Egyptian P r e s i d e n t Nasser's agreement on three main U.S. pro- poaals- These are that Nasser change his tentative plans so as to make the canal an international commitment. recognize a grouping of canal users. and encompass six principles approved by the UN se- curity council Oct. 13.
Implementation of the six prin- ciples would protect Egypt's sov- ereignty, arbitrate disputes, insul- ate the canal front politics of any nation, p r s v s n t dscrimination against any user. agree to tails and set up a development fltnd.
Israeli ambassador Abba Eban
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rael distrusts any agreement that would allow Egypt to neimpose its Suez blockade against Israel. OUTLINES THOUGHTS
Eban was quoted by diplomatic sources as telling U.S. under-scc- retary Chrlstlan Herter:
1. Israel believes no Sues agree ment is legally or morally sound if it does not conform to the six principles and the 1888 Constan- tinople Convention internationalis- lng the waterway.
2. Trying to keep Israel out of the Suez will cause another Middle East blowup comparable to last fall's Israeli attack on Egypt.
3. Israel believes the Western powers threw away their bargain- ing positions lth Egypt. Now the West stands before Nasser with- out any means of pressure.
4. If the canal becomes Egyp- tian. instead of international. prop- erty. Nasser will have an eco- nomic stranglehoid on all of West- ern Europe because he would con- trol the vital oil and trade route from the east-
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5. Israel hanks heavily on Presl- dcnt Eisenhower's assertion that the U.S. does not assume Egypt will try to keep Israel fronl using the canal.
6. Israel will send an Israeli ship through the canal as soon as the U.S. and other powers estab- lish the principle of free and inno- cent passage.
7. lsrsel is not in favor of any litigation. such as Dulles 'Ides of getting an advisory opnon from the world court. on the interna-
tonal character of the Gulf of Ariana or its narrow entrance. This is because Israel feels it has the right to use these areas freely, Ind any legal action would have to instituted by those who disagree.
FLAGS SHOW UP JOHANNESBURG tReutersl- Paper Union Jacks were pasted on poles, buildings and traffic lights in many parts of Johannes- burg Saturday. Under the Flag Amendment Act applied in Cape- town Friday. the Union Jack dis appeared as an official flag of the
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