THE MICHIGAN DAILY DEGAULLE, BOURGUIBA: --AP Wirephoto PICK A BALE OF COTTON--More than 7,00' bales of cotton were moved from warehouses which were threatened by raging floodwaters from the Chattahoochee River, to higher ground, filling a street of Columbus, Georgia. South Awaits New Floods From Torrential Rains MONTGOMERY (P)--Central and south Alabama braced last night for angry 'torrents of water from flooding rivers rolling relent- lessly toward the Gulf of Mexico. And even as the South tried to pull itself out of the morass, a new rainstorm moving in from Texas threatened to drop up to two inches of rain in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and northwest Florida. The flood death toll rose to eight--three' in Mississippi and five in Georgia. President John F. Kennedy, acting in a request by See Hope for Algerian War Settlemr( PARIS (A) - President Charles de Gaulle and President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia declared themselves satisfied yesterday that there is hope for a rapid settle- ' ment of the bloody Algerian re- . belliori now dragging through its seventh year After daylong talks alone in the - secluded presidential chateau at Rambouillet, the two leaders is- sued a guarded communique say- ing they were agreed there is.a possibility "from this moment for a rapid and positive" settlement of the Algerian war. They said they had examined the Algerian problem in a spirit of "frankness and mutual under- standing." Acts as Middleman Bourguiba, acting primarily as a middleman between de Gaulle and the Algerian nationalists,- joined the French president in de- claring that the two men found their views almost in accord on international problems. The optimistic tone of the pro- FROM TUNIS TO PARIS-Tunisian President Habib Bou that direct peace talks between travelled to the French capital and the chateau of Pr the French and Algerian rebels Charles de Gaulle for talks on the settlement of the ft were in the offing, although the Algerian crisis. Bourguiba flew to Paris from Zurich. communique did not say specifi- cally that such negotiations would be opened. Yesterday's meeting was the first time President Charlesde TAY'S SPECIAL Gaulle, had met. Bourguiba and IOD ~ also the first time de Gaulle had agreed to probe the Algerian prob- CharcoalSe k Dinner 1. lem-"an internal French affair" C.ca St k n -with any foreigner, let alone an Arab chief of state. Hundreds Demonstrate Meanwhile in Paris,. police reo d n f /' clashed with hundreds of rightist demonstrators. Several persons 120i South University were hurt and about 50 arrested. The police, using. a new tactic, blocked off several hundred yards of the Champs Elysees near the Arch of Triumph and let the youths inside the area demon- strate. From time to time, they clashed with police. on.tego. . . The de Gaulle-Bourguiba meet- In a full ear collee ng is the second in. a series of steps edging carefully toward a program in YVenna. meeting between France and the Algerian nationalist rebels. Sophomores! Juniors! Live and study in Paxto E Urope next year P Leaves send coupon GE Presidency O NEW YORK (M -- Chairman srrirrssnrmenar Ralph J. Cordiner of General Electric Co. resigned yesterday as Na'" chairman of the National Busi- ad".g ness Advisory Council to take over the GE presidency from retiring **"*. sr* Robert Paxton. Besides holding the chairman- ship and presidency of the com- - - (aan.profi* .duatianol rgwairatiog pany Cordiner will continue as a member of the Council, which ad-, vises Secretary of Commerce Luth- er H. Hodges. A question over Cordiner's con- tinuance in the council chairman- ship was raised after GE and 28 Discovered at last! The fewprecious ounces other electrical, equipment manu-CC facturing companies wee fined silken Heanca nylon you wouldn't trade for i nearly $2 million in antitrust ac- tions charging rigging of bids and the hidden treasures of the deep. Come see hov prices. II n t n ; . x .. .14. _ - . a .. , s . Alabama Gov. Ross Barnett, de- clared flooded areas of Mississippi as a major disaster area.' Fifteen counties in Alabama, six in Mississippi and two in Geor- gia were declared disaster areas by the United States Small Busi- ness Administration. A National Guard . helicopter plummeted into the Alabama River while on flood relief duty but the two occupants managed to get out of the craft and were picked up by a boat crew. As part of Mississippi's 30,000 evacuees started returning to their flood-ravaged homes, they Pad to watch out for new perils-poison- ous snakes and alligators. Goldberg Asks Union Support" Of President MIAMI BEACH (M-Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg yes- terday assured organized labor critics that President John F. Ken- nedy's program represents the ad- ministration's best judgment of what is obtainable from Congress. Praise for President Kennedy's proposals has been tempered by union leaders at AFL-CIO execu- tive council meetings here with criticism that In various respects they' don't go far enough to revive the lagging economy. Goldberg advised his former un- ion colleagues to get wholeheart- edly behind President Kennedy's plans because, he said, they are based on a realistic appraisal of what Congress may be expected to approve. He reminded them some, business organizations feel the proposals are too drastic. Goldberg, former attorney for many AFL-CIO unions, brought to the closed council meeting a let- ter from President Kennedy to George Meany, AFL-CIO presi- dent, in which the President said his program merits support of all elements in American life. HUAC Chairman Sets Retirement WASHINGTON (A') - Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa) chair- man of the House Un-American Activities Committee, said yester- day he will not seek reelection. The 66-year-old Walter, now serving his 15 th two-year term, gave health as the reason for re- tiring from Congress after the current session. New flood threats loomed 75 miles northwest of Hattiesburg, hardest hit so far of Mississippi cities.-- Wd N wRoundup . By The Associated Press LONDON - W. Averell Har- riman, United States ambassador- at-large, flew to Rabat early to- day to attend the funeral of King Mohammed V of Morocco after cutting short his talks with British leaders. * , * LONDON ,T Britain bowed to tiny Iceland last night in an agree- ment recognizing the Icelandic 12- mile fishing limit on one of the richest zones dragged by British trawlers. "For a transitional period of three years," the agriculture min- istry said, "the Icelandic govern- ment will not object to British vessels continuing to fish in the greater part of the zone between 6 and 12 miles off Iceland." * * * SALISBURY, Southern Rhode-, sia -- Britain was:accused in Par-' liament yesterday of trying to turn Northern Rhodesia over to Negro rule at a time when Communism is making headway among emerg- ing African nations. YYYY----------------Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y---Y-Y------Y---Y------------------------- tt -------- - - - - - - 4-4-9-1 " #9 .K' 4c . .41 #9 . #9 #9 #9 #9 #9 #9 'TTTTTTTT" f STUDENTS! 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