Canal Settlement Hope Lies In Moderation See Page 2 Y 4AAt C igaYi A16F 46F :43 a t I# Latest Deadline in the State TIIU DERtSIIOANTRS. __... .. VOL. LXVII, No. 328 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956 FOUR PAGES Eisenhower To Get Final Health Exam Will Tell Country If Able To Serve Another Term / WASHINGTON W) -Presideni Dwight D. Eisenhower said yes. terday he feels physically fit, bul will have another complete physi- cal examination before the Nov 6 election. He reaffirmed his promise- made when he announced for re- J election-that he will let the Am- erican people know if anything causes him to think he is not fii to serve a second term. Eisenhower told his news 'con- ference: "At an appropriate time-some time later this year, but certainly before the election, I will have another complete examination, to determine that there has been no change in my situation. "If at any time I have any rea- son to believe that I am not fit, as I believe myself to be now, I will com- before the American public and tell them." Eisenhower supplied this brief mention of his health two months to the day after he entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for an abdom- inal operation. The President, during the con- ference, said the United States "has every hope" of a peaceful settlement of the crisis over Vgypt's seizure of the Suez Canal. He said that as things now stand, he couldn't conceive of military force being a good solution. le also touched on many do- mestic matters, including politics. He said he plans to attend the' final day's session of the Repub- lican National Convention which opens in San Francisco Aug. 20. Reporters generally agreed that Eisenhower's color looked good, better than it did a week ago when he held his first news conference since the ileitis operation June 9. Estimate Cali Dynamite Blast Killed 1,800 CALI, Colombia W)-The death toll in Tuesday's dynamite blast in the heart of Cali was estimated as high as 1,800 yesterday. h Relief poured in and the task of burying the dead went on. Up to 2,000 buildings may have been destroyed by the explosion, some sources figured. Damage to business and industry was esti- mated as high as 40 million dollars. TIhe blast left a crater 85 feet deep and about 200 feet wide. No North Americans were re- porte. killed or injured in the ex- plosion that destroyed the center of the city of 285,000. Seven trucks loaded with gov- ernment dynamite, parked for the night Monday in a densely popu- lated; area of slums, warehouses, small hotels, stores and factories, let go in the blast. President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla charged that it was an act of sabotage by his political enemies. The only official announcement on the death toll was Rojas Pin- illa's. He said more than 1,000 were dead and injured. But the newspaper La Repub- Ilca of Bogota said the death toll may reach 1,800 and Diario de Colombia there estimated the dead -at 1,200. Poet Hughes Explains Work Stand Stated' Fit]Pn By Adlais Aides Civil Rights Comment Seen As Blow ays of Suez Life Seizure Lfld 1 o noutnern "IIgtI1on s upport By PETE EUKSTEIN special to the Daily CHICAGO - The question they're asking in Chicago is a simple one: "Why?" Why did Adlai Stevenson with a first-ballot nomination firmly in the bag, open his mouth-only to have his usually rapier-like tongue collide solidly with the bottom of his foot? The answer is not as simple, but the picture that emerged yester- day followed these lines: In a series of private interviews, the former Illinois governor had indicated he would like to see a "stronger" civil rights plank than the rather vague one adopted in 1952. Quotation of his exact remark was not permitted, and not all interviewers agreed as to just what he had said to them. So far no one was excited. But then an enterprising television film announcer requested a few They were granted, on the condi- tion that no "controversial" ques- Pedtions would be asked. A really "innocent" question was ventured: Woui he directly pre- 1 eI* rsent his views on civil flights to the A dl i lWplatform committee? Stevenson replied that he had already ex- pressed views on the issue. ? CHICAGO (R')-Dixie Democrats bristled yesterday at Adlai E. Stevenson's more militant stand. Supporters of Gov. Averell Har- riman of New York, Stevenson's top rival for the nomination at next week's Democratic National Convention, tried to promote th'e idea that Stevenson had let him self in for a majorsetback-that the south was "running away" from the former Illinois governor. Stevenson's top lieutenants said some votes have been lost, but only a few. They stuck to predic- tions their tnan will turn up with a quick victory in the presidential nominating derby. And, so far, there are no signs of any real stampede away from Stevenson as a result of his pro- nouncement Tuesday night that Democrats, through their national convention and platform, should "express unequivocal approval" of the Supreme Court decision bar- ring racial segregation in public schools. Even with Stevenson taking that position; for a party declaration that would be highly unpalatable to most Southerners, there still appeared to be a good chance the bulk of Southern delegates would wind up in Stevenson's corner. At this point, there seems to be no other comfortable place they can go. Harriman is the only other out- standing contender for the presi- dential nomination, and his views on' civil rights and other issues long have made his unacceptable to the South. Harriman said at Albany, NY., yesterday that he is in the battle for the presidential nomination to the finish and expects to win. And a Harriman spokesman pre- dicted in Chicago that his man would be nominated for the presi- dency at next week's national con- vention on the third or fourth ballot. Studle-Packard lWill Change, Says Hurley QUEHANNA, Pa. iA')-Roy T. Hurley, president and board chair- man of Curtiss-Wright Corp., said yesterday the firm "will make some serious changes in Stude- baker-Peckard approach to the automobile industry." "But I am not going into any production racee with other auto- mobile companies," Hurley told a news conference at the firm's facilities in this north-central Pennsylvania forestland. The aircraft manufacturing firm more than a year ago built a large testing ground and development center here on 51,175 acres of land purchased and leased from the state. It is 150 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Curtiss-Wright already has com- mitted 20 million dollars to the project, and Hurley announced that a 50-million-dollar expansion is planned. Details of the project were not disclosed because they involve national security, he said. In his first news conference But when asked if his stand was' still one of moderation-a phrase Stevensonhas himself been known to use-he said, "I don't know what that means. No one has ever defined it for me." 'Puzzles' "That," replied the interviewer, "puzzles a lot of us." "I've had a very strong feeling," Stevenson volunteered, returning to the subject himself, "that the platform should express unequiv- ocal approval of the court's deci- sion, although it seems odd that you have to express your approval of the Constitution and its institu- tions." The Democratic party is a sym- bol of white supremacy in the South. Its candidate is only one member of it, and southerners have grown tolerant of much of the oratory of their fellow Demo- crats when it comes to civil rights. 'Moderation' Stevenson's previous adoption of the word "moderation" appealed to southerners. It reminded them of "gradualism," which reminded them of "stand-pattism." They were clearly expecting "modera- tion" to prevail at the convention and their many signs of reconcilia- tion to the north had been appar- ently predicated on the assurance that the Court would not be men- tioned in the platform. Whether or not Stevenson and his supporters had explicitly given that assurance is not clear. Harri- man's campaign manager, Lloyd Benefield, yesterday charged that southern reaction to the new Stev- enson statement proved the Illi- noisian "had previously given them reason to believe he agreed with their position on this issue." And if by "this issue" Benefield means the very narrow issue of the platform endorsing the deci- sion, then he may be correct. The southerners' frequent use in pri- vate of the word "doublecross" indicates that at least tacit assur- ances were understood. Even in public, Mississippi Gov. James Coleman expressed surprise at the new turn of events. The net affect on the Stevensona convention picture has not been favorable, despite campaign mana- ger James Finnegan's assertion yesterday that delegate strength had been maintained through it all. Possible aims might have been undercutting Gov. Averell Harri- See ADLAI'S, Page 4 IKe Predicts 'Good Sense' About Canal Confident of Solution Without Battle; Talks To Dulles on Policy WASHINGTON (R) - President Dwight D. Eisenhower confidently predicted yesterday that "good sense will prevail" in the Suez crisis and a solution will be found at the conference table instead of on the battlefield, Soon after making this forecast at his news conference, Eisenhower met for half an hour with Secre- tary of State Dulles to go over the further development of U.S. policy, and presumably size up the latest events abroad, These include the comment from the British Foreign Office that- in spite of extensive British and French military concentration in the Suez area-Britain intends to settle the canal crisis by peaceful means. British Closer o -U.S. That brought the British pcsi- tion much closer to that of the United States, on the reerd. It also is in line with the general attitude expressed by Russian leaders. The Soviets have backed Egypt's nationalization of the canal but have argued that there is no issue for fighting and that, in the end "sober statesmanship" will prevail. Eisenhower said in response to one question that in making his Suez Canal comments he had been "very careful" not to say that he was opposed to the use of military force under any circumstances. 'Negotiation' "I said," he then explained, "every important question in the world in which more than one nation is interested should be settled by negotiation. We have tried to substitute the conference table for the battlefield. "Now, I don't mean to say that anyone has to surrender rights' without using everything they can to preserve their rights." At that point, however, the Pres- ident flatly declined to express an opinion on whether British and French military preparations were justified in a defensive sense. Con gress To Meet Early Next Year WASHINGTON (R) - President Dwight D. Eisenhower yesterday obligingly took Congress out of the embarrassing position of or- dering itself to meet next January too late to count the presidential electoral vote. Eisenhower announced that at1 the request of "the leadership of: both parties of both houses" he] was killing a resolution calling Congress to convene at noon Jan., 7. Murray 'Snyder, assistant White4 House press secretary, said this1 "rare" action means the 85th Con- gress will convene Jan. 3 as ori-1 ginally prescribed by law. Then the legislators can count the electoral vote Jan. 7 as pro- vided in the law., Finders NEW YORK (P)-With the air of a man who has grasped opportunity and squeezed it dry, Pearly Dickens riffled a five-dollar bill in his trouser pocket yesterday. It was all that was left of $3,000 that came his way last' Friday to lighten his job as a building wrecker. As a chimney came down, it brought with it a rain of green- backs - cached there nobody knows how long ago by some unknown hoarder. "Money, money, money!" chortled Dickens as he and his crew rushed in for their share of the $7,000 to $11,000 wind- fall. Dickens got about $3,000 of the treasure. He promptly in- vested $50 for whiskey and threw a party for the house- wrecking crew. Then he paid off some bills and gave his wife $900. When the police arrived yesterday to ask him why he hadn't reported the find as re- quired by law, Dickens riffled the lonely fiver still in his pocket and commented: I always thought finders was keepers." Belgium Coal Mine Fires Trap Workers MARCINELLE, Belgium (P)-A coal mine fire trapped 270 men in tunnels 2,485 feet below the surface here yesterday. Authorities fear it will turn out to be the worst mine disaster in Belgium's history. All escape routes have been cut off by the blaze. Rescuers working desperately with fire - fighting equipment 13 hours after the fire started had brought eight bodies and seven injured men to the sur- face. The dead men had been as- phyxiated. Only Miraculous One mine official said it would be miraculous if many more of the trapped miners were saved. The mine engineer said the fire was started when a coal car left its rails, cut an electric cable and caused a short circuit. Twenty-five men escaped by elevator before the flames melted its cable and sent its cars crash-' ing to the bottom of the pit. Seven other men found their' way to the surface through a laby- rinth of side passages before these, too, were blocked by the fire. Flames, Fumes Rescue workers were driven back repeatedly by the flames,' fumes and heat that melted their heavy. rubber boots. A dynamite blast breached a concrete wall blocking one escape route. It was through this opening the' dead and injured men - were brought out. But apparently it led only to a side passage blocked by fire at its other end. The burning pit is the Casier du1 Bois mine, one, of the biggest in Marcinelle, a little town 20 milesi north of the French border. ] FEIKENS - says he is confident of Cobo's winning gubernatorial race. "Williams has been in office too long.' Cobo's Primary Victo boostLs state GOP Hoj By MIKE KRAFT "An Eisenhower-Cobo ticket is the strongest we've years, declared John Feikens, State chairman of the Michi publican Party. With optimism undoubtedly heightened by the Detroit sweeping win of the Republican gubernatorial nomination, looks forward to seeing Governor G. Mennen Williams u Chairman of the 1952 Michigan Citizens for Eisenhower Coi linked Albert E. Cobo and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ing them both as "proven vote getters and administrators With an occasional glance at the Detroit River, visible3 office high in Detroit Penobscot Building, the lawyer from Grosse Pointe described campaign plans. Leikens pointed out that Michi- gan again has a single ballot list- ing all the candidates. "This will have a tremendous effect on -vot- ing," he predicted. Efforts will be made to "enlighten" voters on how marking the ballot for Ike will al- low them to vote for all the Re- publican candidates. The party's campaign publicity will emphasize straight ticket voting, hoping that the president's popularity will aid the other GOP office seekers., The Democrats employed this campaign aid when the late Presi- dent Roosevelt ran for office. Eventually, the Republican con- trolled State Legislature placed presidential candidates on separ- ate ballots. After Eisenhower went into the White House, the legisla- ture succeeded in restoring the single ballot. In the State Senate alone, Feik- ens observed, there are 12 Demo- crats and nine Republicans who won office by margins smaller than five per cent. The Eisen- hower-Cobo ticket should greatly help wrestle control of the Demo- cratic seats and strengthen the Republican position, he felt. Charging that Williams has held his position so long that he no longer is interested in the job of governor, Feikens accused Wil- liams of dividing his, loyalties. Citing "research" conducted on the incumbent's last two years in office, Feikens said Williams had been away 147 days, primarily in other states. "The governor's na- tional aspirations have little ap- peal locally," Feikens commented. Pearl Prim To Perform In Hill Tod Pearl Primus, young Ne cer born in Trinidad, wil at 8:30 p.m. today in Hi torium, as part of Unive ries, "Patterns of Americ ture: Contributions of the Miss Primus came to th try at the age of two. At high school and College, begun a medical careerI desire for dancing overcat She then switched to a r anthropology, is working o torate of philosophy in pology at Columbia Unive She has just returned year of study in Africa, w went on a grant from th Rosenwald Fund. Among the interpretati will present in her conce Miss Primus will perf "Africa", with a series in Invocation, Fanga, Earti cian, Coronation, Fertili Dance, Drum Talk, Tem tusi and Santos. Her assistants in the3 are Percival Borde, Moses Helen Tinsley, and Mary All seats for the Prim gram are reserved -- ma price, $1.50, balcony, on The Hill Auditorium box open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.n In Western Nigeria, called Miss Primus "On meaning "child has7 home." While she was in V Central Africa, Miss learned not only the c many dances, but me forces behind such dances She saw court dances, imitations, abstract cere fertility dances, dances aristocracy, children's dan dances of death. She learn in African dance it "is th which dictates to the+ since the inhabitants ra dulge in formal analysis technique and choreograp Burney Becom Surgeon Genes WASHINGTON P')-Dr E. Burney, 49, yesterday the eighth surgeon genera Death' C an't Trust Continuous Oil from Mideast Going Through Canal 'Vital to Europe' LONDON (A') -Prime Minister Anthony Eden told the world last night that Britain never can ac- cept Egyptian President Gamal Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal. He said Middle East oil that passes through the canal is a mat- ter of life and death in Europe. state Eden first called on Queen Eliza- beth II at Buckingham Palace with a situation report on the Suez crisis and then went before TV cameras and radio with his mes- sage. The radio carried his voice around the globe. Half the Oil F es He said gravely: "Through it-the canal-travels today about half the oil, without which the industry of this country, had in of Western Europe, of Scandinavia gan Re- and many other countries could not be kept going, This is a matter of life and death to us all." mayor's He said Nasser cannot be trusted Feikens to keep the canal open. nseated. Of the 103-mile waterway, the mmittee, Prime Minister said: describ- "The world's commerce depends ., on it. It is in fact the greatest from his international waterway in the world. What Colonel Nasser has just done is to seize it for his own US ends . . . One Man's Mercy "If Colonel Nasser's actions were to succeed, each one of us would be at the mercy of one man for the supplies on which we live. We could never accept that." Emphasis in the Suez crisis gro dan- shifted Wednesday to a peaceful 1 appear settlement rather than deploy- ll Audi- ment of force, despite authorita- rsity se- tive reports that Egypt will boy- an Cul- cott the 24-nation conference Negro." called by Britain, France and the Lis coun- United States to seek international Hunter control of the canal. she had Nineteen nations, including hesi- when "a tant India and Ceylon, have ac- me her." cepted invitations to the meeting major in to begin in London Aug. 16. n a doc- Britain's Foreign Office issued anthro- a statement giving assurance that rsity. "our intention is that the dispute from a on the Suez Canal should be peace- fro ahe fully settled." Nevertheless, Brit- here she ain's greatest postwar military de- ployment in the Mediterranean continued in close coordination ions she with similar French moves. rt here, Eden charged President Nasser 'orm in had taken over the Suez Canal Co. cluding:. -an international enterprise- h Magi- without consulation and without ty, War consent. ne, Wa- The Prime Minister declared: "By Egyptian law the company's program employees are ordered to stay at Mainn, work under threat of imprison-. Waithe. ment. The pattern is familiar to us pro- many of us. We all know this is in floor how Fascist governments behave e dollar. and we all remember only too well office is what the cost can be in giving in m. today. to fascism,. natives Eden, who before World War II mowale", gave up his job as foreign secre- returned tary rather than appeasehMussolini Vest and in the Ethiopian crisis, then issued Primus this warning: rms of Of Course' otivating "Just now Colonel Nasser is soft- pedalling. How can we be sure the naturnext time he has a quarrel with monials, any country that he will hot inter- monathfere with that nation's ships, and of the how can we be sure that next time nces a he is short of money he will not ned that raise the dues on all the ships that outside" pass through the canal? If he is :utside"given the chance, of course he rely in- will." of their Eden pledged that Britain does hics. not seek a solution of the dispute -- t' "by force but by the broadest pos- sible international agreement." ies He said none of the countries in- vited to the international confer- GA ence on the Suez has refused to attend. But Britain still awaits r. Leroy answers from Russia, Egypt, Spain, became Indonesia and Greece. l of the In his report, Eden referred to I Poet Langston Hughes said yes- terday that "all of us must cope "with the problems of the present in segregation." As final lecturer in University's lsummer series, "Patterns of Am- erican Culture: Contributions of the Negro," Hughes read some of his poems on jazz, Negro labor, ending with his most recent work ,on the Montgomery bus boycott. Explaining his start as a poet, Hughes said, "In the eighth grade, we had class elections. I was new to the, school, and a Negro girl told me it was prejudiced." However, after class officers were elected, the teacher asked ,for a class poet, "and a white boy NEW TRANSLATION: Puccini s 'La Boheme Opens Puccini's opera, "La Boheme," will begin a five-performance run at 8 p.m. today in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. "La Boheme" will be sung in a new English translation prepared espiceally for this production by Prof. Josef Blatt of the music school. Prof. Hugh Z. Norton of the speech department has directed the production and Marjorie Smith a 77