lOUT REPORT MISLEADING Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom :43 a t 110 ge age 2 THUNDERSTORMS o. 34S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1958 FVE CENTS FOUR PA .. ..... Sonomic Report 1ows Optimism, 3RC Unemployment Study Shows )ne-Fourth of Famiies Affected By ROBERT JUNKER e of every four American families felt the recession's impact hi unemployment or shortened working hours, according to a released Sunday by Prof. William Haber of the economics de- nt and Prof. Wilbur J. Cohen of the social work school. orter work weeks affected four million families, while unem- nt of at least one member hit eight and one half million fami- o or more members'of 700,000 families suffered periods of un- ment. spite conditions, optimism about individual economic prospects iiness conditions in general prevails, even among those still -unemployed, the report said. The survey, based on a random sam- pling of 1456 adults, was conduct- SF hed by the University's Survey Research Center. A 0 Average 21 Week e S O ut At the time of the survey, which was conducted in May and June, those unemployed averaged 21 weeks unemployment while those who had been unemployed but found another job had averaged $UT, Lebanon (W') - Pro- 11 weeks out of work, Sixty per nent followers of the slain cent of those out of work for the , leader Ahmed Hammoud last year had received some un- sterday they had fought a employment benefits, while 30 per three-hour battle with cent received benefits the entire in the Lebanese hills near period of their unemployment. pan border atte raged Sunday at er. A loss of income of under $500 d distrit was experienced by 38 per cent of in the Rachaya district those interviewed; 25 per cent felt Hammoud's mutiliated body they had lost between $500 and und the same day. Ta- $1,00 in income, while a like per- was a ;leader of the Syrian centage estimated their loss at National =party - SSNP - abewn'.1O0ad 2Q. se group which supports betwee $1,00 a $2,000. ernmx ent of President Ca' Unemployment was most wide- namoun becausent hates spread among families with 1957 t Nasserofthe' United incomes of $5,000 or less, te re- epublic port .stated. Unemployment was Three Killed concentrated among y a u n g e r ould not be determined members of the labor force, ac- r $SNP fighters were seek- cording to the findings, enge for the death of Ham- Some Feel Confident ,The party leader and two One third of those unemployed Party members were found at the time of the survey felt ,bout two miles from the confident they would get their old 'a, district's border with job back or find another with equal pay. Another one third felt nically, Hammoud's party their chances of getting a job with wed in Lebanon. Formerly equal pay were bad. as the Syrian Popular Sixty per cent of those current- It advocates a union con- ly unemployed believe business Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, conditions will not get worse in ordan and Cyprus., the next year, while 27 per cent To Widen Delegation felt there will . be "good times" ie political front the Leba- during the coming 12, months. oinet was reported to have "While a larger proportion of to broaden its delegation American workers have been af- UN General Assembly to fected by this recession than at viewpoints other than any time since World War IIL the f Chamoun's regime. amazing thing is that a general-, , have been sharp com- ly optimistic attitude continues to especially from the rebels, prevail in spite of large econom-I Foreign Minister Charles ic losses," the professors 'coin- -head of the delegation- mented on the findings;, nts only Chamoun, who is No Depression Seen be succeeded by Gen. Faud Attributing this attitude to wid- as president on Sept. 23. er use of unemployment insurance than in the past, the professors also attributed the economic op- e vitim timism to a belief "that most people, including the unemployed, felt there was little likelihood of W a severe depression." U r Citing the study as "an import-J H os ital ant new area of research," they] added that "this data will be a H. DeNevers graduate stu- useful supplement to information irned in an explosion and currently avaliable from the gov- e in an engineering labora- ernment, which records only the Iday, was reported recover- number -of persons currently un- sfactorily yesterday in Uni- employed and does not measure1 Hospital. the dynamic impact of unemploy-I ondition is listed as good; ment over longer periods of time." ged from Saturday. Prof. Cohen was director of re- vers suffered first and sec- search and statistics for the Social1 ree burns over 15 per cent Security Administration prior to body when an experiment his University appointment, and g the use of propylene gas Prof. Haber is a member of the1 igh pressure and tempera- Federal Advisory Council on Em.- ploded in a third floor lab- ployment Security. in the East Engineering Complete findings of their studyc g. are expected to be available this vers, 27 years old, was fall. with 28-year-old Yu- twang at the time of the t. Hwang escaped injury. en are doctoral candidates F o r, ical and metallurgical en- 1g. blast did several thousand worth of' damage to the the rooms surrounding it. nent block west wall of the pushed into a leaning posi-. I cracked in the middle for a of 12 feet. eber of instrument were d and a water pipe located r the table was ruptured een windows in adjoining? and a set of glass double 1 the lab next door were RED CHINA: Report Explains Policies WASHINGTON ()-The United States pictured its 10-year refusal to recognize Red China yesterday as a quarantine helping to keep Communist infection from spread- ing. A 5,000-word memorandum on the subject, signed by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was sent to all 84 United States mis- sions around the world. Few Recognize Reds The memo noted that most na- .ions recognize Nationalist China in preference to Red China. The score is 45-19, with most of the 19 having recognized Peiping before the Korean War in 1950. The statement said that if the United States recognized Red Chi- na now, these things would hap- pen: 1. Nationalist China would be seriously crippled, if not altogether destroyed. That would blast the hopes of Chinese determined to free their country from commun- ism. It would also undermine the Nationalist China military power poised off the China mainland as a deterrent to Communist expan- sion. Desperation Possible 2. Nearby nations, especially South Korea and Viet Nam, might feel abandoned by the United States and take "desperate meas- ures, not caring whether these threatened the peace" 3. Other nations fearing United States withdrawal from the ar East, probably would make a quick deal with Peiping on the best terms obtainable. 4. The millions of Chinese living abroad would inevitably switch their loyalty to Peiping, forming a serious subversive fifth column in the countries where they live. Curtis Asks Union Curbs WASHINGTON (M - Sen. Carl T. Curtis (R-Neb.) proposed yes- terday new federal court action to force gangsters, racketeers and connivers out of the Teamsters Union hierarchy. Curtis serves on the Senate Rackets Investigating Coimittee, which, Is to resume public hearings today on allegations the Team- sters' International President James R. Hoffa has leagued with the underworld to enhance his union power. Hoffa i due back on the witness stand then for more questioning about labor racketeering. Curtis said in a recorded radio interview the evidence already is clear Hof- fa should give up the Teamster presidency. But the senator added he doubts even this could bring the sort of housecleaning he be- lieves the union needs. Curtis suggested that United States District Judge F. Dickinson Letts has ample authority to sum- mon t offa into court here for an accounting of stewardship. The senator told a reporter later he believes Letts should do so. The union functions now with a board of monitors helping to su- pervise its administration. The monitors are scheduled to meet here tomorrow and Thurs- day, amid indications' they will consider testimony from the rack- ets committee hearings. - Afro .Asiai S oviet MkJc Ike Expected GRAND JURY POSSMB To Address Adams To LASIoNG (P- There has been UN Session dLNG discussion of the possibility of asking for a one-man grand jury investigation of the Frank Ker- Assembly May Hear dorf torch death case, Atty. Gen. Surprise Proposals Paul L. Adams said yesterday. "We have discussed it," Adams WASHINGTON (A') -- President said, "and we probably will con- Dwight D. Eisenhower reviewed timne to.But there are no plans Middle Eastern problems yesterday along that line at this time." amid increasing indications he Adams reported at an after would lay some new proposals be- noon press conference that he had fore the United Nations personally. President Eisenhower met for State John Foster Dulles to discuss the economic-political package the " " United States will propose to theS UN General Assembly this week. B egin StiK The White House tersely de- clined to shed any new light on SAN FRANCISCO () - Shut- whether the President has decided down of the 22-million-dollar-a- to fly to New York for a dramatic day interstate trucking industry in one-shot appearance before the 11 Western states began yesterday. Assembly. Employer orders for the shut- SpeechrReady down began going out because of But informed authorities re- a Teamsters Union strike in Cal- ported a hard-hitting speech has fornia's Central Valley, one of the been written for the President to richest productive regions in the deliver. world. These authorities said is con- The first shutdowns, ultimately stitutes a major address with some expected to idle 100,000 men, ini- surprise proposals, But, they said, tially affected only-California. it would not have quite the world- wide impact that President Esen- Ten Other States bower's open skies inspection pro- But an employer spokesman said posal had in 1955. the shutdown should be completed There was some speculation in another two or three days in President Eisenhower would dis- Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, close a. decision to withdraw a Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washing- battalion of Marines from the ton, Idaho, Montana and Wyom- 14,000 troops the United States ing' now has in Lebanon. The delay elsewhere is occa- Xerecy Observed aoned by the necessity of contact- To avoid tipping off the Amen- mg seven employer associations can strategy, 'the White House that will pass along the shutdown and State Department -drew an orders. even tighter' secrecy curtain than The gigantic paralysis was usual around President Eisen- touched off yesterday morning by hower's role, as well as the pro- the appearance of Teamsters posals the government would set Union pickets in the Central Val- forth. ley. Secretary Dulles was reported Demands Refused ready to stay og in New York for The strike there was ordered by several weeks if necessary to win the Sacramento local after em- acceptance of American proposals ployers had turned down the and block an anticipated Soviet local's, demand that valley drivers propaganda assault against them. get the same $4.57-a-day pay in- United States proposals were crease negotiated by drivers in the understood to fit within the frame- San Francisco Bay area. work UN Secretary General Dag Employers in the 11 Western Hammaskjold outlined Saturday states said the Sacramento coun- as the path for Middle East sta- cil was bound by a memorandum 'bility. i agreement signed May 27 calling Hammarskjold called for Middle for a package increase of $3 a day. East countries to pledge non-inter- Teamsters argued that since ferense in each other's affairs. He pickup and delivery drivers in the coupled this with plans to step up Sacramento council refused to UN truce activities in the Middle ratify the memorandum agree- East. ment, it was not acceptable. IKE, WILSON BLAMED:- Report SaysC Slashes .hurt Missile Research WASHINGTON (') - Democrats on a House Committee said yes- terday money cuts under President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson cost the nation several years' headway in missiles research. Despite soaring research costs for new. weapons, the Demo- cratic-controlled Government Operations Committee said, defense Bloc Supports I-East Continue Kierdorf Probe "absolutely no intention of drop- ping out of the case." There had been published re- ,orts that state police and others wanted him out of the case. Conferred With Child, Adams said he had just re- turned from a three hour con- ference with Joseph A. Childs, State Police Commissioner, on the general aspects of the fire-caused death of the Teamsters Union of- ficial. "We discussed the entire situa- tion," Adams said. "It was our first chance to go over it in de- tail,, Adams said examination of physical evidence by State Police and Health Department .labora- tories is not yet complete and that nothing new has turned up in incomplete reports. Childs. said he was "as sur- prised as anyone"that a State Po- lice spokesman was reported as saying he wished Adams were out of the case. Not Asking Pull-Out "We're not requesting anyone; to pull out," Childs said. 'I haven't been able to find out where the information came from." Adams was asked if he had re- ceived any offer of help in the in- vestigation from any union source. He said ,no such offer had been received as yet. Adams said he thought certain, aspects of the physical evidence should be kept secret at this time. "But as far as being a news gag, it isn't intended that way," he said. "We're trying to be fair Balloon Set' for Flght MINNEAPOLIS (A') - The Air. Force said yesterday a balloonist it plans to send to the rim of space this week will face nearly all the problems of the future satellite pilot. Weather permitting, Capt. Grov- er J. Schock, a rusty-haired native of Illinois, wilL take off at sunrise. Thursday on a long cruise in the stratosphere., The 32-year-old scientist will be making his first stratosphere bal- loon flight when he goes aloft in a small cylinder jammed with in- struments. Before the Thursday flight he will make one or more low altltude flights in an open gondola to become a qualified bal- loonist under Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration regulations. Except for the knotty problem of weightlessness, which is Capt.. Schock's specialty, he will experi- ence all the major problems ex- pected for a satellite pilot. Schock earned a doctor's degree in space physiology on original research in the field of weightlessness and zero gravity. with the press and give out as much as we can." Still Holds Theory The Attorney General, who has taken over coordination of the in- vestigation, said he still held to the theory that Kierdorf received his fatal burns while trying to fire a Flint dry cleaning shop. He added that he continued to believe that Jack Thompson ,a Teamster business agent held for investigation of arson, was direct- ly involved. Two of his aides, Adams said, still are working with authorities at Flint and Pontiac to try to check out a maze of tips and clues. " *. Five _Killed, In Collision STRLI NGTON, N ).Y. ()-Two Erie Railroad passenger trains thundered down the same track yesterday, toy a head-on collision that killed five persons and injured 35 others. A towerman was quoted as say- ing he forgot to stop one of the trains. The towerman, Fred Roth, 38 years old, of Glen Rock, N.J., was cleared of any negligence in his admitted lapse of memory by Rockland County Coroner R. J. Moses. Nevertheless, Dist. Atty. John F. Skahen ordered a further in- vestigation into the cause of the train wreck. Order Received Skahen quoted Roth as saying under oath that an order was received at his tower at 5:13 a.m. to halt a westbound Erie train while another passenger train coming.,in the opposite direction bypassed a freight. Roth was quoted as saying he watched the westbound train pass through his station some two hours later and completely forgot the stop order until the train was gone. He ' said he then tried vainly; to warn the train by radio, but re- ceived no answer. Dr. Moses, who conducted the, inquiry, announced a finding of "no culpable negligence." Roth then was released. Few Passengers The trains, one carrying com- muters to New York City, had relatively few early morning pas- sengers, or the death .toll might have run higher. "People were staggering around moaning and groaning," said one of the first rescuers, a Hillburn, N.Y. fireman, Robert Lillibridge. "Lots of them looked dazed. A number were stretcher cases." The dead included two persons on Erie Commuter Train No. 50, eastbound from Monroe, N.Y., to 'Hoboken, N.J. They were Robert Yochman of Warwick, N.Y., and Pauline Cronon of Tuxedo, N.Y. Their crushed bodies had to be cut from the wreckage.v Russia Asks ,U.S., British, Withdrawal' Gromyko Confers With Indian Delegate Before UN Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (A)- Asian and African nations were reported lining up strongly yester- day behind Soviet' demands that United States and British forces withdraw from Lebanon and Jor- dan as a preliminary to any long- range Middle East settlement. This word came from a respon- sible Asian diplomat as 'Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gro. myko conferred with Indian Dele- gate Arthur S. Lall and other delegates on issues which will come before the emergency General As- sembly meeting tomorrow. Lall was extremely active behind the scenes, although Indian sources said he had no plan of his own for tackling the long-tanding headaches of the Middle East. He saw, United States Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge and, presumably re- ported to him on Asian-African views. Plan Being Drafted Lodge was in close touch with Washington, where Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was busy drafting a broad plan to bring political and economic stability to the Middle East. There were widespread reports at UN h quarters that the plan would be peeted'y Presient Dwight' I). o qwet persona , but this could not be conf . Neither could the, United Sttes delegation say definitely when the United States speech would be de- livered. It had been assumed that the United States, as one of the chief sponsors of the emergency meet- ing, would seek to lead off the debate, especially if President Eisenhower himself decided to come.- U.S. May Wait 'Informed sources hinted, how ever, that the United States speech might not be delivered before Thursday. This would give the Soviet Union the first move. Soviet sources indi- cated Groinyko would seek an early spot, probably tomorrow. Some diplomats believe the- United States might be giving ut a potential advantage if it held back, but United States sources said the main consideration i1 Washington was to make sure the United States made the strongest possible presentation. West Blamed ForSumit Talks Demise MOSCOW MP)-Nikita Khrush- chev attempted yesterday to shift blame to the United States and Britain for torpedoing a summit conference and leaving the Middle East crisis to the UN General Assembly. He still expressed the hope the Assembly emergency session start- ing tomorrow would clear the way for a "conference of leading states- men of the East and West" But he did not use the words "heads of government" in this connection, Denying the Soviet Union backed down from a summit meeting in the UN Security Council, Khrush- chtv said he proposed the General Assembly session because it had become clear the United States and Britain planned a Security Council session loaded against Russia. 'Allies Use Meeting' He said the two Western allies wanted to use the meeting as an attempt to justify their "armed aggression" in the Middle East and to hurl charges of "indirect ag- gression" at other nations. Khrushchev laid out his views in a letter to Prime Minister Har- old Macmillan of Britain. Khrushchev traced the elaborate C Listeners Only ' oney for research was chopped heavily from 1953 to 1958. Playing Politics Committee Republicans in turn accused the Democratic majority of "carelessly playing politics with nationaldefense" and spending taxpayers' money f or an investi- gation fostering Democratic poli- tical propaganda, The conflicting views were is- sued in a 214 page report on De- fense Department research and development. The report was based on an inquiry triggered after the shock of Russia's beating the United States to a satellite launch- ing last fall. Recommendation Made j The majority, headed by Com- mittee Chairman William L. Daw- son (D-fll.), a vice-chairman of the Democratic National Commit- tee, issued 22 recommendations generally calling for: Cutting down on red tape hold- ing up research projects, a steady r.tmirc instpA of harm nu anr World News Roundup By The Associat ess WASHINGTON-The Senate sent the reciprocal trade bill to President Dwight D. Eisenhower yesterday, in just about the form he asked.T The bill extends the program four years and gives President Eisenhower authority to cut tariffs as much as 20 per cent, in exchange for concessions that foreign nations agree to make on admitting United States goods. DAMASCUS, Syria-The United Arab Republic's top soldier said yesterday Arab nationalism "has shaken those big powers who possess atom and hydrogen bombs and armadas." Field Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, vice president and commander in chief of UAR armed forces said Arab nationalism "cannot possibly be fought against by arms." WASHINGTON-Farmers apparently will produce record crops this year, the government predicted yesterday. Despite cutbacks in plantings under rigid federal controls and retirement of land under soilbank payments, the volume of all crops is expected to be 113 per cent of the 1947-49 average. : # s Reactor' Raised 1Nuclear Reactor- be- .., _ ,. .