Mt g Da114 Sixty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom i~dnr-3 'D~j ANN ARBOR. MICHIG~AN.THUTRSDAY, JUTLY I7, 195g FIVE CENTS wa '.. LMr.V LEA coo . . rL.,.,.....,U.,.r . . ....... ... _ ... I LI ,, in N ! I CONSUMERS CONFIDENT: Report Optimistic on BuyingTrend WASHINGTON. (') - The United 'States' number-one trouble shooter in world crises, Robert D. Murphy, flew to Lebanon yesterday on hurry-up orders from President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His monumental task: to try to keep the Middle East troubles from flaring into even worse catastrophe for the free world. Even as Murphy was setting out on his suddenly decreed journey, it was announced in London that Selwyn Lloyd, the British foreign secretary, was en route to Washington. May Move into Jordan The Murphy and Lloyd trips co-incided with signs that British troops might move into Jordan, Cub Rebels Free Four . S , z e GUANTANAMO, Cuba t(m)-Fou more American servicemen-scrub bed and clean-shaven this time- were flown back to freedom yes terday after being held 20 days a hostages by Cuban rebels. They joined seven set free b the rebels Tuesday, who in con trast had heavy beards. Eightee American Marines and sailors sti were inrebel hands in their moun tain stronghold 40 miles northwes from this southeast. Cuban Amer ' can naval base. United States Consul Park Wo] lam, who worked for weeks to ar range the prisoners' release, rxe ported the rebels apparently in tend to continue freeing captive in small batches, and the proces, might take from four days to week, Rebel leader Raul Castro, broth1 er of the revolutionary. movement; top chief'Fidel Castro, apparent] is avoiding setting all the men fre at once in order to stave off possible big air and land offer Ssive against his' forces by the Cuban government.. The Cuban regime of dictatcr Fulgencio Batista has refrainer from attacking the rebels in thb mountains as long °as they holy American prisoners. All but one Marine are Nav men. They said the rebels mad them take baths and shave befor they were allowed to fly out of tb mountains in Navy helicoiters. A group of 29 sailors and Ma" rines were kidnapyed near this bast by rebels while returning from liberty in a bus June 27. The rebel: made the Cuban bus driver, whr also was freed Tuesday, drive ti group into the mountains of east" ern Cuba. The first batch of seven men appeared somewhat thin, but wel and cheerful.. perhaps by¢ this weekend, to bolster its it pro-West government from toppling like that of Iraq earlier in the week. Loyd is to talk the crisis over with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. The number-two man in the State Department, undersecretary Christian A. Herter, was reported to have told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in closed ses-; sion yesterday afternoon that one ir of Murphy's responsibilities will - be to determine what specific or- - ders are needed for United States - troops in Lebanon. *s Will Not Attack Rebels A Defense Department spokes- y man said there tis no plan to con- 1 duct offensive operations against n Lebanese rebels. He said the mis- Ii sion there is "merely to protect - government installations and so t far there has been no opposition - by rebel forces." Troops LONDON (R') - Tass an- nounced Thursday Soviet land and air forces will begin mili- tary training exercises near the Iranian border tomorrow. The maneuvers will be held in the Transcaucasus and Tur- kestan military districts of southern Russia, according to a Soviet dispatch broadcast by Moscow radio. In Moscow the Kremlin last night urged the United States to pull its Marines out of Leb- anon. It declared the Soviet Union reserves the right to act "to halt a dangerous situation near our ,border." The Soviet statement said the landings were an act "not only against the Lebanon but against other peace-loving nations of the Middle East." Gold ~fine Calls Aide Fo rty Tim es WASHINGTON (') - Bernard Goldfine acknowledged yesterday telephoning Sherman Adams-"a friend you call whenever you see fit"-43 times in six months. But the wealthy Boston indus- trialist continued mum on some matters, despite more warnings of possible contempt action from a special House investigating sub- committee. Goldfine, in the witness chair for the seventh and supposedly next-to-last time, described as correct a recordof43 long-dis- tance calls he placed to Adams, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's No. 1 aide. The record showed the calls were made to the White House, Adams' private number and, on one occasion, to Min- neapolis when Adams was travel- ing. Two Calls Per Week The record covered the period from Nov. 20, 1957 to May 11, 1958, and thus amounted to almost two calls weekly on an average. "I consider Governor Adams one of my best friends," Goldfine said. "A friend you call whenever you see fit ,., and he does the same to you." While the subcommittee neared the end of its marathon question- ing of Adams' gift-giving friend- and presumably approached a de- cision on a contempt citation-the House itself exploded into a new row over the investigators' tactics. Issue Arouses Protest The immediate issue was a bitter protest by Rep. Perkins Bass (R- NH) against the mention by sub- committee Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark) of a name identical with Bass' in connection with a com- pany Harris said was a party in a case of apparent political string- pulling. Bass said he had nothing to do with any such thing and that Harris should have done him the courtesy of checking before men- tioning his name. By ROBERT JUNKER Feelings of confidence and se- curity on the part of consumers have not declined substantially be- cause of the recession, declared a report just compiled by the Uni- versity's Survey Research Center. Inclinations to buy and con- sumer sentiment remained sub- stantially the same in June as it was in December, 1957. More re- cent t r en ds indicate increased optimism on the part of con- sumers since during the first part of the six-month period confidence declined, the report stated. Call Big Slump Impossible The majority of people today, 69 per cent, think that any de- pression the scale of that of the 30's is impossible today. Other major findings of the SurveyrResearch poll are: 1) The need felt for durable goods, homes and additions or re- pairs to homes is almost as strong as a few years ago. The decline in consumer spending is due to post- ponement of spending in these areas rather than to saturation of the market, 2) Many consumers refuse to believe that inflation and recession can occur at the same time. Since the last survey conducted in De- cember, 1957, fewer people expect the prices of automobiles, house- hold items and clothing to rise; a large minority expects them to go down. 3) Twice as many people, 32 per cent of the families interviewed, think that business conditions will be better a year from now than believed this in December, 1957. 4) "Consumers' evaluation of their personal financial situation deteriorated further during the past six months. About one out of six families was hit by unemploy- ment during the past 12 months. Breadwinners' evaluations of their chances to get another job, should they lose their present job, are much less optimistic now than two years ago. 5) "Definite intentions to pur- May Reinforce L~ebanon Marine ' ik .x ~bedroom apartments for the married students and their families. The units ar being built on a two-acre, sloping site on Huron S, ' overlooking the Huron River and the Arboretum. Buildings facing S, . the Huron will have all-glass walls. The two two-story units will be adjacent to a four-story one,