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WEATHER Fair Through Sunday Little Temperature Change TEMPERATURES Minimum 25 Noontime 32 RENO ETTE Nevada's Greatest Newspaper EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 3 PHONE FA 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1957 PHONE FA 3-3161 18 PAGES 10 CENTS fUl JL IfL CANCER DRIVE Augumented Fund Drive Starts With Kickoff Luncheon Here Monday-See Story on Page 9 EVEN NG GAZ State Control -fx A- Union Men Take "Wait, See' Stand On Beck Charges Roger T. Foley, Federal Judge, Retires at 70 Jurist Winds Up 46-Year Career In Law in Nevada Nasser Bitter In Attack on U.S. Policies Says America Foe; Russia Friend of Egypt CAIRO, March 30. UP) Presi across the country brought out some demands that Beck resign, but also a strong sentiment that he should have his "day in court" 1 WORLDLY PROBLEM Secretary of the Air Force Donald Quarles left, soon to become deputy secretary of defense, keeps a hand on the globe as he talks with Gen.

Nathan Twining, air force chief of staff, at the Pentagon in Washington. Twining is scheduled to succeed Adm. Arthur Radford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in a reshuffling of top defense department officials. (AP Wirephoto) dent Nasser loosed a bitter blast today at U. S.

policy and what he reads "between the lines" American newspapers. iimi a n. in ine united states is aiming to starve us while the Soviet Union is aiming to help us," Nas ser told a visiting group of 29 U. S. newspaper and radio editors "We like to be friendly to the United States, but not as a result of pressure.

As long as we have wheat and bread we will continue to resist pressure LOCAL NEWSMEN BARRED "All of us feel disappointment when we read American news papers and read between the lines and realize that the Americans are happy to see us in trouble Local newsmen were kept out of Nasser news conference What he said was reported bv JJwight E. Sargent of the Port land (Maine) Press-Herald and Roy Pinkerton of the John P. Scnpps Newspapers, Ventura, memoers or the group which is touring the Middle East, They said Nasser charged the United States was trying to starve Egypt and complained it was refusing to sell this country surplus American wheat. It ap peared to be one of the most bit ter attacks Nasser has ever made publicly on the United States. Nasser denied that his policies had been pro-Communist, saying "dealing with Soviet Russia is one thing, and fostering communism is another." STAND ON ISRAEL He also said Efcypt had not tried to play off the west against the east.

"That's complete nonsense," Nasser said. "We Arabs are in no position to reject any offer." He said Egypt will run the Suez Canal by itself and "I'm sure neither threats nor pressure will affect us." This, he added, meant that he would not bow to threats or pressure on the question of permitting Israeli shipping to use the Suez Canal or the Gulf of Aqaba. Meanwhile, the first two convoys to transit the Suez Canal since war closed the waterway last November, sailed into Port Said harbor today. This marked a major step toward resumption of normal operations. PRESIDENT'S CAR SPEED MADE PUBLIC DISPUTE Police Deny 'Improper Acts' on Trip After Reporters Tell of Fast Drive WASHINGTON, March 30.

UP) The White House today quoted the superintendent of police in Montgomery county, as saying he found no "improper acts" on the part of President Eisenhower's limousine while going to Gettysburg yesterday. LAS VEGAS One of Ne A I vaaas most aisunguisned and respected jurists, federal Judge Roger T. Foley, retired yester day to wind up a 46-year legal career in Nevada punctuated by 30 years of public service in various legal and judicial posts Following his final federal court session here, Judge Foley, now 70 years old, said: ine years nave been very happy ones. And my associa tions with members of the bar and the people of Nevada have been most pleasant." TAKES VACATION TRIP Judge Foley said that follow ing a vacation trip with his wife, he will return to Las Vegas and would be available for. duty on the federal bench if the need arises.

Retiring on full pay, federal judges may accept assign ments from time to time if their services are needed, Judge Foley said. uptimisuc concerning con gressional action to make perm anent Nevada's second federal judgeship, Judge Foley said that Sen. George W. Malone has in formed him that he was "hope- iul the measure would be ap proved. juage roiey was Dorn in Sioux City, Iowa, May 25, 1886.

He studied law at Chicago Law fachool. Coming west he was ad mitted to the Nevada bar March 25, 1911. In April of that year lie was admitted to the Califor nia bar. His marnaee to the former Helen Drummond took place July 10, 1913. ESMERALDA PROSECUTOR in iyib Judge Foley was elected district attorney of Es meralda county and served in that post until 1925.

In 1929 he was named justice of peace of Las Vegas township, having moved to Las Vegas in 1928 to establish his law practice. He also served as district attorney of Clark county prior to his appointment to the federal bench in 194o by President Roosevelt upon recommendation of Sen. Pat McCarran. Judge and Mrs. Foley have five sons, Roger, Thomas, George, Joseph and John.

All practice law in Las Vegas. During the past several days Judge Foley has been honored at a series of testimonial din ners and meetings extended him by the Nevada Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association and the Elks Lodge of which he is a past exalted ruler of Gold- field lodge. Most prominently mentioned as Judge Foley's successor if the post is continued, is former U. A. Attorney Madison Graves of Las Vegas.

The name of District Judge Frank McNamee of Las Vegas also has entered into the speculation. I James C. Hagerty told reporters Powers Argued In Hotel Case Injunction Use In Thunderbird Closure Debated By BRYN ARMSTRONG The fight over how far the state can go in controlling its legalized gambling industry shifted to the supreme court in Carson Friday when the high tribunal heard final arguments in the Thunderbird hotel license case. The question previously had sparked the bitterest fight of the 1957 session of the legislature. A majority of the lawmakers went on the record as favoring rather wide legal privileges for the industry, but not enough thought that way to override the governor's veto of a bill calling for nearly unrestricted review.

OPPOSE INJUNCTION The issue was brought into focus again before the court Friday when attorneys for the state tax commission argued that granting an injunction to a gambler whose license has been revoked by the state tax commission is "improper." However, attorneys for the Thunderbird emphasized just as clearly that the Las Vegas strip resort would have been closed "unjustly and unlawfully" from May until December of 1955, if the Clark district court had not prohibited enforcement of a tax commission license revocation order against two Thunderbird partners. The case began in October 1954 with a series of charges that two Thunderbird partners, Marion Hicks and Clifford A. Jones, had concealed that two Florida gamblers held interests in the resort. rax commission hearings developed that Hicks borrowed from a Florida gambler George Sadlo. Hicks was acpuspd of not reporting the loan to the tax commission.

SOURCE OF MONEY But, in the words of E. Frand-sen Loomis, special tax commission counsel in his supreme court argument, what really caused the "hair of the tax commissioners to stand on end "was the disclosure that half of the money Sadlo loaned Hicks came from Jake Lansky. Jake is the brother of Meyer Lansky, a leading entry in "Who's Who in Gangdom" who has as his associates such men as Frank Costello, Joe Adonis and Frank Ericson. These men were fixed firmly in public consciousness during the Kefauver probe of crime. i The commission, in April, 1955, ordered Hicks and Jones to sell their interests in the Thunderbird casino, under penalty of having uie license revoked as of June 1.

Hicks and Jones, however- sought an injunction which was issued, and in December. 1955. Judge Merwyn S. Brown granted a permanent injunction and at the same time described the tax commission revocation action as arbitrary and capricious. The commission later filed the supreme court appeal.

Thus, according to Attornev Richard Blakey, representing the (Turn to page 10, Col. 3) Schoeppel Hils Election Report WASHINGTON. March 30. (JP Sen. Schoeppel (R-Kan) says he wants congress to deny union shop agreements to any labor union which "chooses to act as a politi cal party." Schoeppel, chairman of the Re publican senatorial campaign committee, made this proposal in the senate yesterday in the course of a blistering attack on an elections subcommittee report con- tending that Republicans outspent Democrats 2-1 in last year's campaign.

Sens. Gore (D-Tenn) and Mans field (D-Mont) were not on hand to defend their majority report when Schoeppel assailed it as politically slanted and as a "statistical monstrosity" he said was full of errors and omissions. Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) called the report "very splendid" and told Schoeppel that while his speech showed a lot of research and work, it was "short on facts and long on embellishments." Taxes Extended WASHINGTON, March 30. UP) President Eisenhower yester day signed a bill to maintain corporation income and excise or sales taxes at present levels for another 15 months.

Without that legislation, the tax rates would have dropped to pre-Korean War levels Monday. NEW YORK, March 30. UP) Union men generally took a "wait and see" attitude today in the case of Dave Beck, Teamsters' Union president who resorted to the fifth amendment under senate committee questioning on his fi nancial affairs. The AFL-CIO executive council yesterday suspended Beck as federation vice president and member of the council pending outcome of senate charges that he misused union funds. A survey of union reaction Rayburn Warns Of President's Inability Plan WASHINGTON, March 30.

UP) House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) reportedly has told President Eisenhower that if he makes a personal reauest fo temporary presidency" legisla tion, people will think he plans to give up active presidential service. An informed source, who de clined to be quoted by name said today Rayburn told this to Eisenhower yesterday during White House conference with Democratic and Republican con gressional leaders. Eisenhower was said to have replied that he didn't see how such an inference could be drawn. ASJSS amendment As this conference, Eisen hower proposed a constitutional amendment to authorize the cabinet to decide by majority vote when the vice president should assume temporarily the duties of a disabled president who was unable or unwilling to make the decision himself. Rayburn opposed the idea strongly.

Other congressional leaders voiced more guarded re actions, but none indicated en thusiasm for the Eisenhower plan. The constitution provides that the vice president shall take over the duties of the president in the event of the president's resignation, ouster, death or disability. But it does not spell out how a decision is to be reached on when a president is disabled, nor who should make the decision. TRUMAN VIEWS In New York former President Harry S. Truman declared with emphasis today that "if you're president, you're president" and that he'd never let the cabinet determine a question of competency.

"I know I wouldn't let the cabinet pass on mv competency if I were president of the United States," Truman as serted. CUT DRIVE have been considering plans to reduce income levies effective next Jan. 1, if Eisenhower's bud get is trimmed suf ficientlv. Know- land said he doesn't think such a move would be wise. Knowland and other GOP lead ers apparently look on Eisenhow er remarks at a White House news conference last Wednesday as indicating the president is tak ing a firmer stand against budget cuts than they had expected.

Knowland said he doesn't be lieve the senate's action Thursday in approving a bill authorizing 1 billion dollars worth of new water projects indicates tnat economy sentiment is declining among his colleagues. The bill opens the way to future requests for actual appropriation of money in this and later years. It is the kind of measure Eisenhower has said that congress must take the responsibility for having enacted. The bill was passed by a 42-22 roll call vote in the senate, indicating that its sponsors could not muster the necessary approval of two thirds of those voting if Eisenhower vetoes it. The presi dent vetoed a similar bill last year.

Knowland said the senate action points up the difficulty of trying to make economies in ad vance of the actual appropriation of funds. "Ultimately, to get spending under control we will have to get these authorizations under control," he said. before final judgment is passed There appeared 'to be no move afoot, however, for any fund- raising drive to aid Beck's de fense. a numDer ot union men appeared less concerned about Beck personally than they did about the possibility that one man's ac tivities might hurt the whole union movement. If a banker embezzles 000 and runs to Canada, you don't condemn all the bankers in the country," said a labor veteran in Virginia.

"If a lawyer steals from a client, the whole bar association can't be held responsible and shouldn't be but from the labor angle it's a different story." Other opinions voiced in the survey were that the union had benefitted its members, regard less of what was on at the top, and that many a person 4n Beck's position would do as he did. It's all a question of joining a union and making more money," said one teamster. "If I quit I'd be back at $1.25 an hour. Now I'm getting $2.01. If you replaced the men at the top, the same thing would happen.

If you complain, it doesn't do any good." In San Francisco, Joseph Di- viny, an international vice presi dent and president of Local 85 commented wait until Beck has his day in court. I can't take a position on the charges until all the facts are brought out. bo iar the committee has raised a bunch of questions but nas given no opportunity for cross examination or for hearing tieck story." But there were contrary opin ions, too. In New York, David Dubinskv. president of the International La dies Garment Workers Union saia JtsecK, not incriminating nimseit Deiore the senate commit tee, did not "mind incriminating me jaDor movement." In Cinnati, James T.

Luken. the city's top teamsters' official, said should "without further ado submit his resignation. in Houston, George Harrison, a vice president of the AFL-CIO and a member of its clutch practices group, said we will dig into the facts and find out if there has been Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, told a gathering of the brother hood's top officials he is convinced the senate probe of the Teamsters Union was prompted by what he called "elements hostile to labor. elements which are trying to get tnrougn a national rieht to work law and government regulation of laoor unions. We in the federation feel the way to beat this thing is to clean our own house," Harrison added, Tiot omy the small unions but the biggest unions also John English, secretary-treas urer of the Teamsters Union and apopular figure with the teamster rank-and-file membershin.

said ne was against Beck's an nounced plan for a million dollar publicity campaign. English said "as long as I am the general secretary-treasurer of the international I will oppose any use of the union's funds for that purpose." Family Asks To Return To Russia CHICAGO, March 30. UP) A Chicago family court judge must decide whether a Russian-born couple should be given custody of tneir tnree sons, under court supervision since 1953, and take them to the boviet Union, a land thpv have never seen. George and Nabeida Kozmin former Russian slave laborers who were married in a displaced persons camp in Germany, want to return to Russia. They want to take with them their sons, all born in the camp in Aschaffen-berg, and a fourth son.

whr was born in Chicago and is an American citizen. Russian embassy officials are aiding the Russian couple in their tight to regain custody of their three sons. The boys were made wards of the family court in July, udo wnen Dotn parents entered Chicago State Hospital after mental breakdowns. OUSTS BECK After a meeting of the AFL-CIO high command in Washington, President George Meany announces the suspension of Teamster President Dave Beck as an AFL-CIO officer and directed an investigation of the Teamster union. The executive council also ordered Beck to stand trial on charges of "bringing the labor movement into disrepute." Home Payment Terms Eased Builders See Need Of Stronger Action WASHINGTON, March 30.

UP) Builders and housing officials were cheered today by President Eisenhower's restoration of 5 per cent down payments on home purchases financed by govern ment-insured mortgages. But they predicted stronger medicine will be needed to cure the housing slump. CUT DOWN PAYMENT Eisenhower yesterday ordered the federal housing administration (FHA) to cut the down pay ment from 7 to 5 per cent on the first $9,000 of the value of a new or old home bought with an FHA- insured mortgage, and from 27 to 25 per cent on the balance up to $20,000. ne also moved to relax a re striction on home mortgages by savings and loan associations. Meanwhile, support was build ing up in congress for further eas ing of home buying credit.

EASE BUYING TERMS Shortly before the announce ment of Eisenhower's action, i house banking subcommittee ap proved an omnibus housing bill which would ease home buying terms even more, and provide an additional 2Yz billion dollars of potential new government assist ance for home financing. reported that Queen Elizabeth II had accepted his resignation as lord president of the council. Salisbury also quit as political controller of Britain's atomic energy development. Macmillan's statement said the earl of home, commonwealth relations secre tary, will take over as lord president and the prime minister him self will assume the atomic energy post. Informed sources said Salis bury had told the cabinet of his decision earlier this week and was backed by some other ministers in his opposition to the release of Makarios.

These informants said word of the widening split had prompted Macmillan decision to return a day early from his Bermuda visit where he conferred with Presi dent Eisenhower and Canadian leaders. Salisbury, 63-year-old former foreign minister, is a member of the distinguished Cecil family which has served Britain's mon- archs for- 450 years. He was believed to have been one of the masterminds in the Conservative party's efforts to find a successor for Sir Anthony Eden as prime minister. Macmillan was named to the post JanLj two hours after Salisbury has spent 60 hinutes talking with the queen. In announcing his resignation, Salisbury who had served in the cabinets of Winston Churchill, Eden and Macmillan sent the prime minister a strong note scoring Makarios' release as "neither wise nor timely." He expressed fear the action would result in a "sword of Damocles hanging over our heads." HERRIOT RITES LYON, France, March 30.

UP) France paid last tribute today to Edouard Herriot. More than lined the route of the funeral cortege of the former premier, who died last Tuesday at the age of 84. BRITISH TORIES SPLIT OVER MAKARIOS RELEASE SAYS BUDGET DEFENSE Presidential Press Secretary lie had received a telephone call Rescue Hinted Hear for Woman TEHRAN, Iran, March 30. UFi Informed sources said tonight a doctor and nurse are being rushed to Iranshahr "to stand by," rais ing hope here that Mrs. Anita Carroll has been, or is about to be, rescued from her kidnapers.

A thousand troops and police have been scouring barren south east Iran for a week in the hunt for roaming desert bandits and their captive. Iranshahr is in that region. The U. S. embassy, however, remained non committal about developments.

No one there would state whether they believed Mrs. Carroll had been freed but other informed sources said "it looks quite hopeful." The embassy said "at this time thse is no indication on Mrs. Car-roil' condition, or if she is alive. Earlier a U.S. Embassy spokesman said a witness had been found who reported seeing a "foreign lady" traveling on a mule with bandits and their families near the Iran-Pakistan border.

British Strike Gains in Power- LONDON, March 30. UP)- Spreading factory strikes hit tfiis teeming manufacturing capital today, paralyzing more of the industry on which Britain lives. An estimated 1,700,000 work rs now have laid down their tools in factories and shipyards making everything from hammers to sewing machines and electronic brain computers from engines to bombers, sleek new tankers and liners. A half million meri in about 1000 greater London plants officially joined today the million "en gineering" workers who walked out a week ago, mainly in Scotland and northern England. Two hundred thousand shipmakers began the third week of their strike, which has silenced 70 shipyards around Britain.

Neither side in the wage disputes held out any prospect of peace moves over the weekend. Negotiations in the past week broke down in deadlock. Demonstration Bombed "PARIS, March 30. (JFtA bomb exploded on a crowded sidewalk of the Champs Elysees today during a demonstration by about 3,000 persons demanding a tough French policy in North Africa. One or two persons were injured.

I "which I did not initiate" from Col, James S. McAuliffe, superintend ent of police in neighboring Mont gomery county. REPORT OX SPEEDS uagerty quoted McAuliffe as saying that "in all fairness to the president" he was calling to re port on an inquiry he made of two county officers who flagged down cars carrying newsmen who were accompanying Eisenhower to his Pennsylvania estate. The reporters said Eisenhower's car, driven by a Secret Service man, traveled at speeds up to 70 miles an hour. The police officers told newsmen to stick to the 55- mile-an-hour speed limit on a di vided dual lane highway between Washington and Frederick, Md, No arrests were made.

Hagerty quoted McAuliffe as saying the two officers concerned told him "they did not observe any improper acts of any kind on the part of the president's or Secret Service cars, that the. press cars were caught in a traffic light and apparently were trying to catch up." CRITICISM BY SENATORS In advance of Hagerty's news conference, Sen. Goldwater (R Ariz) said he thinks the speed which reporters attributed to Eisenhower's car is "too fast for anybody." He said perhaps Eisen hower should "take to the air, where there is less traffic." ben. JNeuberger (D-ure) a separate interview criticized what he called "evident disregard of the speed laws and elemental traffic safety" during the presidential drive to Gettysburg. Union Invests In Race Tracks CLEVELAND, March 30.

UP) One million dollars of Teamsters' union pension fund money has been invested in two Cleveland race tracks. But James R. Hoffa, head of the central conferenc of Teamsters, said the loan was made on "the real estate, not on the tracks." Confirming a report yesterday that the loan was made to Cleve land Raceways, a month ago, Hoffa said the land the two tracks are located on is valued at 4.5 million dollars. A spokesman for the track operators estimated the value of the properties and other physical structures involved as in excess of five million Raceways operates Cranwood race course, a half-mile track, and Thistledown Park, a one-mile oval "track said to be one of the finest racetracks in Ohio and with grandstand that seats 25,000 persons. DENY CLAIMS TAIPEI, March 30.

UP) Chinese Nationalist air force headquarters today denied Chinese Communist claims to have downed two nationalist thunderjets this week off southeast China. LONDON, March 30. CP) The Marquess of Salisbury's resignation protesting release of Greek-Cypriot Archbishop Makarios fo-cussed attention today on a cabinet rift over the government's handling of the explosive Cyprus issue. The announcement that Salis bury had quit his cabinet post as leader of government forces in the house of lords came last night. Prime Minister Macmillan's office Army Reduces Service Time WASHINGTON, March 30.

UP) The army has cut by more than half the length of time youthful reservists must continue training after active duty. It also reduced the total service obligation of draftees and regular army volunteers. The changes in requirements for reservists and national guardsmen were announced yes terday. They becomj effective next. Monday.

Under the new program, below draft-age youths who volunteer for six months' active duty framing will be required to serve three years instead of the present IV in the ready reserve, subject to im mediate call to active duty. The ready reserve obligation for army draftees was reduced from five years to four. Draftees spend two years on active duty, and the reduction means they now will stay in the ready reserve an addi tional two years instead of three. Likewihe, the total obligation for regular army volunteers was reduced from five to four years. Men may volunteer for three, four or more years.

A three-year volunteer henceforth will be required to spend only one addi tional year in the ready reserve. WON'T END WASHINGTON. March 30. UP) ben. Knowland (R-Calif) said today President Eisenhower's lat est defense of his spending budget isn't going to keep congress from cutting about three billion dollars off presidential money requests.

Knowland, the senate Republi can leader, said in an interview he doubts even that amount of economizing by the legislators will permit any tax cut measure this year. Democratic leaders U. S. fo Probe Pole Aid Offer WASHINGTON, March 30. UP) The Eisenhower administration expected to approve, probably is next week, an economic aid offer Poland which will be about one-quarter of the amount which the Poles are asking.

As this was reported todav. there were signs that officials would also inquire promptly into broadcast by the North Viet Nam radio that Poland has agreed to give a "considerable sum" of money to that Communist coun try. State department officials said they have never heard of any such thing. They were obviously sur prised by the report in the light of Poland's negotiation here for American assistance to overcome serious internal economic diffi culties..