European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday november 15, 1958i go ahead slated on army Marine slashes a Ali 4 dockers Call world Boycott of 1,200 ships Hamburg Orr my up in a show of strength i ii  Tionel transport workers federa Tion called for n Boycott of the estimated 1,200 ships flying flags of  the federation Hopes the boy Cott scheduled for dec. 1-4, will forgo shipping companies paying loss tax and labor  than oth ors into Lino with federation rules. Those companies pay loss through registering vessels in countries which enjoy lower lax and labor costs. Thus the term flags of con  federation Secretary o e n e r a 1 Omar been appealed to All lock ers not. To handle ships flying these flags during the period. The Appeal was extended to the giant longshoremen s Union of the . May re 10x1 ended and been warned if shipping companies do not meet Federal Ion demands the Boycott May be lengthened. Convenient Flag nations include Panama Liberia Costa Utica Hon Duras and others. After the federation announced its move National maritime Union Boss Joseph Curran said in Ham Burg his Union and the seafarers International Are "100 per cent be Hind it Curran said he will urge longshoremen and teamsters to sup port the Boycott. We Hope to Stop every ship unit enters american ports flying the Flag of convenience he said. We Hope to bring All those runaway ships Back into  80 in us alone the federation Hopes the Boycott will affect All harbours in the free world. Eighty ports in the United kingdom alone Are affected Heck said. The federation represents trans port workers in 32 free world nations. The Boycott was unanimously decided upon by a special five Man committee. Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos threatened to take the federation action to court. A Niarchos spokesman said we May Lay off ships and dismiss Crews for the time  official says Panama bewildered by move new York a Fernando Eletto minister of finance of Panama said ills government was bewildered and surprised by a threatened Boycott by the inter National transport workers federation of ships of panamanian registry. Cleta told a news conference the Impact on Panama s Economy would be enormous and that he hoped Friendly maritime nations would take the necessary Steps to avoid this unfortunate and unjustifiable  clans Glass closed Knoxville Tenn. Up there May be a shortage of Santa clauses Here this Christmas sea son. Local merchants gave up plans to hold a school for santas after Only five applicants showed up.  front pane. 1 order the army will be forced to lop off50,000 men reducing it to a Post Korea Low of 870,000. The marines will be slashed by 25,000 men to a total of 175,000. Original plans Callei. For the cutbacks to be made on a gradual basis during the current fiscal year Starling last june 30. How Ever Congress took a hand at that Point and voted enough Money to keep the army at. A full 900,000 missile move declared no policy change w a s h i n g t o n a the stale department said Friday in the Wake of Pentagon statements about . Missile plans that there Are no basic1 changes in . Defense  the slate department took an unusual step in giving its interpretation of news conference re Marks by defense Secretary Neil ii. Mok Lroy. The department emphasized apparently to reassure . Allies in Kropo that 1--Tho . Still wants its euro Pean allies to set up intermediate Range ballistic missile bases. 2-the . Still stands ready to help european allies produce their own missiles including inter mediate Range missiles. The . Program for develop ing intercontinental missiles is Only Par of the Overall defense strategy for the free world. Emphasis on the intercontinental missiles As Only part of free world defences apparently was aimed at erasing any idea that the . Might supplant intermediate missiles with intercontinental mis Siles. Unusual action the slate department s state ment was Road to newsmen by press officer Joseph w. Reap. Lie declined to answer any questions about it. Heap said the statement was in response to inquiries arising out. Of Mok Lroy s news conference com ments. This was unusual since the state department ordinarily re fuses to interpret Pentagon state ments referring questions to the defense department. The slate department said to do not find in the Tran script of Secretary Mceroy s com ments any departure from Overall . Defense strategy such As has been alleged in some of the press stories. There have in fact been no Basic changes in . Defense  two steel firms fined for Csc violations Luxembourg a the High authority of the european Coal and steel c o m m unit y Csc announced that two steel industries of the six nation group have been fined for breaking treaty rules on the publicizing of prices. No further details were available and officials refused to release the names of the firms. Cuban units claim victories in drive to wipe out rebels Havana up the cuban army has claimed smashing Vic tories in Oriente province in what appeared to be the opening of a land and air offensive designed to annihilate Fidel Castro s rebels or drive them Back inh their Moun Tain hideouts. In the first air combat action during nearly two years of civil strife the army claimed that its fighters shot Down and destroyed three rebel arms carrying planes. It was speculated that two of these might be the pcs com Mercial airliners hijacked in recent weeks by the rebels. The Eastern command said in a communique that nearly 500 rebels were killed in five Days of action Over a widespread front in the Eastern end of Cuba. At the same time a rebel radio transmitter operating from Las Villas province said 16 govern ment soldiers were killed in the ambush of a military Convoy near the Southern coast port City of Cienfuegos. Men and the Marine corps at 200,000. The administration indicated it would go ahead with the slashes anyway. Before the matter reached the showdown Point the Lebanon and Formosa strains crises came along and the cutback plan was temporarily shelved. The revised timetable which Calls for the cuts to be completed by the end of the fiscal year next july 1, presumably Means that the defense department will need a Good share of the additional funds voted by Congress. In discussing future missile pro Grams Mcelroy said there would be no cutbacks in numbers of air Force Thor or army Jupiter inter mediate 1,500-mile missiles. But he said the defense planners Are re appraising military requirements for Irby  while Mcelroy did not mention the fact the . Has run into con Knight tells Brown about Job democratic  Edmund g. Pat Brown left talks Over affairs with outgoing Republican gov. Goodwin j. Knight on Brown s first visit to the Capitol in Sacramento calif., since the election. Knight greeted the eve state attorney general with a big hello general How Are you see Story one Page 5. A photo carpenters empowered to pull out of Al Cio St. Louis a the High command of the brotherhood of carpenters and joiners has been Given authority to withdraw from the Al Cio. The secession Reso Lution was passed in a standing vote with Only one of the 2,000 delegates dissenting. But the Union s president Maur ice a. Hutcheson said the policy making general executive Board did not want to leave the Al Cio and would not do so except As an absolute last  with a Roar the 2,000 delegates Rose from their seats and by a standing vote empowered the executive Board with the right to pull the world s largest Craft Union Ike s son touring bases in Europe Washington a m a j John Eisenhower son of the presi Dent is in Europe on an inspection tour of . Military bases. The army major is on the White House staff As an assistant to Brig Gen Andrew j. Goodpaster staff Secretary and Liaison Man with the Pentagon. Goodpaster and Young Eisenhower together with other govern ment officials left for Europe nov. G. They plan to return to Washington tuesday. Italy floods diminish Rovigo Italy a the threat of floods in the to River Delta diminished Friday As the Sun came out Over rain soaked Italy. Strong winds which blew water Inland from the Adriatic sex and flooded coastal land thurs Day diminished later. -839,000 members out of the Al Cio. After the delegates seated them selves a Lone dissenter in the huge convention got to his feet and said he was opposed to the withdrawal Resolution. He was identified As Joel l. Hazewinkel of Cedar rapids Iowa. Hnz Winkel said he wanted the record to show that the vote was not unanimous. Hutcheson termed the Resolution an expression of dissatisfaction by our membership with the Way the Al Cio has handled jurisdictional procedures with respect to our  Hutcheson emphasized however that the carpenters wanted to1 re main inside the Al Cio. Withdrawal is not the proper thing to do he said. The Resolution might be a bar gaining advantage for Hutcheson who is under fire by the Senate rackets investigating committee on corruption charges and under indictment in Indiana s Highway scandals. Hutcheson who has denied All charges has been summoned to appear before the Al Cio s executive Council for questioning. 707 Jet spans nation in 5 hours 44 minutes los Angeles up a new transcontinental record for com Mercial transport planes has been established by an american air lines 707 Jet flagship which flew from new York to los Angeles in 5 hours 44 minutes. American airlines said the plane was on a draining flight and carried 30 airlines personnel with capt c. A. Macatee of new York As Pilot. Sid Erable difficulty in working out agreements with other free nations for the Basing of Thors and Jupi ters on their territory. The question has become a hot political Issue in most North Atlan tic treaty organization countries. Even in the Case of Britain and Italy agreements were made Only after Long debate. France so far has resisted intermediate missile bases on its soil. Mcelroy said that the nearer intercontinental missiles get to operational readiness the less impera Tive it. Is to deploy Irby s. He particularly cited the prob Lem of joint control at overseas bases. By contrast he said the . Has Complete control Over icbms s at american Sites. He also said the american Sites Are some what easier to protect because of their distance from Russia. The Secretary refused to be pinned Down on whether the Mili tary budget going to Congress in january will be bigger than this year. President Eisenhower told a re cent news conference there was much room for economizing in de sense spending which now is Esti mated to run $40.8 billion in the fiscal year ending next june 30. Mcelroy did say he looked for acceleration of Long Range missile programs but said he intended to lop off some marginal programs including guided missiles. Adequate the defense chief said the army will be adequate to meet Amer Ica s global commitments despite the reduction. He said the army s strength had to be considered in Light of rival demands from the Navy air Force and America s allies. Mcelroy said that the defense and state departments had Dis cussed what kind of wars might occur and what would be needed in the Way of military Power to sup port . Foreign policy. He said future crises like those in Lebanon and the Formosa Strait probably would take the form of communist probing at tempts in peripheral areas reached by sea and air. Mcelroy said the Navy must be adequate to keep the sea lanes open so that . Military Force can be applied where needed. Meantime he said the air Force must be Able to Rush tactical units to such trouble spots. He threw More cold water on army Hopes for More Airlift re sources. He said such requests had been repeatedly reviewed by the joint chiefs of staff and the available Airlift is considered Ade quate for our  he said the same applied to any thought of enlarging the army. Kathy bandaged mrs. Kathy Crosby wife of Bing leaves a doctor s office in Hollywood with her Chin bandaged for minor injuries suffered when her sports car hit another Auto at a traffic Light. A photo