European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Tog 4 the stars and stripes tuesday july 21, 1959 might help reds harm Nehru s party Indian dilemma Kerala elections or not by b. K. Tizabi new Delhi up the Constitution of India is on trial in the Southern state of against communist Rule in Kerala started june 12 and since then the movement has been going on unabated. More than 16,000 men women and children have been arrested and released. About 5,000 Are still behind Pris on bars. Jails Are full and private houses have been converted into prisons to House the willing prisoners. The ruling Congress party the praja socialists the moslem league catholics and socialists have formed a United front to Over throw the communist state govern ment and Are actively participating in the agitation. The charges against the Kerala communist government Are that it is taking away the rights and Liberty of the people and is indoctrinating the people in communist ideology through the schools. The communists have denied the charges and have reaffirmed that they Are abiding strictly by democratic principles. They have accused the opposition parties of papal Blessing for a Highway guardian Pope John Xxiii blesses a Madonna of the freeways in the Vatican before it is sent to America where it will be erected in new York. The 33-foot, 6-ton Bronze statue is the work of Ameri can sculptor Lumen Winter. Its Cost was set at $50,000. Associated press photo . Course Clearing in Middle East by j. M. Roberts new York a the . Is undertaking a balancing act in the Middle East which could eventually have considerable effect on its re lations there As Well As on relations Between the nations of the area. The decisions which have produced the situation have been taken More or less separately and one of them the proposal to Stop Grants in Aid to Israel is still More or Les tentative. Here Are some of the things that Are happening Israel s military position has reached a stable and effective Economy is approaching similar condition. Israel is carrying on related programs of Trade expansion and technical assistance with asian and african countries which have already produced important results and Promise More. Less concretely but perhaps of even More portent Israel is setting an example of material Progress for underdeveloped countries. Nearby Arab populations can see the effectiveness of the israeli sys tem As compared with their own where politics gets first attention. At the same time the . Is sup porting Israel in its attempt to establish the right of passage through the Suez canal for imports and exports. United nation Secretary general Dag Hammar skjold apparently having no Prog Ress to report has not reported on his recent negotiations with unit Darab Republic president Gamel Abdel Nasser about this. A lot of quiet work is going on however looking toward a face saving com Promise. On the other Side of the Ledger the . Is improving relations with Nasser and president Eugene Black of the world Bank primarily supported by the ., has played an important role in resolving settlement of Suez problems be tween Egypt and the former owners. Services to Egypt Cut off during the Suez dispute have been re gun running to latin nations said High As in Cuba revolt Miami a a country other than Cuba is being used As the main arms depot for revolutionary activities in latin America says the supervisor of customs agents at Miami. Joseph a. Fortier said the illegal1 arms traffic through Miami is As Jie avy As it was at the height of Fidel Castro s revolutionary Warin Cuba the Only difference he said is that there Are More shipments yith fewer Gunson each Load and Sunstead of just Cuba alone their destinations Are now scattered All ver latin " 5f�. He said at one time he thought Cuba was the main arms depot for revolutionary activities but i am changing my mind now. I m not sure which country it is meanwhile sheriff Thomas said something sinister has been added to the gun running Trade from Miami. He said he believes Tough professional communists have infiltrated the ranks of gun runners. Kelly reported he has assigned several men specially trained in arms handling and hand to hand fighting to join Federal agent investigating the traffic. Sued. Cooperation in the Ameri can egyptian Rural improvement service has been resumed. So has the care program. Frozen funds have been released and $48 million Worth of surplus foods allocated. I addition $5 million in economic Aid has been volunteered. A total of $25 million will go next year to Arab refugees from Israel. Much of this is based on increasing Hope that the existence of Israel is gradually becoming an accepted fact in the Middle East. Nasser himself has reversed his former position that this could never happen. Groundwork Moshe Sharett former israeli Premier told the socialist inter National Congress in Hamburg Germany last week that forces Are at work which Are slowly preparing the ground for an accommodation Between Israel and the Arab states. These same forces show some signs of abating the influence of communism with an apparent Awakening to its dangers in the car of Syria and Egypt. The Mutual Security program of the . Will provide $800 million forthe area stretching from Greece to Pakistan next year. This sharing of the defense Load of these coun tries relieves its pressure on their own economies and so contributes to Geneal stability. Bandit gets cold feet defers Bank Holdup Waltham mass. A a Timi Bandit got As far As the Teller s Cage of the West end Branch of the Newton Waltham Bank All setto clean out the Cash but he lost his nerve. A customer found a Check on the counter. Printed on the Back was hand Over the Money and no funny blackmailing , the opposition parties have solidly United themselves against the communist govern ment and have said that nothing but immediate resignation of the present government will satisfy them. At one time the communists seeing the Public opposition invited Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to come to Kerala to see things for himself. Nehru was reluctant to go there at first but later agreed to visit the tiny communist spot. He remained in Kerala for three Days met and conferred with leaders of All parties and condemned picket ing before educational institutions and state transport buses. Head Vised the opposition leaders to Agi Tate in a constitutional Way but did not define it further. Meanwhile in new Delhi the Congress p a r t y s parliamentary Board passed a Resolution advising the communist government in Kerala to hold new elections. Rejected proposal the reds have flatly rejected the Board s suggestion but have agree to make amendments in the new education act which the opposition parties said was against democratic ideals. The catholics who run the majority of schools in Kerala have agreed to discuss amendments in the act but the opposition parties have rejected the offer and have said that other big issues Are involved in the agitation. Kerala has now become a Complex problem for All parties. It a become a prestige Issue. If the opposition parties withdraw their Agi tation the reds roots will be strengthened. If the reds hold elections they May lose Power. Nehru s Congress party knows that even if elections Are held the party cannot come into Power As single majority party. The Cong res party wins a plurality and Fornis a government in cooperation with the other opposition parties i would be Only a shaky coalition government. The reds strength would remain where it is. If the communists Are forced to hold new elections in Kerala merely because of charges Brough against them by some opposition parties the Congress party als May have to hold new elections in those states where it is in Powe by a slender majority and where the reds Are Strong As in and Rand West Bengal. Vienna girds for red fete s word Battle Vienna a the Eastern most free capital in Europe looks Orward to the opening this week of a huge East West propaganda attle in its streets. The occasion is what the communist sponsors Call the seventh world festival for youth and students for peace and Friend it opens with a massive show sunday in Vienna s soccer stadium and continues for 10 Days until aug. 4. Austria s overwhelmingly anti communist youth organizations and Vienna s press Call it a huge communist propaganda swindle to ensnare the world s youth which we never should have permitted to come to Vienna but which we Are now determined to expose for what it first arrivals sound and fury like this has been going on for months. But the communist show goes on with the first festival delegations from red China and North Korea arriving thursday. A sure bet is that Vienna inn keepers and merchants will emerge the Richer. The communist organizers claimed at first that 17,000 foreign delegates would come to this festival the first of its kind to be held in a non Iron curtain capital. Then they ran into trouble when countries like India sharply Cut passport issuance and the United Arab Republic decided to keep its youth away. The latest published estimate now is for 15,000 foreign delegates with a Promise that "120 flags willbe hoisted at the opening show sunday. And up with the flags will go 10,000 Carrier pigeons to carry the message of peace abroad from shoplifting charge lodged against judge Conroe Tex. A District judge j. Robert Liles a presiding judge Here since 1955, was indicted for shoplifting in the taking of a tube of shaving Cream. He termed the grand jury action purely the charge accused the judge of taking the 50-cent tube from a con Roe store last april 9. The Case a Misdemeanour will come up i county court. European edition Wjk army Navy air Force cot John d. Nottingham Usan. Eolior a it col t. J. Cunningham jr., Usa. Avs de o " n cd Olin. Aus sets " Homer a. Cable. A .v.v. .v.v. Cup Fjor Elmer d. Frank. Of Lur. De or. 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