European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse " the stars and stripes thursday july1 23, 1959 Ike Calls labor roads farm Bills musts Washington a president is Isenhower put labor control Road construction and farm measures at the top of legislation he wants Congress to pass in this session. Or. Eisenhower was asked at his news conference if he has any must list of legislation. The president replied he has not Bone to the trouble of making out such a list but he said the first Eisenhower says Summit Road is open continued from pae 1 of Friendly countries or would continue the policy of massive retaliation against the soviet Union the president said there has been no change in his position on this Over the last five years. He said the . Has no intention of going out and destroying friends anywhere at any time. The president acknowledged the West could not Supply West Ber Lin with raw materials for its Industrial Complex if the soviet Union and East Germany would impose an economic blockade. The president quickly added that such an economic blockade May never arise. He did not Rule out Western efforts to Supply Berlin by other ways As Well As air if a blockade should be imposed. Distorted picture. Or. Eisenhower said soviet propaganda gives a distorted Pic Ture to the russian people and to the rest of the world on the captive Peoples of Eastern Europe. The president said vice presi Dent Richard m. Nixon can impart information but he will not be negotiating anything when he talks to soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev sunday. Asked what he thought of the statement by Khrushchev that he was puzzled at Nixon s Aims the president said or. Nixon was go ing in Exchange for the visit to the . Of soviet first Deputy Premier Frol r. Kozlov. A congressional proposal for a us. Mercy Fleet to help in disasters around the world May be a Good idea the president said but he would want to study it first see Story on pare 5j Bohlen report dented the president denied reports that he was Cool toward Charles e. Bohlen . Ambassador to the Philippines. The president still left Large question whether Bohlen would be shifted to Washington Asa soviet adviser to Secretary of state Christian a. Herter.1 he said Herter had told him Bohlen was engaged in delicate negotiations with the Philippines arid should not be moved now. Steel mediator takes double role in talks new York up chief Federal mediator Joseph f. Fin Pegan resumed talks with steel Industry and labor leaders wednesday in a new dual Capac Ity. He is acting As a conciliator seeking to end the strike and As a reporter for labor Secretary James a. Mitchell who tuesday declared himself a one Man fact finder in the dispute both Union und management announced they would cooperate with Mitchel in his unexpected attempt to investigate the causes and facts pertaining to. The strike. The strike has shutdown 85 per cent of the nation s steel production1 Over a wage dispute. Ufi a half million members of the Lii item Steeh workers of America us Vav re walking picket lines states. Order of business in his earlier Mes sages to Congress was a Bill to provide machinery to curb All of the abuses brought out by the sen ate rackets committee investigation of labor management abuses. Or. Eisenhower went on to say that in his judgment one necessary measure would be one to provide the Revenue for continuing the interstate Highway construction pro Gram. The president said a decent far Bill is extremely important at even this late Date in the session. The Senate had passed a labor control Bill based in part on the disclosures made by the special investigating committee headed by sen. John l. Mcclellan dark the House has not yet acted on a labor Bill., or. Eisenhower has asked an in crease of 1m cents per gallon in gasoline taxes to finance continued construction in the interstate Road program. House. Democrats have been talking of a Compromise but the ways and Means committee has not. Yet acted finally on an measure in this Field the two houses have been unable to agree on any general farm legislation. There seems Little Prospect that the democratic dominated Congress will act in this Field. What no Kitchen sink Long outs insect in surplus store i Taos . Up gov. Earl k. Long got out skinned in a horse trading Battle that lasted for nearly three hours at a Taos surplus store but he loved every minute of it. Long in route to Denver wanted a to buy an Indian Blanket. He f bought just about everything else. He swapped risque stories with a crowd that gathered to watch him match wits with John w. Hines f owner of the Taos army Navy store. A new Mexico state police Man held women Back so they could not hear. One lady objected. I want to hear governor Long cuss she said. Enjoyed it All Long sat in a straight backed chair and said he had the time of my life but i think i got out Long bought work pants and. Shirts a dozen pairs of Wool socks two suitcases six army blankets a half dozen or More pairs of shoes and boots a Hatchet a crowbar two sets of saws eight Straw hats three hammers tin snips four cloth Caps insect repellent two cans of canned heat and a half dozen pistol had it All mailed to his hog farm at Winnfield la. Guard plane probe asked in Long travels Washington a the air Force was asked to investigate whether gov. Earl k. Long of Louisiana has used a National guard plane for other than As signed National guard Bureau announced the request. The Brief announcement issued by maj Gen Winston p. Wilson chief of the air Force division of the guard Bureau did not specify the nature of the allegations. Air Force officials said however they were related to reports that longhand used National guard planes to journey outside Louisiana. Mckay Dies at 66 was Ike s first Interior Secretary Salem Ore. A Douglas Mckay 66j longtime Oregon Polit ical figure and president Eisen Hower s first Secretary of the inter or who served from 1953 to 1956, died wednesday of a heart ailment. He had suffered from a heart ailment Formant months and had been hospitalized since Mckay june 12. As Secretary of the Interior Mckay helped to formulate the Eisenhower administration s partner ship plan for development of hydroelectric Power. This was a subject of heated controversy in the Pacific Northwest and was one of the issues in the 1956 senatorial election which he lost to sen. Wayne Morse. He resigned his Cabinet Post to oppose Morse Louisiana gov. Eurl Long in route to a Denver vacation perches in a bread rack in Tularosa ., supermarket As he munches Best meal i have had since i went to later the travelling governor turned his attention to shopping for his hog ranch a Winnfield la. Up photo won off on Mission. Moscow Washington a vice president Richard m. Nixon said after a meeting with president Eisenhower wednesday that he Hopes on his soviet visit to Clear ithe. Air on some Basic difference with the soviet Union. He said he thinks it very important that any miscalculation soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrush.-. Chev May have about american strength and american Unity should be dispelled. The vice president spoke to newsmen at the White House after related Story on Paye 5 a 45-minute meeting with or. Eisenhower. Wednesday night Nixon left for Moscow for an 11-Day russian tour which will include several meetings with Khrushchev. The vice president declined to say what or. Eisenhower told him but he said it is important not to anticipate that a. Trip like this is solve the world s problems. But it vill provide an Opportunity for. Frank discussion of some of those problems.". Herter blasts -. Russ on Berlin continued from Page 1 speech was based on his argument that Russia wants the West to agree to a system of negotiation on Germany s future which would leave Russia free to crack Down on. West Berlin failed to gel the kind of Germany it denounced this As a Strat egy of . Secretary supported by British foreign Secretary a Euyn Lloyd and French foreign minister Maurice Couve de Murville has warned Gro Whyko that the western1.powers will bring the Geneva con Ference to an end soon unless they get from him some evidence of pos. Sible agreement. Herter charged the soviet unions saying in effect that it will end the Berlin crisis for a while but Only at a German Tanker afire off Japan Tokyo a a German Tanker was reported ablaze thurs Day after a collision with a Jap anese freighter about 60 mile South of Nagoya. Coast guard Headquarters in Tokyo said the majority of the German ship s Crew was reported to have jumped into the sea. Two germans were confirmed to have been rescued so far by a japanese ship standing by. Pleased with missile Success on right Atlas track says Mcelroy Omaha a the successful firing of an Atlas missile Indi Cates we Are certainly on the right track defense Secretary Neil a Mcelroy said. It will be followed he told news men Here by some confirmatory shots at rather Short intervals. The successful 5,500-mile test flight of the intercontinental ballistics missile followed five fail ures. The area of weakness was the same in. Each Case the defense Secretary said of the failures. If this weakness has been corrected As the successful test indicated it should not take a very Jong time for the missile to be come operational he said. The Atlas originally had been expected to be operational this sum Mer. I was very pleased obviously Mcelroy said but added one Swallow won t make a Mcelroy flew Here for a Day Long briefing at the Headquarters of the strategic air come at of butt air Force base. With him were Calm Arleigh a. Burke Navy chief of operations Gen Thomas d. White air Force chief of staff and Gen Lyman l. Lem Iritzer army chief of staff. the three Sac numbered air forces in the . Were flying Here to take part in the conferences along with Gen Thomas s. Power Sac chief failures that preceded the successful a launching of t h eat tvs intercontinental missile. Chairman Overton Brooks a
