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Military Only
Factor In Air
Force Revolt
By II. A. SCHENDORF
(A. P. WRITER)
I revolt which broke out yes-
t iday in Venezuela huh scarcely
a revolution in the conventional
s< hm'. Rather, it represented a bat-
1 "• within the military for control
of th<- country.
— For the military ha* run Ven-
«/.ula for years.
Rack 111 directly after world
w.ir II democratic election* were
held and Dr. R >mulo Betancourt
and his lebeial democratic action
I arty won an overwhelming major-
ity of the constituent assembly.
The follow inn year, ^presidential
1 lect ion was held arid the same par-
ty won the piestdeney. Its canidate
w.i* a w ell-kn >w n writer..1 Romulo
(lalleKos.
However in the autumn of 194X.
the Venezuelan army stepped 111
and ousted Galleons. It establish-
ed rule by a small military junta. |
and military rule in one form >>r
airothtvr h;u> continued ever nine ■
The original nnlitay junta was
chanced in 1950. And two y *ais|
1 'ter. in I9."i2, the junta resigned 1
unil the Army named Col uiel Mar-
cos Perez Jimenez provisional pies- j
idelit.
Stakrn Are High
At latest or«i, Perez Jimenez |
v as still president, but he was
1 rider sooie pressure from Airj
1'oice plain s which attacked his |
capital yesterday. And there are i
nuns that the Navy was fettles*.
Rut the government eaily today |
ihat the Air Force uprising hail
Sf-ell quelled.
The stakes ill Venezuela are
■f'-igh
It is. for instance, the world's
►ec mil biggest producer of oil. "11
ly the I'nited Stales suipasses It.
Venezuela is one-third larger
than the state of Texas.
Historically, Columbus disco ver-
1.1 Venezuela on his third voyage
to the New World.
The great south American libera-
tor— Simon Rolivar—was born in
t'aiacas, Venezuela.
Dictator* Plague
Although Venezuela was >ne of
tie fust south American countries
to revolt against the autocratic
lolonial rule of S|M in, dictatorship
lias plagued t for years.
Venezuela revolted ill 1H10 and
ought oil for eleven years before
lie*- lining flee. For a time, it was
federated with * olnmbia and Kcua-
d r. In 1830, a lepublic was set up.
I n fortunate! v. it pioved a long
: ti p from the desiie for demociacy
1.. its achievement. The muchienry
if di mot-racy proved insufficient
■,, ,| courage ambitious dictat *rs,
. id a long tradition of autocracy
i < gaii.
'resident Nasser
Receives Commies
1 \IR< l* I'lesidellt Nasser of
r'ltypt t il.iv leceived the heads
the Kelt < hiiiese and ICussian del-
nations to the recent Asian-Afii-
« .hi conference 111 audiences.
Chinese delegate Ko Mo-Jo, who
president of li<il China'* science
aead*-ii>y. was accompanied by the
,Ced I htrii'se ambassador to Egypt
ml four othel member* of the dele-
•:.iti-n. Th. y talked with Nas*er
SILVER LINING Snow anrl cold which has plagued motor-
ists in the midwest and other sections pleases these Indian-
apolis youngsters ready for their fir^t iceboat sail of season.
Lower Valley Areas Hit
By Heavy Frost, Freeze
:;n minutes.
Seen Or Heard
by C. M. H.
New Year's D«> h « come and
tone, with few accidents recorded
. wmpared to ( hristinas, a I*"
*'„,arl—wonder how many new re*-
olut ions are still bright and shin-
ing"" tJnite a number went
from here to the Cotton Bo*
came, but Texas teams in bowl
games were being called a disap-1
pointment here today ■
of Bennett Watts. Jakie Nsndefcr
and Dirk Carpenter were heard
called starring in the Oklahoma
one-sided game with Duke.
Sheriff Chase Rooth remarked
today that practically ail calls
Christmas weie those of traftic
accidents .... No fire aUrm1, ho
nrest—anotner good l.t.tn stait
E. R. Maxwell has gone to
in, new work as county auditor—
J,„. Reaty said he is doing some
leasing in Throckmorton county
for the present.
t'ily commissioner* in session
Tuesday discussed several matter*, 1
bul no' action taken on anything
worth mentioning. City Manager
James Swaim said Two ap-
plications have been received lor
the job of city secretary, but one
reported to be from a person who
has not lived here a year, * 1*
Required I ndersLnd the
I nited Fund is mighty close to
the $27,000 goal—now shout •
Yheck to help * hove it over.
Rob Smith brought 182 book"
from Odessa contributed by A. I.
Werner (HI) and Mis. S. R. Hen.j
(151), making total of ..119—«e
finally reached the 2.000 boo*"
necessary for that college library
The Karl Greens in Tucson.
Arizona, where they expect to
spend a month And, will you
plant a shade tree?—We wouM
appreciate names of persons plant-
ing tree" t° ,un in corner,
us action begets action, you know.
Thought For The Moment! God
sends ment. «nd the Devil MWh
cook*.—John lijlwi
BROWNSVILLE P — Heavy-
frost and freezing temperatures
were reported at Rio Grande City-
arid Raymondv ille this in >rning but
other lower Rio (irande Valley cit-
ies reported t- mjierutures above
freezing with only scuttled frost.
A light to moderate freeze with
moderate to locally heavy- fiost
had been predicted.
No damage to Citrus had been
Price Of Vodka
Hiked By Russ
To Check Use
MOSCOW The Soviet gov-
ernment advancer the price of Vod-
ka today to help in the struggle
against v. hat it called the extra-
vagant use of alcholic liqu >r.
Tin- retail prices of wines, auto
mobiles, motorcycles and machine-
made cai |K-ts also were raised. Re-
ductions were announcerd for some
types of television seta and some
Russian cameras.
Prices of a number >f unspeci-
fied industrial goods went up 01
dovv n.
The ministry of retail trade,
said the prices of bread and bread
product* wouid be n ureled 01 f foi
easier accounting, with most of th ■
Iwnefit g ^ng to the rorsumer.
The ministry did not specify the
new prices, but a littuoi store haif
a liter of best grade Vodka, for-
merly priced at 25 rubles and W
Kopeks, was quoted today at 30
rubles and >UI Kopeks.
At the official rate of exchange .
4 lubles to th<- ilollar. that would
Im- an increase fr ni about t* ■>" a
pint to about 17.75 a pint.
Wines were up to 2 to 4 rub-
le* a bottle.
Four Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports four admission.- : W. J. !«iwr-
••nce, Mrs. IJuby Flynn. J. K.
Shipley, all medical patients, H< 11-
ry I.. Itatie. an accident victim.
Dismissals were Janet Cox. Jim-
my Dale Harris, Johnny Claude
Deaton, Jay Ray Dover. Clauii-
Knsey and Mrs. Gertrude Fisher.
expected fr mi the cold weather.
Damage to Valley vegetable crops
was expected to be small and prob-
ably will be lighti r than expected.
Agricultural authorities said the
fust of the the spring tomato crop
probably was the only thing that
C >uld have been hurt by the predict-
ed frost arid freeze.
Low temperatuie* reported to
th.- C. S. Weather Bureau here
were HiiV (7-ande City 28. Raymond-
die 32. Mercedes 33, McAllen and
hdinhui g :!4. Mission 35 and
Itrownsville 411. Brownsville was
tin- only city that did not report at
least scattered frost.
The extent of damage to the
tender young cl ips probably will
not be Known for a day or two.
Tlie second day of the New \ear
opened genet ally clear and chilly
over Texas, but the v.eutheiman
says it's due to warm up slowly
today.
Increa* nir cloudiness is piedict-
ed in all sections of the state by
t miorroA along with the slowly ris-
ing teni[«-ratures. No moisture is
forecast, however.
The teniperatui e* early tlii.-
morning dipp«-d as low 11 ~ 18 de-
grees at Salt Flat in fai West
Texas.
Tin chief "f the Dallas Weather
ISuieau. M. C Harrison, says the
weather .11 noithwest Texas 111 19-
57 v as the most turbulent he has
seen, in his 34 years of service.
Harrison puts it this way, "after
a li'.tl" more than six years of
severe and droughty comliti ins,
dame nature did an about face in
I'.i.iT and brought the most mixed
tip weather - nc.- the establishment
■ i' a weathei bureau in Dallas on
o-toher 15th. 1913."
Harrison says l:i >7livas the wet-
test year on record as well as the
coolest in seven years.
In additi 111 he says the Dallas
Bureau recorded the second waim
est weather on record with temper-
atures ranging from a high of 72
on the l~'th and 10th to a low of
21 on the Uth.
Harrison notes that the sum-
mer v as ln'ef, hit and dry. The
ion degree temperature on July 30
lacked only one degree of equal-
ling the all-high of 111 degrees
registered on July 25th, 1954.
For peace of Mind . . See
TRAMMELL • SWANSON
IVSf'RANCK AGENCY Ad
Bits 01 News Off Wires Of Today
The condition of comedian R.tl
Skelton is n-ported us slowly im-
proving but still serious. Skelton
suffered a near-fatal attack of
asthma Monday night.
The party of New Zealand) rs
led by Sir Edmund Hillary is now
only 70 miles from the South Pole.
Hillary's party hopes to be the
first expedition to reach the pole
overland since 1912.
The resigned premier of Israel,
David Ren-Gurion, has agreed to
form a new cabinet but has accept-
ed the assignment conditionally.
American experts have calcu-
lated that this is the day the first
Soviet Sputr.ik should fall from
its orbit but there is no indication
as to where this may take place.
The babv moon has traveled ap-
proximately 35 million mile* in its
three-month life.
Tba National Fir® Protection
Association reports that approxi-
mately 11,300 persons were killed
in fires throughout the United
States in 1957.
An intensive search in parts of
Central Texas has so far failed
to find any trace of a missing <i9-
year-old retired farmer. He is How-
ard Mosley who has been missing
from his home near Gatesville
since Monday.
The world chief of the Girl Guide
Movement. I*udy Olave Baden-
Powell, has undergone emergency
surgery in Australia. The 68-year-
old widow of I<ord Baden-Powell,
the founder of the scouting movi -
ment, has been touring Australia
since Octobor.
Cisco* Corpus
Blasts Damage
Two Buildings
Blasts i i' a mysterious nature
demolished a building in one Texas |
city and heavily damaged anothc.rl
Wednesday night.
An explosion demolished a small'
dr ive-in bar in Corpus Christi. 1
l ive persons inside escaped with
only minor burns and cuts. No
one was hospitalized.
Firemen say the cause 1/1 the,
blast was piobably natural gas
which came from a leaky pipe that
had saturated the ground under
th.- bar's concrete slap foundation.
Although 110 fire followed the
explosion, flames licked from
cracks in the slab until the pipe
was dug up and the gas shut off.
When one patron was asked by
detecti\e T. J. Despain if he was
hurt, he replied: "no, but I'll never
■ ii ink beer in then- . again."
Blast At Cisco
An explosion and fire off un-
determined origin vvought several
hundred dollars damage to the
building arid equipment at the Hut-
ton Recreation Hall in Cisco Wid-
nesday night.
There were no injuries. The place
was closed when the blast occur-
red at 7:15 p. in. Wednesday.
Cisco Kire Chief L. K. Sublett
said that the rear wall and glass
front of the building were blown
out. The explosion caused most of
the damage, Sublett said, but there
was some minor fire damage to
the interior and to pool and domino
equipment in the hall.
Subiett did not give any reason
for the blast. He stated that his
department was investigating to
determine the cause.
The hail was one of several
which were closed about three
weeks ago by Eastland County
Attorney Joe Nuessle. The pool
tables were stacked but the domi-
no tables were still being used.
VENEZUELAN AIR FORCE
UPRISING IS DEFEATED
Nine persons, including six mem-
bers of one family, are dead in an
auto collision near Eureka, South
Dakota. The sheriff blames the
headon cibsh of Iwo cats on a
rtraight, level road nn rareleM-
n«N.
Roy Blanton Hurt
In Car Collision
Roy Blanton, passenger in a car
driven by J. W. Browning was ad-
mitted to Stephens M'-m trial Hos
pital Wednesday evening, injured
in a car collision on West Walker
Street. ,
Police Chief Bob Whitley said
Brown's car and a car driven by-
Mrs. J. J. Morgan were both driv-
ing east when the Morgan car was j to slip ashore momentarily
struck from behind. Mt
was being examined today by-
physician for possible injuries.
Playing Pirate
May Be Costly
For 3 Youths
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Off Key West, Florida, three
San Antonio teen-agers boa.rded a
yacht like pirates >fi old and de-
manded to be taken to Mexico.
So for 14 hours, a Winter Park
family's holiday cruise turned into
a 14-hour gunpoint ordeal.
A note smuggled ashore brought
rescue for Richard Sias, his wife
and four children.
Tpday, their brash captors face
court action by Key West officials
who considered bringing charRes of
kidnaping and even the aichaic
crime of piracy.
Appearance before criminal court
judge Thomas Caro is scheduU d
at Key West 'fur 17-year-old Mike
Moore, 15-year-old Tommy Ed-
wards and lfi-year-old Johnny Cox.
The yacht's owner, 53-year-old
Sias, is a packinghouse machinery-
manufacturer at Winter Park. His
wife, Phillis, age 50, sons David,
14. and John, 10, and daughters,
Jane, age 15 and Bobby, 13, weren't
harmed in the night-marish cap-
tivity. The ordeal began New-
Year's Eve on their sumptuous 40-
foot power yacht, Fiesta II, at
Craig in the Florida Keys.
The three San Antonio youths
scrambled aboard, pointed a .22
caliber rifle at the astounded
Siases, and said . . .
"Keep quiet. We'll tell you what
to do."
Sias said they were polite and
didn't use any foul language, but
they kept the gun on him and his
wife, and made him do what they
wanted.
Sias sard the boys first insisted
they should take off right away
for Mexico and he pei-suaded them
it wou'd be necessa-ry to |ake on
rrmro fuel, '"ffie yacht wit into
Islamorada Tor fuel and while it
ay there, young-David mamnaged
with a
a ! er-, and which led to their eventual
' rescue.
FDR, Saik, Von Heine Among Honored
SEVENTEEN BUSTS UNVEILED
IN Gft. POLIO HALL OF FAME
WARM SPRINGS. Ga. >.f>— 'fil -
iate President Franklin Roosevelt,
Dr James Salk and Jacob Von
Heine a German who first clearly-
identified Polio as a medical tar
get in 1840, are among 17 fighters
against infantile paralysis being
hon ned today at Warm Springs.
Georgia.
•Busts of the 17 were unveiled
in a Polio Hall of Fame as the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis began a two day cele-
bration of its 20th Anniversary.
Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt,
widow if the President whose dis-
ability from the disease dramatiz-
ed the fight against polio, told
the 300 doctors arid other dignitar-
ies at the ceremonies:
"This 2i'th Anniversary is the be-
ginning of a new era in the con-
trol of disease, an eta in which the
National Foundation, supp irted by
the Aemrican people, will go on to
conquer other of mankind's ills."
A trustee of the National Foun-
dation, William Fay of Joliet, III-
in lis, said of those being honored
in the Hall of Fame.
"Each of these men and women
has left an indelible mark on the
history of our civilization."
Besides the late President and Dr.
Salk, the vaccine discoverer, they
include:
Von Heine—author of the first
book 011 Poli 1, published in Ger-
many in 1S40.
Oskar Mettin—Swedish scienist
Laredo Shooting
Remains Mystery
LAREDO i.fl—There has lte.-li
new information about the identity
of a mystery man who was shot
and seriously wounded by border j
latrolmcn at Laredo y esterday. | fhp previoUl! hiuh for a on,.-day-
New Year celebration since World
who first recognized Polio as an
acute infection in 1890.
Ivar Wickman—Swedish pio-
neer in studying polio epidemics
around 1907.
Karl Landsteiner—Viennese phy-
sician who showed poli.t could be
given to an experimental ainmal,
the monkey, in 1909.
Dr. Thomas M. Rivers—chairman
of the National Committee on vac-
cination which planned the 1954
field trials of the Salk vaccine.
Charles Armstrong—a physician
who found some Polio strains
could be given to cotton rats, prov-
iding a more convenient experimen-
tal animal.
Dr. Albert Sabin— leader in the
search for a live virus vaccine.
Dr. Thomas Francis Junior—di-
rector of the evaluation of the salk
vaccine.
Basil O'Connor—president of the
National Foundation since it was
formed in 1938.
Traffic Deaths
Set New Record
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Traffic deaths in this country
have set a postwar record for a
one-year New Year's holiday. The
figures, still not complete, sur-
passed the toll if 130 predicted
by safety experts. The latest count
of traffic fatalities is 14fi. Thus
the New Year holiday fatality list
exceeded the estimate by the Na-
tional Safety Council just as it did
over the one day Christmas holi
pat!
The man was captured while trying
to burglarize a finance company.
He critically wounded two Laredo
detectives in a desperate bid for
freedom.
He gave his name as Viktor
Kon n of Patterson, New Jersey.
His parents in Paterson say
they were orjrinially Russians who
came to this country in 1953 from 1
Germany. The mother, Mrs. Con-.
staine Koren, says her son had;
repeatedly tried to leave this |
country where he had not been i
steadily employed, and intended to |
seek witfk in Mexico. The parents
said they had given Viktor $400
with which to go to Texas.
War II was 110 in the 1947-48
transition. The ltw mark was 93
the previous year.
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygn
Equipped ambulance sendee.
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BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI M4S4
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Generally fair this afternoon,
tonight and Friday. Warmer
Friday. Lowest tonight 28 to 36,
high tomorrow around 60. Low
last night 30, high yesterday 58.
Winds southerly 10 to 15 miles
per hour.
M II
Rebel Pockets
Mopping Up To
End Revolution
HEADING NORTH —With an assist from South Pole scien-
tific leader Maj. Jalle Mogensen, left, of Alexandria, Va..
United Press stalf correspondent Charles R. Moore gets "right
side up" with the folks back home by standing on his head in
Antarctica. The Larkspur, Calif., newsman, covering Operation
Deepfreeze III, is liable to wind up with a deep-frozen dome.
Spending Spree
Warning Issued
By Rep. Cannon
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Representative Clarence Cannon
of the House appropriations com-
mittee warns against what he calls
a government "spending gpaee"
under the guise of national de-
fense.
"Where the national deVense is
concerned, we cannot count the
cost and we must provide all the
money necessary. But that's no
reeson why we should get hyster-
ical and spend vast sums of money
that aren't necessary," Cannon
said.
Cannon also contends that the
obvious need for defense money
particularly in the missile field,
means the nation should be more
economical with things it doesn't
actually have to have.
The Senate preparedness sub-
committee has under consideration
a series of pioposals that could
lead to legislation shearing the
joint chiefs of staff of their mili-
tary commands. The subcommittee
has been hearing contradictory tes-
timony from military- leaders and
scientists about the amount o'i ser-
vice .rivalry that still exists under
the supposed unification of tne
armed forces.
However, informed Washington
sources say that most of the
subcommittee members now a;e
convinced there has been so much
bickering among the services that
the nation's missile and satellite
programs have been handicapped
seriously. The prevailing impres-
sion among mem burs is that it
might be best to start at the top
of the military structure in any
recommended shakeup. This could
take the form of relieving the joint
chiefs of command duties.
The joint chiefs, Army, Navy
and Air Force, have the dual role
Of over-all military planning and
of operating the individual services.
Five Valley Boys
To Fire Rocket
EDINBURG 1/Pi— Five boys who
admit their rocket may not work,
plan a launching today.
The five senior science students
from Edinburg high school said
they built the 25-pound rocket frjin
a steel pipe with a wooden nose
cone and fins welded on the tail.
Ruben Trevino, Puta Cave, Dean
Fenton, Tommy McClelland and
John Hiatt dubbed it "Wasp Num-
ber 1." It is 97 inches long and 1.25
inches in diameter.
Fuel is a solid mixture of 70 per
cent zinc dust, 29 per cent sulphur
and one peicent Pjttasium nirate,
they said.
The boys said they expect the
rocket to go almost straight up.
A flash bulb in the nose is set to
go off from a mercury switch
when the rocket starts buck to
eartb.
Violent Deaths
In Texas Reach
Ten On Holiday
( ARACAS r.fi— The government
of Venezuela's strongman Presi-
dent, General Marcos Perez Jim-
enez. Announced just before dawn
that it had crushed an Air Force
revolt in less than 24 hjurs.
A top Army spokesman said in
a broadcast that the Rebellions
garrison at Maracay the center of
the revolt, had been taken by the
government at 3:30 a. 111. this morn-
ing. The spokesman said, however,
that small pockets of Rebels still
were being mopped up.
The Army chief repeated tlio
claim by President Perez Jimenez
that the rest if the country, tho
world's number two oil producer,
was completely calm.
Perez Jimenez took over the Ven-
zuelan government in a militaiy
coup in 1949. Only last month, lie
was given a new 5-year term as an
unopposed candidate in a yes or-no
plebiscite.
The army chief said that the lead-
eis af the rebellion had fled by air.
Ill Caracas itself street lights
were turned 011 ending the brown-
out imposed by the government as
a defense against Rebel planes.
Details Lacking
Details of the revolt are lacking.
The government claims the revolt
was centered in Maracay the coun-
tries main air terminal, but other
reports say the Capital of Caracas
had been strafed by planes and that
at least one .ither city was involv-
ed. Some 40,000 Americans live in
Venezuela. t
Air Force units at Maracay
launched a sudden rebellion again-
st the government early yesterday,
sending jet planes 50 miles east
to the capital of Caracas .
Perez Jiminez told his nation in
a broadcast that theRebels at Mar-
acay were disorganized from lack
of a single command and warned
the airmen t.i give up their fight,
or be slaughtered.
Meantime, the government warn-
ed the 65,000 people of Maracay
to take cover because their mili-
tary installations soon would be
attacked by government forces.
Rioting Reported
The Dutch Press agency report
ed that rioting broke out in Cara-
cas but was put down quickly. Dip-
lomatic sources in Washington
said the Presidential Palace had
been bombed at least once and that
Caracas had been strafed during
almost contin ius sorties.
In Buenos Aires it was report-
ed that Perez Jiminez could mus-
ter about 3,000 troops immediately
around Caracas while the Rebel
forces could total as many as 2,400.
It also was rep n ted that the Ven-
ezuelan Navy, with 9 new destroy-
ers and three frigates, was back-
ing the Rebels. The Air Force it-
self. has 200 planes.
Soldier And Wife
Killed By Auto
EATONTOWN, N. J. i,<Pi A ti-
dier from Texas and his wife,
walking together on a narr.iw road
in Eatontow 11, New Jersey, were
struck and killed by a motorist
eaily New Year's Day.
The victims were a 38-year-old
private from Bonham David Ray,
and Mrs. Catherine A. Miller, age
55. of Oceanport, near Eatontown.
New Jersey Police say they were,
hit by a car driven by a 46-year-
old truck driver, Kenneth Horton
of Rumson. New Jersey. They said
Horton was returning from a part
Wilford Macey, was charged with time job as a musician at the As-
murder. bury Park golf and country club.
Foreign Aid Matter For Big Debate
In Congress With Indonesia Problem
their
New
At least 10 pe.rsons lost
lives violently during the
Year's holiday in Texas.
The Associated Press tabulations
began at (! o'clock Tuesday even-
ing and ended last midnight.
The deaths include:
Mrs. Ines Moran who died early
Wednesday night in the crash of a
car at Laredo. Mrs. Moran was 20
years old.
Ramiro Rodriguez died in San
Antonio of stab wounds suffered
during a New Year's Eve drinking
bout with a cousin.
Nathan Dixon Brooks, who was
95, suffered fatal injuries when
hit by a car as he returned from
New Year's Eve church services in
Haskell.
A 95-year-old Dallas woman,
Mrs. Eliza Head, died of bums
shortly after a small heater ignited
her dress at her home yesterday.
Two Houston men—Joseph Ledt 1
Jr. and John Ledet, were killed
yesterday in a collision between a
car and truck west 1 ft Liberty.
A 10-year-old League City resi-
dent. Miss Anne Ashbaugh, was
killed yesterday when the ca.r in
which she was riding overturned
two miles south of League City,
in Galveston County.
A collision of two trucks near
Longview killed Mrs. Willie Tatum
of Marshall Tuesday night.
George Treadway of Santa Rosa,
Texas was killed in a one-car acci-
dent about 18 miles north of Edin-
burg Tuesday night.
Robert I.opez suffered fatal gun-
shot wounds daring a New Year's
Eve celebration in a Houston
lounge. The operant 1 of the lounge,
By LEO AN A VI
(A. P. WRITER)
The question of foreign aid sure-
ly will dominate some of the pro-
ceedings in the coming session of
Congress. There have been advance
indications of a bitter debate .in
the matter, with quite a few Con-
gressmen sold on the idea that we
must go all out in economic and
military aid and others just as
convinced that the money will be
going down the same old drain.
Rjth sides will have plenty of
ammunition in the way of argu-
ments. We are faced vvith dilem-
mas rather than problems. We
seem to be constantly faced with
the need of choosing the lesser of
several evils, and that is not too
wholesome.
The case of Indtnesia is one in
point. The Republic will need for-
eign capital to keep from going
bankrupt economically and getting
last politically. Indonesia occupies
one of the world's most sensitive
ait-as. Its 3,U00 islands stretch 3,-
000 miles between Australia and,.
Asia and are home to 82 million
people.
The islands are rich in petro-
leum, tin and other mineral re-
sources. The main crops are rice
rubher, sugar, tea and copra. But
today there is an acute rice situa-
tion. Production i below the an-
nual consumption figure. Indonesia,
sh irt of foreign exchange must
import the rest.
The leaders come from the thin
crust of educated persons in mostly
illiterate population. President Su-
karno is 5t! and apparently on his
way out. His attempts to make
himself a dictator in a guided de-
mocracy and to let Communists
have a share brought sharp resis-
tance from conservative elements.
The man of the hour is Moham-
med Hatta, another hero of the
revolution. He is conservative, anti-
Communist and pro western. He has
the backing of the Army, we are
told, but this may not be a blessing
in the l.tng run.
The present chaotic conditionb
are due to the campaign against
the Dutch. The Netherlands colonia-
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