Washington News:
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Foreigfc
policy, which is taking most of
President Eisenhower • time then
day*, it beginning to dominate the
scene to Washington again. The
BSth Congress has been grabbing
moat of the summer headlines hot
it seems that the State Depart
ment. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and U. S. foreign
relations arc soon to be an page
«ne daly.jft
One ominous note from the key
Middle East srra came recently
when pro-Communist elements
grabbed actual control of Syria.
The Communists have been eating
away in Syria for some time, encouraged
by President Nasser's
bitterness against the West.
When President Shukri Kuwatly
waa forced to naaae an oMright
C oounuitiat to the chief Army port
In gyro,that wm the to
Reds the world ever that Syria
had at UK been taken *v«r com4
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plenty.
Waihlngtoo has watched Gyrta
diaintegrate stejdtty tor iorat
time now and couM apparqMtly do
nothing to atop the steady drift
toward disaster in that country.
Now Syria can be cUiaed aa •
Ruaaiao-domlmited state-ready to
obey Moscow's instructions It ia a
major defeat for the Watt.
Moreover, it ia a reply to the
auecenful coup of young King
Huaaein of Jordon, who earlier
in the year—threw the Reda out
of key poaittona ia Jordon It ia a
strong physical reply to the ac
tion hi Jordan. uM brings (he
pe»iMtity ef XrMr between lordm
and Syria ever closer
The Presiijpnt has announced
Out Jordan would be given $20,080,000
worth of ltd, mostly military,
by the United States Syria
no doubt it receiving extensive
Communist Military support and
the aituation in this region complicated
hy Israel's presence and
antagonisms on this score, is more
taflamatory than R has been in
recant months.
The long-tern danger is what
worries officials even more than
the immediate danger. Russia is
moving in on the region with infiltration,
arms and money—and
news and propaganda broadcasts
more efefctive than the efforts
of any other country, and the
Arabs listen to the radio. Moat of
^ng||
Eventually Kussia may have a
bloc of countries in the Middle
East spreading the world Infiltration
and imperialism doctrines
and until that sore is wiped out
the Reds will be tormenting bitterness
and strife in the Middle
Eaat—aimed at the eventual enslavement
of this area, even at the
coat of minor wars.
As a result of the steady Red
pressure, and such events as that
which occurred in Syria recently,
U. S. policy in the Egyptian invasion
h being seriously-questioned
again. And Secretary Dulles' sharp
rebuff to President. Nasser—a
couple .ef years ago—is being given
a second look.
That Was when Dulles slapped
Nasser's face, in a diplomatic way,
by refusing to go ahead with loans
to Egy)>t for the building of the
Amws Ossi . The tMaiwr in which
Dulles acted was 'questioned at
the time and Nasser's nationalization
of the tSuea Canal followed.
Now this Incident'is again coming
under close scrutiny and secondguessing.
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Yet no on* can aay that the
United States .did not prevent a
brush war in trying to stop the
British-Frenah attack on Egypt*
And no one can be sure that Nasser
would not hsve sailed the
Sues Canal anyhow, ev«n had not
Dulles rebuffed him bluntly. So
there is no clear-cut answer to
the present dilemma.
What Is known is that the Communist
influence in the Middle
East is obviously active and
threatening again. In the first six
months of this year the Eiaenhower
Doctrine cheeked the riatar
tide of CoMhunkas in that
ana and tat Richards ttlastia
actually won back much support
the United States had loat.
It ia imperative that no further
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Commissioners Told Of
New Highway Program
Raleigh.—Director of Highways
W. F. Bibcock announced thi»
week that OivNrttfens of specific
-procedures far the guidance of
county boards of coamissioaers
concern Lag Mfal secondary roads
is neoring completion and should
be in the hands of coanty commission
chairmen within the next
few days.
Secondary Roads Officer Harold
Makeprace' is m charge of preparing
these procedures, according
to Bsbcock. Makepeace, the director
said, mailed to county commissioners
statements of policy on
secondary roads shortly after the
yoiiey was adopted by the Sis if
Highway Commission at its meeting
In Raleigh early this month.
The outline of procedures glow in
preparation is in line with this
policy, he stated. Among oth«r
things It will deal with handling
of citizen petitions.
In the letter to county boards.
ground be lost in this area and
that is why Democrats and Republican
critics charge that the State
Department is treading water In
the Middle East at preaeat, and
fear further inroads by the Communists.
The situation may eventual^
affect the arms program. Washington
is carrying on talka witi
tfcf Russians about limiting armt,
is catting some two billion dollars
from original spending plans far
defense in the present fiscal year,
and that tlf TjUvitfo" in
the Middle East does not flare up
again. Another war there, or another
Communist coup, might
seriously change the defense pi»
hire in Washington.
Secondary Roads Officer Makepeace
(aid: "Because of the limited
fund* available, it ia the poritir"
el the State Highway Comnusaioc
that ianda tar paviac
on dry roads should be limited to
the** roads which are aa essential
part of the communicatioa and
transportation network of the
^tate." w .ja ■
Paving priorities on secondary
roads, according to policies adopted
by the new State Highway Commiaaioa,
will be established with
three factors in mind. (1> The
average annual 34-beur traffic
count. (2) adjacent land-use characteristics
and (3) public service
characteristics. These (actors will
be developed more completely under
a points priority system already
giren tentative amroval aad
soon to he given a complete testing
in Iredell county. According to
Highway Director Babeoek the Iredell
studies will be used in the
preparations of long-range plans
for secondary road development.
Representatives of the secondary
roads department will begin
shortly conferences with county
boards of~ commissioners to prepare
a secondary road plan for
each of the 100 counties of the
State within the allocation oflecondary
road funds. Recommendations
of the county boards will be
followed so long as they are compatible
with State Highway Conmission
criteria and so long as
funds are available.
Should the secondary roads department
fail to concur ia the.
county commissioner recommendations,
Highway Director Babcock
said, the secondary roads department
must file Its reasons with the
county board. Babcock further
Mated that vtak yearty mtmtt fcy
county plan i« prepaaed by Secondary
Roads Offitor Makepeaae and
approved hp kin aCOw. it aill fee
filed with the county boards ui
wwiashinari Tkaae plaas for
read projects Car the ftecul yea t
be«tniuB« July 1. MM.
Dance And Pie
Sale Slatedfl^O
Cburet at Vatte Ortids will tfN'
••r ■ aquare daw* and pa mle
*t the Valla Cruris Mismun School
on Saturday nigfat at »:0» ». m.
Admission prices will be 35e and
SDc.
There will be a performance of
the Cranberry dance team. A local
quartet will sing. [ ,
CARD OF THANKS
The family of M A Ward wiah
to thank our neighbor* and friends
for the food, flowers, and all ads
of kindness shown during their
hour* of sorrow.
CANCER DETECTION
A newly developed electronic
machine, the cytoanalyzer — an
automatic optical electronic machine—is
expected to sfreed detection
of cancer oT the uterus—the
second largest cause of cancer
deaths atnong women. The cytoanalyzer
Is designed to detcct abnormal
cells by microscopically
scanning slides bearing specimen
smears.