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> SENATOR A I SAMERVJN Washington Events of recent days have again alarmed the world over the danger of war. Middle East _ President Eisenhower* ‘ having sent United States Marines into Lebanon, has exercisecL,his au thority under the IMH East Doctrine. aftwiwt I did not vote for the Eisenhow er Middle East Doctrine resolu tion when it was debate j in the Senate in early 1957; the world condition now forces us to look ahead to see what can be done to bring stability of cha os and to prevent war. 5 As a j Member of Congress I shall in sist that everything be done to protect our troops and to supjjbrt j our activity there, although I am disappointed at the tragic foreign policy that has permitted these unfortunate times. Opposed Doctrine On February 20, 1957, I . spoke in the United States Senate against the Eisenhower Middle East Doctrine resolution. My re marks included the followipg: “The truth is, Mr. President, that the testimony offered in sup port of the resolution makes it so plain that he who runs may read and not err in so doing, that this is a resolution advocated by the Secretary of State for the purpose •/#£ M i, \ Smßd§m o(f^t with COLDSPOT Freezers and Refrigerators! Special Freezer Package Given FREE With Each Freezer Or Refrigerator Purchased During This Sensational Bonus Offer. (M fatanlowK mv* Tkmdat/.. F/udM/. .Staiwtckuf JULY 21 JULY 25 JULY 26 of making the United States a policeman for the countries of the Middle East. We have had in our foreign policy in that area ap peasement. We have had in our foreign policy in that area fqreign aid. This resolution would npt, on the one hand, put an end to appeasement, or on the other hand, accomplish anything worth while in.the foreign aid field that is not authorized by acts of Con gress which appropriated approxi mately $750 million for use in this area of the world during the present fiscal year.” I pointed out that the Eisen hower-Dulles foreign policy had permitted Nasser to seize the Suez Canal in violation of an agreement. I stated that the Britfsh had been pressured into removing their troops which. amounted to appeasement of Nas ser, leaving the Suez Canal de-J senseless and that 13 days later Nasser moved in. Arab Nationalism The rise of militant nationalism I in the Arab countries, led by Egypt’s Nasser, will not' be easy! to control. It is virtually impos-| sible to make reasonable decisions due to the bitterness in the area. The Middle East Doctrine failed to encompass this Arab national ism. ' Instead it stressed the dan- THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JULY U. 1951. ' Igp M. I 1 ■ m t, > * ■)£ . ’ ’ r i S’- : g ; T“• • ‘ . --n **.. f SIXTH FLEET MOVES The military coup in Iraq overthrowing the pro-Western re gime of King Feisal caused President Camille Chamoun of tiny Lebanon to appeal to the United States for help. On direct orders from President Eisenhower, the Sixth Fleet, most powerful naval striking force in the world, moved to the Middle East with a detachment of 5,000 Marines. Destroyers of the fleet are shown in a recent photo. The Marines landed i peacefully at Beirut, Lebanon. ’ J gers of attack from the outside by international communism. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee I ask ed Secretary Dulles, back in 1957, when he appeared before a joint meeting of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Commit tees, why the United States did not join the Baghdad Pact. He said that it would involve us in Arab politics. My response at that time was “that if the United States is go ing to attempt to maintain the status quo in the countries of the Middle East insofar as their pres ent governments are concerned, Uncle Sam will be sticking his nose into Arab politics with a The National Outlook Employment Turns Favorable By Ralph Robey Because of 'the, large number of persons getting out of school and seeking jobs, June normally is the month when unemployment reaches its high point of the year. This year, as usual, the influx iri to the labor force took, place. But if June proves io be the 1958 high point in terms of unemployment it is the most favorable news in a long time. The figures for June, which re late to the middle of the month, have recently been released. They show an increase of about 1.5 million in the labor force. Some 920,000 of this increase found jobs, and 533,000 were add ed to the ranks of the unemploy ed. This brought the unemploy ment to 5.4 million. It may be difficult to understand why an increase in unemployment can be considered favorable. The reason is the increase was less than nor mal for June. For those out of work and unable to find jobs, this is small solace. But for the eco nomic system as a whole it still is good news. It had been fear ed, and anticipated, that the June figure might reach 6 million. Falling short of that by 600,000 is definitely good news. In percent age terms the present figure is 6.8 of the labor force, as com pared with 7.2 percent a month earlier. The over-all totals, however, do not tell a whole story by any means. For the first time since the recession started last August 10 WORDS Test-drive a tankful of Sm PURE-supei’-P REMIUM SSHgw today li Winslow Oil Company Phope 3336 Hertford vengeance.” The serious turn of events now vividly demonstrates that we are head over heels in Arab poli tics. there was an increase in manu facturing employment. The growth was not large, but leaves the total well below a year earl ier, but the change of direction is noteworthy. Further, the in crease was in both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing. Os the decline in employment from a year ago almost two-thirds ; has been in durable goods manu j facturing. It is especially encour | aging to have this segment of the ! economy start to move upward. Os course, it is too early to as sume that we shall have continu ous improvement from here on, but such a turn for the better adds weight to the thesis that at least we are beginning to bottom out, and that is a primary essen tial step for an upturn. Equally important with the growth of employment was an in crease in the average work-week of factory production workers. ,As of last August that stood at 40 hours. It then started a decline which, with few exceptions, car ried it to 38.3 hours in April. It went up a little in May and in June was 39.2 hours, or approxi mately one hour above its low of two months earlier. This is significant because a lengthening of the work-week Is usually a forerunner of a growth in employment. This is because employers as a class are inclined to add to the number of hours they have their employees work before adding to the number of workers. The increase in the length of the work-week, in oth er words, would appear to indi cate that employment should con tinue to grow. Average hourly earnings in manufacturing remained constant. The result was that weekly wag es rose to slightly above $83.00. This is the highest figure ever at tained in manufacturing, but it must be remembered it is only an average, and many individual in dustries have a higher weekly earnings figure. How does all of this fit into thinking op the business trend? Within the, Administration it is taken as good news of high order. For example, Secretary of Com merce Weeks said that he thinks there has been a definite turn for the better in sentiment among businessmen and consumers, and that he is “more optimistic.” His specific prediction is for only slight changes, during the summer vacation period and then a fall upturn. Some other Administra tion members believe the turn al ready has taken place. My own appraisal is somewhat more reserved. These employ ment data are strong evidence that the business trend is bottom ing out, and it is difficult to be lieve that we shall have much variation either up or down over the summer. It is more difficult to believe that the turn already has taken place for the economy as a whole, although unquestion ably a few spots are showing greater, strength. Whether we shall have an up turn this fall is still an open question. We may have, and certainly we should have. But we have a lot of unsolved prob lems —labor, taxes, and so forth— about which it is not certain that business can recover unless something constructive is done to ward solving these problems. 801 l Weevil Prospects Are Still Favorable The cotton boll weevil situation still looks good, according to ex perts. Last winter’s severe freez es apparently greatly reduced the numbers of the pesky insects. George Jones, in charge of en tomology for the N. C. Agricultur al Extension Service at State Col lege, says that now that plants are forming cotton squares in abund ance he is in a better position to evaluate the weevil problem. Here’s the picture: The infesta tion is more general than previ ously thought in many areas, es pecially in some of the eastern ElkO n if f ■■ El jjpg American Medical Allocation | Sleep better, rest better with this modern ■ jm , ■>—. _ _ ' POSTURE-TYPE smooth-top mattress. No O / jdo i buttons, no tufts. 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PHONE 3216 - ' • ’. southeastern counties. ) “While there appears this week | to be a decline in the number of adult weevils in Hoke-Scotland- Robeson County area,” adds Jones . “we would not be surprised if i the overwintering weevils con -1 tinued to come out for several I more days in the central and northern areas.” Jones suggests applications of insecticides when the pests show ALUMINUM • - AWNINGS Baked-on Enamel also • Rock Wool (blown in) • Storm Windows and Doors • Aluminum Screens AHOSKIE INSULATING & WEATHERSTRIPPING CO. Manufacturers Os ALUMINUM AWNINGS AND SCREENS P. O. Box 342 AHOSKIE, N. C. Phone 3139 Seagrams JL Crown stafratu' S AMERICAN BLENDED WHISKEY tS rfrfcrnfrr n i iiu««‘ * WilXlluM.n* ■ SUGRAM - DISTILLERS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 65% CRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS !—sECTftnr twq PAGE FIVE up in numbers approaching 10 per cent infestation. First gen eration weevils were expected to show up in the lower southeast around July 1. “Although much of the cotton in the Piedmont and to some extent in other areas is late this year, farmers should not get caught off guard and let the infestation build up,” added Jones. '1 TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED:
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