Iran, Iraq and Egypt Move T®
Oust British
British prestige and authority
in the Near East, already dam
aged by the action of Iran in
seizing the property of the An
glo-Iranian Oil Company, were
further weakened when Egypt
moved to evict the British from
the Suez Canal Zone and an
nounced that the Sudan region
would be annexed to Egypt.
Following these developments,
the Government of Iraq request
ed revisjon . of a 1930 treaty,
which granted the British Gov
ernment the right to maintain
two air bases and some troops in
that neighborhood. Iraq includes
most of Arabia and is a nation
of about five million Arabs, scat
tered over desert tracts or into
teeming cities along the fertile
river valleys.
The Iraq leaders are proceed
ing, it seems, upon a proper
hasis, suggesting that the treaty,
which is supposed to run until
1955, be amended. It should
also be noted that British
ground troops were withdrawn
from Iraq in 1947 and that there
are now in the- country only
Royal Air Force detachment*.
We call attention to these dis
putes, which center around the
vital and strategic Near Eastern
area, not because the United
States is primarily concerned
in the relationship between Great
Britain and the other countries,
but because this country would
be seriously affected by any
change in the status of the na
tions which would result in mil
itary advantages for Soviet Rus
sia.
The basic policy of the United
States is to prevent the spread
of Russian aggression. What
ever action is necessary to safe
guard the defense of Western
civilization from military en
croachments will have to be done
regardless of the difficulties in
volved. Even so, there is every
reason to believe that Iran, Iraq
and Egypt will have substantial
concessions made to them and
some assurance as to their fu
ture status if they co-operate
with the free nations of the
world.
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Western civilization, the United!
States and other western pow
ers, as well as Great Gritain, are
concerned about the attempt of
the Egyptian Government, by
unilateral action, to force the
British out of that country
against the terms of the Anglo
Egyptian Treaty of 1936.
The background of this dis
pute reveals that the ambas
sadors of the two English
speaking nations advised the
Egyptians some time ago that
proposals for the settlement of
the issues were about completed.
They gave Egyptian officials an
indication of the proposal? which
would be backed by France, as
well as the other two nations in
volved.
Before these proposals could
be formally made to the Egyp
tian Government, legislation was
introduced in the Egyptian Par
liament to push the British, not
only from the important Sue*
Canal zone, but also from the
Sudan. Treaties giving the Brit
ish Government the right to
maintain soldiers and airplanes
were abrogated by the Egyptian
Government without parley.
In the view of the Western
nations, which make it plain
that they are not opposing
changes in the Near East, the
action of the Egyptians ' ap
proaches international blackmail,
being in defiance of legtimatc
international agreements and
tending to create a military sit
uation which would be beneficial
to no one but the Russians.
Meeting in Ottawa last month,
the Western nations agreed to
suggest to Egypt that the
Treaty of 1936 be abrogated and
teplaced by a new international
agreement, in which Egypt
would be an equal member of
the Near Eastern Command, in
cluding the United States. Great
Britain, France and Turkey.
Headquarters of tne defense
area wuold be in Egypt. Under
this arrangement, the United
States would be involved in the
defense of the entire Near East
ern area, including Egypt, but
would not seek to replace Gieat
Britain as the principal guard
ian of Near East security.
Bi* Deficit In First Quarter
The first quarter of the fiscal
y**r the federal government
has passed, with a deficit of
$2,614,986,764 reported.
This is a large sum, even in
this day and generation. Never
theless, it should be noted that
defense spending during July,
August and September amounted
to $9,232,000,000 compared to
$3,594,000,000 in the same period
a year ago.
Income of the government in
creased in the same period,
amounting to $12,373,779,588
compared to $9,344,956117 for
the first quarter last year.
Total spending, in the three
months period, was $14,988,766,
3553. This compares with $9,
048,608.072 last year whA the
first quarter had a surplus of
nearly $300,000,000.
The figures show that nearly
all of the increase in expendi
tures is accounted for by defense
spending. They also show that
tax increases have not kept up
with the cost of the rearmament
program.
This situation will not be re
lieved by the tax bill about to
become law, which will increase
taxes by less than six billion
dollars. The spending for de
fense during the next year will
exceed last year’s cost by much
more than the new taxes are
estimated to yield.
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The increasing cost of arms*
ment is brought to mind by tho
fact that the new six-engine
plane, with four J-47 turbo-jets
in addition to six piston engines,
which can "fly very fasti and
very high and is the best inter*
continental bomber in the world,"
costs (3,500,000, plus (2.000,000
a year for spare parts, chiefly
engines.
The praise for the mortified
B-36, quoted above, comes from
the Secretary of the Air Force,
Thomas K. Finletter, who thinks
that the 179-ton bomber is super
ior to similar* Russian planes.
Other giant bombers are in
course of production, with one,
st least, being almost ready for
est flights.
When one considers the ini
tial cost of such a bomber, to
gether with its necessary main
tenance each year, it is easy to
understand the emphasis that is
being placed upon guided mis
siles. When a'single big bomb
SHUFORD EXPLAINS N. C.
SAFETY PROGRAM TO NA
TIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS
Chicago, Oct. 20.—A vast ma
jority of the states spend a far
from adequate amount of money
on accident control, Forrest H.
Shuford, North Carolina’s Com
! missioner of Labor, told delegates
i to the National Safety Congress
in an address here.
Speaking on the subject. “State
Function in Servicing Small Busi
nesses,” Shuford said that only
two states in the union spend as
much as 60 cents a year for each
industrial worker for promoting
industrial safety.
“In the field of accident preven
tion there is no room for any
quarrel between labor and man
agement,” the Labor Commission
er told the safety men. “Both
labor and management should put
their shoulders to the wheel in a
determined effort to see that the
proper state agency is provided
with an appropriation adequate
to provide sufficient safety in
spection personnel. They should
also see that the agency, with all
the outside help available, plans
a program, which includes train
ing of the inspectors, which will
fit the needs of that particular
state. Then they should follow
through to see that there is no
falling by the wayside.”
Shuford explained to the Safety
Congress delegates how the North
Carolina Department of Labor
during the last five years has
promoted accident control in the
industries of his State. The Tar
Heel safety program Is based
upon industry-wide inspection
drives, awards for outstanding
safety records, and a long-range
program of safety education in
industry, the engineering colleges,
and the public schools, he said.
The Labor Commissioner point
ed out that accideift fates have
been reduced substantially in
three entire industries in North
Carolina following special inspec
tion drives.
“There are three primary func
tions which a state agency re
sponsible for industrial accident
prevention should perform,” he
said.
I “First, it should stimulate man
agement in the developing of
practical plant safety programs,
furnishing advice and assistance
as to the best methods of Bafety
organization in the plant.
“Second, it should make avail
able, through its inspectors, ex
pert information on machine
guarding and the best methods of
eliminating the physical hazards
in and around the plant.
“Third, it should bring to each
plant in each industry informa
tion about the safety methods
which have been tried and proven
in the plants which have the best
safety organizations and the low
est accident rates.’*
Shuford attended the National
Safety Congress sessions this
week in company with Lewis P.
Sorrell, North Carolina’s Deputy
er costs more than $5,000,000
for construction and a year's
operation, exclusive of the cost
of its crew and its bombs, one
I can get an idea of the necessity
for billions of dollars to carry
out a defense program.
* • *
Enforcement Makes Law
Effective.
It should interest the people
of this country to know that the
President has requested Con
gress to provide $300,000 for en
forcement of a major anti-mo
nopoly law enacted last year
Quite correctly, the Chief Ex
ecutive points out that the pur
pose of the law will be served
only to the extent that the Fed
eral Trade Commission can un
dertake “vigorous enforcement”
and that, to begin this work,
the Commission must have
funds.
The purpose of the act. passed
| to dose a gap in the Clayton
! Act of 1914, is to "arrest the
continuing rise in the concen
11ration of economic power by
I prohibiting business mergers
| which seriously injure competi
i tion and promote monopoly.”
The earlier statute was de
| signed to prevent a concern from.
! obtaining control over a compet
! itor .through the purchase of
I stock if the result would be
to promote monopoly and inter
fere with competition. The mo
nopolistically - inclined corpora
J tions got around this by pur
chasing the physical assets of
a competitor, as well as stock,
and the statue of last year was
designed to prevent this if H re
sulted in monopoly.
ASSOCIATION LOCKOUT
FOR ECONOMIC REASONS
LEGAL, NLRB RULES
Des Moines (LPA)—A lockout
by an employers’ association for
economic reasons is not a viola
tion of the Taft-Hartley act, the
National Labor Relations Board
has ruled unanimously.
The board dismissed charges of
unfair labor practices filed by Lo
cal 254, AFL Machinists, against
19 of 21 new car dealers here,
negotiating with the local through
the Des Moines. Auto Dealers As
sociation.
After a month of bargaining,
a stalemate was reached on
'•.ages. The membership on July
15. 1959, rejected the association’s
last offer. The association was
notified of a strike possibility.
According to the trial examiner,
in reply to a question from a
spokesman for the dealers, the
union representative “could not
say when, where, or against how
many dealers the strike would be
called.” A strike against twd
dealers was called the next morn
ing, and the „ other 19 shut their
repair shops.
Said the trial examiner: ‘‘Under
the circumstances, the only con
clusion that can be drawn is that
the union’s strategy . . . was to
keep the respondents (the 19
dealers) off halance with the
threat of momentary strike hang
ing over their heads at all times.
“Concededly there was nothing
unlawful in the union’s strategy,
and it was entitled to pursue it:
but having: apparently get out to
produce an uncertain operating
situation it cannot complain now
because it succeeded, or be heard
to say that it should not have
been taken seriously.
“It was not proved that the
shutdown was motivated by other
than economic considerations.”
The board adopted the examin
ers’ findings, pointing out that
the circumstances in a previous
lockout ruling were different. In
the case of the Davis Furniture
Company of San Francisco the
board found the layoff of erif
ployes by 11 members of an em
floyers’ association violated the
T-H act because the layoffs were
made in reprisal against a strike
pgainst one employer and the un
ion had not threatened to strike
any other members of the asso
\ ciation.
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ways turns his back to me.”
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2. Deuteronomy 34:9.
3. Descendants of Moab, the son
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Commissioner of Labor. Several
Tar Heel plant safety directors
and North Carolina members of
the American Society of Safety
Engineers also attended the Con
gress.
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