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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1955.
IKE IS DELIBERATELY KEEPING GUESTS FROM ABROAD’
THEM ALL GUESSINC
By Seaghan Maynes
Washington, June 12.
Washington's great guessing game today is whether President Eisenhower will run for a second four-year term in the White House in next year's national elections.
" The President is the only man who can provide the answer. But he is deliberately keeping everyone in the dark.
STRATEGY
His own Republican Party is try to persuade him that the most anxious to know his plans country's interesta demanded URCH MASS he is the party's one his leadership. Yet a number of shining hope" of victory at the these same politicians have not shown themselves very tes- polls in November 1956.
ponsive to this leadership in Congress over the past two years. If the President had had to
his own Republican Party for wholehearted support there, much of his foreign policy have legislation would been passed.
on
never
The Opposition Democrats also want to know so that
they
rely plan their C:LM that campaigns.strategy, The rest of the country wants to know for the satisfaction of curiosity.
Time after time, the Democrats "time, the From time to politicians of both parties cap-have me to the rescue of the
White House in save such legisla Lura: space in the
Sun Novas, tion. from the assaults of the with predictions, beliefs and so-called, "inside in- Republican "Old Guard" conser- formation"
(1 will seek an- tritics as the party's. "Dinosaur other term, or, (2) that he has in
The official Opposition, too, had trough of the White House F and will retire to his newly-has been much less vehement in the famous ils eritivism of While House PRINTING of every description m. renovated farm on
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Mr Eisenhower is the first Re- publican President in 20 years. His popularity was such that he got the vetes not only of the Re- į publican faithful but of the massi An
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Since then, his popularity
in public
- opinion polls has dropped. "But it is still high enough to keep the Democrats state of worry in a constant over their prospects of recapur- ing the White House if he de- cided to fight.
Mr Eisenhower has had to be constantly on guart against re- current efforts by the press to draw from him some pointers to his intentions through apparently innocuous questions about his, or his wife's, health, his views on | White House life and the pro- gress of work on the Gettys- burg farm.
SPATE OF RUMOURS But his skill in dodging "loaded" questions has not prevented 2. growing spate
that of rumours
the Re-
publican Party will have to jook round tar another Presidential candidate next
Year.
The only woman in the United
stares Senate, Senator Margaret is hereby given that the said i Chase Smith, created a sensation delivery orders are declared null and void.
Women's 1 Republican National Conference recently by suggesting the possibility-even the probability that the President might not want to be
She re-ciected.
said bluntly that the Party, instead of living in rosy hope that he would ten- finue to carry its banner, should be realistic and start building up another candidatejust in case. Mr Eisenhower's reaction to that was a shrug, und a smiling BUNDAY POST-HERALD | reply that he had no idea where Space for commercial Senator Smith gut her "Impres» advertising should be ions.
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Editor of the Kansas City Star For the SOUTH CHINA MY Ray Roberts, one of the Elsenhower - for- riginal MORNING 'POST ́and the CHINA MAIL, 48 hours Psident bronsters, wrote a story before date of publication, saying that the President might he again. not run
Although Specia! Announcements denied that he had any "Inside" and Classified Advertise information; it was noted that ments as usual.
his story was written after he had visited. Mr Eisenhower, personal friend, in Washington. Mr Roberts' opinion, has by many Washington observers, is that the President does not feel that he has any obligation to engage in another arduous campaign just to save the Re- publican Party." The controlling factor could be, the state of the world by next year and whether Mr Eisenhower felt that it was his national duty, because of it, to carry on
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12th June, 1955.
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
SECOND THOUGHTS
However, it is becoming apparent that a good many Republicans who face re- election coalests next year are having second thoughts about the wisdom of con- ducting
political ruerilla warfare in Congress against Late Party's "essential man."
Significantly, in regent months, Mr Eisenhower has been getting much Mor support from, important Republican elements
who were previously inclined to be independent of his leadership-China Mail Special
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MONDAY, JUNE 11
By Air
Formosa, Okla. U.S.A. 0 pm. Burma, India, Pakistan, Great Br- tain & Europe. 6. p.m.
Japan, 4 p.m. Thailand. Middle East, Africa,, c p.m.
By Surface Macao, p.m.
-.
TUESDAY, JUNE N By Air
Indo-China, 11 am." Philippines. 2 p.m.
.N. Borneo, Australia. New Zea land, 8 pm.
Philippines, 6 p.m. Thailand, India, Pakistan
Pictured ad London Airport after a Privy Counell meeting held by the Queen at Balmoral Castle are Lord Salisbury, Lord President of the Counci (second from left), Mr Geof- frey Lloyd, Minister of Fuel and Power (second from right). Lord Munster, Minis ter
without Portfolio (on
G. A new. righi) and Mr Clerk to the Council (on left). The
the meeting fallowed Premier's request for emer- gency powers to deal with the rall strike. — Reuterphoto.
Special Flats For Blind People
RUSSIAN COMEDY
ABOUT BRITISH
Moscow, June 12.
British visitors who come to Russia frightened of the secret police and return firm friends of the Soviet Union are the stars of a new comedy hit on the Moscow stage. ``
The play "Guests from Abroad," is unusual because it tells Russian audiences what some people abroad think of the secret police and of "Soviet propaganda."
1
"Guests from Abroad," at the convinced, want to pump them Mascow Transport Theatre, is full of propagandu.. an improbable farco about
Gears Lighting up a cigar, three-man British delegation, tells the others how delegations consisting of Alan Gears, MP, are usually treated in Moscow the cigar-smoking yulain", Sir He says that the Russians only Archibald Crampton, depicted, as show foreigners what they want a member of the House of them to see, and that the Soviet Lords, Charles
a com- Government tries to befuddle men sense esan,
and them with feasts of vodka and
their
pretty
Russian-speaking caviar at the Metropole Hotel,
AWESTRUCK GIRL
secretary, Victoria Smith.
They begin their
adventures
when Gears sets out from his stately home in England. The of Parliament is seen Member off by his neurotie; over-painted wife whe
to implores him "beware
of bears,
and wolves young Communists."-A-liveried footman and a venerable old butler are petrified by the thought of their employer's Berlin, June 12,
to such A block of
flats specially journey and
for land as Russia. designed
reserved blind people is to be built fa West Berlin this year,
JAP ENVOY larger than normal for
TO BRITAIN
London, June 12.
Mr. Harushko Nishi, the new Japanese Ambassader to Bri- tain, arrived in London airport this afternoon from Frankfurt (Germany),
He was greeted at the airport by high-ranking Embassy offi- cials, by Mr Shunichi Matsumoto, Middlehead of the Japanese delegation
East. Great Britain, Europe, 6 p.m.
Kores. p.m.
Hawaii, U.S.A.. 0 p.m. Japan. p.m.
Turnosi, Okinawa, 8-p.m. Canada, 6 D.M,
By Surface
China; People's Republic, 0.30 am.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
THINK WE SHOULD GC IN P. WHAT'S INSIDE?
WE CAN ONLY FIND OUT--BY GOING IN. COME CHL REMEMBER, NARDA'S UP THERE.
FERDINAND
NANCY
OH, OH--- HERE COMEŠ
SPIKE
THEY STEP INSIDE --THE ROCK WALL CLOSES--
IN TWO MINUTES I'LL BE FLAT ON MY. BACK AGAIN AS · USUAL
JOHNNY HAZARD
THIS YOUNG BEAUTY-CONTEST WINNER ...SHARI... WAS EVERYTHING A-GUY COULD WANT! INTELLIGENT....CHARMING HER FATHER A WEALTHY POLITICIANS CUPID.
BELTED ME A HEFTY WALLOP/
242
The walls of the 30 flats wil be made sound-proot as blind people have a very sensitive The balconies wil be tearing.
the iphabitants cannot go out es aften as others,
Paths in the garden below are to be flanked with strongly scented
permit
to
flowers "orientation by smell"
The bulk of the building costs will be inet from the re- venue of the city-run lottery China Mail Special,
arrival
a barbarous
REASSURED
Scon, the delegation discovered by a peasant girl who is awestruck to find "real English lords" at the local station.. Villagers arrive. led by a simal- "woman." "Matriona,
to arranges
put stranded guests Home.
of
up
who the
her
worried by
Gears its still thoughts the secret police. When Matriona prepares a big meal for the visitors, including that the vecka, he is certain secret police have telegraphed instructions from Moscow on how the delegation should be treated while In the village. For this dwarf-like man sees a trap in everything...
Gears assures them, how- that he knows all ever, about "Soviet propaganda" and will not be fooled by it, Like many British delega- tions. The next scene finds the four British visitors at a wayside railway station called Bronka, in astonished at the freed ra with The British visitors are the Carpathian mountains, just which they are treated by
11
the
across the border in the Soviet
repre the villagers. Morrell, the Ukraine. They have left
of the "Exportless" wall sentative train for a few minutes'
timber company, asks to see the and return to find it gone with-
local timber yards and Is
out them.
At
Gears is also amazed
1.
they are
2:
first, they are horror-amazed when his hosts, readily Paris, June 12. stricken, and Gears begins to gree. A Tass news agency report talk about the "intrigues of the when he is allowed to visit
local, school. "You may set GPU", the secret police. tonight amounced the
Japanese Crampton then admits that he anything you like," in Leningrad of a at the current Japanese-Soviet trade union delegation.
deliberately prolonged their teld.
is The report said the delegation walk to see what would happen In the last act, there talks in London, and by Mr
a group of Englishmen viclent discussion between the Marcus Cheke, Vice-Marshal of was headed by Mr Tauti Solti, when
trom the clutches of English and the villagers round the Diplomatic Carps, repre- a member of the Executive Com escape
hosts in a British senting the
Foreign mittee of the Japanese labour their official Soviet
camp fire. They talk about unions-France-Presse.
Morcow who, the delegation is Office.-France-Preise.
politics and "capitalist demo- cracy." "Why don't you accept the peaceful proposals of Soviet Government?”
gera osk.
WHY --- IT (5
ELEVATOR! GOING UP!
HMM-ALEENA'S DONE WELL FOR HER~ SELF INSTALLING AN ELEVATOR IN A
MOUNTAIN !
HELLO, SLUGGO, OL PAL--HOW'S MY OL BUDDY
TODAY &
SHE FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT ME AND OLD SNAP STARTED VREAMING THOSE BUNGALOW-AND-KID SCENES W
By Lee Faik and Phil Davis
THINK OUTSIDE?] THE TOP, LET'S MONSTERS?
(GULP)-WHAT YOU
WE'VE REACHED
GO OUT --
AND SEE!
DISYO
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
-EPITE» BUSHMILLIM
PLOP
By Frank Robbins
PAND THEN...........THE BLOW FELL I SHARI UP AND MARRIED A BIG-WHEEL NAZI 5.5. GENERAL --. |WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION ♫"
TALK
ABOUT
* MAGIC!
Have you seen
Admiral
AIR CONDITIONERS
AND REFRIGERATORS
GAM
*THE JAM THAT MADE TASMANIA FAMOUS"
DAIRY BOX
MILK
CHOCOLATE
This situation®
calls for
San Miguel
tha
the vill-
asi
By this time, Victoria, con- vinced by the simple villagers, Is. а firm supporter of the Soviet "peace, line." Morrell,
businessman, !s now devotee of the idea of "peaceful existence" on the grounds that, this will Jead to trade with Russia and more profits for his .company. Crampton has dis
carded all his scepticism and is
an
Co-
ardent believer in Anglo- Soviet friendship.
Only the reactionary Gears is still holding out, an advocate of the "policy 01 positions of strength" and a supporter of new war. As the last curtain falls, he is still trying, un- successfully, to convince น young villager.
"Guests from Abroad" shows Gears in the most unpleasant possible light. It emphasises that his reactionary opinions are in the minority, but it does not allow him to express views about "Soviet propaganda" and the secret police which are often heard on, the Soviet stage.
INTERESTING SCENE
To some extent, the play may suggest to the average Russian that it is ow› Der- mitted to show greater friendliness to There is acene
ridicules
ад
where Matriona English visitors belfer that she will got into trouble if she allows herself to be photo. graphed arm-in-arm with Crampton and Morrell
not
The idea that foreign visitors "can see anything they like" and the fact that they are shown round the timber
yard "without anyone seeking prior permission from Moscow is also Dovel.
Talk about
"Soviet privileged clasy" and the idea that anyone can possibly think foreign" delegations are hood- winked by caviar banquets, is also strange for the Russian theatre-China Mall Special.
World Record
For Glider
Paris, June 12. French Army Majer Reno Fortelles few 444 kilometres (about 270 miles) in a single seat glider to break the world's record for around trip dide with a fixed destination, it was announced today,
The record breaking fight took 8 hours and 33 minutes. Funteilles record, which wAN
mada yesterday, was checked by the Commissioner of the French Air Club. France Eresse,
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