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THE return to Paris of the French Defence Minister and the Secretary of State for War after month-long tour of Indo-China naturally prompts speculation as ไป whether the things they saw and the information they gleaned have moved them to Kny definite convictions elther la fnvour of tinuing the
War or pre-
n
con-
ference for a more vigorous prosecution of the campaign for a truce. It is necessary of course, to appreciate that the two Ministers have been presented with
new factor since they set off on their visit to Indo-China- the decision of the Rig Four to call a meeting in Geneva next month at which it is highly probable the Indo- China situation will be dis- cussed and the possibility of reaching an Armistice explored. Moreover, the two Ministers will learn now
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WASHINGTON SHOOTING DRAMA Socialists
Congressmen Wounded White House
By Hail Of Bullets
THE FULL STORY OF AN
UNPARALLELED INCIDENT
Washington, Mar. 1..
Two men and a woman shot down five members of the House of Representatives with volleys of pistol shots from the visitors' gallery today.
Two members, Mr Alvin Bentley, of Michigan, and Mr Ben Jensen, of Iowa, dropped down in pools of blood and are believed critically wounded.
Alerted
Washington, Mar. 1. [The, thooting en Capliol. Hill outed an immediate alert at the White House today.i
The guards at· all seven entrances to the. While Hope and ile grounds were notified by telephone of the incident.
Members of the White Blouse #coref service moved rapidly to maintain a light guard! at all 'entrandes,
Secret servloemen vividly remembered - thas⋅ the last outbreak of Puerto Klesu natiounist violested here was an attempt on Nóv. 1. 1950, to asesinato former President Trumian at Blisär House-United Press,
Police and door-keepers grabbed the attackers after they had fired Wounded
20 to 26 shots that sent the Speaker and members diving for cover. The
three were shouting demands for freedom for Puerto Rico, American Man's Story
that they have returned home that French willing. ness to negotiate a truco is based on the fulfilment of two preliminary conditions. One is that the French must be in a strong enough military position to indulge In negotiations; the other! that the Communists accept a "free and democratic Indo-
Mr Boyd Crawford, Clerk of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who tackled China" according to one of the gunmen as he dashed from the gallery, told reporters: "I saw him with Western Interpretation. So
We were struggling for the gun A smoking gun, so I just grabbed and hung on. fur une of the several and I was trying to keep it from the direction of the other people milling around. armistice overtures from the Communist side of the
A house
page boy, Leo battle lines has contained Thomas, said he saw one of the what the French consider to men coming out with a pistol and with someone hanging on be an "honest" offer to
to his arm. "I lashed out and recognise the second hit the Puerto Rican on the premine, and this hoa joy and he dropped the gun,“ Atimulated
more talk of he said, "Then we plied "victory" and of the French him." winning the upper hand.
dependency in the Gulf of Florida.
Police are understood to be searching for two more women and
a number of men. They threw roadblocks round the city and hurried squads to Union Station, Washington's railway terminal.
A high police official said those responsible for the shooting were believed to be members of the same extremist Puerto Rican organisation which tried to assassinate President Truman at Blair House, Washington, in November 1930.
He said four people were being held.
ON
her
own
оп
was in
the
the
Has 50-50 Chance
over
"I am sure I saw four persons shooting,
Congressman Louis Graham of Pennsylvania, told
reporters.
Washington, Mar. 1.
"I think I got hit before I heard the shooting," anid Fallon Rep. George H. (Democrat, Maryland) from his hospital bed today.
Rep. Fallon, apparently in good spirits allor receiving a painful hip wound in today's shooting spree, thought he felt and the bullet a. "burning" "spun me around."
:.
I think I got hit before
he said. "I heard the shooting." looked up and saw those guns Aring Fallon wild the force of
"The woman was shooting at the gunshot apparently knocked the celling, but I am sure the right leg from under him three men were shooting, down and he fell between the seats on
Houss "Noor into, the chamber.
until the shooting, stopped,
stopped," he tald and
During the truggle the
| wornan identified--hørsel To Te- addched back and came up
porters as Lolita Lebron
"I want freedom for my country, Puerto Rico," she shouted.
One of her male companions lay entangled with guards the Boor of the hallway just outside the gallery. the
One guard was reported to collapsed during have
the scuffle. A
A man who Rollery suid three people who looked like foreigners cut down N the other hand, given the behind him-"then right by my elycumstances which the der It was Just 'bang. bung, French are seeking, there is bang and my wife was scream- little doubt that Paris would ing the woman has a gun.” engerty grasp the oppor-
A few minutes afler the
Mr E. Martin, unity to halt the Indo- shooting
resumed the rostrum. China war. Purely from the Speaker,
asked
to take the members of viewpoint
their seats and formally security France is naturally journed the House.
nd- Soon after- anxious to be able to dis-words
G-men moved in and engage her troops from
Jerking fo: bulteta. Indo-China and Jeuve The attackers, who defence responsibilities to close by the press gallery, rose the growing Vietnam Army | shouting: "My country
is not This point was underscored free. Free Puerto Rico." Then form, two doctor members of yesterday by M. Pleven holding their platols in both the House knelt by his side,
The Police seized the gun men as when he observed that he hands they opened fire. and his fellow Minister woman was said to have red they tried to reload.
cannot
1
at the ceiling.
wire
Kennel
one
the
with a handful of blood."
It
Just couldn't bolleve happened when 1 was lying there on the Acor, I couldn't believe. It was happening," ho said He added he stered
flec: the
unti House Ku some
of his colleagues "die needed some help covered 1
me into the they helped move cloak room,"
to
Trapped In Wrecked, Lorry
A schoolgirl was killed and another seriously injured, when this heavy lorry crashed through the parapet afve bridge and plunged into the river near Moridir, Brittany, France. The driver was trapped for several hours in the overturned truck. - London Express.
Sudan Riots: Arrest Of
Party Leaders Ordered
Khartoum, Mar. 1.
Oppose Arms Programme
Landon, March 1.. The Labour. Party. de« cided tonight to table motion in "the" House of Commons: tomorrow.... cri- ticising the Conservative Government's £1,639 mil- lion arms-programme ` for 1954-55.
The decision was made at a meeting called to shape the opposition's line for tomoITOW's debate on defence.
In the discussion the Govern- ment will ask the House of Commons to approve ite pro- gramme for the coming financial year.
The motion adopted tonight regrets that the Government has mado no proposals for e-reduc- tion in the length of compulsory national service,
ensure
The motion ́also: says that while the Labour Party in no way deports from ita resolve to it adequate defence, regrets that the Government has failed to make a proper alloca- tion of national resources be tween defence and economie needs,
It alleges that the Govern- ment has falled to allocate de- fence expenditure properly be- tween restarch, production and manpower.
The motion was signed by the Lábour Party · leader, Mr Cle ment Attlee, Mr Herbert Morri- son, his deputy, Mr Emanuel Shinwell, former Defence Minis ter, Mr John Strachey, formER War Minister and others.
The Labour Party's private meeting took place at the same $time as Sir Winston Churchill's
Cabinet, met in the House of Commonă.
The Cabinet discussed platis for tomorrow's debate, in which
the Prime Minister wilt makta the closing speech: Reuter.
Officer Slain
In Riots
Djakarta, Mar. 1. An Army captain was killed and several persons were injured on Sunday when an estimated 500,000 Moslems demonstrated against an alleged Insult to Islam by an Indonesian political
Washington, Mar, 1.7 Rep. Alvin M. Bentley underwent an exploratory operation at casualty hospi- tal about five hours after the shooting. Dr. Clarence Stanley White, who per- formed the surgery, said that he is operation" and has a "50- 50 chance" to live.
police official said "He's in the hands of!
Puerto Ricans came to Washing- the Lord now," the sur-
Rep. Fallon said he did not ton to demonstrate for "Puerto
loss consciousness or seem told geon
Rican freedom." reporters. - United Press,
one woman be suffering from shock and Two men and
The Sudanese Government today ordered the arrest were taken from the Capitol to "the only time I got shaky was
of 32 lending members of the Al Umma Independent Washington police headquarters, when they gave me shots"
that Fallon 'recalled Rep. It was understood flint police
Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. Party. was just about to complete
An iquiry has been opened Mr Lloyd has been in Khar- Mexican 品 standing vote on
to determine to what extent, toum since last Saturday to labour bill when the punire if any, they are responsible for attend the ceremony, and these started.
He said the shots this morning's riots in which 23 sources thought that no decision bounded like "frecrackers—
people, including eight police would be taken in London re- firecrackers that go pip-pip-pip." | men, are so far known to have garding his staying in Khartoum
"There must have been
been killed. The bodies of the until Mr Lloyd's own opinion couple of dozen of shots," he policemen were beyond re has been heard. said.--United Press.
they cognition so badly, had
Mr Lloy at the mom:nt hat the been mutilated by kicks, knife chance of a personal talk with The Army captain was killed thrusts and sword cuts.
the Egyptian President, General when he attempted to halt the sound mob. Police reinforcements Mohammed Nagulb, to him on Egyptian Intentions re- finally arrived and forced the Suez Canal Zone. Į demonstrators to - disperse.-- -France-Presse,
United Press,
The
were still looking for two more
women,
Congressman Benjamin James Police threw one of the men | of Pensylvanta exclaimed to floor to hold him down, when the shooting began: "My
The wounded members were God, this is real." comforted by others ns the House doctor was called.
The chamber quickly emptied as the shots rang out. Spectators In the dropped to the floor.
a
SPRAY OF BULLETS
Another Congressman mid bullets
sprayed acròss wero House floor to the left of the Speaker, Mr Joseph Martin.
gallery the
He silmated there were 20 Mau Mau Gang
"found Vietnamese lenders
The wounded members of fully conscious that In-
House included Mr dependence
be Roberts of Alabama, who was achieved by the transfer of carried out on a stretcher, Mr civil services. It necessarily George Fallon of Maryland and Involves the gradual trans-Mr Clifford Davis of Tennessee. fer of the main burden of The shooting begon just as House had Anished voting military defence." It is, in the
The three men used both fact, the accepted policy of on the "Wetbacks" Bill to per-
hands on the pistols, raised in to 25 shots altogether." mlt the United States to recruit the French Government to Mexican farm labour,
half crouch position from their enlarge the Vietnam armed As police rushed the gunmen reats. services, through Americanio police headquarters, assistance, HO that the threw a Puerto Rican flag into Associated States can look the air. after their own problems of The police said the four on a stretcher, imaintaining internal people being held were Lolita The other two casualties were
It is Lebron, 34, Rafael Maranda, 25, security and order. discernible that this policy Flores, all giving New York city Andres Cordero, 29, and Irving in being tuned to meet the addresses. clearly growing popular demand in France for a Mr Alvin Bentley was shot cense-fire on terms similar in the chest. to those of the Korean While Mr Bentley lay on the armistice.
floor near the Speaker's plat
Try them today
SHOT IN CHEST
Smoke to your throat's
content
du MAURIER "
THE EXCLUSIVE: FILTER TIP CIGARETTE'
for 30
A third wounded member, Mr Kenneth Roberts, of Alabama,
carried from the chamber
the air.
He said he raced up to, the to the left of the gallery Speaker, and seized one of the boen firing a men who had German Lager, automatic.
Polico throw roadblocks around the city to prevent, the escape of others thought to be implicated in the shooting."
Makes Raid
Nairobi,' Mar, 1.
n
A Sudanese Cabinet com munique sald that today's trouble . "revealed a
carefully garing the prepared plan."
A relative calm had returned A Mau Mau gang, armed with one automalle weapon and other to this city at nightfail. Sudan firearms, attacked and burned defence, forces and troops were patrolling the streets following down African workers' quarters the proclamation of martial law Mr George Fallon, of Maryland,
on a European farm in the rift and they were ordered to shoot and Ms Jenson, of Iowa.
As police seized the three and
valley, 20 miles northeast of at any suspect or groups with Giligi 'British Army: Head- out warning. rushed them to police head
quarters reported. today.
The Government also official- quarters, one of the gunmen
Extra police were also sent to One young African girl was by announced toddy that the threw a Puerto Rican flag into Union Station, the only rall wounded and two Afican
terminal in the city.
and two children were opening of the Parlament would bo postponed unik A high police official said the
responsible for
Mr W. C. Bishop, Republican, abducte the
March 10, People
belloved to be Illinois, gave this eyewitness shooting were
Otherwise operational areas remained
'over the quiet
The British Army battalion the same* extremist Puerto account of the shooting:
#ntioned in the military Rican organisation which in
had just finished voting weekend and today.
Security forces killed 86 barracks here were not at any November 1950 attempted to as on the "Wetback blil, a bill re-
garding the admission sassinate President. Truman.-
of terrorists in the past week, point called out, today, to help rad captured 10, quell this morning's riots bo The Speaker of
Mr Mexican labourers to the United wounded the House,
suspects andfore the Governor « General's Joseph Martin Massachusetts, States, and Speaker Martin still detained 95
of who was presiding, ducked for had the gavel in his hand after arrested 192 Africans in police palace. The British and Egyptian
|| rotandups.Reuter.
battalions were held in reserve and announcing the vote. cover with other.
ner-member
When visitors in the gallery,
shooting first
for a possible delerioration of broke Soveral
the situation. the shots pierced
I thought they were out, root of the newly decorated camouflage blanks,
"But when I heard the house chamber. One tora piece from the desk of the I knew they were real. House Majority Leader,
Robert Howe, has not had to Charles Halleck, of Indiana, Mr I saw the flashes from the guns Pakistan, Sir Halleck, seated at his dosi: al from theso people in the Zafrullah Khan, dented tonight the British Middle East Land Forces Headquarters in the time, was not hurt.
1 gallery.
"There were 18 or 20 shots, that he had resigned.
Commenting on press the Suez Canal Zone to send - HIT IN LEG
to reinforcements the The Wonian was holding a man reports that he had resigned on Mr Davis, hit in the left leg, in both hands such swinging it at instructions from the head of remained in a.... seat, being the fired across the chamber the Ahamadiy: seat of Moslems
Governor- | the. • reporting on, today's treated by a nurse, after the She was firing promiscuously, of which he sia a member, he Geneal wounded were removed to Five Congressmen-were hit. said there is no, foundation in incident Government, hospitals.
stated that treats złota could, not The
Congrenen
era It" Heuter, One of
be ruled out in Khartoum. H the gunman was not involved - In ang
„report örr today's'incidenta wejo grabbed by a doorkeeper, Mr Welback hill Mathasy Fardella, when he tried Mr. Boyd Crawford
redond
of the Hitam Mr Fardella, caught him and Committee tack pulled him out into the corridor. pakes
to
Mr
the
bullets
DENIES REPORT
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"I went to call the attendants.
The
Labore, Mar. 1, Foreign Minister
Mohammed
of
Another doorkeeper, Mr. Charles gallery,
Santoro, ale joined Me Fardellin
Opinions
the two men and
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NEW BIOTS POSSIBLE The
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DESIGNED
FOR
YOUR
MOTORING PLEASURE
leader.
Police and firemen battled the- mob, whose anger' flared” even more when a group of young Indonesians attending a dance yelled at them from a balcony overlooking the scene.
The demonstratora"" smashed into the dance hall and beat the youths, then ransacted the building.
WOLSEL
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