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By GEORGE SINFIELD ZURICH. A strong appeal to take a posi- tive attitude to the proposals made by N. S. Khrushchev at the Tecent congress of the Soviet Com- Munist party was made by Mrs. Barbara Castle, British MP, to Socialist leaders from 15 coun- tries here.

Speaking during a debate on the international situation at th Council of the Socialist Interna- tional, she criticized the negative attitude taken up by some, stress- f the urgency for adopting a ‘Teader and more tolerant view re the present stage of world

, and criticizéd the Bagdad Pact

She considered the time had arrived when the Socialist Inter- Rational should give a firm lead and accept the offer for talks Ptoposed by the Soviets.

i ter, in the debate on rela- ‘ons between the International and other political parties, Mrs.

‘€ supported a British Labor oul amendment — which was

Sfeated suggesting certain ee osals which should be the

- thentions for agreement with © Soviets, mae Pite Mrs. Castle’s plea, the Tt nt Spurned the Soviet: offer. tacteeided that the “changed ad cs" of the Soviets were not che ate proof of a genuine ees of principles, and there- q did not provide grounds for tion ting from its previous posi-

jegtenseauently, the council re- Speci _ What Khrushchev did not the tically seek; it turned ddwn “5. Mdea of a “united front.”

ths © Unanimous resolution said fhe iad precondition, even interns Possibility of talks on an lish, tional basis, was re-estab- Moye nt of the old type of labor

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They defeated the British the dment which, welcoming Patig, ePUdiation of Stalinist

es,” favored all forms of Meat, ation between govern- te eM tea facilitated peace- issn. ement of all disputed

f Bat later, at a press confer- aig” organ Phillips, chairman, exe t & Special meeting of the Apgi ve bureau in London on the Would include some of Restignndment’s “positive sug- yy. %M a fuller statement Policy.

amend ie Clay ment, I learned, de tate that Socialists would op-

tions 1 UY attempt to impose solu- |

It ae force from any quarter.” Cong, Oted”” that the recent 20th ist 88 Of the Soviet Commun-

ees declared there were ed uy Toads to socialism, and call- Riokas the Soviet Union to de- by be ate “in practice” that view Moy, Fmitting Social Democratic le ents and political and the he tights in countries of

It Viet bloc. | i Man also Suggested that the Ger- Cide 4, ple Should be free to de- at the © question of reunification Teleage aulot-box, and called for Ww of political prisoners, bein, .OMly crime is that they to Som ys there were more ways

Jalism than one.” of fre Proposal urged the right Goon? ntermination of views in countries, and de- Banded that the “peoples ‘of mss Europe

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should be ensured the right to decide their form of government in the same way as the Interna-

tional demanded for Formosa.

Though the conference appear-

ed to be baying to the moon, not all present favored a completely negative line on the Soviet ap- peals and in view of the objec- tive world situation. » Some realised that the Com- munists were winning the battle of ideas, and were scared at the impression the Soviet Union is now making on world opinion.

Phillips explained at his press conference that any affili- ated party was free to send a delegation’ to Russia if invited to do so. The International had no jurisdiction in such matters.

Line-up of Scandinavian. and German Socialists—under strong ‘American tutelage—was an out- standing feature of the confer- cence.

Against British advice, the con- ference appointed an American, B. Braatoy, as secretary to suc- ceed Julius Braunthal, who re- tires. ; The British “were not at all elated with. Braatoy’s qualifica- tions for such an important post. For several years he has acted as expert adviser to the German Socialists at Bonn. ;

An international professional politician, he has also served in the U.S. Office of Strategic Service, whose basic job is

secret service.

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American oil engineers have paid a tribute to Soviet science by requesting permission to man- ufacture Soviet-designed turbo- drills for oil and-gas drilling in the United States. —

While the principles of tur- bine-powered drilling have been known for some time, the Soviet experts are the first to produce machinery to make it ‘possible, enabling high-speed drilling to be carried out irrespective of the nature of the soil. or rock pene-

trated. ;

After the U.S. and Venezuela,

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BOLESLAW BEIRUT Boleslaw Beirut dead

Death of Boleslaw Beirut, secretary of the Polish Work- ers party, was announced by Warsaw Radio Tuesday this week. Beirut, who was 64, was elected president of the Polish People’s Republic in 1947, re- signing this post five years later to become premier. In ‘ 1954 he was elected party

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‘the USSR is the world’s third oil producing country.

Britain readies for oviet leaders’ visit

LONDON

Soviet Premier Nicolai Bulganin and Communist party secretary N. S. Khrushchev will arrive in Britain on April 18 and will stay for ten days — slightly longer than orig:

Visits to the British Industries Fair in Birmingham, to the House of Commons,

to be part of their official program. They will also be en-

tertained to lunch at the Guild- hall and see the Queen at Wind- sor. :

But the Soviet leaders are re- ported to have asked also to go to a British coalfield and to visit an English public house.

Quick to respond has. been Bert Earney, licensee of the Royal Oak at Loughton, Essex.

Last week he wrote a letter to the Soviet embassy saying he would be glad to see the Soviet leaders at his pub. “They can be sure of a really warm British welcome from our customers,” he wrote.

And he added: “If they want to take us on at cribbage, darts or “dominoes, then that’s all right with us.”

Miners at Hatfield Main Col- liery, South Yorkshire, are likely to urge that if the Soviet leaders visit a pit, then it shall be theirs. They were among the first to sent an invitation to them.

As long ago as last summer they sent the invitation through their secretary, Dick Kelly, after they had heard that Bulganin had declared he wanted to meet the people of Britain during his visit.

Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik has discussed the Soviet leaders’

drilling equipment —

In the first deal of its kind the Soviet Machinery’ Export Organization has given permis- sion to the Dresser Industries Corporation in the U.S, to man- ufacture the drills.

A group of Soviet designers will be sent to the U.S. to take part in experimental drilling and to acquaint U.S. engineers with the latest techniques of oil drilling now in use here.

Dresser Industries will pay for the cost of the Soviet license by paying the Soviet Machine Ex- port Organization a certain per- centage of the cost of the drills

and spare parts manufactured and sold by the company.

The agreement has been signed for a period of ten years and may well be the first of a series of agreements between Soviet ma- chinery organizations and private companies abroad under which exchanges of technical know- how will take place.

It remains to be seen whether the U.S. State Department will attempt to wreck the agreement by refusing permission for the Soviet engineers to go to the U.S. to demonstrate the turbo- drills.

program with Lord Reading, min- ister of state, who presides at the meetings of a committee which has been arranging the visit.

The two leaders will travel to Britain in a Soviet cruiser and it is: probable that they will jour- ney up the Thames to Westmin- ster and will be met by Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden and other cabinet minister at West- minster pier.

Soviet Minister of Culture Mik- hailov and Deputy Foreign Min- ister Gromyko are likely to ac- company Khrushchev and Bul- ganin. The social program will give time for political talks be- tween the Soviet delegation and British ministers.

G. M. Malenkov, minister of power stations in the Soviet Union, who is to lead a party

of Soviet engineers on a three- week tour of Britain was to ar- rive in London by air on Thurs- day this week.

Dulles wonders where India’s millions are

No cheering crowds greeted John Foster Dulles, U.S. secretary of state, when he arrived in Delhi from Karachi last week for talks with Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru.

Thirty Americans gathered at the airport provided him with a scattering of applause. The rest of those present were chiefly 500 police and plain clothes men. Other police were spaced . out along the 14-mile route to India’s capital.

India’s Communists and So- cialists were boycotting all functions at which Dulles was due to appear during his two-. day stay, and had called on Delhi citizens to do the same.

Questions to be dealt with in the discussions were reported to range from Formosa to the Middle East and to disarmament. ’

Alongside the Dulles - Nehru talks, three U.S. assistant secre- taries of state, whom Dulles had brought with him, were engaged in discussion with top officials of India’s external affairs depart-

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New Luftwaffe fo have A-bomb carrying planes

When the Paris Agreements were signed bringing West Ger- many into NATO there was much talk about the Federal’ Republic not having atomic, bacteriological or chemical weapons. a

Now preparations are under way to supply the new Luftwaffe under its Nazi, generals with planes capable of carrying atom bombs, with West Germany army divisions with atomic rockets*and cannons. | ; Since U.S. atomic cannon now in West Germany are not cov- siderable suitable, experiments are being conducted in the U.S. to design a light atomic gun re- ia hase a few men to fire it.