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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1964
U.S. Officials See Red Chinese African Campaign as Profitable
WASHINGTON—(UPI) —American authorities said today Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai appeared to have scored some gains in his long tour of 10 African nations.
They added that it was too early, however, to tell what the long range results would be.
Chou left Somalia, the last stop on the trip which began Dec. 14 yesterday and was due back in Peking today.
U. S. authorities said his greatest immediate success came in East Africa where he and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia agreed to "normalize" diplomatic relations within the near future. Coming almost simultaneously with French recognition of the Peking government, this gave Red China a breakthrough on the international front with two nations highly respected in the past
THE MAIN objective of Chou's trip, in the view of diplomatic officials here, was to polish up his "image" and undo some of the damage to Peking's reputation resulting from its border clast with India and militant line in the ideological dispute with Russia.
He also undoubtedly wanted to make the newly emerging African nations more conscious of Red China's power and growing importance on the international scene.
U. S. officials, emphasizing that they had only preliminary assessments as yet, said Chou unquestionably made some impact. However, they declared, he undoubtedly was playing for long range gains and it will be impossible for some time to tell whether he made an effective start.
Some American authorities were inclined to claim that Chou and his party of 50 aides suffered a "set-back" when Tanganyika, Uganda, Kenya—which he was to visit within the next two weeks—asked him to postpone his visit because of their current political troubles.
BUT OTHER officials acknowledged they could see no rebuff to Red China in this since the three countries were in such domestic turmoil they obviously were in no shape to receive a formal state visitor.
Chou visited the United Arab Republic, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia in North Africa. He went to Ghana, Mali and Guinea in West Africa. In East Africa, he visited Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.
The Chinese premier made some headway in East and West Africa in his attempt to promote an Afro-Asian Conference such as the one held in Indonesia in 1955. But he found North African leaders, who played a prominent part at the earlier meeting, cool to the idea.
Officials said it was obvious that one of his major long range objectives was to convince the new African countries that they have much more in common with agricultural China that industrial Russia.
DIPLOMATIC reports from the scene said the demonstrations for Chou obviously were staged and varied according to the degree of enthusiasm of the particular government he was visiting.
Officials acknowledged that since December, Red China has succeeded
in formalizing its diplomatic relations with a number of African countries, including Tunisia and Ethiopia. Fifteen African countries now recognize Peking, compared to 19 still having ties with Nationalist China.
The movement appears to be in a direction which eventually will assure Red China of enough votes to obtain a seat in the United Nations. This unquestionably was another of the major long range objectives of Chou's trip.
Senators Will Testify In Bobby Baker Probe
WASHINGTON—(UPI) — Senate investigators apparently can bring senators and their top aides into the Bobby Baker inquiry—but no stampede appears likely to develop in that direction.
There were no plans to call senators today, and only a couple of them have been mentioned in connection with the wide-ranging outside operations of Baker, the former secretary to Senate democrats.
A senatorial "Gentleman's agreement" reached last night made it clear that the rules committee, which is investigating the outside interests of past and present Senate employees, can include senators and members of their office staffs in its inquiry.
BUT A PRIOI statement by rules committee Chairman B. Everett Jordan, D-N.C., that "we're not investigating senators" made it clear, however, that there would be no rush to put senators or their aides on the witness stand.
Jordan made the statement when questioned about testimony linking Baker in a Florida land deal with Sen. George A. Smathers, D-Fla. Testimony before the rules committee also has indicated that Baker helped arrange financing insurance on the Washington home of Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho.
Smathers explained that he let Baker and his own administrative Assistant, Scott I. Peek, in on the land deal because they had "growing families" and needed the financial boost. Church said Baker recommended a local insurance man in his capacity as secretary to the Senate Democrats in response to a request from a new senator.
THE SENATE arrived somewhat gingerly at the tenuous agreement under which senators and their staffs
could be investigated after the rules committee made public yesterday closed-door testimony on Baker's operations.
The testimony dealt with a business venture in which Baker made more than $5,000 for arranging a deal between a Haitian slaughterhouse and a Puerto Rican meat distributor.
The details were outlined in an appearance before the committee by Thomas D. Webb, Jr., Washington representative for the wealthy Murchison family of Texas, and Francis E. Law, Webb's partner.
THEY TESTIFIED in secret last week. The transcript was released yesterday.
Webb said Baker and Jose A. Benitez, who in 1961 was democratic chairman for Puerto Rico, put Puerto Rico meat distributor Andres Lopez in touch with Webb & Law who were looking for an outlet for a Port-au-Prince, Haiti, slaughterhouse built by the Murchison interests.
The payments were a finders' fee for getting the buyer and seller together. Webb said. Baker collected from both sides, he told the committee.
IN A STATEMENT issued following release of the testimony, Benitez said his meat business in Puerto Rico is perfectly legitimate and "if anyone else can locate a better or cheaper source of supply we will be glad to enter into an arrangement with them."
Law also testified that Baker is some $2,267 behind in splitting the profits of the meat deal with the Webb & Law partnership.
Webb said he still sees Baker from time to time. "It is kind of hard not to bump into him," he said.
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Ballplayers Bicyclists
LOS ANGELES — (UPI) — Los Angeles Angels players again will ride bicycles between their hotel and ball field during 1964 spring training at Palm Springs, Calif. The round trip is six miles.
Basketball Popular
KANSAS CITY — (UPI) -Basketball was the most popular college intramural athletic activity during 1961-62. Approximately 245,000 collegians participated in that sport at 490 schools.
THE INNER MAN
But most of us arrive at college with fond gastric memories of Mom's nourishing delicacies, and we are inclined now and then to heave great racking sighs as we contemplate the steam tables in the campus cafeteria. Take, for an extreme example, the case of Finster Sigafoos.
College is fun and frolic and fulfillment—except for one melancholy omission: we don't get to enjoy Mom's home cooking. (In my own undergraduate days, curiously enough, I did not undergo this deprivation; my mother, a noted cross-country runner, was never home long enough to cook a meal until her legs gave out last Arbor Day.)
Finster, a freshman at one of our great Eastern universities (Oregon State) came to college accustomed to home cooking of a kind and quantity enjoyed by very few. Until entering college, Finster had lived all his life in Europe, where his father was an eminent fugitive from justice. Finster's mother, a natural born cook, was mistress of the haute cuisine of a dozen countries, and Finster grew up living and eating in the Continental manner.
He arose each morning at ten and breakfasted lightly on figs,
my mother was a noted cross country runner
hot chocolate, and brioche. (It is interesting to note, incidentally, that brioche was named after its inventor, perhaps the greatest of all French bakers, Jean-Claude Brioche (1634-1921). M. Brioche, as we all know, also invented eroissants, French toast, and—in a curious departure—the electric razor. Other immortal names in the history of breadstuffs are the German, Otto Pumpernickel (1509-1848) who invented pumpernickel and thus became known to posterity as The Iron Chancellor; the two Americans, William Cullen Raisin (1066-1812) and Walter Rye (1931-1932) who collaborated on the invention of raisin rye; and, of course, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) who invented Danish pastry).
But I digress. Finster, I say, breakfasted lightly at ten a.m.
At eleven a.m. his Mom brought him his elevenses. At twelve she brought him his twelveses. At 1:30 she served 'his lunch:
first a clear broth; then a fish course (porgy and bass); then an omelette; then the main course—either a saddle of lamb, an eye of sirloin, or a glass of chicken fat; then a salad of escarole; and finally a lemon souffle.
At three p.m. Mom served Finster low tea, at five p.m. high tea, and at ten p.m. dinner—first a bowl of petite marmite (she trapped the marmites herself); then a fish course (wounded trout); then an omelette of turtle eggs; then the main course—either duck with orange or a basin of farina; then a salad of unborn chicory; and finally a caramel mousse.
And then Finster went off to college, which reminds me of Marlboro Cigarettes. (Actually it doesn't remind me of Marlboro Cigarettes at all, but the makers of Marlboro pay me to write this column and they are inclined to get surly if I fail to mention their product. Mind you, I don't object to mention their product—no sir, not one bit. Marlboro's flavor is flavorful, the filter filters, the soft pack is soft, the Flip-Top box flips, and the tattoo is optional. Marlboros are available wherever cigarettes are sold in all fifty states of the Union. Next time you're in the U.S.A., try a pack.)
But I digress. We were speaking of Finster Sigafoos who went from Continental dining to dormitory feeding. So whenever you feel sorry for yourself, think of Finster, for it always lifts the heart to know somebody is worse off than you are.
© 1964 Max Shulman
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