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SAÚDIS
ANNOUNCE
HUGE
DEVELOPMENT
SCHEME
Spcciallo
Ploin Truth
NEW YORK: A trade mis–
sien from Saudi Arabia spoke
10 mcmbers of the U.S.-Arab
Chamber of Commerce al a
seminar here recently. The
lalk
transversed various subjec¡s
from the Palestin.ian problem to
the new five-year development
pf08rarn that lhe Saudis are
going to undenake.
Thc ooordinator of lhe Saudi
Arabiao &:onomic Mission, Dr.
Abdclrabman
AI-Zamc~
was
tht maio speaker, a.nd be out–
lincd 1hc goals of tbc ñvc-year
plan.
·
Thc a.mbitious plari caUs. for
the cxpenditure of about
ISO
billion dollars for the construc–
tion of sorne
8,500
miles of
highway, as weU as
200,000
units of bousing. Sorne of lhis
moncy will also be spent 10
bclp Saudi Arabia develop the
~apacíty
for rccciving and pro-
-
ccssi..g
13
million
tons ofcargo.
and for manufacturing
10
míl–
lion 10ns ofccment.
Dr.
AI-Zamcl cxplained lhat
11
is tbc goal of the Saudi gov–
emmcnt to strenglhen lhe ex–
pon markets for Saudi goods.
' 'Wc do not wantto dcpend on
oil totally for our income," he
said, noting thal tbere may
come
a
time when the Saudis
might be in the situation of
holding ojl afler the Uníted
States developed an alternate
encrgy sourcc.
In response to repons that
Seeretary of State lienry
Kiss–
inger may aonouncc
a
system
whcrcby the priee of pil wo'-!ld
be tied 10 lhc priees oflnanufac–
tured goods from lhe industrial
nations, Dr. Al-Zamel declared:
"Fonunately, this is becom–
mg more and more convincing
to tbc West. We
are
glad lhat
they are taking lhe produccr's
side. lf thc priccs of manufac–
turcd goods go down, lhen we
would lower oil prices."
Out
it
is assumed here thal
these prices will remaio at
tbe curreni levels, and tbat
any mcasurcs of this
son
will
serve only
10
keep priees at this
leve
l.
Witb sorne of the revenuc
from thcse highcr priees, the
Saudi Arabians plan to even–
Lually aid other
SIAICS.
A good
deal of interna! development in
Saudi Arabia has to be done
fint, but after tbat, Arab
SUIICS
and lhen African and other
Moslcm states wiU benefit from
Saudi Arabian aid.
-Mark Afien Ksflner
Papal
Sweepstakes
·
~~~
Sceretariat for Non–
(Continu~d
Jrom poge
1)
•
Cardinal
B~ri'UlTd
Ja11 A/–
ballots are ca.st caeb
da
y -
2
in
frink.
Archbisbop ofUtrecht;
the moming and
2
in the aflcr-
• CArdinal
Ut>JostfSutntfll,
noon. Tbc voting continuos un- Arcbbisbop of Mechclcn–
til one of thc candidatos Brussels;
reccives the required two-thirds
• Cardinal
Jan Wl/ltbronds,
majority. Tbe duration of past head of the Secretariat for
concla1es has varied greally. Christian Unity;
Cardinal Monlini - now Pope
• Cardinal
A/frtd Btngsch,
Paul VI - was elected on only Archbishopof Berlín;
four baUots in Junc
1963.
But
• Cardinal
Leon-Etltmrt
Du-
six hundred years ago, John
•al,
Arcbbishop ofAlgicrs.
XXII assumed tbe Chair
of
Pe-
Despite the lower proponion
ter af\cr
two
yeors
of dead- of ltalian electors in the now·
locked baUoting.
expanded papal conclave, it is
During the daily routine bal- stiU believed there is
a
good
loting. baUots not resulting in ebancc tbat an ltalian candidate
the required majority are
will
be elected. But observers
bumcd in the Sistme Chape!
also
feel lhatlhc possibility of a
non-lloiÍ411
being eboscn - for
the fint time since
1522
-
is
signíñcantly greatcr lhan ever
before. lt is believed. however,
that lhe new pontilf will proba–
bly"
stiU
be a European. rather
than an Asian, African, or
American.
Of aU the non·ltalian candi–
datos.·Austrian Cardinal Franz
Koenig - an ideal
70
years old
- is believcd by many to,bc thc
most suiled to be pope. A
brilliant diplomat, Koenig -
whieb mcans
~king"
in
En~b
- eojoys excellent rclattoos
Wlth
~be
RomiUI Curia,
where
ARCHIIISHO#' KOENIG
o1
Vienna
be beads lhe Secretariat for
- next
Po~?
Non-Bclievers (distinct from the
fireplace witb damp straw, pro–
ducing black smokc. This sig–
nals 10 those outside that
a
decision on the popc's successor
has not yet becn reached. Wben
the election is fi nally acbieved.
lhe ballots are burned wilhout
straw, producing white smokc.
Publie announeement of the
oew pope's neme is made
shonly aflerward from the main
baleony oftbe Yatican.
Tbe Candidatos
Who. then. wiU be lhe 265lh
pooti1f7
In
theory. any mate
Cathc¡lic of any country
or
ra!>'
may be elected, even one wbo
is
not a priesl Should a layman
be eboscn, he would have to be
ordained lo the priesthood and
conseerated as a bishop before
assuming the papal crown.
The pope is UJually chosen,
however, rrom among the car–
dinals. At present tberc is
no
beir apparent waiting in the
wings. Thc elecllon of
a
surprise
candidatc is always possible.
but bebind-thc-sccnes specula–
tion is ccntering on a few spe·
cilic names. including:
• Cardtnal
Franz Kotnig..
Arcbbishop ofYien.na;
• Cardinal
Jton Villot;
Papal
Secretary ofState;
• Cardinal
Stbastlno Boggio,
Secretary of Lhe Congregation
ofBishops;
Cardinal
Sergio Pignedo/1,
Sccretariat for Non-Christians,
the post bcld by Cardinal Pig–
nedoli). His stature has grown
in reeeot years, and lhe fllct that
beis from a smaU neutral ooun–
try
is in
bis
favor. And shou ld it
become a priority for lhe future,
it is thoughttbat Cardinal Koe–
nig is possibty the best
equipped to elfect a rapprocbe–
ment between the Yauean and
the communist world.
Heallng the Brucb
In
any
case,
whoever even–
tually mounts tbe throne of Pe–
ter will facc
a
formidable
wk.
Since lhc close of lhe Seeond
Yatican Couneil in
1965.
thc
Roman Calholic Church has
been rocked witb interna) aiti–
cism, dissension, and in some
cases open revolt. Thc lssues of
oontraoeption, abortion, dí–
vorce, celibacy. papal i n·
faltibility, worncn in th e
priesthood. and distribution of
ecclesiastical power havc split
the church. Papal authority it·
self has been vigorously con–
tested..
Many Yaticanologists feel
that if tbe papacy and tbe Cath–
olic Cburcb are 10 survive in
lheir traditional form. tbe ncxt
pope cannot be
a
compromiscr
who straddles the nf\ runníng
throughoutlhe troubled church.
Strong. decisive leadershap, they
say, will be needcd to queU the
continuing storm of protest,
neutralize thc acid of division,
WEEK ENDINO
SEPTEMBER 20.
l91S
ART-BUCHWALD
The Political
Pollof 1775
As port of
the
Biuntenniol
celtbrotlon, we ort hoppy to
rt·
print4poll Mr. Buchwald took
in 1775 when he was covering
radical ogltotion In tht
IJ
Colo–
nies.
The political pollster has be–
come such an imponant part of
tbe American scene that it
is
hard to imagine bow tbis coun–
try
was
ever able to function
without him.
What would bave happened,
for example,
if
lherc bad been
political poUsters in the early
daysofthis country?
This
is
bow the results might
have tumcd out:
Whcn askcd if
they
thought
the Britisb were doing
a
good
job in adminístering the Colo–
njes, this
is
how a cross section
of the people responded.
Perccnt
British doing good job ........
63
Not doing goodjob .............
22
Don•t know ..........................
IS
The next qucstion: "Do you
think the dumping of tea in thc
Boston Harbor by malit&J\ts •
helped or hun the taxation laws
in the New World?"
and close lhe rifls of lhe frag–
mented body.
A;ding
a
Larger
Cause -
European Unlty
Sorne observers believe that
the only way to inspire unity
and bring new life lo the cbureb
wiU be to pl11nge it into a cause
larger than itself. Tbat cause, it
is
believed, could be the
unifi–
cotion ofEuro¡N.
A uniñed Eu–
rope is reponcdly a major ítem
in the thi.nking of hit,h Yatican
officials. Historically. the Catho–
lic Cburch has exercized a cobe–
sivc elfect on Europe and has
bound the ditfering nationalities
and
cultures
on that contincnt
by the tie of a common rcügion.
Wilh the nations of the Euro–
pean Commurlity faltering in
their attempts to bring abou t
political uníty on the Continent.
it would sccm lhat the Vat.ican
and Europe are in a position to
mutually assist each other in
solving their problcms.
In
any event, thc ncxt pope
will
undoubtedly be forccd by
citcumstanees 10 take a more
active role in European and
world po1itics lhan
bis
predeees–
sors. By any standard. lhc ncxt
Supreme Pontitr wiU probably
preside over one of the most
momentous periods in church
history siñcc the Protcstant
Reformation.
o
Percent
Hun thecauseoftaxatioo . 79
Helped the cause ............ .....
12
Oadn.'t thint it would make any
ditrerence .........................
9
"What do you
t)link
our im–
age is in Englaod after the
Minutemen anaciled the Britisb
at
leKington?~
Perccnt
Minutemeo hun our image in
England ...................
80
Gave British new respcct for
Colonies ................................
10
Undecided ............................
10
"Which of tbese two Gcorges
can do more for lhe Coloníes -
Georgc
m
or George Washing–
ton?..
Pcrcent
Gcorge
I1J ............................
76
George Washington ...........
14
Others ...........:.......................
10
1t
is intcresting to note that
80%
of tbe pcople questioncd
had never beard of George
Washington before.
Thc next question was:
~Do
you thin.k the Declaration of In·
depcndencc
:is
it is written is
a
good document ora bad one?"
Percent
Good document ..................
10
Bad document .....................
12
No opinion ...........................
78
A
group of lhose poUcd felt
that lhe Declaration of lndc–
pendenee had
been
wriuen by a
bunch of radicals and that lhe
publisbing of it at lhis time
would only bring barsbcr mea–
sures
rrom lhe British.
Wben asked wbcthcr or not
the best way
10
bring about re–
forros was tbrough terrorism or
redress of tbe Crown. an over–
whelming proponion of colon·
ists felt appeals should be made
to the king.
Perccnt
Rerorms through petition .. 24
Rcforms through acts of
terrorism ...........................
8
Don•t know ...............:..........
66
The pollsters lhen asked what
lhe public thout,ht
was
the most
crucial issuc of lhe time.
Percent
Trade with foreign nations
65
Crime in lhe streets ............. 20
The indcpendence issue .....
15
The survey also went into tbe
question of Patrick Henry. "Do
you thin.k Patrick Henry did the
right thing in demanding liberty
or death?"
Pe~ent
Oid
a
foolhardy thing and was a
troublemaker ...................
53
Did a brave thing and made bis
poi.nt ..................................
23
Should have gone lhrough the
couns ................................
b
Don't know ..........................
18
On the basis of the results of
the poli, tbe militan! Colonists
decided tbcy did not bave
enough popular
support
to fo–
ment a revolution and g.ave up
the idea of creating
a
Unítcd
Sta tes ofAmerica.
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