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Show Senator Moss Says U.S. Must 'Align Nation on Freedom Side' "new start" in the Congo. "We should first strengthen the hand of the UN in the Congo by allowing them to take over administration as well as security secur-ity matters. Then a plebescite should be held to establish legitimate legi-timate civil government, and the UN should work with the newly elected leadership." "Last year while deep in Siberia, Si-beria, I found that Tangiers was the only English language radio we could get on our short wave set, so I felt a real thrill in seeing see-ing it," he declared. ' r I ' 1 til J t s SEN. FRANK B. MOSS America should understand that Algeria aspires to be free " just as did the United States in 1776, Senator Frank Moss of Utah declared last week on his return from a five weeks' tour of Africa. "Of course there are some differences dif-ferences in circumstances but the major aspirations are the same. So far, we have failed to convey the idea that we basically favor self determination and this attitude atti-tude is hurting us in Africa. It is time to allign ourselves on the side of freedom." Senator Moss was one of a three man Senate group making an official inspection trip to 15 African nations at the request of Chairman Carl Hayden on the Senate Appropriations committee. commit-tee. Others included Senators Frank Church of Idaho, Gale McGee of Wyo ming. They were joined in Rhodesia by Ted Kennedy, Ken-nedy, who made the trip at his brother's request to obtain first hand information on conditions in an area which the new administration admin-istration is expected to emphasize empha-size in its conduct of foreign policy. The senatorial party followed a carefully worked out program of interviews with U. S. personnel person-nel including diplomatic and foreign air officials, heads of state, department ministers and ooposition political leaders. They also visited many local projects. Sen. Moss commended the Department De-partment of State, which had ; arranged the trip, for the "well i rounded picture" the Senators i were able to get. In his comments on Algeria, the Senator said he realized it was not possible to turn Algeria over to local rule without some guarantees for the more than a million Europeans who live there ( and have homes and businesses j of substantial worth. Freedom for Algeria should be worked 1, out now on a time table which ' recognizes these problems and ' deals with them realistically. 5 Sen. Moss also recommends a |