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his wife; his mother, Mrs.! Fred Reggie, also of Crowley,1 and his father-in-law, Frem F. Boustany of Lafayette. Boustady is also a native of Leban on.

The group passed through New Orleans Tuesday night en route' to Crowley. They left Paris, France, Tuesday morn-

SMILING ON THEIR RETURN to Louisiana after a six-week US state department sponsored visit to several Near Eastern nations are this group from Crowley and Lafayette.

—Photo by The Times-Picayune.

From left, are Crowley Judge Edmund M. Reggie, his wife, Mrs. Edmund M. Reggie; his mother, Mrs. Fred Reggie, and his father-in-law, Frem F. Boustany of Lafayette.

Crowley Judge, Kin Happy to Be 'Home'

City Judge Edmund M. Reggie of Crowley returned to Louisiana Tuesday night with a note of optimism about America's stature in the Near East, where he recently concluded a six-week visit as a special United States emissary.

Judge Reggie toured Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia as an "American Specialist" for the U.S. state department.

The son of Lebanese immigrants, the Crowley judge —who speaks Arabic fluently—will make a formal report to the U.S. state department and President Kennedy within the next 10 days.

In an interview at Moisant International Airport Tuesday night, Judge Reggie said these are some of the points he will tell the Presiaent:

1. The Near Eastern countries he visited show no apparent drift toward Communism.

0. President Kennedy, as personality, • vastly popular. in the Near East "amd this personal popularity may be a good vehicle for solving many prob.

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3. The President's recent letters to Arab leaders were enthusiastically received and may do much to iron out lie Palestinian (Israel • Ara" world) problem.

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4. The Palestinian problem is ing. the biggest one for the Near East, but "very likely" can and will be brought to a favorable outcome through the United Nations.

5. Foreign aid to the Near East, particularly the Point Four program, "has done a tremendous amount of good."

6. The Kuwait crisis, at its Inception, was "potentially very inflammatory" but presently appears to be beyond the critical stage.

7. America's foreign corps in the Near East "is doing an excellent job — there is no general hint of the 'Ugly American' image."