Ike Sees Republican Win in '60, Backs Morton for Chairmanship; Haiti Charges Reds With Hijack

WASHINGTON, April 10--President Eisenhower told Republicans today the country is "squarely behind our efforts to block excess spending schemes and to keep the federal budget in balance."

Eisenhower predicted the GOP will win in 1960 "if we stand resolutely for, and work energetically to implement, those fundamentals in which we believe as Republicans."

Only a short time before, Eisenhower had given his blessing to the selection of Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky to succeed Meade Alcorn as Republican National Committee Chairman. Tradition assures Morton of the job. He is regarded as a supporter of vice-President Nixon.

Morton's election is scheduled formally for Saturday, with indications he will have no opponent. The national committee also will decide then on a city and date for the 1960 nominating convention. Chicago and a July 25 opening date still appear to be favored.

Six Rebels Steal Plane

PORT AU Prince, Haiti, April 10--Foreign Minister Louis Mars blamed Communists today for hijacking a Haitian transport plane, killing the pilot, and flying on to Haitian rebel headquarters in Cuba.

The twin-engine DC3 transport was seized by six rebels today on a flight from Aux Cayes, in the southern part of Haiti, to this capital.

A.P. News in Brief

About 100,000 wild Tibetan nomads, known as the Goloks, who fight with swords and old muzzle-loader muskets, have declared war on the Chinese Reds in Tibet.

Thirty-eight persons, mostly children, were killed and three injured yesterday in the explosion of a 500-pound World War II bomb at a fishing village on Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands.

Governor A. B. Chandler said yesterday National Guardsmen will move into eastern Kentucky's struck coal fields unless both sides assure him there will be no more violence.