FRIDAY, FEBRUARY-9, 1951 Price Raises Predicted In Control Shifts WASHINGTON Feb. B—VP) The Office of Price Stabilization said today "a number of price increases" will result when it changes controls in a few days on 85 per cent of all non-food items. The action—lifting the price freeze and substituting restric tions on the dealer's markup mar gin—should bring some price de clines, too, officials said, although they did not give specific ex amples. The changed controls will go into effect on a wide range of goods, including furniture, cloth ing, and housewares. Most items of the kind sold in department stores will be involved, officials said. Plans were disclosed mean while for a slash of 25 to 40 per cent in the use of steel, copper and aluminum in automobiles, stoves and home appliances on April I.' Officials of the National Pro duction Authority reporting this said the resulting reduction in numbers of these items manufac tured would be lessened some what by use of substitutes and conservation of materials. OPS said' its new retail price order will freeze the retailer's margin (that is the difference between what he pays for a pro duct and what he sells it for) to the "historic and normal levels." Taft Says Truman Making Dem - and For Dictatorship WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (JP)—Senator Taft of Ohio charged to .day that President Truman, by claiming the right to send troops to Europe without consulting congress, is making a "straight demand for, a simple dictatorship." Urging Congress to lay down a policy, the Ohio Republican als-) accused the administration of concealing from Congress and the people just how many troops • • . the United States and other na- g New tions are to furnish. I Fl emmon Taft said in the Senate that this • country should supply no more g i n . than one division for each nine ir °lacy Aide raised by its Western European Allies to build a bulwark against 4"k m anpower Communist aggression. un Taft, chief of his party's policy WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (iP)— committee in the Senate, assert- Mobilizatioh Director Charles E. ed arguments that Mr. Truman Wilson today created a top level could send the enlarged armed manpower policy committee in forces anywhere without definite his office, headed by Dr. Arthur congressional approval are "a S. Flemming, President of Ohio claim of power which no Presi- Wesleyan University. dent has ever had in time of Flemming Also became th e peace." country's number 1 authority ov- Claims Full Powers er manpower controls and the al- President Truman has consis- location of men between civilian tently claimed full authority to industry and the armed forces. • deploy American armed forces Besides Flemming, the seven around the world, but he has al- member committee will be made ways stated that he intended to up of: consult congressional committees Assistant Secretary of Defense before acting. Anna Rosenberg; Maj. Gen. Lew- Taft said that after the Erus- is B. Hershey, selective service sels conference last December, director; • chairman Har r y B. Secretary of State Acheson an- Mitchell of the Civil Service Corn nounced that definite details had mission; Cyrus S.. Ching, chair been received here as to "the man of the Wage Stabilization , structure of that (Western Eur- Board; representatives of the De opean) army, • how it should be partment of Labor and Agricul composed, of what troops. where ture, and the deputy administra the troops should come from, how for of the Defense Prodmtion it should be organized." Administration. No Facts , Besides advising, Wilson on al- But locating manpower resources— peopleßut neither Congress nor the which means, among other things, who must supply the troops and funds can find out the policy on deferring efilential • these facts, Taft said. He added: c workers from military duty—the ommittee is instructed to: "It seems to me that there was a definite plan, but that the ad- 1. Review federal policies and programs and make recommenda cealing its nature, or ministration is deliberately c delavin on- tions for the better coordination its completion because it is afraid of manpower controls with pro- Congress won't consider the deduction •and wage-price controls. tailed proposal practical, fair or 2. Prepare for Wilson proposed desirable." legislation and orders regulating Until the administration lifts the veil, Taft said, lawmakers "cannot intelligently pass on the size of our armed forces, our draft laws or our taxation." Taft criticized as "haz.y" the report given to Congress last week by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower. He also questioned the five-star General's status as com mander of the North Atlantic pact forces. Both Taft and Eisenhower have been mentioned as possible Republican presidential nominees in 1952. In Mobilization HAROLD P. ZELKO, above, associate Professor of public speaking at the . College, who was named chief of the training branch in the Economic Stab ilization agency in Washington last week. Construction Cut On State Parks HARRISBURG, Feb. 8 (IP) Defense restrictions forced th e General State Authority to can cel 11 construction projects at six state parks today. At the same time, the GSA or dered increased allocations for $12,000,000 in other projects to cope with mounting construction costs brought on by the Korean war. Abandonment of the state park projects will make $2,165,000 GSA funds available for use elsewhere in the commonwealth's building program. manpower. In its latter capacity, the com mittee would make findings as to the type and timing of needed manpower controls, such as'plant by-plant ceilings on personnel an dcontrols over "job-jumping" or the quitting of defense jobs for better paid civilian work. BX Remains Open The BX, used book agency, will be open until Saturday noon and will continue to accept &mks for resale until that time. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Labor Leaders Ask Change In Defense Bill HARRISBURG, Feb. B. (JP) Pennsylvgnia labor leaders said today they will ask Gov. John S. Fine to remove the sabotage death penalty from his civil de fense program. James L. McDevitt, state AFL president, said after a meeting of top labor representatives that the death penalty provision is en tirely unsatisfactory to labor. "We feel that the present law is adequate," McDevitt said. ,He referred to a 1942 sabotage law which imposes a fine ranging up to $lO,OOO or up to 10 years in prison, or both. The new measure would amend this law by elimi nating the fine and prison sen tence and substituting the death penalty for anyone convicted -of industrial sabotage. McDevitt said that labor's ob jection to the provision would be presented to House Republican leaders Monday before the Gen eral Assembly resumes sessions for the week. Fine already has been reported ready to eliminate the death pen alty provision if he gets a formal request from labor. Rep. Charles C. Smith, House Republican floor leader, disclosed Fine's attitude on the subject after a conference with the governor late yesterday. "He's not going to insist on it," said Smith, "If labor feels that it would jeopardize its standings." The five-cent civil defense package was held up in the House Wednesday when it was learned that labor was against the death penalty. .provision. Smith said at tempts will be made to complete any changes in the bills from the floor of the House Monday in or der to place the measures in posi tion for final House passage Tues day. McDevitt said a thorough study of the five bills at the meeting of labor leaders today failed to show any other features which he said would be objectionable to labor. He expressed a fear earlier that a strike might •be construed as "Sabotage" under the civil de fense legislation, but said a close study of the measures failed to substantiate this fear. Rail Strikers 'Recuperate' (Continued from page one) to work movements. The strike was virtually over in other major rail hubs when the army issued its edict. The army advised strikers they would be discharged unless they reported by 4 p.m. EST Saturday or could prove they were sick. The army also offered a modest pay raise but it was only about half the amount reached in an agreement negotiated in Decem ber at White House sponsored talks. Union rank and file leaders had turned this down. The pay boost, retroactive to Oct. 1, is 12 1 / 2 cents an hour for yardmen an d yardmasters and five cents an hour for employes in road service. Divorcee Spends $4O For 'Adam' STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 8 —(JP)—An. Eve, describing herself as a noblewoman "tall, chic and colorful," today advertised for "an Adam for her Eden." The two-column advertisement costing $4O irf the sedate Svenska Dagbladet was the most expen sive marriage appeal ever seen in print here. The ad said Adam "might well be a pirate" but must be kind hearted, intelligent, well - trav elled, about 50, financially inde pendent and "love love for its own sake." Eve said she is a di vorcee. Stock Market Jumps NEW YORK, Feb. B—(JP)—The determination to end the railroad' strike immediately p u t new life in the stock market to day and broke a two-day slump. That action, plus renewed indi cations of inflation and high dol lar earnings, sent stocks ahead by a few cents to more than $2 a share and in some cases to $3. Red Resistance Lax; Tanks Shell Seoul TOKYO, Friday, Feb. 9 (iP)—Enemy resistance on the road to Seoul crumbled Thursday as two veteran American divisions tight- erred the noose on Chinese Reds western Korea. , Tiger-faced tanks of the U.S miles of the city's western outski. Remington Gets Five Years In Perjury Trial NEW YORK, Feb. B—(W)—Wil liam W. Remington, onetime ris ing young star in the U. S. Com merce department, was sentenced to five years in prison today for perjury in denying he was ever a Communist. He also was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. The penalty imposed by Fed eral Judge Gregory F. Noonan, after a lengthy trial reminiscent of the Alger Hiss case, was the maximum possible. Remington, convicted last night by a jury of seven women and five men, still vowed- his inno cense in a dramatic courtroom speech just before sentence was pronounced. "I never did join th e Com munist party," Remington to 1 d Noonan in slow, measured words. Remington said he believed in a system of freedom and justice and that "because of the injustice being done to me this afternoon I am confident I will be vindi cated." The defense appealed the case immediately. Hardly three hours later, the tall, 33-year-old defendant was released until tomorrow in $5,000 temporary bail authorized by Judge Learned Hand of the U. S. appeals court over prosecution objections. Remington smilingly left .for his home. A full three-judge court will decide tomorrow whether bail will be continued until the ap peals case is heard,• probably in two or three months. Pipe This ! Piped Coal PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8 (IP) The hills and valleys of the na tion's widespread coal fields may some day be criss-crossed with pipelines carrying not oil or gas, but coal if plans of one big company pan out. Th e Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal company, the world's largest commercial, coal producer, is bringing c o al transportation by pipeline out of the laboratory and into the pilot system stage. Pitt consol said today it will build a demonstration size coal pipeline near Cadiz, Ohio, at thei site of one of its large strip (sur face) mining operations. A company statement said the $550,000 •project "Represents the final stage in the company's in vestigation of this method of transporting coal from mine to market." Duckett Fired— (Continued from 'page one) partment, Duckett neither affirm ed nor denied the charge. The apprehension of both Pas seri and Duckett followed a two day investigation of stolen exam inations by the Daily Collegian. The investigation also showed that six economics and commerce examinations had been obtained by students. In this case, how ever, it was learned that the tests were taken from waste paper baskets. A new secretary, the Collegian learned, had thrown away poorly mimeographed cop ies of the tests. Lifesaving Meeting The American Red Cross senior life guard and water safety course for women students will hold its organization meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. The group will meet regu larly on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. rapped south of the Han river in 25th Division raced within four is and lobbed shells into the fire blackened carcass of the old cap ital. Punching ahead steadily from the southwest, Puerto Rican in fantrymen of the famed U.S. Third Division stormed a high hill four arid one-half miles from Red-held Seoul. Third Division howitzers thumped Chinese posi tions north of the Han. Chinese troops, caught between the death-dealing guns and bayo nets of these two divisional col umns, face almost certain destruc tion. Enemy Losses Heavy Enemy losses, mostly Chinese and mostly in the west, already have exceeded 57,000 by official estimate since the Eighth Army began its limited offensive on Jan. 25. The U.S. Eighth Army said in a terse announcement Thursday: "Destruction of Comm g. n i s t forces in the pocket south of the Han in the western sector, the ob jective of the current phase of the limited offensive, is proceeding and may sum up as a sizeable victory in terms of enemy losses. "No further implications should be attached to the present situa tion." Interest 'Homicidal' That was an Eighth Army re minder from the commander, Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, that the objective of the present drive was to kill enemy troops—not necessarily to capture Seoul or drive north of the Han river in the west. A British observer put it in this crisp fashion: "Ridgways' interests are homi icidal, not geographical." However, the allies had made geographical gains as well. Ad vances Thursday along a• 75-mile front extending eastward from the Yellow sea ranged from 2 1 / 2 miles in the west to eight miles in the east-central sector. They have gained more than a score of miles since the offensive began. Associated Press correspondent Jim Becker'reported that the 25th Infantry Division faced only "light opposition" in driving to wards Seoul from the southwest. Enemy resistance also wa s melting before the U.S. Third Division, on the southeast. PRR' Accused In Train Wreck WOODBRIDGE, N. J., Feb. 8— (IF) The Pennsylvania Railroad was accused of "disregard for hu man life" today as multiple probes sought the cause of Tuesday night's wreck which took 83 lives. The Middlesex county prosecu tor's office made the accusation today in nearby New Brunswick, while th e Interstate Commerce Commission started taking testi mony in New York City. The New Jersey Public Utility Commission participated in the ICC proceed ings. As the investigation got under way, twelve of 500 persons in jured in the crackup hovered be tween life and death in hospitals not fa r from where the wind lashed railroad workers toiled in sub-freezing winds to remove twisted wreckage. Assistant Middlesex county prosecutor Alex Eber, in a state ment which he termed "my per sonal indictment of the Pennsyl vania Railroad," said his office would explore any criminal as pects involved and "present the matter at some appropriate time to the grand jury." Eher, in charge of the county and municipal investigation, told a news conference that the "ab sence of caution lights" along the right of way near a temporary trestle "is necessarily subject to public censure." Eber charged the railroad with "a complete and indifferent dis regard for human life." The big railroad had no comment. PAGE THREE
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