The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 21, 1951, Image 3
WEDD,IESIJA Y. IcElll - lUA.tt 21, 1901 Defense Bill Lists Emergency Powers HARRISBURG, Feb. 20 (JP)—A key measure of the administra tion civil defense program passed the house unanimously today. It spells out many of the powers granted for emergency use only. The measure, which went to the Senate, authorizes the state civil council of defense and local governments to organize for dis- U. S. Urges 'Big Four' Conference WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (1P) — The United States has proposed to Russia that a Big Four foreign ministers conference to ease world tensions be held in .Wash ington provided a "mutually ac ceptable basis" for it can be agreed upon. The American note, made pub lic tonight, was delivered in Mos cow last night to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky. Paral lel notes were delivered by Great Britain and France. The U.S. note declared that the primary cause of the tense world situation is the "general attitude" of the Soviet Union. It suggested that preliminary meeting of representatives of the four powers be held in Paris March 5, on condition that Rus sia agree to talk about the real causes • of international troubles. Russia has accused the western Allies. of seeking to build up ag gressive forces in Western Ger many and has said this is a prime cause of tension. But the U.S. note denied this charge as "total ly without foundation." "The U.S. government Wishes to err_hasize moreover," the note said, - that in Western Germany there do not exist any German military forces, or any German war industry and that the only `fait accompli' . (thing accomp lished) in this field in Europe, is the existence of the huge arm aments maintained by the Soviet bloc which include forces raised in East Germany.. "In short, the serious tension which exists at 'present arises in the first instance from the gen eral attitude adopted by the gov ernment of the U.S.S.R. since the end of the war." UN Offensive Will Roll Again U.S. Eighth Army headquarters, Korea, Feb. 20—(1P)—The United Nations offensive, in Korea will begin rolling again soon. Its ,leaders got a green light today to continue the successful war of attrition against the Chin ese and North Korean Commun ists. The order came from the su preme commander, General Mac- Arthur. In a battlefield visit to Wonju on the central front, he said he had instructed "resump tion of the initiative" of Allied forces. The offensive is not likely to throw U. N. troops across the 38th parallel, invisible boundary be tween North and South "lorea. MacArthur pointed ou t in a statement at Wonju before re turning to Tokyo that President Truman had given him authority to cross the border "in accordance with mylpest judgment as theater commander." Extended Forecast E:.tended forecast for the period, Wed nesday, Feb. 21 through Sunday. Feb. 26: Eastern Pennsylvania, Eastern New York and Mid-Atlantic states: tempera ture will average two to four degrees above normal in the north portion, four to five degrees above normal in the south Portion: mild Wednesday, colder Thurs day, followed by warmer Friday and colder again Sunday; rain tonight and Wednes day and again Friday or Saturday; total amount one-half to three quarters of an inch. Western Pennsylvania, western New York, Ohio and West Virginia; tempera ture will average two to four degrees above normal, turning colder Wednesday warmer Friday and colder again Satur day'. rain tonight and Wednesday and again about Friday, totaling one-half to two-thirds inch. asters such as an atomic .attack A Senate-passed bill fixing July 24 as the date for this year's pri mary was advanced for a vote in the House after it was changed to limit the right to vote by absentee ballot to servicemen and women. As originally drawn- some civil ian groups attached to the armed services also would have been permitted- to vote by absentee ballot. In the Senate, the Cabinet dead lock returned to the sam status it has held since Governor Fine assumed office on January 16. The Republican majority went through a series of parliamentary moves .to wipe out the Senate's rejection last night of Richard Maize's reappointment as Secre tary of Mines. Sen. John M. Walker, the Re oublican floor leader, led his col leagues through the moves. In contrast to last night's dramatic session there was no opposition ':rom the Democratic minority. The Senate, through the Walk er moves, first reconsidered its . ...ejection of Maize's appointment. Then all Cabinet appointments. 'ncluding that of Maize. w ere "laid on the table" and later re `-urned to committee. Walker said the moves wiped gut Maize's resection "just as if q vote never had been taken." T-T.owever. Sen. John H. ent the nemocratic floor leader. said the nernocrats took the position that the Maize rejection vote put him out of office. Europe Needs Troops: Collins WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(N)— Gen. J. Lawton Collins told Con gress yesterday that in the event of war American bombers could "pulverize Russia" in time, but U. S. troops would be needed to prevent swift Soviet conquest of Europe. The four-star general, Army Chief of Staff, gave that sum mation in testifying on the troops for-Europe issue at a joint ses sion of the Senate Foreign Re lations and Armed Services com mittees. Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations, told the lawmakers the United States faces two choices: 1. To send troops, ships and planes to Europe now. 2. Or "withdraw, abandon our Allies, and later fight alone . . . in a world where the odds aginst us will be too heavy." U. S. Considers 'Pacific Pact' WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (IP)— The United States is considering a formal defense alliance with Australia and New Zealand as a start toward a broad Pacific pact modeled after the North Atlan tic Defense treaty. Britain, France, and Portugal, would be excluded, however, un der present planning because of their "colonial" background. A triangular defense arrange ment with Australia and New Zealand is now being discussed, it was learned, by John Foster Dulles, Sedretary of State Ache son's Republican foreign policy advisor. Dulles, who is now touring the Pacific, already has talked this possibility over with Gen. Mac- Arthur and Prime Minister Yo shida in Japan and with the Aus tralian and New Zealand foreign ministers in a joint meeting at Canberra, Australia. He is expect ed to stop off in New Zealand shortly to discuss the broad prob lems of security in the Pacific arm the Japanese peace treaty with New Zealand Prime Minis ter Sidney G. Holland. TI - IE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA French Novelist Andre Gide Dies PARIS, Feb. 20—(A') Andre Gide, 81, famed French novelist and winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1947, died last night. Gide had been ill with pneu- . monia for several days." Although Gide's doctor earlier today had thought the noted au thor was lapsing into a coma, Gide retained consciousness, but weak ness prevented him from speak ing. Gide, considered by many French critics the foremost wviter of his time, shocked and fascinated two generations with his literary probings of morality and immor ality: Senate Body Set To Hear Merl Young WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—M— E. Merl Young, who in 10 years rose from a $l,OBO-a-year assis tant messenger boy to a $28,000- a-year executive, gets his chance tomorrow to say whether he ever claimed he, could influence mil lion-dollar government loans. The Senate banking subcom mittee today ordered a full hear ing on charges of political influ ence in Reconstruction Finance corporation (RFC) loans. Also due to testify tomorrow: Young's accuser, Ross Bohannon of Dallas. lawyer for the Texmass Petroleum Co. On Feb. 2 the subcommittee in a bitter report on the RFC en titled "Favoritism and Influence," had a special section set aside for Texmass. It said Bohannon had testified that Young had offered to help ,Texmass get a loan from RFC. • Young's price tag on his in fluence, according to Bohannon, was $85,000. Bohannon said he told RFC Chairman Harley Hise about the offer, that Hise said no such in fluence was needed and that Young never was hired. Will Not Call Guardsmen WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (p)— The army said today that unless the world situation worsens no more national guardsmen will be called into service, and the six divisions now on duty will be re leased after their 21 month ser vice. UN Forces Patch Lines, Chase Retreating Reds TOKYO, Wednesday, Feb. 21—(A 3 )—United Nations troops erased a deep dent in their east central front Tuesday and sent strong pa trols five miles north on the heels of retreating Chinese Reds farther North Korean troops broke ,and ran in the face of a tank and artillery powered U. S. task force which hammered out the dent, once 10 miles deep. The task force then captured Chuchon, 10 miles north of Che chon. The North Koreans in their push had closely menaced Che chon, road and rail key to any enemy advance into South Korea. A U. S. Tenth Corps briefing officer said the enemy was pulling out of positions around Chuchon which is 18 miles east southeast of ,pivotal Wonjun in the moun tains. Air observers reported sighting 20 Communist groups ranging fr o m 200 to 300 men moving northward throughout the day up snow-crusted mountain trails. On the west central front Asso ciated Press war correspondent Tom Bradshaw said strong re connaissance patrols pushed five miles northeast 'of Chipyong be fore smashing into Chinese rear guards covering the main Chinese route of withdrawal toward the 38th parallel. On the western front American, British and Turkish troops brought their lines up tight against the icy Han river in a con tinuous line all the way from central Korea to Seoul and the Yellow Sea. These frontline developments gave dramatic emphasis to Gen eral MacArthur's personal order to field commanders to resume the NPA Cuts Back Steel For Civilian Products WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (R)—The National Production Author ity today announced a cutback on steel that may lead to smaller autos and dwindling supplies of radio and television sets, refriger ator' and other household appliances. The Agency said that beginning Apr. 1, steel for passenger automobiles and other goods will be slashed 20 per cent below the average level of the first half of 1950. ' NPA chief Manly Fleischmann said the program is designed to save about 1,000,000 tons of steel for defense production tanks, guns, ships and planes—and that further cuts may be expected later this year. NPA officials said a 30 per cent cut may be necessary in the third quarter of this year, beginning July 1. Elsewhere on the mobilization front: The three labor members of the Wage Stabilization board, who quit in a huff last week over the administration's proposed wage control policy, issued a statement blasting the government's anti inflation program. The labor men accused the Board of making wage controls "the basis of the anti-inflation drive," and declared: ."The basic causes of inflation have not yet been seriously at tacked. Prices are still rising rapidly, although allegedly froz en; profits, although fantastical ly high, are being guaranteed; an equitable tax program has not been adopted." Labor union leaders represent ing nearly 16,000,000 workers talked at length with Eric Johns ton, Economic Mobilization chief, on their multiple complaints about the mobilization program. Their chief protests have been that "big business" has dominat ed the program, with labor left out in the cold, and that a pro posed federal wage ceiling is un fair to labor. Johnston refused to tell news men whether he plans to change the wage formula, which would limit wage boosts to 10 per cent above levels of Jan. 15, 1950. 200 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED The College through its de partment of public information issues nearly 200 publications an nually. Among these are the Gen eral Cataloaize, the Illustrated Catalogue, the Graduate School Announcement, and the Summer Session Complete Announcement. offensive against th e commun ists. MacArthur's order was, givan during his 11th visit to the Ko rean war front Tuesday for a first hand inspection of th e central sector. Before flying back to his Tokyo headquarters MacArthur also: 1. Gave assurance to" British Allies that he would not "arbi trarily execute" his authority to re-cross the 38th parallel without giving consideration to "cogent political reasons" against cross ing this old pre-war boundary between Communist North and Republican South Korn. 2. Retorted to Russian Premier Stalin's recent prediction that U. N. forces faced annihilation in Korea by observing: "His comrades will have to do a lot better than they have yet done to prove him a prophet." New Road Will Be One-Way Northbound The new macadam road be tween Sparks and Thompson hall, running north and south, hereaf ter will be one-way northbound, according to Capt. P. A. Mark, of the campus patrol at the Col lege. Captain Mark said the move was necessitated by repeated traffic jams. Five Judges Chosen For Talent Show Five judges for the Penn State club's 11th annual all-College talent show, to be held in Schwab auditorium Friday, have been chosen, Joseph Lipsky, club presi dent, announced yesterday. Russell E. Clark, director of housing; Daniel A. DeMarino, as sistant dean of men; R. D. Reif sneider, professor of dramatics; and Mary Brewer and Patricia Thornpson, assistants to the dean of women, have been chosen to judge the show. The five judges will select five finalists, and the three prize win ners will be chosen from these by audience applause. Cox Is MC John Cox will be master of ceremonies for the 12 act show. Ray Evert's orchestra will play for the affair Lipsky said. Tickets are on sale at the Stu dent Union desk in the lobby of Old Main at 84 cents. The show will begin at 8 p.m. The eight women usherettes, all new freshmen on the campus, will be, Myra Braverman, Mari lyn DuPont, Helen Hissey, Mari lyn Juman, Irene Kerbey, Muriel Klein, Jacqueline Mitchell, and Marlene Shuman. Survey Shows Boom For 11950' LAKE SUCCESS. Feb. 20—(VP) The world's trade and produc tion boomed in 1950 as never be fore in history, a United Nations survey said yesterday. But, the report added, underde veloped countries did not share in this prosperity and made little if any progress. The 392-page survey, covering the period from June 1949 to D,:- cember 1950, will form the basic document for study at the U. N. economic and social council which opens its sessions in San tiago, Chile today. The two most serious economic problems confronting the world today are the threat of inflation and the impending shortages of goods resulting from the Korean war, it said. Using the year 1937 as a norm, U.N. experts figured world indus trial production in 1950 at ]6O. U. S. and Canadian production • was 180, and British, 122. The report said industrial pro duction in Russia was 250, taking 1937 as 100, while Western Ger many had barely reached 100 again. Japan had 70 ner cent of its 1937 production in 19.50. • Statute Limi ts Death Penalty HARRISBURG, Feb. 20 (W)— A civil defense bill was amended today to provide that the death penalty could be imposed only for industrial sabotage where there was loss of life. The change was made by the House Judiciary committee in the penalty bill of Governor John S. Fine's civil defense program now running through the General As sembly. The measure was referred to that committee when labor groups objected to the death pen alty section as originally written. The committee also wrote in another provision fixing maxi mum penalties of $lO.OOO fine or 30 years imprisonment for sabo tage in which no lives were lost PACE 'FtLiEE