THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951, AlliedTio6o - . -- G. ai n -Westerii-Fro.'"ii TOKYO, 'Thursday, March 3--M—United Nations troops in a general attack smashed five miles deep into Communist lines Wed nesday on the.west central secror of a flaming 70-mile front. ' At the east end of the front an estimated 13,500 North Koreans struck hard at Republic of Korea troops and dr6ve them back .at. least three miles. Thes e furious attacks and counterattacks may be - a prelude to the expected Chinese spring of fensive, with the Allies trying .to keep the, Reds off balance while the North Koreans probe for a soft spot in South_ Korean lines. - The /U. S. 25th division with tanks stormed across the twisting Han river 15 miles east of Seoul to open the Allied onslaught. Within six hours it reported an estimated 1300 enemy killed and 100 captured. Other Allied units all down the lihe to Pangnim kicked off with general attacks. Thundering artil lery barrages plowed enemy posi tions along the front. A field dispatch said the major gain of the day was a five-mile advance on the west central front west of pivotal Hoengsong. Infantrymen of the Ninth corps pushed their way. up rocky crags and cut the road between Yongdu and the major enemy base at Hongchon.. U.S. tanks swung northeast and drove along that main Chinese supply route leading to Hong chon. • . ' Senators Ok Troops To Europe WASHINGTON, March 7 (IP)— Two Senate committees today ap proved sending "our fair share" of Anierican troops, to Europe. The' Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees;-sit ting jointly, adopted the major provisions of. an _administritiOn resolution still awaitin g' their final approval. 'This may come tomorrow. The committees also approved the selection of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme Com mander of the Allied Army. in Europe. As the resolution stands, the House would not be cut in on the decision. The resolution would give -Senate sanction to dispatch armed forces, .for joint defense of the North Atlantic area. Advocates of action of both houses on the bitterly idebated issue of stationing American foot soldiers abroad in a peacetime defense army were expected to 'press their point. This might take the form of a separate resolution, perhaps dealing with future troop commitments. • President Truman already- has announced plans, to send, four more divisions to serve'with two U.S. 'divisions already in Europe. They will be assigned to, the In ternational army \being formed under 'command of Eisenhower. Truman claims the power to' de ploy troops as he deems necess ary without direct congressional 'approval. Today's decision was made by the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committeeS . on a 'reso lution by two chairmen, Con nallyi (D-Tex.) and Russell (D- Ga.) These groups have been con sidering the hard-fought issue of sending an American land army to join other treaty nations in guarding the west against any Russian invasion. RFC Director s=g!= WASHINGTON, March 7 (W)-- A'director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation testified to day' that some members of a White House social circle in which he moved tried to "use" him in angling for mule-million dollar' government loans. Walter _L. Dunham of Detroit, today's star witness in a Senate investigation of alleged favorit ism - and political influence in Johnston Aims At, Compromise WASHINGTON, March 7 (1?) Eric Johnston, ,economic stabili zer, today strove for a compro mise between labor and manage ment on the hot issue of whether to give • the Wage Stabilization board any power to settle labor disputes in defense plants. But his superior, Charles E. Wilson, defense mobilizer, told reporters the prospects "don't ap pear to look any brighter" for peace in the bitter squabble- be tween labor leaders and the gov ernment—a squabble of which the Wage board issue is only a part. Wilson was reported opposed to labor's demand that the Wage board be given disptite-settling power.l His aides said he is con sidering a radio and television speech to the nation Monday night. Meantime the government bang ed out new orders on: 1. Steel. An expected steel cut of 20 per cent was ordered, ef fective April 1. 2. Aut.Os. Dealers were permit ted to raise the retail prices of new cars. Last week the manu facturers were given a 3 1 / 2 per c e n_t, increase, and now the dealers may pass on the exact dollars-and-cents ,amount to their customers. 3. Vegetable shortening an d salad oils. Th e manufacturers' ceiling price,s were rolled back from. 1' to 2 1 cents a pound. The Office of Price Stabilization said this isn't likely to change retail prices, but it "eliminates the pos sibility" of retail increases." Pa. Workers Aided By ECA Israel Farms--- WASHINGTON, March 7 (JP)— Nearly 34,000 workers in Penn sylvania can attribute their 1949 pay checks to business created by, Marshall Plan orders. The Economic Cooperation ad ministration disclosed this fig ure and others today in a book let designed to show how the Marshall Plan has brought new business and employment to the Keystone state. The .booklet, "Penn Sylvania and the. Marshall Plan," said that in a typical four-month period, firms in 92 Pennsylvania cities and towns received $31,702,501 in di rect ECA-financed orders for goods furnished under the Mar shall Plan. Communities benefiting fr om the increased business run alpha betically from Allentown to Zel ienople, The goods they provided range from blood plaSina equip ment to locomotive parts. ` Only a four-month period was covered in the special study, the report emphasized. It said many other Pennsylvania communities have received ECA-financed Or ders for Marshall Plan goods since the beginning of the European Recovery Progratn in April, 1948. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are credited with two thirds of • the dollar volume of PennsylVania or ders recorded for the four-month period RFC lending, said the social group included: Donald Dawson, one of Presi dent Truman's aides, William E. Willett, another RFC director; E. Merl Young, well-to-do husband of a White House stenographer. arid Rex Jacobs, a Detroit indus trialist whom Dunham dg,peribed as having "some degree of White House entree." ;THE DAILY COLLEGIAN . , STATIC COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA MacArthur Says War To End In Stalemate SUWON, Korea, March 7-(/P)— General MacArthur said today continued "limitations upon our field of counteroffensive action" means the Korean war "cannot fail"' to end in a stalemate. But the U. N. commander pre dicted the great casualties suf fered by the enemy would shake the Red China regime and damp en its ardor for any other' "ag gressive adventures" in Asia. MacArthur read his carefully worded 'statement at a news con ference in a tent bdside Suwon airstrip. The conference followed a three - hour tour of the front with Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg way, Eighth Army corninankler. It was MacArthur's twelfth war time flight to Korea. He then flew back to Tokyo. MacArthur said the Chinese Communists have no -more than "an almost hopeless chance of ul timate military success." He said on the other hand the United. Nations, barred from at tacking Communist war produc tion in China and without rein forceinents, can achieve no 'more than continuing stalemate. MacArthur seemed to suggest to th e United Nations to put more strength into ' convincing the communists they should seek a peaceful settlement in 'Korea. Former Students Complete Training; Are Given Orders • Six former students at the Col lege have completed their proces sing at the 2053rd Reception cen ter and have been assigned to permanent Army units, the In formation section, Second Army headquarters, Fort Meade, Md., announced recently. Private Joseph Murphy, a Chemical engineering graduate in the 1950 class, has been as signed, to the Bth Infantry divi sion, Fort Jackson, S. C. Sergeant Englebert Warzinsky, a - commerce and finance major who graduated in 1950, has been assigned to 101st Airborne divi sion, Camp Breckinridge, Ky. Private David Mehall has been assigned to the Signal Replace ment Training center, Camp Gor don, Ga. He had completed three semesters in the School of Lib eral Arts. Private Dale Claypool, a 1950 graduate of the liberal arts school; Private Donald Hadley, who had completed three years in the arts and letters depvt ment; and Private George Mc- Dermott, who completed one year in the liberal arts school, have been assigned to the 47th division, Camp Rucker, Ala. RC Delegates Elected To Model UN Meeting Delegates elected to the Model United Nations to be held March 29-31 at Beaver college are George Keenan, Marlin Remick, Jay Headly, Robert Alderdice, and Miriam Kugelman. John Palmer, William Klisan in, and Albert Hand will work on the project and go to Beaver college" as observers. Gen. MacArthur Senate Approves Ceiling For U.S. Armed Forces WASHINGTON, March 7—(JP)—The Senate today voted a man power ceiling of 4,000,000 for the nation's armed forces into the bill to draft 18-year-olds now and start universal military training in the future. Then it agrbed on a complicated schedule of debate limitation which might bring final ac t i o n on the measure late tomorrow. Iran Leader Assassinated At Tehran TEHRAN, Iran, March 7-- 1 --(AP) —Premier Gen. Ali Razmara, a tough little anti-Communist with a United States-backed reform program, was shot to death today at a funeral in a Tehran mosque. Informed sources identified the assassin as a member of Fadayam Islam, a fanatical Moslem sect. The motive of the slaying, which could easily upset the tranquillity of this strategic oil-producing sec tion of the East-West front, re mained obscure. But the best sources believed Communists were not involved. Acting Premier Young Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi immediately named as acting premier 70-year-old Khalil Fahimi, a former governor-general of Azerbaijan province, Iran's trouble spot bordering Russia. Fahimi at once ordered the armed forces and all officials to carry on with the "utmost care" and strength—as a precaution against inspired disorder among Iran's 15,000,000 people. Sincere Friend (President Truman and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin expressed profound shock at the death. President Truman said at Key West that Razmara was "a sincere friend of our country." U.S. Undersecretary of State James Webb said the "brutal mur der is a serious loss to the cause of freedom and social justice." He declared the Premier was devoted to the independence and the social and economic reform of his coun try.) Russians Seek, Trieste Talks PARIS, March 7 (W)—The Rus sians demanded an airing of the troublesome Trieste situation to day as a condition for putting the Austrian independence treaty be fore the Big Four foreign minis -ers. They didn't seem to get far, ut touched an old sore spot between Italy and Yugoslavia. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis ter Andrei Gromyko put forward this plan—originally advanced by Russia as far back as last May— at a wrangling meeting of the Big Four deputies, assigned to draw uP.,an agenda for the foreign min isters. He charged that the free territory of Trieste is a British- American military base. Rally Slated For Tonight Penn State's undefeated wrest ling team will be the attraction at a pep rally to be sponsored_by Androcles, junior men's hat so ciety, tonight. Wrestling Coach Charles Spei del will speak at the rally which will begin at '7:15 p.m. on the steps of the West dorm dining hall. Homer Barr is also sched uled to speak. Donald Carlson, president of Androcles, said last night that a rally organized on short notice such as this is a real challenge to the students of the College. A good turnout will go a long way toward priming the team for the Eastern Intercollegiate tourna ment, he said. - George Glazer will serve as master of ceremonies and the cheer leaders will be present, Carlson said. He also , requested ' all hatmen to attend. The wrestling team, undefeat ed in regular season meets, will be seeking its first Eastern Inter collegiate title since 1942, in the tournament matches which open at the College tomorrow. No Late Session The voting agreement knocked out earlier plans to hold the sen ators in late session tonight in an effort to pass the bill. , The strength limiting amend ment, in effect a compromise be tween senators w h o wanted no curbs in the present world situa tion and others wh o wanted a lower lid, gives the military hall a million men leeway over the figures they have talked about in public. But it applies a curb they still insist might be a danger in emergency. Roll Call Vote It was written in on a 49-41 roll call vote after brief, sharp debate which ranged around solemnly worded protests filed by the high command against a proposal to set the limit still lower. The Pen tagon arguments were presented in letters read by Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex.) to his col. leagues. Secretary of Defense Marshall set the keynote with' a statement that a fixed limit under present world conditions would be "a direct gamble with the na, tional security." The Senate refused late today to write into the measure a so called "civil rights" amendment by Senator Lehman (D-N.Y.) The proposal was tabled, 57 to 30, af ter a long argument. Senate Passes Fine's Civil Defense Bill HARRISBURG, March 7—(PP)— The key bill in Governor John S Fine's civil defense program passed th e Senate today by a thumping 34-1. vote after weeks of wrangling. While Democrats 'blasted tb e measure as "a monstrosity" and "a, political boondooggle" eight of them joiried 26 Republicans in approving it. Only one, Sen. Sam uel Neff (D-Lawrence) voted against it. Ten Democrats voted present and five other senators were absent. State Council The bill sets up a 12-member state council of civil defense, gives it wide powers to meet an enemy attack, and permits local governments to impose special taxes for defense preparations. The measure previously had passed t. h e House but was re turned to that branch for action on a Senate amendment placing a check on emergency taxing powers. Under th e amendment, local governments could exercise the taxing powers only after the Gov ernor has declared an emergency in the particular area. Senator's Views Sen. John H. Dent, the Demo cratic floor leader, called the bill "a monstrosity." Under it, he said city council and the school board in the same city could create separate defense setups. On the other side, Sen. John M. Walker, the Republican floor leader, said the bill was "the best possible." "T h e attempt to kick it out with the hope of coming 4 with something better is a lot of wasm ted effort," he said. Hort Club Enters Exhibits in Show Members of the Penn State Hort club are exhibiting orna mental plants and flowers at the annual Philadelphia Flower show this week. The purpose of the show is to acquaint the public with the Col lege's Horticulture department. Two students are present at the exhibit at all times to talk wits visitors. The committee members an Jeffrey Radley, chairman; Ar thur Chadwick, Joseph Hudak, Joseph Ondrejko, and DonaM Powers; PAGE THRER
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