THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951,
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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;
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