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THURSDAY, Apna. 5, 1951 s emte Endorses Troops For European Defense WASHINGTON, April 4—M—The Senate gave full en dorsement tonight to sending 100,000 American soldiers four combat divisions and their supporting troops --to the defense of Western Europe. But it•called on President Truman to obtain the approval of Congress before ordering any more ground troops into the international army cona- In.anded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower. These are the cornerstones of the. Senate's historic troops-for- Europe tresolution, adopted by a vote of 69 to 21. Action came on the second an niversary of the signing -of the North Atlantic treaty in Wash ington April 4, 1949. It climaxed nearly three months 'Of bitter debate about what contribution. the United States should make in fighting men to help guard Western Eur ope against the possibility of Rus sian aggression. Fierce Contest In its final stages, the, - debate became a fierce contest between those who want Congressional checks on the President and those who believe Mr. Truman should have a free hand as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The resolution expresses only the sense of the Senate. It is not legally binding upon the Presi dent, who claims full authority to deploy troops around the world but who has said he will consult Congress as a matter of courtesy. Yet the opinion of the Senate will carry great weight at home and abroad. Moreover, the Senate immedi ately approved 45 to 41, a con current, or two-house, resolution couched in much the same lang uage and sent it along for 'Con sideration by the House. House Opinion Approval of the second resold= ton was an invitation by the Sen ate to the House to -join in ex pressing its opinion on the issues. Like the Senate measure, it would be merely advisory if endorsed by the House. Senator Taft of Ohio, the Re publican policy leader in the Sen ate, hailed the Senate resolution as stating "we have the consti tutional power" to restrain the President. "No president of the United States will dare to defy the Con gress," he said 'in the closing minutes of the debate. Senator Connally of Texas, who '.vas the Democratic floor man ager for the resolution, saw in its passage assurance that "there will be no world war this year." "The Russians will not defy the free nations of the world," he declared. Reuther Re-Elected As UAW President CLEVELAND, April 4 (/F) Walt e r Reuther tightened his reins on th e 1,250,000-member CIO United Auto Workers union today by winning an uncontested fourth term as president. Reuther's hopelessly feeble op position collapsed at the last min ute and he was re-elected by acclamation. The unopposed victory testified tto the fiery, 43-year-old Reuther's strong, and growing power in what claims to be the nation's biggest union. It was in sharp contrast with the situation of only a .few years, ago, when the union was split from top to bot tom with vicious factional feuds. New Radio Group Organizes Tonight An organizational meeting to establish a radio workshop will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in 304 Sparks, David R. Mackey, of the Speech department, said yes terday. The meeting is open to all stu dents interested in script writing, radio announcing and acting, and radio production. H. E. Nelson, assistant professor of speech, is working wi t h Mackey t on the project. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA House Probes Surplus Deal WASHINGTON, April 4—(?P)— House investigators learned today of a $1,270,000 deal in which army surplus trucks were bought for as little as $2OO and sold back to the Government for as much as $3,900 apiece. Chicago truck dealer Morris Green said he and associates net ted $425,000 from the resale•' of 1,000 surplus trucks they bought in the Philippines. Green said that they had to pay out some $325,000 in. fees, legal costs and commissions, in cluding: • $127,000 to the Schnitzer Bros. steel company of Portland, Ore., which tipped them off that the Atomic Energy Commission was in the market for heavy duty trucks.. $42,000 in an out-of-court settle ment to the estate of 'Joseph Free man of Los Angles. Green said he later learned Freeman had been "mixed up with the Garsson May deal, or something like that." House Defeats Proposed State Income Tax Levy HARRISBURG, April 4—((P)—The Administration's income tax V - • • • O . lig • • • ' Ho • • • .37 , The vote was 98 \ for and 108 against the key bill in Gov. John S. Fine's $163,000,000 tax program. It proposed a levy of orb-half of one per cent on personal incomes to raise $119,000,000 in the next two Twenty-two Republicans, spl joined a solid 86-vote Democratic minority to give Administration forces a major setback. But Republican leaders refused to resign themselves to the defeat. A move was , immediately started Goy. John S: Fine to revive the income tax bill next week. _ . "Republican leaders in the House have no reason to consider the income tax proposal as being dead," commented Speaker I-ler bert P. Sorg (R-Elk). Fine himself hinted that a new try will be made to "enact the personal t income tax bill. . "On reflection, the House may yet recognize the Administration proposal as the best possible tax program," said the governor. "Otherwise, - the tremendous bur den of proposed revenue measures will rest with the Legislature." The vote was seven short of the constitutional majority of 105 reqbired to pass a, bill. Actually, however, it was only four votes short since Rep. Charles C. Smith, the Republican leader, and two other GOP representatives switch ed their votes to the negative. Rayburn' Warns House Against Threat of War WASHINGTON, April 4 (p)— Speaker Sam Rayburn broke into debate on the Draft-Universal Military Training bill today to say the nation - is in "terrible" danger of a third world war. • He did not give backing in so many words to . the UMT section of the measure but he warned the House earnestly against "com placency" over the future. He promised to speak again later and give some more information he believes his colleagues lack. Fresh from a White House briefing on Kor e a, the Texas Dethocrat told of a massing of troops in Korea and Manchuria "and not all of them Chinese Communists by a great extent." Asked off the floor if he meant Russians, the Speaker replied: "I'm standing on what I have said." In the brief speech Rayburn told the lawmakers in solemn tones: "I say in- all earnestness that it is my firm belief that we are in greater danger of an expanding war today than we have been at any time since the close of the world war in 1945." This was his caution for the future: `This complacency, this win ning of a little battle in Korea, had better not lull the American people to sleep, because I think we stand in the face of a terrible danger and maybe the•beginning of World War Three." Rayburn took to the floor some thing he seldom' does unless an issue he and the Administration rate vital is in doubt, shortly after a bitter attack on the mili tary bill by Rep. Barden (D-NC). tting with the party leadership, it's Here . . . IFC WEEKENit The Social Event of the Year , Fine Beautiful Penn State Pennants Quality Initialed Large and Small Initialed Cloth Dogs You Can Get It At Metzger's Allies Break 38th In 3 New Places TOKYO, Thursday, April s—(i/I—Allied forces punched across parallel 38 in three new places in North Korea Wednesday against bristling Red resistance. One armored spearhead rammed four miles north of the Red Korean 'border. It was feeling its way toward the heart of the ,massive Communist build-up behind the west-central front. Chinese and Korean Red armies —an estimated 500,000 men—are believed coiling for a great spring offensive aimed at sweeping United Nations forces into the sea. But the battle-wise Eighth Army was not sitting on its hands. The Armx's communique reported an American force advanced in th e Yongpyoong area against "moderate to heavy resistance." That's two miles - inside Red Korea, 35 road miles northeast of WASHINGTON, April 4-0") —announced American casual ties in Korea reached 58,550 to:. day, arise of 1,430 in a week. The total, representing cas ualties reported to next of kin through March .30, included 8,753 killed, 39,023 wounded and 10,774 missing in action. Seoul and 20 road miles southwest of Kumhwa, big Red communica tions and supply center. Kumhwa is the apex of the Chinese de fense triangle north of 38. 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He has emphatically denied and Red leanings. His name, and that of Miss Holliday, who won this year's Oscar as the dumb blonde in "Born Yesterday," were listed among persons purportedly affili ated with from five to ten Com munist-front organizations.