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).
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Allies Break 38th
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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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'lig, a second tank-infantry task
force plunged four miles into the
Communist north in the Topyong
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Oscar Winners
Linked To Reds
WASHINGTON, April 4—(iP)--
Academy Award winners Jose
Ferrer and Judy Holliday, and two
prominent university scientists,
were listed today by the House
UnAmetican activities Committee
among those whose names have
been associated with the current
Communist "peace offensive."
Their names, with scores of
others, appeared in a 166-page
report just issued by the commit
tee analyzing the peace offensive,
which it called "the most danger
ous hoax ever devised by the
international Communist con
spiracy."
Ferrer, who won the coveted
Academy Award for his role in
"Cyrano De Bergerac," is under
subpoena for appearance soon in
the committee's investigation of
Communism in Hollywood. 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.