TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951 Reds Try To Flood Out Allied Forces TOKYO, Tuesday, April 10 Chinese Communists opened the gates of Korea's third largest dam Monday in a vain attempt to flood out advancing Allied forces on the central front. Late field dispatches said it looked like the Re d man euver itself was a washout: the Chinese had !ailed to open enough gates simultaneously to create the deluge they had plotted. Millions of tons of water, for a time lifted the Pukhan river as high as seven and one-half feet in some of its narrower gorges, but by noon it was receding. \ Save Bridge Alert American MP's and engi nedrs saved a pontoon bridge by disconnecting one end. A strong United Nations tank force, skirting the flood tide, roared northward in a drive in tended to seize the 880-foot long Hwachon dam, six and one-half miles north of the 38th parallel, before the Chinese could do more damage. The tank force met Red rifle, machinegun and mortar fire as it moved toward the 275-foot high dam, said AP correspondent Tom Bradshaw. Little Opposition Other American, French, Greek, Thai (Siamese) and South Ko rean units speared toward the southern banks of the 11-mile long reservoir with' little opposi tion. Red troops were holding well camouflaged hill positions to the north and in the town of Hwa chon itself, which is on the west ern tip of the reservoir. Hwanchon forms the southeast tip of a triangular defense area where the Communists have con centrated up to 180,000 troops. Truman Asks Mobilization Cooperation WASHINGTON, April 9-0:1 President Truman appealed today for the "complete cooperation of every segment of our population" in the mobilization program. Mr. Truman Made the appeal at the initial meeting of his new mobilization advisory board com posed of labor, industry, farm and public members and headed by Economic Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson. Joseph Short, White House press secretary, told reporters afterwards that Mr. Truman in formed the group that "aggres sion, inflation and relaxation" are the nation's biggest problems. Asked what Mr. Truman meant by "relaxation" being a problem, Short replied "well, just that in general—he doesn't want the people to let down." The President discussed two principal situations with the 17- member board: 1. Ways to change the befense Production act to help do a better job of military rearmament and, at the same time, do a more effec tive job in controlling inflation. The act expires June 30. - . 2. The problem of putting the wage stabilization board back into business. It has been inactive since union labor representatives walk ed out two months ago in protest against mobilization policies. The discussion on both was general; Mr. Truman supplied no specific recommendations. U.S. Asks Israel To Halt Action WASHINGTON, April 9 (11)) The United States called on Is rael today to cease military ac tion against Syria in the border area where Israel planes bombed a village. The. Israeli government has been told, the State Department announced in the clicnilted area "in no way justified" the retali atory bombing. The .incident took place last week in the Shuleh and Tiberius areas. Committee Me bers R-write UMT Bill Language Dept. Offers Award The Romance Language depart ment will select a graduating senior as the candidate for a fellowship offered by the Insti tute de Cultura Hispanica, Ma drid' The award will cover room, board, and tuition at a Spanish university. The Institute will also choose a Spanish student whb has a speak ing knowledge of English for a gradu at e assistantship to be awarded by the Romance Lan guage department at the College: This is the first year that this exchange has 'been made with Spain. The Penn State student who receives the award must have a speaking knowledge of Spanish and may be required to assist in teaching English at the Spanish university. He will also take graduate work in the field of humanities. Candidates will be selected on the basis of application, recom mendation, and record by the De partment of Romance Languages. All interested seniors, preferably Spanish majors, should apply at the language office before April 15. The fellowship becomes ef fective in September. Albania Protests Border Violations LONDON, April 9 (1?) Iso lated Red satellite Albania has charged in formal protests that he r anti-Cominform neighbors, Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy ha violated her territory by land, sea, and air in a series of frontier provocations. The tiny country of Communist premier Col. Gen. Enver Hoxha declared that Moscow-hating Yu goslavia was trying to touch off World War 111, and _that Italy sent eight flights of planes over her territory.. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA MacArthur To Remain Far East Commander WASHINGTON, April 9 President Truman was reported to day to have ruled out any action against Gen. Douglas MacArthur that would affect MacArthur's standing as supreme commander in the Far East. The possibility remained that the president might publicly or privately rebuke the general for his open split with the administra- WASHINGTON, April 9—(W)— Members of th e House Arme. Services committee rewrote the universal military training sec tion of their draft bill today in an attempt to ease its passage through the House. The new version provides for the appointment, by President Truman, of a commission to draw up a training and operation phln. The commission would submit it to Congress within six months. It would then go into the leg islative mill to be studied by. the House and Senate Armed Ser vices committees, approved by Congress and okayed by the president before becoming effec tive. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the House committee announced after a closed session that the vote on revision was unanimous. Administration leaders apparent ly made the concession -to for stall the substitution bill contain ing no UMT provisions at all. Reporters asked Vinson what would happen to UMT if Con gress rejected the commission's plan. "The commission would write a new plan and it would go through the same legislative pro cess," he said. A reporter wondered what would happen if Congress re jected a second plan, or a third or fourth. "By that time I would conclude hat th e country doesn't want UMT," Vinson said. May Quiz More Players In Fix NEW YORK, April 9 (JP)—An Assistant District Attorney said today that basketball players not yet' named in the recent fix ex poses may be brought in:• for questioning. William P. Sirigna.no, Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, made the statement outside of court after a hearing of 14 play ers on bribery charges was post poned until May 14. Sirignano did not elaborate. tion and with United Nations policies—over the conduct of the war with the Chinese Commun ists. Also today, House Speaker Rayburn said the Russians are building up strength in a variety of places and Senator McMahon (D-Conn.) agreed with Rayburn that the U. S. is in terrible dan ger." MacArthui set off an interna tional uproar, with Truman in the middle of it, by coming out last week in favor of using Chin ese. Nationalist forces to open a "second front" against the Reds as a means of relieving pressure on U. S. troops in K6rea. Republicans Back General Many Republicans strongly backed the general's stand. But from this country's allies abroad, there were quick and sharp pro tests against any spreading of the Korean War. In some foreign quarters, and from a few Demo crats at home, there were de mands that MacArthur be re moved from his command. An informed congressional of ficial said today, however, that Mr .Truman doesn't want to do anything that might upset the situation in Japan and thereby give the Russians a chance to de mand a bigger share in running Japanese affairs. Heads Occupation Army MacArthur heads the Allied Occupation Force in Japan as well as the United Nations forces fighting in Korea. Russia is one of the Japanese occupation pow ers. MacArthur has been running Japan so far without taking much advice from the Russians. Rep. Van Zandt (R-Penn) is drafting a House resolution tel ling the president he should order MacArthur home to report per sonally on the Far East. Governor's Wife In Hospital PHILADELPHIA, April 9 (IP) —Mrs. John S. Fine, wife of Pennsylvania's chief executive, has been detained at University of Pennsylvania Hospital, and will be kept "under observa tion" for several weeks, hospi tal authorities reported today. She entered the hospital on Saturday for a routine check. About a month ago she under went an emergency operation there. LION Douglas Not In Favor Of Halting RFC WASHINGTON April 9 (p)— Senator Douglas (D. 411.) came out today against abolishing the Re construction Finance corporation he helped to investigate. To kill the agency at this time, he said, "would be like throwing the ba by out with the bath." "The RFC, with all its faults, has served many useful functions —especially in filling a gap in our credit structure," Douglas said. He added that it can continue to serve the public if it is properly conducted. The Illinois Democrat also call ed for a higher standard of eth ic.s in the national capital, where he claimed there was too much moral laxity. "Government work should not be settled at cocktail parties or around dinner tables in hotels," he said. Douglas' osbervations we r e made in an interview to be broad cast tonight in his home state. Petain Suffers Lung Disease ILE D'YEUUX, France, April 9 (AP)—Marshal Henri Philippie Petain is suffering from a conges tion of the lungs in the damp fortress cell where he is serving out a. life sentence, it was report ed today. Sources on this bleak Atlanta: island said the condition of the 94-year-old World War I hero who headed France's Vichy gov ernment in World War II has improved slightly in the last 24 hours. His illness started with a cold. Co-Opera five A new cooperative for bus iness women, professional women and graduate stu dents is now being organ ized. Interested per sons may write in care of Col legian Office or PHONE 3456. keep good government at penn state LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE ABILITY PAGE THREE
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