TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1951
Truman
Evident
WASHINGTON, May 7 (W)—President Truman declared tonight
that the free nations have stopped the march of Communism in Asia
and have "dealt a heavy blow to the Kremlin conspiracy" all over
•the world
He said expanding the Korean war, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur I
proposes, would bring a real possibility of "death blow" atomic
attacks on American cities—if not
the destruction of "civilization as
we knoW it."
Signs of Crackup
And he said the first signs of
a crackup of the Communist
`U.S: Troops
To Defend
In Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 7
--VP)-I.T. S. Brig. Gen. Edward
J. McGaw landed by air today
with the first contingent of 'Amer-
ican Army, Navy, and Air Forces
to help defend this North Atlan
tic republic.
(The Defense Department in
Washington said the force con
sisted of 200 men.)
Icelandic newspapers got out
' extras announcing the second
coming of the Yanks. The gov
ernment issued a statement say
' ing the troops had arrived at the
invitation of this country, an in
dependent member of the North
• Atlantic 'Alliance.
To Build Up Gradually
It was believed the force will
be built up gradually in the next
few weeks. Its activities will cen
ter around the two main airports,
Keflavik, 30 miles from the capi
tal, and Reykjavik, but listening
posts and other strategic installa
tion about the island will also be
manned.
American troops were station
ed here from early in the second
world war and were the only de
fense force for this island close
to the Arctic circle. Iceland's air
fields and bases were an impor
tant factor in the protection of
convoy routes across the North
Atlantic.
Iceland, a nation of 140,000
people, has no Army, Navy, or
Air Force of its own.
G. Britain Denies
Goods Aids Reds
LONDON, May 7—(. l P)—Sir
Hartley Shawcross, president of
Britain's board of trade, .declared,
today it was "nonsense" to say
that British goods shipped to Red
China greatly helped the Com
munists in their Korean fighting.
Sir. Hartley's statement to the
House of Commons was seen as
a direct rebuttal to Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's declaration before a
joint Senate committee in Wash
ington last Thursday that mater
ials reaching Red China through
the crown colony of Hong Kong
had been of "substantial assist
ance" to the Communists in
Korea .
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
May 7 (iP)—Britain and France
indicated today that they
would support an American
proposal for a world wide em
bargo against shipping arms,
ammunition and war material
to Red China and North Korea.
Davis Will Conduct
Alcohol Forum Tonight
Dr. Arthur F. Davis, professor
of physical education and ath
letics, will conduct a forum on
"Alcohol Education" at 7:30 to
night in 10 Sparks. The meeting
will be the second of a semi-an
nual series sponsozed by town and
campus groups.
State executives and two mem
beri of Alcoholics Anonymous
will also speak at the forum.
All regularly scheduled classes
of physical education 2 for men
will meet at this time.
PSCA Will Paint
School House Tonight.
The regular meeting of the
Penn State Christian Association,
scheduled for tonight, has been
canceled. Instead the PSCA mem
bers will meet behind Old Main
in old clothes at 6:30 tonight to
go to paint Stony Point school
house.
Claims Crackup
In Iron Curtain
SAN FRANCISCO, Ma y• 7
((P)--:Lieut. Gen. Albert C.
Wedemeyer, whose long-secret
report .warned of a Red attack
on South Korea, has asked for
retirement from the United
States Army.
world are appearing in the form
of "internal tension' and unrest
behind the iron curtain."
In an address prepared for a
National Civil Defense Confer
ence, Truman delivered a slash
ing attack on MacArthur's "go
it 'alone" policy for Asia, saying
it might wreck the whole west
ern defense alliance and bring
about " a tremendous Soviet vic
tory."
The President declared that
"the best collective military ad
vice in this country" backs his
policy of limiting the war in Kor
ea, and that—contrary to Mac-
Arthur's statements—"our policy
is designed to win."
"But if the aggressor takes fur
ther action which threatens the
security of the United Nations in
Korea," he said, " we will counter
that action."
The President said there must
be nationwide organization to
meet the "awesome and terrible
possibility" of atomic attack.
But he declared: "The best de
fense against atomic bombing is
to prevent the outbreak of an
other world war and achieve a
real peace."
Plainly firing at Republican
supporters of MacArthur, the
President asserted:
"We are right in the midst of
a big debate on foreign policy. A
lot of people are looking at this
debate as if it were just a politi
cal fight. But the stakes are a lot
more important than the outcome
of an election. The thing that is
at stake in this debate may be
atomic war.
Richter Takes Fiction
Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK, May 7—(JP)—Con
rad Richter's novel, "The Town,"
a story of an AMerican family
growing un in the wilderness of
the, 19th century, today won the
Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Awards for meritorious public
service in the newspaper field
went to the Miami, Fla.. Herald
and the Brooklyn Eagle.
Columbia University - trustees,
who announced the Pulitizer se
lections, named six foreign corres
pondents—including the first wo
man ever so honored—as prize
winners for international report
ing.
The woman, 30-year-old Mar
guerite Higgins of the New York
Herald Tribune, was cited for
her work as a war correspondent
in Korea.
La Vie Available
Engineering 'seniors may
pick up the La Vie at the Stu
dent Union today and tomdr
row. Agriculture seniors may
secure their annuals Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday.
Earn up to $25.00 in your spare time doing
p/easant, stimulating contract selling. Full time
work for the summer if qualified. Write:
THE'DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
U.S. Will Counter
Best Defense
STUDENTS!
ROKs Push
Reds Back
3 Miles
TOKYO, Tuesday, May 8 (R')—
South Korean troops smashed
hard' into a North Korean army
corps northwest of Seoul Monday
and rolled it back three miles at
points 13 miles from the capital.
Other Allied Forces in the east
forced back hard fighting Reds a
mile and a half.
These Red setbacks on the
flanks and a withdrawal north of
Chunchon inlthe center coincided
with reports of dissatisfaction in
Communist ranks.
AP correspondent John Ran
dolph reported some allied offi
cers on the western front believe
North Korean and Chinese Reds
were angry because they felt
Russia) had let them down on
tanks and planes for their now
stalled spring offensive.
The allies have won back near
ly half of the ground lost north
of Seoul to 300,000 Reds who aim
ed the main weight of their futile
offensive at capture of the capi
tal by May Day.
"There is no denying that be-1
fore the offensive began April 22
there were many signs that the
Reds were counting on tanks and
aircraft," Randolph said in his
dispatch from the western front.
"Behind their front, roads were
being widened an d improved
and for weeks there had been.
constant work on regular fields
and new airstrips.
"Further, many prisoners cap
tured at that time told of prom
ised Russian armament. Yet,
when the offensive jumped off,
the Red infantry had help only
from a single artillery division
that went silent after the first
night."
Senate Committee
To Act On New
Income Tax Bill
HARRISBURG,. May 7 —VP)- - -
The Senate finance committee
punctuated a public hearing on
Gov. John S. Fine's tax program
today by immediately calling a
meeting for tomorrow to act on
the tax bills.
Chairman T. Newell Wood (R-
Luzerne) was firm in his forecast
that the $163,000,000 tax program,
featuring the controversial one
half of one per cent personal in
come levy, would be approved by
the committee. .
Republican and Democratic
leaders agreed to debate and vote
on the bill next week even though
it may reach the floor tomorrow.
The five-hour public hearing
saw labor attack the personal in
come tax as a "soak-the-poor"
levy. Business groups divided in
their stand on the hotly disputed
issue.
Both the AFL-Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor and the State
CIO council renewed opposition
to the tax and were joined by the
Smaller Manufacturers council, of
Pittsburgh. The latter group pre
ferred a sales tax.
Arnold Air Society
Will Elect Tonight
The Arnold Air Society will
hold a meeting at 7 tonight in 316
Sparks for the election of offi
cers, Charles R. Campbell, com
mander of the society, said yes
terday.
Plans for the squadron picnic
will be formulated, and new
members will receive their mem
bership certificates and ribbons.
There are a total of 46 active
honorary and professional 'socie
ties at the College.
R. G. GREEN
736 P.S.F.S. Bldg.
12th and Market St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
State Dance Groups
To Participate Here
Thirteen folk and square dance groups will participate in the
Folk Dance Festival in Recreation Hall from 8 to 10:45 p.m. Thurs
day. The Allegheny Coon Hunters will furnish the music and Law
rence Loy will be the guest caller. The Festival is state wide, with
groups from several counties par
Forum Gets
Warning On
Ag Future
Dr. Carl C. Taylor, head of the
rural life division, U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, told the rur
al social science forum yesterday
that freedom is needed so that
the evolving economy and cul
ture can generate issues large
,enough to carry such movements
as the farmer's.
A movement such as the labor
or farmer movement won't de
velop in Argentina or Russia un
less it is undercover, Taylor said.
Vertical mobility, such as there
is in a democratic society is nec
essary he said. Movements evolve
from a free, dynamic society.
Communication, manhood suf
frage, a free economy, transpor
tation, and newspapers are some
of the stimuli of the growth of
the farmer movement in United
States, Taylor said.
Some of the phenomena which
started the farmer movement, Dr.
Taylor said were the Virginia-
Maryland tobacco grower's re
, volt, Shay's rebellion, the whisk
ey rebellion, the Jefferson agrar
ian upheavel, the Farmer's and
Mechanics Union, the Granger
movement, and many other such
incidents. .
The continuity of these many
episodes and instances makes up
the farmer's movement. Each
episode developes a public phe
nomena, he said.
These basic economic instances
started the farmer's movement
and kept it going. Taylor said
that - it is necessary to have a
continual interest in the issues
such as prices, controls, and regu
lations in order to have a move
ment
HULL CRITICALLY ILL
WASHINGTON, May 7 (/F)—
The former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull is in precarious con
dition at the Naval Medical Cen
ter at nearby Bethesda, Md.
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icipating. Five groups from Cen
tre County w ill do exhibition
dances. They are Young Patrons
of Husbandry, Circle and Square
Club, 50-50 Club, composed of
faculty and town people, Hillel
IFoundation, and the Shepperd
Dance Group, under the direction
of Mrs. Jane Shepperd of Boa's
burg.
The program includes "Guede
mon," Young Patrons of Hus
bandry of Centre County; "Meits
chi Putz Di," Circle and Square
Clu b ; "Parlez-vous," Mifflin
County Senior Extension Club;
"The Quilt Dance," Lycoming
County Senior Extension Club;
"Mayim," Hillel Foundation;
"Little 01 d Log Cabin in the
Lane," 50-50 club; "Texas Schot
tische," the Better Farm and
Home Club; "Pericon," Shepperd
Dance Group; "Mexican Waltz,"
Susquehanna Senior Extension
Club; "The Old Gray Bonnett,"
Buffalo Valley Club; "Cshebo
gar," Schwaben Creek Senior Ex
tension Clu b ; "Texas Star,"
Limestone Senior Extension Club;
and "Heitauer . . . Dance of
Courtship," Edelweiss Schuhplat
ters.
Two freshmen at the College,
Margaret Barth and William
Homnans will be the participants
in the "Dance of Courtship."
The "Quilt Dance," which will
be presented by the Lycoming
County Senior Extension Club,
was originated by Mrs., Arthur
Davis of State College. It was de
monstrated last fall at the State
Farm Show in Harrisburg.
Prior to the exhibitions and
during intermissions the festival
will be open for public square
dancing.
The Folk Dance Festival is a
part of the Fourth Annual Recre
ation Conference, sponsored by
the School of Physical Education
and Athletics and th e College
Extension Services. The festival
is open to the public and there
will be no admission charge.
SCIENCE GROUP
The social science. research
group will meet at 4:10 p.m. today
in 109 Agriculture Building to
elect a governing board .
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