< WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1951, Red Chinese Troops Shift to East Front U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Oct. 10—(A 3 ) —The Allies ground ahead one mile in Western Korea , Tuesday but the Reds sprang one 'of their most significant, war moves in months—a sudden shift of Chinese troops to the eastern front. The new Red maneuver,; possibly involving the transfer of a major Chinese unit, checked an Allied advance in the East. This State Dep't Fires Back At Stassen -WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—(/P>— The State Department fired back at Harold E. Stassen on two fronts today, challenging his sworn testimony on events linked with U.S. policy toward Red China. Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk led off, reportedly telling, senators behind' closed doors that so far as he knows no top. State Department official ever advocated American recogni tion of Communist China. Rusk thus> backed up earlier testimony by Ambassador -at - Large Philip C. Jessup that the United States has “never consid ered the recognition of Commun ist China.”. < Stassen, former Republican governor. Of Minnesota, .now president of' the University of Pennsylvania, told a Senate for eign relations subcommittee yes terday, that Jessup’s testimony on that point was “false.” The subcommittee is weighing President Truman’s nomination of, Jessup as a delegate *to the forthcoming -United Nations Gen eral Assembly meeting in Paris next month. Senate Committee Votes to Probe McCarthy Charges WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (£>)— A Senate inquiry committee to day voted unanimously to inves tigate charges levelled against Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) by Senator Benton who says /McCarthy should be ousted from the Senate. Chairman Gillette (D - Iowa) told newsmen that' staff investi gators haVe been instructed to look into the charges and report by Nov. 1. ■ Gillette’s group, a subcommit tee of the Senate rules committee, voted to go ahead after McCarthy rejected an invitation fb take the witness stand and reply to Ben ton’s charges. Benton testified under oath be-, fore the Gillette subcommittee on Sept. 28, accusing McCarthy of committing .perjury and fraud and “calculated deceit” against the American people.' The Connecticut senator based his demand for McCarthy’s oust er on “case studies” closely linked to McCarthy’s sensational Communists - in - government charges that led to a Senate in quiry last year. Ferhelius to Talk To PSCA Tonight Dr. W. ’ Cohrad Femelius, of the Department of Chemistry at'the College, - will discuss “Is Science a Sacred Cow?” at the Penn State Christian Association upperclass round table at 8 to night in 304 Old Main. Edward Crossley, of the round-table exe cutive committee, will preside. The meeting is open to the public. Campus leaders will discuss "Who Runs the Campus?” at the PSCA freshman council meeting at 7 tonight in' 405 'Old Main. David Howell,will preside^atnthe meeting. ' -> '" PSCA cabinet will meet at 6:30 tonigjit-in 304 Old Main. N Krauss to Give Speech Dr. Franklin B. Krauss, .pro fessor of Latin, will address the Classical Honorary Society at Get tysburg College Thursday. Oh Friday he will speak to the Latin ,division of the 'Pennsylvania State Education Association at York. \ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE' COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 'meant - just two things to em battled United Nations on the mountainous eastern .front: 1. The unending U.N. hill as saults have at least partly ground down the rebuilt North Korean army.' 2. The battle, which was al ready tough, is probably going to get tougher. U.S. Eighth .Army estimates placed Red losses at 80,000 men since Aug. 23 when the' Kaesong peace, talks were suspended by the Communists.. This is equal to eight to 10 Red divisions. ■Gen. James A. Van Fleet’s autumn offensive by five Allied divisions was held to limited gains in the West: The U.S. First Cavalry Divis ion gained a little more than one mile against moderate to heavy Chinese resistance north and northwest -of Yonchon, seven miles' north of parallel 38. An Eighth Army communique Tues day night said the advancing infantrymen were “heavily en gaged" at mid-day. Elsewhere on the Western front tank-infantry patrols made only light contact. On the eastern front it was a different story. AP Correspondent Stan 'Car ter- said that fresh Chinese Com munists fought American .troops hand-to-hand on “Kim II Sung” ridge northwest of Yanggu. It was. the first time since May that Chinese Reds have been in action in this sector. Princess Is Welcomed By Quebec QUEBEC, Oct. 9 —(£>)— Prin-, cess Elizabeth said tonight at a glittering state dinner that her heart Was filled with pride and joy by the warmth of the Can adian welcome given her and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. In a brief, simple speech,, the Princess' 1 told the 250 dinner guests she had had some mis givings about crossing the - At lantic and coming to the new world, but that all her doubts vanished" the moment she set foot on Canadian soil. Early next year, the Princess and Duke are to tour Australia and New Zealand as representa tives of King George and Queen Elizabeth. Buckingham Palace made the announcement. The King and Queen, had planned to start such a trip in January, but his long convalescence from a lung operation will prevent it. Even though the Princess and Duke have-been in Canada only a little more than 24 hours, it already had become, apparent that the tour would be a smash ing success' as a goodwill mission. Almost everybody agreed that both Elizabeth and Philip were charming and likeable. Tonight’s dinner' was given by the Prime' Minister of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, in the huge ballroom of -the Chateau Fron ■‘tenac, one of Canada’s finest hotels. He extended the province’s welcome to the royal couple and expressed. confidence they would be able to preserve the institu tion of royalty, in the common wealth. Phi Epsilon Kappa 1 A. meeting-of Phi Epsilon Kap pa, physical education honorary, will be held at Sigma Nu at 7:30 tonight. The program will con sist of a discussion of future plans. Hellenic Group to Meet The \Penn State Hellenic So ciety, asocial club'made up of students of Greek descent,’ will meet at 7:30 -tomorrow night in , tv*,U ‘i' a* , vV The World At a Glance Taft to Get Survey WASHINGTON,- Oct. 9 —(A 3 ) — Senator Taft (R-Ohio) will get a report tomorrow on the grass-' roots survey he has said will guide, him in deciding whether to try for the Republican presiden tial nomination. But an aide said tonight the, senator will not an nounce his. intentions tomorrow. The statement that Taft will keep silent was made by Jack Martin, the senator’s administra tive assistant. Silpafric Promoted WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—(A 3 ) — John A. McCone\ resigned today as Under Secretary of Air and President Truman nominated As sistant Secretary Roswell L. Gil patric to succeed him. Gilpatric. has been- assistant Secretary since May. He is a New York lawyer and was a member of the- firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore there. He is 44. The White House announced Gilpatric’s appointment in mak ing public McCone’s letter of resignation. McCone said he is leaving Oct. 15 for “personal reasons” and will return to pri vate business. \ * * * Argentine Papers MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 9—(A 3 ) —Argentine applicants for membership in the Inter-American Press Association walked out in a huff today when 33 of their 44 bids for membership were turned down by the convention. Bowles Named Ambassador v / Over Protest WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 —(&) The • Senate tonight confirmed Chester Bowles as ambassador to India over sharp protests by Sen ator Taft of Ohio land other Re publicans. The 43 to 33 vote, largely fol lowing party lines, came after Democrats praised Bowles, for mer governor of Connecticut and wartime price administrator. Replying for Republicans, Taft said he knew of no one “less qualified” to be diplomatic spokes man for the nation in one of the touchiest parts of the world. Democratic lines held steadier than Republican ranks on the test. Only one Democrat, McCar ran of Nevada, voted with 32 Republicans against confirmation while;-favorable votes came from 38 Democrats and five Republi cans: Aiken (Vt), Langer (ND), Lodge (Mass). Morse (Ore) and Smith (Me). Taft’s criticism of Bowles came in answer to praise of the nominee from Senator McMahon (D-Conn). McMahon said Bowles “fits the picture better than any man in public life.” .McMahon contended that Re publicans were opposing the Bowles nomination in'a political move. Taft said that Bowles, as war time price czar, “antagonized” both Republicans and Democrats who had to deal with him and “followed the CIO all down-the line.” ‘He is not a diplomatic man,” Taft shouted. “I’ve had a Jot of experience with him.” McMahon' said Bowles would bring a “fresh approach,” intelli gence, and hard work to the. dip lomatic assignment that should’ aid in solving problems of pov erty and intense nationalism in India. ' Senator.. Monroney (D-Okla) joined in support of Bowles, say ing he handled “ one of the tough est assignments” as price admin istrator. . . Seniors' to Meet Sunday Commencement plans will' be discussed, by the senior class at a meeting .7 p.m. Sunday in 10 Sparks. Flat' diplomas,. commencement speaker suggestions,'class day re ception in February, class gift, and Pennsylvania Week are on the agenda. , v ■ ■,’ , Reds Offer New Site For Peace Talks TOKYO, Oct. 10 (A 3 ) —The Communist high command today proposed an immediate resumption of the Korean cease-fire talks at the Red-held village of Panmunjom. The Red leaders suggested the question they raised extending the neutral zone to include advance Allied truce headquarters at Britain Will Keep Guard Over Suez ♦ * LONDON, Oct. 9—(A 3 )—Britain announced today she' intends to keep her 10,000 troops on guard over the Suez Canal and all her rights in the Sudan despite Egypt’s efforts to push her out. A statement by Foreign Secre tary Herbert Morrison said Bri tain intended to maintain her “full rights” under the treaties of 1936 and 1899 pending a sat isfactory agreement with Egypt on the basis of new < proposals which will be presented shortly. These proposals, it was known, involve the participation of the United States in Suez’ defensq. In Cairo, schools were closed and crowds celebrated Prime Minister Mustapha Nahas PaSha’s announcement yesterday'that Egypt is cancelling both pacts. The Egyptian Parliament took steps to hasten ratification of the action. Truckloads of police turned back a crowd of several thousand demonstrators shouting “Long Live King Farouk, of Egypt and Sudan” when they tried to march on the British em bassy. Mdrrison’s statement said the British government took the “strongest exception” to. Egypt’s one-sided action in abrogating the 20-year alliance of 1936 and the 1899 treaty setting up joint rule over the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Diplomatic officials in London believed that Nehas Pasha wants the Sudan as his price for agree ing to a new internationalized defense setup at Suez. He told Parliament the Sudan -would have its own parliament and cab inet, but would be under the Egyptian -cro.wn and Egyptian administration of its foreign pol icy, defense and finances. Deutsche Verein To Meet Tonight •The German Club, Der Deut sche yerein, will meet at 7:30 tonight in Simmons Hall play room. A short business meeting will be held to introduce officers and organize committees. A slide lecture on Germany will be presented by Nora. Witt man of the German department, and card games will follow. Students and faculty members interested in the German lan guage and culture may attend the meeting. Officers of the club elected last spnng are Eva Stein, president; Ruth Eddy, vice president, and Jack Wood, secretary treasurer. Reagan to Attend World Metallurgical Congress _ W. J. Reagan, associate pro fessor of metallurgy, will attend the World Metallurgical Congress as an American conferee. The-conference will be held in Detroit from Oct. 14 to 19 Four hundred and fifty Ameri can and Canadian metal experts will meet in scientific sessions with a like number of top metal lurgists from 30 free nations. Engineers to Meet The Society Of American Mili tary Engineers will initiate its activities for the fall semester with a smoker to be' held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 3 Carnegie Hall. ■ All, members and interested ROTC students are invited to at tend. There will be guest speak ers and a business meeting. -The society conducts programs stres sing .many military and engineer ing ; activities.. ' - ' ■ ' " - PAGE THREE Munsan be reserved for discus sion by the truce delegations later. The Allies have objected to such an extension of the zone. The Reds, broadcasting from Peiping the text of their note to the Supreme Allied Commander in advance of its actual delivery, said they had instructed i liaison officers to meet Allied officers at 10 a.m. (8 p.m. Tuesday EST) to discuss resumption of full dress Conferences by the major dele gates. The- Peiping broadcast in the English language was monitored by the Associated Press. • -- Formal Reply • The message, addressed to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander, was signed by North 'Korean Premier Kim 11 Sung and Gen. Peng Teh-Huai,. leader of the Chinese Red army in Korea. It formally replied to Ridg way’s message of Oct. 8 agreeing to the Red offer to meet in the Panmunjom area. Panmunjom is six miles east of Kaesong, where the first fruitless truce talks were held. The Red leaders however were insistent that the first full-scale armistice talks deal with the question of extending the Kae song neutral area to a rectangle running from Kaesong on into Allied territory around Munsan, 12 miles southeast. This would in clude the Red checkpoint -at Pan munjom. Ridgway ' was willing to con sider the highway linking the three points as a free-from-attack zone but not to make it a full neutral area. Deadlock May Block Tax Raise WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—(/P)_ The possibility of a deadlock which might block any tax in crease this year was raised guard edly today by members of a Senate-House conference com mittee. In long morning and afternoon sessions, the conferees were able to agree on only five of the re maining points of difference— and the big disputes were still outstanding. Some of the members—Demo crat as well as Republican—said certain of those disputes seem ir reconcilable. One member pointed out that a majority, of the 12-man group must sign before its recommenda tions have any official weight, and he added that as of tonight there is a possibility the neces sary signatures might not be ob tainable. Some of the biggest stumbling blocks were a proposal to tax mutual savings banks and build ing and loan associations, an other to tax certain earnings of co-operativfes, a proposal to “with hold taxes at the source of divi dends and interest payments, and another to reduce the excess pro fits tax credit, • which would in crease the amount of excess pro fits taxes. collected from corpor ations. And there were others. Coffee Hour Today Members of the Home Eco nomics and Chem-Phys School Councils will be guests of H. K. Wilson, Dean of Men, and his staff, at his coffee-hour at 4 p.m. today. The coffee-hour will be held in the dean’s office in Old Main. Hillel Services Tonight Services for Yom Kippur, Jewish day of atonement, will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today' at the Hillel foundation, ■133 W. Beaver’ avenue.
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