iUItSDAY, DidEMllElt 6, 1951
Red Evasiveness
Korean Armistice
MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday, Dec. .6 (W) Communist truce
delegates dodged or gave evasive answers Wednesday on terms for
supervising a Korean armistice 13 - it the United Nations command
indicated it was ready to probe today for areas of common agreement.
In exploratory talks Wednes
day the Communists cited two
Russian satellites, Poland an d
Czechoslovakia, as •suitable to
serve on the Communist pro
posed neutral inspection teams
to police a Korean truce.
Others Named
The Reds also mentioned Swit
zerland,4 Denmark and Sweden
as qualified to serve because they
had not sent troops to Korea.
An Allied spokesman told news
correspondents that the fact neu
tral countries were discussed was
no indication that the U.N. com
mand had accepted the Red pro
posal fo r truce inspections by
neutral nations.
"qur questions," said Lt. Col.
Howard Levie, ` . `were merely ex
ploratory in an effort to obtain
complete clarification of the var
ious terms uesd in the Commun
ist proposal."
The U.N. command communi
que Wednesday night said it was
"important to - note" that the
countries mentioned --ere "mere
ly given as examples of, the type
which the Communists consid
ered within their definition of
`neutral nations'."
Reds, Evasive
Referring to attempts to obtain
clarification of the Red trace
inspection plan, the communique
said:
"T hi s attempt was, unfortun
ately largely unsuccessful. The
Communists repeatedly gave eva
sive answers or refused to an
swer . . "
The Allies also noted that the
Reds still have not replied to an
offer to begin separate subcom
mittee discussions on exchange
of prisoners of war. The Reds
said they had "received no in
structions" from Maj. Gen. Nam
11, their senior delegate.
Two Top Iranians
Quit Oil Positions
TEHMAN, Iran, Dec. s—(iP)—i.
Two top men on Iran's Oil Na
tionalization Board resigned to
day as economic distress signals
were hoisted by several govern
ment officials.
Sen. Abolraassam Najm, a fi
nancial expert, resigned as man
aging director of the 11-member
parliamentary watchdog board,
and Senator Mahammed Sorrori
stepped down with him.
There were rumors uncon
firmed—that both quit in opposi
tion to the demand by the oil
nationalization boss, Hussein
Maki, that Iran sell oil to Russia
and the Communist nations.
Meanwhile, Mehdi Bazergan, a
leading member of the Iranian Oil
Management Board, told a re
porter this country must sell its
oil to foreign buyers or face "con
siderable hardship and financial
loss."
Chest Heads Await
Late Dorm Returns
Campus . Chest officials said
yesterday no new drive totals
are available, but added that they
are awaiting late returns from
a dormitory unit.
Prof. Ralph Armington, head
of the faculty drive committee,
said "well over $1000" has been
totaled from faculty and staff
members. He , did not say what
portion of the faculty and staff
the income represented. Arming
ton said returns should be avail
able later this week.
Murray Goldman, solicitation
chairman, said student driVe to
tals should be available next
Week. Lates t' reports showed
$8922.31 in .student contributions.
The Chest goal was $12,000.
Town Meeting Series
To Resume at Hillel
Dr. Clarence Carpenter, pro
fessor of psychology; Dr. _E. S.
Carter, assistant professor o f
speech; and George Haller, dean
of 'theSchool of Chemistry and
Physics, will be guest speakers
when the Town Meeting series
are resumed at 8 p.m. Sunday at
the Hilel Foundation.
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Stalls
Talks
Revenue
Officer
'wits Post
WASHINGTON, Dec. s—(W)
Charles Oliphant resigned as chief
legal officer of the k Internal Rev
enue Service tod a y, deploring
"vilification" and piling another
sensation on the heap already
collected by a House investigating
committee.
As Oliphant gave up his $14,-
800 a year job in the Truman ad
ministration, Frank Nathan went
before the• inquiry group to deny
a charge that he tried to shake
down. a wealthy Chicago lawyer
for $500,000 with promises to "fix"
his tax troubles through influ
ential friends in Washington of
ficialdom. •
Nathan shouted that the accu
sation was "a dirty, filthy lie."
The conflict in testimony
brought an announcement from
Rep. King (D-Calif), chairman of
the committee,. that a transcript
of the testimony about the alleged
shakedown would be sent to the
Department of Justice for perjury
action.
"It has been quite clear in the
past 24 hours that one or more
persons : perjured themselves be
fore this committee," King said.
Oliphant resigned in a strongly
worded letter to President Tru
man.
"I find it beyond the limits of
my endurance to protect my name
and reputation and the prestige
of the office I hold in the face
of baseless and scurrilous
charges," he wrote in part.
Oliphant's name was connected
with the shakedown story, but the
42 year old attorney, who 'has
been with the revenue bureau
since 1939, told Mr. Truman that
it was "fantastic" to infer that
he had anything to do with the
alleged plot.
The shakedown story was told
to the inquiry group—a House
ways and means subcommittee—
yesterday by 'Abraham Teitel
baum, a well to do attorney and
real estate operator in Chicago.
Alpha Epsilon Delta
To Hear Dr. Brown
Dr. Charles L. Brown, dean of
Hahnemann Medical College, will
speak to Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre
medical honorary, at 7 tonight in
121 Sparks.
"The Impact of Pre-medical
and Medical Education and Re
search on the Practice of
for will be his topic -for the
lecture which is open to the pub
lic.
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Yugoslavia
Frees Stepinac
After 5 Years
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec.
S—(IP)--Marshal Tito's Commu
nist government today gave con
ditional freedom of Msgr. Alo
jzijc Stepinac, the Roman Cath
olic Primate condemned in 1946
to 16 years imprisonment on
charges of collaborating with the
Nazis in World War IL
The announcement made
through the official news agency
Tanjug, did not say what the
conditions were. But it referred
to Msgr Stepinac as the "former
archbishop," making clear that
the government does not recog
nize him as the head of the Cath
olic church in YugoslaVia or in
any other official capacity.
It seem6d obvious that Tito
hoped to make public opinion in
Western countries more friendly
to his regime by the release. But
a new element of controversy
may now be introduced.
Vatican sources already have
declared that "the mandate arch
bishop Stepinac received upon his
consecration remains intact even
if the Yugoslav government
should not recognize it."
Sources 'close to the Vatican
n e w s p a p e r, L'Osservatore Ro
mano, expressed pleasure t hat
Stepinac had been released, but
commented: "If Tito is releasing
Stepinac in a political gesture, it
is one thing. But if he really
wishes to recognize his innocence
he should free him with full
rights and restore him to his arch
bishopric." The Vatican has ex
communicated - all who had a part
in the arrest, trial and imprison
ment of the primate.
Air Force Sets
Goal of 143 Wings
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—(AP)—
Secretary of Defense Robert Lov
ett disclosed today that the air
force has set a new goal of 143
wings—somewhere between 4,200
and 10,700 planes—in planning
the next military budget.
The .new figure compares with
current strength of about 90
wings. Pre-Korean strength was
48 wings.
Lovett told a news conference
that the Defense Department is
asking President Truman and
Congress to authorize the exten
sion, and he emphasized that the
emergency calls for prompt ac
tion rather than a long-drawn
program.
The defense chief said 126 of
the proposed 143 wings would be
combat planes , and the remainder
troop carriers.
A wing varies in size from the
30 planes for B-36 heavy bombers
to 75 for fighter planes. The wing
is made up of the group of com
bat planes and personnel plus
the equipment and men necessary
to provide maintenance.
O'Neill Critically 111
BOSTON, Dec. 5—(?P) Eugene
O'Neill, Nobel and Pulitzer prize
winning playwright, is in critical
condition at Faulkner Hospital.
The 63-year-old dramatist re
turned to the hospital last week
end after several previous visits.
7000
After
MAHINOG, CAMIGUIN ISLAND, Philippines, Thursday, Dee.
6—(A')—Seven thousand refugees crowded into this coastal village
Wednesday as a new shower of hot ashes from Hibok Hibok cas
caded down from the, north end of Camiguin Island.
The known dead from Tuesday's violent volcano eruption stood
at 146. Gov. Pacienco Ysalina estimated at least 500 more bodies
lie in the smoking ash and lava
between the peak and the north
shore.
Finance
Committee
OK's Taxes
HARRISBURG, Dec. 5 (R)—
The Senate finance committee
broke a long tax stalemate to
night by approving the bulk of a
$ll3 million patchwork tax pro
gram. The committee was virtu
ally unanimous on most of the
Fine bills in the package, al
though Democrats voted against
one or two of them.
The R epubli can-dominated
Senate immediately geared its
operations to pass the House-ap
proved tax measures by the time
the House reconvenes Dec. 10.
The $ll3 million tax package,
plus $3O million in appropriation
cuts and a $5 million boost in
revenue estimates, is expected to
be enough to balance Gov. John
S. Fine's $1,220,000,000 budget
for the current two-year fiscal
period.
The tax package (with revenue
estimates in parenthesis) include:
(1) Collecting 30 months of
corporate net income taxes with
in the present two-year fiscal
period ($6l million).
(2) Imposing a new on e per
cent tax on real estate transfers
to be paid by the seller ($2O mil
lion).
(3) Removing exemptions from
payment of the eight-mill tax on
gross receipts of public utilities
for for-hire truckers a n d bus
firms which are now allowed to
deduct the amount of license fees
paid to the state in their re
turns ($l9 million).
(4) Increasing inheritances tax
es from 10 to 15 per cent on
others than direct heirs but leav
ing the two per cent levy on
direct heirs intact ($lO million).
(5) Remove the exemption of
mutual fire, casualty and marine
insurance companies and life in
surance firms with headquarters
in Pennsylvania from payment
of the one per cent tax on prem
ium collections ($5 million).
All of the bills except the real!
Homes
Eruption
Flee
New
The governor after an inspec
tion revised downward an earlier
estimate of 2,000 still missing.
More than six square miles of
the island were covered by ashes
in the first eruption Tuesday.
This was expanded by a new
and lighter fall Tuesday night
that • continued Wednesday.
The second eruption caught few
people unawares, however. Most
of them moved quickly out of
the danger area.
The smoking ashes soon made
Mambajao, on the north coast,
untenable. All except a few sol
diers and members of the con
stabulary were evacuated to Ma
hinog on the east coast.
Seen from the air today, the
peak of 5,620-foot Hibok Hibok
was a smoking, lava-filled crater.
Yellow clouds, poisonous looking,
boiled up.
On the north end of the island
could be seen the bare trunks of
thousands of coconut palms
thrust up through a layer of
smoking ashes that covered the
ground.
The first estimate of more than
six square miles of devastation
seemed conservative. Here and
there could be seen the remains
of what once must have been
houses. They appeared as charred
timbers set in small openings in
the coconut groves.
Press reports said that while
the lava fields had begun to cool,
the heat was so intense that res
cue workers still were unable to
reach the heart of the disaster
area.
-state transfers levy reached the
loor. That tax measure was held
p for amendments dealing with
he tax to be paid on ground
eased for oil or gas well drilling,
CLASS RING
For Him, For Her,
For Yourself
For Christmas
at Balfour ' s ("A" Store)
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