WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 9, -1952 Prisoner Exchange Still Deadlocked; Negotiators SEOUL, Jan. 8 —WI— Several high ranking officers believe Gen. James A. Van Fleet should take charge of the Allied truce nego tiations at Panmunjom. The U.S. Eighth Army com mander himself prpbably hasn't even been consulted on such a move. But officers at his head quarters say they think their boss could speed up the dragging talks. There is no criticism of the way Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head of the United Nations truce dele gation, is handling negotiations. But certain quarters here be lieve that the presence of Van Fleet might impress the Reds. One school of thought believes that the Russian proposal to place the truce negotiations before the UN Security Council should be countered by a startling plan from the Allied side. They say the UN should pro pose that Van Fleet meet with Kim Il Sting, head of the North Korean regime, and Gen. Peng Teh-Kuai, Chinese Communist field commander in Korea. Their argument is that •this would raise the dignity of the talks, which for the past few days has been sliding backwards. Red delegates at Monday's sub committee meeting read maga zines and giggled while Rear Adm. R. E. Libby was talking about the exchange of prisoners of war. 6000 Miners Protest Layoffs By Walkout LANSFORD, Pa., Jan. 8- 7 (E 1 ) All anthracite mines in the Pan ther Valley were shut down today by a - walkout of 6000 hard coal miners in protest over the pro posed layoffs or transfer of eight men. The mines closed down are op erated by the Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. at Lansford, Tamaqua and Nesquehoning. Th e Nesquehoning operation was cloSed down yesterday by a strike after the company an nounced it was planning to trans fer eight men because the section where they were employed was no longer profitable. A spokesman for the United Mine Workers union said the eight had been promised jobs at other company mines but objected to leaving their present homes. The dispute was taken before the Panther Valley General Mine committee last night with repre sentatives of all UMW locals in the area present. The committee voted to support the eight men in their stand and authorized the walkout today. Wilson Attends Funeral H. K. Wilson, dean of men, was called to lowa over the weekend to attend the funeral of his sister in-law. He assumed his duties here yesterday morning. Taft Clairns Enough Pledge Nominations WASHINGTON, Jan. B—(AP)---Senator Taft (R-Ohio) claimed enough pledges today to give him the Republican presidential nom ination if all his• backers can produce the cdnvention voting strength he expects from them. At the same time John D. M. Hamilton, one of the senator's top campaign aides, said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had "pulled the rug out from under" his support ers and left them without a can didate The statements from the Taft camp came in response to word Mom 'Eisenhower yesterday that the North Atlantic Treaty organ ization commander would obey a "clearcut call to political duty" but would not take any personal part in a nomination drive. Eisenhower backers claimed that the Paris statement assures the general's nomination and election. Eisenhower's statement w a elicited by the announcement. of plans to enter his name in the 1..:- publican primary in New Harnp THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA To Continue On Way Out? C. Turner Joy Allied Troops Lose Ground In Korean War SEOUL, Kor e a, Wednesday, Jan. 9—(W)—Chinese Communists, suddenly tripling their strength, drove Allied troops out of the two newly-won positions on the western Korean front yesterday. It was the 13th day of fighting in the Sasi bulge, west of Kor angpo and it took an unexpected turn. Three enemy battalions—num bering 3,000 or more men—and two Red tanks smashed back the United Nations infantry only a few hours after the Allies ad vanced against only one Chinese battalion. j Since Dec. 28, when U.S. Eighth • Army troops yielded a small bald hill—a strategic outpost—t he y have been fighting savagely to regain it. The hill has been named "Paik's (pronounced Pike's) Peak" honoring ia former South Korean division commander, Gen.' Paik Sun Yup. It is only six miles northeast of the armistice . confer ence site at Panmunjom. In the third straight day or renewed air fighting, 11 F-86 sa bre jets of the U.S. Fifth Air I Force yesterday met about 100 1 MIGs at 30,000 feet over north-1 west Korea. Huggler Is President Of Geographical Society The Penn State Geographical Society has elected Edward Hug gler president for the year. Other officers elected were Wil liam Plankenhorn, vice president; Althea Rector, secretary; Peter Urka, treasurer; Albert Ludik, publicity' chairman; William Stockdale, athletic chairman, and Francis Seawall, social chairman. The next regular meeting will be Feb. 11. shire. In a follow-up move today the New Hampshire • torney gen eral's office ruled that the general is a Republican. Some state house observers interpreted that Ending as a bar to entering his name in the Democratic prefer ence voting, a move which Demo cratic admirers still had in mind in the face of his words. Another of the outgrowths of Eisenhower's statement was a declaration from Harold E. Stas sen, another of the avowed aspir ants for the GOP nomination. that his bid is being made on his own and is not •"a shadow cam paign" for Eisenhower. - Talks Today MUNSAN, Korea, 'Wednesday, Jan. 9—(4 )---Communist negotia, tors yesterday refused to consider a new Allied effort to break the deadlock on :exchanging Korean war prisoners and displaced civil ians, leaving the talks perilously adrift Another attempt to haul the talks out of the doldrums will be made today. Subcommittees on prisoner exchange and truce supervision scheduled sessions at 11 a.m. (9 p.m., Tuesday, EST). The U.N. command presented yesterday a re-phrased version of its six-point exchange and repat riation plan, but the Reds said it was no more acceptable than the one submitted by . the U.N. on Jan. 2. An Allied communique said the Reds objected particular ly to voluntary repatriation. In the subcommittee discussing truce supervision, the delegates ' argued fruitlessly for the 10th, straight day on Communist in sistence on rebuilding airfields in Korea. Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner declared the Reds would hold a gun at the heads of the UN com mand forces if they built up military airfields during a truce. "Your idea is to point this gun . . . telling us not to worry since it is not loaded," Turner said. "But we know that all too many people have been killed by so called unloaded guns. And we know that in the case of airfields the gun can be loaded quickly." Communist Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang accused the Allies of using this argument as an "in tentional pretext to delay and disrupt the negotiations." Fine Signs. Bill For Sentencing Sex Offenders HARRISBURG, Jan. 8 (JP) Gov. John S. Fine today signed into law legislation providing for the sentencing of sex offenders to an indefinite term in state men tal institutions rather than prison. The measure w ould require psychiatric examinations of all persons convicted of sex offenses. The findings would be turned over to the courts for final action. Persons committed to state in stitutions for treatment would be held for unlimited periods, de pending on recommendations of the state parole board. The mea sure originally permitted appeals on adverse board decisions but this was amended to give the board final jurisdiction. Sponsored by Sens. John M. Walker (R-Allegheny) and Joseph M. .Barr (3-Allegheny) the leg islation provides for psychiatric treatment for persons adjudged "true sex deviates," by the exami nation. Persons convicted of a sex crime not involving abnormality would be given a specified prison sen tence. Two Pittsburgh judges, who backed the bill, were present when it was signed by Fine. They are judges Samuel A. Weiss and Henry X. O'Brien, of Allegheny Common Pleas Court. Euthanasia Group Offers Essay Prize The Euthanasia Society 'of Am erica is sponsoring an essay com petition for answers to the ques tion, "Why should voluntary euthanasia for incurable sufferers be legalized?" Prizes of $5O and $lOO are being offered for the best answers. Essays must be mailed to the Euthanasia Society, 139 East 57th street, New 'York 22, N,Y. before March 1. On request the society publications will be sent to 'all participants in the contest. Yeaton Speaks Tonight Kelly Yeaton, assistant' profes sor of dramatics and director of the Center Stage, will speak to night at 8 p.m. to the drama sec tion of the Penn State Dames on the 'topic, "Center Stage Arena Styling." American Sabre Jet Pilots Write New Rules TOKYO, Wednesday, Jan. 9 ---(AP)—Ameriean Sabre je t pilots in combat with the Red air force have written "merely the opening chapter of a new book of rules" on an entirely new type of air warfare, the Far East Air Forces said today. In a release, FEAF told why fighting differed so greatly from the pre-jet dogfights of World War 11, and why cas ualties were lower in jet-to-jet combat. The air force said "speed and altitude plus more rugged equipment in the hands of skilled pilots; operating under : , .onditions peculiar to sub sonic flight, add up to an en tirely new type of air warfare that has supplied merely the opening chapter of a new book of rules," Congress May Oppose Tax Boost WASHINGTON, Jan. B—(AP) - - --The 82nd Congress reconvened today with Democratic and Re publican leaders apparently agreed on fighting any major boost in taxes but far apart on other issues in this critical presi dential election year. Tomorrow at '12:30 p.m,, .E.S.T., President Truman will address a joint session of both houses in his annual "state of the union" mes sage outlining the administra tion's legislative program. The president'S speech, ex pected to run about 5,500 words, will mark the real kick-off of what many legislators forecast as one of the most politically turbul ent sessions in history. Amid all the jovial handshak ing and backslapping, bitter poli tical overtones were evident at the outset as hoth parties jockey ed for advantage. The slogans and war cries that will be heard across the land in the months toy come began to erupt in both' chambers. Before the session was 30 min utes old, Senator Styles Bridges (R-NH), newly elected as GOP floor leader, set the tempo by is suing a statement denouncing what he called "the abject failure of the majority (Democratic) par ty to provide forthright, honest, responsible and forward-looking leadership!' Livestock Contest Planned for April The Little International Live stock Exposition, sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club, will be held April 26 in the Livestock Judging Pavilion on Ag Hill. Dorbin Hay was named mana ger and John DePetro, assistant manager, of• the annual student Students will enter ' beef, cat tle, horses, and swine for prizes. Any student is eligible to com pete in the contest. PAGE THREE Churchill, Truman End Conference WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (IP) President Truman and Prime Min ister Churchill ended their four day conference tonight with a re ported pledge to give solid sup port to plans for an all-European army as a bulwark against pos sible Communist aggression. Responsible officials said the President and Churchill both ex pressed the fervent desire to see the six-nation army plan suc ceed in the quickest possible time. This reaffirmation of joint pol icy came as a climax to a 90-min ute meetinfr at the White House the seventh since the confer ence began Saturday. At the final session in the White House Cabinet Room, offi cials said Mr. Churchill reitter ated Britain's support for the all- European army idea first pro posed by France. This would com bine dart of the armies of France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. Britain apparently will not join in the army but will give maxi mum cooperation, it was said, to make the plan a success. Ameri can officials said there never was any plan for British participation, but only cooperation, and that this satisfies the United States at present. Enterprise, Tug Survive 3 Hour Atlantic Storm WITH THE PLYING ENTER PRISE CONVOY, Jan. 8—(M)--- Th e Flying Enterprise and her towing tug, Turmoil, rode out a three-hour Atlantic storm tonight and then began inching toward Falmouth, Eng.. 57 miles away. New concern was felt awhile for the listing American freighter and Capt. Kurt Carlsen as the battered vessel wallowed at the mercy of churning seas. But the fears vanished when the turmoil I once more took up the slack and headed for port. While Carlson stood anxious watch over• the towing gear on the Enterprise, the journey was resumed at 11 p.m. (6 p.m., EST). The seas began to calm shortly before midnight. The halt forced by the storm came just as the crippled Enter prise was almost in sight of land. Heavy seas swirled over her deck as she and the turmoil exe cuted a circling maneuver to turn their sterns to the wind and pro tect the Enterprise's submerged port side. Players to Hold Tryouts Players' tryouts for "You Can't Take It With You" begin tonight in the Old Main Little Theatre. Beginning at 7 p.m. tryouts will run until 9 p.m. both tonight and tomorrow. Tryout times can be scheduled by signing up in Schwab Audi torium Green Room. .
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