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. .