FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1952 McGrath Appointed, Head Housecleaner; GOP Opposes Move WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— (IP) —President Truman announced to day he has discarded his plan for a special commission to root out corruption in government. and has given the housecleaning job to Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. McGrath’s selection drew immediate fire from Republican members of Congress. Rep Hillings (R-Calif.) said the move means, “a whitewash is Allies Meet Communist Resistance SEOUL, Korea, Friday, Jan 11 “—(IP) —An Allied raiding party rah into a violent fight with a communist force of undetermined size before dawn Thursday on the Korean western front. The Reds threw hand grenades and an intense volume of small arms and automatic weapons fire at the Allied infantry advancing up a hill northwest of Yonchon. The Allied troops directed ar tillery on the enemy, but at 6 a.m., withdrew under Red mortar fire. A' 1 ”two-hour fight on the eastern front near the Mundung Valley was the only other flurry of ac tivity. This skirmish, with about two squads of Red§ (possibly 20 to 25 men), ended at 4:10 a.m. During the day Thursday the entire snowy front was quiet. The U. S. Eighth Army communique reported no'single specific action. However, an Eighth Army brief ing officer estimated that during the first week of January the enemy had suffered 5,879 casual ties. This figure included 3,343 killed,' 36 1 captured and an esti .mate of 2,500 wounded. Nearly half the .enemy losses, he said, .were in the Sasi sector of the western front, where members of the South Korean first division were trying to recapture a hill that the Chinese had seized Dec. 28. Since Jan. 8 no action has been reported from the ,Sasi area. Snowstorms and thick clouds limited the U.S. Fifth Air Force to only 16 sorties Thursday. Truman to GOP Man, WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— (JP) —President Truman made plain to day he will take the stump against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower if the general wins this year’s Republican nomination for President. The President said he did not think any Republican- would be good for the country. Truman wouldn’t say whether or not he himself will run again. He said he would make that de cision some time ‘before the Re publicans hold -their convention in July. But he told his news conference no matter whom the Democrats nominate, he would work to get him, elected. Repeatedly the President spoke glowingly,of Eisenhower, of what a grand man he is and how good a job he’s doing. Truman said he will keep him on as supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe'as long as Eisenhower will stay there. After this high praise of Eisen hower, a reporter asked: “Do you mean if the next Pres Pardon Us . . We made a mistake in the LION STUDIO ,ad yes terday. In mentioning the new low prices it was stated that six 5x7 inch prints can now be had for $14.95, a saving of $3.00 as compared to former prices. Actually if will be a 6.00 saving. Quite a difference!! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, coming.” He demanded in a state ment that the-House investigate the Justice Department, headed by McGrath. Rep. Bakewell (R-Mo) renewed' in the House his demand for McGrath’s resignation, declaring that if Truman was sincere in his desire for a cleanup “he would start at the top.” There have been numberous reports in Washington recently that McGrath - might leave the cabinet as a result of tax scandals unearthed by a House ways and means subcommittee and involv ing operations in the Justice De partment. Truman scotched these at his news conference today. He not only announced his choice of Mc- Grath for the cleanup job but said in response to questions that the attorney general is not step ping out of the Justice Depart ment. There will be no special com mission to conduct an investiga tion of corruption in the govern ment,. Truman said. He said that he had given the matter a great deal of thought and had come to the conclusion that the job right fully was one for the Justice De partment. Tax Evasion Policy Changed WASHINGTON,. Jan. 10— (IP) The Treasury today abandoned a long-standing policy of letting tax evaders escape criminal pros ecution if they voluntarily con fess they fraud and pay up. Secretary of the Treasury Sny der announced the sudden rever sal in policy as part of a new “get tough” drive in the wake of the nation-wide- tax scandals. Steps also were announced to speed up tax prosecutions and to eliminate, “influence” from such cases. Fight Any Even Ike' The pictures' for the article, which required high-speed pho tography and special lighting, were,taken by Albert Fenn, Life photographer. Fenn worked with tunnel director Dr. James Robert son and his staff for more than a week to get the pictures. Fenn and Life writer William Pain worked on the story' here the last week in November. New Freshman Hours | Sponsors Art Exhibit ident cannot be a Deihocrat, you think Genera} Eisenhower would be good for the country?” . Truman said he didn’t say that. He ■ said he doesn’t think the country would be good under any Republican president. Truman joined in the laughter. Second semester freshman wo men will have -regular - upper class -hours for the- rest of the semester, according to Joan Yer ger,, chairman of the freshman customs and regulations board. Any ten o’clock permission a freshman has not used may be used as an 11. Second semester freshmen no longer will have to sign out on week days when tak ing ten’s, she added. Weather Forces Early Churchill Departure From. NY Prime Minister Winston Church ill'cut short his New York visit today because of bad flying wea ther. He leaves for Ottawa by, train tonight (at 11:30 p.m. EST). Churchill had ' intended to fly fo the Canadian capital tomor row. But his host, 81-year-old financier Bernard Baruch, told newsmen: “The air is bad for flying.” . Churchill arrived last night by train from Washington after con cluding -four days of conferences with President Truman" on. criti cal world problems .-' • His old. friend, financier Ber nard Baruch, put him up for whet was billed as a two-day rest at Baruch’s downtown Manhat tan apartment before leaving for •Ottawa tomorrow and more con ferences with Canadian govern ment officials. Reds Demand, Allies Accept Tinal 7 Terms MUNSAN, Korea, Friday; Jan. 11— (IP) —Friction over the Korean truce talks hit a higher pitch to day, as • communist propaganda broadcasts emphasized a “grave crisis” unless, the Allies accept “final” Red terms of supervising an armistice. The Allies rejected the - com munist proposal Thursday, be cause it failed to include safe guards against increasing Red air power in Korea during an armis tice. ,- / The UN command lashed back with charges that the Reds were trying “to advocate' slavery”- by insisting on the forced repatria tion of all Allied-held prisoners. While nerves had reached the snapping point on both sides, an other attempt to reach an armis tice agreement was scheduled in Panmunjom, for 11 a.m. today (9 p.m. EST Thursday). Another warning, far from the conference site, was heard Thurs day from South Korean Presi dent Syngman Rhee. Bluntly he declared, “Any patched up humil iating peace now will only result in a more disastrous war later.” 'Life' Will Carry Water Tunnel Story The issue of Life magazine which appears today contains a story of water tunnel research at the’ College. The story, titled “Torpedo Tur bulence,” appears in the “science” section of the magazine and tells of College research with the Gar field Thomas Wafer Tunnel. The Department of Architecture is sponsoring- an exhibit , of 15 modern water colors now on dis play at the Home Economics Living' Center. The paintings were loaned by the Museum.of Modern Art and will be on display .until, Feb. 4. Included in . the. showing are works of Charles Demuth, Charles Burchfield; John Martin, George Grosz, Winslow Homer and other American and foreign artists. il!lllllllllllllllllll[|||||||||||||||lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllll|l|ll||||!ll ROAN'S Delicatessen College Ave. m liiiipiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM 400 ; E. Flying Enterprise Captain Leaps to FALMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 1 10— (&)—The Flying Enterprise sank today. With her fate sealed in a gale that hammered her beyond en durance, Capt. Kurt Carlsen and Mate Kenneth Dancy leaped from the crippled 7-year-old freighter into the sea, scrambled aboard the British' tug Turmoil and watched the Enterprise make her death plunge. Debris from a million dollar cargo littered the water. Foghorns of escort craft wailed in salute at this end to an epic two-week struggle against the Concludes Talks Anthony Eden Acheson, Eden End Conferences WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—— Secretary Acheson and Foreign Secretray Anthony Eden con cluded today the six-day British- American global survey by ex changing views on the Far East Where the communist threat to southeast Asia and Japan’s in dustrial revival have raised new problems . The State Department said the two men made “good progress,” without reaching hard and fast decisions, in the last of a series of meetings which followed the talks between President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. John Foster Dulles,' Republi can adviser to Acheson on the Japanese peace treaty, sat in on the final meeting with Eden, sug gesting major attention was gi ven to Japan’s future role in the Pacific. Eden and other British leaders are known to be worried over the revival of Japanese trade competition, particularly in textiles, in Asian markets, and over the plight of Hongkong which is being squeezed by the Western boycott of Red China. Silva Will Speak At Conference “A President Is Nominated” will be the theme of a talk by Dr. Ruth C. Silva, associate pro fessor of political science, at the Intercollegiate Confer ence on Government. Meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in 214 Willard Hall. The. talk will deal with the presidential nominating conven tion—;its mechanics, politics, and platform. The subject will fit in with this year’s ICG activities of pre paring for and participating in a state-wide ’ presidential- nominat ing convention to be held in Ap ril at Harrisburg. Snack Bar PAGE THREE Sinks; Safety The 6,711-ton, Isbrandtsen line ship, listing heavily to port since a hurricane cracked her decks Dec. 26, started sinking about 3:16 p.m. (10:18 a.m., EST). Within a few minutes Carlsen and Dancy were off. Her funnel dipping into the whitecaps, the Enterprise threshed crazily flat on her side of the boiling swells. Stern first, she finally slid out of sight at 4:10 p.m. The Danish-born skipper, 37, watched wearily from the deck of ,the Turmoil this end of his dream of riding the Flying Enterprise back to a safe harbor with the 2,650 ton cargo of mail, pig iron, coffee, and furniture that was stowed below when he headed her out of Hamburg for New York Dec. 21. Carlsen had remained on the freighter when he turned his 40 crewmen and .10 passengers over to four rescue ships Dec. 29 about 320 miles off England’s lands end. One passenger died. For a week Carlsen was alone. Then Dancy, sturdy 27-year-old mate of the Turmoil, clambered aboard last Friday and helped Carlsen make fast a wire towline, designed to meet any strain, up to 65 tons— twice that of a normal operation in good weather. Playing her charge on 750 yards of wire, the Turmoil hauled the Flying Enter prise to within 50 miles of Fal mouth and safety. But freshening weather and sawing action Wed nesday parted the tdwline, five inches in circumference. All ef forts to rig another failed. Prayers Come True WOODBRIDGE, N.J., Jan. 10 —(/P) —Mrs. Agnes Carlsen, wife of the rescued skipper, said today her prayers had been answered, then added, “But I can’t take any more.” Mrs. Carlsen, a matronly-look ing woman in her 30’s, was over come by emotion when she heard the first bulletin of her husband’s rescue from the doomed Flying Enterprise. All she could sob was “I’m very happy, my husband has been rescued.” Mrs. Carlsen, from the seclusion of the home of a relative where she had been ill, said: “I prayed that this would hap pen and the children prayed and we knew that our prayers would be answered. We always felt daddy would come back to us all right.” ROBERT TAYLOR DENISE DARCEL "WESTWARD THE WOMAN" DORIS DAY DANNY THOMAS "I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS" OPEN at 6:20 PATRICIA NEAL "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL"
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