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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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