*EDNE§DAY, MARCH 12, 1952 Taft Leads Early Unofficial Returns Show Eisenhower Running Second . Early 'skeleton returns from New Hampshire's first-in the-nation "popularity test" election last (Tuesday) night gave Senator Robert A. Taft an edge over Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. An unofficial check of 32 out of the state's 297 precincts found Taft with 1171 votes, Eisenhower 1032, Harold E. Stas- Pa. Democrats Favor Truman ' PHILADELPHIA, March 11-- (R)—Pennsylvania's delegation to the Democratic National Conven tion will wear the Truman label. A majority of the men• and women who will 'represent the state at Chicago next July dis closed in an Associated Press poll ,that as of today they favor the renomination of President Tru man. They made it pretty plain that should Mr. Truman choose not to run they will be ready to support the candidate he endorses. The Democratic State Committee has urged Mr. Truman to seek reelection. The attitutde evident among the Democrats is in considerable contrast to the views expressed in similar Associated Press polls among Pennsylvania delegates to the Republican National Conven tion. The GOP leadership in the state, and many convention delegates, are plugging for an unpledged delegation without advance com mitment to support any candidate. Among the Democrats, the AP poll contacted 79 out of the 99 pOssible members of the conven tion delegation; 48 said flatly that they favor Mr. 'Truman. Twenty one othOrs said they have not decided whom they would sup port. WASHINGTON, March- 11—(JP) -The House today voted auth ority for a special committee to go abroad - to further an investi gation of the Katyn Forest mas sacre of thousands of Polish offi cers in World War 11. UN 'Fed Up' with Reds; Red Base Demolished MUNSAN, Korea, Wednesday, March 12—(P)—Allied truce dele gates, fed up with Communist stalling, today faced their tough est test of patience to keep the deadlocked talks alive. Today's sessions at Panmunjom were were set, as usual, for 11 (9 EST, Tuesday). Exasperated by the Reds' ver bal gymnastics, U.S. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby told the Communists during Tuesday's meetings: "We are getting fed up with your attempts to make things ap pear as facts that are not facts." Calls Reds Liars Even Gen. MattheW B. Ridg way was,irked to the point of calling. th Communist negotia tors liars, but in carefully-chosen phrases. The Allied supreme com mander, briefly. visiting Munsan' from Tokyo, said , future of - the truce talks was unpredictable. The talks remained firmly knot ted on two of several major is sues. —Allied insistence on volun tary repatriation of prisoners and Red deMands that Russia be included as a "neutral" armistice inspector. Thee staff officers meeting on armistice supervision 'lasted only six minutes for a total of 13 min utes in three days. The discussion on prisoner exchange lasted •45 minutes. No Challenge The Communists did not chat= lenge' an Allied demand of Mon day that the - Reds stick 'to the basic issues • and retain f r o in propaganda• tirades: Allied dele gates- had said they would not listen further to such "tripe." Although the tone of• the Chi nese and North Korean delegates was milder in Tuesday's sessions, they again • accused -the United Nations command of delaying the talks and .raising what they Wined "trilling' odds and ends. ' DAILY, COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA sen 161, and Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur 61 write-ins. The early re turns were from small towns scat tered throughout the state. On the Democratic side, with 22 precincts in, Senator Estes Ke fauver had 139 votes and Presi dent Truman 87. Earlier in the afternoon, the score in the first five villages re porting gave Eisenhower 24, Taft 17, Stassen 4. In the same areas, Kefauver led Truman 4 to 1. Senate to Investigate While all eyes turned on the New Hampshire primary, other developments included: Capitol sHill—A Senate inves tigation of the New Hampshire primary even -before the results are in was announced by chair man Gillette (D-Iowa) of th e Senate elections subcommittee. Gillette said an investigator has been sent to the scene to check on reports that "scurrilous or `smear' literature" has been cir culated in the granite state cam paign. Ike's Return Requested Eisenhower—Senator McMahon (D-Conn.) took capitol hill by surprise with a formal request that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower be called home from Europe this month to testify on the $7,900,- 000,000 foreign aid bill. Senator H. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) protested such a move would put Eisenhower "on the spot" and would' be "politically embarrassing" to the general. Senate hearings on ,the big aid bill - start Thursday. Poll A statewide Associated Press poll of members of Penn sylvania's delegation to• the demL ocratic no mi nating convention showed they would vote on the first ballot: Truman 48, Gov'. Ad lai Stevenson of Illinois 7. Ke fauver 2. SEOUL, Wednesday, ' March 12 —(A))— Allied planes dealt a knockout blow Tuesday to a great Red base only 30 miles from the truce town of Panmunjom, leav ing a sea of flames that "looked like hell itself." Swarms of Communist MIG jets flashed southward from Manchur ian bases 160 miles north of Sin mak, trying to protect the vast store of supplies for the western front. They were met by an aerial screen of 26 U.S. Sabre jets which knocked down two MIGs, prob ably destroyed .a third, damaged four, and sent the remainder reel ing back north. . . This &Ought the 'Sabres' diy total to three kills—one MIG was shot down in the morning—and the two-day bag to 10 MIGs des troyed. Allied losses, if any, will be. announced in a weekly sum mary. While the air battle raged, fighter-bombers were subjecting the Sinmak base to an ordeal by fire which the Air Force said probably was the most intense of the Korean War. :Allied fliers spotted the Red supply base when melting snow exposed the camouflage. The base, covering about four square miles, was laid out near Sinmak on the main rail line northwest of Pap- Munjom. The melting snow showed that what appeared to be houses ac tually were stacked boxes covered with' Straw roofs. The first Allied planes appeared Over Sinmak in the morning. They dumped the first of the 33,- 300 gallons of jellied gasoline that were to fall on the base, starting the first fingers of flame reaching out for the supply stores. ' Communist antiaircraft gunners then opened. up, exposing their positions. Other flights thundered in, knocking out the guns one by one. New Hampshire Vote Voters Arrive EMS THREE RESIDENTS of the tiny mountain ski village of Water ville Valley, N.H., arrive by Sno-Cat from the highway in pre paration for elections March 11. Left to right are Mrs. Agnes C. L. Donohugh, who lives- in New York City for part of winter and a resident of this town for 40 years: David Austin, and Mrs. Ralph H. Bean, librarian and wife of the town clerk who is operating the Sno-Cat. Note the IKt poster on the vehicle. (AP Wirephoto) CIO Steelworkers Threaten to Strike PITTSBURGH, March 11—(AP) —The CIO United Steelworkers spread the word through the nation's steel mills today "Get ready for a possible strike at the stroke of midnight, Sunday, March 23." About 650,000 USW members who work in basic steel produc ing plants across the country will stop work to back up contract demands unless the government's Wage Stabiliation Board (WBS) advances a recommended settle ment by then which is acceptable to both union and the steel in • Union chieftains are setting up plans for a walkout by holding mass meetings of workers in var ious steel centers at which inter national officers and district di rectors outline procedure, in the event of a strike. The mass meetings on strike plans don't mean a work stop page is inevitable. It does mean the union is serious about its strike threat and is laying the groundwork for a strike which could be called off in a moment's notice in the event of a satisfac tory settlement. Food Subsidies Cut LONDON, March 11—(AP)—Brit ain ordered a 38 per cent slash today in food subsidies, thereby raising the prices consumers must pay for meat and bread. • HELP GIVE THE AXE TO HEART DISEASE . 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