WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 Morris Refused Power Of Subpeona by Senate WASHINGTON, March 18—(JP) —The Senate judiciary „commit tee today refused. to give New bold' Morris power to subpoena witnesses and documents in his • hunt for corruption in govern ment. Instead they approved a plan to set up an independent investigation. Swiftly following on these de velopments: 1. House investigators voted to ask .President Truman to give them the income tax returns of Attorney General McGrath and 19 senior officials of the Justice Department. 2. McGrath was invited to, ap pear in person March 26, at an open 'hearing of the House ju diciary subcommittee investigat ing his administration of the Justice Department. 3, Morris announced that he had requeited McGrath and 595 top officials of the Justice De partment for detailed information about the- financial af f airs of themselves and their immediate families. 4. JOseph D. Nunan Jr, former commissioner of internal-revenue, was closeted with House tax scandal investigators in a closely guarded secret session today. Nun •an, who headed the bureau from 1944 to 1947, has come under_ the fire of Sen. Williams (R-Del) for his subsequent legal efforts in be half of clients in tax trouble with the federal government. Morris, President Truman's No. 1 cleanup man, made it plain to reporters a month ago that the subpoena . power was the basic tool in his investigation and said he would haVe to have it `!to accomplish the mission." Sutton's Pal to Be Robbery Witness NEW YORK, March 18—(R) An old pal of Willie (The Actor) Sutton turned against the. master bank robber today as his trial opened. The state announced that a star witness against Sutton will be one of the men who allegedly helped him loot a Queens bank of $64,000 in l9soL—John De Venuta. Ike Advised to Drop NATO to Campaign PARIS,• March' 18—(JP)—Paul G. Hoffman said today he has advised Gen. Eisenhower to give up his NATO' command and go hdme to work for the Republican presidential nomination. From high sources it was indicated 'Hoffman felt he had brought the general part way toward agreement. Publicly Hoffman, a leader in the Eisenhower movement, said Eisenhower had _made qo commit ments whatever about returning: - Bu t privately - Hoffman evi dently had told some of his asso ciates he felt that a busy political weekend had -persuaded Eisen hower,that duty did not bind him to remain at his supreme head quarters right up to the hour of the Republican National Conven tion July 7. Hoffman reported he did not urge him to leave at once, but said "once he gets certain things done here, it's best he come home." - He told reporters he had IF YOU . . . . Consider Yourself Well Educated SEE . . Penn State Players production of HEDDA GABLE - R at Center Stage this Friday and Saturday DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENN S YLVANIA Cleanup Man Newbold Mores Pa. Truckmen Stage Strike SOMERSET;, Pa., March 18 Independent truck owner-opera tors went on strike today against Pennsylvania's 45,000-pound gross weight limit for trucks. A spokesman declared 3,000 to 4,000 b i g trucks have .been ,pulled off the highways. Laird.. Bruner, business agent for the United Truckers Associa tion, ' which has set up strike headquarters here, declared the drivers cannot earn a living "or even break even" under present conditions. Bruner said the . drivers are simply-putting their trucks in the `garages or parking them in back yards and will keep them there until sonie relief is given. "Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing."— Robert Benchley presented this point of view to the general on behalf of leaders of the Eisenhower-For-President or ganization with all the personal force at his command. "He's just going ,to be ' sub jected fro in political pressures from morning to night," he said. "That means that he will not be in a position to meet his opera tional responsibilities in SHAPE." Eisenhower himself has • told 'members of Congress in a letter he was not indispensable at the Supreme Headquarters of the Al lied Powers in Europe (SHAPE), but did not plan to leave his command in the "absence of a compelling call or relief by high er authority." Foreign Aid Cut Opposed By Acheson WASHINGTON, March 18—(M —Secretary of State Acheson told Congress today the, Administra tion's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid program has already been trim med "to the limit of safety." He advised the lawmakers to look elsewhere for possible cuts in President Truman's overall budget of 85 billion dollars. ' Testifying before the Senate foreign relations committee, Ach eson predicted in a global survey of foreign affairs that the. long drawn Korean truce talks will be successful. He -cautioned, however, against "either optimiSm or peSsimistn" in the present phase of the cease fire negotiations. Acheson underwent a search ing cross-examination by econ omy-minded members of the Sen ate committee. Some legislators in both houses of Congress have demanded slashes ranging from one to four billion dollars in the huge foreign aid bill. Senator Wiley (R-Wis.) told Acheson the American people are gravely concerned over the heavy tax burden, and he invited Ache son to - suggest how the• adminis tration's budget could be cut without paring down the foreign aid funds. "I would look elsewhere," Ach eson replied. "It would seem to me what we should do it try to strengthen the troops in countries that are going to be in the front line and must meet the shock of any attack first. Two Egyptian • fficialsPurged CAIRO, Egypt, March 18—(R) —Two key members of the re cently ousted Wafdist Party cab inet were arrested today and spirited out of town. Political circles termed the ar rests "the first major blow" by independent Premier Ahmed Na guib Hilaly Pasha against the powerful Nationalist Party which ruled Egypt for two, years. Seized and packed off to vil lages in northern Egypt were Fuad Serag El Din Pasha, In terior and Finance Minister in Mustapha El Nahas Pasha's anti- British regime, and Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha, who served as social affairs minister. WILLIAM HOLDEN NANCY OLSON "SUBMARINE COMMAND" OPEN at 6:20 B4RRY SULLIVAN "NO QUESTIONS ASKED" . Board Fails to Agree On 13.7-Cent Steel Raise WASHINGTON, March 18—(JP) —lndustry members of the Wage Stabilization Board (WTsF,) re portedly failed today to put over a proposal to give the strike threatening CIO steel workers a 13.7-cent hourly boost in pay and contract benefits. The CIO steel workers union is demanding 18 1 / 2 cents an hour in wake increases alone, plus other benefits, and is threaten ing a nation-wide strike of its 650,000 m em hers at midnight Sunday. The 13.7 cent plan was offered in exploratory talks between in dustry and public members of the WSB. The board expected to get down to actual voting on the issues tomorrow. Walkout Threatened ' The industry's "package" pro posal—calling- for an increase of nine cents an hour in straight wages, plus improved holiday and vacation allowances apparently was turned down as containing too little money. • The union is due to decide Thursday—after getting a look at the WSB's final recommendations —on whether to go ahead with the walkout threatened for Sun day. Government officials were in clined to the notion that the WSB's eventual proposal will be atractive enough to warrant union leader Philip Murray's postponing the strike at least until April 8, as the WSB Ms suggested. Mur ray already has three times de layed strike plans. Bargaining Figure Figures being discussed in the WSB's closed-door hu d dles— aimed at ironing out main issues involved in the complex labor dispute in advance of any formal voting—are understood to range as high as 26 to 28 cents an hour. This includes the cost of so-called "fringe" demands such as shift premiums arid holiday pay as well as straight wages. The steelworkers now have av erage earnings of nearly 's2 an hour. Industry members apparently offered the 13,7 cent increase as a "bargaining" figure. Besides the nine cents increase in basic wages, the industry plan contemplated spending four cents on improved holiday allowances and .7 cent on improved vacations. The Avn plans to meet tomor row and stay in session until it has voted on all the issues. Social Chairmen I Loon ...7orwarcl Banquets-Parties-Dances . and look forward to the right kind of place to hold your affair. The Autoport on Route 322 can meet your requirements for . . . courteous service. . . delicious food . . . ample space for dancing and parking. And you'll find reasonable rates and excellent menus at all 'times. The Autoport ~'/ ~ . ~.~H.~ :~~ EM!;111 Truce Seekers Discuss Korean Ports of Entry MUNSAN, Korea, .Wednesday, March 19—(JP)—Armistice nego tiators wrangled Tuesday over Korean ports of entry amid un accountable under-currents of re strained optimism. Major issues still were unsettled. No apparent progress was made in Tuesday's staff officer meet ings on the separate questions of truce supervision and exchange of prisoners. The allies and communists were at odds over the specific desig nation of three of 10 ports of entry to be open for neutral in spection and the area to be em braced by each port. But Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, United Nations command spokesman, said it did not present "a major problem." The restrained optimism de veloping in the allied armistice camp apparently arose in part from tentative agreements reach ed on the secondary—but impor tant—issues of truce supervision. SEOUL, Kore a, Wednesday, March 19—(P)----An abrupt flare up in fighting on the Western Korean battlefront Tuesday died down to light patrol action early today. The Chinese Reds failed to fol low up an assault by an estimated 1000 troops on a four-mile sector northeast of Panmunjom, site of the prolonged armistice talks. Al lied guns stopped them cold be fore daybreak Tuesday. Minnesotans Vote Despite Weather MINNEAPOLIS, March 18—(/1 3 ) —Despite drizzle and snow, Min nesotans turned out in unexpected numbers in some areas today in the state's first presidential pri mary election since 1916. A primary that was virtually "no contest" a few days ago be cause of the scarcity of candidates on the printed ballot became a question mark in a last-minute rush of write-in activity. • [ ‘i/XS- • Phone 6333 Rt. 322 PAGE THREE
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