SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1952
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MUNSAN, Saturday, March 22—(R)—The communists explained
Friday their "compromise" for exchanging prisoners of the Korean
war but the Allies said it did not yield an inch on the Red demand
for forced repatriation.
The communists explained Friday what they termed their March
5 compromise proposal on prisoners. It said:
"After the armistice agreement is signed and becomes effective
the Korean people's (Red)• army
and the Chinese people's volun
teers shall release and repatriate
all of the 11,559 prisoners of war
in their custody , and the United
Nations Command shall release
and repatriate all 132,474 prison
ers of -war in its custody.
Captives Should Choose
A UN Command spokesman
said the proposal was "unsatisfac
tory as it represents no departure
from the enemy's 'adamant de
mand for the forced return of the
pows."
The Allie,s insist that all cap
tives must be given the right to
choose whether they shall go
home.
The Red • statement ignore d
thousands of persons reported
captured but not . listed on the
'prisoner rolls exchanged last De-
I cember.
It appeared that the Reds want
ed to wipe off the books these
97,000 persons.
Some observerS said the Red
omissions were significant and
indicated the communists were
ready to compromise further. But
an Allied spokesman said flatly
there was "absolutely no thin g
new" in the communist expla
nation of the proposal.
Bombers Blast _ Cars
Lovett Cites
China Red
Supply Aid
WASHINGTON, March 21 (W)
—Secretary of Defense Lovett
said today that Communist-led
troops battling the French in stra
tegic Indochina had been rein
forced by "some" Chinese Reds
and "substantial' quantities of
Chinese equipment.
However, high Pentagon offi
cials said later Lovett was talk
ing 'about Chinese arms supply
officers and truck drivers and not
organized combat. units.
Lovett told the 'House foreign
affairs committee there was no
indication that "substantial" num
bers of Chinese had crossed the
border.
Foreign Aid Hearing
But he said it was "always pos
sible" that their entry could mean
the same kind of buildup that
preceded the first Chinese of
fensive in Korea last November.
Lovett's statement was made
during a hearing on the $7,900,-
000,000 foreign , aid program.
The French Ministry for the
associated states of Indochina said
in a statement issued in Paris:
"We have received no informa
tion allowing us to suppose that
Chinese troops have crossed the
Indochina border."
Had Been in Indochina
Lovett said the United States
had been informed "by good au
thority" that the Chinese ha d
been committed to the fighting
"for some time." This was the
first official public word, how
ever, that the Chinese had made
a long-anticipated crossing of the
border, even in small numbers.
Lovett said that the Chinese
had been In Indochina "for some
time."
Steel Price !'! . 'aise S ee n
If Wages ,Are..'l',oosiod
NEW YORK, March 21—(W)—The steel industry told a govern
ment stabilizer today that it can't boost wages without an increase
in steel prices.
Said Federal Economic Stablizer Roger L. Putnam as he emerged
from a hot 90-minute session with industry leaders:
Boosters See
Mac-Taft Slate
By. the Associated_ Press
Boosteri of Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur expressed new hope yes
terday (Friday) that he would
run if offered th e Republican
president nomination, and sug
gested that Senator Robert A.
Taft take . the No. 2 seat on the
general's bandwagon.
John Chapple. 'Wisconsin •pub
lisher and national president --of
the draft-MacArthur movement,
interpreted' a new statement by
MacArthur as meaning that the
general "will accept the nomina
tion" and predicted "he will get
it."
MacArthur in a statement last
night said there was no incon
sistency between his 1948 declara
tion that he would not shrink
"from any public duty to which
I might be called'? and his present
unwillingness to permit his name
to be used in party Primaries.
Supporters"of the Ohio senator
put new stress on the Wisconsin
priinary in an, e f for t to boost
Taft's prestige. , Their goal: to
ring up a big score in the three
way WisConsin race and thus off
set some of " the dazzle achieved
by General Eisenhower in New
Hampshire and Minnesota.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Red nomination of Russia as
a neutral observer and their in
sistence on rebuilding military
airfields in North Korea during
an armistice are the two remain
ing major issues beside prisoner
exchange.
SEOUL, Saturday, March 22
VP)—U.S. fighter-bombers blasted
freight cars and buildings in the
North Korean capital's port of
Chinnampo yesterday and attack
ed Red front line positions.
The Fifth Air Force said the
U.S. jet raiders damaged nine
freight cars and four buildings
at Chinnampo and destroyed or
damaged five troop bunkers and
11 Red occupied buildings along
the front. -Chinnampo lies south
west of Pyongyang, Reid capital.
Ground fighting Friday was
limited to a few patrol clashes
and Red probes in platoon size.
"We used words we regretted
promptly and Pulled them back."
Putnam's mission was to sound
out industry on the Wage Stabili
zation Board's recommendation
yesterday of 22 1 / 2 cents an hour
package wage improvement for
steelworkers.
It includes 17 1 / 2 cents in actual
wage boosts plus other improve
ments estimated to be worth five
cents an hour.
The board also recommended
acceptance of the union shop,
which .would require every steel
worker to join the CIO after a
definite time on the job.
"We came to no definite con
clusion, at least as far as that is
concerned," the government man
said.
The CIO United Steelworkers
Union is ready to settle for the
WSB's proposed package rather
than go through with the strike
they have scheduled for April 8.
An earlier deadline of midnight
Sunday for a nationwide strike
has been postponed.
Putnam indicated that the steel
industry is far from ready, to go
along with the WSB, at least at
the moment.
"They asked for another meet
ing with the Office of Price Stab
ilization on the Capehart thing,"
he, t old newsmen outside the
closed conference room.
ke Campaign Leaders
EISENHOWER CAMPAIGN leaders stand W. Walter Williams (left), of Seattle. Wash.,
in front of a big nicture of the general flashing new chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower
his famous grin in.their Washington headquar- committee and
,itis assistant, Paul G. Hoffman
tars. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-Mass.). (right), head o f the Ford Foundation. (AP Wire-
Eisenhower campaign manager in the drive for photo)
the GOP presidential nomination, is flanked by -
Male to Speak Sunday
Sri Krishna Kale will speak on
"The Spirit of Hinduism" at 7
p.m. tomorrow in 304 Old Main.
Kale is a graduate from Poona,
India. His talk is being sponsored
by the Unitarian Fellowship.
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Sutton Identified
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