WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, '1952 Stalin Says tong Distance Interview Shows Big IP in East-West Situation NEW YORK, April I— UP) —Prime Minister Joseph Stalin today assured a group of American newspaper editors and radio men— at long distance—that a third world war is no nearer than it was in 194& or 1950. * Stalin said he feels a meeting of the chiefs of state of the great powers possibly would be useful. Also that the time has come to unify Germany, and that commu nism and capitalism can exist peaceably side side—if. He expressed these views in a telegram dispatched in response to four questions sent to him March 24. The telegram arrived here, perhaps not by chance, on the eve of the Moscow Economic Conference, a major propaganda project for the Soviet Union. Stal- See J. M. Roberts Page 4 for analysis of Sialin statement in chose to answer the questions at long, range rather than to re ceive the newsmen in Moscow for -a give-and-take interview. Capitalism Can Exist American and .other Western quarters at United Nations head quarters here called the Stalin pronouncements propaganda. They speculated it was strange for Stalin to make such comments only a few days after the Russian propaganda machine reached a new high in assailing the United States on charges of using germ warfare in Korea. Stalin said peaceful co-existence of capitalism and communism is quite possible if there is ’a mutual desire for cooperation, if there is a readiness to fulfill the under taken obligations, if there is ob servance of the principle of equal ity and not interference in the internal affairs of the other states. The Stalin statement showed nothing essentially new but it aroused in some UN quarters the query as to how close the world actually may be to war. Stalin spoke of a period before the Kor ean war—started in June 1950 and encompassing an easing of tension following the ending of the Berlin blockade in 1949. News Conference Fails Semyon K. Tsarapkin, number two man in the Soviet delegation at the UN, joined Jacob Malik’s secretary, A. K. Startsev, in de livering St a 1 in’s telegram at Wick’s apartment a short time after Wick arrived at Idlewild airport from Europe. Tsarapkin, who has been extremely bitter against alleged American con duct in the germ warfare discus sion, translated the telegram for Wick and then left with Startsev. Wick had led a party of 40 newspaper and radio men on a tour to news centers in Europe. The party sent its questions to Stalin after several fruitless tries to arrange a news conference in Moscow. Many such question naires have been sent to Stalin. He seems never to answer them unless his answers can help sup port some idea he wants to push. Selective Service Cedis Fpr Induction of 614 HARRISBURG, April 1—(/P) State Selective Service Head quarters today called for induc tion of 614 men into the armed forces • as part of Pennsylvania’s April quota ,of 1158 men. The call (with board number in paren> theses) includes: . Reporting Bradford, 25, to Buffalo April 2; (101) Reporting to Harrisburg April 23: (32) Altoona, 34; (33) Altoona, 1. Reporting to Pittsburgh April 3: (60) Connellsville, 6; (67) Uniontown, 9; (171) Monessen, 3. April 10—(6S), 6; (69) Brownsville, 2; (164) Washington, 37; (165) Washington, 5; (167) Greensburg, 2: (169) Greensburg, 19; April 17 —(74) Waynesburg, 30; (15?) Somerset, 10; (163) Charleoroi, 12, April 24—(70) Uniontown, 10; (168) New Kensington, 21. Wilkes-Barre > recruiting station, April 9—(50) Bloomsburg, 1; (79) Carbondale, 1; (111) . Danville, 1; (157) LaPorte, 1; April 16—(80) Scranton, 8; (82) Scranton, 24; (105) Stroudsburg, 3; April 30—(34) ToWanda, ? ; (81) Scranton, 11. A/MJ Tickets on Sale Tickets for the National AAU and Olympic gymnastic tryouts, to be held, in Recreation Hall, April 25-26, are now on sale at the Athletic Association office, 107 - Old Main. Yesterday the Daily Collegian incorrectly re ported they were on sale at 102 Old Main. . Truman to See Justice Head About Morris WASHINGTON, April I—C^P) President Truman and : Attorney General McGrath will meet' to morrow for what could be a show down on whether McGrath or Newbold Morris, the President’s corruption hunter, wil’l depart from the Washington scene. McGrath told reporters he had asked for the appointment. “This will be the first opportunity I have had to talk with the Presi dent since his return from Flor ida,” he said. “I want to discuss department affairs. I cannot say exactly what will come up.” A few hours earlier, however, a Presidential aide asked for, and received, a transcript of testimony in which McGrath virtually dis owned Morris, his special assis tant. Appearing before a House Ju diciary Subcommittee yesterday, McGrath challenged the propriety of a searching financial question naire Morris has prepared for 596 officials of the Justice de partment. He stated he had not made up his mind whether to fill it out himself—or to let any one else in his department do so. He also/ said that in the light of developments he regretted swearing in Morris as his special assistant. Actually Morris is a Pres Idential appointee, respon sible only to Truman. His Justice Department title was arranged to facilitate his cleanup job. Taft-, Kefauvet* lerad By the Associated Press Republican Senator Taft and Democratic Senator Kefauver held early leads last night in Presidential primary elections in Wisconsin and Nebraska. Steel Talks Halted Again NEW YORK, April 1— Steel wage talks were postponed for the second day in a row to day, as the strike-threatening CIO United Steel-Workers showed signs of mounting restlessness.- Union President Philip Murray seemed irritated and called the' delays by industry “unwarranted.” April 8 is the union’s strike dead line. In postponing today’s meeting, the industry camp said only that it is “still waiting further develop ments.” The developments were not explained. Grave doubt that an April 8 strike in the Nation’s steel in dustry. can be avoided 1 was ex pressed today by Ellis Arnall, price stabilization director. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA WW3 Not Near Ike' Warns Europeans Of U.S. Resource Limit MATO/Reel Lineup SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE, APRIL 2—(A>)—Gen eral Eisenhower today gave this lineup'of the military forces opposing each other across the Iron Curtain in Eu rope: Land forces: • Allied—3o divisions. Com munist—l7s Soviet and 60 satellite divisions. . Air forces: Allied—4ooo planes (by end of 1952). Communist—2o,ooo planes. Naval forces: Allied—UiS. sixth fleet, Brit ish home and Mediterranean fleets, plus supplementary strength from France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and other na tions and Allied Rhine river patrol. Communist—3oo sub marines, 20 cruisers, estimated four battleships and assorted craft. Atomic weapons: •Allied—secret but powerful. Communist although ineffi cient by Western technical standards, according to Eisen hower, Soviet industry a year ago “had already demonstrated it was producing atomic wea pons.” N.J. Prison Revolt Wrecks Cell Block TRENTON, N.J., April I—(£>) —New Jersey State- Prison offi cials today cracked down on 23 convicts who staged a 45-hour revolt and wrecked a three-tiered cell block. Some of the gang were shipped off to Rahway where they were put into solitary confinement at the State Prison Farm. The others were put into widely separated punishment cells in the prison here. The rioters consisted of killers, robbers and sex offenders. They ripped out most of the building’s fixtures, broke up beds and set afire mattresses. Bates said the men used steel rods from the beds -to pry apart bars on cell doors and then crawled through. "I hope for the best, but fear the worst,” Arnall told newsmen. His comment came after a con ference on prices with President Benjamin Fairless of the U.S. Steel Corp. Arnall indicated he is standing fast against giving the steel industry any special price concessions'to encourage it to ac cept a government proposal for a wage increase. The industry faced the choice, assuming that the administration continues adamant in opposing a price boost, of: (1) refusing to accept the suggested pay raise for, CIO Steel Workers and there by triggering an almost certain strike, or ■ (2) granting the pay increase and trying to get' along on present prices. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE, April 2—(jP) —General Eisenhower warned Europe today that there is a limit to American resources—and to the patience of American tax payers unless European nations cooperate fully for the common good. He said: “It would be fatuous for any one to assume that the taxpayers of America will continue to pour money and resources into Europe unless encouraged by steady pro gress toward mutual cooperation • and full effectiveness. America . can not continue to be the primary source of munitions for the en tire free world. To do so would be militarily unsound.” Security Is Beginning Eisenhower detailed some of the successes and failures of SHAPE’s first year, and theh. declared: “The tide has begun to flow our way and the situation of the free world is brighter than it was a year ago. (But) it would be dis astrous if the favorable signs and developments recorded in this re port were to put any mind at ease or to create a sense of ade quate security, for there is no real security yet achieved in Eu rope. There is only a beginning. “As of today, our forces could not offer prolonged resistance east of the Rhine barrier,” he said. List; Liabilities Eisenhower ended his report on the optimistic note that he foresaw the time when the West ern world -would be so strong that “the Iron Curtain rulers may finally be willing to partici pate seriously in disarmament ne gotiations.” On the red-ink side of the led ger. he touched on these points: Too thin a trickle of military equipment, both from U.S. allo cations and Europe’s own. pro duction. Lack of air bases and communications lines. Shortages of minesweepers, anti-submarine craft and harbor defense instal lations. Military spending in some countries has skyrocketed prices and brought about unchecked in flation. And he noted that efforts to re cruit Germans into the European defense setup still are snagged on political differences in the rest of Europe. Agent Testifies I ra Tax Scandals WASHINGTON, April 1—(A s ) A special revenue agent testified today that at least 36 criminal tax fraud prosecutions in the New York area have been halted “im properly” in recent years. Earl C. Crouter, appearing be fore House tax scandal investiga tors, said a review of 600 cases showed that at least six percent “were not closed in accordance with' established treasury policy and procedures.” He said 488 of these cases involved more than apiece. ; . Crouter is a member of a spe cially designated Internal Rev enue Board of Inquiry. He said that in checking back to 1945, the board found instances ,of bri bery, irregularities and other “clearly wrong” actions. Daniel A. .Bolich, resigned as sistant commissioner of Internal Revenue, headed the intelligence unit of the New York' office for almost two of the years involved. Bolich may be called before the investigators—members of a House ways and means subcommittee — Thursday. Citing ill health, he left Government service last Nov. 19. Crouter testified that after he became assistant commissioner, Bolich stopped a criminal fraud investigation of Patullo Modes, Inc., a New York dressmaking firm- facing $250,000 in tax lia bilities. 10 MIGs Downed In 2d Biggest Bag SEOUL, Korea, April 2— (fP)— U.S. Sabre Jets blasted;,ten com munist MIGS from the northwest Korean skies Tuesday, probably destroyed. three more and dam aged ten—the second biggest bag of the war. . Five of 16 unsuspecting Red jets were shot down' in a spectacular aerial ambush by 26 Sabres led by Col. Francis S. Gabreslci, one of the leading U.S. aces of World War 11. Allied and communist sub delegations in an' air of guarded optimism prepared today for re newed debate on Russia’s role in any Korean truce supervision. The higher level talks on the thorny issue begin tomorrow. A note of optimism was sounded by sources close to Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy.' They said he hopes to have achieved an armistice before he leaves early this sum mer to become superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Anna polis. - | ire You The | Shy Retiring Type! f 5 - h gj DO YOU- HAVE TROUBLE t | MAKING CONVERSATION j WITH A PATE ??? h A Why don't you both go to the j NITTANY DELL for a i Cheeseburger and a i.i i ■ Milkshake .. . then g you. can talk about how 6 mouth-watering the ?•.: M food is . . . v'j t * :• : | Nittany Dell .|i i;S ■ lri : v : • (Across from Atherton) g || Nqw Open from TO a.m. vvvw lv- Lewis to Conduct PSCA Round Table ■ Arthur O. Lewis, instructor of English literature, will speak and lead a discussion on “The Honor System: Can It Work Here?” at the Penn State Christian Associ ation round table discussion at 8 tonight in 304 Old Main. The meeting is open to the public. California gained more in pop ulation than any other state from 1941 to 1951. 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