THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952
Stevenson Takes Self Out
Ike Rolls to 150,000 Lead in Jersey
By the Associated Press
Goy. Adlai * Stevenson of Illi
nois plunged the scramble for
the Democratic-Presidential nom
ination into deeper confusion yes
terday (Wednesday) with the an
nouncement that he “could not
accept” a bid to become his par
ty’s standard bearer.
The development came as Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower rolled up
a 150,000-vote victory over Sen
ator Robert A. Taft in a test of
strength in the New Jersey pri
mary election.
In Parts, Eisenhower said he
was “very proud” of the outcome.
Some of his supporters said it
meant the five-star general would
not have to undertake an all-out
campaign to win the Republican
Presidential nomination against
the hard-stumping Taft.
Gov. Stevenson’s “could not ac
cept” announcement apparently
slammed the door on efforts to
boost him aS a counter to the
front-running Senator Estes Ke
fauver of Tennessee.
Kefauver promptly hailed the
announcement as “very favor
able” to his own candidacy and
invited Stevenson’s supporters to
“switch to me.”
The immediate effect of Steven
son’s withdrawal was to remove
a potentially formidable conten
der and thug throw the gates
even wider open for new entries
—and touch off a* behind-the
scenes scurry to find another
stop-Kefaiiver candidate.
With Stevenson out, of the pic
ture; talk arose that W. Averell
Harriihan, now head of the for
eign aid setup, might step in as
the party’s “liberal” candidate to
carry on President Truman’s
“Fair Deal”' programs.
Truce Teams
Meet Briefly
. MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday,
April 17— (JP) —Allied and Com
munist truce negotiators marked
time again Wednesday in a brief
meeting—evidently awaiting con
crete developments on the-pris
oner exchange problem.
The sUb-delegates met for only
20 seconds Wednesday. They still
are deadlocked on two key issues:
Communist nomination of Russia
as a neutral truce inspector and
Allied insistence on a -ban on
military airfield construction dur
ing an armistice.
The communists still were
waiting Wednesday for the Allies
to say when they would be ready
to resume discussions on prisoner
exchange.
The staff officers considering
that , issue have been in recess
since April 4 to permit both sides
to develop- some solution to the
main stumbling block —Allied in
sistence on- the principle of volun
tary repatriation.
1 The Reds said Sunday they
were ready to. resume the talks.
Unofficial observers have ex
pressed belief both sides have
revised their lists of prisoners
in an attempt to reach an agree
ment.
SpeSunkers to Sponsor
Cave Exploring Movies
Four ,cave exploring movies,
three in color, will be shown at
the regular meeting of the Nit
tany Grotto, spelunkers society,
at 8 tonight in 100 Horticulture.
Names of the movies are Carls
bad Caverns, New Mexico; Juroy
Caverns, Va.; Crystal Cave, Pa.;‘
and The Blind Fishes of La Cueva
Chica.
The meeting will be open to
the public. A short business meet
ing will follow the movies.
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Army to Send
New Medium
Tank to Korea
ABERDEEN Proving Ground,
Md., April 16—(TP) —United’ States
Army forces in Korea probably
will be getting new 48-ton, M-47
medium tanks soon.
The Army, in exhibiting the
new tank to reporters here to
day, announced it is being ac
cepted for delivery to troops in
this country and “abroad,” which
could include Korea and Europe.
About 15 defects were found in
original models, a primary trouble
appearing in the traverse mechan
ism which turns the turret.'
Gen. J.' Lawton Collins is on
record as believing that the new
tanks “are better than anything
we have had before and more
than a match for their Soviet
counterparts.”
Here are some of the claims'
the Army made for the M-47 in
its announcement today: ■
- ,1. “Increased probability of a
first round hit.” (In a duel with
enemy tanks, the first shot can
knock out the enemy. If it doesn’t
the enemy may score a knockout
and the duel is over.)
2. An automatic compensator
restores the aim of the gun after
each shot, so that the cr w does
not have to re-aim mao ally.
3. Separate fire control systems
allow either the gunner or the
tank commander to fire the gun.
If one man is wounded, the other
can take over gun control with
out changing position.
4. Armor has been “improved
to make it more difficult for an
enemy shell to get a ‘bite.’ ”
5. Ability to “stop on a dime
and turn in its own length.”
Van Zandt to Visit
State College Today
Congressman James E. Van
Zandt will be in State College
today to discuss national issues
with,residents of this area.
Van Zandt will be in the lobby
of the State College Hotel from
10 a.m. to noon. He is the repre
sentative of the 20th district
which includes Centre County.
AIEE-IRE Meeting
L. R. Maguire and Robert Walsh
of Sylvania Electric will talk on
the “Manufacturing of Tubes”. at
the regular meeting of the Ameri
can Institute of Electrical Engin
eers—lnstitute of Radio Engineers
at 7:30 tonight in 110 Electrical
Engineering.
APRIL
of Race;
Truman Called
Crisis Creator
In Steel Battle
WASHINGON, April 16—W—
Senator Bridges (R-N.H.) accused
President Truman today''of being
the principal creator of the crisis
that ■ led to seizure of the steel
industry.
Secretary of Commerce Saw
yer, in an apparent preliminary
tc a government grant of a pay
raise over the heads of the com
panies, conferred separately with
President Philip Murray of the
ClO-Steelworkers and President
Benjamin Fairless of U.S. Steel
Corp.
Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall
ruled out anew any such steel
price increase as the. $l2 a ton
the companies have said they
would need to cover the govern
ment -recommended pay raise
which is the nub of the dispute.
A group of Senate Republicans
headed by Bridges sponsored a
resolution for a judiciary commit
tee investigation of the seizure,
which Bridges called an act of
“usurpation” that has “raised the
gravest constitutional qu e s tion
since the war between the states.”
And Senator Bricker (R-Ohio)
injected into the Senate talk a
pointed discussion of Congress’
impeachment powers.
Nine to Attend
Cave Conclave
Nine members of the Nittany
Grotto, local chapter of the Spe
leological society, are scheduled to
leave today' for the, annual con
vention to be held in Hagerstown,
tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
Approximately 300 of the 1800
cave explorers belonging to the
society will attend the meetings,
which will consist of lectures,
movies, photo exhibits, and dis
cussions of exploring techniques.
Maps and data • collected by
Grotto members on their 45 field
trips since September will be
turned over to the society to be
used in the annual publication
for 1953 to be titled “The Caves
of Pennsylvania.”
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Truman Tours West
As Flood Rolls On
OMAHA, April 16—
dent Truman air-toured middle
America’s flood disaster area to
day and found a Missouri River
straining mightily—but still un
successfully—to smash Omaha
and Council Bluffs, la., with the
worst flood in their history.
Upstream and downstream, the
“Mighty Mo”—mightier than
white man ever has seen her—
was having its way.
But at Omaha and Council
Bluffs there was defiance. The
line of defense ran along 23 miles
of levees which had never been
expected to get such a test but
which in recent days had been
bolstered by a hastily-recruited
army of 8000 men.
Levees Holding
The Omaha River level passed
the 28 foot mark, nearly four feet
higher than ever previously re
corded, with the levees still hold
ing. The crest-maximum flow—
is due at 10 p.m. (EST) tomorrow.
Ghostly vacant but still safe
behind the hastily-bolstered le
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vees lay nearly three-fourths of
Council Bluffs, a city of 45,000,
and sections across the river in
cluding East Omaha and Carter
Lake, la.
•The homeless, nearly 40,000 in
Omaha and Council Bluffs, were
among some 100,000 the Red Cross
says have been displaced in the
Midwest by rampaging waters of
the Missouri, Mississippi, Red
River of the North and the Milk
River in Montana.
New Flood History
“It’s time for action, we’ve
fooled around long enough,” said
President Truman as he sat down
in Omaha to' the flood
control problem with Midwest
governors.
Thus was new flood history
being written in the rich river
valleys of the midlands.
Although officials remained
cautiously optimistic that the
Omaha-Council Bluffs levees will
hold, a revised river forecast held
discouraging news.