TUESDAY, APRiI. 29, '1952 Idgway Named to Succeed Eisenhower Clark to Head Korea Forces; Gruenther to, Stay Staff Chief WASHINGTON, April 28 (iP)—President Truman today appoint ed dynamic Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway to succeed General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme Allied commander in Europe to build up defense against the threat of Soviet aggression. The President also 'announced: 1. Gen. Mark W. Clark will succeed Ridgway as United Nations commander in Kor ea and as commander-in-chief of U.S. armed forces in the Far East. 2. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, Eisenhower's chief of staff, will continue in that post under Ridg- 176 Missing In Collision Of Ships WASHINGTON, April 28 (W) The 27,100-ton aircraft carrier Wasp limped home tonight with 61 survivors from the destroyer mine-sweeper Hobson, which it cut in two in a mid-Atlantic col lision Saturday night. Missing— and apparently 1o s t—were 176. other members of the Hobson's crew. It was one of the worst peace time disasters in American naval history. Capt. B. C. McCaffree, com mander of the Wasp, said the 1600= ton Hobson broke in two and sank' four minutes after it came under the cliff-like bow' of the carrier durlng night maneuvers on an inky sea. The Wasp and the Hobson, a converted destroyer, we r e en route to the Mediterranean in a task force when the accident oc curred 1200 miles due east of Boston and about 700 miles off the Azores. With the Rodman, another destroyer converted into a minesweeper, the Hobson was escorting the Wasp and was on the lookout for any planes which might' be lost from the carrier. Reds Study UN Plan For Korea M U N S A N, Korea, Tuesday, April 29 VP) T h e Communist high command studied today an undisclosed Allied proposal for solving the critical issues block ing a Korean armistice. The proposal, described only as an overall solution, was made at Monday's session of top level ne gotiators at Panmunjom. It moved the patience-exhausting negotia tions—now nearly 10 months old —into a new and perhaps decisive phase. The Reds agreed to a United Nations Command suggestion for a news blackout on future ses sions of the full-dress delegations. Then they called for an indefinite recess in the t a l k s pending a study of the new Allied proposal. SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, April 29 (Al—Rainstorms lashed the Ko rean battlefront Monday- holding air and ground action to .a mini mum. Among the few air strikes at tempted the only noteworthy re sult was a report of 29 Commun ist supply vehicles 'destroyed tat Wonsan, on the northeast coast. ,A brief attack by Chinese Conn munist platoons on the central front, near Kumhwa, was repdrted smashed ,after a skirmish at hand grenade range. Only, patrol probes ivere reported elsewhere. Ike Boosters Predict Gain in Massachusetts By The Associated Press . Gen. - Dwight D. Eisenhower's boosters predicted last night that the battle of write-in . ballots in Massachusetts today will put the general hot on the heels of Sen. Robert A. Taft in the race for delegates to the Republican na tional convention. The election is important not only as a "popularity"- test be tween the two front-running GOP candidates but also" as it affects their strength in terms of dele gates who will nominate - the Re publican standayd bearer 10 weeks from now. DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA First Speech June 4 The. appointments are effective June 1, the date Eisenhower is scheduled to doff his uniform and return to the U.S. to press his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. The five-star general is due to make his first homecoming speech at Abilene, Kan., June 4. • Eisenhower heard the news of the appointments while on a fare well tour of British troops under his command in Germany. Washington Reaction Eisenhower hailed the Ridgway- Gruenther combination as "the finest the American services can produce for the European com mand." On Capitol Hill, some legislators expressed mild disappointment that Gruenther had failed to get the top command. In announcing the big shift in commands, President Truman ex .tended his personal best wishes to Ridgway in undertaking "this great responsibility" and predicted that Ridgway and Gruenther to gether will make an "outstanding team for our common defense effort" in Europe. Pentagon Favored Ridgway • Meanwhile, the Army said Gen. Clark's present post as chief of the Army field forces, with head quarters at Ft. Monroe, Va., will go to Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, now commander of the Thi r d Army at Ft. McPherson, Ga. Prior to the:President's announce ment, most European members of the 14-nation North Atlantic trea ty Organization NATO were re ported as favoring Greunther to replace Eisenhower. 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House Waits For Verdict On Steel WASHINGTON, April 28 (AP)—Republican House Leaders decided today to await a court decision in the steel case before taking a party stand on proposals to censure or impeach President Truman for his seizure of the in dustry. "Nobody supported President Truman's position," Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, the House Re publican leader, reported after a party huddle late today. "There is considerable senti ment for • impeachment if the courts hold that it was an illegal act." But Martin said members of the GOP Policy Committee in the House' and Republican members of the House Judiciary ,Commit tee agreed to postpone action for a week: By next Monday Federal Judge David A. Pine is expected to have handed down his decision in a case brought by the steel indus try to force the government sur render the seized mills. Judge Pine took the historic case under advisement last Friday, and may rule tomorrow or Wednesday. 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