THURSDAY, APRIL 1952, Noirairiotiptis Seen By . Kefouver, Taft By The As sociated Press Tennessee's EstesKefauver and Ohio's Robert Taft swept into the lead in the nation-wide races for delegates yesterday and both promptly posted 'claims of virtually certain victory, at the Chicago presidential nominating conventions in July. Kefauver said that on the basis of a striking upset in Ohio —and a strong but losing display in Florida—he is now "prac tically assured" of winning the Democratic nomination. Taft' told newsme nshe will "never be headed" in his bid for the Republican prize. Stassen Scores Blank Registering a landslide victory in his native Ohio, Taft surged well in front of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the battle for dele gates by, capturing the state's en tire 56-vote delegation.- 'His opponent, former Gov. Har old E.. Stas s e n of Minnesota, scored a blank. Eisenhower was not entered in the contest; though most of Stassen's delegate candi date's had promised to turn to the general as their second choice 'at Chicago.- Taft Leads GOP The lat e s t Associated Press tabulation showed the front-run ning-candidates in thi.s order: Republicans Taft 332, Eisen hower 286, Stassen 23. Taft him self claims• over 400. Demo crats Kefauver 104 1 / 2 , foreign aid chief W. Averell Har riman 93 .1 / 2 , Sen. Richard B. Rus sell , 41 1 / 2 . ' - Nomination requires 604 GOP votes, 616 Democratic votes.. Kefauver suffered a 50,000 vote defeat at the hands of Georgia's Sen.,,R u sse 11 in Florida the South's only "popularity" primary election but kept his prestige high with a banner sho*ing in Ohio. In other political developments: Michael V. DiSalle, the Truman administration's form e r price boss, won the nomination for U S. senator in Ohio in his bid to seat Republican Sen. John Brick er. They will clash* head-on in November. LiliestOck Judging Trip Starts Today The Penn State livestock judg ing team will leave today on a three-day practice judging trip in preparation for the dairy exposi tion at the College Saturday. - The 13 juniors making up the judging squad will go. first to Rally Farths -in Millbrook, N. Y., and from there to Cornell Uni versity. Similar trips will be made by teams from the, Univer sity of Maryland, Rutgerg Uni versity, University o f Massa chusetts, Nation - al Agricultural College, and Cornell. All the squads including the team from the University of Virginia will judge Penn State's purebreds on Saturday. 2000 Acres Burn, In Forest Fire A wind-whipped forest fire• was brought• under , control yesterday after destroying tw o Ahousand acres of trees in state game lands near Philipsburg, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Hundreds of volunteers fought the blaze for several hours after it roared out of control and ate into the southwestern corner of the Black Moshannon State For est. • Fowler Named to DPA WASHINGTON RI —Manly Fleischman n resigned today . as Defense Production Administra tor and President Truman nomin ated Henry H. Fowler to succeed him. Fowler, who is now administra tor of_ the. National Production Authority, will continue to . hold that post while serving as DPA chief. Fleischmann at one time held both jobs. In his., resignation, . which the Pr6ident accepted effective May 31, Fleischmann told Truman that the mobilization program "has now pro_gressed to a point where I feel; justified, in asking you to accept my resignation " TEM bAltle COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA The Steel Story Murray-Has No Mans To Resume Wage Talks PHILADELPHIA (iP)L-P hilip Murray, president of the CIO- United Steelworkers Union, said today he has no immediate plans to resume wage contract nego tiations with America's steel in dustry. "The talks are presently stale mated," he•told a reporter prior to the opening of a closed meeting of the union's- 36-man executive board. "I have no plans to return to the White House or to any other place and meet with in dustry spokesmen." The union is seeking a wage increase and other benefits: It has twice started strikes but has ended them at the request of President Truman. The nation's highest tribunal begins hearings next week on whether the President • has the constitutional power to seize the steel mills in order to avert a strike: The Supreme Court al ready has ruled that the govern ment, although controlling' the mills, cannot r aise wages or change working conditions. Government Against Anti-Strike Proposal WASHINGTON, .May 7 (H)— The Truman administration today raised sharp objections to a pro -4305al to block strikes in defense industries such as steel through use of receivership for both com panies and unions, backed_ by continuing injunctions. At the same time Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger of the Wa g e Stabilization Board testified that new danger in such important in dustries •as oil, iron ore, and al uminum would be the immediate result if. WSB were shorn of the power to recommend settlements in labor disputes. The arguments were laid before two House committees studying ways of avoiding such crises as the steel dispute. • Fairless Still Closed MORRISVILLE, Pa., lylay 7 (IP) —The U.S. Steel Company's Fair less Works here was shut down fof the third day today by pickets of the Ironworkers' Union Local 68. Many of the 800 workers em ployed in building the $400,000,- 000 plant drove to the gates but turned back: The reason for the picketing remained unexplained. It was reported to be a jurisdic tional dispute. Coal Mines to Reopen NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., May 7 (W)—Two coal .niines of Re public Steel Corp. i shut down since the start of the short-lived steel strike April 30, are sched uled to reopen :,tomorrow. The mines are locat?d at nearby Indianola and Russelton. They produce an estimated 5000 tons of coal a day and employ some 600 workers. ACheson Blasts Redi WASHINGTON, May 7 (AP)— Secretary Acheson, denouncing Russia in perhaps the hottest terms he has yet used, said today Moscow is committing an inter national crime by spreading "the big lie" that the United States is conducting germ warfare i n Korea. ationwide Oil Strike To Continue DENVER, May 7 (IP) —T h e nation ; wide oil strike will con tinue, 0. A. Knight, president of the Oil Worker's International Union, CIO said today, adding that the union will attend a Wage Stabilization Board meeting May 13 as requested. Knight, in a press conference filmed for television read a lengthy telegram to Nathan Fein singer, WSB chairman. "In light of the history of the dispute and of the WSB's ap parent inability to affect industry participation in WSB hearings we have no alternative but to con tinue our strike," he said. Knight, in his telegram, said the dispute dates back to September, 1951, and said that three times the strike has been postponed. He said the strike acutally went into effect almost two months after its original effective date. "We have patiently attempted to achieve peaceful settlements but to no avail. We have been finally forced to strike and we must continue striking until settlements are reached." General Hits War Funds Cut WASHINGTON, May 7 (AP)— Gen. 'Hoyt S. Vanderburg, argu ing against a cut in military funds, said today that by 1954 Russia will have the means of launching a long-range atomic attack against the United States. The Air Force chief of staff said: "Unless effectively opposed and countered, this attack could neutralize our own ability to re taliate and at the same time could seriously cripple certain ke y centers of the industrial produc tivity upon which we depend for ultimate victory in war," he said. His statement was read to a closed session of a Senate armed services subcommittee by his vice chief of staff, Gen. Nathan F. Twining, and made available to the press. Vandenberg himself entered a hospital for an explora tory operation to find the source of severe abdominal pain. Radio Guild Patricia Hathaway will read Ring La r drier 's "There Are Smiles" on the Radio Guild pre. sentation of "Call , Card" at 9:15 tonight on WMAJ. DALE ROBERTSON JOANNE DRU "RETURN' OF THE TEXAN" fir JACK BUETEL MALA POWERS "ROSE OF CIMARRON" OPEN AT 6:00 RICHARD BASEHART "DECISION BEFORE DAWN" Korean Truce Talks Will Be Continued MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday, May 9 (AP)—Korean truce talks— verging on collapse after Red rejection of the Allies' final compro mise offer—continue at Communist request today. The outlook is dark. The Reds gave no reason in asking for another at Panmunjon with the shroud of secrecy removed Secret negotiations broke down Wednesday over the key issue of prisoner exchange. The United Nations Command, declaring it never would force prisoners to return to Red soil against their will, said bluntly that further debate was pointless and called for an, indefinite recess. Proposal 'Final' The Communists then asked that the delegates meet again. Gen. Matthew B. Ridway, on instructions fr o m Washington, had presented this "final, cldar and irrevocable" package pro posal fora settlement: 1. The 70,000 Chinese and North Korean soldiers who want to return to Red rule would be exchanged for the 12,000 Allied prisoners in Red hands. The remaining 57,699 prisoners who refuse repatriation would again be asked "by any suitable international body or joint Red Cross teams" if they still Would forcibly oppose being returned to the Communists. The Reds could watch that screening. To Drop Nomination 2. The Allies would drop their objections to repair and construc tion of airfields in North Korea during a truce. 3. The Communists would withdraw their' nomination of Russia as a neutral armistice sup ervisor. Deputy Secretary of Defense William C. Fester called this truce plan final, . saying it has the ap proval of the United Nations Allies and that there will be no further concessions. But in talking to reporters, Fos ter said this firm stand is not an "ultimatum." LOOK 124 SOUTH ALLEN St STATE COLLEGE,PA Union Will Ask Supreme Court For Joint Ruling WASHINGTON, May 7 (AP)— Three big railroad operating un ions said today they will ask the Supreme • Court to rule on the government's seizure of railroads at the same time it rules on Presi dent Truman's seizure of the steel industry. The court has scheduled argu ments for next Monday on Judge David A. Pine's decision that seizure of th- steel mills on April 8 was illegal and unconstitu tional. Attorneys for the three broth erhoods—the engineers, conduc tors and firemen—said in a state ment here they have filed notice of appeal with the U. S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati, challenging a no-strike order issued by the U.S. District Court in Cleveland April 23. That order prohibits an esti mated 150,000 members of the three unions from striking. The roads were taken over by the government in 1950 to avert a threatened strike by two of the four operating unions. 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