WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1952
HST Raps ike's
Views on Russia
ABOARD TRUMAN TRAIN VP)
—President Truman charged yes
terday that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower "did a great deal of harm"
to the United States with his
views on Russia immediately af
ter the second world war.
The President said the Repub
lican presidential nominee "ought
to be honest enough to admit his
blunders about• the Russians."
Eisenhower's views as command
ing general in Europe. Truman
said, left this country unaware of
Russia's threat to world peace.
Truman, carrying his whistle
stop campaign on behalf of Gov.
'Adlai Ste:benson across Montana,
used a rear platform talk at Havre
to mount another - barbed attack
against the GOP standard bearer.
Eisenhower headquarters at New
York declined to comment.
Says Rough ..Campaign
At one point in his Havre talk,
Truman said Eisenhower was
"glad to get on my bandwagon
for foreign policy."
In a departure from his pre
pared speech, Truman said that
in 40 years of politics "I have been
in some rough and tough cam-'
paigns," but none involving the
"lies and .slander" spread by the
Republicans , this year.
"And before I get through with
them, they'll wish they hadn't
done it," he snapped.
The President declared in his
Havre' talk that Eisenhower's
"foresight was not nearly as good
as his hindsight."
Reds Seen As Friends
"After the war, while he was
still commanding general of our
forces in Europe," Truman con
tinued, "he said he saw no reason
why Russia and the United States
would not remain the closest pos
sible friends."
If Eisenhower had given the
country "better advice in 1945,"
Truman, said, "we wouldn't have
had too much trouble in waking
up the country to the danger of
Communist imperialism in 1946
and 1947 and 1948."
"Of course, we can all make
mistakes," the President added,
"but the Republican candidate
was the commanding general in
Europe and was in close contact
with the Russians. His advice car
ried a great weight and it there
fore did a great deal of harm." '
Army Officer
Ciaims Soviets
in Korean War
SEOUL (if) A high U.S.
Eighth Army officer said Monday
5000 or 6000 Russian technicians
and advisers are in North Korea
and probably man antiaircraft
guns that fire on Allied planes.
This is the first time a high,
responsible officer has made such
a charge although there has been
much' speculation. that Russians
fly jets• or serve as technical ad
visers in antiaircraft, tank and ar
tillery units in Korea.
'lf true, much of the Communist
antiaircraft defense in Korea is an
all-Russian operation, since the
source said the . guns were made
in the Soviet Union.
The officer said in an interview
the Russians were in "rear areas",
and were used in a' "support ca
pacity" by the Communist ar
mies in Korea.
'The officer did not discount the
possibility that some of the thou
§ands of Caucasians he knew to
be in Korea were from some of
the Eastern European countries
behind the_ Iron Curtain. •
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Atomic Fie Id Gun
Disclosed by Ar my
WASHINGTON ( EP)—The Army has stripped the secrecy mantle
from a huge gun made to shoot atomic' shells at enemy troops
on a battlefield 20' miles away.
At the Aberdeen, Md., Proving Grounds the other . day the Army
showed off two of the guris to v
1. Back up its year-old claim
weapons, just as the Air Force
and the Navy have planes to
carry atomic bombs.
2. Show that the 85-ton gun can
travel highways, wheel , off to
travel cross-country to wherever
an Army division commander
wants an, atomic barrage put
down and then go into action
within 20 minutes.
Dual . Purpose Gun
Whether or not it so far has
fired, an actual atomic shell no
One except a few experts in the
Army •and Atomic Energy Com
mission can say. And they de
clined to talk, on that point.
The Army claims a number of
advantages for the gun, includ
ing:
It is dual-purpose, can shoot
either conventional shells or atom
ic charges; its aim is four times
more accurate at long range than
the best guns when World War
II started; it is not land-bound
despite its size and weight• but
Former Reds
Seized by FBI
On Lie Charge
NEW YORK (A').—Earl Browder,
once America's top Communist,
and his Russian-born wife were
suddenly and quietly seized yes
terday by the FBI.
They were accused of ,lying
about Mrs. Browder's Communist
background in 1949 while she was
seeking American citizenship. She
and her husband, it was charged,
both swore she never was, a Red.
U.S. Atty. Myles J. Lane said
Mrs. Browder"attempted, o ob
tain through fraud the most valu
able possession a person can have
—namely U.S. citizenship."
The couple was held in default
of $2500 bail each after . Browder
told Federal Judge John W.
Clancy: •
"I have no money of my own."
A hearing was Set for Oct. 6.
Browder, 61; and Kansas born,
was ousted in 1946 as general sec
retary of the Communist pasty in
this country, in a squabble over
Marx-Lenin principles as applied
in World War 11. Ten years earli
er, he had run for president on
the Red ticket.
Althouirh kicked out of the par
ty, Browder has maintained to
this day that he still is a Com
munist.
Chess Tryouts Tonight
Tryouts .for the College chess
team and. instructions for begin
ners will be featured at the organ
izational meeting of the: Chess
Club to 7 tonight in 3 Sparks.
Anyone interested in joining the
Club at 7 tonight in 3 Sparks.
Peter Betley, President.
Cats are safer now—manufac
turers make nylon strings for
guitars and. ukeleles.
sitors to:
that it really has its own atomic
can be loaded into a landing ship
and transported to the scene of
an - amphibious operation to give
terrific fire -support to the land
ing forces.
'ls 84 Feet Long
And, dekares an; Army state
ment: "it can deliver an atomic
shell on targets in all kinds of
weather, day or night, unlike an
air-delivered atomic bomb." Here
the-Army seemed to be declaring
a measure of independence from
the Air Force, saying it really
doesn't have to rely exclusively
on tactical aviation which is sub
ject to the whims of weather.
The overall length of the whole
assembly—gun, mount and the
two engine cabs—is 84 feet, two
inches. The barrel of the gun,
- which slides back to balance at a
midway point when being trans
ported, is almost 40 feet long. '
The caliber is 280 millimeters,
a little less than
_twelve inches.
Stu-A:trfiTt•s . round olant.
Manchuriah
SEOUL (—U.S. Superforts from Japan and Okinawa pounded
a prime lied Korean chemical plant on the Manchurian frontier for
2 1 / 2 . hours early today and left it in flaming ruin.
• Communist antiaircraft on the Manchurian border opened up on
the raiding force of 45 bombers, but there were no reports that any
were hit.
The Far East Air Forces said f rea. ,,
829 s hit the sprawling Nainsam The plant produced tungsten,
pla n t in Northwest Korea, 27 carbide, bla c k lead and other
miles northeast of Antung, for chemicals and oils used in muni
the 'first time in the war. About ti on ma ki ng .
400 tons of high explosives were On the ground, Communist ar
dumped on the target. Civilians tillery thundered as never be
had been given an Allied warn- }fore, pouring 47,312 rounds of
ing to flee the area. !mortars and shells Tuesday on
Fliers returning from the raid 'Allied' positions across the front.
reported large• explosions and fires I Most of the massive barrage—
rag:ng in the heart of the target. 1 five times heavier than the pre-
Communist MIGs rose to make , ceding day—rained on the Cen
a few non-firing passes at the tral Front where heavy fighting
American bombers, fliers said. was in progress.
However,' Communist antiaircraft
fire from both the Korean and
the Manchurian sides of the Yalu Korea Casualties Mount .
River was described as thick. WASHINGTON (EP)—The De-
An Air Force spokesman: de-,fense Department identified 122
scribed the Namsam plant, on the ' battle casualties yesterday in a
southeast bank of the Yalu River, new Korean War list that included
as "one 'of the most important 17 killed, 103 wounded, one miss
industrial facilities in North Ko- iing and one injured.
Eisenhower Hits
'Scandaliuma-Day"
COLUMBIA, S. C. (I?) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower swept into
the Southern states for - the third time yesterday and stirred wave
after roaring wave of applause when he said of the Truman regime:
"We have an administration which may go down in - history ,as
the scanda 1-a-day administra
tion."
A crowd estimated by 'Colum
bia Police Chief L. T. Campbell
at "nearly 50,000" massed in front
of the •white pillared state capi
tol to • hear Eisenhower tear into
the Democrats on a wide front of
campaign issues.
•
Hits Whispering
The GOP candidate, departing
from text, opened his a tech by
noting and denying -- what he
said are a series of rumors about
his intentions, if . elected.
He said a whispering campaign
has begun to the effect that, if
elected., he will close and other
wise curtail military installations
in the southern . states. Another
report, he said.. is_ that he will
cut soldiers' and sailors' pay. '
Eisenhower said the rumors
were totally false. "Having been
la soldier all my life, it is foolish
to think I would do anything to
weaken the security of the United
States "
- -
Hits Administration
Eisenhower hammered hard on
the theme of misconduct in pub
lic office. He said that the atti
ture of people involved is - "as bad
or worse than the scandals them
selves."
He reviewed virtually the whole
list of 'GOP accusations against
the Democrats. The general said
that "a new breed of political
philosophers who have had prac
tically no faith in the people"
have rejected the principle of gov
ernment "of and by the people."
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CIA Chief
To Testify
in Hearing
WASHINGTON (?P)—The House
un-American Activities Commit
tee decided yesterday to call Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith for testimony
on what he knows about Commu
nist infiltration in government
agencies.
The announcement came just
after Smith, chief of the super
secret Central Intelligence Agen
cy, had backed a step . further
away from his statement that he
believes Reds have penetrated
every American security agency
including his own CIA.
The general, elaborating on his
original remarks, said merely that
it was necessary to "assume"
such a thing has happened.
At the same time Republicans
took up the testimony as a major
campaign issue.
A statement by Chairman John
S. Wood (D-Ga) of the House com
mittee, issued in Los Angeles,
said:
"The committee voted unani
mously to subpoena Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith, reqUiring him to avp
pear before it Oct. 13, 1952, in
Philadelphia . .to give the com
mittee. the benefit of any 'infor
mation of Communist infiltration
into agencies of the government
of the United States, especially
his own."
Smith in his new statement said
that despite "the most unusual
precautions" CIA has never found
a Communist in its ranks in the
United States. But "we have to
act on the assumption that our
opponents are at least as smart
•
as we are," he commented.
Rent Controis End
Throughoid Nation
WASHINGTON' (JP) —Rent con
trol ended at midnight last night
except in cities and towns which
have asked to keep the curbs an
other seven months and those list
ed as critical d e f ens e housing
areas.
-Office of Rent Stabilization of
ficials re-estimated passage of the
,deadline would decontrol about
1000 areas—with rent raises like
ly, they said.
Last midnight was the deadline
for resolutions by local govern
ments to keep the curbs until
next April 30 under a law passed
by the last Congress.
Rent c eiling administrators
have said surveys show that in
the •past decontrol meant an av
erage rent increase of 23.1 per
cent.
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