SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1952
HST, Ike Begin
Liaison System
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7(W)—President and President-elect began
setting up today a liaison system for shifting from the old adminis
tration to the new the vast problems of foreign affairs, defense and
finance.
President Truman rushed a telegram to the man who will
succeed him, asking that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower place repre
sentatives in the State and De
fense Departments "at the earliest
possible moment."
Eisenhower rushed back a reply
and an aide indicated the general
would select these representatives
at once and get them to Washing
ton.
Lebanese Women
Get Voting Rights ..
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 7
(R)—Educated Lebanese wo
men are getting the right to
vote—and they'd better use it.
Enlargement of the electorate
of this little Arab nation to in
clude all women with elemen
tary education wa s decreed
last night by Premier Khalid
Shehab's government.
Voting is compulsory for all
eligible, men or women. Non
voters are subject to fines up
to 100 Lebanese pounds ($27).
Eisenhower
Will Name
Aides Soon
AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 7 (2?)—
President-elect Dwight D. Eisen
hower, responding to a "top .sec
ret" message fr o m the White
House, today assured President
Truman he will act promptly to
name personal representatives to
the State and Defense Depart
ments.
Eisenhower's press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, told newsmen
that was the substance of the
general's reply to Truman's mes
sage, which was delivered at Eis
enhower's vacation headquarters
personally by presidential cour
ier.
UN For Consultation
At United Nations headquar
ters in New York delegates made
no secret of their satisfaction
with the decision. They have hes
itated to make important policy
decisions here on such subjects
as Korea, Tunis and Morocco,
and any matter involving finan
cial commitments which might
not be acceptable to the new ad
nistration.
The UN people generally be
lieve that without such consul
tations American foreign and de
fense policy would necessarily
have to come almost to a halt
for _two months. Under present
world conditions, they said, this
would be intolerable.
Reaffirms Korean Pledge
Indications were the general's
choices probably will be an
nounced next week. Asked wheth
er Eisenhower already had been
in touch with aides by telephone
regarding the appointments, Ha
gerty replied: "Of course."
Meanwhile, Eisenhower stated
once again that he plans to go
to Korea in an effort to find some
way to end the war there.
The general pledged during his
campaign that if elected he would
travel to Korea. He has fixed ho
time for the trip, but his present
plans appear to preclude going
until after the White House con
ference scheduled for Nov. 17.
Illinois Prof to Deliver
Organic Chem Lectures
Dr. Nelson J. Leonard of the
University of Illinois will deliver
a Series of organic chemistry lec
tures at 5:10 p.m. Monday and
4:10 p.m. Tuesday in 119 Osmond
and 4:10 p.m. Wednesday in 117
Osmond.
Subject for the lectures will be
"The Reduction of A-Substituted
Kdtones."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Military Courier
Truman disclosed that he also
had sent a personal messenger to
Eisenhower, who is resting from
campaign rigors at Augusta, Ga.
A White House spokesman said
Col. Albert L. Cox of the Air Force
had carried -to Eisenhower a writ
ten message suggesting still other
"lines of co-operation" in the
weeks before the general is in
augurated on Jan. 20.
Use of a military courier built
up an impression that secret in
formation too delicate to entrust
to regular channels might have
been flown to Eisenhower's vaca
tion retreat in the South.
Eisenhower's press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, said in Augus
ta that the general had replied
to this message, too, that it was
marked "top secret," and that one
or two paragraphs related to for
eign affairs and the United Na
tions. Other portions, Hagerty
said, dealt with setting up a liai
son with Eisenhower appointees.
Needs Reasonable Time
Truman and Eisenhower already
have agreed the general should
send someone to Washington to
work on the budget the President
must submit to Congress before
Eisenhower moves into the White
House. And Truman accepted to
day the Nov. 17 date Eisenhower
tentatively suggested for the per
sonal meeting between the two
men which the President had pro
posed.
In agreeing yesterday to Tru
man's proposal for a personal con
ference the general said he needed
"a reasonable time for conversa
tions and conferences leading up
to the designation of 'important
assistants."
The problem of a smooth switch
over from one administration to
the other entered into cabinet
deliberations today.
Ike May S •#tle GOP Senate Row
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (W)
President-elect Dwight D. Eisen
hower's trouble shooting talents
appeared headed for a quick test
;within his .own party today amid
signs of a possible GOP row over
leadership in the Senate.
There were indications that
Eisenhower himself may take a
hand in settling the matter at a
projected meeting with Republi
can congressional leaders early
next month.
Meanwhile late returns from
Eisenhower's landslide victory in
the presidential election still
rolled in—with nearly complete
figures showing a record-breaking
total vote of almost 60 million
ballots. The latest Associated
Pregs tally showed Eisenhower
with a, grand total of 33,029,304
votes against 26,584,344 for his
Democratic opponent, Gov. Adlai
Stevenson of Illinois.
Principals in the behind the
scenes rivalry for the post of Sen
ate GOP leader were publicly
non-committal, but at least six
key senators were mentioned as
prospects for the job.
The scramble was touched off
when Sen. Styles _Bridges of New
Hampshire, the . or es e n t GOP
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61 Per Cent
Of Adults
Voted in '52
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (2EP)- -
About 61 per cent of the adult
population turned out to vote in
Tuesday's election—the biggest
percentage in history a survey
indicated today.
With about 4,000 polling places
still to be counted, an unofficial
tabulation showed a combined
total of 59,545,569 votes for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Ste
venson.
Counting minor party candi
dates and the remaining precincts,
the total outpouring of ballots
might reach 60 million.
The Census bureau estimates
the total population at voting age
as 98,400,000. Thus the vote would
be about 61 per cent of the total
adult population.
That compares with 59 per cent
in the
the
race of
1940, the previous record. Only 52
per cent of the adult population
chose to vote in the last presiden:
tial election in 1948.
The percentage of registered or
eligible voters who went to the
polls apparently broke no record,
however. Estimates by state and
party offiicals and political writ
ers added up to an unofficial fig
ure of .75,579,785 eligible voters.
About 79 per cent of that number
actually voted.
In 1940, 82 per cent of the eli
gible voters cast a ballot, but the
turnout was a shade less than 50
million.
Blimp Goes Down
in Ocean; 11 Saved
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Nov. 7 (JP)
—A freak accident today dumped
a Navy blimp into the Atlantic
Ocean 55 miles east of here but
the 11-man crew was rescued
quickly by a submarine sum
moned by a companion airship.
The blimp, under command of
Lt. George R. Keiser. Port Royal,
Pa., was on a routine anti-sub
marine training patrol with an
other lighter than air ship from
nearby Glynco Naval Air Station
when a window blew out of the
cab.
A propellor knocked the win
dow through the fabric of the gas
bag, freeing the helium so rapidly
that the blimp settled into the
ocean in a few minutes from an
altitude of around 500 feet.
floor leader, passed the word that
he would prefer to take over the
less burdensome role of tempor
ary president of the Senate
president pro tem—which ranks
third in the line of succession to
the White House.
Bridges, the dean of Senate Re
publicans, became floor leader in
a peace move a year ago follow
ing the death of Sen. Kenneth
Wherry of Nebraska.
Bridges agreed to serve as
Wherry's successor to ave r t a
threatened clash between the ri
val Taft-Eisenhower camps in the
bitter pre-convention f i gh t for
the Republican presidential nom
ination.
Mentioned today as Bridges'
successor—if the New Hampshire
senator steps down as floor leader
—are senators Leverett Salton
stall of Massachusetts, Homer
Ferguson of Michigan, William
Knowland of California, Homer
Capehart of Indiana, Bourke B.
Hickenlooper of lowa, and Ever
ett Dirksen. of Illinois.
Saltonstall is the only one of
the six man field of aspirants
who was an early and enthusias
tic booster for Eisenhower. The
others either boomed Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio to head the GOP
Red Guns Silenced
By Allied Artillery
SEOUL, Saturday, Nov. 8 (JP) —Massed Chinese Communist guns
on the Central Front were falling silent Friday in a storm of Allied
counter battery fire unmatched in violence in the whole Korean War.
Allied artillery reasserted the mastery it had lost in the three
weeks battle of Triangle Hill and
Sniper Ridge as the bruised and
and battered , infantry of both
sides crouched in the cover of the
bunkers.
Farther west, Allied raider
teams were on the prowl. They
struck a vicious blow at Chinese
atop Big Nori Hill, near Yonchon.
Farther s o ut h, another raiding
party caught and cut to pieces
a 25-man Chinese force near Kor
angpo.
Guns Seek Batteries
The Russian - trained Chinese
artillerymen on the Central Front
I fired only about 2100 rounds Fri
day, AP Correspondent John Ran
dolph reported from the front.
Only Tuesday the Reds threw in
23,000 rounds.
Allied long-range guns were
seeking out the Red batteries hid
den in the hills to the north.
Artillery officers estimated the
barrage and air strikes had de
stroyed 38 Communist field guns
in four days of furious cannonad
ing and had damaged at least 61
more.
This would account for nearly
half the 200 or so guns that the
Communists massed on this nar
row sector. The Reds had laid
down such a fiery barrage that
it stalled and broke up Allied,
infantry attacks.
Reds Hide Guns
While the destruction of the
Red guns accounted for much of
the decline in Communist artil
lery fire. Allied officers were
sure the enemy command was
keeping many of its guns hidden
in tunnels and formidable em
placements of earth and logs.
The Allies raid on Big Nori was
the only sizeable ground action
attempted in the freezing wea
ther. The raiders hit the hill at
dawn and fought on through the
morning.
The Eighth Army had no late
reports on the battle, but pre
sumably the raiders withdrew af
ter inflicting casualties.
The year 1912 had an unusual
ly chilly summer because dust
from the eruption of Alaska's Mt.
Katami partially obscured the
sun in the Northern Hemisphere.
presidential ticket or were other
wise tardy in jumping on the
Eisenhower bandwagon.
With the issue still unsettled,
GOP leaders said they expect to
meet with Eisenhower early next
month to discuss the general's
legislative program.
In contrast to possible Senate
friction, harmony apparently
prevailed on the House side over
the allotment of key, posts.
Rep. Martin is slated to become
House speaker when. the new 83rd
Congress convenes on Jan. 3, re
turning to the gavel wielding post
he held during the Republican
controlled 80th Congress in 1947-
48. The $30,000 a year job puts
the speaker second in the line of
presidential succession, directly
behind the vice president.
Similarly, Rep. Charles Hal
leck of Indiana is expected to re
sume his old post as GOP floor
leader which he held when the
Republicans were last in power.
Children's Book Fair
Monday, November 10, 1952
Westminster Foundation Hall
A.C.E.I. BUSINESS MEETING
7:30 P.M. AT FOUNDATION
Alger Hiss
Appeals
Court Order
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (iP)—Alger
Hiss today appealed a court or
der that denied him a new trial—
and bitterly criticized the judge
who issued the order as unfair.
The former State department of
ficial, serving a five-year sentence
for perjury, filed the appeal in
federal court here through his
attorneys just a day after apply
ing in Washington for a parole.
Hiss contended in his appeal
that Federal District Judge Hen
ry W. Goddard, in denying him
a new trial early this. year, had
done so "w,ithout fair hearing."
Unsubstantiated Gossip
Chester T. Lane, attorney for
Hiss, argued before Judge God
dard last January that Hiss,
among other things, had been
framed by Whittaker Chambers
through "forgery by typewriter."
The appeal said the judge "ac
cepted the government's unsub
stantiated gossip and rumors as
sufficient to controvert sworn
statements of defense witnesses
who were presented as ready and
able to support their affidavits
in open court."
Further, the appeal said, the
Judge knew in advance that he
was going to deny the motion.
"We cannot make any lesser
charge," the appeal said. "We be
lieve that the trial court's hand
ling of the motion displayed such
predetermination without f air
hearing as to an abuse of its
discretion and thus to constitute
an error requiring reversal by the
court."
It also declared that Judge God
dard "resolved issues of fact de
pending on the credibility of wit
nesses, uniformly in favor of the
government without hearing the
witnesses or permitting their
credibility to be tested by direct
and cross examination."
Oklahoma vs ND,
Big Contest of Day
NEW YORK, (?P)—The Okla
homa football team, which has
been drawing rave notices from
the fans in its own territory and
up and coming Notre Dame are
ready to give each other—and the
NCAA television program the
big test today.
By and sort of standards, it's
the big game on the collegiate
football program, which features
a flock of intersectional contests,
and for the first time the "big"
game is the one selected before
the season to be televised nation
ally.
Brunner to Address
FFA Monday Night
Dr. Henry S. Brunner, profes
sor of agricultural education, will
address the Future Farmers of
America at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
100 Horticulture.
SPONSORED BY A.C.E.I.
8:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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