TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1953 Ike to Order Lift Off China Blockade WASHINGTON,' Feb. 2 (JP) President Eisenhower an nounced to a heavily applaud ing Congress today he is 6r dering the American navy to stop. protecting Red China from Chiang Kai-shek’s forces on Formosa. He also disclosed, in his first State of the Union message, that he is preparing to repudiate ; any “secret understandings” of the Roosevelt-Truman era which per-, mitted Russia, to “enslave” free peoples. . Republican ranks whooped It up'when the new President de clared that price and wage con trols must die in,April. ' But both Democrats and Repub licans managed only mild ap plause for Eisenhower’s idea" of putting off tax cuts until the un balanced budget is brought under control. Eisenhower said he has ordered the. U.S. Serenth Fleet to sto "shielding" Chi: ese Reds from a. lacks from Foi mosa. There "no logic » sense/' he sai in guardin Communists w] axe killing Araei ican and XTnili Nations troops Korea. The order dears the way for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist forces to mount on Formosa any attacks they are cap able of turning against the Com munist mainland. Yells, cheers and hahddap ping greeted official disclosure of this reversal of one phase of the Truman foreign policy. Yet widespread comments of appro val from Republican lawmakers were offset to a degree by ex pressions of hope from leading Democrats that the step won't mean a bigger war or full scale support of Chiang in anything he undertakes. Prom Paris late today came word from informed sources that Secretary of State Dulles had as sured .nervous French officials the United States would not sup port' any “reckless actions” by Chiang. Eisenhower said nothing of rescinding the second part of the Truman-Formosan policy— which the U.S. Fleet guards Formosa from attack from the. Red mainland. Trixman's policy, adopted before the Chinese Reds entered the Korean War. was designed to prevent expansion of the fighting in the Far East. Thunderous applause, largely: from Republicans; greeted Eisen hower when he said he intends to ask Congress to adopt a reso lution making it clear the Amer ican. government will not be bound by any secret deals which, he said, permitted enslavement. Eisenhower did not explain what understandings he had in mind. Members of Congress took it he was drawing a bead on concessions -made to the So viet Union at the Yalta and- Potsdam conferences. It was the first time in over 29 years a Republican 'President had appeared before Congress in person to talk official business of a major nature. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA The World At a Glance British Plane Believed Lost Over Atlantic HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 2 (IP) —A four-engine British troop transport plane with 39 persons aboard was believed to have crashed in the icy, gale-whipped -North Atlantic today. ‘ Strong winds and torrential t rains re stricted search operations, and little hope was held for rescue. > The plane, operated by Sky ways, Ltd., of London, was bound for Gander, Nfld., from, the Azores. It. radioed an SOS 359 miles east-southeast of Gander. At that time winds up to 75 miles an hour churned the ocean. Nat'list> Raids Expected From Blockade Lift TAIPEH, Formosa, Tuesday, Feb. 3 (JP) —The new U.S. policy toward Formosa is expected to step up Nationalist raids oij the mainland of. Red China and may permit an airlift of men and ma terial to Chinese Nationalist for ces clinging to a foothold in the Burma' border region. These possibilities arose today as headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek surged with new hope of an eventual comeback on the mainland. Czech Gov't Revised VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 2 (IP)— Czechoslovakia’s Communist bosses have. reorganized the Sov iet satellite’s government and set up a Russian-type presidium to “direct and control” the Czech ministries, Prague radio said to night. The new presidium includes Premier Antonin Zapotocky and his deputy premiers. The number of deputies was boosted from four to nine, however. PARTY REFRESHMENTS OF ALL KINDS • Sandwiches • Birthday Cakes 9 Homemade Cookies • Coffee Cakes • Fruit Punch • Other Cakes Stern 122 E. IRVIN AVE. PHONE 4818 STUDENTS Let Us Help You With All of Your Needs For Second Semester PIANO For Individual Instruction MUSICAL ACCESSORIES SUPPLIES FOR INSTRUMENTS THE 203 S BEAVER AVE. U.S. Sabres, Tanks Shatter lied Lines SEOUL, Tuesday, Feb. 3 (£>)— U.S. and South Kqrean tanks, striking like bolts of lightning along 20- mil e s of the' Central Front, shattered more than 1400 deep Communist bunkers since Jan. 10 in the so-called “impreg nable” Red. line, the Eighth Ar my reported- Monday. In addition nearly 20 Red' gun and mortar positions, nearly 150 artillery and ammunition .caves arid more than half a mile of trenches .were knocked out. In the air, Sabre jets shot down two Red MlG'fighters, probably destroyed one and sent two more limping home riddled with bul lets, the Fifth Air Force announ ced. It was the, 15 th straight day of air combat. Naguib, Minister Confer CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 2 (#>)— Italy’s-IJefense Minister Randolfo Pacciardi held a top-secret con ference here today with Prime Minister Maj. Gen. Mohamed Na guib. Neither would confirm or deny widespread reports that the talks concerned plans for defense of the Mediterranean'.. Pacciardi brought, with him a group of sen ior officers from the Italian Army, Air Force and Navy. Aegean Sub-command ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 2 (IP)— Adm. Pyrros Lappas, chief of the Greek naval staff, was appoint ed today to head an Aegean Sea sub-command for the North At lantic Treaty Organization NATO. An act setting up the sub-com mand under Adm. Lappas was signed today by Defense Minister Panayotis Canellopoulos. TEXT BOOKS For All Music Courses arid VOCAL MUSIC MANUSCRIPT PAPER OPEN 9 to 9 DAILY PHONE STATE CQU-EOE Dulles Calms French On Ikes China Action PARIS, Feb. 2 (JP) —U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wafe reported to have assured anxious French officials today that the United States does not intend to support'Chiang Kai-shek in any “reckless action” against Communists on the Chinese mainland. At the same time, an informant said, Dulles declared the Chinese Tempest, Flood Claim 948 Lives LONDON, Feb. 2 (JP)—' The sod den and' shattered coastal towns of Britain, Belgium and Holland counted 948 dead tonight in one of the worst flood and tempest disasters of their history. The final toll may go over 1000 when the hurricane-lashed tides have receded on both sides of the North Sea. Canvey Island, submerged in mud and water and the worst hit place in' all flood-d evastated southeastern England, still had 500 of its 13,000 inhabitants miss ing after counting 100 dead. More«rthan 1000 were unaccount ed for along a 20-mile stretch of British coast. A freaking combination, the highest tide of the month co inciding with a hurricane that slammed through the North Sea, piled great walls of water down the narrow southern end of the sea. Buy and Sell Used Books at the ÜBA THE USED BOOK AGENCY OFFERS SAVINGS WHEN YOU BUY OR SELL YOUR USED BOOKS. 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Dulles conferred with top brack et French Cabinet members, head ed by Premier Rene Mayer, on Eisenhower’s State of the Union message -in which the President announced he was ordering that the fleet “no longer be employed to shield Communist China.” The report of what Dulles said at his conference -with French leaders was given by a respon sible source with full authority to disclose what went on at the day-long session. Dulles told them the President’s action was expected to draw Chi nese troops from, the north and south to a central front facing Formosa, thus relieving pressure on Korea and easing a threat of Chinese participation in the war in Indochina. In London, the British gOYem ment was reliably reported plan ning to make "an oral protest against ending the blockade. in the TUB Econ 1,12 History 19 Geography 24 Math 4, 55 Philosophy 3 Phys Ed 11, 12 Poly Sci 3 Open 9 - 9 PAGE THREE
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