WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1953 Blockade of China Undeigoing Review WASHINGTON, Feb: 17 (/P)—President Eisenhower said today he supposes govern ment departments are looking into, the question of a naval blockade or embargo of Com munist China, but that he himself isn’t considering it officially. doesn’t know when that might be—and that he will go right back to Congress and ask Eisenhower also said tax cuts ought to wait until a balanced budget is in sight—he McClellan Cites 'Voice' Sabotage WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (A)— Senate investigators pressed an inquiry into the question of sabo tage in the “Voice of America” today with. Sen. McClellan (D- Ark) saying he sees “a lot more than plain stupidity or incompe tence” in disclosures so far. The Arkansan called on the Sen ate investigating subcommittee to push its study of the. overseas propaganda broadcast operation until it gets the answer in wheth er conditions he' criticized were brought about “by design.” “The thing looks rotten on the face of it,” McClellan burst out in the midst of testimony centering on the location and construction of two huge radio transmitters. The jobs, one in Port Angeles near Seattle, Wash., and the other near Wilmington, N.C., were shut down yesterday. The order came about the time the committee was receiving testimony from Lewis J. McKesson, former radio engin eer for the "Voice,” that he be lieved sabotage was involved in selection of the sites. McKesson, again on the stand at intervals today, said he had quit the government job in dis gust over "mismanagement.” The-engineer gave more details today on hi& testimony that both sites were in areas of magnetic disturbance that would help Rus sian “jamming” efforts, and that the sites themselves made build ing too costly, largely because'of drainage trouble." McKesson stuck to his estimate that it -would cost ten times too much—he guessed $lO million each—to complete and maintain the He ticked off another $8,75 million he said might be wasted on other “Voice” construc tion jobs. Court Upholds Jelke Secrecy NEW YORK, Feb! 17 (7P)~The State Supreme Court refused to day to lift the lid of, secrecy from Minot (Mickey)' Jelke’s cafe so ciety vice trial. Supreme Court Justice Ben jamin F. Schreiber said in a nine page decision directed to repre sentatives of the New York press: “The court has no right or pow er on these applications to decide whether the trial judge should or should not have ordered the ex clusion of the public and the press from the Jelke trial.” . The proper place to decide the issue, he added, is in the state’s appeals courts. The newspaper group announced it would decide tomorrow whether to make such an appeal. General Sessions Judge Francis L. Valente barred press and pub lic from the lurid state testimony in the procuring. trial, saying it might offend public decency. He made no objection to report ers confirming what information they picked up out of court from lawyers in the case. On this basis, much of last week’s testimony by call girl Pat Ward leaked out. However,' since then the attorneys on both sides have done little talking outside court. . •», Payne to Speak ...Earl C. Payne will speak on Marketing Problems of the Coal Industry” at the meeting of the Mining Engineering- Society at 7:30 tonight in 121 Mineral In dustries. l . for more controls if price gouging starts. Those were three of the eight items the President tackled in a 32-minute news conference—his first since moving into the White House. A standing room-only growd of 256 reporters saw the conference unfold along new lines with Ei senhower competely in charge all the way, much like a professor presiding over class. -- It was Eisenhower who brought up five of the subjects and dis cussed them one after another. For a brief time he let reporters fire questions, answering them all, without a single “No com ment.” Before they were through, he clipped off the meeting and whirled out of the room. While the conference was on, it ranged over these additional topics: Farm prices The. President says there’s a serious problem here—inherited from the Truman administration although beef prices have started back up now. Atom bomb—the President says as far as he is concerned it’s ab solutely true that Russia has exr ploded atomic weapons and is building up a supply of them. That makes twice that Eisen hower, in effect, has challenged former President Truman’s state ment questioning whether Russia really has the A-bomb. ; Korea—Eisenhower wouldn’t go so far as to say it is his intention eventually to replace American troops with Sbuth Koreans. As long as the United Nations carry responsibilities in Korea, he said, he doesn’t believe they ca'n re move themselves entirely. Secret agreements—The Presi dent-doesn’t want Congress to re pudiate in whole any once secret agreements—such ds the Yalta Pact. But steps will be taken to make it clear that never has the heart of America agreed to the enslavement of any people. Politics—Snapping back at Ad la* E. Stevenson’s suggestion that the Eisenhower “business admin istration” may become a ,“Big Deal” administration, the Presi dent said he couldn’t conceive of an accusation that he isn’t con cerned with all 158 million Ameri cans. In the Defense Department, which spends about two-thirds of the government’s money, Eisen hower said he has. placed men who made records for efficiency. State Constitution Bill Opposition Building Up HARRISBURG, Feb. 17 (A 3 ) —Opposition mounted among Senate Republicans today to an administration-supported bill calling for a convention to revise Pennsylvania’s 79-year-ofd constitution. “There is definitely some opposition here to a constitutional convention,” Sen. Rowland B. Mahany, Republican floor leader, told a newsman. Revision of the state’s basic iaw was advocated in the platform of both the Democrats and Re publicans. Democrats still say they want a revision. But a number of Senate Republicans appears wary of the plan. In another development before the.. House -and Senate adjourned a two-day session until next Mon day, a ten-man legislative com mittee was named to • investigate the safety record of the Pennsyl vania Turnpike. Eighty-three persons were killed,, on the 327-mile super highway last year, an all-time high. Sen. Fred B. Hare (R-Som erset) was designated chairman. Chesterman Committee recom mendations for economy in state government will get the first hand, attention of the lawmakers next Monday. Gov. John S. Fine THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Eighth Army Sets Back Red Thrusts SEOUL, Wednesday, Feb. 18 (A)—Eighth Army forces tossed back nine small but 7 fierce Com munist thrusts along the Korean battle front Tuesday, using fiery napalm land mines at one point to halt the Red attacks. In the air, Sabre pilots reported they shot down one MIG and damaged another in the fourth straight day of blazing air combat in which 28 Red planes have been destroyed or damaged. Fighter- SEATTLE. Feb. 17 (A)—Two Navy transports will bring 1529 Army and Navy men home from the Far East tomorrow. The Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey will dock in the morning with 1169 troops and 206 civilian pas sengers and the Gen. C. C. Bal lou, with 361 passengers, all mil itary, in the afternoon. bombers swarmed over North Ko rea, blasting supply stores and communications. Headquarters announced South Korean troops on the Central Front west of the Mundung Val ley detonated the new type jel lied gasoline mines in front of their positions in warding off Chinese troops in a 40-minute bat tle. The Communists had poured ,2500 rounds of artillery and mor tar fire on 'the South Koreans before jabbing lightly with about 40 men. At least 11 Reds were killed. Presumably the napalm show ers the enemy with blazing jellied gasoline. There was no indica tion whether the mines are set off electrically or by pressure. Cruder napalm traps have long been used. They operate with a trip wire leading from drums of napalm. When Red soldiers hit the trip wires the napalm ex plodes. In other actions, South Koreans defending an , outpost near Jane Russell Hill on the Central Front on two Allied positions near Kelly Hill on the Western Front. One Allied position was • lost northwest of Yonchon in another Red attack. will address the legislature oh the economy reports. The Senate passed its first bill of the 1953 session. It was a meas ure to permit the-trial of involun tary manslaughter cases in quar ter sessions court. The bill went to the House. • Mahany said he could not an ticipate what will happen to the constitutional revision bill if and when it' reaches the Senate. Under the House bill, spon sored by Rep. Albert W. Johnson, GOP floor leader, a convention composed of 120 delegates would meet here, next January to revise or write a new constitution. Three convention delegates would be elected from each of Pennsylvanians' 30 congressional districts, ' Stalin, Indian Envoy Discuss Armistice MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (/P) —Prime Minister Stalin and Indian Am bassador K. P. S. Menon had a half-hour talk at the Kremlin tonight. Unquestionably they discussed the Korean armistice issue. , , The Moscow radio announced Stalin also conferred with Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu, chairman of the All-Indian Peace Council, who awarded a Stalin Peace Pri further details. Ambassador Menon, a former foreign secretary who once was India’s envoy to Nationalist Chi na, was.acompanied to the Krem lin by the first secretary of his Embassy. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob Malik sat in with Stalin. Comment Declined “The meeting was friendly,” an Indian spokesman said. The Embassy declined comment on the Korean armistice issue, which the Indians brought up in the UN General Assembly last fall. The Indian armistice plan, incorporating Western views on non-forcible repatriation of war prisoners, was rejected by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y.. Vish insky. Prime Minister Nehru’s Indian government, however, has said it would continue efforts to reach a truce. Indian delegate V. K. Krishna Menon, author of the armistice plan, is to handle the Korean problem for India again at the UN General Assembly which reconvenes in New York next Tuesday. Vishinsky again will head the Soviet delegation. Pakistan Topic Vishinsky left Moscow for New York today. Along with Korea, a possible topic of conversation was a re ported British - American agree ment to open the door for Pakis tan, Moslem neighbor of India, to enter the long-projected Mid dle East Defense Organization. The Indians have expressed con cern that this might mean mili tary strengthening of Pakistan arid Western support for that na tion’s claim to disrupted Kashmir. PAGE THREE ize last year. The radio gave no Government Set to Junk More Curbs WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (#)— The administration sounded a warning against price-gouge tac tics today as it prepared to scrap federal price controls over an other big batch of consumer items. The Office of Price Stabiliza tion said an order may come to morrow lifting price curbs on such things as xcigarets, drugs, cosmetics, coal, lumber, cameras and photographic material, and many household appliances. In another development, the .Steel industry told the National Production Authority that steel is no longer a “critical material” and that no production controls will be needed after mid-year ex cept to safeguard the military and atomic programs. NPA’s Steel Advisory Commit tee said all military requirements for steel are now being met. The group said considerably more steel is available for civilian use than before the Korean War. OPS officials predicted' price hikes on many items covered in the new decontrol order expected tomorrow, including perhaps a cent-a-pack boost on cigarets and a 10 per cent rise in the price of cosmetics.
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