FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953 Congressmen Term World Scene Grim m (WASHINGTON; Feb. .19 leaders got an inside look at the world military-diplomatic picture with 'President Eisenhower today and generally described it as “grim.” “You might say we are in a hell of a fix, commented one of the ashed not to be named. ' ’ . Led by Senate Majority Leader Taft of Ohio and House Speaker Martin (R-Mass), North Korea Targets Hit In Air Raids SEOUL, Friday, Feb. 20 (JP) — Allied warplanes rocked North Korea with air blows from the front to Manchuria’s approaches Thursday. The Air Force said this relentless offensive has rubbed out most of the lucrative targets. When the Chinese Red air force tried to intervene, it lost two more swift MIGs in the sixth straight day of blistering combat which, by Fifth Air Force count, has cost the Communists 37 jets destroyed or damaged. Nearly 200 U.S. fighter-bombers, returning to the assault' on a key tank repair and troop center near the North Korean capital of Py ongyang, found little save smok ing ruin from Wednesday’s 379- plane raid. Pilots, complaining they were running out of lucrative military bases and industrial targets, went after the secondary, ones. Two dozen Thunderjets plas tered the rail yards at Sonchon, only 40 miles from the Red air base at Antung on the Manchur ian frontier. ‘Fuel oil and other Red supplies went up in smoke. Pilots estimated 39 boxcars were destroyed. As flames spread, five explosions ripped through the Sonchon yards. The yards are on one of the three main rail routes out of Manchuria. Navy Spacemen Ready for Flight Out of World WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (£>)— The Navy has a spaceman’s suit, -good for flight even out of this world. It said it has tested the weird looking outfit which “will allow Navy pilots to travel in safety in the extreme upper atmosphere— or even in outer space.’’ Photographs look like some thing out of science fiction maga zines—a domed plexiglass helmet; a heavily corrugated suit of rub ber; strongly reinforced boots and gloves with air pressure like the rest of the suit. -The Navy said this was the first time scientists had been able to provide “full protection for pi lots flying above 50,000 feet, where death occurs only seconds after the loss of airplane cabin pressure. "" the contingent of 12 senators and 13 House members of both parties emerged •! from the 90-minute White House session with terse comments. ‘ The general reaction seemed to be that nothing new or startling had been disclosed, but that the continuing gravity of the global situation had been driven home with considerable force. President Eisenhower is en gaged" in trying to_head off a de termined drive' in Congress for tax cuts as the first order of busi ness. Administration officials also have been stressing that there is no quick panacea for the Korean War. No War Forseen These officials, however, are counting on such things as mili tary and economic strength, and a seizure of- the offensive in thg cold war to bring eventual suc cess in the effort to establish a stable'' peace. One of those attending the con ference said the congressmen were told there is no prospect of a shooting war “in the immediate future.” Russia is expected to con tinue its present cold-war tactics. This informant said there was no indication at the conference of any sudden change in American strategy. Armaments Discussed Sen. Taft later told newsmen the Eisenhower administration will cut former President Tru man’s $7B billion budget and thus avoid any increase in the $275 billion legal limit on the national debt. The Ohio senator said the cost of armaments was discussed at the White House briefing, but he said there was no talk of any five r year arms race with Russia. Taft said Budget Director Jos eph Dodge told the congressional delegation that if the new Repub lican administration kept up the rate of spending set by the Tru man administration, the debt might climb to $3OO billion by 1958. NJ. Rackets WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (#>)— Senate investigators today blasted what they called “a sordid pat tern of racketeering, coercion, payroll padding and other types of vice” at a New Jersey loading terminal- for military supplies. They said such conditions ap parently “are the norm in similar operations throughout the New York harbor area” and ’called them a “shocking commentary” on law enforcement agencies and labor union leaders. In a report criticizing local pol iticians and the Army Corps of Engineers, a Senate preparedness subcommittee said the Claremont Terminal in Jersey City “was used as a dumping ground for ex convicts, idlers, petty- criminals, HOME-BAKED COOKIES AMD COFFEE OR HOT CHOCOLATE 10 c COLD WEATHER NACK-TIME SPECIAL rved 'til Midnight Daily DUTCH PANTRY 130 East College Avenue THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA March Draft iQuota To Hit 1 9-Year-Qlds HARRISBURG, Feb. 19 (A>) —Numerous 19-year-olds will be drafted to meet Pennsyl vania's March quota of 6&00 men. Slate Selective Service headquarters said today. Henry M. Gross, stale.draft director, said dial of the 7012 to be called for induction dur ing that month, only 3800 will be 20 years old or above. By April, he said, the bulk of . men inducted will be under 20. Possibly a half dozen 19- year olds are being inducted to meet the state's February draft quota. Gross said that 7012 men will be called in March in order to guarantee that the 6000 quota is met. Extra men will be de ducted from later monthly quo tas, he said. Dancer to Talk Against Jelke NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (JP)— Erica Steele, alleged cafe society mad am and former dancer, took the witness stand - today in order to tab Minot (Mickey) Jelke as a hard-boiled, love ’em and leave ’em procurer. “She’s co-operating,” reported Asst. Dist Atty. Anthony J. Lie bler during a recess. Meanwhile, General Sessions Judge Francis L. Valente report edly is ready to throw his court room open tp press and public for defense testimony next week. The Mate contends Jelke left call girl Pat Ward in Miss Steele’s apartment when he went to Flori da last year, with instructions to the alleged madam to “keep her hustling.” Blasted and other hangers-on who were friends of, or had influence with, racketeers and their political friends.” The subcommittee, headed by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.), said that Dade Brothers, a water front operator, obtained a $150,000 contract in January, 1951, to han dle shipments destined for a hur ry-up airbase project in North Africa. By the end' of that year the cost had mushroomed to $9 million, the report said, with “ex orbitant profits” for Dade Broth ers and subsidiaries. Players Present / 2 one act plays Aria da Capa by Edna St. Vincent Millay % \ A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry \" Beginning at Center Stage February 27 ahd 28 lawmakers, <8 UN For Explores Plans Action in Korea UNITED NATIONS, N.'K., Feb. 19 (/P)—Several courses of action on the Korean crisis in the UN General Assembly were explored today by the United States and 13 of its Korean combat partners at a hush-hush conference. No decisions were reported and the host, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who did more listening than talking at the session, told newsmen later that “actions will speak louder than words.” Lodge and several delegates emphasized that the meeting showed the solidarity of the coun tries having fighting forces .in Korea. In a brief statement, with the other delegations - grouped around him for pictures, Lodge said “We have shown by our actions we really believe in the principle of collective security. We coun seled today on steps to take in the future.” To Meet Again Informed quarters indicated some of , the delegates are waiting with great interest to see whether V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian del egate who produced a resolution on Korea last fall, will bring to the Assembly any information from Communist China which might break the long stalemate. The Assembly reconvenes Tues day. The delegates who met almost an hour today did not fix a time for another session but it was ex pected they would meet again at the start of the Assembly. Asian-Arab Group They still have to hammer out. a plan of action. While this meeting was on, members of the Asian-Arab group met and reaffirmed their opinion that the. problem of Korea must be dealt with as part of the larger Far Eastern situation which in cludes Indochina. This (group, is waiting for President Eisenhower to tip his hand bn Korea before it decides what to do in the As sembly. Army Reveals Won't Miss-ile . WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (/P)_ The Army said today it has guided missiles so good “it is almost im possible for them to miss a tar get.” In a summary entitled “Army’s New Guided Missiles now. Roll off the Assembly Lines,” the serv ice declared that: ‘The Army now has weapons that aim themselves, after the trigger is pulled, and it is almost impossible for them to miss a tar get. Enemy planes can drive, bank, side slip or turn tail—but the Army’s new weapons still will knock them out of the skies. “Fantastic though it may seem, on . e ,°f the Army’s surface-to-air missiles the Nike carries a guidance system designed to allow the missiles to out-maneuver and ■hit enemy aircraft.” Chinese Take Outpost RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 19 yp) —Kyukok, a frontier outpost on the China-Burmese border has fal len to Chiang Kai-shek’s' guer rillas, Burma Army headquarters sources reported today. Germans Start Israel Treaty BONN, Germany, Feb. 19 (A 3 ) — The West German Parliament starts action tomorrow on the res titution agreement With Israel de spite the. Arab League’s threat of economic reprisals if the pact is approved. The agreement to provide par tial compensation for Nazi perse cution of Germany’s Jews comes up first in the Bundesrat, or up per house. Chancellor Konrad Ad enauer’s three-party coalition and the Socialists, chief opposition, have announced they will vote for the agreement and govern ment leaders hope for final rati fication by early April. Under the pact, signed in Lux embourg last September, West Germany agreed to send Israel $715 million worth of goods and to give the Jewish Material Claims Conference $lOB million in goods which also will go to Israel. PAGE THREE
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