WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1953 AFL President Requests Revisions in T-H Law WASHINGTON, March 3 (/P) AFL President George Meany today asked Con gress for what amounts to practically a 'repeal of the Taft-Hartley. Act; In a sweeping indictment of the se.ven-year-old law, which he called “unjustifiably oppressive,” the AFL/s new president told the House Labor Committee: ' Enslavement Fight Seen By Parties WASHINGTON, March., 3 .(/P)— The lines were drawn up today for a possible out-and-out fight between Republicans and Demo crats over the resolution con demning Russia for enslavement of free peoples. Secretary of State Dulles, spon sor of the original proposal on be half of President Eisenhower, has said it would be better to have no action at all on the subject than to turn out a split decision which the Soviets could interpret to the world as a division in American views. Such a fight might still be averted, but Democratic state ments .sounded like the chance was a slim one. Democrats Vote Against The Senate Foreign Relations Committee laid out the battle line —and produced a party-line split of its own—by writing into the measure an amendment which says Congress is expressing no opinion- as. to the “validity or in validity” of long - controverted wartime agreements _with Russia by President Roosevelt and Tru man. Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) offered the hew language. The vote on that revision, and on approval of the resolution as amended, was 8-6. The six were all Democrats. ' Oppose Revision In the original version the Reds would simply have been de nounced for perversion of agree ment "which resulted in enslave ment of peoples behind the Iron Curtain- , Democratic leaders in both the Senate and the House had ap proved the original form, and op posed any revision that would amount to criticism of the agree ments themselves. A number of Democrats,argued today that the amendment final ly adopted “emasculated” the res olution as a propaganda weapon by throwing into doubt the valid ity of the pacts Russia is accused of breaking. State to Air Cost Cut Plan HARRISBURG, March 3 (JP)— Pennsylvania’s general assembly got set today to give pin-pointed public hearings to proposals 'for' cutting 100 million dollars from the cost of the state government. A committee of 30 senators and representatives was named to make a page-by-page study—with the public looking on—of the bulky Chesterman Committee re ports. Those reports, prepared' under direction of Francis J. Chester man, Philadelphia, recommended a broad re-organization of state agencies, including a number of consolidations. “We’re prepared for a long siege,” commented Sen. Rowland B. Mahany, Republican floor lead er. He said the hearings would last at least a month. Marilyn MONROE . Joseph COTTEN • Jean PETERS - ' V ASHS:I Pii»r ml fiy CHARLES HHAUEIT . *- :J|- CATHAUM THEATRE - BEGINS FRIDAY! 1. The closed shop, under which employment depends on- prior un ion’ membership, should be legal ized. 2. Injunctions of all kinds should be stricken from the law, including 80-day bans on strikes which affect the national safety. 3. Some types of secondary boy cotts should be allowed. Meany called these boycotts “time-hon ored activities traditionally car ried on to protect established la bor standards and to assist other unions.” The Taft-Hartley Act forbids - them. 4. The anii-Communisi oath requirement "reduces unionists to the status of second class citizenship" and should be elim inated. Meany. said the sion is not "ferreting out Com munists' from unions." The Taft-Hartley Act forbids unions to use the facilities of the National Labor Relations Board unless their officers sign the non- Communist oath. 5. Unions should be allowed to make political contributions. 6. Extend collective bargain ing rights to large groups of farm) employes, not covered by the act. Meany's appearance before the committee, headed by Rep. McConnell' (R-Penn.), was the first testimony of organized-,la bor in the committee's hearings on the law. The hearings are due to run well into April. Hero's Welcome Given To Returning Van Fleet „ WASHINGTON, March 3 (IP)— Gen. James A. Van Fleet re turned to a hero’s welcome at the White House today and held to his belief that the U.S. Eighth Army in Korea is invincible. The. strapping 60-year-old general was closeted alone with Pres ident Eisenhower for five minutes, which presumably gave the chief executive little opportunity to sound out Van Fleet at that time on his ideas for? ending the. long stalemated Korean War. Then a parade of the nation’s top military chieftains, including the veteran Gen. George C. Mar shall, filed in and joined the dis cussion for another 2 minutes be fore the group went to lunch." Later, Van Fleet told newsmen the things he talked about with Eisenhower and the military high command were strictly “confiden tial.” He is scheduled to begin a round of congressional quiz sessions at an open hearing before the House Armed Services Committee to morrow, Chairman Short (R-Mo.) said Van Fleet had agreed to tes tify publicly with as full informa tion as possible without violating security. Bombarded with me w s m e n’s questions, Van Fleet ducked a di rect reply when asked whether it would require heavy reinforce ments for the United Nations to lash out on the offensive in Ko rea. The general, who pricked con gressional ears several weeks ago by saying the Eighth Army “cer tainly” could undertake a success ful offensive now* answered the questions in these words: “I’m certainly never going to admit that the Eighth Army could be defeated. The American Army has never been defeated and it never will be defeated. Those are my sentiments.” Some, members of Congress |§§§|i' *rJ~' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, March 3 (/P)— Adlai Stevenson ran up a land slide victory sOver a squad of Washington politicians today to win the “Snickers Award” of the National Association of Gagwrit ers. His quips during his unsuccess ful Democratic campaign for the presidency last fall were ad judged superior to the output of former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, former White House mil itary aide Harry Vaughan, George Allen, Mrs. Perle Mesta, minister to Luxembourg, Sen. Charles W. Tobey (R-NH), Mike DiSalld—and even Harry S. Tru man. A scroll is being, prepared by the gagwriters, with headquar ters in New York, for presenta tion to Stevenson during the eighth annual National Laugh Week, which starts April Fool’s Day. Getting it to him will be a problem. Stevenson sailed from San Francisco yesterday for a four-month ' trip around the world. have contended that without strong reinforcements the Eighth Army would suffer hazardous losses in attempting to break the military stalemate and drive the Communists out of their deep dug entrenchments. Riding Club to Meet The Riding Club will discuss further plans for the Horse Show at its regular' meeting at. 7 to night in 317 Willard. The show will be held May 2 and 3 at the College riding stables. " . * life: 'Wis*'-* Stevenson ■Wins 'Snickers Award' By a Landslide "Coke" b a registered trade-mark. Opposition Blocks Vote for Mossadegh TEHRAN, Iran, March 3 (TP) —Premier Mohammed Mossadegh’s opposition boycotted a Parliament meeting today and blocked a vote of confidence in his Struggle for power with youthful Shah Moham med Reza Fahlevi. With the exception of sporad: Tehran 'was relatively free from by cord o<ff in g off Parliament Square to prevent a mass rally called by a Communist-f ro n t group, “The National Organiza tion to Combat Imperialism.” Kashani Orders Boycott The scheduled Parliament meet ing had promised a showdown be tween . Mossadegh and Ayatullah Seyed Abolghassem Kashani, pow erful Moslem religious leader who is speaker of the Chamber of .Dep uties. Kashani swung the support of his fanatical followers to the Shah last week when it appeared the Premier might force the Shah to leave the country. Kashani ordered his deputies to boycott the session after Mossa degh’s Army staff installed a new chief of guards at the Parliament building. He contended the change left the deputies without proper protection. Deputies Prepare Bill A- bloc of 28 Mossadegh depu ties has been camping in the building sinpe Tehran’s latest riots erupted Saturday. But with Ka shani’s order keeping his support ers away, Parliament lacked a quorum to do business. The Premier’s deputies were prepared to submit a single article bill intended to restore Mossa degh’s power and prestige, badly shaken when pro-Shah demon strators roamed the streets and even chased Mossadegh from his home in his pajamas. During the day a second bill of confidence apparently was drafted by one or more opposition depu ties in a maneuver of some sort: Mossadegh was quoted in the press as saying the simple draft of a bill indicates confidence in the government and no actual vote is needed. McCarthy Group Seeks Loyalty files WASHINGTON, March 3 (£>)— The Senate investigations sub committee went after the loyalty files of two State Department employees today, contending that White House orders making them secret already have been violated. Chairman McCarthy (R-Wis) is sued subpoenas for .the files Theodore Kaghan and Edmund Schgchter, Jboth of whom hold senior positions under the U.S. high Commissioner in Germany. Whether the State Department will relinquish them remained to be seen. The executive order for bidding congressional access to security files was issued by for mer President Truman, and the Eisenhower administration has let it stand. ,UTHO*ITV OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY The Coca-Cola Bottling Company oi Altoona Campus capers calf for Coke There's plenty of need for refreshment when Freshmen are "making the grade.” What better fits the moment than delicious Coca-Cola? Have a Cokel ic demonstrations by Communists, violence. Police ended one threat UN Planes Fire-Bomb Red Bases SEOUL, Wednesday, March 4 (TP) Allied fighter - bombers Tuesday flattened two Red cen ters near Manchuria with fire bombs and high explosives, touch ing, off fierce air battles in which U.S. Sabres probably shot down one MIG and_ damaged five more, the Air Force said. The renewed air clashes, after a lull due to bad weather, over shadowed light skirmishes along the soggy battle front. The Eighth Army reported four Allied raiding parties stabbed at the Reds before dawn and left 40 Chinese Reds deail or wounded in the Kumwha sector of the Cen tral Front. . Republic of Korea troops closed to within hand gre nade range in all four raids. U.S. Air Force Secretary Tal bott, accompanied by retired Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaaitz, flew the length of the quiescent 155- mile battle line in an unarmed Constellation. Twelve Sabres flew protective cover. . No Red war planes were sight ed and no Communist antiaircraft fire was directed at Talbott’s plane, pilots said. Off the Korean east coast, the Seventh Fleet flagship Missouri swept 140 miles north of the 38th Parallel and blasted Communist coastal positions with its power ful 16-inch rifles. The Navy de scribed the battleship’s strike as “heavy.” Nationalist Chinese On Rampage in Burma UNITED NATIONS, N.'Y., March-3 (JP) —Burma’s chief dele gate to the . UN received orders today to return home for consul tations on Burma’s troubles with thousands of Nationalist Chinese troops reported on a rampage in Northern Burma. The area ad joins Red China. Group Okays Hawaii , WASHINGTON, March 3 (AP)- The Hawaii statehood bill won approval from the House interior and insular affairs committee to day but the group turned down by one vote a move to add Alas ka. © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PAGE THREE
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