FRIDAY,'MARCH 6, 1953 Ike Willing to Meet Stalin's Successor WASHINGTON, March 5 (JP) —President Eisenhower took a position of alert watchfulness toward Russia today while expressing willingness to meet a successor to Joseph Stalin half-way irf the interests of world peace. But Eisenhower declared he is unable to say at this point what the effect of Stalin’s incapacity will have on the Struggle' between the free world and the Communist world. Army Needs Ammunition --Van Fleet WASHINGTON, .March 5 (JP)— Gen. James A. Van Fleet told Congress today American troops in Korea have been handicapped by a “serious shortage of ammu nition including' hand grenades needed for close-in fighting on the battlefront.” Sen. Byrd (D-Va.) promptly dispatched an urgent message to Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson demanding that the Pen tagon punish officials responsible for what he termed “this crim inal inefficiency.” Defense Secretary Wilson’s of fice said he. has already been giv ing “urgent attention” to the re ported serious shortage of ammu nition in Korea. A Defense spokesman said that Wilson received Byrd’s letter late this, afternoon. The spokesman said that the letter “will be given full consideration, that the points raised will be looked into thor oughly and a factual reply will be made.” ■ “Gen. Van Fleet testified this shortage of ammunition has been continuous since he took com mand and that almost daily he had reported it officially and through channels,” the Virginia senator wrote Wilson. More Price Controls Lifted WASHINGTON, March 5 (IP)— Price controls were lifted from an-, other big block of consumer goods today, leaving only about 3.5 per cent of America’s household bud get under ceilings. Price Chief Joseph H. Freehill said higher prices may result for bread, household appliances, laun dry and dry cleaning, and auto mobile parts. President Eisenhower told his news conference, however, that American business has shown ad mirable moderation :in its price policies since the controls began vanishing. Eisenhower said the absence of price gouging confirmed his be lief that the American people were ready to be considerate and moderate. : Miners Vote to End Walkout in .Waynesburg WAYNESBURG, Pa., March 5 WP) —Striking soft coal miners at the big Robena mine of U.S. Steel Corp., heeding an order by Uni ted Mine Workers President John L. Lewis, voted today to end their walkout. The >2900 diggers at one of the world’s Ijargest soft coal mines will _ return tq work tomorrow, President Alfred Cavalcante of the Robena local said.- HANG PENN STATE IN YOUR ROOM FLOCKED Q Q PENNANTS , 7QC e '- BX in the TUB Regardless of personalities in volved, the President told a news conference, the goal of peace must be pursued seriously. If there is any way to promote the cause of world peace, he said, WASHINGTON, March 5 (JP) —President Eisenhower tonight instructed the secretary of state to transmit the "official con dolences" of the United States government on the death of Premier Stalin of Russia. he can think of no personal in convenience or sacrifice he would not make.- It was Eisenhower’s third news conference and it a third packed house.- The President vol unteered at the 'start some , re marks on the Russian. situation, government reorganization and price controls. The result on a variety of subjects added up to this: Van Fleet No, the President does not favor extending the draft from 24 to 30 or 36 months as proposed' to Congress yesterday by. Gen. James Van Fleet. Congressional Investigations Korea—There is nothing new Eisenhower can say on the Ko rean situation as a result of a White House visit from Van Fleet, retiring Eighth Army commander. McCarthy—When the congres sional investigations get into fields that seem to be misunder stood or when dangers rise, he will show his convictions. But he hopes to avoid anything like that. Enslavement—How senators set tle their - disagreements - over a resolution condemning Soviet per versions of international agree ments so as to enslave free peoples is their business, in Eisenhower’s opinion. AIL he wants is to show that America never has agreed to such' enslavement. Ike Approves Moderation Taft —So far as the President knows, he said, there isn’t the slightest sign of- a rift or break between himself and the Senate Republican leader. That was m answer to a reporter who said some people have interpreted Sen.' Taft’s backing of the amendment to the enslavement resolution as a break with Eisenhower. Controls The President said American business has shown ad mirable moderation in its price policies since the removal of con trols. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA U.S. Planes Pull Record Korea Raid SEOUL, Friday, March 6 (JP)— U.S. -Air Force and Navy planes sowed flaming ruin in Northeast Korea Thursday climaxed by a record-breaking 1000-mile Thun der jet raid only ‘5O miles from Siberia. Three raids struck Northeast Korea in trip-hammer succession while other fighter-bombers in the Northwest pounded targets near' the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, an area where a smoke haze still hung from a Superfort smash the night before. At Wonsan, the “Mighty Mo” steamed boldly into harbor and churned the rubble of that east ern port for three hours with its 16-inch rifles. Not until the bat tleship Missouri began to move away did Red shore guns dare to fire back, and then they missed badly. The blows by sea and air over shadowed small clashes along the 155-mile front. Industrial build ings, and power and mining in stallations went up in smoke and debris in the three raids in the Northeast. Fifteen Thunderjets on their longest combat mission of the war flew 500 miles from, base and smashed an industrial district near Chongjin, on the East Coast 50 miles south of the Siberian border. West Secures First Red MEG COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 5 (/P) —A Polish Air Force lieutenant, fed up with life in his Red homeland, zipped through the Iron Curtain and landed on a hazardously short Danish runway today in the first MIG 15 jet fight er ever to fall undamaged into Western hands. Within a few hours after the uilot screeched ,to a halt on the Baltic island of Bornholm, Danish and British Air Force officers from Copenhagen were taking apart his Russian-built Polish Air Force plane to learn its jealously guarded secrets. Meanwhile, Polish Minister Stanislaw Kelles-Krauz called at the Danish Foreign Office and de manded that the MIG be returned to Poland without delay. The World At a Glance Italian Commission OK's Defense Treaty ROME, March 5. (yf>) Italian ratification of the European De fense Community Treaty passed its first hurdle today with ap proval by a special parliamentary commission. The treaty now will go to Parliament for action. Communist and Communist- 1 line Socialist members of the spe cial commission fought ■ bitterly against approval, and walked out when it came to a vote. Vishlnsky Will Leave For Moscow Today UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 5 (/P) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. .Vishinsky will leave New York tomorrow for Moscow, Russian officials said today. Soviet Delegate Valerian A. Zorin said Vishinsky would go to Moscow,' get a report from his government, and return to the UN. A Russian diplomat said that Vishinsky would sail on the Lib erte. IN STATE COLLEGE FOR ARROW PAGE THREE Record Budget Asked LONDON, March 5 ( JP ) —Prime Minister Churchill called today for a record peacetime defense budget, warning there’s a long pull ahead and Britain is already straining her economy. The House of Commons promptly approved the government’s defense policy, 295-254. 'Scientist X' Acquitted WASHINGTON, March 5 (/P)— Dr. Joseph W. Weinberg—the man called “Scientist X” during a con gressional investigation of alleged atomic spying—was acquitted to day of falsely swearing he had never been a member of the Com munist party. Hawaii Bill Cleared WASHINGTON, March 5 (iP)— The House Rules Committee today cleared the Hawaii statehood bill for House action with a rule call ing for four hours general debate and permitting amendments from the floor. As a result, the House will take up the bill ,on Monday.
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