SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953 Malenkov Major Changes in Government Announced By Soviet Officials MOSCOW, March 6 (IP) Georgi M. Malenkov was named Prime Minister of the Soviet Union tonight to suc ceed Joseph Stalin. The 51-year-old Malenkov long has been one of Stalin’s closest. collaborators in ttie running of the Communist party, and had been considered his most likely successor. At the same time ,a communique of the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party, the Council.of Ministers and the Presidium announced big stream lining changes in the government as thousands upon thousands of the plain people pressed .to the Hall of'. Columns to pay a last tribute to the dead. Stalin. The announcement -,sa i d the changes were necessary t'o’.assure “uninterrupted and correct lead ership” of the country and pre vent “any kind of disarray and panic” following Stalin’s death. Mololov To Old Post These changes were announced: V. M. Molotov, former Prime Minister, moved back into the post of foreign minister where he became so well known in long conferences with Western states men after World War 11. He re placed Andrei Vishinsky, who be came permanent representative to the United Nations. Andrei Gromyko, former repre sentative at the UN, left London by plane for New York to fill Vi shinsky’s place during his ab sence in Moscow. 1 L. P. Beria, long head of the Soviet Union’s political police, was named interior minister and head of the Ministry of State Security which was combined with it. He presumably remains boss of the secret police and Russia’s atomic energy program. Military Minister Named Marshal Kiementi Voroshilov, a was named chair man of the Presidium of the Su preme Soviet Parliament in the place of Nikolai Shvernik. The position is similar to that of for mal chief of state or president. 'Marshal Nikolai Bulganin was named minister of the armed forces in place of A. M. Vasilev sky. Funeral to Be Monday’ , MOSCOW, Saturday. March 7 {IP) — Funeral services for Jo seph Stalin will he ai noon Monday, the Russians an nounced today, and his body 'will be placed on view next, lb that of Lenin in the mauso leum on Red Square. 'Ammo' Charges to Be Aired WASHINGTON, March 6 (/P) —A Senate committee called on top Pentagon offi cials to clear up “confusing and' conflicting” reports today as Gen. James A. Van Fleet reaffirmed his testimony that serious,ammunition shortages have pinched the U.S. Eighth Ar my. in Korea. Testifying at a closed-door ses sion, of the Senate Armed Serv ices Committee, Van Fleet re portedly stuck to his guns in the face of virtual outright denials by high military authorities. Sen. Cooper (R-Ky) said Van Fleet told the committee that “in no caliber of arms, other, than small arms, has the Army had enough ammunition.” Closed Session Tuesday “And he said this situation still exists,” Cooper informed, news men. With .the dispute fast de veloping into a major with some Congress members declaring they were “shocked” and demanding punishment of any culprits—these were the' develop ments: 1. Chairman . Saltonstall "(R- Mass) called Secretary of Defense PROGRAMS ; ★ COMMERCIAL printing Patrh 4 Beaver State'Collect fllE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Georgi Malenkov Named Prime Minister South Koreans Smash Attacks SEOUL, Saturday, March 7 {IP) —Dogged South Koreans smashed five Chinese attacks against a small outpost on- Sniper Ridge Friday and cut down an esti mated 104 of the attackers. Once before dawn the South Koreans fought until almost their last bullet was spent, pulled back from the Central Front position while artillery worked it> over, then surged back. They drove the Chinese Communists away in sav age hand-to-hand combat. The Chinese had attacked per sistently with forces up to 175 men since the Koreans seized the outpost Thursday. Small but sharp ground action flared in several other sectors. A North Korean attack north of the Punchbowl on the Eastern Front was beaten off, with an estimated 32 Reds killed or wounded. Wilson, Secretary of the Army Stevens and Gen. J. Lawton Col lins, Army chief of staff, to tes tify on the issue at a closed ses sion next Tuesday. 2. Gen. Mark Clark, supreme Allied comihander in the Far East, said in Seoul, Korea, that, ammu nition, has been rationed on the battlefront but “there was always enough whenever we needed to shoot it—in any quantity.” . 'Have Adequate Supply' Clark insisted the Eighth Ar my, which Van Fleet commanded for 22 months, has enough ammu nition on hand to stop any all-out enemy offensive in Korea. 3. Col. Claude Shaver of To peka, Kan., a division chief of staff on the Korean front, said his outfit’s combat operations “have not been hampered by any lack of ammunition.” He added: “We have an adequate supply of hand grenades.” In his testimony yesterday, Van / HOME § BAKED I GOOSCIES m and coffee or * §§ hot chocolate * 1 10c . g Served Daily \ || 'iil midnighl \ I DUTCH p A | PANTRY . t!'/' a 230 E. Collect X ; . > Succeeds Stalin Tougher Russian UN Policy Seen As Result of Change UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 6 (/P)—The Kremlin new rule shifted tough, sharp witted Andrei Y. Vishinsky from foreign minister of the Soviet Union to chief UN delegate today. Some diplomats saw the change as a sign that Russia s UN policy might become even tougher than in the past. Vishinksy was Stalin’s prosecuting purge-'master in the great liquidation trials of 1936-37 and has thrust at Western delegates here as though they were defendants in a Moscow — : —— courtroom. Politics Ran Tax Bureau Official Says WASHINGTON, March 6 (£>)— A star witness before a House in vestigating committee testified today political influence con trolled promotions in the Internal Revenue Bureau for many years and that he was once advised to “get there firstest with the most est.” Earl E. Koehler, chief enforce ment officer for the bureau’s alcohol tax division, told a House ways and means subcommittee that efficiency reports were dis regarded in moving men into high level jobs after Joseph D. Nunan became revenue commissioner in 1944. The political patronage system prevailed until about the time the subcommittee began looking into tax scandals last year, Koehler said. Koehler related that in 1946, when he was an $8,059 a year en forcement official in Baltimore, he was interested in a position in Seattle, his home, at the same salary. He said he was told by Carroll E. Mealey, former deputy revenue commissioner, that the bureau wanted him for the job but that “political pressure was being put on.” He quoted Mealey as saying: “The man who gets there firstest with the mostest will get the job.” 3ke, Eden Trade ideas WASHINGTON, March 6 (/P) — President Eisenhower and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden traded ideas today on the cold war uncertainties arising from the passing of Premier Stalin. Fleet said American troops in Ko rea had been handicapped by a “serious shortage” of ammunition, including hand grenades, through out his term as field commander. The four-star general also testi fied he lacked sufficient ammuni tion and. manpower to carry out “even the limited mission” of the Eighth Army in the long-stale mated Far Pacific conflict. Combine a VACATION in (do lor ado .Sprinted with scholastic advancement at (doloradp June 15 to Aug. 7, 1953 • A marvelous place to spend your vacation • Undergraduate study • A complete schedule of academic subjects For further information , write Director of Summer Session Colorado College. Dept. 1 Colorado Springs, .Colorado His new assignment came as a big surprise to Western delegates. Top-ranking Soviet delegates said they were also completely taken by surprise, and so was Vishinsky himself. K. V. Kisselev, foreign minister of Soviet White Russia, told reporters neither he nor Vishinksy knew of the change until told of the Moscow announcement. ' Vishinsky told reporters aboard ship that he had not heard of the appointment of Georgi M. Malen kov to succeed Stalin as chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet. Union. Although Vishinsky, as foreign minister, has headed the Russian delegation to the General Assem bly, Valerian Zorin recently has been permanent chief delegate. Zorin was not mentioned in Moscow dispatches, but a cloud, was cast over his position by the fact that Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko tonight" was en route by plane from London to New York to take over Vishinsky’s top spot temporarily. This job, under normal diplomatic procedure, might well have gone to Zorin. Zorin was known here as a pro tege of the new Soviet boss, Georgi Malenkov, when Zorin masterminded the Red Czechoslo vak coup in 1948 at Prague. Delegates were extremely cau tious in comments on the signifi cance of the changes • but it was the consensus that since the Rus sians were sending a tough squad they may be preparing to toughen their policies. This morning, hours before the furore burst on the committee, UN friends and some bitter foes of the Soviet. 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