SATURDAY', MARCH 28, 1\953 Roberts Resigns WASHINGTON, March 27 (M—C. Wesley Roberts resigned under fire as chairman of the Republican National Committee tonight and President Eisenhower prOmptly called it a "wise decision." The President said Roberts, accused of violating the spirit of a Kansas lobbying law, resigned "on his own initiative." The announcement came after Roberts emerged from a heart to-heart White House talk with Eisenhower, ewho had approved Roberts' election to the high-party post last January. Destroyed Usefulness The 49-year-old Roberts quit, with a blast at unnamed Kansas politicos. He said he had been made • the victim of "a carefully contrived and thinly veiled plot, growing out of a fierce factional fight in Kansas state politics." The plot, he said, "has destroyed my usefulness as national chair man." Roberts' announcement, issued through GOP national headquar ters, came on the heels of a find ing by a Kansas legislative in quiry committee that Roberts vio lated at least the spirit of the state's lobbying law. - Surprise to GOP Party .Head Guilty of Lobbying TOPEKA, Kan., March 27 (M A legislative investigating com mittee ruled today that Republi can .National Chairman Wes Rob= erts violated at least the spirit of Kansas' lobbying act in acting as an agent for a fraternal organ ization Which sold a hospital to the state two years ago. Roberts received 'an $ll,OOO fee for his part in the deal. At the time, he was engaged as a public relations counsel and held no state or party office. Two main questions were be fore the committee: 1. Did Roberts violate the state's lobbying law by not registering as .a lobbyist?, 2. Would the building have re verted to the state, anyway, if the former owners, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, quit using it? The building was constructed by the organization in 1928 on the grounds of the state tuberculosis sanatorium at Norton, Kan. On the first point, the commit' tee found that Roberts did not register as a lobbyist and added that the question as to why Rob erts "did not wish to be identified or considered as a legislative agent had not been explained to the satisfaction of your commit tee." It recommended the lobbying law be revised to include "an at tempt to influence in any manner the act or vote of d member of the Legislature." On the second, the committee said it was a matter for the courts to decide whether it was necessary for the state to buy the building. Marines Regain Korean Hilltop SEOUL, Saturday, March 28 VP) —Hard-fighting U.S. Marines af ter knocking out possibly .two thirds of the 3500 attacking Chi nese Reds, clamped a• firm grip today on the first hill ground recaptured since , the Communists unleashed their spring drive in Western 'Korea Monday. Friday night, the' armor vested Marines climaxed 10 hours of sav age, hand-to-hand combat by win ning back Vegas Outpost. They struck behind a rocket barrage and shells from tanks rumbling far out in front of the Allied lines. Vegas was one of two outposts near Bunker Hill where Marines fought to the last man lafore yielding to human sea waves of ChineSe attacking at 10 points ThUrsday. The case, touched off by a story by a Kansas' City Star reporter-, centered on'Roberts' action in tak ing an $ll,OOO fee for acting as agent in the sale of. a $llO,OOO hospital building to the state two years ago. This, raised the critical cry of "10 percenter." The resignation took most GOP leaders by sharp surprise. It had been expected earlier that the case might drag out for months. Republican spokesmen said they were so unprepared for the resig nation that little consideration had. been given to a new man for the $32,500 a year chairmanship. However, one of the names figur ing in speculation as a possible Successor was that of former Rep. Leonard W. Hall of New York. - Advertising Skill of U.S. No Good Abroadvinißarrett WASHINGTON, March'27 (R)— Declaring that great American i advertising skills won't work in I other countries, the former head , of the Voice of America program told a group of senators today that: "What sells soap in Indiana can unsell democracy in India. "What inspires a Czechoslovak can annoy a Chinese." Edward W. Barrett„ who was in charge 'of the Voice program as assistant secretary of state from 1950 until early 1952, also took out after, Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.), referring to "childish headline hunters" gone "hog wild." Barrett, testifying before a Sen ate foreign relations subcommit tee, d:d not mention McCarthy by name but he left no doubt about whom he was talking. McCarthy has been 'running a separate investigation of the Voice and related overseas information programs as chairman of a special Senate investigations subcommit tee. He commented that Barrett's "attacks sound a lot like some of the screaming of those who have been exposed." "Apparently he hasn't changed his tune since he was one of Ache THE' DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANI: Senate Approves Bohlen, As N'ew Ambassador to WASHINGTON, March 27 (iP)—The Senate approved Charles. E. (Chip) Bohlen as ambassador to Moscow today in a smashing 74 to 13 vote of confidence in President Eisenhower. • Two Democrats joined 'll Republicans in voting against confirmation of the 48-year-old career diplomat who had been unqualifiedly endorsed by Eisenhower- as the best man for the Moscow post. Bohlen, who won his soubriquet of "Chip" at Harvard because of his cl'ipper affability, is ex pected to be dispatched as soon as possible to Moscow. He will be this country's first ambassador to Red Russia under the new Ma lenkov regime. McCarthy Rebuffed The lopsided vote rang up a thumping victory for the Eisen hower administration—notably for the President himself and for Sec retary of State Dulles—over a small Republican-d omin a t e d group which had attacked Bohlen as an advocate of the old Truman- Acheson foreign policies. It was also a rebuff for Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis), one of the leaders in the attack on Bohlen. The Wisconsin senator said af ter the vote that Bohlen drew support froth senators who cast their ballots for him "not because they had. confidence in him, but because they wanted to give Pres ident Eisenhower a vote of confi dence " U.S. Challenges Soviet Union's Cheireles UNITED NATIONS. N.Y., Mar. 9 .7 (Rl—The United States chal lenged, the Communists. "in the name of truth" today to permit an impartial commission to ques tion all the U.S. military • men the Reds say have confessed wag inz germ warfare in Korea. Denouncing the Red hate-cam paign in the 60-nation UN Politi cal Committee. U.S. delegation member Ernest A. Gross declared the germ warfare accusations aga:nst the U.S. and the U.N. to be a "total lie." He asked the delegates whether the aim of the new Russian gov ernment is to increase world 'ten sion by such lies and to "under mine and destroy the very foun dation of international _ good will and co-operation." The initial Russian reaction in the committee indicated the Com munists would not accept the challenge. son's right-hand lieutenants," Mc- Carthy added. Dean Acheson was secretary of state when Barrett was in the department. Barrett told the foreign rela tions group that while both the Voice and the overseas informa tion program "have important shortcomings," development of the full facts will show "that there is little basis for the re : ently - headlined and well-re hearsed allegations made else where by a handpicked group of disgruntled and frightened little men." Barrett, a former newspaper man, ticked off the main diffi culties as these: inability to get first rate executives because of low pays; too much government red tape; and waste q time of executives in "combating irre sponsible charges of non-existent faults." , "Coke" is a registered trade-mark National GOP Position for the big glee Club tour is ahead. Mork and worry call for a pause—so, relax ... refresh withice-cold Coke. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY The Coca-Cola \ Bottling Company of Altoona After Bitter Debate In his new role, Bohlen will lose the policy-making poVvers he held as counselor to the State Depart ment. He has been in the diplo matic . service since the Hoover administration in 1928. The climactic vote, witnessed by jam-packed Senate galleries, came after two days of bitter debate in which a group of GOP senators assailed Bohlen as an `:exponent of appeasement" toward Moscow and as a symbol of the World War II Yalta agreements. Senate Republican Leader Taft of Ohio was generally credited with having kept a majority of the Republicans in line in the Showdown as he continued to pull in harmony with the Eisenhower administration. Mesta Resigns As Ambassador LUXEMBOURG, March 27 VP) -U.S. Minister Perle Mesta, a Truman appointee who has de sclibed herself as "perfectly will ing to stay in my present job" under the Eisenhower administra tion, isn't getting the. chalice. The party-throwing lady diplo mat from Oklahoma, the inspira tion for "Call Me Madam" of stage and screen,. announced today the Eisenhower administration has ac cepted the resignation she sent in last fall as a matter of political protocol arid is leaving April 13. Jeike Receives 3 to 6 Year Prison Term NEW YORK, 'March 27 (p)— Minot (Mickey) Jelke was sen tenced to three to six years in prison today as an unrepentant Cafe Society procurer. He already is serving eight months on an other charge. General Session Judge Francis L. Valente considered a suspend ed sentence for the 23-year-old oleomargarine heir. But he called Jelke unremorseful and said his morals are too black now to hold out hope of any immediate re habilitation. In a small Italian restaurant not far from the court building 19- year-old Pat Ward sipped martinis and told a reporter Jelke's sen tence was only "a fraction of what he deserves." He could have gotten 40 years in prison, although the all-male jury that convicted him Feb. 27 on two counts of compulsory pros titution recommended mer c y. However, this was not binding on Valente. Telke, brought to court from the City Prison at Rikers Island, took the new sentence with outward calm. It may mean that he will be behind bars when he inherits an estimated $3 million dollars in two years. His lawyers said the case will be appealed, a move certain to arouse wide interest in legal and court circles. Duquesne Pays Bill For Student Damages PITTSBURGH, March 27 (iP)— The student council of Duquesne University paid a $466 bill today for damage caused by some mem bers of its student body as they celebrated a Duquesne basketball victory. John Pelinon, council president, said the money was paid to the Pennsylvania College for Women and Carnegie Institute of Tech nology. Both schools s aid Du quesne students raided dormitory rooms March 16. 40 per cent of all restaurant or ders call for sandwiches of one kind or another. © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PAGE THREE 74-13, Russia
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