THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953 POW Compromise Appears Possible PANMUNJOM, send 15,000 Chinese while leaving 35,000 35 American Ex-Prisoners Arrive Home TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 29 (IP) —Sped home by pushing tail winds, 35 Ameri cans freed in Korea by the Reds arrived today in a huge transport plane—the joyous vanguard of 149 released sick and ailing U.S. prisoners of war. TOKYO, Thursday, April 30 OP)—The second group from the 149 Amer - can sick and wounded freed last week by the Reds is' scheduled to start its homeward flight today. The first group of 35 repatri ates landed in California Wed nesday. There was no indication of the time of departure or size of the second group. ' However, several repatriates in Tokyo Army hospitals were told to get ready to leave today. Some of the emotion-choked service men-26 walking patients, nine on stretchers—got their first glimpse of their . homeland in more than two years while a band blared and jet planes buzzed a welcome from overhead. Sgt. Edward G. Anderson, of Alabama City, Ala., led the walk ing patients down the'ramp 'after the big C 97 Stratocruiser taxied to a stop at the end of a swift 3-hour, 20-minute flight fr o m Hickam Field, Honolulu. His face protected by a white mask, Pfc. John M. JankoVits, of. Philadelphia, was the first of the nine litter patients carried off to a waiting hospital ambulance. All 35 were rushed to a hospital on this Air Force base 6 miles northeast of San Francisco for a steak dinner and medical examin ation. Democrats Hit McCarthy, Resources °Give Away' NEW YORK, . April- 29 (JP) Prominent Democrats keynoted the party's future line of battle tonight by denouncing what they c all e d "creeping McCarthyism" and a Republican "give away" of natural resources. They took the closing of the "first 100 daYs" of President Eis enhower's GOP a d m i n istration as the signal to open national de bate and -outline party strategy for the 1954 congressional and 1956 pre'sidential election campaigns. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York, former Air Secretary Thom as K. Finletter and other speakers ended any semblance of a two party honeymoon in speeches pre pared for delivery at a Democratic State. Committee dinner in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Lehman struck at what he termed "would-be thought con trol police of congressional inves tigating committees." "What a spectacle we present pn Ng. NEW and UNUSUM DESIGNS TREASURE HOUSE Korea, Thursday, April 30 (R')—A possible compromise which prisoners who have renounced communism to a, neutral balky Korean captives in Korea appeared to be taking form at the armistice negotiations. The Communists said Wednes day they were prepared to name an Asian nation as the neutral to take custody of prisoners who 'say they do not want to go \ home. There is speculation the Reds fav or India. After four days of maneuver ing, three of them without pro gress, the •Allied and Communist delegations appeared to be reach ing the hard bargaining stage in their efforts to write an armistice agreement. The official Communist Central Committee newspaper, People Daily, said in Peiping "this is high time to • strive for peace by con crete deeds. The test is a grave one which the U.S. side simply cannot evade." UN Wants 60 Day Limit In Wednesday's 64-minute meet ing, the Communists agreed to ease their demands for a six month questioning period in a for eign neutral country of all pris oners refusing:to return home vol untarily. The UN Command said 60 days was long enough to determine the attitude of the prisoner The Al lies want the prisoners left in Ko rea pending. settlement of their future.- In Tokyo, a high - Allied source suggested a - possible compromise on this point: Leave the North Korean prisoners on the penin sula but send the Chinese to -a neutral nation. Undecided on Neutral Nation. President • Syngman • Rhee of South Korea made virtually the same suggestion in Seoul Wednes ' day. He told a news conference he would insist on Koreans re maining in their, own country, but ;was agreeable to removal of the Chinese prisoners. Another point at issue was the selection of the neutral nation to take custody of the prisoners re it - using repatriation. ,The Allies proposed Switzerland bUt the Communists rejected that nomination. On Wednesday the chief Com munist negotiator, Korean Gen. Nam 11, said the Reds favored an Asiatic country as neutral custo dian. to the rest of the world!" he ex claimed. "We have convinced our own people that this great demo cracy of ours is honeycombed with traitors, spies, - subversives and sexual deviates. --- Lehman declared the Bill of Rights was being abridged "by in directidn, innuendo, smear and at tack," • and that this was 'the achievement of Sen. Joseph. R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, Sen. Wil liam Jenner, of Indiana and others of "their ilk." • Finletter, who has been men tioned as a possible Democratic candidate for New York City may : or or governor of New York State, said certain other broad issues "are emerging" on the national scene. "We see the attempt of the Re publicans to give away the great natural wealth of the nation—the oil of the tidelands as well as the power of the Niagara and the St. Lawrence_to the privileged few," he said. at the DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA with ain SI ows UN Action n Korea SEOUL, Thursday, April 30 (IP) —Rains pelted the inactive Ko rean battle frprit Wednesday as ground fighting dropped to a low ebb and most Allied war planes were grounded. There was speculation that the opposing forces were taking •it easy while truce negotiators at Panmunjom tried to arrange an armistice. South Korean raiders killed or ~ vounded, -3 8 North Koreans and destroyed six Communist bunkers in two early morning dasl , es into Red lines on the Far - Eastern Front. The Reds struck back with five jabs at Allied lines—three in the east and two in the west.. • Brief thrusts were reported on Allied forward pdsitions east of Panmunjom, site of the truce talks and at Outpost Vec;as. also in the west. All were repulsed, the Eighth Army said. It reported wound contacts "continued at , lbw ebb." Since , Sunday when the truce talks resumed, skirmishincr, has been confined to platoon sized actions, generally between North and South Koreans. ockview Men -lelci for Action BELLEVONTE, Pa., April 29 (iP) —Seventeen Rockview Penitenti ary prisoners who took 'part in the January riot at the prison were .held for grand jury action today. The 17 appeared before Thomas Mosier, justice of the peace, in a day-long series of hearings. State policemen and prison guards and officials presented evidence at each hearing. Eighteen other inmates were given hearings yesterday before Guy G. Mills, State College jus tice of the peace. Charges against three of this group were dis missed because of lack of evi dence. A 36th person involved in the riot wa3 held several weeks ago on charges of riot. Charges sustained against the prisoners included riot, larceny, ::obbery and armed robbery. The cases will go to the Centre County grand jury, probably at its September term. Student Legislature Convenes in Harrisburg HARRISBURG, April 29 (Mr— Constitutional revision and the Chesterman report will be - the chief issues before a three-day model legislature opening here today. The legislators will include more than 600 selected students from 50 Pennsylvania colleges and universities. Reds With HANOI, Indochina, April 29 (IP)—Vietminh troops stung the French with a diversionary raid on a native military training camp in the Red River delta today- while the French built up defenses against enemy columns closing in on key centers of Laos, far to the southwest. • would nation Communist-led rebel detachments attacked the camp at Nam- today dinh before dawn and captured 350 vietnamese recruits, soldiers in the army of Viet Nam being trained to fight. alongside the French. After pulling out, the raiders fired mortar shells into Namdinh, a city of 50,000 population in the delta 50 miles southeast of Hanoi. The raid was staged as the French announcOd that the invaders of Laos, a neighbor of Viet Nam in the Associated States of Indo china,• had captured the French laotian -defense post at Bannam bac, 40 miles north of the royal Laotian capital of Luangprabang. 2d French Defeat This was the second French re-, verse in the area announced, in as many days: , Yesterday the, French command' reported the loss of Pakseng, 42 miles northeast of Laungpra bang. With the Communist leaders ap parently throwing more and more of their best fighting men into the Laos invasion, the possibility increased that the Vietminh might launch an all-out assault against Luangprabang this coming May Day weekend. With advance Vietminh ele ments" reported from 12 to 25 miles from the royal capital on the north and east, the French high command moved to increase the effectiveness of aerial assaults of the enemy by basing squadrons of fighters and bombers on air strips within Laos. Possible UN Appeal In aged King Sisavang Vong's residence capital, the 6000 resi dents joined French and Laotian troops digging ditches, stringing barbed wire - entanglements and erecting other defense fortifica tions. ritiVE D WA/ Whether you are a seasoned player, or one who aspires to a better game, put your faith in the Spalding KRO-BAT or the Spalding-made Wright • & Ditson DAVIS CUP. These are the traditional favored rackets wherever fast tennis is played. Made in over-all weights, grip sizes and flexibilities, to fit every player with custom-like accuracy. They are perfect companions to the Twins of Championship tennis balls ...the Spalding and Wright & Ditson. Sting French Sneak Attack Cauiious Action Urged by Taft On Oil Issue WASHINGTON, April 29 (?P)— Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) urged the Sen ate today not to accept any "half baked proposition" for federal ad ministration of th e submerged continental she beyond state boundaries. Taft said he would bring to the Senate floor within two weeks a separate bill dealing with this outer belt of undersea land "in a comprehensive way." Taft spoke critically of an amendment by Sen. Monroney (D-Okla.) to limit state owner ship to three miles off-shore, pro vide for federal leasing of the re main:ger of the continental shelf and devote all federal revenues to reduction of the national debt. The Monroney amendment, Taft said, deals with the complex prob lem of the outer continental shelf ":n a half-baked way." A vote on the amendment, one of a series proposed by opponents of the "state ownership" bill, was postponed until Thursday by agreement. Monroney said the pending bill to establish state ownership of lands within their boundaries con stitutes an invitation , to other states to claim off-shore bounda ries of 10 1 / 2 -miles equivalent ,to those claimed by Texas and Flor ida. Taft said no one, from the Presi dent on down, questions federal ownrship of the outer continental Stits the Pate Is Tennis t Sa PAGE TIIREE
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