FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953
New Korean Plan
Offered by Reds
MUNSAN, Korea, May 8 (?P) ---Allied truce negotiators
and policy makers in Washington today cautiously examined
for booby' traps a surprise Communist compromise plan for
an armistice in Korea.
The plan—thrown out Thursday when the revived truce
talks were apparently stalling—
bowed to Allied insistence that
48,500 North Korean and Chinese
prisoners who refuse to return to
Red rule be kept in Korea.
It also proposed a five-power
commission of Sweden, Switzer
land, Poland, Czechoslovakia -and
India to act as caretaker 'for the
prisoners. This is similar to the
India plan which the Reds once
coldly rejected.
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Any 'gimmick might be in two
provisions the Communist plan
which are restatements of their
original demands.
The first provision insists that
the Communists beto
al lo w ed . f:
send their agents to the balking
prisoners to try to talk them into
returning.
The second insists that the fate
of those who still balk thereafter
shall be settled at a political con
ference after the armistice.
The Communists in making the
offer insisted that the UN Corn
mand accept the whole plan or it
would be withdrawn.
It was possible that the Com
munists would find ways of get
ting back all those captives or
doom them to prolonged and in
, definite captivity while a political
conference argues over them. The
Allies are firmly opposed to .both
alternatives.
'Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison,
senior UN negotiator, made this
Iclear in bringing up the matter
of caution with newsmen after the
truce meeting Thursday. '
"No involuntary repatriation is
the principle on which we have
stood from the first in these nego
tiations," he- declared.
Invasion Halts
As Monsoons
SPr - .lwer Laos
HANOI, Indochina, May 7 (LP)
—Drenched by the first of the
summer monsoon rains, the Viet
minh continued to pull back in
vasion spearheads in Laos today.
The French wonderer, whether
the withdrawal was due to mili
tary' factors or orders from Pei-'
ping in the face of Red aggres
sion charges by the West.
The -French high command
here declined to estimate whether
the pull-back signaled a general
withdrawal and an end of the
campaign of the Communist-led
rebels, supplied by Red China.
French and Laotian forces con
tinued to build up their defenses
in , the town
_of Luang Prabang,
seat of King Sisavang Vong's
royal residence, in readiness for
an assault they said still was pos
sible.
Definite Vietminh movements
northward to their original bases
in Viet Nam were reported and
it was thought the • rebels may
have lost their race to take over
Luang Prabang and the adminis
trative capital of Vientiane.
But, besides • the rains and
shortage of - supplies, the possi
bility was not excluded .that the
Vietminh high command had got
ten order via Red China to pull
back from what the West has
denounced as an unprovoked ag
gression against a peaceful coun
try.
There was a growing move
ment afoot—sparked by the Uni
ted States but opposed by the
French at this time—to.bring the
charges of Communist aggression
in Laos before the United Na
tions.
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To End Tomorrow
Members of Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity will continue cancer
fund solicitations until tomorrow
in an effort to reach State College
merchants, a fraternity member
reported yesterday. Approximate
ly $250 has been collected.
Fraternity . members are assist
ing_ Centre County Cancer Soci
ety in the drive as a public serv
ice project.
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Twining Gets
Air Staff Post
WASHINGTON, May 7 (IP)
The White House announced to
day Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg is
retiring as Air Force chief of staff
and will be succeeded by Gen.
Nathan F. Twining.
Twining at present is vice chief
of staff. Assuming the Senate con
firms his appointment, he will
step up to the top Air Force post
June 30, when Vandenberg's term
expires.
This is the first change in the
Joint Chiefs of Staff since Eisen
hower took office, and
,the White
House gave no indication whether
it would be followed by other
changes.
Nominated to succeed Twining
as vice chief of staff was Lt. Gen.
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U.S. to Hike
Armaments
Shipments
WASHINGTON, May 7 (IP)
The flow-of American guns, tanks,
planes and other military equip
ment to Allied nations around
the world will be stepped up
sharply during' the coming
months, Secretary of Defense
Wilson said today.
Wilson gave this report to a
closed-door meeting of senators
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of. Staff.
told a group of. House members,
alio in closed session, that Rus
sia's "atomic capability is rapidly
improving."
"I know of no intelligence,"
Bradley said, "which reveals any
change of attitude on the part of
the Soviet Union or which would
give us any reason to diminish,
or slow down, or stretch out our
preparedness effort."
' Wilson told the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee that the
Eisenhower administration hopes
to deliver $5 billion worth of mil
itary supplies to Allied nations
during the fiscal year starting
July 1.
He said this would be an in
crease of $1.2 billion over actual
deliveries during the current 12-
month period.
Congressional demands that the
figure be slashed still further be
low the $7.4 billion proposed by
former President Truman ap
peared to 'be fading somewhat,
with many key members feeling
that this country should send sup
plies and equipment to help
counter new Communist aggres
sion in Indochina.
Navy Big Guns Blast
Port 2d •Time in Week
SEOUL, Friday, May 8 (R)—
The U.S. Navy Thursday• dealt
the East Coast port of Wonsan
its second smashing blow of the
week, - with the battleship New
Jersey once more leading the
way.
The Navy war against the Com
munists rose in fury as the
ground warfare stood still. The
quiet in the Korean hills was
broken only by the occasional
shots of a patrol.
Swarms of planes from car
riers showered bombs, rockets
and bullets on Wonsan, where
large Communist forces •are tied
down in fear that Allied invaders
may come ashore.
Christine Cashes in
LOS ANGELES, May 7. (JP)—
Christine Jorgenson will make her
debut as an entertainer today at
the Orpheum Theater. For her
week's work, Miss Jorgenson will
receive $12,500 plus 50 per cent
of the gross receipts.
Thomas Dresser White, who would
get a fourth star.
Twining's appointment is • for
the usual two years. •
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Mad Hatters Parade
Carnival Parade
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