TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953
Oatis Rejoins Wife
After Red Release
NEW YORK, May 18 (AP)—Associated Press-Correspondent William N. Oatis made a
dramatic return to the arms of his wife today after, more than two years in an Iron Curtain
prison.
His wife, Laurabelle, ha
atlantic plane touched down
Authorities
To Return
Cze i ch Plane
BERLIN, May 18 (A ) )—A Czech
airliner impounded by American
authorities after anti-Communists
commandered it for a flight to
freedom last March will be handed
back• to Czech officials tomorrow.
A U.S. High Commission spokes
man, announcing release of the
C 47 transport, said the craft
would be turned over this after
noon. Later he reported the
Czechs had asked postponement
of the actual transfer until to-
Morrow morning so their experts
could examine the plane.
Announcement that the U. S.
was returning the airliner fol
lowed the release last Saturday
of Associated Press Correspqn
dent William N. . Oatis from the
Czech prison in which he had
served 25 months of a ten-Year
sentence. He had been convicted
on what American \ authorities de
'nounced as trumped up charges
of espionage.
In Washington, State Depart
ment Press Officer Lincoln White
said, however, return of the plane
had no connection with the Oatis
case. White said Czech authorities
were informed by the American
ambassador in Prague - a" week ago;
that the airliner would be re
turned at Berlin.
Light Turnout
For State's
Primary Seen
By the Associated Press
A light.turnout was anticipated
at the polls in today's Pennsyl
vania primary election with only
two uncontested state-wide posts
at stake—a pair of superior court
judgeships.
•No primary battles were in
volved in the Superior. Court
races. Candidates nominated by
the Republicans and Democrats
were unopposed.
Judges W. G. Sheely of Gettys
burg and John I. Hook of Waynes
burg are the Democratic choices,
while Judges J. Colvin- Wright
of Bedford and Harold •L. Ervin
or Upper Daryby are seeking the
GOP nominations.
Twenty-two cities will choose
mayorality candidates, with the
biggest inter-party battle in Pitts
burgh.
•.Throughout the state county
and municipal judges are seek
ing re-election to 10-year terms.
The field is wide open in Phila
delphia's judicial contests.
In Pittsburgh and. Allegheny
Comity, and 'in Philadelphia, the
Republican primary "has turned
into an all-out struggle for con
trol of the GOP party machinery.
In Philadelphia, political ob
servors forecast that about 5 per
cent of the eligible voters would
go to the polls. This, in spite of
the - fact that the
.Republicans
have two full slates and part of
a third ticket in a battle marked
by sharp political in-fighting for
the top places—City Treasurer,
Controller, Register of Wills and
Coroner.
Beside's the mayorality and
judgeship races wet and dry for
ces will square off in local option
contests.
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• 12 minutes of semi-privacy with him after his silver trans
at Idlewild Airport.
Oatis and his wife parted June
23, 1950, only three months after
their marriage. The Czechoslo
vakian Communist government
said it was her letter of appeal
that finally won his freedom from
a ten year prison sentence. He
was released unexpectedly Sat
urday.
Refuses to Answer
Oatis served 25 months on an
espionage charge, - after he alleg
edly transmitted Czech , economic,
military and political information
to a foreign government—presum
ably the U.S.
He was asked at a news con
ference here whether, he served
the U.S: government in any capa
city while he was a foreign re
porter.
"It's the kind of question I
can't answer," Oatis replied. "I'm
not going to say anything about
it."
He readily admitted collecting
economic, military, and political
data in his role as a foreign cor
respondent. But he pointed out
that such activity would not • be
a crime in this country.
No Drugs Used
"What was a crime under
Czechoslovakian law is not a crime
here," he . explained.
Under Czech standards, Oatis
added, "just 'about any American
reporter could be considered
guilty of eq)ionage.
He said the Czechs had effec
tive methods of obtaining con
fessions, but added that to the best
.of,,hi.§..knowledge no drugs were
Used on him.
"They gave me about 10 in
jections which they said were
sugar solution and vitamins to
build up my weight and I'm
convinced they were," Oatis de
clared. "I felt no effects from
these injections whatsoever."
Oatis Uses Low Voice
Beside him during the press
conference was Frank J. Starzel,
general manager of The Associ
ated Press, who told the horde
of 'interviewing newspapermen:
"Before and after Bill's convic
tion and as of now, I have com
plete and full confidence in his
integrity as a newsman."
Frowning and wincing at times,
Oatis carefully phrased his an
swers at a gruelling press confer
ence at the airport. He talked - in
a low voice, and chain-smoked
cigarettes.
Senate Delays $450 Million Measure
WASHINGTON, May 18 (W)—
The Senate today put off until
Wednesday consideration of a
$457 million appropriation meas
ure after an inconclusive debate
on whether to add funds to speed
up the handling of television sta
tion applications.
The bill, first of the regular
money measures to come before
the Senate, carries funds for op
erations of 22 governmental com
' missions and agencies during the
fiscal year starting July 1.
Sen. Johnson (D.-Colo.) offered
an amendment to add 4618,440 to
the bill, already approved by the
House, to speed up the handling
by the Federal Communications
Commission of applications for
new TV stations. -
Johnson said his Senate Inter-
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Talks Resume
At Panmunjom
MUNSAN, Korea, Tuesday, May
19 (IP)—Truce negotiations" Were
due to resume at Panmunjom to
morrow following a three-day re
cess called by the UN Command,
presumably to firm up the Allied
bargaining hand on the deadlock
prisoner exchange talks—last bar
rier to an armistice.
The chief Allied negotiator, Lt.
Gen. William X. Harrison Jr., re
mained in Tokyo Monday for con
sultations with Gen. Mark Clark,
UN Far
_East commander. Long
distance talks with Washington
were considered probable, al
though there was no announce
ment to this effect.
In London Prime Minister Sir
Winston Churchill told the House
of. Commons that Britain and the
U.S. are having "constant ex
changes of views" on the Korean
truce talks.
The talks are stalled over what
to do with 48,500. Korean and Chi
nese prisoners who have told the
UN Command they will not re
turn voluntarily to their Commu
nist homelands.
state Commerce Committee was
told by FCC commissioners today
that 35 to 40 teams of FCC ex
aminers could clean up this back
log within a year. The bill carries
money, however, for onl y • 17
teams, five more than now avail
able to the FCC.
Johnson said 65 large cities now
have no TV stations at all and that
some cities, such as St. Louis and
Kansas City, Mo., have only one
station each.
Each team -is composed of one
examiner and six aides. The cost
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Ridgway Advises
More European Aid
WASHINGTON, May 18 (iP)—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway advised
Congress today to keep billions flowing to Europe in the. face of
undiminished Soviet might which he said could inflict "serious
reversals" on the Western allies if war should come.
The Allied commander in Europe testified that while there are
no indications now of "imminent hostilities" neither is there any
evidence of the sincerity of Rus
sian peace talk.
Ridgway told the House For
eign Affairs Committee at hear
ings on the foreign aid program
that it would be unwise to cut
military goals of the - North At
lantic Treaty Organization coun
tries. He said it would weaken
U.S. defenses.
"Even with the completion of
the goals," he said, "we will still
fall short of the minimum de
fensive strength required to pre
yent serious reversals in the early
stages of a determined attack."
Air Power Weak
The general, who also has com
manded Allied forces in the Far
East and who becomes Army chief
of staff in August, did not spell
out what he meant by serious re
versals—whether loss of Germany
and Allied airbases there, a re
treat-to the English Channel, or
destruction of trained troops and
equipment.
He said Western forces would
give a. gallant account of them
selves, that air power remains the
weakest link in their defense, but
that there has been "steady prog
ress" in the last year in building
up Allied power.
Foreign Aid Considered
The question has been arising
in Congress whether the progress
has been sufficient to make it
worthwhile to keep on spending
billions of American cash on aid
to Europe. Some of the heaviest
skirmishing of the congressional
session apparently will revolve
around that issue.
What the foreign affairs com
mittee is considering is legisla
tion to authorize the administra
tion $5.8 billion fore i g n aid
program and the $1.5 billion for
military aid for Europe for the
year starting July 1.
Churchill Asks Halt
To British Nagging
LONDON. May 18 (IP)—Prime
Minister Churchill today urged
IBritons particularly left - wing
critics—to stop nagging in public
at the way Americans are hand
ling Korean truce negotiations.
He told the House of Commons
at the regular Monday question
session he still holds the view
that the U.S. should carry on the
talks at Panmunjom in the name
of the United Nations and that
Britain is in constant exchange of
views on the subject with Wash
ington.
per team is $40,000 a year.
Saltonstall finally agreed to get
in touch with the FCC tomorrow
in an effort to clear up the con
fusion between him and Johnson.
Earlier in the debate, Sen. Mc-
Carthy (R.-Wis.) failed to get the
Federal Housing Administration
$600,000 to continue a research
program in the fiscal year begin
ning July 1.
The House has approved $451
million for the 22 government
units, This is $715 million less
than Truman recommended be
fore he left office in January.
European
U.S. Seen
By Monnet
LUXEMBOURG, May 8 M
Jean Monnet of France, chief ex
ecutive of the six-nation Schuman
plan, says he in t ends 4 to give
President Eisenhower an encour
aging report on prospects of a fu
ture United States of Europe
when he visits Washington next
month.
He said such plans for even
tually binding the free nations of
Europe into a unifed federation
should go ahead whether the cur
rent Soviet peace offensive is
sincere or not, since Europe needs
unity."
or his work toward this end,
Monnet yesterday received the
fourth annual Charlemagne Prize
from the German city of Aachen,
whose citizens call the award the
"German Peace Prize." Monnet
got the prize for his "outstanding
merits in the field of the Euro
pean unification movement."
Monnet, chairman of the High
Authority or executive branch of
the European Coal and Steel
Communty, has been invited to
Washington early in June for con
ferences with the President, Sec
retary of State Dulles and other
leading U.S. officials.
On the trip, Monet will be ac
companied by Franz Etzel of West
Germany, vice chairman of the
authority, and Dirk Sprenberg of
Holland, another member of the
nine-man executive panel.
like Cuts Atom
Budget'—Cole
WASHINGTON, May 18 (W)—
Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY) said
today the Eisenhower administra
tion has proposed cuts "on the
order of 30 per cent" in former
President Truman's $1.6 billion
atomic energy program for next
year.
Cole, chairman of the Senate-
House Atomic Energy Committee,
said the budget was outlined to
his group this afternoon and will
be presented tomorrow to the
House Appropriations Committee.
He told newsmen the cut of ap
proximately 480 million dollars
would leave sufficient funds to
"carry on the weapons phase of
the program without any curtail
ment."
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