The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 19, 1953, Image 3
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. INVITATIONS COMMERCIAL PRINTING rush & Beaver State College • 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- BLUE BOOKS 8 pages • 3 for 5c 2 and 16 pages • 2 for 5c 32 pages 5c each $5 in Sales, $1 in Merchandise FREE . BX in the TUB THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 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 Summer Handiwork for Itchy Fingers . . . B ELASTRAW , WEAL FOR HATS, BAGS, BELTS, STOLES AND PLACE MATS NOMOTTA RIBBON HAT 'N' BAG KITS Available Now, at 4terPferet 44 1 cit cop 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." 3 DIMENSION!! "HOUSE OF WAX" in Warnercolor ROSEMARY CLOONEY "THE SNAKE PIT" OLIVIA de HAVILLAND "THE STARS ARE SINGING" PAGE THREE