SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1953
'Explanations' Halt
Prisoner Exch • nge
PANMUNJOM, Saturday, Sept. 26_ A dispute over whether more than 22,000
prisoners 'balking at return to communism can be forced to listen to "explanations" by
the Reds yesterday forced postponement of the operation until next week.
The explanations had been due to start today. Now they . will begin next Thursday
barring another postponement.
The Communists insisted that
the more than 14,500 Chinese and
7,800 North Koreans refusing re
patriation must be compelled to
hear the Red teams; that the men
must be interviewed individually;
and that the interviews may b,
repeated over a 90-day period.
The UN Command argued that
a man who has made up his mind
and does not -want to be inter
viewed need not listen; that ex
planaticinS must be conducted in
groups of 25 so 'there is less op
portunity of intimidation; and
that prisoners should have the
right to decide if they want to
meet the interviewers more than
once.
Caught in th e midst of the
squabble, the Neutral Nations Re
patriation Commission, whiCh will
supervise the interviews, put off
at least until Thursday the start
of work by explanation teams:
All prisoners of both sides are
now held in the demilitarized
zone under guard of ' Indian
troops. Allied teams will-'be con
fronted with a much smaller
group-23 Americans, a Briton
and 335 South Koreans.
The Repatriation- Commission
did not make it clear immediately
whether the time lost by the post
ponement would be tacked on at
the other end Of the 90-day period
or merely dropped. Indications
were, however, the full 90 days
would be allowed.
The 5-natibn commission, head
ed by th e Indian delegate •as
chairman arid umpire, has yet to
announce the rules which will
govern the explanations..
Many of the Chinese prisoners
brought to the demilitarized zone
had hurled stones at Communist
observers and ' declared they
would never return to Red rule:
Some even ripped off identifica
tion tags and refused to give
their names, lest these get back
to Red China where the men had
relatives.
The tension in the stockades
was so marked that Indian cus
todial troops rushed out a call
for reinforcements. Today five
U.S: Air Force C 124 Globemasters
Were due in •southern Japan with
575 more Indian troops on their
way to Korea.
There already are 5000 Indian
soldiers on guard duty.
'No Raiding' A reement
Given Approval by AFL
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25 (1 2 )—The AFL today approved a "no raid
ing" pact' with the CIO and resolved to establish machinery for
peaceful settlement of union fights within the AFL itself.
A busy final session of the AFL's annual convention also adopted
a resolution saying the recent resignation of AFL union leader Mar
tin Durkin, as secretary of labor, was justified "because of the fail-
ure of . President Eisenhower to
keep his agreement" with Durk
in.
This referred to Durkin's claim
he quit because Eisenhower broke
an agreement to send a message
to Congress suggesting 19 changes
in the union-criticized Taft-Hart
ley law. The White House has
said there was no such agreement.
"Although the administration
amendments in question were far
short of 'our program," the con
vention resoltftiqn said, "they
represented a forward step and
the ,failure to propose them was
clearly :responsive to anti-labor
pressures."
In other actions the AFL re
elected officers, including George
Meany as president, and char
tered a new union to replace the
International Longshoremen's As
sociation, ousted from the AFL
for harboring racketeers.
The "no raiding" agreement
with the CIO still requires ap
proval by the CIO convention at
Cleveland in November, but an
okay is expected. The pact is re
garded as .an initial step toward
possible AFL-CIO merger.
ridochina
Voiced by
UNITED NATION'S, N.Y., Sept. 25 . (iF')—France proposed today
that the Communists and the French attempt to settle the 8-year-old
war in Indochina by diplomatic negotiations, either' in the Korean
peace conference or immediately afterward.
Deputy Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann, in his government's
opening speech to the UN AsAembly, said the object of such nego
tiations would be, to end the aggression in Indochina and make pos-
Reds Rekase
German P‘ 's
At East Borer
BERLIN, Sept. 25 (W) The
first German prisoners of war to
be freed . froin Soviet camps since
the Kremlin and ` East Germany's
Communist go7ernment an
nounced a deal on, the subject
last Aug. 22 are due to arrive at
the Polish-East German border
tonight.
Without saying how many of
ficers and men are involved, the
East German Interior Ministry
told of the shipment in a state
ment to the East Berlin press.
The . group was described as pris
oners convicted of minor war
crimes.
The Aug. 22 agreement, widely
herald td. by the Communists dur
ing the West German election
campaign in- their fight against
Chancellor Konrad Aderiauer,
provided for the return of "mi
nor" war 'criminals, canceled 2 1 ,4
billion dollars worth—Of repar
ations still claimed by Russia and
granted the East Germans sev
eral economic concessions. •
But the Western-minded Aden
atter snowed. under the opposition
in the West Ge r Man voting
Sept: 6.
The resolution approving the
AFL-CIO agreement said "so
long as the ranks of labor are
divided, labor will continue to be
weakened—there is no reason for
the division in labor ranks."
The AFL-CIO pact is to become
effective Jan. 1 for all unions
subscribing to it individually. It
Would pledge them against seek
ing, to get alr ea d y organized
workers to switch allegiance from
one union to another.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Settlement
France
sible a return of more normal
conditions of international rela
tions in Asia.
He said hints had appeared that
the two outside powers which "in
spire and arm the Vietminh reb
els" in Indochina were disposed
to consider the opening of nego
tiations to end that conflict.
Obviously referring to Com
munist China and the Soviet Un
ion, Schumann said the time had
come for those two powers to
prove the hints were not mere
propaganda.
French spokesmen emphasized
later that their government had
no intention of dealing with the
Vietminh Communists in Indo
china but would negotiate at dip
lomatic level with Red China and
Russia for a settlement.
A French Foreign Ministry
spokesman said in Paris tonight
that Schumann's proposal repre
sents no departure in French pol
icy. He said that SchuMann, in
effect, was echoing the recent
statement of U.S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles that a
'negotiated setlament in Korea
might lead to the same thing in
Indochina.
U. S. officials in Washington
said they would have no objec
tion to Indochina talks provided.
the Reds agree .to a satisfactory
Korean 'settlement. They said the
United States would be willing
to join France and other Western
nations in any negotiations with
the Indochinese rebels at a sec
ond conference,
Commenting privately on Schu
mann's proposal, these authori
ties recalled the Dulles had made
it clear at a news conference Sept.
3 that he opposed discussing Indo
china at the Korean peace parley.
Parole Violator Shot
In Theater Last Night
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25 (P)—A
man tentatively identified as John
Elgin Johnson, 33-year-old parole
violator frOm Alcatraz, was shot
to death in a theater mezzanine
tonight after wounding two FBI
agents who came to arrest him.
The FBI said the man opened
fire on Agents Brady Murphy and
Ray Fox as they walked toward
a. telephone booth in which he
was standing in the Town Thea
ter. Murphy was hit in the side
and Fox in the hip.
U.S. Bases in Spain
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (R)—
The' United States and Sp ai n
once again today were reported
about ready to sign an agreement
giving American naval and air
Forces defense bases on Spanish
soil.
Millikin Says Tax
Plan 'Satisfactory'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (JP)—A congressional committee took
a look today at the Eisenhower administration's tax service reorgan
ization, and Senator Millikin (R-Colo) said the picture was "very
satisfactory."
•
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and Revenue Commis
sioner T. Coleman Andrews were questioned about the changes at a
closed session Of the Senate-
House Committee on Internal
Revenue.
Reports had circulated that
some committee members wanted
to check to see whether broad
changes in tax collecting oper
ations had lowered employe mo
rale and caused a loss in reve
nue_
Rep. Daniel A. Reed ,(R-NY),
chairman of the joint group and
of the tax-writing House Ways
and Means Committee, said the
congressmen reviewed the re
organization program. He de
clined further comment except
to say the administration plans
remain intact.
Millikin, chairman of the Sen
ate Finance Committee, said rev
enue officials explained the pur
pose of the changes and gave
details on how they are working.
Millikin said he could not speak
for the committee but personally,
"I thought the exnlanations were
very satisfactory.' 3
Sen. Byr d (D-Va), another
member, said he was "very much
pleased at th e progress being
made," but the full effects of the
reorganization would not be felt
until later.
Others who attended the meet
ing said members expressed no
diqcatisfaction..
The reorganization cu t- the
number of reve,nue field com
missioners from 17 to 9. It trans
ferred virtually complete auth
ority over tax collections in their
districts to the nine commis
sioners, abolishing some auditing
and reviewing functions at head
quarters here. Hundreds of em
ployes, including some veteran
career tax workers, lost their
jobs in the process.
Gillet to Address
Chemical Society
Dr. Alfred Gillet, professor of
industrial chemistry at the Uni
versity of Liege, Belgium, will ad
dress the meeting of the central
Pennsylvania section, American
Chemical Society, at 8 p.m. Mon
day in 119 Osmond. His topic will
be "What is Coal?"
Dr. Gillet is visiting the United
States to participate in the Gor
don Research Conference.
Criticize Newspapers
LONDON, Sept. 25 (EP)—A com
mittee of the Methodist Christian
Citizenship Department urged
Methodists today to refuse to buy
British newspapers and magazines
that exploit sex and crime.
Frosh and New Sophs
interested in
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Hurricane Heads
Northeastward
Towards Florida
MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 25 (IP)—
Mighty hurricane Florence swung
northeast Ward in the Gulf of
Mexico today and pointed dan
gerous 130-mile-an-hour winds
toward the coast of Alabama and
northwest Florida.
Residents, of a thickly-popu
lated 400-mile wide area from
New Orleans to St. Marks, Fla.,
remembering a tricky 1947 hur
ricane that pounded the Missis
sippi coast, began preparing for
the rampaging storm.
The U.S. Weather Bureau said
the hurricane appeared headed
for the area between Mobile and
St. Marks, Fla., which is dotted
with big military installations,
beach playgrounds, and seafood
and industrial plants.
Since midnight, military planes
from Air Force and Navy instal
lations along the coast have been
winging to inland bases, shrimp
fleets and hundreds of smaller
boats scurried to the safety of
inland bays and bayous.
The New Orleans Weather Bur
eau in a 4 p.m. CST, advisory lo
cated the storm approximately
290 miles south of Pensacola and
said it was moving northward
about 12 to 14 miles per hour.
The advisory said winds prob
ably would reach huricane force
between Mobile and St. Marks
near daybreak tomorrow.
Airline Spokesman
To Meet Seniors
A representative of North Amer
ican Aviation, Inc., the company
that designed and now produces
the new F-100 Super Sabre Jet
and the F-86 Sabre Jets, will be
on campus Monday to interview
winter graduates-for positions at
the Los Angeles and Columbus
p'ants.
Junior engineering 'positions
are available at North American.
College Placement Service will
supply further details.