TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1953
R*oootijitionOroup
To Reply to Allies
i'ANMUNJOM, TueSday, Sept. 29 (?P)—The Repatriation
Coin Mission, under fire for violating its "neutral" role, was
due to reply today to Allied protests -that it circulated a mes
sage "slanted toward unduly influencing' 22,600 anti-Com
munist.prisoners:
Brig. .Gen. A. L. Hamblen,
Reds . Label
LJ5' . Report
Propaganda
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (M
A pair of fugitive Russians and a
former top American Red told
Senate investigators today an
Army report used to train intelli
gence officers is loaded with Com
munist, propaganda.
The Army contends the docu 7
ment, called "Psychological and
Cultural Traits in Soviet Si
beria" isn't Red propaganda at
all and was intended merely to
give intelligence officers a pic
ture of the Russian people for use
in event of wax. ' _
But Louis Budenz,a high level
Communist party official in this
country for 10 - years, told a Sen
ate investigations subcommittee,
headed by Sen. McCarthy (R-
Wis)
"In my opinion, this document
. . . is the work of a concealed
Communist."
Igor Bogelepov, who said he is
a former Soviet diplomat and
army officer now under a Krem
lin death sentence, described the
report as "extremely damaging."
"I find there is a lot of deliber
ate misinformation that serves the
Communist cause," he testified. •
A tall man of 49 with a thick
Russian accent, Bogelepov said
the report is ,dangerous because
it is confusing and "because it
gives some things that are true as
a cover to make you swallow the
things that are not true." '
The witness said he was "ex
tremely appealed and frightened"
to discover some parts of the -re
port are almost word for word the
same as quotations from such So
viet leaders-as Lenin and Stalin.
Gas Prices Drop
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. 28
(W)—A five week gas war pushed
the price of gasoline to a new
low of 17% cents a gallon today
in the entire, Wyoming Valley
area.
70 Minion Americans Drink
WASHINGTON, I:I Sept: 28 (R)—
A top authority on alcoholism
said today. 60 to 70 million Amer
icans, mostly parents, drink alco
holic beverages and four million
of them are potential or confirm
ed alcoholics.
Dr. Selden D. Bacon, director of
the center of alcoholic studies at
Yale University, also declared that
the ratio of alcoholism 'by - sexes
is about six men to one woman.
It is most common between the
age of 35 and 55, he said.
By racial groups, Dr. Bacon said
native white Americans, Iris h,
Scandinavians, English and Poles
have a, high rate, .while the Medi
terranean people such as the Ital
ians and Greeks tend to have a
low rate.,
"The Jews, almost all of whom
use alcoholic beverages, have an
extraordinarily low rate, a fact
which has been , recognized for ov
er three centuries," he said.
Dr. Bacon gave these highlight.:
On his studies in a copyrighted in
terview in U.S. News & Worle
Report; independent weekly
news magazine.
In a wide-ranging commentart
on •problems connected with al
coholism, Dr. Bacon pointed]: N,
criticized the "'classical temper
ance lectures," of persons he de
scribed as "very sincere, well
meaning `drys'."
He also chided American schoo:
and colleges for failing to educate
commander of the UN repatri
ation group, charged yesterday
that the commission failed,to per
mit Allied representativeg to ob
serve, or check, in advance, a
statement which he contended
"definitely disregards the clear
spirit" of the armistice agreement
on voltmtary repatriation.
An Allied spokesman said the
message was "clearly of Chinese
Communist origin" and ,actually
exerts "maximum coercion on the
prisoners."
Thimayya Gets Protest
A spokesman for the Repatria
tion Commission denied the
charge and said it had "not in
dulged in any propaganda' for any
side."
The Allied . protest was .ad
dressed to Lt: Gen. K. S. Thimay
ya, Indian delegate and head of
the commission. One representa
tive each from ; India, Ppland.
Czechoslovakia, Sweden and
Switzerland make ,up the com
mission.
Meantime an Indian colonel
who. asked that his name not be
used, said "I still think it is a
completely neutral document just
to explain what the prisoners are
entitled to and to make for a free
choice.- That's what we are trying
to achieve."
Force Attendance Opposed
Th e. commiss:on's statement
which aroused the Allied com
mand to protest among other
things 'told the prisoners that all
of them would be required "ab
solutely, by necesc.ity' 'to attend
explanations by "repiesentatiires
from the country to which you
belong."
The Allies oppose forced at
tendance at the explanation inter
views and the Communists de
mand it. •
Thus far the Repatriation Corn
mission has not' announced its
final decision on forced attend
ance, but the message to prison
ers indicated that such a decision
had been reached.
The Allies also contended that
the 90-day explanation period
should date from Sept. 23, when
the last of the prisoners refusing
repatriation were turned over to
the • custody of Indian guards in
the neutral zone.
The statement indicated that
the 90-day period would begin
when explanations start. Expla
nations are tentatively set to be
gin Thursday.
Youngsters about "some very real
dangers attached to drinking."
"Telling them nothing, telling
them nonsense, or talking down
to them with nothing but nega
tive commands—these are all in
effective and rather escapist types
of education, especially since the
students want education on the
matter," he said.
Dr. Bacon said that fundament
ally he does not believe knowl
edge about alcoholism is a major
need in an educational program.
Dr. Bacon said the pattern of
"classical temperance lectures"
often take the form of this warn
ing to students:
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Air Crash Kills
22 01 Trainees
Wear Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 28 VP)
—At least 22 men lost their lives
today when a plane carrying sol
dier trainees from Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey, !crashed and burned
at Standiford Field, Louisville.
All •the 20 others aboard the
twin-engine plane were injured
The plane, operated by` Resort
Airlines, Inc., carrying a crew of
three and 39 trainees, had taken
off from Philadelphia. Most of
the trainees were of Puerto Rican
ancestry, and were being taken
to Fort Knox Ky.
The accident occurred about
4:19 p.m., as the plane tried to
land at Standiford Field, on
Louisville's outskirts.
The craft almost touched its
wheels to the runway, then
nosedived to the field. The plane
broke in half at the middle, and
both engines burst into flames.
The stricken plane was one of
five bringing soldiers from Camp
Kilmer. The first landed safely.
After the second plane crashed,
the three others were directed to
Bowman Field, also in Louisville.
- Bodies, some decapitated, were
scattered as far as 10 feet from
the flaming, twisted wreckage.
Some bodies and injured men
were trapped in the crumpled
part, of the,, fuselage.
The impact tore off the shoes
of many aboard the- plane and
scattered them throughout the
blood and oil-smeared ruins.
Other AF Accidents
PANAMA CITY, Fla., Sept: 28
(?p)—A late type FB6D Saber jet
fighter plane exploded in flight
over Panama,' City today and
showered wreckage over., a hous
ing project and junior high
school grounds.
The pilot was killed in the
crash. No injuries were reported
from the falling debris.
PERPIGNAN, France, Sept. 23
(JP)—French villagers found the
wreckage of a - U.S. Air Force C 47
and the charred bodiesiof its four
crewmen today on the side of a
heavily-wooded 7296-foot peak in
the eastern Pyrenees. The two
engine transport had been miss
ing since Saturday night on a
training flight from its base in
England to Spain.
Florida Governor Dies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept.
28 (JP)—Gov. Dan McCarty of
Florida died tonight shortly -be.-
fore 10 p.m.
His physician said the gov
ernor was conscious almost un
til the end and said he spoke
with his wife about three min
utes before he died.
"The first drink—it's the first
drink that's the dangerous one—
yoU're one drink away from a
drunk. A little • beer her e and
there, and this horrible social
drinking will lead to death, dis
grace, disease. The liver will turn
purple, the brain shrink, and so
on."
He said the students "know this
is not true" because 'some 60--
odd million people, most of them
parents, use alcoholic beverages
. . . the youngsters know
_that
their dad drinks . . . they also
know he isn't drunk and he isn't
crazy and he isn't going to be."
British to Withdraw
From Suez Canal
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 28 (IP) —Egyptian officials said today Brit
ain has agreed to withdraw her big garrison from the vital Suez
Canal area in 18 months, but the British envoy here said final settle
ment of the old and often bloody feud is still a long way off.
Even though there may be agreement on the withdrawal of
troops—and Britain has indicated
she is willing to do this provided
some arrangement is made for de
fense of the- strategic waterway
in case of an attack—an official
Egyptian source made it clear
that the negotiations still could
break down on some other issue,
Major questions still outstand
ing, the informant said in a re
port, were how long British civil
ian experts would remain behind
to see that the great shipping
canal runs smoothly and whether
they should be permitted to wear
identifying uniforms.
Britain wants them uniformed
and wants them to stay on for
seven years. Egypt is against the
uniform and threatens to break
off negotiations even on this
point. She also demands that they
leave after six years, turning the
whole works over to the Egyptian
technicians they are to train.
The negotiations now going on
have been described as "inform
al" talks behind closed doors,
aimed at paving the way for
formal negotiations toward a final
agreement. The negotiators held
a long secret meeting tonight at
the residence of Lt. Gen. Sir Brian
Robertson, chief British negoti
ator.
Present indications are that the
Egyptians and the British are
closer to agreement now than
they ever were before in the
more than seven years of bitter
wrangling over control of the
canal.
•
Boy Safe Cracker
Astounds Police
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 23
(iP)—Police were astounded when
a 9-year-old boy, opened the safe
in the detectives' room in two out
of three tries.
A bicycle theft charge against
the youngster, not identified, was
lodged last Monday and he was,
released in, custody of his mother.
Yesterday, a policeman saw the
boy loitering on a street, took him
to the station house.
The youth reportedly boasted of
a number of unsolved burglaries
in the neighborhood, said he
opens safes by "listening to the
tumblers fall in place."
Then he demonstrated on the
official repository. •
PAGE , THREE
Labor Party
:arks U.S.
In Debate
MARGARET, England, Sept. 23
(LP)—Britain's Labor party today
rejected a left-wing resolution
aimed at' pinning the blame on
the United States for the' cold
war and the armament race.
Aneurin Bevan, long an advo
cate of arms reduction in Britain,
took no part in the debate. Some
of his followers supported the
measure from the floor, but most
remained quiet.
Thus the debate did not repre
sent, in any sense, an organized
attack by Bevan's party on the
policy of the party leadership.
For the time being, at least, it's
hard to differentiate at this con
ference between a Bevanite and a
moderate.
The rejected arms cut resolu
tion declared "our dependence on
the United States commits us to a
vested interest in the cold war."
'Bevan's silence spotlighted the
atmosphere of sweetness and har
mony which has been unheard of
in socialist conclaves of recent
years.
Although Bevan apparently
had decided to end his feud with
the party leaders, he did not hes
itate to lash out today at his arch
political foe, Prime Minister
Churchill; demanding the Con
servative leader get back in the
harness or resign.
Churchill is vacationing on the
French Riviera after a long per
iod of rest away from work, or
dered' by his doctors. His office
at. No. 10 Downing St. issued a
statement under the Prime IVlin
ister's signature today, however,
declaring—obviously for the ears
of the convening Laborites—that
he still hopes for a top level Big
Four meeting.
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