WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1953
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.or Peaceful - Atom Energy - Use
ATLANTIC CITY,N.J., Oct. 6 m-- - President Eisenhower warned a /divided world to
day to put the . atom to constructive use, or risk .H-bomb suicide ' with "erasure of cities,
with rows of unidentifiable dead.". -
He biainpd SoViet Russia for a nuclear arms race, in- which - the free world must stock
pile A-bdmbs,and H-bombs "assuring us reasonable safety from attack."
Said the President of the threat of atqmic warfare: . • , •
Potter Charges
Red Atrocities
Go Unounished
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (W)
Sen. Potter (R-Mich.) said today
the Korean truce terms forced
the United Nations to turn back
to the Communists hundreds of
captured war criminals who
would `have been put on trial if
the war had ended in a UN, mili
tary victory.
"They are now beyond -our
reach," Potter told a news con
ference after questioning. four
military representatives in pri
vate and getting from them, he
said. "shocking 'revelations of
atrocities" committed by the Reds
on 'American prisoners of war.
Potter, a 'legless veteran of
World War 11, has been abslg
nated , by Chairman McCarthy
(R-Wis.- .of 'the Senate investiga
tions subcommittee as a one-man
"task force" to investigate atro
city charges.
The Michigan senator •said the
files of the UN Command in Ko
rea show 1800 cases of atrocities,
many of them involving, more
than one UN soldier, and the
"is being added to constantly.".
He announced, meanwhile, that
he will seek the assistance of the
White House, of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur, Chief UN Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and Gen.
James A. Van Fleet—in his in
vestigation.
In addition, Potter said, he will
question about ten returned pris
oners of war about their treat
ment, and he. made a public ap
peal that any former POW who
has useful , information rnake - it
available to him.
7 Ohio Reds Arrested
CLEVELAND, Oct. 6 (W)—The
FBI today arrested seven alleged
Communist officials it described
as leaders and former leaders of
the party's activities in Ohio.
ndians
Soft-Pedal
Repatriation Issue
PANMUNJOM, Wednesday, Oct. 7 (W)—Custodian India, caught
in a squeeze by Allied and Red demands, shied away yesterday
from a policy of force in handling 22,500 Chinese and North - Korean
prisoners balking at a return to communism.
Shortly after receiving a letter from the UN commander de
manding that these men be guaranteed "freedom of choice," Lt,
Gen. K. S. Thimayya refused to
say that his troops Would, compel
the prisoners to listen individually
to Red "explanation" teams.
At a crowded preSs conference,
attended by both Communist and
Allied newsmen, Thimayya soft
pedaled the issue by saying:
"I think we can ask the prison
ers to listen for five to ten min
utes "
The UN Command agreed to
start work today on explanation
booths at a new site agreeable to
the. Reds in the demilitarized
zone. Indications were that the
tWice-postponed explanations may
get started within a week.
Communist Poles and Czechs
on the Neutral Nations Repatri
ations Commission as well as the
Red newsmen - present watched
questions
.got to the heart of the
prisoner issue.
Thimayya, who is chairman of
the repatriation commission, said
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• "Such a peace," the President
added, would come "only slowly
and tortuously"—not by force or
edict or_treaty or dark threats or
glittering slogans, but by courage,
knowledge, patience and leader
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his horror must not be.
"This. titanic force must be re
duced to the fruitful service of
mankind. If it is in the power ,of
your leaders, with God's help, it
will be done.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (W)—
Secretary of Defense Wilson
said today it is "perhaps stretch
ing it a bit" to say that the
Russians have a , hydrogen.
bomb "ready to drop and planes
ready to' drop them."
In contrast ,to some recent
official - expressions of urgency,
-Wilson told a news conference
he believed the Russians are
"three or , four years 'back of
us" in atomic weapons develop
ment. ,
"In its wake we see only sud
den and mass destruction . the
possible doom of every nation and
society.
."This can come to pass only as
one of • the results of shaping a
firm and just and durable peace."
Some 5000 listeners sat awed as
Eisenhower spell e d out the
world's atomic future in solemn
alternatives. They were members
of the United Church- Women of
the National Council of Churches
of Christ in the U.S.A., meeting
in Atlantic 'City's Convention
Hall.
Eisenhower apparently. took an
other step to drive home to the
American people the threat posed
by Russia's progress toward the
H-bomb.
It was the third time in two
weeks Eisenhower' referred to the
nuclear threat that f aces the
world—in apparent resolve to
awaken the American people
more fully to the perils of an
H-bomb age.
"Search me, I don't know what
we could do"
_when asked what
would happen if all prisoners in
a compound sat down and refused
to attend the interviews.
These Reds also heard Thimay
ya reply to another question that
if the prisoners ever attempted a
mass breakout the 5000 Indian
troops would not likely try to
check it "because of the terrible
slaughter which no civilized na
tion could perpetrate."
Gen. Mark Clark, retiring to
day as UN. Far East commander,
sent Thimayya a letter pointing
out that the Allies continued the
Korean War at considerable cost
until the Reds yielded on the
point of assuring all prisoners
freedom of choice. He said the
Allies were in no mood to com
promise the principle now and
warned against any resort to
coercion.
Longshoremen Back
fter 5 Day Strike
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (W)—An uneasy truce settled on the East
Coast waterfront today, as shipping shook off the effects of a five
day, multi-million dollar dock strike. A court order ended the walk
out Monday night.
Longshoremen begaii
Kidncp Victim
ikiy Be Dead
, KANSAS CITY, Oct. 3 (VP)
New fear arose tonight for the
life of six-year -old Bobby Green
lease on the ninth day since his
abduction. A spokesman strongly
hinted something had gone wrong
in negotiations for his release.
With ;tears in his eyes. -the
spokesman said:
"There has been no contact
with a go-between:. No nothing."
Even as Stewart Johnson, a
business associate of the 71-year
old- father, spoke, rumors per
sisted a development was immi
nent. There has been a rumor for
several days the family had been
contacted by the kidnapers and a
$500.000 ransom demanded.
As -tension appeared to be
mounting to the breaking point,
Robert C. Greenlease waited in
the jeclusion_ of - his huge, red
brick two-story home with his
wife and 11-year-old daughter,
Sue. Mrs. Greenlease has, been
under a doctor's care.
The whereabouts of Robert' C.
Ledterman of Tulsa, who acted as
spokesman, for the family laSt
week, continued to be a mystery.
He has not-been seen at the home
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since early Sunday.
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streaming back to 'work in such big ports
as New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore::
In New York, world's largest
port, 52 vessels started inching
into piers after the strike isolated
them for days at anchor in the
harbor. Tugmen were back on the
job and big liners were 'freed
from the ticklish task of maneu
vering therriselves into berths. '
At its height the strike tied up
more than 100 vessels in 12 har
bors from Por tlan d, Me., to
Hampton Roads, Va.
A Taft-Hartley law injunction
yesterday—the first of the Eisen-
hoover administration—forced the
striking International Longshore-
Men's .Association back to work.
A railroad embargo on freight
shipments into New York- was
lifted.
Many of the 60,000 longshore-,
men on the East Coast answered
shape up hiring whistles in the;
gray light of a damp autumnl
dawn. However, the ILA said it
will take until tomorrow to get
them all back.
HoweVer, these were apparent
ly due to the drawn out mechan
ism of a return to work, rather
than to the smoldering civil war;
between the ILA and a rival AFL!
dock union that has been raiding'
the-waterfront.
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Allies Work
To Ease Tension
Over Germany
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (R)—
Secretary of State Dulles said to
day the United States and its key
European Allies are discussing a
move to give Russia "reassur
ance against a possible resurg
ence of German aggression."
Specific plans are "nowhere
near conclusion," he said, but
the Eisenhower administration is
"working with a very great sense
of urgency" to ease East-West
tensions.
Dulles made clear at a news
conference, however,/ he favors
such non-aggression assurances
only if the Kremlin agrees at the
same time to unify all Germany
on terms acceptable to the West.
After the news conference, the
State Department made his re
marks available for direct quota
tion.
The secretary's. words appeared
aimed at slowing down what he
regards as a growing Western Eu
ropean interest in offering Russia
a nonLaggression pact before any
of Europe's crucial East-West
problems are solved.
His remarks also were appar
ently intended as an indirect an
swer to former Gov. Adlai Ste
venson's plea for "a Europ.ean
system of durable non-aggression
for Russia as well as France; for
Germany, and the rest of us."
q?e,.bwte Squads
Meet Tonight
Freshman women who signed
up for the women's debate squad
will meet at 7 tonight in 2 Sparks
to discuss, the national debate
topic, Resolved: That the United
States Federal government should
adopt a policy of free trade.
Upperclasswomen who signed
up for varsity squad will meet at
7 p.m. tomorrow in 2 Sparks to
give five minute tr.vout speeches
on the topic.
Final tryouts for the men's de
bate squad will be held at 7 to
night in 316 Sparks. Students
need not have attended the pre
liminary meeting to tryout.