WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 Russia Rejects Bid For Big 4 Meeting WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (A*)— Russia today rebuffed a Western bid for a Big Four foreign ministers’ meeting - on Germany’s future and renewed its demand that Red China be brought into the world councils of ,J;he great powers. In a belated response to a proposal that the Big Four foreign ministers meet at Lugano, Swit zerland next Monday, Russia told the United States, Britain and France that a conference should be held in two parts—a general session | on world, tensions including Red j mm ■ o China and a session on Germany. f"/Q CT J“* I C M /’"y Same Response / S C "OL I LI Cj . Km Moscow has taken substantially the same position before in re sponse to Western proposals. Of ficials here, expressing severe, dis appointment at the Soviet reply, said the latest note can only be considered an “evasion” of the Western invitation to Lugano. A few hours earlier Secretary of State Dulles told his' news con ference the American government has “reason to fear” the Com munists do not now want to have serious talks about any concrete subjects. He said refusal to meet with' the Western powers on a German settlement and an Aus trian treaty and their “wooden inflexibility” in. negotiations for a Korean political conference all appeared to be part of the same pattern of behavior. 18-Page Note ! All the State Department would ‘say of the note given to Ameri can, British and French diplomats in Moscow today was that it was “a long note of 18 pages which has to be translated at our em bassy in Moscow and transmitted to Washington.” “We expect to receive the full text during the night,” said press officer Henry Suydam, “and when it is received it will be studied at the highest levels.” From' wholly authoritative in formation based upon a summary of the note received at the State Department it can be reported that the Soviets make two propo sitions: Two Propositions First, a Five-Power session in cluding Red China at the foreign minister level and, second, a meeting .of Russia and the West ern powers—the Big Four on Ger many. Moscow reportedly sticks to its position that negotiations for conclusion of an Austrian treaty should be conducted only in diplomatic channels. The feeling around the State Department seemed to be that it was too early to say that the Rus sians had rejected the Lugano proposal. Some basis for further negotia tions for a later Lugano meeting might be found in studying the full 18 pages. However,' officials consider that a forlorn hope. None seem to question that the propo sition for a meeting opening at: Lugano next Monday is dead. In Two Counties . "ALTOONA, Pa., Nov. 3. (TP) — Raging forest fires whipped by winds tonight seared hundreds of acres of woodland in Blair and Huntingdon Counties. | A series of timber fires which began Friday in Blair County are j reported eating their way through I large sections of -woodland near ; Altoona. ■ j An estimated 700 -acres of for |est are burning in Huntingdon j County near Mount Union. Fire jmen of the community said- the ■flames are being whipped across | the hilly area by winds of up to 25 miles an hour velocity. 1 Residents of the Altoona area j report the city covered with a dense cloud of smoke blown in from the. burning woodland less than 12 miles away.’ i Traffic in the vicinity of the I fires is being stopped and travel ! ers are being recruited to fight ,'the blaze. Early reports stated that of ficials of Blair County had ap pealed to Gov. John S. Fine to place a ban on hunting in that area until the emergency is brought under control. Gov. Fine said, “I have heard nothing about the matter.” He said he will check into it and take proper action if the situation merits it. Twice today firefighters report ed they had' the Mount Union blaze under control only to have it crop up again from embers smouldering deep in the dry for est vegetation. French Forces Beattie 3000 Reds in Hanoi HANOI, Indochina, Nov. 3 (/P) —Fench Union forces lured about 3000 Vietminh regulars into battle today with a second dri-0-e into Phu Nho Quan and the rebel loss es, were believed to be hicdi. U.R. Vice President Richard Nixon is to look over the combat zone to morrow. The French high command said there was heavy hand to hand fighting before the Communist led Vietminh soldiers finally yielded the war base that the French first occupied and wrecked with little opposition Oct. 23. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Churchill Says War Unlikely LONDON, Nov. 3 (TP)—Prime Minister Churchill declared today the danger of war has lessened because now the Russians —along with the rest of mankind—fear the annihilation an atomic r ' r ' T ' flict would bring. In an optimis-f||r '''.WsM tic review of for-glte- '‘*llllll eign affairs, the|l| Prime told the Housed of Commons he believed the Rus sian people and 1 their leaders have lost their: stomach for ag- gression. „ r . ' ■ Churchill held w,nston Churchill that the fearful nature of atomic weapons—horrors which “cast their shadows on every thoughtful mind”—-may force the human race to keep a lasting peace. The 78- year-old Prime Minister stated: “I do not find it unreasonable or dangerous to conclude that in ternal prosperity, rather than: ex ternal conquest, is not only the deep desire of the Russian people but also the long interest of their rulers.” The Prime Minister said that after Stalin’s death in March he concluded Soviet leaders were changing their policy. “It may well be that there have been far reaching changes in the temper and- outlook of the im mense populations, now so large ly literate, who inhabit all the Russias and that their mind has turned to internal betterment rather than external aggression,” he said. Democrats Lead In Early Voting By The Associated Press Democrat Robert F. Wagner Jr., son of the late New Deal Sena tor, bowled over two opponents easily to win the New York mayor alty last night. He pledged his administration to a program of “courage, morality and decency.” Harold Riegelman, his Republi 9:40 p.m. EST. Rudolph Halley,. Liberal party candidate who ran third, conceded at 9:18 p.m. In Virginia, the Democrats won the governorship, also as ex pected, but by a much closer vote than in previous years. Thomas B. Stanley (D), backed by the Byrd organization, defeated Ted Dal ton (R). The vote in 1321 of 1815 precincts was: Stanley 128,865; Dalton 93,955. New Jersey Returns In New Jersey, where the Re publicans have held the governor ship for 10 years, Democrat Rob ert B. Meyner leaped into a 50,000 vote lead over Republican Paul L. Troast in the first IVz hours of vote counting. Early returns from the special House election in New Jersey’s 6th District also showed the Dem ocrat, Harrison A. Williams Jr., ahead of Republican George F. Hetfield with about a fifth of the districts in. In other races the Democrats staged a comeback in some of Connecticut’s mayoral contests. They ousted a Republican mayor in New Haven for their biggest advance. Remmel Wins 2d Term Republican Pratt C. Remmel won his second term as mayor of Little Rock, Ark. Two years ago he became this southern city’s first GOP mayor in more than 60 years. • A Democrat won the mayoralty of Buffalo ending eight years of Republican administration. Al bany re-elected a Democrat, but in Oneida, a Central New York community, a Republican ousted a Democrat incumbent. Pair Piead Guilty In Greenlease Case KANSAS CITY, Nov. 3 (/P) — Ex-convict Carl A. Hall and his alcoholic companion, Mrs. Bonnie B. Heady, pleaded guilty in fed eral court today to the kidnaping of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease and were, ordered to trial Nov. 16. Under federal law, even though they pleaded guilty, only a jury can recommend the maximum penalty of death against the pair who confessed the abduction and slaying of the son of multimillion aire Robert C. Greenlease here Sept. 28. | "The Shop of Shops" | mary leitzinger Give Your Date Give him that feeling of PRIDE as you appear in your New Dressy Outfit for JUNIOR PROM WEEKEND You'll find everything to make you look Perfect at east college avenue PAGE THREE tcan opponent, conceded defeat at Colonial Forces Win UN Victory UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 3 (IP) —The colonial powers won a major victory in the UN today by beating down an Arab-Asian demand for the Assembly to in tervene in the French-Moroccan dispute. The Assembly killed the main section of a resolution stating that the Assembly “renews its appeal for the reduction of ten sion in Morocco and urges that the right of the people of Morocco to free democratic political in stitutions be insured.” This re ceived a vote of 32 in favor and 22 opposed, but it lacked the two thirds margin for passage. No Evidence Found Against UN Employees UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 3 (TP) Secretary- General Dag Hammarskjold said today a mil lion dollar U.S. loyalty probe— now almost 80 per cent completed —has turned up no evidence against any American citizens now employed by the United Na tions. The U.S. government ordered the investigation of 1700 Ameri cans on the UN staff last January after a score of them refused to answer Congressional queries about Communist ties. All those who refused were fired before the probe began. — Mediterranean Vacation BY AIR - BY SEA Literature Reservations Ticket** .TATE COLLEGE TRAVEL BUREAU State College Hotel Phone 7136 Louetta Neusbaum Jo Gettig
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