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.
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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.
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