WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER'II, 195? Un-American Committee Serves Truman Subpoena HST Meets Court Order With Silence WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP) —Former President Harry S. Truman was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Ac tivities Committee today, for questioning Friday abdut the late Harry Dexter White, former Treasury official accused of So viet espionage. A committee official served the subpoena in New York, where Truman has several speaking an gagementsl The ex-President was silent on whether he; would obey the summons. The committee also issued a subpoena for former Secretary of State Janies F. Byrnes, who dif fers with Truman on whether the former chief executive saw FBI reports on White. The Byrnes’ subpoena is for Thursday.' And 'out of the papers former Communist agent Whittaker Chambers once hid in a pumpkin, j the committee produced copies of documents certified by an expert to be in White’s ■ handwriting, j Chambers testified in 1948 that White fed him secret information for use of a Soviet spy ring. The documents given out by the com mittee today were notes on inti mate government affairs. White Denied- White denied under oath that he was guilty of espionage and died suddenly a few days later. Byrnes has backed up Atty. Gen. Brownell’s charge that Tru man promoted White from assis tant Treasury secretary to U.S. representative in the International Monetary Fund in 1946 in the face 1 of FBI -reports that White spied for Russia. In effect, if not in so many words, Byrnes accused Tru man of lying about the White case, since Truman had disclaimed any knowledge of the reports. Brownell said today the White case is just the start of an expose of alleged Democratic coddling of Reds. He said on a television pro gram that the Eisenhower admin istration intends to purge the fed eral payroll of every employe who is “disloyal to the United States.” J HST Has No Immunity Truman has no immunity from a 'subpoena now that he is out of office. Anyone who ignores a sub poena runs the risk of a trial for contempt of Congress, fine and imprisonment. ' House officials and authorities of the Library of Congress said that so far as they can determine a former president never has been subpoenaed before a congression al committee, although some have testified voluntarily. Former Pres ident Hoover, for example, has been a witness before congression al committees on numerous occa sions." There was some doubt the Burnes’ subpoena could be en forced, in view of Byrnes’ offi cial position as a member of the tT.S. delegation to the United Na tions. He also is governor now of South Carolina. Mamie's Inaugural Gown To Go to Smithsonian WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP)— Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower is sending her inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian Institution af ter wearing it tonight at the White House diplomatic recep tion. The reception marked the sec ond time she has worn the beau tiful gown of peau de soie—a soft shimmering taffeta-like material —in Renoir pink, a soft color with a mauve tone. The gown will be displayed among the clothes worn by other of the nation’s first ladies. • tHE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Will He Appear? Military Court k Challenged By. Mossadegh j TEHRAN,- Iran, Nov. 10 (JP)— Mohammed Mossadegh challenged a military tribunal today to “kill me,” reviled and punched the colonel named by the court to de fend him and tried to walk out. Restrained, the ex-P remier fidgeted on the prisoner’s bench while the colonel, Jalil Bozorg mehr, launched his defense with a sharp attack on the court’s competence. Bozargmshr contended that the •Nationalist former dictator —ac- cused of defying Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, trying to overthrow the monarchy, and illegally dis solving Parliament’s lower house, the. Majlis—should be tried byi Iran’s Supreme Court, a civilian! agency. j “Even before that,” he said, “the Majlis should rule whether Mossadegh is still Iran’s prime minister. Political charges must be tried before a civilian jury.” The question before the five man tribunal, headed by Gen. Nasrollah Moghbeli, is whether the tribunal has the authority to try Mossadegh, who was thrown out of the premiership by the royalist revolt of Aug. 19. But Mossadegh has refused to be con fined to that question. Mossadegh’s efforts to discover Bozorgmehr led to the fireworks today, the third day of the trial. He stumbled past three court officers and was nearly 20 feet up the aisle to the exit before they stopped him. Union Refuses Red Questions PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 <7P) Top Pittsburgh and international representatives of the United Elec trical Workers Union (Ind.) re fused to tell a Senate internal se curity subcommittee today if they ever belonged to the Community party. . Sen. John M. Butler' (R.-Md.) and his task force probing com munism in certain labor unions repeatedly asked the questions: “Do you know any Communist? Are you or were you a member of the Communist party? He got the stamped answer: “I refuse to answer under the provisions of the Fifth and First Amendments.” Only a former shop steward told the committee he never be longed to the Communist party. Butler and his aides fired their questions at a parade of witnesses after three FBI former under cover agents —Matt Cvetic and Joseph and Mary Mazzei—testi fied the UE is “Communist in fested.” In 1949, the CIO expelled the UE for what it termed Com munist domination. Big Three Leaders Set Date for Bermuda Talks 'WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP) — Leaders of the Big Three powers have a date in Bermuda Dec. 4 to study global' issues, including the West’s relations with Russia. The strategy meeting, following close on Soviet rejection of a bid to a Four Power foreign minis ters’ conference in Switzerland, will bring together President Ei senhower, Prime Minister Church ill of Great Britain and Premier Laniel of France. They will be accompanied by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Anthony Eden, Britain’s foreign secretary, and Georges Bidault, the foreign minister of France. The White House disclosed the Big Three chiefs plan to take only small staffs with them, apparently to preserve the intimate nature of the island conference. An agenda still has to be worked out. The White House has said only that “various matters of common concern” will be discus sed at the meeting, which is ex pected to run through Dec. 8. . But informed officials here re ported the parley will be devoted mainly to deciding what course the West should follow in the face of Russia’s stiffening attitude toward the free world. After the Kremlin’s rebuff of Verdun Was Scene Of Biggest Battle In World War I VERDUN, France, Nov. 10 (JP) —Nearly 2090 ? ears ago, Verdun was a busy Roman city. Thirty seven years ago it was the scene of the biggest battle of World War I. Today, Armistice Day, 1953, in an area ten miles square, it looks-like the ruin of an atomic era. In this little area in, 1916 more men were killed in a single sus tained battle than ever before were killed in such a battle in history—nearly 400,000 men. It represents, as nearly as anything can represent, what might happen to such an area under, the first hydrogen bomb. The Verdun fortress area was never thickly inhabited in the ordinary sense of the word. But in 1916. the German general staff decided that, by a hard and sustained attack, it could cause such losses to the French army that surrender of France would be inevitable. At that time the Germans could see no. other way of bringing a favor able end to the war. For, just as in World War 11, they knew they couldn't blot out Britain. Town— (Continued, from page one) caused the illegality of the elec tions three weeks ago. Cherwin ski claims to have gone ahead on the elections through the “green light” of his adviser, whom he identified as Harold W. Perkins, assistant dean of .men. Fielding approved the elections at first. He later explained that this was due to his “lack of fa miliarity with the constitution.” Harvest Ball Queen Entries Due Nov. 23 Organizations sponsoring en tries for Harvest Ball Queen must submit 8 by 10 photographs of candidates before noon Nov. 23 at the "Student Union desk in Old Main. EUTAW HOUSE POTTERS MILLS Make Reservations for Your BANQUET Call Centre Hall 48-R-3 the proposed Big Four foreign ministers’ conference in Switzer land—a meeting which was to have begun yesterday—Eisen hower declared the Communist leadership “manifests no inten tion to get together, but an in tention to create as many diffi culties as possible.” Western Germany’s future un doubtedly will be discussed at Bermuda, but American officials said no firm decisions involving German welfare will be taken without full consultation with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s government. Members of the leading political parties in West Germany called today for German representation at the Big Three conference. In Washington, however, it was considered unlikely that Germany or any other nation would be in vited to participate or even send observers. One official said German parti cipation would certainly bring de mand from Italy and other West ern Allies for representation, and that if every one came the con ference would be unwieldly. In London, Churchill refused to commit himself on a suggestion that he use the conference to pave the way for a Ir' ~■ '"g with Soviet Premier Malenkov. Cooper Urges Ike TV Series WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (A 5 ) — Sen. John S. Cooper (R.-Ky.) to day urged President Eisenhower to launch a series of radio and television reports to give the peo ple “the straight facts” about the Republican administration’s poli cies. Cooper, who may be opposed for reelection next year by former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, said he told Eisenhower at a White House conference that .“there is general failure on the part of the people to understand what is be ing done in Washington.” " “The people have confidence in the Fi'esident’s purposes and ih what he says,” Cooper said in an interview. “But in going about Kentucky I have found that the people are confused about what is going on. I urged the President to make a few short, simple re ports on radio and television, giv ing the straight facts about con ditions as they are.”' Cooper said he suggested that Eisenhower talk particularly on farm, fiscal and defense issues. He said that while there was no pres idential commitment, Cooper felt his suggestions were well re ceived. No Break. Seen Yet In Trieste ROME, Nov. 10 (£>)—The United States tackled the Trieste deaid -1o c k diplomatically, politically and militarily today. Biit there 'was no break in sight. On the diplomatic front, U.S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce and Premier Giuseppe Pella talked for 70 minutes. On the political side, House .Speaker Joseph W. Martin (R.- Mass.) met with Pella for a first hand briefing on Italy’s views which he might carry back to Congress. Militarily, Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, flew into Trieste and held hush-hush .conferences with British and American mili tary leaders there. Then he flew down to Rome to see Mrs. Luce and confer with Pella briefly. Britain and the United States still say they plan to carry out their Oct. 8 pledge to turn over Zone A of the strategic Free Ter ritory to Italy—but avoid any date for withdrawal of the 7000- man Allied garrison. Yugoslavia, which occupies Zone B, still says she will use force to prevent any Italian troops from entering 'Zone A. Unofficial Belgrade reports told of a Yugoslav compromise plan— a plebiscite in the port city of Trieste to decide whether it will be Italian, Yugoslav or inter national, with an international conference to split the remaining area between Yugoslavia and Italy. But confirmation was lack ing here. “I know of no new Yugoslav proposal and jf Pella has heard of it he did not mention it,” Mrs. Luce said. Barbara Stanwyck Fred Mac Murray 7, im MGONUGHrcir Cary Grant Ann Sheridan ”1 WAS k MMI war mmr rove PAGE THREE ’>i: fTjfzaeS tTUI q 1 ¥ f.jfTnw Clark Gable Ava Gardner "MOGAMBO"
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers