Thursday, November 12, 1953
UN Will Disciiss
Korean Atrocities
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 11 (/P)—The UN Assembly
overrode Russianobjectionstqdav'ancl called for a thorough
discussion of American charges? that the Reds tortured and
killed thousands of soldiers in “inhuman warfare” in Korea.
The delegates voted 53-5 for the formal debate in the full
Assembly, but did not set a date. Only the Soviet bloc voted
New President
Of Philippines
Is Nationalist
MANILA, Thursday, Nov. 12 (/ P)
Ramon Magsaysay today ap
peared to have vaulted the tre
mendous gap from an unknown’
young guerrilla fighter against
the Japanese 10 years ago to pres
ident of the Philippines’ 20 mil
lion people.
In so doing, he ousted ailing
President Elpidio Quirino; deliv
ered a crippling blow to the dom
inant Liberal party which he quit
eight months ago; and carried his
Nationalist party to new heights'
of nower.
The Philippines had a new po
litical star.
As election returns at the half
way mark carried Magsaysay into
almost a 3-1 lead, the Liberal par
ty chief, House Speaker Eugenio
Perez, said Magsaysay could win
by an unprecedented total.
Perez added, however,, that he
was not ready to concede. . ..
Quirino in his gloom-shrouded
Malacanan Palace had nothing to
say publicly as he received the
adverse reports from his provin
cial lieutenants.
Nor did Magsaysay, resting and
watching the election returns in
a suburban private home, claim
victory.
CcsiSf.Candickife
Beats Democrat
■ LOS ANGELES, Nov, 11 (VP)—
The series of Democratic victories
in odd-year congressional elec
tions has been stopped by a fight
ing Californian who asked for
support of Eisenhower policies.
. Glenard P. Lipscomb, 38, a
public accountant and state legis
lator, yesterday won the nation’s
final. congressional district elec
tion of 1953.
The handsome and personable
Lipscomb had the backing of the
Republican party organization. In
outdistancing three opponents in
the 24th District special election
he commented:
“The people are desirous of
continuing the administration’s
accomplishments of the past 10
months.”
He said the vote for him was a
vote of confidence in the Eisen
hower administration ahd an en
dorsement of the record of the
83rd Congress.
Lipscomb broke a string of
seven Democratic victories in
Congressional district elections
since last. November’s regular
elections, including the recent up
sets in Wisconsin ahd New Jer
sey.
Mossadegh. Denies
Authority of Court
"TEHRAN, Iran, -Nov. 11 (VP)
Mohammed Mossadegh declared
today an army court has no right
to' try him, because as premier, he
decreed the dissolution of army
courts to “improve Iran’s judicial
law.”
With a Puckish grin, -the aged
Nationalist leader warned the
five-man tribunal headed by Gen.
Nasrollah Moghbeli:
“I issued more than 200 judicial
decrees. If you want to disregard
this one, you must disregard all
the rest.”
The decrees were .issued, he
said, under a mandate from the
Majlis, the lower House of Par
liament,
Illegal dissolution of the Majlis
is one of the charges against ;
Mossadegh, . the emotional old
Nationalist leader deposed in the
Aug. 19 royalist revolt. He is also
accused of defying Shah Mohara-:
med Reza Pamevi and trying to;
overthrow the monarchy.
against the debate. India and
Guatemala abstained. The Indian
delegate, V.. K. Krishna Menon,
said he would not take part in
the discussion or vote on any res
olution put up by any side on
atrocities, He said India is con
cerned in Korea now as chairman
of the Neutral Nations Repatria
tion Commission.
U.S. Chief Delegate Henry Ca
bot Lodge Jr. urged the Assembly
to hear Ajnerican case. He
later arose and shouted that Rus
sia’s Andrei Vishinsky was going
too far in a heated speech of oppo
sition.
The Assembly president, Mrs.
Vijaya Lakshzni Pandit, twice
tried to halt Vishinsky, but he
roared on despite her oral spank-’
'ings.
- He charged the, Americans put
up the- atrocity charges in an. at
tempt to torpedo the Korean
peace conference. He said the
Americans actually were the cul
prits ' because they bombed and
killed “innocent women and chil
dren” and even some, prisoners of
war., At the end, he said Lodge
had riot .made a case for Assembly
action and he (Vishinsky) op
posed consideration of the charges
in any organization of the UN.
Lodge tried to answer Vishin
sky, but. Mrs, Pandit said he could
speak fully when the debate be
gan. She said he had made his
case.
President Answers
Newsmens Queries
I WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (VP)—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
pleased at the California election
result but nettled by persistent
questioning about the Harry Tru
man-Harry Dexter White affair,
held one of his most dramatic
news conferences today.
Eisenhower looked grave and
perhaps a little strained, in con
trast to his usual bouncy manner,
when he met with 175. newsmen
who —as he well knew from a
staff briefing beforehand—were
bursting with questions about the
White case.
And about that case the Presi
dent volunteered no comments.
The President called attention
to a Navy report saying race seg
regation has been virtually abol
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Indian Official Seeks
Strict Birth Controls
NEW DELHI, India, Thursday,
Nov. 12 (JP) —India’s census chief
said today birth controls that
would limit the average family to
three ‘ children are necessary if
this nation is ever to become self
sufficient in food production.
R. A. Gopalaswami said that
such a change would be “a near
miracle,” but pointed to 520 mil
lion Indians by 1981 as the alter
native.
India minus disputed Kashmir
numbered 356,891,624. in the 1951
census —l5 per cent of all the
world’s people and an increase
of 42,061,576 over 1941.
British Advance Plan
For. Regency Transfer
LONDON, Nov. 11 (JP) —A mea
sure to transfer Princess Margar
et’s regency rights to the Duke
of Edinburgh was approved by
the House of Commons without
opposition on second reading to
day. Final passage comes on the
third reading, a formality.
The measure is a proposed
“amendment to the regency act of
1937. Under its provisions the
husband of Queen Elizabeth II
and not her sister would become
acting monarch in case the Queen
dies before her son, Prince
Charles, is 18.
Christine Engaged
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (JP) —
Patrick Flanigan, a 26-year-old
artist, today confirmed reports
that Christine Jorgensen is wear
ing a three-quarter carat diamond
ring he gave her.
Miss Jorgensen, the ex-GI who
claims to have been transformed
into a woman by surgery, is-en
tertaining at the Sahara Hotel in
Las Vegas, Nev.
ished at all installations in the
South. “Most encouraging,” he
called this, in a prepared state
ment.
He said, too, the election in the
Philippines seems to have been a
fair one—and that’s encouraging,
he said, for the democracies.
As for Republican victory
in yesterday’s California Congres
sional election, . Eisenhower said
he was • pleased—adding with a
grin that he had to qualify his
pleasure somewhat last week, in
the wake of GOP setbacks in New
Jersey and elsewhere. The Presi
dent joined in the rumble of
laughter from newsmen.
Eisenhower answered questions
slowly, with evident caution—
though he sometimes spoke out
with emphasis.
World at
A Glance
Truman
House's
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (VP) —A visitor reported today that Harry
S. Truman remarked in a light vein that he’ll answer his historic
subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee.
“They better be there on time because I will,” the former
dent was quoted by Harry Hershfield, a humorist. ’
However, Truman kept mum
on whether he’ll submit to con
gressional questions about the
Harry Dexter White case. So far
as records show, the summons for
Friday is the first of its kind ever
served on an ex-President of the
United States.
At one point during a leisurely
day, Truman made an apparent
reference to his Republican critics
as “snollygosters”—which he de
fined as men “born out of wed
lock.”
Hershfield said he and Truman
exchanged banter about the sub
poena when he visited the former
President’s hotel suite. Truman’s
remark that he’ll be there on time
was tossed off lightly, Hershfield
emphasized.
The humorist said Truman re
ceived “over 1000 telegrams urg
ing him to go down there and
fight.”
In the light of Hershfield’s
statement, reporters asked Tru
man’s press aide, Matthew Con
nelly, if it could be assumed the
ex-President really intends to go
to . Washington Friday in answer
to the subpoena.
“I’m afraid there will still be
no comment on that,” Connelly
replied.
Earlier, Truman listened to a
barrage of questions from news
men as to whether he’ll appear
before the House investigators.
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Russia Rejects
New Meeting
Of Big Four
WASHINGTON,' Nov. 11 (/P) —
Russia in effect slammed the door
today on talk of a Big Four meet
ing as a possible follow-up to the
Western Big Three talks at Ber
muda. That was the interpreta
tion placed here upon the toughly
worded statement issued in Mos
cow in the form of a comment on
a news dispatch originating in
London yesterday.
The dispatch, by the French
News Agency, said Soviet Prime
Minister Malenkov had been ap
proached on and had indicated
agreement with, Prime Minister
Churchill’s proposal for a Big
Four session.
The Soviet News Agency Tass
announced today it was “author
ized” to say that the London re
port “in no way conforms to reali
ty” and that it appeared to be
designed to divert attention from
the “aims” of the forthcoming
Bermuda conference.
American officials said it did
not give the slightest intimation
that Malenkov would' meet with
the Big Three conference.
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