SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953 McCarthy Drive Nets 1500 Replies WASHINGTONwDec. 4 (jP)—'The White House announced today that Sen. McCarthy’s “Write the President” campaign nad brought in slightly more than 1500 telegrams in 30 hours and McCarthy protested that the figure actually was bigger. • He said the White House figure was “probably an honest mistake, but a grievous mistake, in a case in which there is little room for mistake.” UN Hearing On Atrocity Case Sought WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (JP) Sen. Potter (R-Mich.) announced at the close of a three-day Korean atrocity hearing today, that he will ask the Senate to seek an impartial investigation by the United Nations. Potter, chairman ,of a one-man Senate investigations subcommit tee, said the three days of hearings at which ,a score of former U. S. prisoners of war t e s tified, estab lished the full truth of atroei- ties committed by the Communists. Potter said he was greatly dis appointed in an American-backed resolution passed chorle3 E . . Pot ter by the UN Gen- eral Assembly yesterday. He said the resolution, condemning atro cities by any nation and express ing “grave concern” at reports of Red atrocities in Korea, was too weak. Vishinsky, the chief Russian delegate, and his Communist asso ciates in the United Nations cried “libel” and “fake” when the UN General Assembly voted 42-5 yes terday in favor of the. resolution. Altogether, the Senate probe has developed testimony that 10,000 Americans were reported victims of atrocities and that more than 6,000 of these cases have been documented by the war crimes commission. "It's Murder" ... New Yorkers Dislike Life Without Daily Newspapers NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (/P)—New Yorkers found- out this week how life is without newspapers—and they didn’t like it. They turned to radio and TV, and the suburban newspapers not hit by the strike. Impromptu news sheets have been mushrooming, put out by business firms for their employes and customers. A railroad is dis tributing 35,000 such sheets a day to its riders, with emphasis on stock prices, sports and world news. The dearth of local news is es pecially noticeable. Corner news stands feature magazines buried a week ago be hind mountains of the late news paper editions. Books, too, enjoy new popularity among subway JwtlSL [that am different/) Be Santa Claus, Spread good cheer round, Shopping for gifts? In town .they're found. SHOP IN STATE COLLEGE McCarthy is trying, to get the President to crack down by cut ting off aid to allies trading with Red China. The President and Secretary- of State Dulles have taken the position that attempted coercion of allies would deal a blow to free world unity in the face of the Soviet danger. Yesterday McCarthy invited Americans sharing his views to write the President. Murray Snyder, assistant pres idential press secretary, gave out the 1500 figure late in the after noon. He did not say how many were favorable to McCarthy and how many unfavorable. Such a break down, he said, will be given out tomorrow. He said there still was a steady flow of telegrams com ing in, and that some 50 letters had been received. Appeal Made Yesterday McCarthy made the write-in ap peal around 10:45 a.m. yesterday in an off-the-cuff talk before newsreel and TV cameras after issuing a formal statement in which he scoffed at suggestions that he was challenging Presi dent Eisenhower’s leadership. .McCarthy said in a telphoned statement to newsmen that he had learned the White House had re ceived 2087 telegrams last mid night over its Western Unibn wires, and that the volume of messages has “stepped up con siderably” through today and is still growing. He declined to say where he got this information. Checks Western Union McCarthy said Maj. Gen. Wil ton B. Jerry 'Persons, a White House aide, checked Western Un ion headquarters by telephone and learned that Western Union has a backlog of about 1700 mes sages addressed to the White House but not yet transmited. He said Persons explained to him by telephone that the White House Western Union wire can handle only about 150 messages an hour. and railroad riders, “It’s murder,” declared Eman uel Teitler, a Bronx clerk. “I don’t know what’s going on in the world.” Said subway rider May Blum berg, a secretary: “I miss the papers on the trains. I’m tired of looking at other peo ples’ faces.” “Radio and television are sup plemental,” said attorney Joseph Tiger. “We can’t do without pa pers.” To a small extent New Yorkers are .-discovering other cities. Out of-town papers from 50 cities are available at a big Times Square news stand. The very, limited sup ply there is gobbled up. . Boston, Washington and Phila delphia papers are being brought in. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA SSigh Calls Ives 7 Bill 5-Year Plan NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (IP)— Sen. Ives (R-N.Y.) has introduced a bill which is “something verbatim out of a Russian five-year program,” the annual convention of the Na tional Assn, of Manufacturers was told today. Charles R. Sligi Jr., retiring. NAM president, deliv ered a sharp a tack on a penr ing Senate bi which calls f( creation of a N; tional Productio: Council wit broad powers control. The me; sure was intr< .duced by Iv e for himself and Sen. Douglas (D-Ill.; last April. Slight declared “this measure, if it should—God forbid—become law, would establish a National Production Council which could decree what and how much of any product could be produced; deter mine where and how money would be invested; de cide what ne\v inventions could be used; and fix your wages and the number of hours you and your employes would work and what holidays Charles R. Slififh you would have. He said the bill also “would dictate what acreage a farmer could plant and the prices he re ceived for this crops; handle all management-labor relations; de termine whether new plants could be built; what plants could op erate or be’closed down; and fin ally, control all natural, resour ces.” If that isn’t something almost verbatim out of a Russian five year program, then I can’t under stand English,” Sligh said. Spanish Plane Crash MADRID, Dec. 4 (JP) —A Span ish transport plane with 33 per sons aboard crashed into a jagged rocky mountain 60 miles north of here today. There are only six known survivors, it was officially announced. Ticket Sale to Begin Tickets for Players’ “Juno and the Paycock” will go on sale for $1 at noon Monday at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The play by Sean O’Casey will open a six weekend run at -8 p.m. Fri day at Center Stage. Big 3 Policy TUCKER’S TOWN, Bermuda, Dec. 4 (/P) —President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Laniel exchanged opinions on Soviet policy at the first session of their historic conference in this winter holiday island today. Their foreign ministers were re ported to have agreed on holding a meeting—probably in January— with Russia’s V. M. Molotov. The first fruits of their discus sion, Allied diplomats said, was an agreement to postpone withdraw al of British and American troops from Zone A of Trieste territory in order to get Yugoslavia and Italy into a five-power confer ence This plan was said to provide that Britain and America will stand by their Oct. 8 decision to withdraw their troops before the Trieste conference ends. This is a new approach and presumably will be communicated to Rome and Belgrade to get their re action. The second result, British in formants reported, was an agree ment to join Soviet Foreign Min ister Molotov in a Big Four con ference. The informants said the West ern reply to the Soviet note of Nov. 26, proposing such a confer ence in Berlin, would be a short, direct acceptance of-the idea of a parley, but they did not disclose the proposed time or place. How ever, it is not likely to be before mid-January, after the French presidential elections. U.S. Tangles With Commies PANMUNJOM, Saturday, Dec. 5 (/P) —U.S. and Communist diplo mats tangled yesterday over Red insistence that balking prisoners be held until a peace conference decides their fate. As the issue rose ominously, U.S. envoy Arthur H. Dean called a recess for the weekend in the diplomatic talks to give him time for consultations with the South Korean government. \ The Communists declared angri ly the prisoners could “never be released” until the peace confer ence makes a decision. Dean cold ly replied that Jan. 22 was the deadline for their release. HOME iS WHERE WE BUCK IS Once there was a sophomore whose father had a bad habit of saying “No”. Vehemently. Par ticularly about money. Ask him the Big Question and his jowls would turn a fetching shade of vermilion. So Junior, his need needled by three days of living on liverwurst sandwiches, cast about for a New Approach. Found it, too. Right at the Western Union office. He just sat down and worked out a wire to Negative Polarity Pappy. A brisk little wheeze ... to wit: “Must have twenty dollars im- 105 So. Allen Street Exchange Opinions Ex-Cuban President Arrested MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 4 (IP) —Carlos Prio Socarras, deposed President of Cuba, was arrested at his home in exile here today along with his former interior minister on a charge of conspiring to export arms and implements of war from the United States without licenses. “The implication is quite clear that these munitions were to be used for a revolution in Cuba,” said U.S. Atty. James L. Guil martin. Friends of President Fulgencio Batista’s government said the ar rest of ex-President Carlos Prio Socarras “proves what Batista has been saying all along.” The Cuban government recent ly charged that Prio was using “millions he pilfered from the public treasury in an effort to foment revolution in Cuba.” The Batista government has re peatedly charged Prio with at tempting to buy arms for ship ment into Cuba. Two cases in volving arms or money to buy guns have recently popped up in the United States. At Fort Worth, Tex., some months ago, two Cubans, both close friends of Prio, reported they had been robbed of $24,000 which had been given them to buy weapons. Later, shipments of arms, re ported to have been financed by Prio’s group, were seized in Ma maroneck, N.Y." 0& •., Who did you say is a boy’s best friend? mediately. Urgent. Please flash by telegraphic money order.” Re sults? Our sophomore was caress ing the cash within two hours. What’s Junior’s major? Psy chology, of course. It’s darned good psychology to wire home at other times than just when you need help and comfort. For holiday greetings Mother’s Day—good news about grades— things that would make Home Happier. Try it next time. Just head for your local Western Union office. Telephone 6731 PAGE THREE
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