WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER . Is, 1953 POW .. Talks 11ipelted; dean Leaves fil'',-oime U.S. Envoy Hit For 'Wrecking Peace Plans' U.S. envoy Arthur Dean heads back to Washington to day amid angry Vroadcasts from Peiping charging him with "wrecking" plans for a Korean peace conference. Dean's chief aide remained in Korea awaiting the possibility of a Communist apology for accusing the United States of perfidy. It was this Red charge that, prompt ed Dean to break off preliminary talks. Dean, who spent seven weeks in fruitless sessions with the Reds at Panmunjom, turned down a Communist demand to resume the talks yesterday. The special envoy told a final news conference he believed the, Communists eventually might "re tract their insult" permitting the talks to be resumed, adding: "But that Red move probably will not come until they feel' it is to their advantage." However, the Peiping radio gave no hint that an apology was being considered. Instead, the Reds re peated the charge. In a communique issued by the Chinese-North Korean • Commu nist representatives, the Reds said they had sent Dean a letter "noti fying, him to appear Dec. 15 at the usual time for a meeting." "Dean refused to come to Pan munjom," the broadcast said. "The Korea n-Chinese representatives hold that the U.S. government has once again made it clear to the- world that it is deter:mined to scuttle the discussions . . . It can in no way evade responsi bility for wrecking the convoca-. tion of the political peace con ference." New Housing Program Presented to Eisenhower A massive 52-point blueprint for a "new and revitalized" hous ing program, emphasizing industry's responsibility to shelter low income families, today was handed to President Eisenhower. The President's 23-member ad visory committee on government housing policy submitted its re port through Housing Administra tor Albert M. Cole, chairman. Highlights included: Many liberalizations of federal housing administration mortgage insurance, including 4-year mort gages on low-cost homes without a down payment. These - could make the monthly payments low er 'than rent. At present such mortgages must be paid off in 30 years, at the most. A lease-and-purchase plan to encourage the building of rental dwellings which tenants could buy when their incomes went up. Continued public housing, also direct federal loans and grants for slum prevention as well as . slum clearance, through a new "urban renewal" program. • _ - Liberalized repair lbans=•-up to $3OOO over five years to help owners rehabilitate their homes. Such loans are now insured up to $2500, to be repaid within three years. Sally Says . . - Remember the Dignity of Simplicity SALLY'S _SANDWICH SERVICE Port Said Shops Closed to British -PORT SAID, Egypt, Dec. 15 (JP)—Port Said shops and pub lic places today put up signs reading "no sales to British soldiers, whether in uniform or in civilian clothes." A similar move was made recently-at Ismailia, Suez and other towns of the Suez Canal area. Port Said, at th e canal's northern end,' is the only city still in bounds fo r British troops. McCarthy Says Job to Alert, Not to Prove Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R- Wis) said today it isn't his job to prove espionage, but merely to alert security officers to it. And he added that he thinks his Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee has done just that in its investigation of Ft. Mon mouth, N.J., and private defense plants. "More and more, they are doing something about it," said the Wis consin Republican. . . Up to the first of this year there was practically no concern for the se curity of our secrets." McCarthy spoke up at the outset of another open hearing into the security situation at Ft. Mon mouth, Signal Corps headquarters of the nation's top secret radar defense planning. After a series of private hear ings into Ft. Monmouth several weeks ago, McCarthy claimed evi dence of "extremely dangerous espionage." By The Associated Press AIM Elections Slated Tonight for 2 Offices Election of secretary and treas -Arer of the Association of Inde pndent Men Board of Governors will be held at 7:30 tonight in 102 Willard. Elections were necessitated by the resignation of Andrew Jaros, secretary, because of illness, and the placing on departme.ntal pro bation of Sheldon Odland, treas urer. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Thimayya Says 22 Americans Refuse Return The last faint chance that 22 American war prisoners who stayed with the Commu nists would appear before U.S. explainers was virtually dispelled today by the head of the Neutral Nation Repatria tion Commission. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya of India, the repatriation chairman, said in his opinion the Americans had "firm,. political convictions" and could not be wooed home by explanations, letters, • nor appeals to their patriotism. Only one more week remains in the 90-day explanation program when prisoners have an oppor tunity to change their minds and go home. The explanation talks have bogged down both for the Allied , and the Communist pris oners. Thimayya also said in an inter view that the legal custody of In dian troops over the 22,600 war prisoners would end on Jan. 22 under terms of the Korean armis tice agreement. • Thimayya said he had confer red for 90 minutes with the two leaders of the 22 Americans and lone British captive refusing re patriation. He came away from the talks convinced that the Americans had "firm political conviction" and nothing could make them change their minds about renouncing communism. Thimayya also said• 1. He does not think the "come home" talks will ever be resumed either to the Communists or anti- Communists. 2. About 1500 to 2000 Chinese and North Koreans in the anti- Communist camp want to return to the Reds but have not had an opportunity to do so. They will be segregated by the Indians be tween Dec. 23 and Jan. 22 for re turn home. The 22 Americans are suspici ous and hostile to all visitors, he reported. Gouzenko Quiz Delayed Uritil After Christmas The Senate internal security subcommittee announced today that Chairman Jenner (R-Ind.) is discontinuing his effort to inter view Igor Gouzenko in Canada before Christmas. Robert Morris, subcommittee counsel, said that does not mean the subcommittee is giving up hopes of questioning Gouzenko later; that it might interview him between Christmas and the open ing of Congress Jan. 6. One Week Remains Talked With Captives Nationwide al. out Hits Itdian in ,stry Several million Italian workmen stayed off their jobs to day in a 24-hour general strike for higher base pay. Communist and , non-Communist unions called out workers in all sections of industry from 6 a.m. today to 6 a.m. Wednes day. It was the second nationwide walkout in five days in labor's growing agitation for higher wages and more job se curity. About a million govern ment employes, including railroad and postal workers, struck Dec. 11. Today's strike slowed produc tion in the factories. Buses were halted in cities up and down the peninsula. All but essential utili ties were affected. Most construc tion work was stopped. Unions and industry came up with vastly conflicting claims on the scope of the dawn-to-dawn walkout. Union leaders declared virtually 100 per cent of the work ers struck. Non-union estimates ranged from 50 to 90 per cent. The unions want this total take home pay—the $5O average—to be made the base pay. Thus over time and • other bonuses would mean more, since they would be figured on a base about four times larger than that now used. ke to Spend, Yule in Augusta The White House said today President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta, Ga., on Christmas Day or the next day and spend part of the yule holiday working on the annual State of the Uion message. The President and Mrs. Eisen hower will take part in the tra ditional tree-lighting ceremonies on the south lawn of the White House. The event will be broad cast, starting at 4:30 p.m. EST. James C. Hagerty, presidential press secretary, said Eisenhower "will have things to say" at the ceremony "but we are not ready to say yet" what the nature of the President's remarks will be. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ALTOONA 'TOW: IS a registered trade.raork. ©I 953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PAGE THREB Geoup Pr • ises 3in Aditosting ever ispute A joint legislative committee heard nothing but praise today for a compromise bill that seeks to adjust differences on division of Delaware River water between New York, New Jersey and Penn sylvania. The committee, headed by State Sen. Alfred B. Littell (R-Sussex) who sponsored the bill, conducted a public hearing on the measure which is now before a special ses sion of the New Jersey Legis lature. The bill would settle litigation now before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 1931 decree, the court permitted New York to take 440 million gallons of water daily from the Delaware River. New York has applied for an additional 360 million gallons daily. New Jersey and Pennsylvania opposed New York's application on the general grounds it provided no safeguard for their water sup ply interests. Most of Canada's asbestos pro duction is mined in the eastern townships of Quebec. EUTAW HOUSE POTTERS MILLS Featuring Thick Prime STEAKS
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