TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 195% U.S. Moves Debate, UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Jan. 4 (/P)—The United States moved today to block any attempt to raise the Korean issue in the UN Assembly before Jan. 23, the date set in Korea for release of thou sands of war prisoners. Court Ruling Turns Back Tax Revolt WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (?P)— The Supreme Court today turned back the last charge in a three year-old Texas "housewives' re volt" against being required to pay social. security taxes on do mestic servants. The high court laid down an ad verse ruling in a test case indi rectly affecting more than 700,000 American housewives wh o em ploy cooks, maids, laundresses, etc., and pay them more than $5O in a three-month period. ' The tribunal's action came in denying a review to Mrs. Carolyn M. Abney of Marshall, Tex., who had carried the case to the Su preme Court after fighting un successfully in two lower federal courts to have the tax law de clared unconstitutional. Legal experts said the decision virtually means the end of the trail in the campaign' waged by Mrs. Abney and 11 other Marshall housewives since the law went into effect early in 1951. These experts said Mrs. Ab ney could file a request that the high tribunal reconsider its de nial; but they said it would prob ably be a waste of time and mon ey. The court, it was pointed out, rarely grants such requests. Work Started On Big 4 Ta!ks BONN, Germany, Jan. 4 (?P)— The Western Big Three and Rus sia took first steps today toward opening preliminary talks which will lay the groundwork for the Big Four foreign ministers' con ference in Berlin Jan. 25. Simultaneously in Washington, the State Department said Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles and Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov probably will discuss President Eisenhower's proposal for a peace-time atomic energy pool when they meet in Berlin. Henry Suydam, State Depart ment press officer, told a Wash ington conference that IJ.S. Am bassador Charles Bohlen had dis cussed the President's atomic proposal with Molotov in Moscow last Wednesday. Since the Rus sians agreed . Dec. 21 to enter atomic talks, Bohlen discussed with Molotov how to "get actual negotiations going," and the So viet foreign minister promised to take Bohlen's remarks "under consideration" and get in touch with him later, Suydam said. Engraving Bureau Robbed of $16,000 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (11 3 ) A daring thief stole $16,000 in new $2O bills from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing by switching two dummy pack ages for the real thing, offi cials discovered today. It was by far the biggest theft in the bureau's long mon ey-making history, and appar ently occurred over the holi day weekend when Christmas wrapped packages were com monplace. The audacious switch wa s discovered today when a bur eau employe lifting a bundle of money detected the bog u s packages. They., were lighter than the ordinary 8-p ou n d bundles and contained only paper cut to the, size of money. Henry J. Holtzclaw, assistant director of the. bureau, called a swift, inventory . which con firmed the loss. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ;,:: 5. ,i..., A diplomatic source said the United States has told the UN Command in Korea that only the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission has authority to in terpret armistice terms regarding the release of the prisoners. The informants said this meant the United States was anticipating any move by India=—or perhaps Russia—to call the Assembly back for debate on the release of the prisoners. The American position is that the armistice itself clearly states that only the Neutral Nations Re patriation Commission shall inter pret the provisions on prisoners on war • held by the commission. The Americans feel there can be no appeal on this question to the assembly. Assembly Meeting DiscuSsed There are reports that diplo mats in various UN countries are discussing informally the possi bility of an assembly meeting be fore the prisoner deadline. India was said to be taking informal soundings. The Americans feel these in formal talks could become formal overnight if Lt. Gen. 7. S. Thi mayya, India, chairman of the Neut r al Nations Repatriation Commission, decided the commis sion must refer to a higher au thority the question of releasing the prisoners. Thimayya has not given a final word on this matter but Gen. John E. Hull, UN commander, has informed him that the UN Com mand would not accept any pro posal aimed at keeping the pris oners in neutral custody after 12:01 a.m. Korean time, Jan. 23. American Interpretation It was said the American, posi tion on the interpretation of the armistice was sent to Hull for use if and when developments in the neutral commission make it neces sary. The Assembly recessed Dec. 9, subject to the call of the presi dent, Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India—with the approval of a majority of 31 members. • . . .‘ • ._.J , ~. 4100,.,.„,',',- - ay:i waist , ~ • n...;, s HONG KONG, Tuesday, Jan. 5 (iP)—An American freed from three years of "really hell" in a Shanghai prison said yesterday Western nations might obtain release of many foreigners imprisoned in Red China by working "at the prison warden level." In Washington ( the State Department listed 98 Americans held against 'their will in Red China, 29 of them in prison. Arnold Kiehn, 44, who reached Hong Kong Sunday, gave this ad vice in an interview "Get Hong Kong to issue tran sit visas for prisoners whose pass ports have expired and send the actual visa document to the .mili tary control board of the city of imprisonment with an explana tory letter." Avoid working through any Western consulates in China be cause they "could easily get into trouble themselves." Among the foreigners or organ izations in Shanghai "somebody might have guts enough to help out and if they would I'm sure almost all these prisoners would be let out." Letters handled by India's con sulate would have a powerful ef fect but it was doubtful if the Indians would be willing. An In dian who visited Kiehn narrowly escaped trouble. Kiehn is near-sighted and lame from beri-beri, a disease caused by malnutrition. "I hope someone is able-to take this up," he said, "for it is really hell in those Red prisons and health and sanity are , always at stake." He estimated deaths of prison ers at the rate of 15 a day during the winter of 1951-52. He said the Reds running the prisons are rather simple-minded and do not think some prisoners can get into Hong Kong because their passports have expired. to Halt POWs UN Troops Construct 'Free Lone' MUNSAN, Tuesday, Jan. 5 (W) —United Nations troops, working in wintry weather, built a "free dom lane" today down which their commander said more than 22,000 Chinese and North Koreans must be allowed to travel away from communism if they have not decided otherwise by Jan. 22. Peiping radio, in a broadcast heard in Tokyo, today called con struction of the "freedom lane" American preparations "to tear up the armistice agreement by abducting" the prisoners. Peiping said the American side was making sure the prisoners did not take "advantage of the occa sion 'to flee northward to areas under the control of the Korean- Chinese side." Yesterday Gen. John E. Hull told the Neutral Nations Repatria tion Commission that his UN Command would not tolerate any change in the pe a c e date for prisoners as prescribed by the armistice terms. UN troops strung barbed wire fences and set up blocks on side roads marking a clear channel for the first southward movement of the more than 7500 North Koreans to South Korea and many of the 14,500 Chinese to Formosa. With only 16 days left, .the UN Command was taking no chances of being caught unprepared by masses of newly freed, excited and even delirious prisoners swarming from the Panmunjom neutral zone section into the Mun san area. Deaths Total 433 During Holidays By The Associated Press Accidental deaths during the New Year's weekend reached a record for such a holiday period but were less than predicted and far below the toll for the three day Christmas weekend. During the 78-hour period from 6 p.m. local time Thursday to mid night Sunday the toll was: traffic 317; fires 40; miscellaneous acci dents 76: total 433. The previous record for a three day New Year's weekend was 424, set in 1949-50 and equaled the fol lowing year. The record for traffic deaths for such a period, set in 1949-50, was 304. The National Safety Council had Predicted 360 traffic deaths. See It This Weekend! Sean O'Casey's "JUNO and the PAYCOCK" "A show you won't want to miss" AT CENTER STAGE Tickets at Student Union 1954 Tax Pro,„ra Cause of Conflict WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (W)- - -Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and Rep. Daniel A. Reed (R-N.Y.) today were reported at odds—but not in bitter conflict—over a Republican tax program for 1954. Well-posted sources said a proposal by Reed to lower excise taxes has developed as the chief stumbling block to harmony be tween him and the Eisenhower administration Reed, chairman of the tax-writ ing House ways and means com mittee, generally has called for more and deeper tax cuts than the administration has been will ing to accept. Reed, Humphrey at Odds Usually informed sources said Reed and Humphrey were unable to reconcile all their views in a private conference yesterday and in talks at the White House with GOP congressional leaders today. But the sources added that the difference of opinion seems much less bitter than last year, when Reed waged a fierce, last-ditch battle against an administration request to extend the excess pro fits tax for six months, to Jan. • 1 this 3 - ear. Reed, who has been out of town and missed earlier legislative con ferences at the White House, re turned to Capitol Hill to go into a closed afternoon caucus with Republicans on his committee. Staff Recommendation Reed. later reported the GOP members were brought up to date on staff recommendations for a big tax revision program, rewrit ing thousands of pages of tax laws and providing about 1 1 / 2 bil lion dollars annually in tax re ductions in many fields. The chairman said the full com mittee probably will go to work on this program in executive ses sions starting next Monday. He added the committee probably will not take up major tax rate issues until later. No Disagreement Others attending the caucus said the revision recommendations provoked no disagreement today, but were discussed only generally. House GOP Floor Leader Charles Halleck of Indiana said he saw "no evidence of big con troversy: in the morning White. House sessions. Others said both Reed and the administration appeared to be willing to state their case on tax policy and let Congress decide, with little acrimony between them. Adenauer Holds 78th Birthday BONN, Germany, Jan. 4 (R)— Rugged old Chancellor Konrad Adenauer observes his 78th birth day tomorrow, but he plans to take only a few hours off from his gruelling work schedule to celebrate. Facing what may be the most critical year in his five decades of public life, "Der Alte" the Old One, is too busy with such mo mentous matters as the impend ing Big Four conl2ionc.2 on unify ing Germany to spend much time on birthdays. Adenauer will have a powerful voice in the decisions of the Ber lin conference scheduled for later this month, even though his West German government is not form ally represented. There are no signs that age iz catching up with th e veteran leader. Tomorrow he will be at . hi:: desk as usual in Palais Schaum burg, Germany's White House. But he plans to ease up a bit or his usual 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. work ing day. Fls- , 0..s a. =d • Inds .6 eat Europeans LONDON, Jan. 4 (JP)—Floods an d wind - whipped blizzards pounded northern Germany, parts of Scandinavia, England and the Lowlands today in winter's worst onslaught of the season. Germany's Baltic coast, batter ed by winds 55 miles an hour, experienced its worst floods in 70 years. Considerable damage to shipping and harbor installations was reported in some areas, but no casualties were recorded. However, four persons were re ported missing in the area of Stockholm, Sweden, where heavy snowfall ending unsea s on a b l y mild weather caused traffic chaos. Residents of the lowlands of eastern England and the Neth erlands, which bore the brunt of last February's devastating floods, heaved sighs of relief as their dikes and seawalls withstood 24 hours' . hammering by raging seas. But the lowlanders braced them selves for another test in about two weeks when the next high tides are expected. The February floods cost more than 2000 lives . and millions of dollars in damage in Britain, Hol land and Belgium. Air ROTC Board To Screen Men The Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps advanced selec tion board will screen fourth se mester students this week for ac ceptance into the advanced pro gram, Lieut. Col. Jack W. Dieter le, professor of air science and Tactics, has announced. Interviewing of students will begin today. Students to be in ;:erviewed this afternoon will ap pear at the Armory at 3 p.m. to fill out interview forms. Inter views will begin at 3:30 p.m. EUTAW HOUSE POTTERS MILLS j Featuring Thick Prime STEAKS 4-; . Tony Curtis Joanne Drur. "FORBIDDEN►► Phil Carey Roberta Haynes "THE NEBRASKAir An English Thriller! "THE ASSASSIN" Richard Todd PAGE THREE gip, ej ~" i
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