FRIDAY MARCH 12, 1954
Dulles Renews Plea
For Solid. Americas
Strong Stand
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CARACAS, Venezuela, March
11 (AP)—Already assured of major
ity support, U.S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles made a
new appeal to the Inter-Ainerican
Conference tonight for a strong
and united stand , against the
"international despots of commu
nism."
His speech was directed against
efforts to wat e r down with
amendments his proposal for joint
action should Communists get
control of any western hemisphere
nation. He particularly opposed
changes suggested by. Mexico
which would permit collective ac
tion only in case of an actual
invasion from outside the hemi
sphere.
Guatemala, objecting to "inter
vention" in her, affairs, today
threatened an appeal to the Uni
ted Nations, but ten of the 19
Latin American nations her e
have gone on record favoring the
broad outline proposed by the
United States.
The deciding vote on the plan
and amendments may be reached
tomorrow in the political-juri
dicial committee.
In his speech tonight, Dulles
struck at the idea advanced re
peatedly by Guatemala Foreign
Minister Guillermo Toriello that
the U.S. resolution might cover
a pretext for other countries to
intervene in that country's in
ternal affairs. Guatemala has been
charged with being a "beachhead
of communism" in this hemi
sphere.
'Greater Faith'
"Certainly I have greater faith
in our American system than to
believe it possible that two-thirds
of our countries might gang up
and conspire against another
American state because of some
pretext only," the secretary of
state said.
But Guatemala notified the con
ference it would "not permit any
intervention in our affairs by any
nation or organization under any
pretext whatsoever" and would
complain to the United Nations if
there were such intervention.
Argentina and Mex i c o de
nounced communism but opposed
adoption of any measure which
even hinted that one group of
nations in the Western Hemi
sphere could intervene in the
affairs of any American country.
Guatemala Opposed
Guillermo Toriello, Guatemala's
foreign minister who has fur
nished the sharpest opposition to
the U.S. program here, reiterated
to the committee what he and his
government have said many
times.
"Guatemala is not. Communist,"
Toriello said. "In Guatemala we
give complete political freedom
to all parties, including the Marx
ist Communist party."
Kefauver Raps
Army Contracts
WASHINGTON, March 11 (iP)—
Sens. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
asserted today the Army had
made a mistake in putting "all our
eggs in one basket" and concen
trating' tank production with Gen
eral Motors • Corp.
He told the Senate armed ser
vices committee the government
"soon will be at the mercy" of
General Motors on any new con
tracts, and that the centering of
all medium tank production at the
General Motors plant in Grand
Banc, Mich., would provide ene
my bombers with a fat target.
Moreover, Kefauver contended,
General Motors already is pro
ducing more than half the auto
mobiles for the nation and is ap
proaching the point where it will
"be guilty of monopolization un
der the Sherman antitrust act."
' Army authorities have defended
the 204-million-dollar tank con
tract to General Motor's Fisher'
body division on the ground that
it was 18 million below the next
bid, submitted by Chryisler Corp.
Appeals for Unity
Senate Forms
Hawaii-Alaska
Statehood Bill
WASHINGTON, March 11 (W)
The Senate rode down 'objections
of Republican leaders and Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower him
self today and combined statehood
for Hawaii and Alaska into a sin
gle-package bill.
The vote was 46 to 43, and the
fight was almost entirely one of
party against party. The Demo
crats won.
How the result will affect the
chances of the two territories for
admission to the Union is a matter
of dispute. Some senators said it
means there will be no statehood
for either Hawaii or Alaska at this
session.
But one thing was certain
Democrats were almost solidly
convinced there would be no ad
mission for Alaska unless it were
tied with that for Hawaii.
'Bug Warfare' Exposed .. .
Schwable Tells of Red Mistreatment
WASHINGTON, March 11 (JP)—
Col. Frank H. Schwable testified
today Communist mental torture
coupled with harsh physical mis
treatment robbed him of his judg
ment and forced him to make a
false "bug warfare" confession.
The appearance of the lean, 45-
year-old Marine flyer before a
special court of inquiry climaxed
four weeks of hearings to decide
whether Schwable shoule face a
court-martial for signing the con
fession while a captive of the
Chinese Communists in 'Korea.
Schwable, hollow-eyed and in
tense, testified at his own request.
The . , president of the Marine court;
Maj. Gen. Harry D. Linscott, told
him at the outset he was +suspected
of "aiding and comforting the
enemy" and of conduct tending to
discredit the naval service.
Nodding gravely, Schwable said
he hadn't tried to evade responsi
bility for his conduct in the past.
"I won't make excuses now,"
he said.
He said he wanted to clear his
mind of some "miserably little de
tails" of his 14-month captivity,
most of it in solitary confinement,
and straighten out any misunder
standings of previous statements
he has made.
Then, his voice rising and fall
ing excitedly, Schwable told his
story—a story of constant, brow
beating interrogations and propa-
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Ruling Expected
On Picture Ban
toITTSBURGH, March 11 OP)
—Federal Judge Wallace S.
Gourley said tonight he expects
fo rule soon on the legality of
a picture ban issued by the
Westmoreland County Court
Feb. 25.
Gourley issued a temporary
order nine days ago allowing
photographers to take pictures
in the corridors of the West
moreland County courthouse
under certain conditions.
"I have now received briefs
from the attorneys involved and
probably will hand down an
opinion late tomorrow or Satur
day," Judge Gourley said.
The Greensburg Review-Tri
bune Publishing Co. challenged
the Westmoreland Court order,
claiming violation of freedom of
the press, and obtained the tem
porary injunction. It was joined
in the action by the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
2 Are Killed
hi Army Gkmes
FT. BRAGG, N.C., March 11 (1P)
—The Army's largest peacetime
paratroop and equipment drop
since World War II today brought
death to two jumpers and hos
pitalized 30 here. About 50 other
men suffered minor injuries.
Of those hospitalized, the Army
said one was injured critically
and three seriously.
Names of the dead were with
held until next of kin were noti
fied.
The exercise, named "L on g
Thrust," involved about 9000 men
of the 82d Airborne Division.
ganda while he was cold, sick, to a vile purpose . . ."
cramped, filthy and inexpressibly In graphic, colorful language,
lonely for the sight of a fellow Schwable told of suffering from
American. dysentery and of being denied use
"All I heard were Chinamen in- of a latrine—while confined to a
terrogating me or trying to feed doghouse-like lean-to in tempera
me
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their political doctrines," h e tures that dropped far below zero. 1.
said. "I lost my sense of judg- "I used to pray for night to come'Z
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ment ~ . . to bring me unconsciousness," he .'
"They say black is white, you said. "But when I saw the sun
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say it is not. But you wind up starting to go down behina the er.'.'
agreeing . . .. The basis of adver- mountain I would know how cold
tising in this country is repetition. it would be,. and I would start'
They have turned this technique praying for morning."
Rayburn Predicts
Democratic ictory
In Tax Controversy
WASHINGTON, March 11 (M—House Democratic Leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas predicted today Democrats will win a showdown
battle next week to increase individual income tax exemptions for
$lOO.
He commented as both Republican and Democratic leaders be
gan a strong effort to lineup forces for probably one of the closest
and biggest scraps of the year.
House Speaker Joseph W. Mar
tin (R.-Mass.) said it was too early
to forecast the outcome. But he
indicated he thought Republicans
could beat the move, especially af
ter President Dwight D. Eisen
hower makes a nationwide radio
and television appeal at 9 p.m.
Monday.
Indications were the President
would make a strong personal at
tack on the proposition.
The proposal alone would save
taxpayers about $2.4 billion a year,
but put the government that much
more in the red. Sponsors said
it would relieve about seven mil
lion taxpayers with low incomes
or large families from any income
tax payment at all,
Democrats plan to try to tack
onto an 875-page bill for a general
overhaul, of all ta - . laws. The same
motion Would knock out of the
revision program a sharp reduc
tion in taxes on stock dividends.
Hbuse Democrats held a 90-
minute caucus behind closed doors
on the issue this morning.
Rayburn, who was House speak
er longer than any man in history
while Democrats were in power.
said afterward that "mighty few
if any" Democrats would vote
against the big tax cut.
Democrats charge that the re
vision program is. loaded with ben
efits to big business and wealthy
stockholders, and say they are try
ing to make the program fairer by
giving relief to "the little fellow."
Rayburn added to reporters that
if the proposal is beaten, "and
they (Republicans) give all this
tax , relief to the high income
brackets, with almost nothing for
the little fellow. I think it would
be very embarrassing for them."
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WWI Flier Nominated
For Secretary of Navy
WASHINGTON, March 11 (iP)—
Charles S. Thomas, whose first
naval job was flying an ancient
and under-powered plane in
World War I, was nominated to
day to be secretary of the Navy.
Thomas already has held two
Pentagon jobs in the Eisenhower
administration.
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