WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17, 1954 McCarthy . Group To trivesti:,,-.:cte.Row WASHINGTON, March 16 (W)—The Senate subcommittee headed by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) voted today to conduct its own investigation of the angry row between McCarthy and Army officials—and to do it in public with the embattled chairman out of the driver's seat. This was just about what McCar satisfied. His Army antagonists couldn Democ rats Ra 1 ke's Tax Setup WASHINGTON, March 16 (P)— House Democratic leader Sam Rayburn of Texas told the nation tonight President Dwight D. Eisenhower's tax program would give six times as much relief to upper income brackets as to the great bulk of taxpayers. Rayburn, in a statement pre pared for radio and television broadcast, asasiled the Republi can program as a revival of the philosophy that special benefits for the wealthy may eventually trickle down to the great ma jority. But in actual practice, he said, little or nothing ever trickles down. Rayburn said that is why House Democrats are fighting to amend the GOP-sponsored tax revision program to increase individual income tax exemptions for each taxpayer and each dependent by $lOO. In the Senate, Sen. Walter F._ George (D-Ga) is proposing a.,5200 increase this year and $4OO next. Rayburn urged the $lOO boost "so that you and every taxpayer in this country will get real tax relief." He and two other Democratic Congress members took to the air to answer an address by Presi dent Eisenhower last night, de nouncing the Democratic tax cutting plan as unsound and po litically Inspired. Eisenhower said the nearly $2.5 billion annual loss In revenue from the Democratic proposal would be a serious blow to the government and would undermine the "cornerstone" of his domestic program. The .GOP is pushing a tax re vision bill which would cost the Treasury about $1.5 billion a year as it now stands. It overhauls most of the existing tax laws and provides for more liberal deduc tions for ' many items ranging from medical expenses and re tirement income to dividends and business depreciation. Eisenhower contends this is as far as the government should go at the present time. He says the bill would benefit millions of in dividuals an d encourage 'the growth and expansion of indus try, the creation of jobs. Bomb Explodes In NY Terminal NEW YORK, March 16 (IP) A home-made time bomb blew Grand Central Terminal into a feVer of excitement during the rush hour today, but did little daniage. One man reportedly suf fered a minor cut. The blast went off in a booth in a lower level men's washroom at 5 p.m. It knocked down a mar ble partition. The three men closest to it said they suffered a ringing in their ears. Railway police said 35 men were in the room at the time. The explosion • echoed all through the big depot at 42nd St., and Lexington Ave., and hun dreds of commuters rushed to ward the sound. The arrival of police and firemen heightened the excitement. Police found remains of the bomb, a timing mechanism and a length of 1 1 / 4 inch pipe. New York's transport termin als, are frequently scenes of bomb scares. thy wanted and h: 't be reached for co Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy Satisfied With Plan Japan to s k U.S. to Help Blast Victims TOKYO, Wednesday. March 17 (JP)—Japan talked today of asking U.S. compensation for 23 Japanese fishermen showered by blistering, radioactive ashes from an atomic or hydrogen blast in the Pacific March 1. At the same time. health in spectors went on a frantic hunt for about 1000 pounds of tuna, be lieved radioactive, caught by the fishermen and already on the mar kets in Tokyo. Osaka, Nagoya and elsewhere. Much of the tuna was recovered but some already was sold. Au thorities said checks showed close contact with some of the recov ered fish could be dangerous. Japanese officials were in ur gent consultation with U. G. offi cials to avoid a repetition of the incident, in which at least one fisherman was burned severely. More secrecy-guarded test blasts, are believed pending in the Bikini area and the stricken boat, the Kukuryu Maru—"Lucky Dragon" —was only one of a hundred such Japanese craft known to be fish ing near the banned area. Doctors examining the stricken fishermen expected to determine within a week if they were vic tims of an atomic or a hydrogen blast. They said preliminary studies, coupled with reports that the "Lucky Dragon" was 80 miles from the blast center, suggested a far more powerful blast than those caused during World War II by atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagaski. Bo['game 'Blows Up' As Boy Slides Home ANADARKO, Okla., March 16 (W)—Billy Law, • 10, went into a baSeball game with his cap pistol still dangling from his side. In his hip pocket were seven extra rolls of. caps. During the game, Billy tried to make it for home and was forced to slide. The friction set fire to the ammunition in his jeans and th game blew up. The caps burned a hole right through Billy's jeans and to his skin before his younger brother, Ronnie, threw dirt on the flames to put them out. NOW! PRINTING In State College COMMERCIAL PRINTING 352 E. College Ave. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA - described himself as perfectly mment but assocates said they'd be certain to appear at the hear ings. The sessions probably will be Today's action came at a show down session of McCarthy's Perm-% anent Investigations subcommit tee. That's what the group Mc- Carthy wanted to handle the prpbe. Democratic members con tended its parent body, the Gov ernment Operations Committee, should do it. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) insisted to the last some committee remote from the fray should get the job. McCarthy won his point, though, and then - all seven members agreed on other grounei rules for the inquiry into the bitter con troversy oetween McCarthy and the subcommittee's counsel, Roy Cohn, on the one hand am'. Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens and Army counsel John G. Adams on the other. Highlights of the agreement: 1. Cohn will be sidelined for purposes of this investigation and a special staff will be hired. A rumor spread, but couldn't be nailed down, that committee Dem ocrats failed in an effort to have Cohn suspended as chief counsel. Mundt to Act as Chairman 2. Mundt, as second-ranking Re publican, will sit in for McCarthy as chairman. All other business will be shunted a s id e, another meeting will be held next Tuesday and the public hearings—with wit nesses under oath—probably will get going later next weelr. GOP - Senate leaders heaved a sigh of relief that this much pro gress seemed to have been made toward resolving a. headline row pitting Republicans against Re publicans. "It is best that the committee solve this problem itself," said Chairman HoMer Ferguson (R- Mich.) of the Republican Policy Committee. "The quicker they can do it, the better." Basically the question to be set tled is: Who's Lying? Army Charges Heard The Army has issued a report charging McCarthy and Cohn, es pecially Cohn, put on pressure to get special treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, who was a subcom mittee consultant until the Army drafted him last November. McCarthy and Cohn made heat ed denials. McCarthy then accused Stevens and Adams of using the report as blackmail in an effort to head off his investigation of the Army's handling of alleged Com munists. Barbara, Rubs Separate PALM BEACH, Fla., March 16 (IP)—With a touch of bitterness in her voice, Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton rode toward New York tonight leaving her ex prince charming alone in their Palm Beach honeymoon villa. French Hurl Back Reds in Indochina HANOI, Indochina, March 16 (W)—French firepower stopped screaming Vietminh attackers within a half mile of the heart of Dien Bien Phu today. The Communist-led rebels, suffering casualties estimated unofficially up to 8000 in four days of battle, picked up their dead and withdrew to the hills to regroup. French troops hurled back furi ous assaults by the rebels, who fired rifles, pistols, machine guns and threw grenades and even spears in an attempt to knock out the French command post in the center of the beleaguered key fortress in northwest Indochina. Vietminh Retreat But sheets of heavy fire from Ameridan-supplied guns tore wide gaps in the ranks of the Vietminh. As nightfall approached they tem porarily broke off frontal assault and retreated to the hills under a dashing rain. Bodies were strewn over the rain-soaked plain of Dien Bien Phu where the Vietminh had chosen to make its biggest effort of the Indochina War, now in its enghth year. The Vietminh's chief motive appeared to be a desire to achieve the strongest position possible for the talks on Asian problems at Geneva beginning April 26. Both a Korean and Indo chinese peace will be taken up, with Communist Indochina pres ent. Main Assault From North The main assault on Dien Bien Phu today was from the north. A French army spokesman said the rebels picked up thousands of their dead and wounded. Un official estimates put today's reb el killed at 3000 and total casual ties since the battle opened on Saturday night at between 6000 and 8000. Rebels attacks came also on the southern and eastern sides of the barbed wire-ringed fortress. There the French claimed heavy losses were inflicted on the attackers. The attack from the north was made easier by the earlier loss of two northern and northeast de fense strongpoints to the Viet minh. French Losses Claim The Vietminh radio claimed the destruction of an entire French battalion, normally about 600 men, on the outskirts of Dien Bien Phu yesterday. The French gave no figures but have described their losses as appreciable. The Vietminh strength in the hills around the fortress was esti mated, at from 36,000 to 48,000 before the ' battle began. There was every indication from the ferocity of the rebel assaults that the fate of Dien Bien Phu would - be known before the end, of the week. U.S. Residence Granted Greek Army Veteran WASHINGTON, March 16 (iP)— A bill to permit permanent resi dence in this country for a Greek Army veteran who lost both feet through frostbite in World War II was passed by the House today and sent to the Senate. The veteran, who also was -con fined by Red guerrillas for a time. is George P. Symrnoitis, 38. He now is residing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Symrnoitis, in Williamsport, Pa. Reserves To Offset Cut in Army WASHINGTON, March 16 VP)-- Adm. Arthur W. Radford said to day a cut in the size of the Army is to be offset by a more active reserve program and an increase in the ground forces of our allies, partly through U.S. aid. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff explained the plan to questioning members of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee in hearings on a money bill to fi nance the Defense Department's "new look" planning. That pro gram involves cuts in Army and Navy manpower and a bigger Air Force. Radford used the occasion also to assert that: 1. ."It is not correct to say we are relying exclusively on one weapon, or one service, or that we are anticipating one kind 'of war." It is wrong to think, he said, that "ability to deliver mas sive atomic retaliation is, by it self, adequate to meet our secur ity needs." 2. The size of the proposed for• ces was not based on any budg etary limitation imposed on the joint chiefs, but its members be lieved that the U.S. economic sit uation "is a great factor over the long pull." 3.The "new look" which fol lowed the end of Korean fighting is less a radical change than a reappraisal of military methods and "would have been done no matter what administration was in power." As the public hearing ended, subcommittee Chairman Fergu son (R-Mich.) commented that Radford's testimony showed the program prepares for all kinds of war. an economic war, a propa ganda war, large or small wars. Hydrogen Bomb Claim Confirmed WASHINGTON, March 16. (Jp) —Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY), chairman of the Senate-House atomic energy committee, said tonight the United States has the hydrogen bomb and can deliver it anywhere in the world. This was the first official con firmation that this country pos sesses a deliverable hydrogen bomb. Previous statements have referred only to a hydrogen_ de vice. Cole made the statement dur ing a television program, "Date line Washington," which was filmed in Washington for station WDSU-TV, New Orleans. PAGE THREE
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