WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24. 1954 Wilson Suggests French Training WASHINGTON, March 23 (EP)—Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson today prodded France to adopt a "more aggressive" training program to. help win the war against Communist-led forces in Indochina. • Highlighting American interest over the Indochina problem, Secretary of State John F. Dulles also spoke out on the , subject in a separate interview with news men Dulles said the United States will move swiftly in meeting new Fr en c h requests for military equipment in Indochina. Wilson said the United States would "like to have more Indo chinese trained on a more inten sive basis." Loyal Indochinese native troops, now locked in the biggest battle of the seven-year-old war, are generally trained by French of ficers. Discuss Sending Troops Wilson said the possibility of sending American technicians to help the French in their training program is under discussion. These would be in addition to the 200 U.S. Air Force technicians and 100 civilian transport pilots al ready helping the French keep American aircraft in operation against the Reds. This assistance is part of a mili tary, economic and technical aid program totalling $1.5 billion this fiscal year. French Win Expected Wilson said he still expects to see the French win the war in the Far East, and he commented: "They deserve a lot of credit for the gallant fight they are put ting up." The defense chief sa i d the whole question of a stepped-up training program is under discus sion with Gen. Paul Ely, - French chief of staff, who is now visiting Washington. He said Ely is "receptive" to the American view _"that the hope of finally winning in Indochina will rest largely on the native people." "The French," Wilson sai d, •`share our desire to get on with the war and get it over with." Dulles commented on the pos sibility of greater U.S. air aid to Indochina shortly before meeting with Gen. Ely and Adm. 'Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, to review Indochina military developments. Keep Probe In 1. Committee, Potter Urges NEW YORK, March 23 (W)— Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich.), a member of the McCarthy sub committee, said today that com mittee not only can, but should, investigate the dispute between the committee staff and the Army. "It would establish a dangerous precedent sending one commit tee's dirty linen to another com mittee to wash," Potter, said. He also said in a, Newsweek magazine inter view that he thought there was a possibility of th e committee's investigation leading to perjury or other crim inal action. "If the statements that have been made by both sides in this controversy are made under oath," Potter said, "obviously someone is lying, and it's very , posSible our evidence might be turned over to the Department of Justice for whatever action is necessary, in cluding perjury proceedings." The question of whether the dispute should be investigated by another committee, since Sen. Joseph McCarthy. (R-Wis), chair man of the Senate Permanent In vestigations subcommittee, is per sonally involved, has been raised by DeMocrats on the committee. Terrorist Kills Etantouri; Unrest Sweeps Morocco PORT LYAUTEY, Morocco VP) —A terrorist today shot and killed Shiek Boulay Ahmed El Bantouri at the door of his home_ The shiek was another in a long list of pro- French Moroccan leaders wh o have fallen victim in the last sev en months to the wave of unrest sweeping the French North Afri can protectorate. Red Surge Expected In Indochina HANOI, Indochina, March 31 (AP)—Vietminh troops tapered off sharply today in their artillery as sault on Dien Bien Phu. But they moved reinforcements and sup plies. steadily into their hill posi tions in apparent preparation for a "do or die" blow against the besieged French fortress by -any where froin 40.000 to 60,000 men. Yesterday morning the Commu nist-led rebels tried to ambush French troops opening the road linking the heart of the fortress with its southernmost outpost four miles away. The French said their tanks, mobile artillery and infan try killed 175 Vietminh, or an en tire rebel company. It was the biggest clash with the rebels since they halted mass assaults on the fortress early last week after suf fering losses estimated by the French at 3000 killed and 9000 wounded. The Vietminh launched a mass ground attack against the French fortress in northwest Indochina on March 13. After four days they broke off the mass infantry as saults in the face of withering firepower fr o m American-sup plied guns -in the hands of the French defenders, who have been outnumbered by four to one. French pilots pounded the Viet minh supply lines and rebel posi tions aro u n d the oval-shaped plains fortress in what was de scribed as the biggest air attacks of the Indochina war. The pilots claimed many direct hits with big fires seen after they dropped half-ton bombs into the heart of rebel targets. The planes struck at an army of 10,000 to 150,000 coolies and long lines of trucks moving from the Chinese border along the dirt roads and trails into the hills en circling Dien Bien Phu. Aomic frirmsSmuggling - z'.:.Y'arned klainst by-FBI WASHINGTON, March 23 (EP)—An unprecedented FBI all police to be on the watch against smuggling of atomic into the United States gate concrete clues today as to what a sized A-bomb might look like. A 30-inch steel pipe five to 12 inches thick and closed at both ends might contain such a weap on. Or it could be a sphere of high explosive with a core of fissionable material The Justice Department said FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover sent the notice to police depart ments all over the country last January, along with a description of possible atomic weapon types so they could be recognized. • The circular was described as a follow-up of President Eisenhow er's request last Dec. 15 that atomic violations be reported promptly to the FBI. They said that althdugh the cir cular was not prepared for public consumption, it did not give away any atomic secrets and was not classified as secret. The White House said the ac tion was approVed by the Na tional Security Council, of which Eisenhower is chairman. Some persons have expressed fear that such small-sized weap ons might be set off by enemy agents in key factories or produc tion centers in advance of large scale aerial atomic attacks if war were imminent. The U.S. Customs Service already is under orders to be on the lookout for such de vices in the baggage of incoming travelers. The announcement came in the THE DAILY COLLEUIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Chavez OKd By Senate By 53 to 36 WASHINGTON, March 2,3 (W)— The Senate defeated today a Re publican attempt to unseat Demo cratic Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico. It voted 53-56 against in validating the 1952 senatorial elec tion in which 'Chavez was de clared the winner. Chavez refrained from voting, but the 47 other Democrats in the Senate joined with five Republi cans and Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind.- Ore.) to reject a resolution which would have declared Chavez' seat vacant because of "flagrant" ir regularities in election procedure. The result leaves the Democrats with their one-vote edge in the Senate, where there are 48 Demo= crats, 47 Republicans and one In dependent. The 65-year-old senator, who has represented New IVrexico in the Senate since 1935, was deluged with congratulations aft e r the roll-call vote was announced. Among those who crowded around him to shake his hand was Sen.. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich.), a member of the ,Senate Elections subcommittee which drafted the ouster resolution. Several other Republicans who voted to unseat Chavez came - up to offer- their congratulations on his victory. "This is a proud and joyous oc casion for me." Chavez said in a statement. "I am proud of being an Ameri can and to live in a land where justice and fair play still pre vail." Israel Bolts UN Armistice Talks JERUSALEM, March 23 (4 1 P)— Israel walked out on the UN's Israel-Jordan Armistice Commis sion today after the American chairman refused to support an Israeli motion to condemn Jordan for a desert attack that killed 11 Israeli bus p ass e n ger s last Wednesday. After the Israelis withdrew, Dr. Yousuf Haikal, senior Jordan del egate, said in the Jordan section of Jerusalem that Israel's action threatened, collapse of the whole armistice framework. He said he hoped the Israelis would change thir mind and keep the armistice machinery working. The commis sion met in no-man's land be tween Jordan and Israel. midst of these other atomic de velopments: 1. The White House said Presi dent Eisenhower will delay a re port on this country's hydrogen bomb potential until Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission returns from the Pacific testing grounds. 2. The Civil Defense Adminis tration said a nationwide civil defense exercise has been sched uled June 14-15. BLUEBOOKS are here again! 3 page .... 3 for 5c 12 page .... 2 for 5c 16 page .... 2 for 5c 32 page .... 5c each in the TUB $5.00 in sales; $l.OO in merchandise free BXPENN STATE BOOK EXCHANGE France Urged To Pass EDC BONN, Germany, March 23 (R)—Authoritative sources said to night the United. States and Britain were trying to persuade France to stop blocking Allied High Commission approval of West German rearmament legislation. The informants said that Washington and London, alarmed over a political storm which sprang up here over the French action, have told France that the three Western powers should act quickly to ap prove the German laws in some form. N.Y. Guard Orders Cohn Investigated ALBANY, N.Y . :. March 23 (IP) The New York National Guard has ordered "a complete investi gation and review" of the reserve service record of Roy Cohn, chief counsel to the McCarthy Senate Investigations subcommittee, a guard spokesman said today. Maj. jOhn E. Kenny, public in formation officer of the state Di vision 'of Military and Naval Af fairs, said a National Guard in spector general this week began a "routine" examination of Cohn's service as a result of inquiries. Kenny said some questions had been raised, mostly by the press, about Cohn, who is a center of the controversy between Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and Army Secretary Robert T. Ste vens. Kenny would not say what questions had been raised or who ordered the inquiry. The investigation is being con ducted in New York City, where the 27-year-old Cohn, a reserve first lieutenant, serves with the headquarters unit of the guard's Selective Service Section. Cohn, an attorney, was com missioned a first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps in 1952 after presenting his quali fications to an examining board of officers, Kenny said. The Army recently ordered Cohn to active duty for training from June . 12 to 25 at Camp Kil mer, N.J. The commander of the camp is Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker, center of the controversy between McCarthy and Stevens. Bomb Hoax Stirs New York Piers NEW YORK, March '23 (IP) Bomb scares sent emergency po lice squads racing to New York's strikebound waterfront today, but the reports proved to be a grim hoax. Despite a heavy police guard on the alert for trouble, there were new clashes between rival dock ers in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Five men were arrested in all. There were two injuries. Patrolman Warren Urguhart was hit on the hand by a brick as longshoremen fell upon one an other with rocks and fists at a bull line pier in Brooklyn. He arrested an AFL non-striker as his as sailant. notice to weapons suitcase- !awes Dunlap Gets Old Gold Citation .lames Dunlap for excellent• work as vice president of State College Community For um and as chairman of Traffic Court. Old Gold's fine and friendly tobaccos give you the relaxation and pleasure of a r e ally good smoke. Try 'em King Size or Regular—they're always a Treat instead of a Treatment. ton of Advertisement France intervened yesterday to hold up High Commission sanc tion for the constitutional amend ments on rearmament which were passed by the West German Par liament last week. Amendments Authorize Army These amendments specifically authorize Chancellor Konrad Ad enauer's government to rearm, draft men and joint the proposed European Defense Community. The French feel that the Germans might use the legislation as a basis for rearming independently. Authoritative Western officials said the United States and Britain hope the three powers will be able to announce tomorrow a formula for approving the amendments. U.S. High Commissioner James B. Conant and British High Com missioner Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar suggested a formula at a meeting of the High Commission yesterday. But France's Andre Francois-Pencet turned it down. High Commission action must be unanimous. Still Occupied Nation What seemed to pain the Ger mans most was a public reminder that they are still an occupied nation. This came in a formal note from the Allied High Commission pointing out to the Adenauer gov ernment that all constitutional changes in Germany require Al lied approval. The Germans said the note was dispatched on the insistence of the French. Adenauer left on a three-week state visit to Greece and Turkey apparently confident that the Al lies would' .speedily approve the amendments. The stalling by the Allies, Germans claim, has em barrassed the Chancellor and strengthened these forces that op pose German cooperation with the West. sisenhower Appoints Larson to Labor Post WASHINGTON, March 23 (JP) —P resident Eisenhower today nominated Arthur Larson, dean of the University of Pittsburgh Law School, to be undersecretary of Labor. Larson, 43, would succeed Lloyd Mashburn, who recently resigned. • eCOMING FRIDAY. I All the Fun, Stars, Songs, Dances, Gags that Had Broadway Cheering With Delight! in f l‘. lßlEßiliao2 4" l l ..6„. • ;A ;mot `Leonard Sillrnan' s e • • , • I • • D k v Swing' son,• . b, glorious color '• .`". riso wondor of Ira suniolo .. swoophonic Sound rUCIZOIVA::: •.*** • * •••-••••--." EARTIA GRAHAM• KITT . •ROBERT ALICE • ort= tlW* CLARY•GHOSTLEY An Edward L AV.r,on Pneduciodik PAGE THREE
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