FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1954 Reds Recognize 'Sovereign State' BERLIN, March 25 '(A4: 3 )—The Soviet Union announced tonight it is recognizing East Germany as a fully sovereign state. The move was immediately labeled by the U.S. State Department as a phony gesture The Soviet announcement, circulated by the East German news Way Cleared For Germah OK of EDC BONN, .Germany, March 25 (IP) —The Western Allies tonight cleared the way for final German ratification of the European De fense Community Treaty. They aPproved constitutional changes that will permit Bonn to raise a 500,000-man army, but barred ac tual conscription until EDC is ratified by all six participating nations. This was a compromise worked out after a week of wrangling be tween the United States and Brit ain on one side and the French on the other. • The French feared that the Ger man- constitutional amendments voted by the West German Parli ament last week would give the Germans unrestricted rights to re arm. After much hesitation and caus tic comment from the Germans; the French accepted a BritiSh- American compromise formula. The three Allied high commis sioners sent a letter to Acting Chancellor Franz Bleucher saying they approved the amendments making it legal for West Germany to be a member of EDC, and ap proving a clause giving the West German government responsi bility for defense and authorizing conscription of all German men from the age of 18. Toth to Face Court I'Vlartiai WASHINGTON, March 25 (R)— Ex-Sgt. Robert W. Toth, unem ployed steel worker, today was or dered returned to Air Force cus tody for court martial trial on a charge of murder in South Korea. The ruling, which held that for mer servicemen can be tried by military tribunals for serious crimes committed before their re turn to civilian life, was handed down by the U.S. Court of Ap peals. Counsel said the case would be carried to the Supreme Court. The three-judge hppelate court ruled unanimously that a provi sion of the Uniform Code of Mili tary Justice, giving the armed services the right to court martial former servicemen on charges of serious crimes, is constitutional. Toth, now 24, was at Work in a Pittsburgh steel mill on May 13, 1953, when he was arrested by Air Force officers and flown back to Korea for court martial. He and two others were accused of mur dering a South Korean civilian caught prowling in a restricted area near Pusan, South Korea, on Sept.-27. 1952. French Begin Aerial Assault HANOI, Indochina, March 25 (VP) —French planes dropped streams of firebombs on Vietminh troop positions around besieged Dien Bien Phu today in a tremen dous aerial assault. The French said their American strengthened air arm inflicted heavy losses on the Communist led rebels and upset their time table for renewal of new attempts to crush the northwest Indochina fortress with mass infantry at tacks. In a political development, a former Pr em i e r of Viet Nam called for a cease fire, if possible now. Tran Van Rhu, who held the premiership of Indochina's largest s.ta t e from 1950-52, ap pealed also to negotiators at the forthcoming Geneva conference to end the war, now in its eighth year. agency ADN, said Russian troops would still be stationed in the So viet zone. a precaution which would assure continued tight con trol by the Kremlin. In Washington, the State De partment recalled that only nine months ago the East Germans staged widespread revolts, de manding free elections. It said the "entire puppet regime would col lapse under the weight of hatred and hostility of the populace" if Soviet troops were withdrawn. Soviet tanks were called out last June to suppress workers' revolts. Seen As New Move The Soviet move was seen by observers here as another stage of the long-waged fight by Mos cow to win Western recognition of the East German Communist government which was instituted without an election after the Western Powers had set up a cen tral West German government at Bonn. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyach eslav Molotov advanced several strategems at the recent four power conference in Berlin to get the East German government recognized. Refused Recognition The Western Powers took the position that the regime repre sents nobody but the Communist party and refused to deal with it. The West German government, based on popular elections and a Parliament, has been granted au thority over nearly all its internal affairs and its foreign policy by the Western Powers, but it is not yet a sovereign government. The Western representatives in West Germany are still high commis sioners, not ambassadors. New Policy Announced On Nazi War Criminals BONN, Germany, March 25 (IP) —The U.S. High Commission an nounced today a new policy un der which it will be possible to release top-ranking German war criminals from Landsberg prison without announcing their names. Committee Says Probe On McCarthy to Stand WASHINGTON, March 25 (IP)—Several members of the Senate Investigations subcommittee said today the inquiry into the row between Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Army officials will be held even if some resignations are submitted • prior to- it. The senators thus took cognizance of rumors of behind-the. scenes efforts to induce Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens; John G. Adams, Army counsel; and Roy Cohn, subcommittee counsel, to resign in a move to head off the inquiry. They are storm centers of the row. Origin of the resigna tion reports was not known. Sen. Karl Mundt (R-Wis.), who will preside at the inquiry, told reporters he personally hadn't heard the rumors before newsmen mentioned them to him, but he added "I wouldn't think that any res ignations would provide a satis factory settlement that wou l d make an investigation unneces sary. "I would say that the nature of the investigation might be af fected somewhat by statements, if any, which conceivably might be made accompanying such resigna.-`, 41*Nittittif INA IgeEM DEEP IN V4000E3 411113 Spend life's happiest hours where you'll (find other newly married collegians. I Have a secluded iottage all your own at a friendly guest house just for newly weds. Leisurely life (breakfast until 11:00), vigorous outdoor fun or. corn picao relaxation . . . meals you'll re member always jolly gatherings of young people enjoying life's greatest experience. Mention dates and you will reenlyc our THREE HONEYMOON PLANS and other helpful folders. HE HILL SWIFTWATER 150, PENNSYLVANIA THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Dock Strike Settlement Offer Made NEW YORK, March 25 (FP).-- The shipping industry made a bid today to smash New York's costly waterfront strike. They offered a wage boost plus nearly $1.5 Mil lion in cash for a return to work. At the same time, the shippers said they will try to get a new Taft-Hartley law inju nct i o n against the strike of the old Inter national Longshoremen's Assn., which has cost an estimated $275 million. Such an injunction ended an ILA strike last October. Mayor, Robert •F. Wagner said he tried by_ telephone during the day to arrange an appointment with President Dwight D. Eisen hower to discuss the gravity of the dock situation. But he said his calls were referred to the Labor Department. Contacted Eisenhower The •mayor then telegratthed, Eisenhower, urging him to inter vene in the strike. In Washington, the National Labor Relations Board ordered a speed up in determining whethei the dockers should_be represented by the ILA or its AFL rival of the same name. The new order is ex pected to hasten NLRB proce dures by about a week. Men Will Work The shippers' retroactive wage offer failed to arouse enthusiasm of AFL leaders, who , are aiming at an eventual wage boost twice as large. John Dwyer of the AFL dock union said his men will work but he added: "This is an attempt by the boss es to help their satellites, the old ILA, get off the hook." The ILA also took a dim view of the offer and its executive vice president. Patrick J. Connolly, told reporters: "They are trying to bribe peo ple. What we want is a contract. We resent it very much. It will have no effect." To the port's 24,000 longshore men, the shippers offered an eight cents an hour. wage increase, plus a two cent boost in welfare bene fits—all retroactive to last Oct. 1. It gave the dockers until March 31 to accept the offer. tions." He declined to elaborate that point. Sen. John McClellan (Ark.), the subcommittee's senior Democratic member,•said it this way: "The resignation of any party or parties involved will not set tle or resolve this controversy." Nancy Hagy Wins Old Gold Citation Aly _gy 't— ied activities in the Spring Week committee, the All 'College Chapel Choir and as finalist for Home coming Queen. Busy student leaders can find relaxation and pleasure in the good smoking of an Old Gold. Always a Treat instead of a Treat ment, in King Size or Regular. Advertisement Takes 'Dim View' Spring Storm Leaves Four Dead in Wake NEW YORK, March 25 (W)— A vicious spring storm, tailored for trouble, roared across the mid continent yesterday, leaving at least four dead in three states and a trail of heavy damage. The biggest storm of the new spring season touched off torna does in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkan sas and Missouri. 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