WEONESbAY. MARCH 3L 1954
Wilson Calls Bomb
Scare Unbelievable
WASHINGTON, March 30" (IP) Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, speaking
out amid efforts here and in London to soft-pedal atomic scare talk, today gave a cryptic
description of the monster H-bomb blasts in the Pacific as "unbelievable."
- Wilson declined to elaborate on the corn ment at his news conference. Asked if the
American people might be told more about the tests, the defense chief replied:
"I- don't think you should scare everybody so they can't sleep nights."
Wilson made the statement as other top officials apparently sought to calm the wave
of, atomic jitters that spread around the world as a result of belated reports about the so-
called "runaway" H-bomb exp
In related developments:
1. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
newly, returned from, the Pacific
test zone, conferred with Presi
dent Eisenhower at the White
House and later told newsmen he
saw no reason for concern over
the unexpected fury of the March.
1 blast.
• 2. In London, Prime Minister
Churchill told the House of Com
mons that on the basis of British
scientific knowledge there was no
foundation for fears that the
American hydrogen tests might
get out of control.
,
British, outcries against the U.S.
tests have been rising in - volume
since President Eisenhower told
his news conference last Wednes
day something must have hap
pened in the March 1 explosion,
that surprised and astonished the
scientists.
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Chester
Holifield (D-Calif.) who recently
returned from Bikini, said in a
speech to the House that "The
danger of destroying civilization
has become real." "
Holifield, a member of the Sen
ate-House Atomic Committee, said
adequate defense against atomic
attack 'is "a delusion," and he de
clared:
"Civil defense plans to evacu
ate American cities in advance of
an attack is a confession of fail
ure and desperation. Mass exter
mination of millions in any or all
nations can occur during a week
end."
AEC Chairman Strauss, who has
never held a formal news confer
ence since he took over the na
tion's head atomic post last June,
brushed aside a barrage of ques
tions by newsmen as he- emerged
from an hour-long talk with Eis
enhower at the White House.
Europe Defense Treaty
Gets German Ratification
BONN, Germany, March 30 (24))—Disarmed West Germany rati
fied the European Defense Community treaty today, but the belief
grew among Germans that this American-supported plan to strength
en Western defenses against Russia is dying.
President Theodor Heuss penned , his name to the treaty in his
Rhineside villa, completing a two
year process of German ratifica
tion.
Powers Ease
Russian Trade
LONDON, March 30 ((P) -L-The
Western Big Three agreed tonight
to ease the controls on trading
with Soviet Rus s i a—but ' with
strict security safeguards.
A communique issued after a
two-day conference among U. S.
Foreign Aid Chief Harold Sta.ssen
and top British and French offi
cials said . the three countries
would work for "an expansion of
trade" with the Soviet bloc in Eu
• rope . -"compatible With security re
quirements."
They ruled out any change in
the tight controls on trade with
Red China and North Korea.
The communique said that the
United States, Britain, and France
will open talks with the Allied
countries with .a view to revising
the bans.
_on . trade with Russia
"by narrowing substantially their
scope and increasing their effec
tiveness."
TV Grid Control Asked
KANSAS CITY, March 30 (W)
—The NCAA's television commit
tee today recommended a nation
ally controlled TV football pro
gram and promptly ran into major
opposition from the Big Ten
conference on the issue of re
gional telecasting.
osion. at Bikini on March 1
Churchill Defends ..
Bomb Experiments
LONDON, March 30 (W)—Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill
today asserted American H-bomb experiments in the Pacific are
essential to free world defense. He spurned Laborite demands he
use his influence to have them called off.
Churchill calld the H-bomb
Kelley Claims
-lousing Cuts
inhumane'
WASHINGTON, March 30 (JP)
—Rep.' Kelley (D-Pa) today cri
ticized the House appropriations
committee's cut in President Ei
senhower's housing program as
"shcirtsighted, inhumane."
The President had proposed
35,000 public housing units a year
for four years. The appropriations
committee cut this to 20,000 the
first year, 15,000 the next and
none thereafter.
Kelley said he 'considers Eisen
hower's proposal inadequate but
far superior to that voted by the
appropriations group, and that
therefore he will support the
President.
"The Eisenhower administra
tion came into office on a lot of
promises including one dealing
with better housing," Kelley told
the House.
With this step West Germany
became the second of the six West
European nations to complete ac
tion on the plan to create a two
million man, six-nation army.
The Netherlands also has rati
fied. The Belgian Parliament has
approved the treaty, and it now
needs only King Baouduoin's sig
nature. Luxembourg is believed
certain, to follow suit. Thus rati
fication by West Germany tossed
EDC's fate squarely into the laps
of France and Italy.
These two countries have yet to
vote on the treaty signed by their
governments in May, 1952. There
is mounting pessimism here that
EDC will founder in one or both
of these countries. This feeling is
shared by many top level German
and Allied officials here.
In Italy, Premier Mario Scelba's
Cabinet failed again today to act
on EDC. Reports from Rome said
the treaty has little chance for
final passage before autumn.
In France, Premier Joseph. Lan
iel's government -has declined to
set a date for a vote on EDC in
the National AsSembly despite
pressure from the United States.
German government officials
believe EDC would be ratified if
it were placed before the Assem
bly now. But they said the latest
word from Paris is that Laniel
Will not ask the Assembly for a
decision before May 15, if then.
THE DAILY 09t.LEGII?kNs STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
the "greatest possible deterrent
against the outbreak of World War
III."
Seeking to calm the wave of
anxiety raised here by the ap
parently limitless pow e r un
leashed in the Pacific, tes t s,
Churchill assured the House of
Commons U.S. scientists were in
complete control of the awesome
weapon.
Published reports here had in
dicated that the first U.S. weap
on, exploded March 1, had gotten
out of control.
The Prime Minister revealed
that British detection instruments
recorded the explosion of a sec
ond weapon Saturday. He let the
House know, moreover, that he is
in "almost hourly" communication
with Washington on atomic and
other problems.
Despite prodding from Labor
Party Leader Clement Attlee - ,
Churchill refused to summon an
immediate meeting of the Big
Three on atomic and hydrogen
weapons. But the 78-year-old
statesman made clear he still
hopes to meet with Soviet Pre
mier Georgi Malenkov and Pres
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower some
time in the future.
The Prime Minister told the
House that not only did Britain
have no power to stop the tests,
but "I am sure that it would not
be right or wise for us to ask
that it should be stopped.
"W he n similar experiments
were conducted by the Russians,
I cannot remember that anyone
suggested that such representa
tions should be made to the So
viet Union.
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Congress Approves
Cut in Excise Taxes
WASHINGTON, March 30' (JP) —Congress passed a bill today to
reduce excise taxes by 999 million dollars a year, beginning Thurs
day, on a wide range of goods ranging from refrigerators to lipstick.
The measure now goes to the White House for President Eisen
hower's signature. Congressional
Plane Hits
Mess . Hall,
Kills Five
FT. BRAGG, N.C., March 30 (4 )
—A big Flying Boxcar, falling in
flames, glanced off an officers
quarters, bounced across a par
ade ground and crashed into a
mess hall here today.
Seven men died in the crash
and in flames that shot from the
wreckage of the shattered plane
and mess hall. At least 10 men
were injured, the Air Force re
ported.
Five. of the dead were in the
plane and two in the mess hall.
Two airmen and two soldiers in
the plane were hurt. Five others
in the mess hall, preparing din
ner for an Army psychological
warfare unit, were among the in
jured. One man was hurt fighting
fire and trying to rescue the
injured.
Only the time element kept the
death toll from mounting into the
scores when the plane - crashed
about 10 a.m. More than 150
soldiers would have been in the
mess hall two hours later.
Scores of soldiers and civilians
at this huge Army post stood
horrified as the crippled Cll9
plane, which had just taken off
from adjacent Pope- Air Force
Base for Louisville, Ky., turned
in a cloudy - sky and tried des
perately to make it back to Pope.
The pilot, Lt. Albert W. Parks,
25, of Cannelton, Ind., was credit
ed by the Air Force with a heroic
effort to save his plane. Injured,
he died three hours after the
plane crashed.
The mess hall, torn apart by
the force of the crash, burst into
flames. The wreckage, fed by
gasoline from the plane, burned
for several hours.
HoUse Strikes Provision
WASHINGTON, March 30 (p)-
-The House struck from an ap
propriations bill today a provision
which would have permitted
starting 20,000 new public hous
ing units in the next year.
Though the public housing is
sue is expected to be revived lat
er, today's action left little hope
for the program of President Eis
enhower, who has asked authority
for 35,000 units a year in the next
four years. •
CREA
eaders predicted confidently that
he would sign it tomorrow.
The House approved the excise
cuts 391-1 after conflicting Senate
and House versions of the legisla
tion were ironed out by a com
promise committee.
Then the Senate passed the
compromise 72-8 acting to give the
American public its first general
reduction in excise takes in 30
years.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, said the President
probably would sign the bill to
morrow morning. If he does, taxes
on refrigerators and similar house
hold appliances will be cut in half
April 1, and the rates for jewelry,
sporting goods, cosmetics, and
many other products, will drop.
Although the administration is
not happy about losing so much
revenue at this time, the President
is not expected to veto the bill.
Congressional leaders pointed
out that while it cuts revenues
999 million it also extends 1951
excise increases which will bring
the government $1,077,000,000 in
the next year. These increases
were due to expire April 1.
The administration has forecast
a budget deficit of $2,900,000,000
for the fiscal year beginning July
1. With the latest cuts, this deficit
May rise about another billion
dollars.
Many merchants and manufac
turers figure the tax cuts will give
a big boost to retail sales.
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