/AY: APRIL 8. 1954
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Ike Denies Delay
In Making Hmsaomb
WASHINGTON, April 7 (A')—President Dwight D. Eisenhower said today it's news to
him if—as Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) charges—there was an 18-month "deliberate
delay" in this country's development of the hydrogen bomb.
McCarthy made the .charge last night in a filmed talk on the CBS television program
of Edward R. Murrow. He also blasted Murrow as "the cleverest of the jackal pack . .. at
the throat of anyone who dares to expose Communists and traitors."
Questioned at his news confer- I
ence today, Eisenhower said:
1. He's never heard Of any H
bomb delay and the chairman
(Lewis L. Strauss) of the Atomic
Energy Commission has never
mentioned such a thing to him.
2. He has known Murrow for
years, especially in London during
World War 11, and has always re
garded him as a friend—though
he's never engaged in any philo
sophical discussions with the
commentator.
The Senator, in a talk filmed in
advance, said. America's H-bomb
research was deliberately stalled
while Russia was "feverishly"
working on its own hydrogen wea
pon, and he asked:
"If there were no Communists
in our government, why did we
delay?"
In Kansas City former Presi
dent Truman, who ordered work
on a H-bomb started Jan. 31, 1950
said today there was no delay on
the project.
The Atomic Energy Commission
has anounced its first hydrogen
device was exploded in Novem
ber, 1952, a little less than three
years after Truman gave the go
ahead. Just when actual work on
the bomb began, and when the
bomb was perfected prior to test
ing, have not been announced.
French Aid
Indochinese
Defenses
HANOI, Indochina, April 7 (PP)
—The French strengthened Ha
noi's defenses today against a
possible Red-led rebel thrust as
ground fighting at beseiged Dien •
Bien Phu continued in a lull.
The French killed about 200
Vietminh rebels who attacked
guard strongpoints in the Delta
area around Hanoi.
Fighters and bombers in clear
ing weather again hit heavily at
Vietminh troop concentrations
east and west of the Dien Bien
Phu dustbowl fortress 180 miles
west of here.
The air attacks were . centered
on rebel artillery and anti-aircraft
batteries. The Communist-led reb
els stepped up trench digging on
the western fringes of the plain
indicating preparations for a
heavy attack there.
But some officials in Hanoi fear
Moscow-trained Ho Chi-miny may
make a supreme effort to take
over this key city in the Red
River__ Delta before the Geneva
conferenCe on Far East affairs
opens April 26.
Consequently, they have thrown
up new barbed wire barricades at
strategic points around the city,
and put heavy guards around
power stations, water supply sys
tems, post and telegraph offices
and transportation facilities.
French Request
More U.S. Aid
PARIS, April 7 (JP)—France, un
derlining the importance it at
taches to the battle for Dien Bien
Phu, announced' today it ha d
made another in a series of urg
ent requests to the United States
for more planes and material aid
in Indochina.
Through a French Foreign Min
istry spokesman, the government
made clear it considers all other
aspects, of the Indochina strug
gle subordinate to the fate of the
beleaguered French Union fort
ress.
This applies to the reported
proposals by U.S. Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles for unit
ed action by the countries con
cerned to prevent a Communist
victory in Southeast Asia.
School Tax to . Rise
PHILADELPHIA, April 7 (IP)
Dr. Alfred G. Buehler, chairman
of the Pennsylvania Tax Study
Committee, said today Pennsyl
vanians are going to pay higher
taxes next year to meet the in
creasing cost of education.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Com
mission completed plans today for
financing a 110-mile northeast
' ern extension and f6r its share of
building a bridrle over the Dela
ware River to connect the Penn
sylvania and New Jersey Turn
pikes.
Jordan Chargeh as Threat to Security
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April
7 (R l )—lsrael charged Jordan to
day with undermining Israel's
security by a deliberate campaign
of border incidents and hinted
Jordan could expect reprisals if
Jordanian raids continue across
their tense frontier.
Abba Eban, Israeli delegate to
the United Nations, told a news
conference that the Israeli-Jor
danian armistice agreement had
suffered a breakdown. He said
Israel will demand that the Se
curity Council call in Jordan for
a complete overhauling of the
armistice agreement. The council
will meet tomorrow at 3 p.m.
(E.S.T.) for consideration of the
Israel-Jordan situation.
Eban said 500 Israelis have been
killed since the armistice was
signed five years ago. He said no
one in all Israel lives free from
fear of attacks across the border.
He added "there is a decrease in
the willingness of our people -to
suffer casualties without re
sponse."
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Mrs. Ike Named
'Best-Chapeauecl'
NEW YORK, April 7 (IP) -ma-
mie Eisenhower heads the list of
America's 10 "best-chapeaued"
women named today by 10 top
millinery designers.
Mrs. Eisenhower was chosen by
Sally Victor, who makes the most
of the first lady's hats, because:
"She has done more for the
American hat business than any
first lady since Dolly Madison."
Mine Owners
Urge Wage Cut
WASHINGTON, April 7 (iP)—
Lagging coal production spurred
reports today that some mine own
ers want to demand a union .wage
cut, that welfare fund benefits
may be reduced, and that some
mines are going non-union.
Despite the reported .desire_ of
some producers to ask union lead
er John L. Lewis for lower pay
rates, the big employer Lissocia
tons who do the bargaining with
Lewis appear opposed to the idea.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers (UMW) Union, also
can be expected to oppose strong
ly any effort to - cut wages, now
averaing about $2O a day. Many
operators feel such a move would
disrupt labor relations.
would be resumed soon, Eban
said he would not go beyond or
change what he had expressed in
those diplomatic terms.
Eban disclosed he . conferred
with Russia's Andrei Y. Vishin
sky, president of the Security
Council, on the procedure for to
morrow's meeting. Vishinsky last
month suggested that Israel and
its Arab neighbors undertake di
rect negotiations, Eban said Israel
felt that the present situation is
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Humphrey Defends
Tax Revision Bill
WASHINGTON, April 7 VP)—Secretary of the Treasury Georg(
M. Humphrey defended an administration tax revision bill today as
one which would "help make more and better jobs, bigger payrolls
and better living for everyone."
He told both a Senate committee and a Republican women's
group that althoUgh the measure
would cut taxes about $1.4 billion
its prime purpose is to bring up
to date tax laws which the coun
try since has outgrown. The last
general revision was in 1876, he
said
Fitst Witness
Humphrey was the first witness
as the Senate Finance Committee
opened three weeks of hearings on
the 875-page bill already passed
by the House. A short time earlier,
he addressed the Republican Wo
men's Centennial Conference.
He - struck out at two major
changes which Democrats have
proposed. He attacked a plan to
increase personal income tax ex
emptions, and to strike a provision
reducing taxes on dividend in
come.
Exemptions Opposed
He said the Eisenhower admin
istration is strongly opposed to in
creasing exemptions, both because
"we cannot stand any further loss
in revenue" and because the pro
posal "would entirely remove mil
lions of taxpayers from the tax
rolls."
Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.)
is leading a move to increase ex
emptions by $2OO a year this year
and $4OO a year after that. The
move would cost an estimated $4 l / 2
billion the first year and $8 bil
lion in later years.
Figures Presented
Marion B. Folsom, undersecre
tary of the Treasury, presented
figures to show that the larger
cut would remove 25 million tax
payers from the rolls.
Sen. J Allen Frear (D-Del.), a
co-sponsor of the George proposal,
said that if it is adopted he will
propose another amendment • to
put a $5 and $lO head tax on all
persons thus dropped, to make
them conscious of their responsi
bilities as citizens.
one in which the direct approach
would be a good thing. He was
not able to say, however; whether
Vishinsky had obtained any re
sults from his suggestion.
. Eban submitted a detailed
memorandum to the council list
ing 29 separate border incidents
since last Nov. 24, when the Se
curity Council called on the ar
mistice representatives in Pales
tine to obtain, compliance with its
terms.
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Jenkins Set
To Probe
Army Row
WASHINGTON, April 7 (2EP)—
Ray H. Jenkins, a Tennessee law
yer and gentleman farmer, was
chosen today as the man to get
to the bottom of the bitter 'row
between Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R.-Wis.) and high Army officials.
His appointment as special
counsel for the Senate Investiga
tions subcommittee was announ
ced by Acting Chairman Karl E.
Mundt (R.-S.D.), who also said
hearings in the controversial case
will begin April 21.
Jenkins, 57, is one of the lead
ing trial lawyers of Knoxville,
Tenn. He is a Republican, an
Episcopalian, and f arms as a
hobby.
Interviewed by reporters on
Capitol Hill, Jenkins stated he is
"quite positive" that he is not
prejudiced one way or the other
regarding McCarthy. Asked if he
would care to state his opinion
of the Wisconsin senator, the law
yer replied:
"My opinion of Sen. McCarthy
would not constitute any news. It
would be improper for me to
express an opinion.
"I have no record publicly or
otherwise as to Sen. McCarthy or
what has come to be known as
McCarthyism," he continued.
Jenkins, a heavy-set, sandy
haired man with a calm de
meanor, pledged himself to handle
the big investigation with "no
prejudice, •no bias."
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