THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1954 • McCarthy Reveals Stevens' ' 'Threats' i WASHINGTON, April 28 (IP)—ln an atmosphere of ever-growing bitterness, the Sen ate's 'McCarthy-Pentagon investigators began delving today into whether Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens "threatened reprisals" against a general for praising and cooperat ing with Sen. Josqth R. McCdithy (R.-Wis.) This new line of inquiry developed near the end of a hectic day punctuated by irate exchanges between McCarthy and opponents especially over new Army charges of de luxe treat ment for a drafted aide of the Senator, Pvt. G. David Schine. Ray H. Jenkins, special counsel to the Senate Investigations sub committee, brought up the ques tion of "threatened reprisals," naming Maj. Gen. Kirke Lawton, commander of the Army Signal Corps' Center at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., as the general involved. Jenkins announced he proposed to read Lavvton's testimony at a secret subcommittee hearing last Oct. 14 on the subject of alleged Communist infiltration at Ft. Monmouth arid its radar labora tories. He said he would do this in preparation for cross-examin ing Stevens on whether "he did or. did not threaten reprisals against Gen. Lawton" because Lawton cooperated and 'compli mented" McCarthy and his sub committee. . Democratic Senators Stuart Sy mington (Mo.) and John L. Mc- Clellan ',Ark.) 'objected to this testimony being made public be fore they had a chance 'to read it, so the hearing recessed overnight. Stevens testified he "had a talk with" Lawton. and discussed the possibility of removing him, as a result of an address the general gave to Ft. Monmouth officers— Ito the • effect that soldiers with pro-Communist leanings seem to come from a certain eight or ten colleges 52 Arrested By Police In Cairo CAIRO, Egypt, April '2B M Th swift, pr=-dawn raids squads of Egyptian, military police, arrested 12 army officers and 40 civilians today on charges of conspiring with Communists tb promote May Day riots. • The police acted on direct or ders of Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nas ser, Egypt's strong man Premier. A spokesman for Nasser said the action, taken after a lengthy meeting .of the ruling Revolution ary Council. was aimed at purg ing the army of "dissident ele ments." Among the 12 officers were nine who had opposed Nasser last February when he removed Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib as Presi dent and Premier. The nine had been arrested then on charges of engaging in Communist activities, but released a short time later. Naguib was restored to power as Premier and President for a while, but Nasser emerged as un disputed No 1 man ten days ago when he tcok over the premier ship. from the ailing Naguib, who retains his title as President. • Maj. Aamin Shaker,' chief aide de camp to Premier Nasser, told newsmen the 12 officers would be triethby court-martial and handed out the "most severe punishment." Queen Defies , Death Threat ENTEBBE, Uganda, April 28 (W) --Queen Elizabeth II defied a Mau Mau death threat and flew to Uganda today on her world tour. And thousands of Baganda tribesmen, ignoring nationalist demands that they stay. away, turned out in a tremendous wel come to the young monarch. Elizabeth, all smiles, stepped from the British airliner which brought her to this British pro tectorate in East Africa from Aden, accompanied by her hus band, the Duke of 'Edinburgh. Strict security precautions were taken to guard Elizabeth and her husband. Native police lined the two mile route from the airport to Government House, where 5000 guests attended an afternoon gar den party in honcir of the royal guests. Fuels Conference WASHINGTON, April 28 (M Governors,of coal producing states today • set up a "permanent fuels conference" to help pull the coal industry out of its present slump. They also adopted a resolution calling upon Congress members from their states to back legisla tion curbing im_ports of fuel oil that competes with coal. Do You Have That Craving For. Sweets!! - TAKE HOME SOME BULK WHITE AND MILK CHOCOLATE A Variety of HARD CANDY from The . Candy Cane Open Between the 9 :30 a.m. -10 p.m. movies & & Sun. afternoon the diner Remember, we take films to be developed by the Centre County Film Lab Fiench H.At - !* L-ebel Drive • HANOI, Indochina, April 28 (R)—French troops today hammered back attempts by Vietminh rebels to crack Western barricades with in 600 yards of the command headquarters of besieged Dien Bien Phu. •The Communist-led rebels were increasing their pressure also on Dien Bien Phu's, southernmost strongpoint—three miles from- the center a: the fokress and cut off from road communication with it. There was no estimate of the forces involved in clashes at either point, or any announcement on casualties. Additional fortifications were being built within the ' hard pressed main fortress area, now less than a mile in diameter. The main rebel pressure at the Isabelle strongpoint was on the eastern bank of the Youm River, which flowsthrough the heart of the Dien Bien Phu plain in north west Indochina. 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In the final policy session of its 42nd annual meeting, the U.S. Chamber called on the govern ment for a stronger continental defense, including early warning of enemy attack. It advised companies to dup licate and store important rec ords and blueprints for rebuild ing. and to be ready when nec essary to transfer production from bombed-out plants to un damaged ones. Nehru, All Clash COLOMBO, Ceylon, April 28 (W) —A bitter clash between India's Prime Minister Nehru and Pakis tan's Mohamined Ali over Kash mir marked the opening sessions today of the five-nation confer ence of Asian Prime Ministers. French military sources said the rebels were expected to launch an attempt soon to smash the strongpoint and then move north in a drive to tighten the noose around the main fortress area. MOTHER'S DAY Cards &.Giffs . - NITTANY CARD & GIFT SHOP College Ave. Opp. Ath. Halt Red China Leader Rejects U.S. Policy GENEVA, April 28 (P)—Red China's Premier Chou En-lai, ad mitted to the councils of the world's major powers for the first time, today rejected American policy in the Far East. He called for a pro grain of "Asia for the Asians" with foreign troops and bases banned. Chou spoke- at the .19-nation Far Eastern conference after U.S. Secretary of State Dulles rejected I North Korea's proposals for all- Korean elections on the ground they would transform the country into a Communist puppet state. Outside the conference hall work progressed on first steps to ward halting the bloodshed in Indochina. RuSsia suggested an immediate meeting of belligerents on the evacuation 'of "hundreds upon hundreds" of French wound ed from besieged Dien Bien Phu. The Soviet Union' proposed also that representatives of the Corn , munist-led Vietminh be admitted Ito the Geneva conference when it takes up the question of a peace settlement' for Indochina. Chou Demands Status In a bitter denunciation of the West, Chou ranged over a wide field. He demanded a standing alongside the Big Four, opposed rearmament of Western Germany and' even demanded a ban on the H-bomb.. "For the first time, the Chinese people are the real masters of their fate." he said. "No force can or will prevent China from be coming strong and prosperous." Although twenty nations with a population of one billion recog nize China, he - said, the United States had withheld recognition. Chou Accuses U.S. Chou said U.S. policy in the Far East is aimed at creating an aggressive bloc and that this is the main source of tension in Asia. The Korean war, he contended, was planned by the United States "as a springboard for aggression against China." He accused the United States of dragging out the truce negotiations on the pretext of concern for war prisoners and said 48,000 Red prisoners had been retained. "This question," he said, "is in no way closed. "This conference canna:: escape it." BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ALTOONA "Coke" h b regtsteied trade-mark. 10 1954, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Reds Poise 22 Divisions In Germany WASHINGTON, April 28 (iF)— Washington heard tonight that Russia has a ready-made spear head of 22 divisions, most of them armored outfits, spotted in _Ger many where they could advance into Western Europe. Within 30 days of the jump-off on any such attack, Soviet and satellite countries could muster 400 divisions, it was stated. The total of men under arms today in Russia, Eastern Germany and in East European satellites is placed at over six million, of whom about 4. 1 / 2 million are in ground armies. The Soviet Union's 20,000- plane fleet of fighters, battlefield bombers and heavy bombers is being converted swiftly into a deadly and completely modern jet force. This new assessment of com munist military power came from informed diplomatic officials Who may not be identified otherwise. Arrayed against this Commun ist strength are about 100 divi skins available to the Supreme Command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, with. about 2000 planes in condition to fight immediately. These latter figures were disclosed recently by Sen. J. Lawton Collins, V. S. rep resezatative on the military com mittee of NATO. PAGE THREE
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