WEDNESDAY. MAY 5. 1954 / Monmouth , A ffai r Warned Dangerous • WASHINGTON, May 4 (R)--An alleged "secret and confidential" letter from J. Edgar Hoover, Warning of a highly dangerous Security ,situation at. Fort Monmouth, NJ., touched off a new uproar in the MCCarthy-Pentag'on hearings today. The dispute arose after the tee, blocked a Republican drive to with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) as the final witness.. Dirksen Asks Night Sessions As the ninth day of the inquiry ended, Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R.-Ill.) called for night and Sat urday sessions: if . necessary to speed up the investigp.tion.. • ' McCarthy set off the latest.row by producing what he described as "one of a series of letters" from FBI Director Hoover." McCarthy said Hoover had given repeated warnings of. what, the senator termed a `-`tremendously danger ous" situation involving security risks at the Ft. Monmouth radar laboratories. Protests Legality Army counsel Joseph N. Welch protested it was improper for Mc- Carthy to have such a letter— labeled "Secret and Confidential" —in his possession, and declared it looked to him as if the senator was breaking the law. McCarthy brought out the •let ter in cross-examination of Sec retary of the Army Robert T. Ste vens, after suggesting that asso ciates of atom spy Julius Rosen berg continued to do secret work at Ft. Monmouth long after the Army secretary took office. Charges Coleman A man mentioned by McCarthy in this connection was Aaron Coleman. Under questioning by Sen. John D. McClellan (D.-Ark.), Mc C art h y acknowledged that Coleman has sworn he was not a CoMmunist. McCarthy has an nounced he will seek perjury ac tion against- Coleman, who has described himself as "anti-Corn-, munist in, word and speech.'l Then cCarthy produced' the purported letter from Hoover. He didn't say where he got it, except to deny it came from the FBI files. The date 'of the letter was given both as Jan. 26 ; 1951, and Oct. 26, 1951, but the discrepancy was not 'cleared Up. Stevens be came secretary of 'the Army in February, 1953: Lawyers Guild Wins Decision WASHINGTON, May 4 (fP)— The National Lawyers Guild won a court order today preventing Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell, tem porarily at least, from taking steps toward listing the• guild as subversive. The. U.S. Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 vote, said "interests of justice would be served best" by holding in abeyance a hearing ordered by Brownell until the .legal issues can be thrashed out in U.S. Dis trict Court. • Brownell first announced he prop9sed to list the Lawyers Guild as subversive in a speech before the American Bar Association in Boston last August He called the guild the legal mouthpiece of th'e CoMmunist party. The Court of Appeals in its de cision' today overruled: J ud g e Keech and directed that Brownell take no further steps until ,the case has been heard on its merits in the lower court. Army, and the Democrats on the Senate Investigations subcommit cut the televised hearings hort and maybe wind them up this week Canada's. Pearson Defends U.S. Policy GENEVA, May 4 (JP)—Canada's Lester B. Pearson lashed out to day at Communist attacks on American policy in Asia with a declar ation that "Asia for the Asians is not the same as—indeed in the opposite of—Asia for the Cominform." The Canadian foreign secretary told the 19-nation Korean con- Outside Help For Indochina Is Discussed PARIS, May 4 —Premier Jo seph Laniel told the French Na tional Assembly today his govern ment had discussed the poSsibility of outside military aid for the In dochinese War, but had been care ful to take no action which would risk provoking a general con flict in Asia. Laniel spoke in a discussion on setting a date, for the deputies to debate Indochina policy. The Assembly, just back from its Easter vacation, erupted with criticism of the government's handling of both the military sit uation in Indochina and the ne gotiations at Geneva. Some observers said the govern thent might be in danger. Several deputies, mostly from the Left, asserted the Cabinet had asked for dir6ct American intervention in the war during the parliamentary vacation and thus risked a general conflict in Asia. In a short speech, frequently punctuated, by shouts and jeers from the Left, Laniel said, how ever, the government had only constulted its Allies_ on all possible means of action toaid Dien Bien Phu. Froin 10,000 to 12,000 troops are defending, that fortress. • Poet Escorts Piincess LONDON, May 4 (?P)—Princess Margaret was around town last night with a new escort—poet Ga vin Maxwell. Maxwell ; 39, is a cousin of the Duke of Northumberland. He wrote a best seller about it called "Harpoon at a Venture." 2420 X-rays Taken A total of 2420 free chest X-rays were taken of students, faculty, staff, and University employees over a three-day period last week. Senival Splendor! "OUEEN OF SHEBA" RAILS INTO LARAMIE John Payne Mary, Blanchard Alec Guinness "MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT" THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ference that "It would be no con tribution either to Asian peace or prosperity, independence, or. dig nity, if the Japanese ,East Asian co-prosperity sphere of World War 11, were exchanged for the Chinese East Asian co-conimunist empire." After Pearson spoke, the 'con ference sessions. on Korea were recessed until Friday. There were WASHINGTON, May 4 . (. 1 1 3 ) = Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returned by plane , from Europe tonight and told news men that the conferences with the Reds in Geneva "are devel oping just about as expected." these develoi)inents 'affecting In dochina: A French spokesman said it was hoped to get the Indochinese talks under way by Friday or the week end at the latest. Five Vietminh rebel leaders arrived from Endo china to jOin the talks. Viet Nam, the third and largest state, has al ready agreed to participate; but opposes any settlement that would entail division of the country into Communist and anti-Communist zones. French sources indicated the French may take advantage of the two-day recess to hold "indirect" talks with the Vietminh delegates who arrived today. Now that the Vietminh Deputy Premier and Foreign -Minister Pham Van Dong has reached Gen:- eva, the French were expected to renew their efforts to obtain a cease fire to permit evacuation of wounded from beleaguered Dien Bien Phu. ....191. :5 • someone on 5r7 • 1/,:_-, ,i ,-.,,,- ,:;.,::, 6Az , Ao x, the best - liked candy in the world McLANAHAN'S BULLETIN Remember Mother's May 9th chocolates - . f? The Sampler 1 lb. 2.25 2 lb. 4.50 Diplomatic Moves Set for Indo-China WASHINGTON, May 4 (io—Sen.. Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt) re• ported today that President Dwight D. Eisenhower plans further diplomatic moves in the Indochinese crisis and that these negotia tions will determine whether any military action is taken. The President, Flanders told newsmen, does not favor American military operations in Indochina unless this country "has the sup port of the people of that region." It was. reported reliably _that Eisenhower has quietly informed the French and British govern ments that the United States gov ernment does not consider a par tition of war-torn Indochina as an acceptable means of ending the fighting there. The President was reported to have sent a secret message to this effect to Geneva Friday. It was understood: to have been ad dressed to Secretary of State Dul les, who relayed it to the 'British and French over the weekend. White House and State D2part ment sources said the communica tions was intended to clarify news reports of Eisenhower's remarks at his news conference last Thurs day, some of which officials be lieved to have been distorted. As Flanders reported on his conference with Eisenhower, Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles was flying home from a 15-day visit to Europe to take a hand in charting new efforts to line up free nations in his faltering drive for united action to save South east Asia from the Communists. There were signs that he will undergo a searching examination about American policy in the la test negotiations with the Com munists. China is Accused Of Narcotics Plot UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., May 4 (W)—Red China was accused to day of stepping up its sale of nar cotics in a government-operated plot to spread drug addiction and use of the money proceeds to spread communism. The charge came from Harry J. Anslinger, U.S. Narcotics com missioner. Similar to char ges voiced in past sessions about Red China's role in the narcotic drugs traffic, they included new details which Anslinger put before the UN Commission on Narcotics Drugs. Jr' Tokyo today American mili tary doctors were told that the Army has no immediate solution to the problem of stopping Com munist agents fr o m spreading drug addiction among Allied sol diers in the Far East. : • : 3111111111111111111 i 11111111111111911 I11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111illt = Before chosing her gift, be sure to see , E the adorable hand made corages - with the painted earrings to match. ~~~ where they will be wrapped nicely and mailed for you Ammummiiiiiiiiiimilminimimmiiimitimmuimmimmutimi mmi rTi Dickenspn Guilty; Gets Ten Years WASHINGTON, May 4 (JP)—Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson was con victed today and sentenced to- 10 years at hard labor on charges of informing on his comrades in a. Korean prisoner of war camp and currying favor with his Red Chinese captors. Both the conviction and the prison sentence are subject to au tomatic consideration by an Army Review Board, which may act in about a month. The unprecedented court-martial of the 23-year-old farm ,boy from Cracker's Neck, Va., ended late in the afternoon of its 12th day. Dickenson was tried on charges of collaborating with the Chinese communists and informing the Reds about the escape plans of a buddy, former Pfc. Edward M. Gaither of Philadelphia. He was convicted on both counts—the first time a war prisoner had ever been so tried and convicted. Hollow-eyed and haggard, Dick enson stared gloomily at the ma roon-carpeted floor as the verdict was returned after 10 1 /2 hours of deliberation by eight high-rank ing Army officers. The soldier's blonde bride of fourth months, Kate, fought down tears as she chewed nervously at her finger nails. Dickenson, is one of 23 American prisoners of war who refused re patriation and chose to stay with the Reds after the Korean armis tice. But he and one other, Claude Batchelor' of Kermit, Tex., later changed their minds and chose to return to this country. 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