TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1954 Few Communists In Army Stevens WASHINGTON, May 10 (/P)—Secretary of the Army Robert Ste vens, flaring up at Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R.-Wis.). declared today there are "doggone few" Communists in the Army and he said he's' just as determined as McCarthy to keep every Red out. McCarthy, in turn, accused Stevens of having a "selective mem ory"and of being . "naively and unintelligently anti-Comrriunist " The Wisconsin senator said there are men with Communist connec tions "at this very moment" in one highly sensitive branch of the Army. That subject was dropped for the moment, however, when the Army denied any knowledge of the division McCarthy men tioned. Investigation is Demanded BY Leader HARRISBURG, May 10 (IP) Sen. George M. Leader called to day for an investigation in Gov. I John S. Fine's home county of Luzerne into what the organiza- , tion-backed Democratic candidate ' for governor termed "an organ ized shakedown" of Republican state and local employees. Leader made the demand for the Luzerne County inquiry as the governor flatly denied charges of "macing" state employes for campaign conrtibutions , for • the May .18 primary. The governor told, a newsman that no state, employee would be discharged ,for refusing to parti cipate in a centralized. plan to collect campaign contributions. Forcing contributions from em ployees on the public payroll is termed "macing" in the political dictionary. That is prohibited by state law but voluntary contribu tions are permitted. Leader, who asked for an inves tigation last week into macing charges, sent this telegram today to Dist. Atty Louis Feldman of Luzerne County: "I hereby ball on you to per form your sworn duty and in vestigate the misuse of public employees and the extortion of money from public employees in your county, and to prosecute those responsible for such, vio lations of the law as your investi gation may, show." French Defeat HANOI, Indochina, May 10 (IP) iPhu. —French and Laotian battalions( In another engagement far to defeated several battalions of Vietminh troops today near My ong Khua, only 50 miles from fallen Dien Bien Phu. French fighters and bombers also heavily attacked key roads leading northeast from the rice plains fortress which Red-led troops overran in overwhelming numbers Friday. The routes at tacked were jammed with thous ands of rebel troops and big Molo tov-truck convoys. The French announced that the Vietminh units at • Myong Khua were driven back, leaving 12 dead on the battlefield. They had been covering Vietminh Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap's southwest flanks during the fight - for Dien Bien BY POPULAR DEMAND Because of the many requests reecived from ROTC graduates, we are pleased to announce that A JACOBS & SONS, Inc. - Tailors of Uniforms Since 1891 will hold another UNIFORM DISPLAY FOR AIR FORCE AND ARMY GRADUATES of Penn State on TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954 - State College Hotel This will be your last opportunity to purchase your made-to measure uniforms at special piices and convenient credit terms Be Sure and See Our Representative Today A. JACOBS _fit SONS r INC. 107 W. Fayette St. Baltimore 1, Maryland Both Present Plan In the midst of today's wrang ling, Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Investigations sub committee each came up with a plan to shorten the 13-day-old tel evised inquiry into the McCarthy- Pentagon row. A formal vote on the proposals was the first order of business to morrow and, though the Repub licans hold a 4-3 voting edge, in dications were that if either plan was adopted it was more likely to be the Democratic one. No Short Cuts Acting Chairman Karl. Mundt (R.-S.D.) has announced signifi cantly that he would strongly op pose any cut-it-short move pro posed by either side unless it was acceptable to all the principals in the controversy. Mundt said he would not agree to any shortcut opposed by the principals' as doing "violence to equity and justice." McCarthy told reporters he would reject a Democratic pro posal to set a time limit on future testimony. No Long Answers "That would place a premium on evasion—a premium on making long, unresponsible answers to questions so that a witness could take up most of the time," he said. McCarthy also declared he sees no chance for either of the short cut proposals being approved, and he commented: "That means we'll be at this for a couple of months or more." Strike Back, Communists the south, Vietnamese fought a bitter skirmish with rebel troops near Cuchi, 28 miles west of Sai gonon the road to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. Forty-five rebels were reported killed and one taken prisoner. The air attacks were centered on the road from Tuan Giao, 27 miles northeast of Dien Bien Phu, and running eastward to Na San, 117 miles west of Hanoi. French, Union forces evacuated Na San last August after a valiant de fense against encircling rebels in vastly superior numbers. The French High Command re ported that the warplanes had cut the Tuan Giao-na San road in 10 places. (HE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Brownell Bills Are Submitted To Congress WASHINGTON, May 10 (/1") Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell to day sent - to- Congress two bills designed to advance the program he has announced for dealing with Communists and other subversive elements in the country. One of the bills would give the federal government new authority to bar subversives from privately owned civilian defense plants. The other would empower the Subversive Activities Cont r o 1 Board to order the dissolution of any -business enterprise or labor organization found to be con , trolled by Communists and in a position to affect adversely the national defense or security. In identical letters to Vice Pres ident Richard 'Nixon and House Speaker Joseph Martin( R-Mass), Brownell said that both proposals had been approved , by the White House, and had been reviewed by the National Security Council. He wrote: "These bills will go far toward closing gaps in present laws deal ing with subversion and in tight ening the legal net around the Communist conspiracy." The attorney general noted that present law bars subversiveS from plants directly engaged in defense contracts. Commies Capture French General TOKYO, Tuesday (JP)—A Viet minh communique broadcast by Peiping Radio said today Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries was among those captured at the Indo china fortress of Dien Bien Phu. The communique for the first time mentioned the heroic com mander by name and confirmed previous reports that he had been made a prisoner. "Brigadier Gen. de Castries, commander of the French sector in north West Viet Nam and com mander of the French beleaguered bastion at Dien Bien Phu was taken prisoner by the Viet Nam Peoples Army " said the commu nique as heard in Tokyo. Godfrey to Get Operation NEW YORK, May 10 (R)—Ar thur Godfrey told his radio and TV audience today he's going to have his year-old hip operation done all over again. He said there is "something mechanically wrong" with th e hip, originally injured in an au tomobile accident years ago, but that he did not know what. Ike-Dulles Confer On Indochina Crisis WASHINGTON, May 10 (?) President Eisenhower today dis cussed the Indochina crisis for nearly an hour with Secretary of State Dulles and top defense lead ers amid a surge of activity, sug gesting an urgent review of U.S. policy in Europe and the Far East. It was the second time during the day that Eisenhower, had talked with his defense chiefs. The President conferred with both Secretary of Defense Wil son and Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this morning. Then he summoned them again for an unscheduled White House session with Dulles late in the af ternoon. Asked whether the afternoon session dealt with Indochina, Dulles told newsmen: "That would be a pretty good guess." Meanwhile, a Democratic-led storm- over foreign policy was blowing upon Capitol Hill and elsewhere, with some lawmak ers lambasting Dulles and oth ers accusing the Eisenhower ad ministration, of abandoning a bi partisan foreign policy. Sen. Harry Byrd (D.-Va.) said in a speech before the National Association of Plumbing Contrac tors that "as of now" he would oppose any request by Eisenhower for Congress to authorize the use of U.S. troops in Indochina. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, told newsmen later he knew of no plan for Eisenhower to ask Con gress either for increased de fense funds or steps to put uni versal military training in. ef fect. In another move, Secretary of State Dulles conferred with the ambassadors of Australia, Thail and and the Philippines to discuss his proposal for creation of an an ti-Communist "united front" in the Far East. Lincoln White, State Depart ment press officer, told news men Dulles called the envoys "to find out who is to join the united front and what commit ments they are prepared to make." ' Philippine Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo, who talked with Dulles for half an hour on the Indochina crisis and the threat it poses to nearby Asian countries, told re porters: "On instructions from President Magsaysay, the Philippines is ask ing for implementation of the mu tual defense treaty." Pittsburgh Bus, Trolley Strikes Entangle City PITTSBURGH, May 10 (iP)— This steel city's estimated 200,000 commuters crowded into the Gold en Triangle today, most of them in time for work, despite a strike of 2700 trolley and bus operators. Extra trains, taxis and share the-ride plans replaced the city's 675 trolleys and 196 busses. They remained empty and lined bump er-to-bumper in Pittsburgh Rail ways Co.'s car barns. • Mayor David L. Lawrence, still hopeful of an early settlement, closeted himself with members of his voluntary mediation commit tee. Negotiations to settle the transit dispute got underway last month. The union originally scheduled the strike midnight April 30 but rescinded the order pending fur ther talks. The workers finally walked off the job at 4 a.m. (EST) Sunday after the union rejected a com pany offer to add a cost of living increase to the basic pay rate, The employees now earn an aver age of $1.92 an hour plus the six cent cost of living increment. They want a 30-cent hourly pay hike. C. D. Palmer, railways pres ident, has stated repeatedly a wage increase is out of the ques tion without hiking trolley and bus fares. Red Ballet Cancels Paris Performances PARIS, May 10 (W)—The first week of the scheduled three weeks of performances by a troupe of stars from the Russian ballet was canceled today. There was a strong possibility the dancers might go back to Moscow and Leningrad without ever performing a pirou ette for a Paris audience. The appearance of the Russian company at the Grand Opera House had excited ballet lovers from all over Western Europe. Thousands of letters enclosing money for tickets flooded the box office• at the state-owned 'opera. Military developments in far off Indochina kept the stage dark. There was a wave of resentment in France after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. PAGE THREE
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