FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1954
German Parliament Gives
Support to Adenauer
. BONN, Germany, Oct. 7 (TP) —Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to
night won overwhelming parliamentary support for his policy of
bringing a rearmed West Germany into the Western Alliance.
In ait uncounted show of hands, the majority of the Bundestag
lower house accepted the London agreement to allow Bonn to raise
12 divisions and an air force as a member of the North Atlantic
Jury Accuses
Owen Laffimore
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TP) —A
federal grand jury today accused
Owen Latfiniore of falsely deny
ing under, oath that he had been
“a follower of the. Communist
line” and a “promoter of Commu
nist interests.”
The controversial Far Eastern
affairs specialist promptly issued
a statement saying he always has
been a loyal, American who fol
lowed the “dictates of my own
conscience and not the commands
of any foreign system.”
The new two-count indictment
was obtained by the government
after the courts voided the cor
nerstone count' of an. earlier in
dictment. This alleged Lattimore
swore falsely when ..he. told the
Senate Internal Security subcom
mittee he had never been a sym
pathizer or any other kind of
promoter of communism or Red
interests.
Nowhere in the new indictment
did the word “sympathizer” ap
pear. The U. S. Court of Appeals
in a decision last July said this
word, as used in the earlier in
dictment was too vague.
Ike's Road Plan Draws
Farmers' Opposition
WASHINGTON, Oct. /'7 (TP)—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
“grand plan” for a 50-billion-dol
lar program to modernize the. na
tion’s highway system drew heavy
opposition from two farin groups.
The opposition, which followed
the reasoning of many governors
when the program was outlined to
them last summer, was countered,
however, with full-scale support
from other organizations.
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Treaty Organization.
The vote amounted to a vote of
confidence for Adenauer’s policy
and' a, swift answer to Soviet For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov’s lat
est bid to block West German re
armament by dangling new hopes
of German reunification.
The West German Socialists,
who have 151 seats in the 487-
member chamber, voted against
the motion. 1
A Socialist countermotion call
ing for another try for a settle
ment with the Russians before
.committing the Western half of
Germany to the free world al
liance was shunted aside into the
oblivion of committee study.
The vote came after more than
11 hours of debate on the Chancel
lor’s report on the results of the
London conference.
Political leaders l in France and
Britain also refused to be diverted
from their plans for Germany by
Molotov’s bid for- another, four
power conference.
His offer to talk over ways to
reunify divided Germany through
free elections and withdraw all
occupation troops- was received
with considerable skepticism.
Molotov spoke during a surprise
visit to East Berlin, ostensibly to
join ceremonies marking the fifth
anniversary of East German state.
Opening the fight in the French
National Assembly for acceptance
of the London agrement to re
arm West Germany, and bring her
into NATO, Premier Pierre Men
des-France promised careful con
sideration of Soviet proposals. .
. “We are ready to study all pro
posals which may lead ;to peace,”
he said, “but is there any incom
patibility between this and the
agreements we reached at Lon
don? No, ladies and gentlemen,
there is no such incompatibility.
The two efforts must proceed side
'by. side.”
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AEC Approves
Dixon-Yafes
Power Contract
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TP)—
A -report by the Atomic Energy
Commission that it has approved
the form of a controversial pri 7
vate power contract with the
Dixon-Yates group. drew an an
gry protest from two senators
■today.
Sen. William. Langer (R-N.D.),
chairman of a Senate Anti
monopoly subcommittee, and Seii.
-E st e s Kefauver . (D-Tenri.), a
member, charged that the AEC
had not shown “proper respect”
for the subcommittee in. acting
on the contract.
In the name of the subcommit
tee, they demanded a copy, of the
minutes of the AEC meeting ,at
which approval was agreed on,
plus a report on how each com
missioner voted.
K. D. Nichols, AEC’s general
manager, had just notified Lang
er’s group that the form of the
contract had been approved Oct.
5,, but that no binding agreement
had been made with the Dixon-
Yates combination.
The AEC is negotiating with
Dixon-Yates for the construction
of a private power plant at West
Memphis, Ark. ■ The 107-miliion
dollar installation would furnish
power to the Memphis area over
the lines of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, replacing electricity
TVA has switched to AEC facili- :
ties at Paducah, Ky.
Wood Questions
State Debt Figure
WASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 7 (TP)
—Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood, Repub
lican candidate for governor, took
issue • tonight with Democratic
claims on the extent of the Com
monwealth’s debt.
Wood said\ the State’s indebted
ness as of Aug. 31 was $405,337,-
864 instead of 895 . millions • as
claimed. by his Democratic op
ponent, Sen. George M. Leader.
His figure, Wood said, does not
include the obligations of the
General State Authority, High
way and Bridge Authority and
Public School Authority.
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Mendes-France Asks
For Vote of Confidence
PARIS, Oct. 7 (IP) —Premier Pierre Mendes-France today threw
his popularity and prestige squarely on the parliamentary scales in
favor'of rearming West Germany under the nine-nation London
agreements.
At the end of an hour-long appeal to the National Assembly,
the Premier appeared to have tilted the balance strongly in his favor
for the first vote which will prob
ably come tomorrow night
Prominent Socialist and Popu
lar Republican MRP deputies pre
dicted Mendes-France will get
between 330 and. 380 votes, well
over the 314 absolute majority.
In a careful, restrained .report
on the London negotiations, the
Premier urged the Assembly—
which killed the European army
plan EDC 8 to endorse German
entry into an integrated defense
force under a revived Brussels
Treaty and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization,
The Socialists, Assembly sources
Said; are likely to tie some strings
to their approval, notably a satis
factory solution of the French-
German dispute over the Saar’s
industrial wealth. But the Pre
mier reiterated he felt the same
way and said he intends to sub
mit. the rearmament plan and a
Saar solution to Parliament for
ratification simultaneously.
Mendes-France asked for parlia
mentary approval of the outlines
of the London agreements and
authority to fill in the details in
the forthcoming Ministerial con
ferences later this month. The
Assembly was not asked to vote
on any treaty text x at this time.
To heavy and prolonged ap
plause, Mendes-France hailed Bri
tain’s pledges to keep troops on
the continent indefinitely, and
said he has no further objections
to bringing West Germany into
NATO as a full member.
Mendes-France asserted the
controls on German rearmament
adopted in the London conference
removed French objections to
bringing West Germany into
NATO.
An estimated 50,000 students in
the United States are eligible to
vote but have not registered or
i obtained absentee ballots.
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Bucknell Demonstrators
Disciplined for Uprising
LEWISBURG, Pa., Oct. 7 (#>)—
Bucknell University today took
disciplinary action against eight
male students who participated in
mass demonstrations against, a
university ban on intoxicants in
fraternity houses.
One student was expelled, three
were suspended and an additional
four were placed on “strict pro
bation” by a three-man disci
plinary committee made up of Dr.
William H. Coleman, Dr, Ray
mond L. Ranck, and Malcolm E.
Musser, dean of men.
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