WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1954
Fra neo-German
Leaders Meet
PARIS; Oct. 19 (JP) —Leaders of France and West Germany to
day plunged into an elaborate diplomatic work schedule aimed at
making the Bonn government an important cog in the Western de
fense ' system.
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France met with West Germany
Progress Noted
In Saar Valley
Status Case
PARIS, Oct. 19 (/P) —French of
ficials tonight reported some prog
ress was made toward solving the
status of the Saar valley. The re
- port came after six hours of con
ferences between Premier Pierre
Mendes-France and West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
The two statesmen ranged over
problems standing in the way of
West German sovereignty and re
armament.
A communique issued by the
French said in connection with
the Saar dispute:
“Some progress was accom
plished in the course of this first
exchange of views which will be
followed by other conversations
in the course of the present week
as the work of experts advances.”
Today’s conference was the cur
tain raiser for a series of big pow
er meetings designed to ■ bring
West Germany into a strength
ened Brussels alliance and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion.
The Saar is the important issue
because the French will not act
on German rearmament until
some agreement on the Saar val
ley is reached. The French wish
to retain the economic union with
the steel and coal-rich Saar. The
Germans maintain the valley is
part of Germany and want at
least greater freedom of trade
between Germany and the area.
It belonged to Germany before
World War 11.
'Captain Video'
Testifies on TV
Crime, Horror
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (£>)—
“Captain Video” stepped out of
his space suit temporarily today
to play a starring role before a
Senate subcommittee probing the
impact of TV crime and horror
shows .on teenagers.
The captain, whose off-stage
name is A 1 Hodge and who comes
from New York City, said his six
year-old program never mentions
the word “kill,” makes no use of
guns that shoot people dead—but
only weapons which “immobilize,
but don’t pain.”
Moreover, he told the subcom
mittee headed by Sen. Hendrick
son (R-N.J.): “We don’t use capi
tal punishment. We confine our
criminals in rehabilitation cen
ters on the planet Ganymede.”
Hendrickson asked:
“Captain, is there much tension
in your show?”
' “Well,” said Hodge, “it is an
adventure show.” He emphasized
the word “is.”
The committee heard earlier
testimony that some television
crime and violence shows build up
tensions in teenagers which pro
voke anxiety complexes some
times followed by violence.
Tobacco Cancer
Will Be Probed
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (iP) —A
broad six-point study seeking
knowledge whether cigarettes or
other forms of tobacco cause lung
cancer or other health hazards
was announced today. •
It is the first announcement of
a big research program headed by
the Scientific Advisory Board of
the Tobacco Industry Research
Committtee.
It will include numerous stud
ies of humans,, including emotion
al habits of smokers, as well as
tests on animals.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for
a thorough examination, of
French-German relations. The
most crucial issue is the dispute
over the status of the coal and
steel-rich Saar.
The two statesmen, flanked by
their experts, met for an hour in
the-quiet subui'ban chateau of the
Celle-Saint-Cloud, a stately brick
mansion, now covered over with
white stucco. It was once the res
idence of Mme. De Pompadour,
the mistress of King Louis XV.
They had a 20-minute private
meeting before the hour-long ses
sion.
Last Major Hurdle
The Saar issue appeared to be
the last major hurdle in a crowd
ed timetable which :by Saturday
morning envisages the signing of
agreements to end the Allied oc
cupation of West Germany, re
store sovereignty to West Ger
many, v put West Germany and
Italy into an expanded Brussels
alliance, and add the West Ger
mans to the 14-nation North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
The French Premier has stated
he will not ask his Parliament to
ratify any of these accords until
he has a satisfactory Saar settle
ment in an overall package deal.
Broad Scale Program \
-But Mendes-France was report
ed also ready to,propose a broad
scale program of commercial and
industrial cooperation between
France fend West Germany which
could cut the Saar issue down to
a relatively secondary size.
The Premier is said to favor a
policy of joint economic expans
ion, including French-German de
velopment of North Africa and
other French overseas territories,
joint aircraft production in North
Africa and greater French-Ger
man trade. This program would
serve as a framework for a Saar
solution acceptable to parliaments
on both sides of the frontier.
A dramatic economic agree
ment might persuade the two par
liaments to swallow the sacrifices
implied in any compromise on the
Saar region over which France
and Germany -have disputed for
decades.
Britain, Egypt Sign
Suez Canal Treaty
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 19 (/P) —
Under close security guard, Brit
ish and Egyptian diplomats to
night signed a historic treaty to
end Britain’s occupation of the
Suez Canal zone , within 20
months. A proclamation held
Egyptian police and armed forces
in a state of alert after alleged
agents of the Communists and
the fanatical Moslem Brother
hood had stoned and wrecked
two buses near Cairo.
Officials said the altering proc
lamation was merely precautional.
They explained the incident that
prompted it occurred at a youth
rally held in the Giza area near
the giant pyramid to . celebrate 72
years of British military activity
in Egypt.
Duties Leaves for Rearmament Talks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (/P)—
Secretary of State Dulles left for
Paris today, cautiously hopeful
that France will agree in a series
of meetings beginning tomorrow
to decisive action on arming West
Germany as a fullfledged partner
in the Atlantic alliance.
Dulles said there are “many dif
ficult problems” to be solved in
wording out the package deal un
der which West Germany will
soon begin forming a dozen di
visions. But he declared that these
problems can be solved provided
European leaders tackle them
with a spirit of cooperation and
“a sense of high responsibility.’.’
Decisive ' Meeting .
The conferences will build up
into a decisive meeting of North
Atlantic Council members on Fri
day.
Dulles promised that the United
States will give “sympathetic and
responsive”- attention tp whatever
action the ' Europeans take for
THE, DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
UN Rejects
Red Charges
Decisively
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct.
19 (JP) —The UN Assembly Steer
ing Committee decisively reject
ed Soviet demands today for im
mediate debate on American air
and seat activity around Formosa
and the ocean off the Red China
mainland.
It Voted 12-2 to postpone the
question for 14 days after new
and bitter exchanges in the
committee between TJ.S. dele
gate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
and Russia's. Andrei Y. Vishin
sky; Russia and Czechoslovak
ia voted against-the delay.
Lodge said the United States is
willing arid ready to put the ques
tion on the Assembly work pro
gram or to postpone it—whatever
the rest of the committee wanted.
But he asked the committee
whether Russian attack on the
United States didn’t mask another
Communist aggression in the
making.
France's Henri Hoppenot, sup
porting the delay move, hinted
mysteriously that is a fort
night "events in Europe or here"
might Mve taken a turn that
will influence Vishinsky not to
.press his point. He did not ex
plain what he meant although
Vishinsky asked him to.
Vishinsky voiced Russian
charges as well as Red China ac
cusations that the United States
was guilty of aggression, against
Formosa, which he called an _ in
tegral part of Chiha, and against
Red mainland China.
17 Insurance Firms
Accused of Fraud
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (IP) —The government accused 17 of the
nation’s health, hospital and accident insurance companies today of
misrepresenting, benefits they offer millions of customers.'
Chairman Edward F. Howrey of the Federal Trade Commission
announced the complaints, charg:
tisihg.” He said that in a 10-
month inquiry of nearly 900 other
health artd accident insurance
companies, the ETC has found
hundreds of similar practices and
will file additional complaints.
Today’s ETC action involved
companies in Texas, Missouri, Il
linois, Utah, New York, Indiana,
Delaware, Nebraska and Arkan
sas. In some cases, the commis
sion said, misleading statements
were made about the extent of
coverage of policies; in others
there was alleged misrepresenta
tion about maximum benefits or
other matters
“In the aggregate,” the FTC
said, “the 17 companies named in
the proceedings account for an
nual premiums of 300 million dol
lars, representing about one-third
of the total accident and. health
coverage on an individual policy
basis in the United States.
The commission listed a variety
of alleged misrepresentations but
no one company was charged
with committing all.
strengthening their own unity and
power.-
It was the second time in about
three weeks Dulles had emplaned
for a European capital to deal
with Germany’s future and the
fate of West Europe’s defense
system. His last trip was to Lon
don where were laid, the basic
plans for making West Germany
an ally.
The effort under way is a re
sult of a vote in the French As
sembly ~ two months ago which
liiiiizsi.
Forrest
Tucker
Result of Vote
. Vera Joan
Ralston LdsliU
"JUBILEE TRAIT
Wood States Doubts
Of Leader's Ability
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 (JP) —Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood, Bo
publican candidates for governor, said today his Democratic oppo
nent, Sen. George M. Leader, would be “putty" in the hands
“selfish political bosses” if elected governor.
Leader was described by Wood as “an inexperienced legislator*’
who is a “front man" for Mat
thew H. McCloskey Jr., Philadel
phia contractor and Democratic
’State finance chairman; Mayor
David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh,
Democratic national committee
man, and Mayor Joseph S. Clark
of Philadelphia.
Wood, in a prepared speech to a
GOP rally, then said:
“This gang of political opportu
nists must be stopped in their
tracks and with the help of the
good citizens of Pennsylvania,
they will be stopped.”
Issues Statement
Meanwhile, Atty. Gen. Frank
F. Truscott, Republican nominee
for lieutenant governor, issued a
statement at Harrisburg declaring
that “serious dissension has de
veloped in the high command” at
Democratic headquarters.
“Conflict between two oppos
ing factions has destroyed all
semblance' of harmony, according
to these reports,” he said.
Earlier, Wood issued a state
ment at Harrisburg declaring cit
ies governed by Democratic ad
ministrations have heavier taxes
than those governed by Republi
can administrations:
‘The average per capita tax in
11 cities controlled by Democratic
administrations was $21.00 in
1952;
ig “false and misleading adver-
Negro Enlisted
By State Police
HARRISBURG, Oct. 19 (JP)—
John R. .Dudley, 22, the first Negro
state police recruit in the history
of the Commonwealth,, today be
gan trairiirig at the Hershey State
Police Academy. _
Gov. John S. Fine reported th't
Dudley, a Wilkes-Barre native and
one of eight children, passed in
itial tests arid was sworn in yes
terday at the Harrisburg police
headquarters.
“I am certainly most delighted
that ariother barrier to the equal
ity of man in Pennsylvania has
been shattered by the "Fine ad
ministration,” the governor said
in a statement
Col. C. M. Wilhelm, state police
comririssiorifer, said there have
been several applications in the
past from Negroes, but they were
rejected frir failing to meet stiff
entrance requirements.
killed plans for a European De
fense Corinriunity that was to
make Germany arid France part
ners in a European military sys
tem. The system now proposed
will be more loosely organized
but it will have Britain’s full
participation—a great advantage
in the eyes of the French govern
ment.
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Hull Is Hit
By British
Dock Strike
LONDON, Oct 19 (S’)—BritisS
dock workers spread their crip
pling strike to the big North Sea
port of Hull tonight in defianca
of an implied government thread
to have troops unload ships.
The mushrooming 16-day walk
out-swollen by wildcat sympathj
strikes and' joined by the Com
munists—is holding up 200 mil
lion dollars worth of imports and
exports and has posed a seriooi
threat to Britain’s whole ecos>
omy.
Half of Britain’s 76,000 docken
and workers allied with the in
dustry are idle. The vast port oi
London has been closed down ai
has Birkenhead. Liverpool haa
been crippled.
But in the main Atlantic port d
Southampton, the dock worken
rejected overwhelmingly tonighf
a demand to join the strike.
The decision was made at i
meeting near the port as tin
world’s largest liner, the Queei
Elizabeth, lay docked stem fird
ready for scheduled departure ca
Thursday for New York with thi
Queen Mother Elizabeth aboard
The big ship moved in backward
so as to be able to get out mom
easily without help in case of i
strike.
At Southampton, a rebel groug
in the Transport Union has de
fied their leaders and are strik
ing in sympathy with the steve
dores.
Only the 9000 members of th*
National Assn, of Stevedores and
Dockers have union authorizatioH
for their strike, the core of whicS
is to back union demands that ov
ertime be on a voluntary basia
rather than compulsory, as tin
shipping companies say it mueJ
be.
Party Heads
Knew of Reds
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (JP)—
The Senate Internal Security sub
committee today made publia
sworn testimony that Henry A.
Wallace and Glen Taylor headed
the Progressive party ticket in
1948 “with full knowledge” the
party was under Communist con
trol.
Wallace is a former Democratic
vice, president. Taylor is now
seeking election as Democratic
senator from Idaho. He had served
a prior term as senator.
The testimony naming them
was taken at a closed-door hear
ing Oct. 7 from Matthew Cvetic,
a former FBI undercover man,
and John Lautner, a former Com
munist now a consultant to the
Justice Department.
The official transcript quoted
Cvetic as swearing that Wallace
was chosen as the Progressive
party’s presidential nominee and
Taylor for vice president “be
cause they were two men who
were willing to work with the
Communist party in this coalition
Progressive party.”
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