TUESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1954 KoreanAnnistice Violated-Ed - en • LONDON, Dec. 6 (W)—Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden today denounced Red China's sentencing of American airmen on espionage charges as a "direct violation" of the Korean armistice. He rejected a La.borite's 'designation of the Americans as "United States spies." A Chinese military court sentenced 11 U.S. airmen and two civilians on Nov. 23 to prison terms ranging from four years tol life. "It is not allowable to any na tion which wishes to act by civi lized standards to treat officers, non-commissioned officers as spies and to treat them in the sort of way they have been treated by the Chinese government," Eden said. "On behalf of her majesty's government and all civilized na tions, I deeply deplore this con duct. The Chinese action in hold ing these men back at the time of the prisoner exchange is a direct violation of the terms of the Korean armistice agree ment. .." Pope Pius' Condition Is Improved VATICAN CITY, Dec. 6 (JP)— Pope Pius XII had coffee and broth today. He ate three times, and managed to keep dawn the food in the most heartening de velopment since his physical col lapse last Thursday. His hiccups are becoming light er and less frequent. His brief per iods of rest are growing longer and less fitful. At 8 a.m. Msgr. Angeio Dell% Acqua, substitute prosecretary of state, announced: "We are happy to report that just now the. Holy Father's phy sicians have advised that his slow, gradual improvement continues." But the 78-year-old head of the Roman Cathlolic Church remains seriously ill. His strength is grow ing very slowly, although stead ily. The Pope is not enjoying the complete test ordered' by his phy sicians, for he insists on carry ing on• his oontifical mission even during this worst illness of his 16-year reign. Today the Vatican announced that by radio from his sickbed the Pope, will give his blessing "urbi et orbi"—to the city and tbe world —to close the Marian Year Wed nesday. States Are Powerless In Trucking Violations WASHINGTON, Dec. 6' VP)--- States are powerless to bar from their highways interstate truckers who violate their laws, including habitual overloading, the SuPreme Court ruled today. The 8-0 decision, written by Justice Hugo L. Black, said only the Interstate Commerce Com mission can suspend. or revoke a permit granted under the Federal Motor Carrier Act. The ruling thwarted efforts of Illinois to suspend Hayes Freight Lines, of Matto..n, 111., as a re peated violator of a state law gov erning the load of trucks on its highways. U.S. to Finish in Red WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (11")—' Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey disclosed today that the government faces another red ink year. He declined to say what the administration would recom mend regarding tax cuts sched uled to go into effect next April. "We will not be able to bal tmce the budget in fiscal 1956," Humphrey told a news conference. Spellman to Pass Yule in Orient NEW YORK, Dec. .6 (—Fran cis Cardinal Spellman again this year plans to spend the- Christ mas season with servicemen in the Far East. His office said today ;he will leave about Dec. 10. • 411 0 A NA . „ r For the gift you'll give with pride. Let your jeweler be your guide. B. P. MOYfR ® Jeweler 218 E. College Ave. Laborite John Baird asked Eden why minister of State An thony Nutting, British delegate to the UN had been instructed to condemn the Red Chinese "be cause they had punished United States spies." "I cannot for one moment ac cept. ML. Baird's references to these men as spies," Eden com mented as his fellow Conserva tives cheered. While Parliament was debating China's treatment of the Amen cans, the Peiping Radio announc ed the exhibition of more than 10,000 objects which it said were captured from these "spies". Among the objects displayed, the broadcast claimed, was- the wreckage in which the two civil ians were shot down over Man churia's Kirin Province Nov. 25, 1952. Another photograph, the broad cast said, showed U.S. Air Force Maj. William Hurl Baumer, 32. of Lewisburg, Pa., "getting a shin wound dressed by nurses, which he received when he made his parachute. jump." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN• STATE COLLEGE Retired Admiral Refutes Blame For Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 VP)— Thirte'en years after Pearl Harbor, Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel denies any responsibility for that naval disaster and puts the full blame on high officials of the Roosevelt administration. The retired admiral, who coin amnded the Pacific Pleet when it was attacked by Japan Dec. 7,1 1941, sayS in 'a soon-to-be-pub lished book he could have taken necessary precautions and fought back if Washington had ; not sup pressed advance warnings of the surprise strike. "The information received at Washington during the 10,days preceding- the attack," Kirnmel says, "clearly pointed to the fleet at Pearl Harbor as the Japanese objective, yet not 'one word :of warning and none of, this informa tion was given to the Hawaiian commanders." Kimmel retells the oft-told story of a last-minute warning from Gen. George C. Marshall which came too late because it was dispatched in nonpriority status. "This lack of action on the part of both the. War and Navy De partments must have been in ac cordance with high political three tion," he said, "because the offi cers in both these departthents repeatedly demonstrated both be fore and after Pearl Harbor that they were not careless, inefficient or incompetent." Probe of Government Promised by Leader PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6 00— Gov.-elect George M. Leader to night promised "a ftlll scale probe" of all governmental oper ation as soon as he is inaugurat ed Jan. 18. It was the incoming governor's first pledge since his election on Nov. 2 to take a close look at ho* RepubliCans operated the state government in the last 16 years. tr , INSYLVANIA Reuther Raises Barriers In Merger With the AFL. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 ( 1 1 3 )—CIO President. Walter Reuther today raised possible new barriers toward merger with the AFL, but pledged to do "everything possible" to achieve the amalgamation. Reuther said in a Jeynote speech to the • ClO's annual convention that labor unity must have a "sound" basis for continued union growth as well as adequate pow- I er to stamp out "corruption" when it appears in union affairs. The CIO chief did not label these as outright conditions to- Ward merger with the AFL, but spoke out• so strongly on both points that it appeared inevitable he .ill insist upon them in new Imerger negotiations • due early next year. "We want an honorable, prin cipled basis for labor unity," Reu ther told the convention. "We' shall be unwilling to trade our basic principles for political ex pediency in the struggle for labor unity." He said a combined union set up must not act "as a narrow eco nomic pressure, group" but must use, its power with "social and moral responsibilities" to the en tire country. 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