WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1955
U.S. Navy Completes
North Tachen Evacuation
TAIPEI, Formosa, Wednesday, Feb. 9 (EP)—The U.S. Navy an
nounced the last Chinese civilian was removed yesterday from
North Tachen, whose garrison was reported ready to leave only a
scorched earth - behind.
Reports from the U.S. 7th F :
for the second straight day fired '
on U.S. carrier planes but no
damage was reported. A Jap dis
patch said' the Reds on Yikiang
shun, eight miles north of the
Tachens, fired on two planes Mon
day night and one Tuesday.
Otherwise, the Chinese Com
munists from nearby island posi
tions still made no attempt to
interfere in , the withdrawal, which
was moving in such high gear
that some authorities expected
it to be completed by Monday at
the latest. The Communists are
expected to move in shortly there
after.
Craft Boarded
The residents of the North and
South Tachens, 200 miles north of
Formosa, crowded aboard Chinese
landing craft and U.S. transports
while carrier fighter planes flash
ed overhead on patrol.
• Most of the 15,000 civilians are
on South or Lower Tachen. Most
of the 15,000 Nationalist regulars
and guerrillas are on North Ta
chen.
U.S. Denounced
Peiping radio, heard in Tokyo,
again denounced the U.S. partici
pation in the withdrawal. Quot
ing the official People's Daily,
Peiping declared the "U.S. gov
ernment must be held fully re
sponsible for all the consequences
resulting from 'its direct partici
pation in Chiang Kai-shek's mili
tary operations and its occupation
of China's islands."
Nationalist officials predicted
the Chinese Reds now woulc. not
interfere in the Tachen operation
—if they ever intended to—be
cause of uncertainty over the up
heaval in Moscow. where Premier
Georgi M. Malenkov resigned
and was succeeded by Marshal
Nikolai A. Bulganin.
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PanHel Ball
eet said Red antiaircraft gunners
Senators Propose
Turnpike Extension
HARRISBURG. Feb. 8 (/P)—A
cluster of 17 senators—both Re
publican and Democratic—today
proposed a new extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike to run
from Stroudsburg to Sharon.
The bi-partisan bi" would au
thorize the Turnpike Commission
to make surveys and decide then
on the exact route.
The extension.paralleling some
what the present east-west Turn
pike main stem in Southern
Pennsylvania eventually would
link with the Ohio Turnpike.
. Another east-west extension
was proposed earlier in this ses
sion to stretch from Erie County
eastward through the northern
tier of counties below the New
York border.
Defense Pact OK Asked
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (R)
The Senate Foreign ' Relations
Committee voted 11-2 today for
ratification of the Formosa de
fense treaty.
The pact commits the United
States to recognize any Commun
is attack on Formosa or the
neighboring Pescadoies islands as
"dangerous to its own peace and
safety" and to meet it with mili
tary power within the limits of
the U.S. Constitution.
Congress has already author
ized President Eisenhower to
figh'. if necessary to defend For
mosa and "related positions." Un
der this special authority he has
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Tougher Policy
By Reds Seen
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (. I P)
Russia's swift change in command
impressed some U.S. legislators
today as likely to mean an even
tougher Red policy toward the
United States. Others thought
they detected signs of turmoil
within the Soviet Union.
Some said they Just didn't
know what it meant for the fu
ture. In Rwsia, as Seri. Bourke
B. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa) pointed
out. "the unexpected is always
•
happening."
Chairman Walter F. George (D-
Ga) was one of those who thought
the accession of Defense Minister
Nikolai' Bulganin to the premier
ship with Communist party boss
Nikita S. Khrushchev as his spon
sor, "looks like a tougher policy,
both in Russia and abroad.
George noted that the deposed
Georgi Melankov was "more even
ly disposed if not more friendly
to the West."
British Warn of War
LONDON, Feb. 8 (1?) The
prime ministers of the British
Commonwealth warned today that
an atomic war would "bring ruin
upon the human race" and
pledged their nine nations "never
to embark upon aggression."
assigned the 7th Fleet to cover
Nationalist Chinese evacuation of
the Tachen islands, a redeploy
ment which officials say will
stieA,gthen defenses of Formosa.
Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga),
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, anticipated the Sen
ate would want to debate the For
mosa treaty at length, but he said
he hoped it would be approved
by Thursday. A two-thirds vote
is required for ratification.
Sens. Wayne Morse (Ind-Ore)
and William Langer (R-ND) vot
ed against the pact in committee.
Morse has denounced it as a
"war treaty" which would recog
nize the sovereignty of Chiang
Semi-Formal
PENNSYLVANIA
Over Billion Asked
For Schools by Ike
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (W)—President Eisenhower outlined to
day a three-year attack on the nation's school shortage which would
throw $1,100,000,000 of federal money into emergency construction.
He said the program would preserve "the responsibility of coin•
munities and states in educating our children."
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. P. Freylinghuysen
(R-NJ) immediately introduced
bills to put the President's pro
posal into effect.
The Eisenhower plan is aimed
at assisting school districts in
three categories:
1. Those which are able to is
sue building bonds but which
cannot market them at reasonable
interest rates.
2. Those which have issued all
the bonds they are legally permit
ted but which still have some
money available.
3. Those which are flat broke.
For the first group the Presi
dent's plan would do this:
The federal government would
appropriate 750 million dollars
over a period of three years to
help states buy bonds which could
not be sold at an interest rate
of less than 3YB per cent. The fed
eral governmen: would buy from
50 to 80 per cent of a state's total
bonds, depending on the state's
per capita income. The federal
funds would be repayable in 30
years.
To help schools in the second
category, states would set up
school building authorities which
would erect schools and rent
them to local school districts. The
federal government would join on
a 50-50 basis to provide enough
to make annual payments on
bonds issued by the state authori
ties to build the schools.
Rents from local districts would
be expected to pay off the bonds
in 30 years. The buildings would
then become the property of the
local districts.
Kai-shek's government over For
mosa and involve the United
States in Chiang's ambition to re
conquer the Chinese mainland.
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House Votes
To Continue
Draft Law
WASHINGTON, Feb. ' 8 (A')—
The House voted 394-4 today to
continue the draft four years be
yond June 30. It is currently tak
ing about 11,000 young men each
month.
The legislation, asked by Dwight
D. Eisenhower, now goes to the
Senate. The same international
pressures that helped to sweep it
to passage in the House will be
pushing it there, but the Senate
is expected to take more than the
one day of debate the House held.
The four House members who
voted "no," all Republicans, were
Ushe: L. Burdick of North Dako
ta, Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan,
Noah M. Mason of Illinois and
Wint Smith of Kansas.
Uncertainties of the Formosan
situation and the designs of Rus
sia were in the background as the
House debated.
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga)
of the Armed Services Committee,
successfully resisting a move to
limit the draft extension to two
years, told the House:
"We're about as close to shoot
ing as has ever 'happened in the
history of This government. In
1951. we had trouble in Korea.
In 1955, we have trouble in the
Formosan Straits."
Bill Finegan and Eddie Sauter
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