SATURDAY. FERRUARY 12. 1955
Island Defense Pledge
Disclaimed by Minister
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 VII---A bitter tempest of words sub
sided somewhat today after Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister
George Yeh backed away from any claim that the United States
is pledged specifically to defend Quemoy and the Matsus.
Remarks Yee made yesterday, after a call on Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles, were
interpreted as a hint that he had
obtainer' a U.S. commitment and
other off-shore islands now oc
cupied by Chiang Kai-shek's Na
tionalists.
Newsmen understood him to say
that a U.S. pledge to protect po
sitions deemed necessary for the
defense of Formosa "of course in
cludes Quemoy and the Matsus."
Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind-Ore)
told the Senate he did not believe
Yeh. He said Yeh "ought to be
repudiated" if his remarks of yes
terday turned out to be false.
Left Wrong Impression
But the foreign minister, about
to go home to Formosa, told re
porters today he never intended
to leave the impression, when
questioned by newsmen yester
day, that he had a pledge.
The United States, he said to
day in clarification, will decide
whether the off-shore islands are
to be treated as essential to the
defense of Formosa and the Pesca
dores.
Formosa, Pescadores Named
Neither th e defend-Formosa
resolution, passed by Congress
last month, nor the U.S.-Formosa
mutual defensetreaty, approved
by the Senate Wednesday, names
any territory other than Formosa
and the Pescadc -es.
But the re - 'on states that
Eisenhower t • use U.S. mill
tary power to -..,and "related po
sitions"—in other w,o r d s—off
shore islands—if he deems them
necessary for the ultimate de
fense of Formosa.
The State D apartment declined
to say today whether a decision
'has yet beenmade whether Que
moy and the Matsus are essential
to Formosa defense.
UN Council
To Discuss
Cease-Fire
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Feb.
11 (11 3 )—The UN Security Council
will meet IVlonday forenoon for its
second senior' on the question of
a cease-fire in Formosa Strait,
The meeting was called today
by the February president, Victor
Andres Belaunde of Peru, after
consultation with the other 10
Council members. The delegates
do not expect action at this ses
sion but U.S. sources stressed it
was important for the UN to keep
attention focussed on Formosa
now.
No Second Inditatiornt
The West does not expect the
Council to send another' invitation
to Red China to take part in de
bate on the issue. Peiping re
jected the first bid.
In London British Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden and India's
Prime Minister Pandit Nehru
talked during the day on the For
mosa question. It was reported
they discussed the progress of sec
ret British' talks with Russia on a
cease-fire. Eden later saw Win
throp Aldrich, U.S. ambassador
in London. No results were made
public in London or MoscoW about
those conversations.
Discussions Began Jan. 31
The Council took up the For
mosan situation Jan. 31 and is
sued the invitation for Premier
Chou En-lai of Red China to send
a representative to the Council.
Western delegates especially
U.S. ambassador Henry sabot
Lodge Jr.—are determined to op
pose any attempt by Russia's Ar
kady A. Sobolev to open any dis-
Ctission on a Soviet resolution
that would have the C-, , uncil con
demn the United Stites for al
leged aggression against China
and demand withdraWal of all
U.S. forces from the Formosan
area.
200 'Freedom' Balloons
Launched from Capitol
HARRISBURG, Feb. 11 (W)-
More than 200 "crusade for Free
dom" balloons were released at
the steps of the State Capitol to
day, as part of a drive to raise
money to support Radio Free Eur
ope.
Gov. George M. Leader lauded
th..l plan sponsored by the Amer
ican Heritage Foundation in co
operation with the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles.
The balloons ar e replicas of
those used to relay messages to
behind the Iron Curtain in Eur
ope.
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McCarthy Urged
Untruths--Matusow
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (FP)—Har
vey Matusow testified today he
made false statements in the 1952
political campaign with encour
agement from Sen. Joseph R. Mc-
Carthy (R-Wis).
Matusow, self-dekTibed profes
sional ex-Communist and fbrrr er
informer for the FBI, testified at
a' Federal Court hearing on a mo
tion by 12 convicted Communists
for a new trial.
Their action is based on an affi
davit by Matusow that he gave
false evidence against.them, with
the knowledge of Roy M. Cohn,
then an assistant U. S. attorney,
at their trial on conspiracy char
ges
Matusow first testified today he.
had sent affidavits to the New
York Vimes and to Time Magazine
saying he had lied in saying they
had Communists on their staffs.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Leader to Fire
GOP-Controlled
Athletic Board
HARRISBURG, Feb. 11 VII—
Gov. George M. Leader said today
the entire Republican-controlled
State Athletic Commission will be
fired to make way for Democratic
appointees.
The new governor spent almost
all day in conference with his pa
tronage advisors to consider Dem
ocratic candidate for the posts
without reaching any decision.
"We are continuing our search
for the right man to head up the
commission and I expect to meet
again on the subject early next
week," he told newsmen.
Leader, who has already pledg
ed to back efforts to clean up box
ing in Pennsylvania, declined to
speculate on possible candidates
for the commission posts.
Present incumbents are Chair
man Frank Wiener, Philadelphia,
whose' term expires next July 27;
GeOrge J. Jones, Williamsport,
and John D. Holahan, Pittsburgh,
both of whose terms expired in
1953.
The chairman gets $7500 a year;
members $7OOO.
Leader sat in with Sen. Joseph
M. Barr / Democratic State chair
man; Miss Genevieve Blatt, Sec
retEiry-elect of Internal Affairs
and Secretary of the, Democratic
State Committee; James Finne
gan, Secretary of the , Common
wealth, and Atty, Gen. Herbert
B. Cohen.
Jets Grounded
Pending Probe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (. 1 11—
At the manufacturer's request the
Air Force today grounded, its B-57
twin jet light bombers pending
further investigation of two
crashes Tuesday.
The grounding 'order, described
as a precautionary safety measure,
applies also to the 88-57 tactical
resonnaissance planes.
One of the B-57s crashed at
Beallsville, Md., less than 30 min
utes after taking off ,from the
Glenn L. Martin factory in 13 al
timore on a delivery flight to Tin
ker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
City. The pilot was killed and a
crewman seriously injured.
The other B-57 crashed while
on a routine test flight near Ap
ple Valley, Calif., killing both
men aboard.
A third B-37 crashed several
weeks ago between Baltimore and
Washington but that accident was
not mentioned in the Air Force
announcement, which said the
Glenn L. Martin Co. requested
the grounding.
Fine Off GOP Council
HARRISBURG, Feb. 11 (iP)—
Former Gov. John S. Fine was
removed today from the Republi
can State Executive Council.
A new 32-member committee
named by Miles Horst, GOP state
chairman, failed to list Fine's
name_ but included such GOP
leaders as Sen. James H. Duff
and G. Mason Owlett, GOP na
tional committeeman.
Seventh Fleet Completes
Evacuation of Tachens
TAIPEI, Formosa, Saturday, Feb. 12 (IP)—The U.S. 7th MO
took the last Nationalist soldier off the Tachens last night—still
unmolested by Chinese Reds only eight miles north.
The 200-mile trip south to Formosa, completing the touchy 5-day
evacuation, was expected to be fully under way before noon today.
The last Nationalist soldiers
Went abolird a landing ship at
11:10 p.m. while unboxed ammu
nition; set off to keep it out of
Communist hands, shot balls of
blue,green, red and orange flame
into the night sky.
Chilled Workers
Bone-tired and chilled work
parties under Marine Col. Ed
mond Williams of San Francisco,
escortec the final group of Na
tionalist 46th Division men up
the gangplank after having them
set the fires.
There were no last minute re
ports of opposition either by the
Red garrison eight miles north on
Yikiangshan Island or on the
mainland less than 20 miles west.
Helona, Last to Leave
The flagship Helena of Vice
Adm. Albert, M. Pride was sched
uled to be the last to weigh an
chor. The cruisers, anchored so
close up their guns could fire on
any last minute Red move to
interfere, were covering the pull
out.
Smoke hung low over the Tach
ens Friday from repeated explo
sions ripping apart the tunnels,
caves, pill boxes and other instal
lations which might be of any
use when the Communists move
in.
Adm. Loren••o Sabin Jr., com
mander of the amphibious force
loading the• Nationalist 46th Di
vision, said "not a tin• can will be
left on the Tachens."
FCC Asks Hearing
On 'Phonevision'
WASIVNGTON, Feb. 11 (11 3 )
Th e Federal Communications
Commission said today it wants to
hear from the public before de
ciding whether to hold full-scale
hearings on the question of pay
as-you-see television.
The commission rejected a peti
tion by Zenith Radio Corp. of Chi
cago for immediate authorization
of its "Phonevision" plan of sub
scription TV. This is one of sev
eral systems proposed by which
special programs could be seen
only by those paying a fee.
The commission said it "does
not believe it would be apprp
priate at this time to authorize
subscription television operati,ons
on a case-to-case bas i s, as re
quested by Zenith."
Rothschild Given Post
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Feb. 11
(JP)—President Dwight D. Eisen
hower •today picked Louis S.
Rothschild, who has been serving
as chairman of the Federal Mari, ,
time Board, to be undersecretary
of commerce for transportation.
PAGE THREE
Red Consul
Called Top
Spy Leader
FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb.
11 (W)—U.S. Intelligence officials
charged today the Russian consul
in Vienna is a top-flight Soviet
intelligence officer who has been
sending spies into the West for
10 years.
The Counsul, Boris Nalivaiko,
figured in a cloak-and-dagger in
cident in a Vienna cafe last week.
The U.S. Embassy the r e said
Nalivaiko tried to trap two Amer
icans, a colonel and a civilian. The
Russians declared the Americans,
Col. Francis Manning and Robert
Gray of Falls Church, Va., had
sought to induce Nalivaiko to de
sert to the West.
Major in KGB
Intelligence officers here toki
newsmen Nalivaiko was a major
in the KGB, a Soviet intelligence
service, who "doesn't spend much
of his time on consular duties."
A spokesman said that from
1945 to 1951 Nalivaiko was vice
consul in the Soviet Embassy in
Berlin, and that he recruited
agents there and sent them into
West Germany to collect infor
mation.
Recruited Germans
He told newsmen of two cases
in which Nalivaiko recruited Ger
mans in Berlin as couriers only
to havd them caught and im
prisoned in West Germany later.
"He's an old time KGB opera
tor," the spokesman said, "and we
have no reason to suspect he has
changed to anything else. Old
KGB characters never graduate
into pure councils."
Reds Charge US Press
With Distortion of Facts
MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (11)) The
Soviet press said today the Ameri
can, British and French press
used "distortions" an d "sensa
tional, vociferous headlines" in
reporting the downfall of Premier
Georgi M. Malenkov and other
actions of the Supreme Soviet
this week.
Pravda, official newspaper of
the Soviet Communist party, and
other central napers devoted a
full page of their rationed space
to foreign reactions to the events.
The newspapers accused the
Western press of filling their
pages with "slanders and inven
tions about Soviet happenings."