FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1955 U. S. Undecided on If Chinese Attack WASHINGTON, March 31 (IP)—Senators who discussed foreign affairs for two hours with President Dwight D. Eisenhower today reported the administration has not made up its mind what to do if Red China attacks Quethoy and the Matsus. As Democratic leader Lyndon C. John on of Toted put it, "The question of war or peace's in the Far East "is still with us." Qttemoy and the Matsus are islands close to the Chinese mainland and could Serve as stepping stsines i titi 9bsault on the Chmette Nationialiitt bastion of Formosa. The United" States is pledged to help defend For mesa, but it hasn't committed it self regarding the islands. "The Preiiident has tiot 'Made any decision oft defending Que moy and Matsu," Sen. Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin. ranking Re publican rnernber of the Foreign Relations Committee, told news men. "The decision will depend on the development of facts in the future." Nothing Aiarmhig Other senators said nothing alarming came, to light at the White Hour? conference. The President served hutch to the Senate leaders and then, with Secretary of State Dulles, gave them a briefing on the latest in ternational developments. He held a similar bipartieSti meeting with House leaders yeSterday. Sen. Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, reported: "If they know what they are ,going to do about Quemoy and Matsu, they didn't tell us." Tiro Axons of Thought In both the adMinistration and Congress there are twp schools Of thought about the defense of the islands. One holds that the United 'States should intervene at once if the Communists attempt to cap ture them. The other believes that this country should not risk war for the islands, and that the de tense shoUld be left in the hands of the Chinese Nationalist". The Democratic chairman of the Foreign Relations "Cosittee, Sen. Walter P. George of Georgia, said today he thought EiSenhow er is right in not committing himself on the question now. DemocrEits attending the brief ing, Johnson told reporters, were "glad we were taken 'into confi dence to the extent we have been." Asked whether the possi bility of a Big Four meeting with Russia was discussed, he said any general talk about foreign af fairs "naturally, would include the-possibilities ;and probabilitieS" o such a conference. He did not elaborate. Quiz Tactics Protested By Stassen WASHINGTON, March 31 RI Foreign Aid Minister Harold B. Stassen and the Senate investiga tions subcommittee fell into a hot argument today over how to ques tion his employees about a grain elevator in Pakistan. Stassen said he was available to the - committee at any time. He also said it would be all right for senatop to question his aides. But, he insisted, it wasn't "fair or reasonable or wise" for mem bers of the committee staff to put questions in the absence of sena tors and without an employee having a lawYer "of his choice" on hand for advice. • Stassen Outlines Stand Stassen outlined his stand in a statement, • after the committee heard from Willard J. Saccie, deputy general counsel for Stas sen's Foreign Operations Admin istration. • Saccie's . testimony, that Stas sen Wouldn't let his employees be questioned by the committee's staff unleOs he or one of his two top lawyer-aides was on hand, set off Oh angry reaction. Sen.. Samuel J. Ervin (D.N.C.) was moved to borrow a question from Shakespeare: "Upon. what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so great?" Stassen Compelled to Come At One point in their considera tion of what Sen. Joseph R. Mc- Carthy (R.-Wis.) called "the most unheard of thing I have ever seen," the committeemen voted to compel : Stassen's appearance next Wednesday with a sub poena. However, Chairman John L. - McClellan (D.Ark.) said later Stamen had agreed to appear, and this Subpoena would not be is sued. There remained a conflict be tween the lawmakers and the FOA. The committee told three employees to come back to testify tomorrow about the grain ele vator for Pakistan. An FOA SpOesman said they would not bet here. • McClellan, advised of this, said the instructions remain as issued "but I don't know if they will come or not." Leader To ray H,A.RRISI3UItG, March 31 (4)— Gov. George M. Leader said to day it would be "highly desirable" to accompany any Korean vet erans bonus plan with a tax pro grant to . pay for it. "It is certainly highly desirable to do it that Wity—the mechanics of working it Out, I don't know," he told his weekly news confer ence. Vet Groups Back Bonus Veterans organizations are back ing legislation to pay a 150 mil lion dollar bonus to Pennsylvania veterans of the Korean conflict. Payments would range up to $5OO each. The proposal now before the legislature, however, contains no provision suggesting that voters balloting on the bonus also con sider financing it. Asked if mentioning taxes in th same breath as a bon u s Would mean defeat of a bonus prOPosal in a voter referendum, be said: Changes, Repeals Asked Far Fair Trod. Laws WASHINGTON, March 31 (R) —A. government appointed gain mittee lifted today the retieal of "fair trade" laws ditected againd cut rate retail sales. It also endoried legislative re strictions on labor union activities that might hamper trade and com petition, but was not ekattly spe cific on this. . Desi for res Tax Program Vet Bonus Plan "I think people like to be rea- Republican platform did. listic." Vetezans groups are strongly The governor said he would Opposed to accompanying a bo support "a properly drafted" bo , Mis plan with a tax propOsal on nus proposal. the ballot. A move to do this He was queried on Whether he when the World War II bonus would back a bonus plan in the was authotized in 1949 died in fotin of the 440 million dollar bo- _committee. nus paid World War II veterans. New Jersey voters defeated a "Not necessarily," he shot back. World War II botius several Takes Neutral Stand weeks ago when the ballot also Thenh a newsman said that the listed a tax question. governor's present position ap- Voters Must Approve patently was that he neither ap- Any Korean bonus would have proved nor disapproved the bonus to go before the people in order plans now in the legidlature, to amend the constitution to per- Leader replied: mit the 150 million dollar bond "That's right." Issue. Leader, a Navy veteran of The bonus idea would require World War 11, was quoted by the approval in this and the 1957 Veterans of Foreign Wars in a legislature before it could go on newspaper ad during last fall's the ballet. election campaign as saying: The World War II bonus was "When I am governor', I will financed by a 440 million dollar support legislation to pay a bonus bond issue. The issue is being to vetei•atis of the Korean war." paid off over a 15-year period. The D-mor.ratic campaign plat- m the current biennium, it cost form made no bonus pledge. The 65 million dollars in taxes. flit DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE: PENNSYLVANIA Premier of Viet Nam Gets Help SAIGON, South Viet Nam, March 31 (?P)—The Cao Dal re ligious army and its commander deserted the antigovernment coa lition, today and rallied to embat tled Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. The defection of Gen. Nguyen Thanh Phuong and his troops was a complete surprise to the "Unit ed Front of Nationalist Forces," which seeks to overthrow Diem, a Nationalist It left the private armies of the Binh Ulyen society; and the Hea Hae religious sect alone in the Front. But it did not lessen the danger of a revival of the brief -revolt which cost 26 lives Wednesday. No one could say What Gen. Le Van Vien, the Binh Xtiyen corn mander, Might do. Stung by the Cao DM move, he could decide to stake everything on a military shoWdown in the Front's quest for additional power in the gov ernment. The three groups have Shared eight seats in the Cabinet. Gen. Paul Ely, French commis sioner general for Indochina, sought in a series of talks to ham mer the precious 'truce he ar ranged last night into something more permanent. At sundown he was able to report sortie progrens, but neither side committed itseif irrevocably to keep fingers off the triggerk. Coup Staged Most observers agreed , the American-supported Pr em i e r staged a coup in getting the Cao Oai over to his side. Phuong says he commands 25,- 000 troops, More than half the Front's total of perhaps .40,000. Though the figures are not exact, it is estimated 10,000 of his men Will be incorporated in the Na tional army. Among them are 42 Officers. `The National arttly, including many veterans of the Indochina war, totals about i 200,000. It is slowly being reduced i n the in tact sts of efficiency. Altdrican officers !tette a part n the train ing. Stock Market Picture NEW YORK, 11(k.reh 31 (11)—A moderate advance in the stock market today ran into a little profit-taking which clipped the t p of the rise. Move Island Action Uncertain Russia Farm Group WASHINGTON, March 31 (/P)— The State Department said in ef fect today that a farm delegation f«om Russia will be invited to watch the corn and hogs grow in lowa as soon as a few details are ironed out. 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