WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18.1956
Dulles 'Backs Away'
From Magazine Article
WASHINGTON] Jan, 17 Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles today! backed away from a magazine article
which quoted him as saying the Eisenhower administration
“walked to the brink” of war three times and averted it by
“strong action.” ,
But Dulles stocjd firm on
Congress PI
To Hear Ridgway
Testify on Charges
WASHINGTON, Jai. 17 (#>)
Congressional committees laid
plans today to obtain testimony
from Gen. Matthew H. Ridgway,
who has charged that politics
prompted the Eisenhower admin
istration to make dangerous cuts
in the Army.
Rep. Bob Sikes (D-Fla) said he
would invite Ridgway to appear
before a House appropriations
subcommittee which he heads to
go into charges made by the gen
eral in a magazine article.
Members of the Senate Armed
Services Committee were de
scribed as “unquestionably” ready
to ask Secretary of the Army Wil
bur M. Brucker for comment
when he meets with the group
next Monday.
19 Coeds Named
To 'Engineer' Staff
Nineteen'candidates have been
named to the newly formed coed
circulation staff of the Penn State
Engineer.
The candidates are Dianne
Mather, Regina Mandour, Patricia
Stermer, Louise Schmoyer, Patri
cia Tomilson, Lynn Tyler, Carol
Braun, Anne Sovelove, Carol
Jones, Katherine Arnold, Janice
Schneiver, Zoe Oser, Nancy Wise
ly, Gail Rosenbloom, Shirley
Stern, Gloria Friedman, Martha
Hertzberg, Elaine Chpitt, and
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what he termed a “policy of
seeking to prevent war by pre
venting miscalculation by a poten
tial aggressor.” He said this “is a
calculated risk for peace” and is
part of a policy which also in
cludes patience, conciliation and
pursuing “every honorable course
to avoid” war.
Dulles spoke out in the midst
of a controversy which has raged
m Congress and among America’s
allies over Dulles’ interview with
Life magazine. At St. Paul, Minn.,
today, Adlai Stevenson, candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, called on Eisenhower
to repudiate the “brink of war”
statement or fire Dulles. Steven
son accused Dulles of “suicidal
folly.”
Shepley Wrote It
The magazine article, by Time-
Life’s Washington Bureau Chief
James Shepley, said Dulles thrice
averted war—over Korea, Indo
china and Formosa—by letting
the Communists know the United
States was prepared to take strong
measures. Dulles had said last
Friday that the statements at
tributed to him “do not require
correction from the standpoint of
their substance.”
The State Department auditori
um was a packed house for Dulles’
news conference today. All 208 of
its permanent seats and a couple
of dozen folding chairs were filled.
Fifty to 100 standees lined the
wall. Close to 200 were reporters,
the rest State Department em
ployees come to look and listen.
Statement Opened
The secretary opened up with a
350-word statement on which he
had apparently been working
right up to the appointed hour.
He had arrived six minutes late.
After 23 minutes he announced
he had had enough questions on
the Life article and called for
questions on other matters.
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Political Talk
By Eisenhower
Set for Friday
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 OT>) —
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
will address “Salute to Eisenhow
er" Republican rallies throughout
the country Friday night—his first
political speech since his Septem
ber heart attack.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, said in announc
ing this today that he does not
look for the President to disclose
then whether he will seek re
election.
The rallies are to mark the third
anniversary of Eisenhower’s be
coming president—and to raise
money for the GOP.
The President may address the
$lOO-a-plate dinner rally here in
person, with his remarks carried
to similar fund raising affairs' in
other cities by closed circuit tele
vision and radio.
In any event, Hagerty said, ra
dio and television networks will
be permitted to pick up the 8 to
10 minute speech and carry it on
a live basis to the country general
ly. They may also film and re
cord it for later transmission, he
said.
Republican sources on Capitol
Hill reported White House aides
were anxious to have the speech
broadcast as widely as possible,
while the GOP National Commit
tee had favored a closed circuit
performance.
Tryouts to Begin
For Chapel Choir
* Tryouts for Chapel Choir and
the Auxiliary Choir which is now
being formed will be held con
currently on the afternoons of
Feb. 1,2, 3, and 4, and in the
evenings of Feb. 6 and 7.
The Auxiliary Choir is an ex
tension of the Chapel Choir pro
gram, which is being formed in
order to supplement the work of
the Chapel Choir.
Students interested in trying
out for either of the groups
should sign the appointment sche
dule near the entrance of 208 Car
negie, according to Mrs. Wi 11 a
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Syria Demands U.S.
To End Israel Aid
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 17 (/P) —Syria demanded
before the Security Council today that the United States end
all economic aid to Israel. And Israel accused the Security
Council of favoring the Arabs over Israel.
Ahmed Shukairy of Syria and Abba Eban of Israel ad
dressed the Council—considering
Syrian charges growing out of
Israel’s Dec. 11 raid fatal to 56
Syrians and six Israelis.
The bitterness displayed in their
talks has seldom been equaled
in Israeli-Arab discussions here.
| Shukairy, leading off, denied that
| Syria provoked the raid on one
of its outposts near the Sea of
Galilee. He called for UN expul
sion of Israel, and demanded that
UN members put economic penal
ties upon Israel for at least a year,
in an effort to stop what he de
scribed as Israeli aggression.
Shukairy said a stream of 1%
billion dollars has been flowing
from «the United States to Israel
since 1948 and lesser amounts had
gone from other countries.
Recalling that Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. had told the
Council the United States does not
advocate the cause of one side or
the other, Shukairy said:
“Upon this basis we are entitled
to request the United States not
to extend economic aid to Israel.
Israel has been condemned by the
United States. Lodge is support
ing a Western resolution censur
ing Israel for the raid. It is only
just that the United States should
not continue aiding Israel, as long
as Israel is engaged in attacking
our_ armies, killing our civilians,
“You cannot condemn Israel
and continue aiding Israel. Such
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Judge Ross
Dies in Hotel
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 (JP) —
Superior Court Judge F. Clair
Ross died today in a downtown
Philadelphia hotel shortly after
sitting with his colleagues in the
reading of 85 opinions.
Ross, 61, unsuccessful candidate
for governor of Pennsylvania in
1942, left the City Hall quarters of
the court and walked three blocks
to the John Bartram Hotel where
he died.
Superior Court officials were
stunned by the news of Judge
Ross’s passing. They said he
looked well and gave no indica
tion of feeling ill during the morn
ing meeting of the court. He sat
with six colleagues and joined in
the reading of the judgments and
opinions.
a situation is unfriendly and in
tolerable.
Shukairy also recalled that
Lodge had read a statement by
President Eisenhower calling for
a just peace in the Middle East
and friendship for all the area's
peoples.
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