TUESDAY. MAY 15. 1956
Eden Refuses to Explain
Missing Frogman Incident
LONDON, May 14 (/P)--Prime Minister Anthony Eden
angrily refused tonight to explain the mystery of Britain's
missing frogman. He hinted that telling the secret might chill
relations with Russia.
"In this business," Eden told parliament, his face grave
and his voice deeply serious, "I do not rest only on the na
tional interest.
"There is also a very important
international interest."
The House of Commons was
packed and hushed. Sir Winston
Churchill, hunched in a front row
seat, stared at his successor. Adm.
Lord Mountbatten, first lord of
the Admirality, clasped his knuc
kles in the gallery and hung over
the rails.
Pope Sanctions
Optic Transplant
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VATICAN CITY, Ma 14 UP)—
Pope Pius XII today approved
transplant of corneasfrom dead
to living eyes, but w rned this
should be done with prudence
and care.
He did not speak on the trans
fer of these lenses from living
persons, but indicated he might
do so later.
The 80-year-old head of the
Roman Catholic church, address
ing 150 oculists, touched on the
transplant of other tissues, in
cluding those of an animal to a
human being, and warned:
"Transplant of sexual glands
from animals to man must be re
jected as being immoral."
"On the contrary," he said, "the
transplant of a nonhuman cornea
to a human being raises no moral
problem if it is biologically pos
sible and indicated."'
The Pope's words on this means
of combating blindness had been
anxiously awaited by Catholic
doctors. Interest swelled when an
Italian priest, Don Carlo Gnocchi,
bequeathed his eyes to two blind
Italian children—a boy and a girl
—just before he died Feb. 28. The
girl recovered her sight after one
of the priest's corneas had been
grafted on her. The boy remains
blind.
The pope praised the priest's
action.
"You assure me that the trans
plant of the cornea is for many
sick persons a means of cure or
at least improvement," he said.
Panhel Council to Meet
The possibilities of sending a
Panhellenic Council representa
tive to the National Student As
sociation convention will be dis
cussed by the council at 7 tonight
in 203 Hetzel Union.
Rhee Confident of Winning
3d Term in Korean Elections
SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday May 15 (JP)—A dead man's name
and fears of violence hung over South Korea as the republic's
nine million voters chose a president today.
President Syngman Rhee, 81, was confident of winning a
third term by a lopsided margin over Cho Bong Am, an ex-
Communist trained in Moscow
who is Rhee's only official op
ponent.
The polls, open at 7 a.m., close
at 5 p.m. (4:30 a.m., EST). Ob
servers predicted 85 to 90 per
cent of the eligible voters will
cast ballots and that unofficial
results will be known within two
days.
Accident Rate
Deplored by Ike
WASHINGTON, May 14 UT"—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
said today the loss of 14,200 Amer
ican lives through job accidents
last year was "in many ways more
tragic" than the deadly toll of
traffic accidents.
It should be easier to prevent
deaths on the job than deaths on
the highway, he told the opening
day's meeting of a three-day Con
ference on Occupational Safety.
Traffic accidents—there were
38,000 killed in them last year—
are not being handled in this con
ference. It deals with safety prac
tices in factories, construction pro
jects, farms, etc.
Eisenhower called the confer
ence and about 3,000 delegates
representing business, labor and
farm organizations were on hand
in Constitution Hall.
He said that such a turnout was
"heartening" and "I have every
confidence that the minute you
return 'home we'll begin to see
an improvement and we'll im
prove each year."
He said that from a government
standpoint, Washington can do
little, but the states and local
communities can handle the main
burden.
Eisenhower was accompanied to
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Eden Cites Outcome
"I confess," said Eden, "that
what I care is that the outcome
of our discussions with the Soviet
leaders should, in truth, prove to
be, as I have said—the beginning
of the beginning."
In complete quiet, Eden went
on•
"I intend to safeguard that pos
sibiilty at all costs. I believe that
that is the policy of the Soviet
leaders and it is for that reason
that I deplore this debate and will
say no more."
Eyes Flash Angrily
His eyes flashed and he looked
angrily at the Laborites who had
unsuccessfully tried to bait him
into explaining why naval Comdr.
(Ret.) Lionel "Buster" Crabb, the
frogman, was spotted near a Rus
sian cruiser.
After that dramatic pause, Eden
sat down amid a roar of "Hear!
hear! hear! hear . . ." from his
Conservative backers.
The frogman is officially listed
as "missing-presumed dead" in
the cold waters of Portsmouth
harbor while diving near the
cruiser that last month brought
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin
and party leader Nikita Khrush
chev on a visit to Britain.
Eden Regrets Incident
Eden earlier told the Soviets
that he regrets the incident, but
beyond saying that no minister of
the government was responsible
for it, he has kept silent.
Eden told Commons today "I
have not one more word to say
than I announced on Wednesday."
At that time, the Prime Minis
ter said Crabb was operating
"without auth rization" in diving
into Portsmouth Harbor.
The name of P. H. Shinicky,
the Democratic party's candidate
for the four-year presidential
term who died from a cerebral
hemorrhage while on a campaign
trip, remained on the ballot. Die
hard Democrats urged Shinicky's
followers to vote for him in pro
test against the Rhee administra
tion. But the votes for Shinicky
will be invalid.
Cho, who broke with the Com
munists in 1946 and now carries
the progressive party's banner,
has been reported in hiding since
May 6, when his followers said he
feared assassination.
Runyon Fund Grants Aid
The Damon Runyon Memorial
Fund has made a research grant
of $5900 to the University for
studies on cancer.
Dr. M. Frank Mallette will con
duct the experimental work in
the department of Agricultural
and Biological Chemistry.
the meeting by Gov. Arthur B.
Langlie of Washington, who has
announced for the Republican
nomination for U.S. Senator.
Proposals
Approved
By USW
PITTSBURGH, May 14 (iP)—
The United Steelworkers Execu
tive Board drafted contract pro
posals today and recommended
that the union's powerful Wage
Policy Committee adopt them as
formal demands for coming con
tract negotiations with the basic
steel industry.
The board comprised of 39
members met for about two hours.
USW President:David J. McDon
ald said the proposals received
unanimous approval and he per
sonally would recommend they
be adopted.
The 170-member Wage Policy
Committee must approve any de
mands before they are placed on
the bargaining table.
Committee members went into
secret session in later afternoon.
McDonald declined to say what
the proposed draft included. How
ever, he and other union officials
already are on record in public
speeches as wanting a substantial
wage increase, supplemental un
employment benefit program, im
proved insurance benefits an d
premium pay for Saturday and
Sunday work.
There was little doubt that the
board's proposals contained all of
these. .
The union already has notified
172 basic steel companies and
iron ore mining firms it wants to
negotiate new contracts to replace
pacts expiring June 30.
The expiring contracts cover
some 650,000 of the union's 1,200,-
000 members. The others are em
ployed in steel fabricating firms
whose contracts expire later.
Weekend Storm
Causes Damage
In Western Pa.
PITTSBURGH, May 14 (-41—
Debris was cleared from streets
and buildings in a number of
Western Pennsylvania communi
ties today following weekend
wind storms and flash floods that
caused. damage unofficially esti
mated at $1 million.
Ten persons were reported in
jured as s e vere wind storms hit
Duquesne, Windber, Aliquippa
and Pittsburgh Saturday night
and early Sunday morning.
A flash flood hit Meadville and
several others were reported at
various points along the Alle
gheny River. At Warren, the Al
legheny crested just under the 14-
foot flood stage, and in Pitts
burgh, the Monongahela River
rose so high that parking was
banned at a public lot along the
river embankment in the down
town section.
In Duquesne, the storm toppled
small buildings, shattered win
dows, ripped off tree limbs and
utility pole wires and chewed off
a section of a brick building.
In Windber, the storm damaged
the roof of Windber Hospital and
tore out trees and shrubs on , the
hospital lawn_
Ruth and Jack Gilbert, owners
of the Aliquippa-Hopewell Air
port near Aliquippa reported the
storm smashed their hanger, de
molished 14 planes and seriously
damaged three other planes_
State GOP Candidates
Back Lark for Chairman
PHILADELPHIA, May 14 (EP)—
Sen. James H. Duff (R-Pa.) and
Republican state candidates to
night endorsed Henry Lark of
Sunbury for state GOP chairman.
The selection of Lark came as
something of a surprise to state
political observers.
It was understood there had
been three principal contenders
under consideration by the Re
publican State Committee.
George I. Bloom, Washington,
Pa., attorney and administrative
assistant to Sen. Edward Martin,
and State Treasurer Weldon B.
Heyburn were also considered.
Election Committee Interviews
Applications for Election Com
mittee interviews are available at
the Hetzel 'Union desk.
Sales Tax Stamp Plan
To Operate Next Year
HARRISBURG, May 14 (.11:1
Gov. George M. Leader said today
the stamp plan of collecting Penn
sylvania's 3 per cent sales tax
can't go into effect before next
Jan. I because almost two billion
stamps will have to be printed
and distributed,
On that basis, Rep. Albert S.
Readinger, Democratic floor lead
er, said he would "push hard" to
change the effective date of the
stamp plan from July 1 to Jan. 1.
But Republican leaders of the
House and Senate said the stamp
plan and the July 1 effective date
are now written into law and
administering it was Gov. Leader's
responsibility.
TILL WE MEET AGAIN
I always find myself yawning hugely when a comedian,
having finished his act, steps out in front of the curtain,
takes off his putty nose, assumes a sincere stance, and de
livers an oration full of tender and lofty sentiments.
So how come I'm doing precisely the same thing right now?
Two reasons. First, because I couldn't possibly make you
laugh at this time of the year; cramming for finals has left
you wan, woebegone, and in no mood for innocent merriment.
Second, because this is the last column of the current
series, and I'd be a liar if I didn't admit I was just a tiny
bit choked up.
It was two years ago that the makers of Philip Morris
asked me to write this column. My first impulse, frankly,
was to say no. Though I am a man who likes a dollar as well
as the next fellow, my talents just do not seem to lead me
in the direction of writing advertising copy. When called
upon to rhapsodize about soap or sox or cigarettes, I get to
giggling uncontrollably and have to be helped home.
"Buddies," said I to the makers of Philip Morris, "I smoke
Philip Morris myself, and I think it's a jim-dandy cigarette.
But that's all I think it is a cigarette. Not a graven image.
Not a love object. Just a smoke. I'm afraid I can't get rev
erent enough to write ad copy for you."
To my astonishment, they seemed delighted. "Reverence
is not required," said the people at Philip Morris. They as
sured me that I would not be required to write fulsome com
mercials that I could rib the cigarette and the company all
I liked—that my columns would be mine alone, with no
editing, no suggestions, and no supervision.
"Hah !" I said by way of reply.
But they kept insisting and finally, my thin breast full of
misgivings, I went to work.
For the first few weeks they were scrupulously true to
their words. Not one syllable, not one comma, was ever
changed; not one quarter-ounce of pressure was ever exerted.
But my doubts were not laid to rest. "When will the honey
moon be over?" I kept asking myself.
The answer, gentle readers, is that the honeymoon is
still going on. This finishes my second year for Philip Morris.
During that time, though I'm sure my copy caused an occa
sional conniption fit in the boardroom, my carte blanche has
remained as blanche as the day it was issued. Whatever I've
perpetrated in this column has been, as they guaranteed,
mine alone.
They've been living dolls, the makers of Philip Morris,
and I think I may be forgiven for getting a trifle misty. And
as long as the stops are out, let me say that it's also been a
big charge writing for you, the college population of America.
Your response has warmed my old heart, and on the occasions
when I've visited your campuses, it's been deeply gratifying
to see that you're still as pleasantly disorganized as ever.
I figure that as long as the likes of you exist, I'm in business.
So, for now, goodbye. Stay well. Stay happy. Stay loose.
CMax Shulman, 1956
Old Max has add it all. We, the makers o/ Philip Morris, can only
add a heartfelt second chorus: Stay well. Stay happy. Stay loose.
Soviets to Cut Forces
MOSCOW, May 14 (JP)—The
Soviet Union announced today it
is slashing its armed forces by
1,200,000 men.
A government statement read
to reporters at a news conference
iniri the Foreign Ministry said al
so that 63 army divisions plus
three air divisions, including more
than 30,000 men now stationed in
East Germany, would be dis
banded.
Sedition Protest Ignored
WASHINGTON, May 14 (.I')
The Supreme Court, in the face
of widespread protest, refused to
day to reconsider its April 2 de
,cision knocking out enforcement
la state sedition laws.
On eainpu2 .r& ,
(Author •J -Barefoot Boy with, Cheek." etc.)
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