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An Associated Press Newspaper
101st Year. No. 162. Phone ST. 3-5000 ★* S WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 11. 1953-SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. SCENTS
ROK Opposition
Boils as Truce
Draft Is Rushed
New Demonstrations
Staged, Disregard
Os Pact Threatened
By th« Associated Press ,
MUNSAN, June 11.—Allied
and Red staff officers raced to
day to complete an armistice
draft as South Korea boiled with
new demonstrations and a threat
to disregard any truce.
Three of the five United Na
tions command negotiators left
Truce Effort Hinges on Rhee as Neutrals
Accept U. N. Plan. Page A-5
this base camp temporarily as
lower-level staff officers worked
on details of the truce document
in secret sessions at Panmun
jom.
With the full-dress meetings
in recess subject to call by either
side, Lt. Gen. William K. Har
rison, senior allied delegate, vis
isted the United States 3d Divi
sion at the battlefront and Rear
Admiral John C. Daniel and
Brig. Gen. Egbert Glenn went to
Tokyo.
Any major armistice action re
quires their presence. They
could speed back within a few
hours.
South Korea Still Balks.
Meanwhile, South Korea
balked more and more in its “no
unification-no armistice” stand.
The cabinet reaffirmed it would
refuse to accept ,the imminent
armistice and President Syng
man Rhee openly disagreed with
President Eisenhower. He issued
a statement saying he could not
agree with the Gen. Eisenhower’s
views “that a truce in Korea will
be advantageous to this country
in many ways.”
As thousands of demonstrators
tramped the streets of Seoul and
Pusan. Acting Premier Pyun
Yung Tai hinted that South
Korean troops would refuse to
withdraw from the
buffer zone to be set up between
allies and Reds in a truce. After
a special cabinet meeting, Mr.
Pyun said South Korea “cannot
and will not accept any part of
the armistice terms.”
South Korean police at Pusan
said an American soldier slight
ly wounded two Koreans out of
a mob of students which tried
to halt an Army bus. Whether
the shooting was accidental or
deliberate was in dispute.
Mr. Pyun has been the most
outspoken and vitriolic of gov
ernment leaders. He said South
Korean troops would oe
“traitors” if they accepted the
armistice terms.
The acting Prime Minister
reiterated his earlier threat that
South Korea will fight Indian
troops if they enter the country
to guard prisoners of war who
refuse repatriation.
Rhee Sees Terms as “Death.”
Mr. Rhee, in a message to the
South Korean people, said a truce
under current terms means
“death to South Korea.” He
said he had been explaining this
point to the other allied nations
and, “we intend to do so con
tinually.”
However, Mr. Rhee warned his
people against “unruly conduct”
toward U. N. personnel during
“this time of national crisis” and
said any such unfriendly acts
would be subject to stern punish
ment.
The Korean National Assem
bly called on Mr. Rhee to curb
government - sponsored demon
strations to avoid “unnecessary
violence” between the South
Korean people and allied troops.
South Korean lawmakers pro
posed an alliance with Nation
alist China, and while the resolu
tion did not specify the nature
of the pact, some Assemblymen
talked privately of a military al
liance.
Koreans Demonstrate.
Before Mr. Rhee spoke, 30.000
chanting Koreans paraded
through Pusan, the temporary
capital, carrying placards urging:
"Give us unification or give us
death” and “drive away the Chi
nese Reds.”
In Seoul, other thousands
tramped the streets in orderly
groups, waving banners, shout
ing and singing. About 1,200
students demonstrated in front
of the allied correspondents’
billets, but there was no violence.
At Panmunjom, the staff offi
cers split into two groups to speed
their work. Each met for almost
two hours in the morning, took
an hour off for lunch and then
went back into session in the
afternoon.
No announcement was made
on the nature of the discussions
but one group, headed by Ma
rine Col. James C. Murray of
Seville, Ohio, was reported work
ing on a revision of the demar
cation line across Korea that
will divide the belligerents in a
ti ude. The line was originally
drawn in late November, 1951,
and since then has undergone
only vminor battle changes.
Eighty Army officers said the
line his not changed more than
800 yirds or less than a half
mile. /
Thej other group, headed by
fljr Voice Col. Don O. Darrow
of Tacoma, Wash., was believed
hammering out the details of
the prisoner of war exchange.
Witness Balks at Red Quiz,
But Shouts He Was Spy for U. S.
Ex-OSS Worker Says World Is Laughing
At 'That' Question by Security Probers
By tha Aisociated Press
George S. Wuchinich of Mal
vern, N. Y., refused today to tell
Senate investigators whether he
is a Communist, but shouted
that he was once “a spy for the
United States Government.”
And, he declared, he won the
Distinguished Service Cross for
parachuting behind enemy lines
in World War 11.
An arm-waving witness who
argued with the Senators, Wu
chinich frequently had a Senate
Internal Security subcommittee’s
hearing in an uproar.
When Chairman Jenner asked
whether he now is a member of
the Communist Party, Wuchi
nich cried out:
“That question has become the
laughing stock of the world.”
When the subcommittee in
sisted on an answer, he refused
to say on grounds of possible
Self-incrimination.
The committee is making a
general inquiry into what it
Allied Line Cracked
By Reds Grabbing
Lind Before Truce
ROK Forces Battered
In Fierce Attacks;
Americans Also Hit
By sh« Aiiociated Pratt
3EOUL, June 11. —Chinese
troops in almost regimental
stiength cracked through a main
lire Allied position in central
Korea today and fought off bit
ter counterattacks by two South
Korean forces.
To the west, troops of the 15th
Regiment, United States 3d Di
vision smashed back six Commu
nist attacks as an estimated
B,COO to 10,000 Reds hit American
ard South Korean positions
along the front.
Some observers said the Chi
nese appeared to be trying to
grab all possible territory before
an armistics since ground won
noW may be a gain in the truce
settlement.
The 3d Division reported kill
in i and wounding about 600
Chinese.
Breakthrough Is Serious.
The Bth Army identified the
3d Division as fighting on the
set tor northeast of Chorwon to
ghe it credit for hurling back
thi> Communists in a savage out
post battle. N
A briefing officer said two Chi
ne se battalions broke through
this main line position defended
by South Koreans, then quickly
reinforced to almost regimental
strength—perhaps 3,000 men.
The breakthrough ocourred
southeast of Outpost Texas. An
Army spokesman said the break
through is serious, but that entire
area of the battlefront is not
threatened.
The Reds drove South Koreans
from three important hill posi
tions in cracking through the
line at several points along a
2,000-yard front, the Army said.
Red Artillery Blasts Allies.
Officers of the sth South Ko
rean Division estimated the Reds
fired 54,000 rounds of artillery
and mortar shells into allied lines
during the night and after dawn
today.
Third Division infantrymen
hurled back six attacks against
Outpost Harry, 10 miles north
east of Chorwon, after hours of
close-quarter fighting, at times
hand to hand.
The Army said some Commu
nist troops sliced through United
States lines at a few points, but
all were hurled back when 3rd
Division troops counterattacked
at dawn.
The Reds poured 20,000 artil
lery and mortar shells into the
American lines before and during
the assaults. And two Commu
nist tanks pumped high velocity
shells into American positions.
Iran and Russia Sign
New Trade Agreement
By tha Associated Prats
TEHERAN, Iran, June 11.—
Iran and Russia have signed a
new trade agreement which
Economic Minister Ali Akbar.
Akhavi says will make the Soviet
his nation’s best customer.
Iran has sold none of its na
tionalized oil to Soviet Union
or other Communist countries.
Who Can Defy
Tito? None Other
Than Mrs. Tito
BELGRADE, June 11 (NANA).
—ln the crowded coffee houses
they are laughing over a story
about the new Mrs. Tito. She
went into a shop to buy a new
hat. The saleswoman showed
her a gay creation.
“I love it, but I’m sure my hus
band wouldn’t like it,” said Mrs.
Tito.
“Why, ma’am, you never want
to take any notice of your hus
band,” answered the woman,
unaware that her customer was
the wife of Yugoslavia’s strong
man.
The newlywed Mrs. Tito
thought over this pithy advice—
then bought the hat I
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describes as “the pattern of
Communist infiltration into Gov
ernment.” Just now it is look
ing into the former Office of
Strategic Services, a World War
H Government intelligence
agency.
Wuchinich testified he had
worked for OSS and swore he
was not a Communist at that
time. But he refused to say
whether he was a Communist be
fore he went with the OSS or
had joined the party after he left.
He also refused to disclose his
present occupation, but he
shouted that he had been a clerk,
a typist, a stenographer, a credit
manager, a swimmer, a para
trooper and “a spy for the United
States Government.” ,
Before Wuchinich’s stormy ap
pearance, Leonard E. Mins of
New York City, who was an OSS
research analyst in 1943, refused
to say whether he now is or has
been in the service of the Soviet
military intelligence.
East German Reds
Sharply Cut Back
Communizing Plan
Big Concessions Also
Made to Protestants;
Bid to Soothe Refugees
By tha Associated Praia,
BERLIN, June 11.—East Ger
many’s Red rulers announced
sweeping cutbacks last night in
the Communization of the So
viet - occupied territory and
signed a peace treaty giving the
powerful Protestant Church big
concessions.
Both startling developments—
Western quarters figured the
Kremlin ordered them—appar
ently were aimed at making the
east zone a more attractive can
didate for unification with the
more prosperous and free West
Germany.
They appeared also designed
to quiet the widespread, fear and
discontent among East Ger
many’s 18 million residents
which have sent thousands flee
ing each week to the West.
Aim to Re-establish Unity.
Announcing the Communiza
tion cutbacks directed by the
ruling Politburo of the East
German Communist Party, Pre
mier Otto Grotewohl said the
group “is aiming at the re-es
tablishment of the unity of Ger
many which requires from both
sides concrete measures to bring
this about.”
The concessions to the Ger
mans from their Red rulers also
gave new ammunition to West
German opponents of Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer’s cam
paign to bring Germany’s west
ern half into military alliance
with the NATO nations.
The powerful Socialist oppo
sition and other West German
groups already are much im
pressed by previous Soviet peace
overtures. The Communist moves
were certain to make new trou
ble for the • Western-minded
Adenauer.
The sudden Communist
"switch took Western circles by
surprise and most top allied and
German leaders were loath to
comment. One high American
official described the Red an
nouncement as the “most signifi
cant” of postwar times here.
More Important Moves Seen.
Some Western officials here
expressed belief that the moves
were only a prelude to some other
important Soviet action, per
(See GERMANY, Page A-20.)
Takoma Park Boy, 2, Dies
After Fall From Window
A 2-year-old Takoma Park
(Md.) boy was injured fatally
yesterday when he fell 8 feet
from a kitchen window onto a
concrete walk.
The victim was Thomas Irving
Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Todd, 14 Hickory avenue. He
died last night in Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
Takoma Park Policeman Rich
ard L. Keegan said the window
screen slipped from its latch and
the child tumbled out.
His father, a wounded veteran
of the Korean war, is a .carpen
ter and maintenance man em
ployed by the county.
Fireman Brushed Off Truck
In Failure to Make Tum
A 32-year-old fireman was in
jured when he was literally
scraped off the side of a ladder
truck when the tiller end of the
truck failed to make a corner.
The victim, who suffered leg
and hip injuries, was John F.
Perry, of 1210 Myrtle avenue
N.W., attached to No. 7 Truck
Company.
The truck, enroute to an alarm
at 150 D street SB., had started
around a corner at Eighth and
D streets S.E., immediately after
leaving the station in mid-block
on Eighth street. The frorft end
cleared, but the tillerman on the
rear was unable to get the back
end around a light post. The
truck was slightly damaged.
President Urges
States to Share
In Government
Tells Western Group
Nation Must Avoid
Centralized Power
By Joseph A. Fox
Star Staff Correspondent
GARRISON DAM, N. D., June
11.—President Eisenhower said
here today that the States must
share in the operation of Gov
ernment or “tob much power
will be concentrated in Washing
ton.”
Thpn, he continued, the people
will have to look to that “distant
Partial Text of Eisenhower Address at
Minneapolis. -20
place” to find out what they can
or cannot do.
The President spoke at the
dedication of Garrison Dam, the
big earthen dike rising on the
Missouri River to provide flood
control, power and water for
irrigation.
His talk, second of three major
speeches he is making on a five
day trip out of Washington, was
broadcast nationally.
To Address Convention.
After the ceremonies here the
President proceeded by car and
plane to Mount Rushmore Na
tional Memorial in South Dakota,
where he addresses the Young
Republican National Convention
at 5:45 (Washington time) this
aftemewh.
• The President reached the dam
site a little ahead of time, after
an early-morning ride of about
70 miles from Minot, where he
spent the night. •
Several thousand Dakotans—
some of whom came in by canoe
and skiff—were on hand to
greet the President, who was get
ting typical “Eisenhower weath
er.” Natives said that the sun
was shining for one of the few
times in recent weeks.
Built by Army Engineers.
The $273 million project is the
work of the Army engineers, and
their chief, Maj. Gen. Samuel T.
Sturgis was in the official wel
coming party to show the Presi
dent around.
Gen. Eisenhower first stopped
to look at the spillway construc
tion that will be part of a water
link embracing the largest man
made lake in the world, and then
he rode across the top of the
dam.
Speech to Be Broadcast.
After today’s speeches are out
of the way, Gen. Eisenhower will
be ready to challenge the Black
Hills trout—and perhaps get in
a bit of golf—before he turns
eastward Saturday.
His headquarters until then
will be at South Dakota’s State
Game Lodge, at Custer State
Park, in the western part of
the State, below Rapid City.
Gen. Eisenhower’s speech in
Minneapolis late yesterday was
largely an explanation—and de
fense—of his sharply-criticized
military budget., With this he
(Continued on Page A-20, Col. 1.)
Last Top Democrat
In Agriculture to Quit
By tha Aisociotad Prau
Dillard Lasseter, last of the
Democratic holdovers in top
Agriculture Department posts,
said today he will resign soon
as head of the Farmers’ Home
Administration.
He said details of his resigna
tion and plans will be disclosed
later. The post pays $15,000 a
year.
Mr. Lasseter had no comment
on reports that President'Eisen
hower had asked for his resigna
tion. The head of the agency is
a presidential appointee and
serves at the pleasure of the
President.
Another Democrat, Claude R.
Wickard, stepped aside several
weeks ago as Rural Electrifica
tion administrator at a White
House request, although his
term had several years to run.
Mr. Wickard had served as Sec
retary of Agriculture under both
Presidents Roosevelt and Tru
man.
Earlier this week Ivy W.
Duggan resigned as governor of
the Farm Credit Administration.
He, like Mr. Lasseter, had been
appointed by President Truman.
Department officials said, how
ever, that Mr. Duggan had not
been asked to quit his post.
Mr. Lasseter is a native of
Vienna, Ga.
Annapurna: Saga of Courage
Rum Daily Starting Sunday
Two exhausted men crept up an icy slope to reach a
small level space. They were standing on the summit of ‘
Annapurna, the second-highest mountain yet climbed by
man.
Maurice Herzog, author of the best-seller, ANNAPURNA,
was one of the two men. Every step taken to climb the
treacherous heights was charged with adventure. Snow
whipped into their faces. Frigid temperatures -stiffened
their clothes. Their bodies and brains were sluggish with
devastating fatigue. A long series of mishaps plunged the
expedition to the brink of disaster.
Starting Sunday The Star will publish in daily serial
form a condensation of this outstanding saga of courage.
Don’t miss it. Phone Sterling 3-5000 now for home delivery.
Temporarily Overshadowed
Driver Killed, Companion Hurt
In Crash Fleeing From Police
Guns and Cash Link Pair to Holdups
At Fairfax Circle and Akron, Ohio
BULLETIN
Arlington police this after
noon identified a man killed
in his auto when he fled police
as William Goddard, of no
fixed address. His injured
companion was identified as
Ronald Sylvester Haley. 27, of
Phillips, Minn. Goddard had a
long record on file at the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation,
police said.
A car fleeing Arlington police
at 100-miles-an-hour plowed
into an embankment early today,
killing the driver and seriously
injuring his companion.
The men were linked to the
$525 armed holdup last May 31
Pictures on Pagß A-18
at the Fairfax Circle Howard
Johnson restaurant, and items
found in the car traced to an
SBOO holdup last Saturday In
Akron, Ohio.
Inside the wrecked auto at
South Glebe road and Old Glebe
road, police found an automatic
pistol, a revolver, a bank btfg
from Akron, Ohio, a camera case
stuffed with money and two wal
lets bearing many varied iden
tification cards.
Jack Johnson, manager of the
Fairfax Circle restaurant, viewed
both men today and identified
them as the gunmen who entered
shortly before midnight May 31.
The bandits forced Mr. Johnson
and several waitresses to line up
in front of a counter, then
scooped the money from the cash
register and fled.
Gray and yellow bank bags
from the Bank of Akron Co., con
taining coin wrappers marked
with the name of Summit Candy
Co., ware taken when two masked
men, each carrying a gun, robbed
a teen-age hangout in Akron,
according to Capt. John F. Stru
zensai of Akron police. Similar
bags and coin wrappers were
found in the wrecked car.
The auto, fleeing one police
car, raked the side of another,
careened off South Glebe road,
rammed a stop sign at Old Glebe
road and crashed into an em
bankment. The driver was killed
instantly, police said, and his
passenger suffered severe face
cuts and a skull fracture, and
was taken to Arlington Hospital.
The chase began at 5:30 a.m.
when Police Pvts. Bernard Luns
ford and William Hall spotted a
1953 Ford bearing Texas license
plates speed across the Arlington
County line on Arlington boule
vard at 90 miles an hour.
Warning Relayed.
They gave chase, but the flee
ing car picked up speed and
eluded the policemen at George
Mason drive. The policemen re
layed a message to the Arlington
police dispatcher, and other
scout cars were alerted.
' At Glebe -road and Arlington
boulevard, Pvts. Richard Hart
and David Topley were prepar
ing to turn onto Arlington boule
vard when the car turned onto
Glebe road. The policemen
turned their scout car and pur
sued the auto.
Meantime, Pvts. Gilbert
Stream and Emmitt McLane,
traveling in the same direc
tion, set up a mobile road
block—weaving their scout car
from one side of the road to the
other.
The Texas auto, at a speed
estimated by them at 100 miles
an hour, sideswiped the scout
car occupied by Pvts. Stream
and McLane, ripping a spotlight
and rear view mirror from the
police car.
Rips Into Embankment.
The fleeing car continued at
high speed off the roadway and
into the embankment.
Site of the crash is in Arna
Valley between Shirley High
way and U. S. Route 1, where
South Glebe road gradually
curves.
Police said the license tags in
dicated a Houston, Tex., regis
tration. They were checking
with Houston police to learn if
the car or tags had been stolen.
Police said among the many
identification cards found in the
car, one bore the name of Ed
ward O’Malley, of 2811 South
Glebe road.
Last May 30. Mr. O’Malley had
reported to police that some one
reached through a window at his
home and took a pair of trousers
containing his wallet.
Another identification card
was that of C. W. Nicholson, jr.,
of 1745 North Troy street,
Arlington. Mr. Nicholson re
ported to police on April 24 that
thieves reached through a win
dow of his home and took his
wallet from a table.
Among the cards was an
Army identification card bear
ing the name of an Army
lieutenant, and a shopping
charge card with the name of
an Evansville (Ind.) man.
The camera case, police said,
was stuffed with coin wrappers
containing about S7O in change.
Two .38-Caliber Guns.
One of the guns was a .38-
caliber police positive Colt, and
the other a .38-caliber auto
matic pistol. Police also found
a receipt showing purchase of a
gun in Phillips, Me.
A claim check on a motorcycle
left in Lynchburg, Va., was
among the items found.
Police said that the survivor
at Arlington Hospital drifted in
and out of consciousness, and had
at one point mentioned some
thing about a motorcycle owned
by one of them. He also men
tioned “a blond,” police added.
In one*of the wallets were
pictures of a girl and of three
small children.
Bullitt Sees Rhee
SEOUL. June 11 (JP).— William
Bullitt, former United States
Ambassador to Russia, visited
South Korean President Syngman
Rhee and United States Ambas
sador Ellis Briggs today.
Oklahoma Justices
Rule Pants Vital
To Official Dignity
By ItM Associated Prau
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 11.
Justice John Brett was over
ruled by fellow judges of the
State Criminal Court of Ap
peals yesterday.
They felt he had gone over
board for comfort.
It was a hot day. Their ju
dicial robes were warm.
When it came time to go
on the bench. Judge Brett lifted
his calf-length gown in the
chambers and confided: Look,
no pants!”
Justices Dick Jones and John
C. Powell won the resulting dis
cussion, 2-1. Justice Brett wore
his pants in court.
Today:
I Report to the Homertiaker
on the Fishing Industry
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Air Force to Recall
All C-54s Leased to
Commercial Lines
17 of Rented Planes
Are Currently in Use
Ofl Korean Airlift
By tha Asiociatad Prau
The Air Force today issued a
recall for all the 37 C-54 trans
port planes it has leased to com
mercial airlines.
Headquarters hex-e said the Air
Material Command at Wright-
Patterson Field, Ohio, tele
graphed notices of the intent to
end C-54 lease agreements.
The Air Force gave no expla
nation of the recall other than
“we need the airplanes.”
However, the operators were
advised that they would be in
formed by letter of delivery
schedules and other details.
One airline said it had been
ordered to get its leased
C-54s ready for inspection
immediately, so they could be
returned to the Air Force in
August-
Gradual Return Planned.
An Air Force spokesman said
this did not apply generally.
He said the planes would be
called back gradually.
The Air Force said 17 of the
37 four-engine aircraft on lease
currently are being operated
by the airlines on military as
signments in the Korean air
lift.
Sixteen of the planes were
leased after World War II to
Pan American World Airways.
These are being used in Alaska,
Europe, Latin America and on
the New York-Puerto Rico
tourist run.
Trans World Airlines has
leased two. One is being used
in the Pacific airlift, and one
as a trans-Atlantic commercial
cargo plane.
Five of the planes are leased
to Northwest Airlines. The re
mainder are scattered among
eight non-scheduled airlines.
Economy Move Seen.
Although the Air Force re
fused comment, some operators
speculated that the action re
flected administration demands
for economy. Air Force rental
fees have been criticized in Con
gress as too low, and some offi
cei’s hold the Air Force can oper
ate the planes more cheaply
than the commercial operators
can be hired to do.
The C-54, known commercially
as the DC-4 or Douglas Sky
master, currently is valued at
about $380,000. The militaiy
rental is $4,821 a month. The
planes were leased subject to Air
Force recall.
Bulletins
EDC Co-operation Sought
By Foreign Aid Cut
In a drastic move to induce
Western Europe to create the
proposed integrated army,
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee today voted to cut
the new miUtary aid fund for
Europe in half unless the Eu
ropean Defense Community
treaty is ratified. The com
mittee also voted to cut S3OO
million from the $5.4 billion
sought for foreign aid next
year. (Earlier story on Page
A-2.)
Demaret Takes Lead
OAKMONT, Pa. (/F».—
Jimmy Demaret, three - time
Masters champion, from Kia
mesha Lake, N. Y., shot a one
under-par 71 today to take
over the early lead in the
National Open championship.
Demaret shot a round of 35-36
whieh broke Oakmont’s par
for the first time in the cham
pionship proper. Cary Middle -
coff scored 37-39—76.
(Earlier Story on Page C-l.)
Knowland Puts
*
Profits Tax on
Doubtful List
Omits Measure From
Prospective Senate
Actions This Session
By tha Associated Pratt
Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia. acting .Republican Senate
leader, today tabbed extension of
the excess profits tax—one of
President Eisenhower’s major
requests to Congress—as defi
nitely doubtful.
Senator Knowland omitted
mention of it in a forecast of
Knowland Expected to Stick to Toft
•Policies in Senate. Page A-34
prospective Senate actions this
session. Asked by reporters
about the omission. Senator
Knowland said the tax extension
was “not necessarily dead.”
But it is tied up in the House
Ways and Means Committee,
Senator Knowland observed,
adding that he was “frankly not
certain” it would emerge for
either House or Senate action.
Senator Knowland said If the
bill did come out of committee
he thought it stood a better than
50-50 chance of enactment.
The tax is a special levy on
corporations, intended to drain
into the Treasury the major part
of any extra profits they may
make as a result of business
stimulation from Government
defense spending.
Due to Expire June 30.
It is now due to expire June
30. Asking that Congress con
tinue it for six months, Presi
dent Eisenhower suggested that
failure to extend it might make
it inadvisable to permit a 10
per cent reduction in individual
income talxes which is to become
effective January 1 under present
law.
Senator Knowland’s appraisal
of the legislative outlook was
made in an address to the
Machinery and Allied Products
Institute’s annual conference
here.
Saying the Senate still hopes
to complete its work and ad
journ by July 31. Senator Know
land predicted passage of these
portions of President Eisen
hower’s legislative program:
Extension of the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act. Mutual
Security Administration legisla
tion, Hawaiian Statehood, the
simplification of customs, wheat
shipments to Pakistan, and the
| 12 appropriation bills.
This listing omitted revision of
the Taft-Hartley labor law and
! broadening of social security as
, well as extension of the excess
profits tax.
Questioned on Omissions.
Noting these omissions, report
■ ers at the meeting asked whether
they should be considered dead
for this session.
Senator Knowland said none
was “necessarily dead” and went
on to make his specific remarks
about the tax legislation.
Taft-Hartley * revision, social
security extension and the resto
ration of factory inspections
under the food and drug laws
are similarly tied up, he said,
and may have to lie over until
the next session.
Senator Knowland predicted,
however, that Congress would
enact “a good percentage of the
Eisenhower program before the
target date for adjournment.” If
the international situation should
worsen, suddenly, he said, Con
gress would not go home.
Senator Knowland said he an
ticipates the reciprocal trade
agreements legislation will be ap
proved by the House next week
and be acted on by the Senate
before adjournment; that mutual
security legislation would be
ready for Senate action within
a week or 10 days.
If it proves impossible to act
on Hawaiian statehood befor#
adjournment. Senator Knowland
said, “it will be voted on imme
diately after the new session as
sembles in January.”
Mrs. Smith's Queries
Answered by Wilson
WILSON'S ANSWERS—Two weeks'"
ago Senator Smith, Republican, of
Maine challenged Defense Secretary
, Wilson to answer a series of question)
on America's military needs. Today
the Secretary's replies were released
to the public. The Star carries sig
nificant excerpts on page A-3.
UPPER AIR CULPRIT—Dr. jarama
Namias blames a 300-mile-an-hour
upper air current for increased torna
does which have been ripping through
the Nation Dr. Namias' theories aru
told in a story by Associated Pres*
Writer Frank Carey an page A-4.
RED CAPTIVE—Young Polish Lt.
Franciszek Joreeki, who brought «
Russian jet plane through the Iron
, Curtain, first fell into Communist
; hands when he was 8 years old. Thu
' second of his articles appears on page
A-27 today
Guide for Readers
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Classified . C-5-13 Obituary A-28
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