University Daily Kansan
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Wednesday. Dec. 2, 1953
Rash of Strikes Hits U.S., British Industry
By UNITED PRESS
New labor disturbances erupted today from West coast and New York waterfronts to 72 can manufacturing plants in America and Canada, and striking photo-engravers who shut down New York's newspapers met to consider arbitration.
US Awaits Red Answer
United Nations, N.Y.—(U.P.) The United States today awaited a reply from Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky to the challenge laid down by U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., to permit an impartial commission to investigate Korean atrocity charges with full freedom to travel in Korea and China.
Ambassador Lodge issued the challenge in a statement to the press after Mr. Vishinsky had told the General Assembly that American charges that 38,000 UN troops and civilians—10,000 of them GT$-s$ had suffered brutal atrocities at the hands of the North Korean and Chinese communists were "flagrantly concocted falsifications."
"If Mr. Vishinsky wants further light on war atrocities," Ambassador Lodge said, "I offer him this challenge:
"If he will agree to support an impartial commission of inquiry, free to travel in all of Korea and China, free to go wherever the world bears the scars of war, to ascertain the facts on these atrocities, the United States will offer an amendment to this western resolution, providing for such a commission."
There was no immediate reaction from Russian quarters.
Some believed that since Mr. Lodge had not thrown down his challenge in the assembly, but had issued it in a press statement, Mr. Vishinsky would not feel obliged to reply in the U.N.
The disputes came as at least 1 million British shipbuilding and engineering union members began that nation's largest strike in 27 years.
Plants of the Continental and American can companies began shutting down today as 33,000 CIO United Steel Workers broke off contract negotiations and went on strike.
The Steel Workers announced they were reinstating their original demands for a 21-cent an hour package.
Police were alerted for possible violence on New York-New Jersey piers after picket lines were thrown up by longshoremen denied working permits because of their criminal records.
Longshoremen in the San Francisco Bay area were ordered to strike tomorrow after the House un-American Activities, committee ignored warnings not to investigate the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union, controlled by left-wing Harry Bridges.
In New York, nearly 400 striking photo-engravers met to vote on whether to continue their five-day old strike against the city's major newspapers or to submit their demands to arbitration.
The bulk of Britain's vital heavy industry was idled by the shipbuilding and engineering strike called to back up a demand for a 15 per cent wage increase.
Meanwhile, CIO United Auto Workers, who have cut off production of new jet fighter planes at North American Aviation company plants in California and Ohio, charged the company is "afraid" to submit to arbitration.
Ridgway Asserts 8,608 POWs Kept by Reds
Washington—(U.P.)-Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway charged today that the Communists in Korea failed to return 8,608 American prisoners known to have been victims of Red atrocities.
The Army chief of staff told a Senate investigating subcommittee that Defense department figures show 13,239 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were subjected to "inhuman" treatment. Of these, he said, only 4,631 have been repatriated.
This "tragic void," Gen. Ridgway said solemnly, "can be directly attributed to Communist mistreatment of prisoners."
Gen. Ridgway was first witness in a three-day series of hearings that will include GI eyewitness accounts and first hand descriptions of atrocities.
Although several television cameras recorded the testimony, there was no "live" TV as originally announced.
The former United Nations supreme commander read to the subcommittee, headed by Sen. Charles E. Potter (R.-Mich.), a "staggering list" of atrocities he said were proved beyond question. It included:
"Deliberate shooting" of wounded prisoners because they couldn't march fast enough, "brutal mutilation" of dead and wounded, "cruel torture for minor infractions of prison rules," and the serving of "maggoty food" which the Reds knew would bring illness or death.
That more Americans did not perish from this "barbaric treatment" he attributed to the "native courage of our gallant men." And he noted the "awesome fact" that "in hundreds of instances, death would have been welcomed" by the victims of atrocities.
US Envoy Blasts Reds For 'Filibuster' Attempt
Panmunjom, Korea—(U.P.)-U.S. envoy Arthur H. Dean today accused the Communists of wanting to invite Russia to the Korean peace conference as a neutral so the Soviets can talk the conference to death.
to death.
He described as "a built-in- in-filibustion" the Red proposal that "neuturist" Russian delegates be given unrestricted right to talk without the responsibility to vote or to adhere to decisions of the conference.
decisions of
Mr. Deney renewed his attack on the state's Communist insistence that Russia be seated at the conference as a neutral observer when the allied and Red diplomats met again today after a 24-hour recess. During that time the United Nations studied a Communist 15-point proposal for setting up the long-delayed conference.
sued on Progress of the
That, Mr. Dean said, "would allow the Communists to censor our sides' views."
Mr. Dean said he found the Red plan to be loaded with booby-traps. For instance, he said, the Reds proposed that a joint communique be issued on progress of the conference.
Dean said the Communist voting proposals were a stacked deck, which could lead the conference to "stagnation, uncertainties and impotenties."
longest in more than
Out of it, Mr. Dean said, came agreement on only two basic aspects of the conference:
"Very neat," he commented. "In fact, it's the nearest trick of the week. That is, if we should be silly enough to accept it."
1. "That it was to be a political conference of the two sides."
Today's three-hour session was the longest in more than a week.
2. "That the two sides were to vote as a unit."
"Unfortunately and unrealistically," he said, "they were still insisting on including the USSR as a neutral—an argument which I have completely and totally demolished."
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Russia Lifts Marital Ban
Moscow—(U,P)—The official bulletin of the Supreme Soviet announced today that Soviet citizens will be permitted to marry foreigners. Such marriages were banned in Russia early in 1947.
The bulletin said the decision was made by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Nov. 26.
The move was seen here as an additional measure intended to ease relations with foreign countries.
Klementi Y. Voroshilov, president of the Presidium, signed the bulles together with its secretary, Nikolai Pegov.
The bulletin said the Soviet citizenship law of 1938, which provided that Russians marrying foreigners retain their Soviet citizenship, is again in force.
"Marriage of male or female citizens with non-citizens of the Soviet Union does not result in a change of citizenship," the bulletin said.
It ordered Union republics to issue similar decrees.
Proficiency Quiz Deadline is Today
Today is the last day for students to register for the English Proficiency examination this semester. The test will be given from 2-5 p.m. Saturday.
Students who have not registered will not be admitted to the examination.
Students should register in the offices of the deans of their respective schools. They will be given a booklet of instructions at the time.
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