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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 13, 1952
Russia Admits Firing On Missing Superfort
Moscow—U.P.)—Russia admitted today its fighter planes fired on an American Superfortress which disappeared in the Far East, but insisted they did so only after the B-29 violated Soviet territory and fired first. $\textcircled{4}$
The Soviets said the B-29 "departed in the direction of the sea" last Tuesday after exchanging fire with two Russian fighters over the Kurile islands, off the northeast tip of Japan. American sources believed it crashed.
Writer Says Ike Should Get Rid Of Reactionaries
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower could reassure many of his supporters if he would disavow such Republicans as Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and Sen. William Jenner of Indiana, Doris Fleeson, political columnist, said Saturday.
Miss Fleeson was here for the golden anniversary celebration of Chi Omega sorority.
She contrasted the disappointment of some Republicans in Eisenhower's campaign with what she termed the highly successful Truman whistle-stop technique.
The writer expressed the belief that the Republican corruption issue is a sound campaign point, but "although the people are ashamed, they are not cynical," she said.
Disappointment in the Republican campaign was voiced to Miss Fleeson by California Gov. Earl Warren, she said. It was her impression that not only does Gov. Warren dislike the way things are going, but that he is antagonized by Gen. Eisenhower's running mate. Sen. Nixon.
The writer said she believes that the Democratic campaign is gaining momentum as it did in 1948.
In visiting with many newspapermen over the nation, one general view seems to be held by all, she said. The people everywhere seem reluctant to say how they will vote—a reluctance which may stem from the fact that they don't know yet, she explained.
A note on the incident handed U.S. Charge d'Affaires Elim O'Shaughnessy by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi M. Pushikin yesterday made a "determined protest" against the incident and asked the Americans to "adopt measures to prevent violation of the Soviet state frontier by American aircraft."
The text of the note was published in the official newspaper Pravda today without comment.
The Superfortress which the Russians admit attacking was unarmed and was flying over Japanese territorial waters, an Air Force spokesman said today.
The Air Force said the B-29, with its eight-man crew, was over Japanese waters 15 miles from the nearest Russian-held territory when an unidentified plane approached it.
The second plane was detected by radar which was following the B- 29's course.
At first, after news of a Russian note on the attack reached here, the Air Force spokesman said that though no gunners were aboard the B-29, others in its crew "theoretically could have manned and fired the guns."
Later the spokesman corrected himself and said the B-29 carried no arms.
The Superfortress, carrying a crew of eight on a routine training flight, was the fourth American plane either shot down or forced down by Soviet fighters in the East-West cold war.
The Soviet note on the latest incident said the B-29 violated the Soviet frontier near Yuri island, in the Kurtiles across a narrow channel from the northeast tip of Japan.
"Two Soviet fighters went up and called on the American bomber to follow them and land at the nearest airdrome," the note said.
Instead of complying with this legitimate demand by the Soviet fighters, the aircraft which had committed the infringement fired on them. When Soviet fighters returned the fire, the American bomber departed in the direction of the sea.
Scientists Say Visa Policy Hampers Fight Against Reds
Chicago—(U.P.)-Immigration laws and "sheer ignorance and unconcern" by the State department are hampering the advancement of science in America in the fight against Communism, some of the nation's leading scientists said today.
They attacked the American visa policy which will not permit some of the greatest European scientists to enter this country because of suspected Communist associations, backgrounds or leanings.
Enrollment Rise Seen in U.S. Schools
Washington—U.P.)—Freshman enrollment in the nation's colleges and universities appears to be about 15 per cent higher this fall than last fall, the U.S. Office of Education announced Saturday on the basis of early reports.
Earl J. McGrath, education commissioner, said if remaining reports back this up there will be about 540,000 students entering college classes this year.
"This is almost as many students as were enrolled in the fall of 1949 when college and university freshman classes still were swelled by large number of veterans of World War II," he said.
His announcement was based on reports from schools with about 20 per cent of the nation's total college-university enrollment.
McGrath said if this is the trend in all colleges and universities, "this will be the first year since 1949 that colleges and universities have not had an enrollment decline."
In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a magazine for science and public affairs sponsored by leading American institutions, the scientists criticized the United States government and the American people for "undoing with one hand what they are so laboriously and expensively accomplishing with the other."
Among the scientists supporting the charges was Albert Einstein, who said "the intervention of political authorities of this country in the free exchange of knowledge between individuals has already had significantly damaging effects."
In an editorial by Edward A. Shils, University of Chicago professor and special editor of the issue, and in supporting statements, the scientists attacked the legislation.
The scientists' criticism was directed at the so-called McCarran laws—the Internal Security act of 1950 and the Immigration and Nationality act of 1952 sponsored by Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.).
Scientists who also denounced the law were Nobel prize winners Hans C. Urey of the University of Chicago; Arthur H. Compton, Chancellor of Washington university of St. Louis; Dr. William P. Murphy, co-discoverer of liver treatment for pernicious anemia; and James Frank of the University of Chicago.
The 5,000 miners at the Peabody mines in Illinois, Kentucky and West Virginia quit work last Friday when the $1.90 a day wage increase was not included in the diggers' two-week pay checks.
The medical examination deadline for students interested in applying for Fulbright scholarships is Wednesday.
Physical Exam Deadline Set
Competition for the scholarships is open to all graduate students and seniors graduating in June or August, 1953. Purpose of the program is to promote understanding of the United States abroad and to increase mutual understanding between Americans and the people of foreign countries.
The union holds that failure to pay the increase in the contract, which was effective Oct. 1, automatically cancels the agreement—and miners do not work without a contract.
Dean Paul B. Lawson, of the College, urged students with high scholastic records to apply immediately for the scholarships by seeing Prof. J. A. Burzle, Fulbright adviser, in 304 Fraser.
Awards are made in the currencies of the 24 participating countries and will cover transportation, Language refresher course, tuition, books, and maintenance.
To be eligible, the applicant must be a United States citizen, have a college degree or its equivalent, know the language of the country, and be in good health. Selection is made on the basis of the applicant's personal qualifications, academic record, value of the study, and suitability for placement in a foreign university.
He said that "The Fulbright scholarships afford the kind of opportunities and experiences such as students have never had available before. I can think of no finer experience in personal education, in widening our understanding of world conditions, and in preparation of usefulness to our fellow man.
Cincinnati—(U.P.)-Political candidates and issues highlighted the agenda of the United Mine Workers' convention here today, while in the coal fields 5,000 miners were on strike.
It was understood that Mr. Lewis, who already has launched several attacks here on Sen. Robert A Taft (R-Ohio) and "any man who is collar" would delve deeply into the matter again this afternoon.
What position UMW President John L. Lewis and the 3,000 delegates would take in the presidential campaign came to the forefront again after a weekend recess.
While it probably will not be discussed here, the political implications of a spreading coal strike were strongly present.
Politics Featured At Miners' Meet
Weather
Hope for rain glimmered faintly today but weather forecasters said a cool front crossing Kansas cannot
THREATENING
be expected to leave much moisture tonight and tomorrow. Forecaster Tom Arnold said there might be a few widely scattered showers, but precipitation will be light. Temperatures will drop to expected lows of 25 to 40 degrees.
THREATENING 35 to 40 tonight, and 55 to 65 tomorrow. Northerly winds and partly cloudy skies accompany the cool front will keep the mercury lower in Kansas tonight.
3-Year-Old Holds Key to Murder
Chester, Calif—(U.P.)—Authorities hoped today that a 3-year-old child could help them find the murderer who killed her father, her sisters and another child.
Gard Young, a 43-year-old grocer, two of his adopted daughters, Jean, 7, and Judy, 6, and their young playmate, Michael Saile, 4, were found beaten to death Saturday.
Meanwhile, one of the largest manhunts in the history of the West was underway.
Little Sondra Young was found tucked in the trunk of the dead grocer's car, suffering from concussion and a skull fracture. She has remained unconscious most of the weekend.
"Im banking a lot on what she will tell us," he said. "She's a bright little girl, way beyond her years."
Young and the children apparently were waylaid by one or more men Friday afternoon while they were on their way back to Chester from the bank at nearby Westwood where Young had drawn $7,100 to cash loggers' paychecks.
Delegates attending from KU were Grace Bogart, college sophomore; Lewis Club, business senior; George Leinmiller, engineering freshman; Lloyd Robinson, engineerig senior; Ed Stene, college senior, Annette Louchy, Miss Rosenwald, and Baird.
8 ISA Delegates AttendConference
Eight members of the local Independent Student association returned yesterday from a three-day regional conference of the National ISA at Omaha university.
Sixteen schools in Arizona, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska were represented
Vicki Rosenwald, college junior, was elected president of the Rocky Mountain region. Jim Baird, journalism junior, was elected treasurer and public relations officer. They will assume their duties at the association's national convention at Purdue university next April.
Soviet 1st Team Into UN Meeting
United Nations, N.Y.—(U.P.) —Andrei Y. Vishinsky led Russia's team into the United Nations General assembly today in an obvious plan to drive a wedge between the United States and its allies on the Korean question.
Acheson had asked for first place on the speakers' list in the assembly's general, or policy, debate in an effort to win from Vishinsky an opportunity to set the tone for the Korean argument.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson held a last-minute meeting with the entire U.S. delegation in New York to decide American strategy and tactics in the seventh annual assembly, which opens tomorrow.
Vishinsky appeared to have a ready-made entering point for the wedge, since the U.S.'s Western allies obviously were not in full accord with the tentative plan to have the General assembly proffer peace to Peiping and Pvongvang.
In general terms, U.S. strategy for the assembly fell into two broad efforts:
1. To preserve the unity of the Western Alliance against the determined Soviet effort to wedge it apart.
2. To obtain blanket endorsement of American "stewardship" of the Korean war and peace effort in order to bring greater moral pressure to bear on the Communist negotiators at Panmunjom and if peace fails get more help in fighting the war.
Air Colonel Transferred
Col. James J. Hausman, associate professor of air science and tactics, has been transferred to headquarters Air Force ROTC at Montgomery, Ala.
He has been an executive officer for the Air Force ROTC at the University since September 1949. The transfer is effective Wednesday.
Col. Hausman has been at Montgomery's Maxwell Air base for a month on temporary duty. His temporary leave was changed to permanent orders. He has been assigned to a project writing textbooks on AFROTC training.
A native of Cincinnati, Col Hausman has been in the Air Force 12 years. During World War II he served in India, Egypt, and later in Europe. He was a bombardier. Following the war he was stationed at Wright-Patterson air field for three years with the intelligence service
Col. Hausman is the faculty adviser of Arnold Air society, a social club for AFROTC students at the University. He is a professor in the armament sequence.
Pope Pius Warns Of Godless Enemy
Vatican City —(U.P.)— Pope Pius XII has warned that the world is threatened by a "violent and subtle" enemy which is trying to build a Godless economy.