UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1955
PAGE EIGHT
Ridgway Is Ready For More Truce Talks
Tokyo—(U.P.)—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme United Nations commander, conferred with Allied military chieftains in Korea after telling the Communists that he was ready to resume cease-fire negotiations.
It was announced late Monday that General Ridgway had returned at 9:40 p.m. (6:40 a.m. Monday CST) from Korea. Until then nothing was known publicly of his visit.
Public information officers said the visit was a routine one for conferences with Army commanders. But it was assumed that General Ridgway talked over not only the cease-fire situation but the steadily intensfying fighting on the battle front.
The Peiping radio took a new turn in its propaganda as the general
Washington — (U.P.) — President Truman denounced "slurring" attacks on the loyalty of federal workers today as "a contemptible way to try to get votes."
Truman Hits At Slurs,
McCarthyism. Publishers
At the same time, he sharply criticized big magazine publishers for attempting to hold on to their "juicy subsidies"—low mail rates—while complaining about government spending and high taxes.
The chief executive renewed his attack on "McCarthyism" and took out after the magazine publishers in a speech before the annual meeting of the National Association of Post-masters here.
Allies Beat Off Attacks
Korea—(U.P.)-Four U.S. divisions and their South Korean allies beat off screaming Waves of Communist attackers along a broken 60-mile front today.
Lt. Gen, James A. Van Fleet, commander of the eighth army, said that the North Koreans had suffered such heavy losses on the eastern front in the past few weeks that they no longer are capable of launching an extended offensive.
sent his latest message to the Red high command. Peiping, voice of the Chinese communist government, quoted a statement alleged to have been signed by 303 American prisoners of war repeating the old communist argument that any armistry line should be set along the 38th parallel between South and North Korea. The statement was addressed to "our buddies on the front."
On its surface the broadcast seemed to imply that the communists still look forward to resuming truce negotiations.
Two GOP Senators Propose MacArthr For Ambassador
Washington—(U.P.)—Two Republican senators have proposed that Douglas MacArthur be named this country's first ambassador to Japan.
They are Sens, Owen Brewster,
and Harry P. Cain, but Sen, John
C. Stennis didn't like the idea. He
said there have been "too many"
military men given diplomatic posts
since the end of World War II.
However, Senator Brewster maintained that the ousted far eastern commander—who crushed and then helped rebuild Japan—could be the "keystone" in leading Asia against communism.
Senator Cain said that Mr. MacArthur is "better versed" than any other American on the problems of the Orient.
Congress May Raise Letter Writing Costs
Washington—(J.P.)—The House will debate Tuesday whether to charge you more to write a letter.
The Senate voted postal rate boosts 10 days ago, including hiking ordinary letters from three to four cents an ounce and airmail from six to eight cents an ounce. Leaders predicted the house will let those rates alone while raising other postal charges.
The penny postcard seems doomed.
Harriman Quits Mediation Job
Tehran, Iran—(U.P.)—W. Averell Harriman, President Truman's special envoy, has refused to relay to the British government an Iranian ultimatum in the oil nationalization dispute, a foreign office spokesman said today.
As the result, Deputy Premier Hossein Fatemi said, Iran will send direct to London its ultimatum giving Britain 15 days in which to resume negotiations. If Britain refuses, the ultimatum says, Iran will expell British oil employees from Abadan, the great oil refinery center and port.
In other developments, Premier Mossadegh told the nation in a broadcast Sunday night that he would not resign before the oil question had been settled, provided he retained the support of the Iranian people and parliament. The Iranian Majlis, lower house of parliament, failed Sunday for the third successive time to give Mossadegh a vote of confidence on his ultimatum to Britain because of lack of a quorum.
Premier Urges Lift On Italian Arms Restriction
Ottawa, Ont.—(U.P.)Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperl oper a campaign today to get the Western powers to lift arms restrictions in Italy's World War II peace treaty despite Soviet objections.
De Gasperi addressed a secret morning session of the 12-nation North Atlantic treaty council in the Canadian parliament buildings. The day's program was to be highlighted by a report on a master plan to hasten Europe's defenses by increasing armed forces under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at an earlier target date.
Informants said De Gasperi urged wholesale devision of Italy's peace treaty in the light of possible Red aggression in southeastern Europe. The 11 other treaty partners were sympathetic with the Italian leader's request for early action.
In an interview with the United Press Chancellor Konrad Adenauer believes the Western powers should speed up arrangements for the rearmament of Western Germany.
"Regrettably, much time has already been wasted," the head of the West German government said.
He said final decisions on the extent and manner of West Germany's contribution to the defense of Western Europe against possible Communist aggression must be made as "soon as possible."
He predicted that both the Bundestag—the West German parliament—and the bulk of 48,000,000 West German citizens would approve the incorporation of German units in a Western European army. It was the first time he has expressed confidence that the German people would go along with the rearmament of Western Germany. When the question first was raised a year ago, Germans generally opposed the idea.
Inquist Into Air Disaster
Flagler, Colo.—(U.P.)An inquest was set today into the deaths of two persons—13 of them children—who were killed when a stunt plane roared into a crowd of spectators at an air show Sept. 15. At the same time, a mass funeral for most of the victims was planned for Thursday.
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