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UN Forces Halt; Form New Defense
Tokyo—(U.P.)-The U.S. 8th army appeared today to have halted its retreat at least temporarily and thrown up a new defense line across Korea against 26 Red divisions-250,000 men—poised for attack.
For the first time since Jan. 1, neither MacArthur's headquarters, 8th army headquarters nor front dispatches reported any allied withdrawals. Instead they reported the 8th army held firm and even improved its positions in some sectors.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters hinted indirectly at the new defense line and warned of the ominous enemy buildup north of it in a communique.
Arrayed along a 70-mile front from Osan, 27 miles south of Seoul, to Wonjiin in the central mountains are seven Chinese armies totalling 21 divisions, a North Korean corps of three divisions, a Mongolian cavalry division and a Chinese artillery division, the communique said.
All signs indicated that the 8th army has halted its southward movement toward Taegu and Pusan at least temporarily and thrown up a defense screen against the expected new assault.
The biggest allied counter-attack came near the eastern end of the defense line, where elements of the U.S. 2nd division, supported by a French battalion and Dutch units, hurled fiercely-resisting North Korean Reds back three miles in bayonet charges through a blinding snowstorm yesterday.
The two-pronged counter-attack carried the 2nd division back to within two miles of the important road axis of Wonju, 45 miles south of the 38th parallel. The allied troops captured high hills approaching the city at dusk last night, but apparently did not follow up with a new thrust today.
An 8th army spokesman said the allies merely held firm all along the front today with action limited to ratrolling.
But yesterday's counter-attack below Wonju, the first in any size since the collapse of MacArthur's "home by Christmas" offensive in late November, caught the Reds off balance and took a heavy toll of enemy lives.
The commanding general jubilantly told United Press war correspondent Joe Quinn at the front:
"We are moving too fast to count the enemy dead, but the snow is red with Communist blood."
Sud another order.
"We are in contact with the North Koreans now and we intend to give them hell."
The 2nd division counterattack in any event was regarded more as part of a delaying action against the advancing Reds than a full-fledged counter-offensive. Red tanks already have infiltrated 30 miles southeast of Wonju.
southeast of Washington. The 8th army as a whole appeared to have halted its retreat at least temporarily and thrown up a new defense line across Korea against 26 Red divisions—250,000 men—poised for an apparently imminent offensive.
The American-French-Dutch attack started originally as an armed reconnaissance in force from the southwest and southeast. But when the allies pierced the enemy's defense perimeter, they stepped up the counter-attack with a series of battalion-sized assaults. Wonju fell to the Communists Monday.
Quinn reported from the front that it was not known tonight just how much ground the 8th army had lost. An 8th army release, however, spoke of fighting four miles southwest of Wonju during the day.
To Recommend Stiff Tax Hikes For Fiscal 1952
Washington—(U.P.) — Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder said today that President Truman will recommend to congress this week that the federal budget be balanced in fiscal 1952. This would require stiff tax increases.
Government officials are toying with the idea of a 15 billion dollar sales tax. This would be in addition to a 6 to 10 billion dollar boost in taxes on individuals and corporations.
Mr. Snyder met yesterday with the chairmen of the house and senate tax-writing committees and talked about "every conceivable form of taxation." He said that staff members of the treasury and the two house committees began laying the groundwork for the 1952 tax program in their first joint session yesterday.
Mr. Snyder did not discuss new revenue plans on the President's recommendations in terms of figures. He said the budget message—due next Monday—will give the overall figures on revenue and expenditures. And Mr. Truman, he added, will send a detailed tax message to congress before Feb. 1.
Mr. Snyder emphasized Mr. Truman's pay-as-you-go-policy. He flatly denied that the treasury has abandoned hope of balancing the budget next year.
Balancing the budget in a year of soaring defense costs would require tax increases of billions of dollars. Present revenues are about 50 billion dollars. The budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 is expected to be about 75 billion dollars, most of it for defense.
So arithmetic says tax revenue would have to be hiked about 25 billion dollars—a jump of 50 per cent—to balance the budget.
Hitt And Woodruff To Discuss Draft
A program of military information for college men will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in Strong auditorium, Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men, announced today.
Dean Woodruff and James K. Hitt, registrar, will review regulations pertaining to military service as it effects college men. Freshman counselors and representatives from all organized houses have been invited and are expected to relay the information to their groups.
The latest military information concerning college students is now posted by Mr. Hitt in a bulletin board west of the entrance to the dean of men's office on the second floor of Strong hall.
Rome — (U.P.) — Novelist Sinclair Lewis, 65, first American to win the Nobel prize in literature, died of a heart attack today in a clinic where he was recovering from pneumonia.
Sinclair Lewis Dies In Rome
"He entered the hospital last December suffering from pneumonia," Flume said, "but up until last night he seemed to be recovering well. We knew he had been suffering from a bad heart for several years."
Lewis, who made "babbitt" a dictionary word, was attended by Dr. Bastione Fiume, director of the clinic.
The famed writer, whose best novels were satires on America's man in the middle, was last died at the Village Elettra clinic 10 minutes after he suffered the attack.
BULLETIN
Ithaca, N. Y.—(U.P.)—Deane W. Malott, chancellor of the University of Kansas, is on the Cornell campus "for a short visit," Cornell officials said today.
A report from Lawrence, Kan., saying Malott had been offered the Cornell pre sidency was denied by Dean Leonard Cottrill, head of a committee in charge of selecting a new president.
Neal Dow Becker, New York, chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees, was expected from New York City. Becker has said that Malott is one of three persons under consideration for the post.
Official action may be taken at the Cornell Trustees meeting in New York, Jan. 27.
Global Peace Is UN Goal-Sandelius
Truman Urges Congressional District Change
Washington — (U.P.) — President Truman asked Congress Tuesday to enact legislation to enforce a rule that the states make all congressional districts about equal in population.
He also suggested a new law to prevent the election of members of the house of representatives at large, a practice followed by some states.
Mr. Truman's proposals for revising and tightening the districting laws were contained in a report to congress on reapportionment of house seats necessary under the 1950 census. As a result of the census, seven states will gain members and nine will lose seats.
The states are charged with the duty of redistricting after the census. However, they usually use standards set up in federal law. Mr. Truman urged that these standards be set more definitely, especially as to population.
Mr. Truman said the districts in the various states are now a hodgepodge in size. He cited one, without naming it, in which the smallest district has a population of 175,000 and the largest 900,000.
His proposals, if carried out. would result in a big reshuffling of congressional districts.
Under law, in the states where population changes have occurred, legislatures are supposed to redistrict before the next election. The house membership stays at 435.
He said about half the congressional districts in the country are between 300,000 and 400,000 in population, some 50 districts have a population of less than 250,000 and some 50 districts have 450,000 or more.
Gains: California, 7; Florida, 2;
Maryland, 1; Michigan, 1; Texas, 1;
Virginia, 1; Washington, 1.
Losses: Arkansas, 1; Illinois, 1;
Kentucky, 1; Mississippi 1; Missouri, 2; New York, 2; Oklahoma, 2;
Pennsylvania, 3; Tennessee, 1.
Malott Leaving? -Nobody Knows
No one knows anything about it.
That's the latest information available on rumors that Chancellor Deane W. Malott has been offered the presidency of Cornell university. Ithaca, N.Y.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, said "I can't confirm nor deny the report because I do not know."
A member of the University faculty said that a newspaperman friend living in New York City wrote him that the fact that Malott was being considered for the Cornell presidency was a matter of common discussion in that area.
Hubert Brighton, executive secretary of the board of regents at Topeka, told the Daily Kansan this morning that the board of regents had "heard rumors that Chancellor Malott was being considered for the Cornell presidency."
Newspaper and radio reports from this area attribute the story to "unconfirmed but usually highly reliable reports."
Mr. Brighton said that the board of regents has not discussed the possibility of Malott's leaving the University and that no one has been
The chancellor's salary at K.U. is $13,500 and he is on a year to year appointment. He has been at the University since 1939. Reports say he has been offered a much larger salary.
considered for his post in the event that he should leave. The next meeting of the board of regents will be held in Topeka Jan. 19.
Chancellor Malott left Lawrence Saturday night after the Nebraska basketball game. He gave two talks in Cincinnati Monday and one at Buffalo university, Buffalo, N. X., Tuesday night. He told his students that Haudard where he has University business, and where his son, Robert, teaches.
Mr. Nichols did not know whether the Malott's would visit their daughter, Janet, in New York. Chancellor Malot can not be reached for comment.
The chancellor is expected back in time to inaugurate the "World in Crisis" lecture series in Wichita Monday. He is traveling by train.
The acting president and provost of Cornell at present is Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet. Cornell, one of the top educational institutions in the country, has an enrollment of 9,579.
From 1923 until 1929 he was assistant dean of the Harvard Business school. In 1929 he took over the vice-presidency of the Hawaiian Pineapple company, Honolulu where he remained until 1933 when he returned to Harvard as associate professor of business.
The United Press contacted the Chancellor's son, Robert, at Harvard this morning. He said he knew nothing of the Cornell offer, but expected his father in Boston within a few days.
Chancellor Mallott, who is 52, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Kansas in 1921 and his master's in business administration degree from Harvard two years later.
The five-year history of the U.N. has included moderate successes, as well as conspicuous failures, Dr. Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, said at the 15th "World in Crisis" lecture Tuesday.
America's interest, Dr. Sandelius said, is to make the United Nations a global system of peace, and to cooperate with the rest of the democratic world.
Peaceful settlement of disputes has been most successful in cases where the major powers have not been directly concerned, as in Palestine and Indonesia, he pointed out.
University women to be eligible for the $500 Kappa Kappa Gamma graduate fellowship award must apply by Thursday, March 1.
"The U.N. serves two functions, though it may seem that these are not compatible with each other," Dr. Sandelius said. "It represents the nucleus of a united world, and also serves as a means of Western politics in pursuit of that aim."
The U.N. serves today more as an instrument of Western powers in the struggle against Communism than as a means of international government, he said.
"In the current crisis the facilities of the U.N. are being extensively used," he said. "Coercion by the U.N. mixed with strenuous efforts of conciliation may succeed to prevent a holocaust."
"There were no initial illusions about the fact that the effectiveness of the U.N. would depend upon the relations of the great powers to each other, and that any of them would be able to prevent peace," he said.
The U.N. was limited from the beginning because nations retained their sovereignty and important action could be taken only with the consent of all the great powers, Dr. Sandelius said.
"The hope was that the experience of the war had been enough to strengthen determination all around to make and maintain peace, and that somehow armed force eventually could be made effective against any aggressor. We cannot yet yield the fate of this hope."
Applicants must be outstanding in some form of activity and have made a real contribution to the life of the University.
Kappas To Offer Fellowship Award
Women under 30 years of age who have a bachelor's degree or will by July, are eligible.
They should also have a well-out lined plan of graduate activity and know what use they expect to make of their work in the future. Further details may be obtained in the dear of women's office.
Sailer Elected IFC President
David Sailer, business junior, was elected president of the Inter-Fraternity council recently. He succeeded Charles Hall, business senior.
Other officers elected were Joe Winsatt, vice-president; Neil Lille treasurer; John B. Keller, secretar and Warren Andreas, David Hill Keith Macivor, John Philip Kasse baum, and Sam Willcoxon, member of the executive committee.
Warren Andreas, the organization All-Student Council representative asked members to tell their chapte to observe good sportsmanship wh attending the K.U.-Kansas Sta basketball game.