IN THIS CORNER See Page 4 Yl r e Latest Deadline in the State Dutai14p a o a. " c FAIR AND WARMER VOL. LX, No. 13-S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1950 FOUR PAGES I R * * * * s U Senators Ask $600 Million Budget Cut Bridges, Byrd Propose Slash WASHINGTON --(M)- A $600,- 000,000 reduction in the general running expenses of the govern- * ment was 'proposed today by 35 Democratic and Republican sena- tors.. It immediately encountered some heated protests. * * * SENATORS Bridges (Rep., N.H.) and Byrd (Dem., Va.) introduced the economy rider on behalf of themselves and 33 other senators, as an amendment to the $34,700,- 000,000 single-package appropria- tion bill providing operating funds for most of the government dur- ing the fiscal year which began July 1. Funds for national diefense and atomic energy projects would be exempted from the cut. So would the appropriation for the Postoffice Department, al- ready operating on a deficiency basis. Likewise the amendment would not affect the payment of pensions and benefits to veterans and other personnel, or fixed commitments covering trust funds and existing contracts. West Charges U.S.S.R. Still Has Prisoners WASHINGTON-W)-The three western powers charged in sub- stance yesterday that Russia lied in saying she had freed all Ger- man war prisoners. They challenged Moscow to per- mit an on-the-scene investigation of its treatment of World War II captives. The United States, Britain and France renewed their prodding on the issue in separate but similar notes which had the effect of a counter blow against Communist propaganda in the Korean crisis. THE UNITED STATES told Russia bluntly that this govern- ment is "unable to give credence" to a Soviet announcement that all the millions of Germans the Red Army captured have now been sent home except for 13,546 still held as war criminals, or for in- vestigation or medical treatment. Moscow made the announce- mnent May 5 and the United States said the resultant "shock and concern" in Germany was shared in this country. The Communist press has contended that Russia never held as many prisoners as the Western allies claim and accused the West of trying to make propaganda cap- ital out of the dispute. The Soviet figures, the American note said, are "completely at var- iance" with U.S. information. Of- ficials said there is no way of knowing accurately butnthe State Department believes 300,000 or more Germans remain to be ac- counted for. Haven Hall Razing To BeginMonday Mason, 'U' Halls Scheduled for Same Fate Later This Summer Razing of the fire-gutted remains of Haven Hall will begin on Monday, with Mason Hall and probably University Hall being torn down later this summer. A new $4,000,000 Literary College building will be built on the site of Mason and University Halls and landscape will replace the Haven Hall ruins. * * * * OCCUPANTS OF 109-year-old Mason Hall will be moved to tem- porary quarters within the next week or ten days, with wrecking operations to begin as soon after that as possible. As yet no contract -- has been made for the tearing Mobilizing Of National Guard Seen WASHINGTON-()}-Imminent calls for partial mobilization of National Guardsmen and Reserves and for up to $6,000,000,000 in new funds to meet the Korean war crisis were forecast on Capitol Hill yesterday. Senator Lyndon Johnson (D- Tex.) said he has been informed by high administration officials that the National Guard and Re- servists will soon be ordered to active duty. * * * THE TEXAN, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said however, that only part of the guard forces would be pressed into federal service now, and the re- serve will be called as needed- not en masse. The gravity of the battle sit- uation continued to be a prime topic of discussion in the Senate, despite the army's statement this forenoon that there is "no Dunkerque" in sight. Majority leader, Lucas (D-Ill.) told the Senate that President Truman at the proper time will make a full report to Congress and the nation on the Korean crisis. Lucas hit hard at suggestions by Senators Wherry (R-Neb.) and Hickenlooper (R-Ia.) that Con- gress should get a full accounting of where all the $53,000,000,000 of defense funds, voted since 1947, has gone. Hickenlooper said he raised the question because all reports, both press and from officials, indicated the United States was unable to place an adequate force in Korea to stop what had been called "this alleged bandit raid." Injured, 'Human Cannonball' Abed Henry Ducharme, 31 years old, the "human cannonball" who missed his target at an Adrian carnival Thursday night, is de- scribed in a "very serious" con- dition by University Hospital doc- tors. Ducharme was shot out of a mechanical cannon, flew over a ferris wheel, and landed on the ground. Normally he would have hit 'a 20-foot high landing net. down of Mason Hall.vI There are no definite plans for the razing of "U" Hall. The Uni- versity wants to bring it down immediately following the Ma- son Hall operation in order to speed construction of the new Literary College Building and to afford greater economy in the wrecking costs. But as yet the University hasn't been able to find new quarters for the staff of the Institute of Social Research who at present occupy the first and second floors of "U" Hall. Completion of the new Literary College structure will also entail the razing of South Wing, but at present there are no definite plans for its leveling. * * * THE NEW BUILDING will con- sist of four units and will contain classrooms, lecture halls, seminar rooms, a library and Literary Col- lege offices. Construction of two of the units, a four story classroom building and an eight story sem- inar-office building, is due to be- gin as soon as the razing opera- t'ions allow. These two units are expected to be ready for use by the fall of 1951, but there is no contract as yet as architects are still working on minor details. The State Legislature, after a conference between members of the Senate and House finance committees and University offi- cials, appropriated $1,500,000 as a starter for the building project. The University has also received $467,210 as insurance money for Haven Hall and insurance adjust- ors are now working on a settle- ment for the destroyed contents of the building. State Loyalty Check Sought By Williams LANSING-(A)-Fearing a "ra- dical turnover" in state employes because of "present war condi- tions," Governor Williams yester- day asked the State Civil Service Commission for a report on its methods of guaranteeing the loy- alty of state workers. The governor, in a letter to each commissioner, said he felt it "in- cumbent on me to check with you" on methods which have been used and "whether you have any plans for further checks on existing employes and any plans in view of the possiblity of a large employe turnover." * * * "I WOULD like to see x x x," the governor wrote, "whether I can be of any assistance in coordina- ting your efforts with outside agencies such as the State Police or the FBI. C. J. Hess, acting Civil Ser- vice director, told reporters the agency now asks all applicants if they belong to any organiza- tion advocating the overthrow of the government. Those employed, he added, are required to sign an affidavit cer- tifying that they are loyal to the federal government and the state. 4 4 Ad T AT ,T V T- .-. .. Bulgarians, Slavs Clash On Border. Tito Says Troops Crossed Frontier BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - (A) - Bulgarian and Yugoslav frontier guards exchanged fire in a series of incidents and a Bulgarian sol- dier was killed, Yugoslavia an- nounced yesterday. Declaring military patrols had been sent across the frontier in an effort to capture Yugoslav guards, Premier Marshal Tito's government demanded that Bul- garia "halt these practices." THE DEMAND was made in a note handed the Bulgarian Lega- tion. Bulgaria is an active member of the Moscow-directed Comin- form. Yugoslavia was cast out of that international Communist or- ganization two years ago on grounds Tito wasn't loyal to the party line. The two nations share a 300- mile frontier, largely rocky, bar- ren and mountainous. Yugosla- via's Serbian Republic fronts on part of the frontier and the Macedonian Republic on the rest. The sites of the Yugoslav-Bul- garian clashes were not specified. Competent observers in Istanbul, however, have speculated Bulgaria might attempt to unite Yugoslav, Greek and Bulgarian Macedonia while world attention is focused on Korea. The incidents appeared to be part of the war of nerves between Yugoslavia and the Cominform, the subject of a rash of rumors in recent weeks. The rumors have been dominated by reports of troop movements in all three of Yugo- slavia's eastern neighbors in Rus- sia's sphere - Bulgaria in the south, Romania at the center and Hungary in the north. World News Roundup By The Associated Press TEHRAN -- Premier Gen. Ali Razmara said yesterday new U.S. military aid is coming to Iran, on Russia's South flank, which will completely equip Iran's army for defensive mountain fighting. He said the equipment is due to be- gin arriving in a month. The Premier said in an inter- view the equipment, including in- fantry arms, light mountain ar- tillary and other material, would be worth an estimated $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. WASHINGTON - A sharp, war-spawned rise in the whole- sale prices of many things peo- ple eat, wear or use was con- firmed by the government yes- terday. President Truman discussed the question of possible home- front mobilization with his cab- inet at a morning meeting. LEBANON - The toll of a B- 50 Air Force bomber crash near Lebanon rose yesterday to 16 dead. The public information office of the air materiel command at Dayton's Wright-Patterson Air Force base reported the new total - five higher than preliminary figures yesterday. WASHINGTON - Construction work will start next month on the first experimental atomic power plant for U.S. submarines, Senator McMahon announced yesterday. Push To Encircle Retreating Yanks 'Extensive' Bridgehead Reported On South River Bank Near Taejon By T1he Associated Press TOKYO, Saturday - General MacArthur's communique said North Korean troops today planted a bridgehead on the South bank of the Kum River but that an earlier crossing was "thrown back with heavy losses." Headquarters said the successful bridgehead, set up about 20 miles northwest of Taejon, was "a setback but no cause for undue alarm." The first crossing attempt was made late Friday. The communi- que said it was "several miles northeast" of the present bridgehead. THE NORTHERNERS are trying to throw tanks across the stream. They were putting the pres- * * * LAST DITCH-American GI's cling desperately to the Kum River line, but are unable to hold the oncoming North Korean troops, which crossed the river 20 miles northwest of Taejon and forced an American withdrawal. * Lie Asks UN Members To Aid Army in Korea LAKE SUCCESS - (P) - The United Nations appealed yesterday to 52 member countries to rush effective aid, particularly ground fighting forces, to a UN army try- ing to stop the North Korean Com- munist invaders. Secretary-General Trygve Lie announced the step at a somber news conference, his first since the outbreak of the hostilities which he again called a "well- prepared, well-planned aggression" against the Republic of South Korea. Lie said telegrams were sent to every nation that supported the Security Council action authoriz- ing a collective army to throw the North Korean invaders back of the 38th parallel. The aid pro- vided, he said, "should be effective forces, not token forces." * - THE ACTION was decided, he said, at an informal meeting he called Monday, attended by rep- resentatives of the United States delegation, Security Council Pres- ident Arne Sunde of Norway and himself and his executive assis- tant, Andrew Cordier. The Soviet bloc and Yugosla- via, which opposed armed re- sistance to the North Korean Communists, were not included in the newest bid for help to the retreating forces under the com- mand of Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur. The invitation did not go, of course, to the United States,. which has furnished the bulk of the UN resistance. A special request was made to the Nationalist Chinese govern- Women May Get Draft Call WASHINGTON-P)-Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said last night that the selective service system has done "quite a little planning" with the idea that draft boards may have to register women even- tually. The selective service chief told a radio audience that it might be- come necessary to register women if the country faced a situation requiring "about all the people its got." He added in response to questions that women could not be registered for the draft unless Congress changed the present law. ment in Formosa, whose previous offer of land troops has been turn- ed down by the unified U.S.-UN command. It advised the Chinese Nationalists that if they want to offer troops again they may do so, but that their offer would be con- sidered only for bilateral discus- sion-with MacArthur-on what specific, detailed use might be made of them. * * * REJECTION of the original Chi- nese offer was on the basis of keeping the Korean war localized. The argument was that if the Chinese Nationalists put ground forces into Korea, Chinese Com- munist forces would find it an ex- cuse to flood into Korea to help the North Korean Communists. * * * South Wanted To Hit North First -- Roberts LOS ANGELES-VP)--The South Korean government was not given heavy military equipment before the war broke out chiefly because it had a strong desire to attack North Korea, Brig. Gen. William L. Roberts said yesterday. The head of the U.S. Military Mission in Korea for 26 months told a news conference that the South Koreans "believed the best defense was to attack." * * * "THIS PLACED us in a 'skittish' position," the 59-year-old officer explained. "To prevent the South Koreans from attacking, we gave them no combat air force, no. tanks, and no heavy artillery." Just returned from the Far East for reassignment to nearby Fort MacArthur and retirement in September, Gen. Roberts said the South Korean soldier is "fine and brave" and that the weak- ness lies with the officer group. The General said that when American troops pulled out a year ago, they left the Korean govern- ment $53,000,000 worth of mili- tary supplies, including 20 liaison planes, 128 anti-tank guns, some 90 almost obsolete cannons, small arms, ammunition and consider- able captured Japanese equip- Sment. sure on the American lines at a point about 20 miles northwest of Taejon. There they planted a beachhead after pushing the Americans backward. At the same time, they were poundingstheSouth Korean line to the east at a point where a breakthrough might well cut in behind the American front posi- tion. * * * A FRONT DISPATCH did not make clear whether the Reds had crossed the Kum on the South Korean front or whether the fight- ing was on the North bank. The dispatch said the pres- sure on the American front was slowed this morning. The Ameri- cans were fighting a delaying action against the Reds push- ing through the hills toward Taejon. The bridgehead seemed to be extensive. U.S. jet and Mustang fighters blasted at the bridge- head. Four Red tanks being fer- ried across the shallows of the Kum were reported knocked out. AN EARLIER Communist force apparently about 100 strong, cross- ed last night. It infiltrated Ameri- can positions. Some of the Reds wore the green fatigue uniforms of the U.S.I Army. Apparently the uniforms had been taken from captured troops. The American defenders like- wise were harassed by guerrillas who were attacking in the rear of this vital line within 20 miles of Taejon, the provisional capi- tal of South Korea. No Peace Till Communists Leave mu. US. WASHINGTON - (P) - The United States served notice on the world yesterday that its rock bottom requirement for a settle- went of the Korean crisis is the witdrawal of the Communist in- vasion army from South Korea. A STATE Department statement prompted by speculation over the diplomatic activities of Prime Minister Nehru of India, plus in- formation from other sources, disclosed a firm and unyielding American policy covering thee points: 1-There can be no compro- mise with aggression in Korea as far as this government is concerned; in line with United Nations decisions, an end to the fighting and the return of North Korean troops to their own territory are the "minimum and irreducible conditions for a solution of the present Korean crisis." 2-The United Nations is the proper forum for negotiation on the crisis and the United States will not negotiate directly with Russia. Nehru, who sent messags to Moscow and Washington Thurs day, reportedly has offered to ne- gotiate a Korean settlement. 3-The United States does not intend to enter into any deal with Russia for admission of Communist China to the United Nations in return for Russian intervention to call off the North Koreans. Some officials indicate the Some officials indicate the United States might even use its veto now to block Chinese Com- munist membership on the ground that with the existence of the UN at stake in Korea this is no time for membership questions to be settled. U. S. Planes Hit Koreans AlongFront TOKYO--(P)-The Far East air force said yesterday Superforts, Jets and Mustang fighters yester- day braved bad weather and struck ground targets all the way from the front to Seoul, 90 miles north. The Australians joined the Americans in making 190 individ- ual flights. It was the second straight day that the dominant allied air arm had been hampered by the weather. A COMMUNIQUE said two Rus- sian-made Yak-9 fighters, an anti- aircraft position, a medium tank and four trucks were destroyed in rocket and machinegun attacks on the Seoul area. The enemy planes were caught on Seoul's The Chinese Communist radio said guerrillas also were attack- ing in the Sangju and Uisong areas, 40 and 70 miles respective- ly east of Taejon. This is the sec- tor where the Northerners are threatening U.S. supply lines from the southeast port of Pusan. THE FIRST ATTACK against the American positions on the South bank came late yesterday. Field dispatches said an estimated 100 North Koreans crossed west of Taejon despite a heavy bom- bardment by U.S. artillery and warplanes. General MacArthur's com- munique this forenoon, however, said establishment of an enemy "bridgehead" on the south bank had not been confirmed. IT SAID the Americans were defending the river line against superior forces. Communist pa- trols, however, were acknowledged to be probing the American posi- tions "in a number of places along the river." The field headquarters spokes- man estimated that two or three North Korean divisions had been massed on the north bank of the river. These did not include their crack first division, however. HARD ON THE ARCHES: Maas Calls Modern Art Museum Old-Fashioned M SRS AlC dM eR K. "The modern museum is a sta- tic monument to an international safe deposit system," Carl Maas, consultant in art and design to a national oil company declared yes- terday. "The average one is a large, cold, stone building with an enor- mous entrance leading to a grand flight of marble steps which axe and political motives of the time explained would make vi- sual art a real experience for the gallery-goer, Maas empha- sized. "This would avoid the women's club approach, which is to visit the gallery, view the painting and- explain, 'I liked it' or 'I didn't like it' when making a report to CONSEQUENCE WORSE THAN THREAT: Barker Warns of Aftermath of Atom in Korea By PAULA STRAWHECKER The men who undierstnd it and fortunately the morals of the world have changed," he lament- "My present feeling is that I am opposed in principle to use of the physicist is resigned to the almost inevitable Russian retaliation in