NO TAX REDUCTION See Page ; Y 4 tr4, i an AdIV :43, a t -1 v f"1 4} A i l: : ' Latest Deadline in the State WR VOL. LXIII, No. 16-S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1953 FOUR PAGES Red Skeptics Want More Guarantees Balk In Spite Of Rhee's Pledge SEOUL - (P) - Despite Unite( States assurance that South Ko rea's President Syngman Rhee ha put down in writing his consen to abide by a truce, the skeptica Reds showed every sign yesterda: of wanting more iron-clad guar antees before they accept. A broadcast last night by Rei North Korea's Pyongyang radio said "agreement on the Korear truce appears to be in for a dela3 because of lack of sincerity or, the part of the American side." * * * WHILE THE words went ou over the air, up to 40,000 Re troops in east-central Korea launched the biggest offensive since 1951. The truce delegations met for 39 minutes yesterday and then adjourned until 8 p.m. today. There was no immediate indica- tion of. what was discussed. Outside the conference hut, i appeared that the Reds were prob- ing for more information and a the same time declaring that sc far UN command has not come up with anything acceptable. ** * IRONICALLY, the only concreti announcement stemming from yes- terday's truce session didn't dea with armistice terms discussions North Korean Gen. Nam II, the chief Red truce delegate, lodged a protest with the allied side charging that Allied planes strafed and bombed a prison camp norti of Pyongyang last Friday. Nam said the bombers killed five UN prisoners and wounded 15. The UN side made no immediate reply. In a public statement yester- day, Rhee said that for the pres- ent "I do not intend to say or do anything that could be inter- preted as causing any difficul- ties.", However, he made clear thai while South Korea may change its methods, it was not abandoning its objective of unifying the country. Press Group Hits Regents' 'Closed Door' LANSING - The fight for "free- dom of information" got underway again yesteday with Board of Re- gents and the Michigan Press As- sociation in opposite corners. Aiming their attack at the Re- gents' closed door policy MPA chairman, H. E. Bailey of Adrian, named a new "freedom of informa- tion" committee to seek on-the- spot coverage at the Board's ses- sions. * * , FORMER co-advocates of the closed meeting, the Board of Agri- culture, governing body of Michi- gan State College, yielded to per- suasion six months ago and agreed to allow accredited newsmen to at- tend board meetings. The MSC Board, stipulated how- ever, it could go into private exec- utive session before meeting with the press without having to dis- close the nature of the executive meeting. President Hatcher has said he sees little difference between MSC policy and the University's present one. The Regents now hold private sessions but are available to the press for questioning after their meeting. Heading the group of newsmen who plan to seek on-the-spot cov- erage is Brewster Campbell, exec- utive city editor of the Detroit Free Press. Other members appointed to the MPA committee are: George R. Averill, of the Birmingham Ec- centric, Richard M. Cook of the Hastings Banner, John Lignian of the Olivet Optic, Berkely Smith of the Iosco County News, Ink r White of the Clinton County Re- publican News, Ralph N. Byers of the Ann Arbor News, L. Earle Dav- idson of the Coldwater Reporter, E. C. Hayhow of the Hillsdale Dai- lv News. Philip T. Rich of the Food on Way, Germans Told U.S. Says Supplies Will Come Regardless of Communist Wishes The United States told hungry East Germans yesterday that much-needed food is on the way to them. According to the United Press, American spokesmen declared they would get the supplies regardless of the wishes of their Communist masters. "THEY ARE GOING to get food one way or another," a State Department official said. The Voice of America beamed two short-wave German-lan- guage commentaries to East Germany. British Act For Return Of Soldier Egyptian Takes Tommy in Suez ISMAILIA, Egypt --(A')-Brit- ish soldiers clamped an iron ring of armored cars and machine guns around this strategic Suez Canal zone town yesterday to force the return of a missing Tommy. The British here charged that the soldier, Leading Aircraftsman A. V. Rigden, was abducted last Thursday by what they called an Egyptian "bad boy," and called on Egypt to return him by 2 a.m. yes- terday. *, * * THE EGYPTIAN government. denied it knew anything about his disappearance. When the deadline passed without a sign of Rigden, 300 British troops moved into po- sition and announced they would search all civilians entering and leaving Ismailia until he returns. The Egyptians took prompt counter-measures, moving units of the Egyptian Army to posts around all government build- ings in the town. Red Foes Launch Biggest Offensive in Two Years t ..,.s,.,.- .. ..,,... _.... ,.,.,,.. . .. ,.,,... Monroney Hits Senate Investigation By The Associated Press - Sen. Monroney (R-Okla.) hotly attacked the investigative methods of Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.) on the Senate floor yesterday and chal- lenged the wisdom of letting M- Carthy investigate the supersecret Central Intelligence Agency. An inquiry into the CIA, he said, would "disclose to our ene- mies information that even the best spy apparatus of the Krem- lin" could not get. THE OKLAHOMA senator, in a speech bristling with scorn, de- manded that the senators stand up and be counted in a showdown on the McCarthy issue. The entire Senate, he said, should be willing to take "full responsibility" for the acts of McCarthy's Senate investiga- tions sub-committee, from which all three Democratic members have walked out, and for all other Senate committees. "We cannot wash our hands of this ultimate responsibility," Mon- .roney declared. "Every senator should assume the responsibility of voting for or against a Mc- Carthy investigation of the CIA." * * * EARLIER in the day, McCar- thy reported he had uncovered evidence of "an alleged $150,000 shakedown" against a friendly foreign government by State De- partment employes under former Secretary Acheson's regime. The San Diego Union said yesterday one of its reporters provided original information for this case. Gene Fuson, the reporter, said one of the State Department em- ployes named in the matter was involved in the case of Alger Hiss. Army Studies Cut in Arms WASHINGTON-(MP)-Secretary of the Army Stevens said yester- day all Army production schedules are being studied to see if fur- ther downward adjustments are needed. He disavowed any slowdown in ammunition making until "safe" reserves are built up at home and abroad. Stevens said the ammunition situation in Korea today is "ex- cellent," with a 90-day supply level in the Far East Command. But he said more reserves would be needed in the United States, in Europe and elsewhere. "The Army is ready to deal ade- quately with any situation that might arise from an armistice int Korea," he said. The commentaries said the first shipments would leave New York this week-probably Thursday. IT ADDED that West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had suggested to President Eisenhow- er that food be distributed through churches and charitable organi- zations. "Presumably this method of distribution can still be used," the broadcast said. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said shipments also would be sent to the East- West frontier in Germany. * * * MEANWHILE the Associated Press reported that Communist Premier Otto Grotewohl issued a desperate appeal yesterday to the entire East German population to work on the farms to overcome "deficiencies in cultivation and preparation for the harvst." The appeal, an admission of a worsening food shortage in the Red-ruled satellite, came after a special Cabinet session and while East Germans boiled with anger against the Kremlin's refusal of the American offer of food. The Russian action stirred anti- Communist fury throughout the zone, for it means that the Rus- sians would play politics with hunger. Peace Policy For Russia To Continue VIENNA-(')-The Cominform Indicated yesterday the Kremlin's foreign policy is unchanged by the fall of Lavrenti Beria and that Russia's immediate aims are three- fold: a unified Germany, Ameri- can withdrawal from Japan and admission of Red China to the UN. The Cominform is the Commun- ist Information Bureau. It co-or- dinates the policies of the Com- munist-bloc countries. * * * THE LATEST issue of its weekly policy publication to reach Vienna instructed world Communist par- ties to launch a propaganda cam- paign to convince people of "the consistent peace policy of the So- viet Government." Western diplomats here said the editorial appeared to have been written after Beria's arrest and probably had Kremlin approval. They regarded this as confirmation that Russia's "peace offensive" is still on. The Cominform journal told Communists to press for the "his- torically important" program of the Communist-run World Peace Council. THE PUBLICATION said the world "peace movement" must press for an end to the arms drive and to "internal interference in the internal affairs of other; states." There was no immediate lence and the forces of the governments settled down watchful waiting. Reaction was quick in Cairo and London. 1, 1, * vio- two to both r--Daily-Lon Qui MEMORIES OF BASTILLE DAY-A Belgian and two French students recall July 14, 1789, and the days of the French revolution when the tearing up of streets and side-walks was not so peace- ful as the mild variety in front of Angell Hall. NEAR WAKE ISLAND: Plane Crash Bodies Found in Gcific PRESIDENT Naguib discussed the situation for 21/ hours with his Cabinet at an emergency meet- ing. He met next with members of Egypt's Army Revolutionary coun- cil and was believed to have dis- cussed Egypt's next move. Mem- bers of both groups were tight- lipped after the meetings. Maj. Salah Salem, minister for national guidance, denounc- ed Britain's action by saying Britain is now "a third-rate power, morally and materially defeated everywhere; in India, Ireland, Iran, Pakistan, even Africa." Salem called on the Egyptian people to consider themselves in "a major battle" but not to take action against Britain until ord- ered to do so. In London, the British govern- ment curtly dismissed Egypt's pro- tests that she knows nothing about the missing airman. Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd told the House of Commons the British military authorities in the Suez Canal zone "have strong grounds for believing one of the two Egyptians seen with Leading Aircraftsman A. V. Rigden was an officer and that the Egyptian authorities therefore knew about the incident." Lab Building BeginsToday President Harlan Hatcher will preside over ground - breaking ceremonies at 4 p.m. today for the University's Radiation therapy laboratory. The laboratory, to be located be- tween the University Hospital and Kresge Research Bldg., will be constructed underground. It will be used to test the effectiveness of radio-active Cobalt 66 and Cesium 137 in radiation therapy. Fred J. Hodges, who will be in charge of the new laboratory, will speak briefly and Regent Vera Bates will introduce several wo- men who have been active with the Alice Lloyd Memorial Fund of the Michigan Membrial-Phoenix project, a sponsor of the labora- tory. n HONOLULU - (A) - A Navy transport was picking up bodies from the shark-infested waters east of Wake Island yesterday where a huge airliner plunged into the Pacific Saturday night with 58 aboard. The transport Barrett radioed that it had recovered five bodies and had sighted more. u* "SHARKS are attacking the bodies," it reported, making it dif- ficult to estimate how many vic- tims were nearby. Three of the victims were bad- ly burned and two were mangled, Report Big Three Agree On Cold War WASHINGTON - (AP) - The Big Three foreign ministers were reported last night to have reached a "wide field of agree- ment" on cold war problems. An American spokesman who re- ported this declined to say, how- ever, whether anyragreement on a possible Big Four meeting with Russia was in prospect. A HIGH British official earlier said his government is willing to delay any top-level Big Four meet- ing with Russian Premier Malen- kov until after the West German election scheduled for Sept. 6. But Britain regards such a meeting as inevitable, he said, and does not believe it should be put off too long. American - British - French agreements drafted during the current talks were reported dis- cussed at a two-hour meeting late yesterday afternoon and lat- er cabled to London and Paris for clearance. Dulles in discussing Far East problems, told his British and French colleagues a Korean arm- istice "is now possible if the Com- munists want' one,"" a State De- partment spokesman said. During a three-hour morning conference, Dulles gave a confi- dential report on the recently concluded American negotiations with South Korea President Syngman Rhee. Dulles reportedly made it clear that the United States will insist on confining any post-armistice political conference with the Reds to Korean matters only. In outlining the American view, he also said the U.S. will continue to oppose Communist China's membership in the United Nations as a price for any cease fire. Ann Arbor Mother indicating the Transocean Air- lines DC6B crashed with terrific impact and burned or exploded. "There is little hope of any sur- vivors in view of the conditions of bodies found," a doctor aboard the Barrett said. One of the victims had died from flash burns and multiple fractures. * .* * THE FOUR-ENGINED airliner -carrying 50 passengers, includ- ing eight children under 10, and a crew of eight-last was heard from at 10:28 p.m. Saturday when it made a routine position report 325 miles east of Wake. There was no indication of any trouble. Thetransport Barrett's crew began pulling bodies out of the sea at a point where it had found three of the plane's five rafts-the only means of sur- vival for those aboard the ill- fated DC6B. Suitcases and women's shoes floated about the ship. Although hopes were slender, the Hawaiian Sea Frontier ordered planes to switch their search to the area west of the Barrett's po- sition. * * * "BARRETT is picking up bodies crackled the terse radio message which brought the first confirma- tion of death among the 50 pas- sengers and eight crewmen flying from Guam to Oakland, Calif. The Barrett's discoveries were made only about 30 miles from the point where the plane radioed late Saturday night without any indi- cation of trouble. Those aboard in- cluded civilian workers, their wives and children bound from Guam for the U.S. for summer vacation. Hope had been kindled that some survivors might have man- aged to get aboard four other rafts when the Barrett reported sighting a green flare just before midnight Sunday. But it was only a slender hope. Postal Raise Still Possible WASHINGTON - (-) - The Eisenhower administration's move to raise postal rates this year touched off a shouting, arm-wav- ing uproar in the House Post Of- fice Committee yesterday. When the dust settled, the com- mittee turned down by an 11 to 10 vote a proposal to shelve the rate increase request until next year. This meant public hearings will continue, though it's doubtful whether any further action will be taken before Congress adjourns afound the end of this month. Postmaster General Summerfield went before the committee to ar- gue for the higher rates endorsed by President Eisenhower - four 'cents instead of three for a first class letter, with other increases in postage for air mail, books, newspapers and periodicals. ROK Lines Still Holding AgainstFoe Artillery Blasts Called Incredible SEOUL - () - Nearly 70,000 Chinese Reds struck last night l e- hind. crashing artillery barrages against 18 miles of the East Cen.- tral Korean front in the mightiest offensive in two years. Late yesterday the mighty Red onslaught, mounting in fury, smashed two holes in the'- allied main line and forced one South Korean division to retreat. * * * THE SITUATION was described as locally dangerous but not fatal. The next few hours probably would tell whether the South Korean line could hold. South Korean infantrymen counterattacked immediately and the situation was reported "still under control." Wave after wave of Chinese troops crashed against the deep- dug allied line between Kumhwa and the Pukhan River. THEIR ASSAULTS were bol- stered by the shocking power of "incredible" Red artillery bar- rages. "You've got to see that artil- lery to believe it," a U.S. officer with a South Korean division said. Outpost after outpost crumbled and melted away as the Red tide rolled forw rd, smothering ith bodies of South Korean rifle e. Part of Finger Ridge was gone. Many, other famed hI1T'psitions were believed engulfed or in peril. THE WEST half of the 18 mile battle front was taking the heav- iest blows. The hardest hit sec- for was just northeast of Kumhwa and Sniper Ridge. The size and violence of the Red onslaught-a throwback to the old war of movement halt- ed by two years of truce talks -threatened to breach a major gap in the Allied battle line. Censorship prohibited disclosure of the extent of the Red gain. . "There were simply too many of them for us to stop," a U. S. ad- viser with the stricken South Ko- rean division said. "They overran some of our people and some of them got behind us." * *a THREE OTHER South Korean divisions were fighting for their lives across a mountainous sector from Kumhwa east to the Pukhan River. No American divisions were un- der attack. At one point the Communsts managed to shove infiltrators into a rear area but there was no in! dication how deep the break had been. Senate, House Pass Foreign Aid Program WASHINGTON -- (P) - The House and Senate approved a $5,157,000,000 foreign aid program yesterday but directed President Eisenhower to withhold one bil lion from six European countries unless they unite behind an in- ternational army. Acting first, the House passed by a roll-call vote of 221 to 109 a compromise bill worked out by a special Senate-House committee. The Senate followed quickly with a voice vote of approval and with- out further debate. THE LEGISLATION is an auth- orization bill which sets a ceiling, 314 million dollars lower than Eisenhower requested, on mutual security spending for the fiscal year ending next June 30. Brooks Blasts Americans ,For Having Passive Mind 'U' SURVEY SAYS: Salesmen, Cherish Home Television "We are becoming targets for every kind of propaganda." John D. Brooks, director of the New Lincoln School of New York City charged yesterday in a talk before the Summer Education Conference that Americans are developing passive minds. POINTING OUT that the popu- lar soap operas might better be called "sporific operas," he claim- ed that Americans tend to "hang up their intellects along with their hats and sit with slack jaw before the television set." He stressed the fact that "we must develop the ability to fight back with our minds when lis- tening to a television program or reading a magazine." Citing as the most important need in adjusting the public school curriculum today the build- ing of basic skills better than they have ever been built before, Brooks called democracy the most "dan- gerous" form of government unless everyone is constantly on the alert to maintain it. Calling today's curriculum, "as- sembly line in operation," Brooks said that "children are being re- warded for acting alike, feeling alike, loving and hating alike. He called it the "job of the pub- lic school to meet the rich indi- vidual variations of Jew and Gen- tile, poor and rich, rural child and city child." * * * ON THE OTHER hand, however, he indicated that "the public schools have the right to indoc- trinate for a common core of dem- ocratic belief and practice." He said that he had no fear of proper indoctrinating for the spirit of freedom of religion and freedom of speech provided "we leave our students free always to modify, adjust and adapt." The conference will continue to- day with a talk by Prof. Earl C. Kelly of Wayne University on "What Must the Secondary School Do to be Saved?" at 10 a.m. in Schorling Auditorium followed by a panel discussiin at 11 a.m. There will be a series of special By ELSIE KUFFLER If father is a sales clerk, the family is more likely to have a television set than if he were a doctor or lawyer. According to University's De- troit Area Survey of television ownership, 90% of the sales work- ers interviewed had television in their homes in comparison with nnly 75% nf the nrnfinnn1 work- Because television is potentially $2,000 annually was ownership such an important factor in the lower thpn 50%. life of the community, the study The generally wealthy sub- conducted interviews in 1,157 urbs outlying Detroit showed a conducteduinterviews rin 1,15 great majority of families with Shomes during February and' television sets, compared to those March. in the City of Detroit accord- The presence of children is a ing to the survey. sure indication of television on the Another finding related to eco- premises, especially if they are nomic status is that high school