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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1951)
Joint Meeting To Hear McArthur Thursday Compiled by A1 Karr and Larry Hobart From the wire* of Associated Vrnnh I lir I louse agreed unanimously Monday to a joint meeting t\ith the Senate I luirsday to hear (idieral Douglas MacArtlmr. I democratie Leader McCormack (Mass.) asked that tile House empower Speaker Rayburn to declare a recess during tlic regu lar session | Imrsdny so that MacArtlmr could be heard. There was no objection. No further action by Congress is necessary, since the unani mous consent request implied an invitation to the deposed (icn eral to speak. However, the Senate today must go through the formality of deciding to come to the House chamber Thursday to hear MacArtlmr. I lie White House, meantime, said MacArtlmr is welcome to <all on President 'I rumaii while here if he asks for an appoint ment. I’residential Secretary Joseph Short said the President’s army aide. Major (icneral Harry H. V aughn, will represent Mr. 1 ruman at the airport when MacArtlmr arrives. • MacArthur Is Scheduled to Arrive. .. . . .tn Han Francisco at 8 p.m. toitay, the city’s mayor was told Mon day. Major-General Courtney Whitney, long-time advisor to MacArthur, gave the information to Max Kunke, secretary to Mayor Elmer E. Robinson In a telephone conversation from Honolulu. General Whitney said he did not know when the MacArthur plane ^ivould leave for Washington, D. C. MacArthur arrived in Honolulu at 2:28 am. (P8T) Monday, on his way to the mainland for a hero’s wel come and a political battle over American policy in Asia. The Geiferal's homecoming will be heralded by big and noisy "wel come” tributes in many communities across the nation. Allied Troops Punched Out Small Gains.. . . .along the 150-mile North Korean battlefront Monday. Communist resistance was bitter in some sectors, only spotty in others. American and Turkish soldiers made the best gains. Allied infantry and tanks were firmly entrenched in Yanggu, once a Red troop-mass ing point on the central front. Another U. N. force held the high ground northeast of Yanggu, seven miles inside Red Korea In the eastern tip of the hugh Hwachon reservoir. The Reds massed troops and supplies there early last week, apparent ly in preparation for an expected counterthrust against the Allies. On the west-central front, V. N. troops advanced against only light resistance. They now have full control of the south bank of the Hwachor reservoir. Use of $29 Million of Government Funds... .. .to enable Yugoslavia to obtain critically needed raw materials for its armed forces has been authorized by President Truman, he notified Congress Monday. In a letter to the chairmen of the Senate and House foreign com mittees, the President asserted: "The thought which gave rise to the need for (emergency foodl assistance. not only caused a shortage in the availability of food for consumption in Yugoslavia, but also has made it impossible foi Yugoslavia to export the agricultural products with which she normallj obtains the resources to pay for imports of critically needed law mater ials." The Supreme Court Split... . . .Monday in letting stand a lower court decision that a state legis lative committee can compel a witness to say whether he was a Com munist. The vote was six to three. Burton James appealed from a one-month jail sentence and a $25C fine given him for refusing to answer questions asked by a Washing ton state fact-finding committee on un-American activities. The high tribunal, however, rejected his appeal although earlier this term it ruled that witnesses before Federal grand juries and administra tive bodies may refuse to answer questions dealing with Communist ^activities on the grounds of possible self-incrimination. The court's refusal to accept James' appeal gave no reasons but noted that Justices Black, Heed and Douglas favored reviewing the case. Cashiered Air Force General. . . . . .Bennett E. Meyers was Monday sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined him $15,00p for evading $61,409 in Federul income taxes. The 55-year-old former Major-General pleaded guilty to charges covered by two indictments — one referring to his income- of 1941, the other from 1942 to 1946, inclusive. Meyers was top purchasing agent for the Air Force in Washington and at Wright-Patterson Field at Dayton, O., during World War II. He was freed from a Federal reformatory Feb. 1 after serving almost three years of the 20-months-to-five-year sentence he was given for indusing an associate to lie to a Senate investigating committee. Northwest Public Power Association. . . ...delegates went on record against any power link-up between the Pacific Northwest and California in concluding sessions of a convention Saturday in Wenatchee. The representatives of 73 public utility organizations expressed op position to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal for construction of a 230,000-volt inter-tie between the Bonneville and Shasta Dam systems. The association also urged Federal support and assistance for "not federal, publicly-owned hydro-electric projects that would provide over a million kilowatts of energy here." The State Senate Refused... . . .Monday to reconsider the defeated bill to have a paid Liquor Com mission. And it unanimously sent to the house a measure to prevent ^ir pollution. The bill to have a paid liquor commission was defeated two weeks ago 21 to 9, with the upper house dividing on party lines. The air pollution bill makes- it illegal to "discharge into the air any solids, liquids or gases so as to cause injury to humans, plant or animal life, or to property." The Stale Board of Health would enforce it, and would develop tne program, make studies, and encourage co-operation among the public. Council Appoints 'Mom's' Chairman (Continued from pnr/e one) discussed with the council enter tainment presented at the all earnpuH Vodvld Saturday evening. She informed the group that Di rector of Men's Affairs Kay Hawk hurl received "several negative comments” concerning humor of fered on the program. Donald DuShane, director of stu dent affairs, present at the council meeting, said that his office had heard reports of "a couple of dis gusting stories" but expressed the opinion that students are improv ing the situation and that the prob lem can be solved by them. Mountain sketched briefly for the ASUO council an outline of the trip taken to Stanford by himself and ten others, members of a student committee, to study dormitory liv ing. The committe visited the Stan ford campus last week where they met with school administrators and students in an effort to acquaint1 themselves with the living plan now in effect at that school. "The University of Oregon Ath letic Department paid for our gas and oil down,” Mountain explained. "Stanford furnished us living quar ters and the committee members purchased their own meals.” The ten students composing .the committee represented a cross-sec tion of the Oregon campus, Moun tain said, and are outstanding as student leaders. “A smaller group would not have been able to handle the job,” he said. A committee to discuss letter' awards for members of the Univer- j sity ski team was designated by | Mountain, Herb Nil], Dave Rodway, | Stu McCullon, and Director of Ath- ! letics Leo Harris were appointed to I consider the question. A member of the Order of the O will also serve, j The group w'ill report to the coun- , cil within the next two weeks. Don Paillette, Virginia Wright, j LaVerne Thompson, and Joanne Kitzmaurice were selected by: Mountain to review petitions for i Student Union Board membership. Wanna Go Abroad? See Draft Board! Young men who wish to go abroad this summer may receive a permit from their local draft board to leave the United State* if their absence will not interfere with their obligations under the Selective Service Act of 1948. Before determining whether a permit should be issued, the local board may require the registrant to complete and file his Classifica tion Questionnaire 1SSS Form No. 100) and such other forms and in formation as may be necessary to complete classification. According to this Selective Ser vice regulation, the local board may thereupon classify the regist rant if this appears necessary in order to determine the advisability of issuing the permit. About 75 per cent of last year’s automobile accidents involved pas senger cars. Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests Number 17... THE OWL “So I’m a wise guy —so what ?” Vv' in Vv*..:'..s ...v. i^peotyto cunicularia*' — Speo, for short, majors the classics. But in this case, he’s dropped his Latin leanings and slings American slang with the best of them. 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