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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1951)
World News Capsules UN Orders Communists to Make Choice Between Armistice, War Compiled by Theda Jack (From the wire* of United Preu) The I'uited Nation command (old the Communists Monday to stop hhiflitttf and make their choice between an “honorable armistice” and all-out war. The U. N. command sounded the warning while waiting for a Conininnist reply to it-, proposal to shift the suspended truce talks from Kaesong to Songhyon, eight miles to the south east in the middle of the western front “no-man’s-land.” Meanwhile, on the we-tcentral front, however, Communist troops all but stalled U. N. forces on the third day of a drive to clean out a ridgeline west of Chorwon. Despite the stiff resistance, the Allies stormed up one minor height. ♦ ♦ ♦ Russia objected Monday . . . ... to the United Nations Security Council's considering Britain’s oil dispute with Iran on the grounds that it is an Internal Iranian matter. Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin raised his objection at the out set of an urgent counil meeting summoned to hear Britain’s complaint that Iran hail flounted an Injunction of the international court of Justice against interference in the operations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com pany. Britain also asked the Council to call upon Iran to cancel expulsion of 360 British technicians from Abadan, ordered by Thursday. 'Freedom of the press is people's hertage',... . . . stated Ur. Alberto Gianza Paz, former editor and publisher of Ua Prcnsa. Ur. Galnza spoke before a special convocation at Northwestern University, after the Medill School of Journalism conferred an honorary degree on him. He further urged every individual to consider the fight for freedom of the press a personal battle In man’s age-old struggle to guard his liberties. He said an object lesson to the world was contained in the suppression of his own paper, and revealed that La Prcnsa workers have compiled a book telling the story of their downfall. Revolt of Argentine party leaders ... ... resulted in an undisclosed number of their group being reported as under arrest Monday. A group of army and air force officers, charged with leading Fid ay's uprising, were on trial for their lives before a special ■'supreme council." The ’’supreme council" trying the officers had been ordered to reach a verdict in forty-eight hours. ♦ ♦ ♦ Truman administration is under fire . . . ... as twenty-five Republican senators raise charges of an attempt to suppress legitimate news and the use of smear tactics to silence oppo sition. The senators said, "There is evidence that no man can criticize our government today and escape intemperate reprisals." Issuing a "mani festo,” the senators said they would fight to defend the fundamental freedoms of speech and the press in America. The manifesto was prompted in part by the “trend toward censor ship” seen in President Truman’s new executive order which permits al federal agencies to place security classifications on official informa tion. Key Congressmen were being alterted . . . ... Monday to stand by for history’s first preview, some time later this month, of futuristic warfare waged with atomic weapons. Invitations, an authoritative source said, are going to members of five Congrcslsonal committees to attend the actical atomic tests ex pected to get under wa yin Nevada in he next several weeks. Informd sources have conjevtured that the weapons to be proved are production models of warheads adaptable to guided missiles, rockets, artillery, an dnaval torpedoes. Oregon remains on standard time . . . ... today as the result of an announcement of acting Governor Paul Patterson to Secretary of the Interior Oscar N. Chapman. Patterson further stated that the Governor’s office has no authority to order the state back to daylight saving time. Cigarettes, gasoline, and liquor . . . ... will cost more a month from now when higher excise taxes on those and other items go into effect. A house-senate conference committee still must adjust many differ ences between the tax bills passed earlier by the two chambers, but ex cis tax provisions were identical in both bills, and not subject to change by the committee. OSC students were doused ... ... Friday when Corvallis firemen turned water on a campus “jeer ing” section. A long-standing feud between city firemen and college students flared up after the smokeeaters turned cold water on the crowd. For years students have formed "jeering” sections when the Corvallis volun p. teers turn out. Last weekend the firemen once again had enough of the students’ “searing” remarks at a small blaze in the downtown section . and turned water on 300 undergraduates. YWCA Sponsor Student Picnic A picnic for all foreign students will be held Wednesday at 0:30 p. m. at the home of L. O. Wright, professor of romance languages and Mrs. Wright. •Sponsored by the YWCA Inter- 1 national Affairs committee under the direction of Marian Briner, ! chairman, the picnic is being plan- ! ned so the foreign students can get acquainted with each other and with the customs of an American j picnic. The program will include a wel- ; come by Miss Briner, and talks on the Y programs by Ann Darby and Dave Hobbs, presidents of the ; YWCA and YMCA respectively. : Members of the YW and YM cab inets will also be present to meet the foreign students and to ac quaint them with the Y activities. Food for the picnic is being fur nished by the two Y organizations and will include such traditional American fare as hot dogs, potato salad, and Coca Cola. Later in the year several other events will be sponsored for the foreign students by the Y's, Cos- j mopolitan club, and other groups, i On Oct. 23 the University Religious | Council and the Foreign Student ■ Friendship Foundation, a group of : campus individuals and townspeo ple who work with the foreign stu dents on campus, helping them to become better acquainted with America, will sponsor a reception for all foreign students at 8:30 p. m. in the Student Union. TODAY'S STAFF Makeup editor: Judy McLaugh lin. Copy desk: Dolores Lee, Charles Christiansen, Mitzi Asai. in hoc mundo...only the ' Van Heusen @mmr shirt has the soft collar that .. . which means the Van Heusen Century shirt is the only shirt in this world (and probably the next!) with the collar that stays neat and wrinkle free for life—without starch or stays! One-piece patented collar can’t be ironed or folded wrong ,.. always linen-soft round your neck! See the Van Heusen Century shirt in regular or wide spread collars, $3.95 to $4.95 Van Heuseit 91 the world's smartest” shirts Philiips-Jones Corp., New York 1, N.Y* The worst feeling in the world! Nine years old and he can’t play with the gang! His parents say two or three of the boys are different and he shouldn’t associ ate with them. What do they mean, different? He re members that only a few days ago his his tory teacher told him that all Americans are equal—all citizens of one country and all working together. This kid judges the rest of the gang by their individual personality, character and how they play ball—not by their race or religion. Each race, each religion, contributes its own talents, culture and idealism to pro duce that amazing blend of ideas and vigor which have made America great. This boy wants to be proud of his country . . . not ashamed of it—and he can be if we don’t influence him to the contrary! Make sure that you are not spreading rumors against a race or a religion. Speak up, wherever you are, against prejudice, and work for better understanding. Re member that’s what it means—to be a good American citizen. Accept or reject people on their individual worth