Senate Ratifies
SE Asia Treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Senate ratified the. Southeast
Asia, defense treaty 82-1 Tuesday.
The pact links the United States
with seven other nations in a
new front against any Commu
nist aggression in the Far Fast.
Sen. Geoige (D-Ga). chairman
of the Foreign Relations commit
tee, called for swift action on the
treaty as a signal "to any Com
munist country planning any ag
gression that they will have to
reckon with the United States.”
The senate ratified it after a
short debate.
Longer Opposed
Only Sen. Ganger (R-NDi
voted “no." He told the Senate
he thought this country "ought
to mind its own business and
keep out of foreign entangle
ments all over Europe and Asia.”
The treaty is aimed at block
ing external aggression and in
ternal subversion in an area
which embraces the Asian terri
tory of Pakistan. Thailand. South
Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.
Treaty territory also includes
the Philippines and British and
French possessions in the South
west Pacific.
Signatories are the United
States. Great Britain. Fiance.
Australia. New Zealand, the
Philippines. Pakistan and Thai
land.
The three independent Indo
chinese states are not parties to
the pact, although their boun
daries are protected by it.
Formosa Left Out
Territories farther north, in
cluding Japan and the National
ist Chinese-held island of Formo
sa, do not come within the sphere
of the treaty.
Terms of the treaty specific
ally state that military’ action in
the event of aggression would
: depend on the constitutional pro
cesses of each signatory nation.
Secretary of State Dulles as-!
i sured the Foreign Relations Com
mittee last month that President
Eisenhower would ask Congress
for its approval to use military
force in any emergency unless it
were "so great that prompt ac
tion was necessary to save a
vital interest of the United
States."
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R
NJ), who accompanied Dulles to
Manila when the pact was ne
gotiated. told the Senate Tues
day:
“The net effect of this treaty
is to serve notice on the Chinese j
Communists that they shall not j
encroach farther on these free;
nations of Asia. They are no j
longer free to isolate and absorb
these countries one by one.”
If Communists Attack,
Okinawa to be First
By Robert Eunson
Of the Associated Press
NAHA, Okinawa IAP)—If the
Communists actually do make a
grab for Formosa, it seems pret
ty clear they will attack Okin-1
awa first.
This keynote in the U.S. Pa-;
eific defense plan is only 400
miles from the coast of Red i
;
China. This means that U.S.
atom bombers from Okinawa
could be over Formosa Strait in
less than an hour, dropping flam
ing death on a Communist inva
sion force from the mainland
bound for Formosa.
Okinawa's bombers could re
duce Peiping to a smoking ruins
two hours after war was declared
and palish off Shanghai in half
that time.
Facts Known to Both
These stark facts are just as
well known to the Communists as
• they are to the airmen who fly
and cafe for the' planes parked
in the revetments scattered
ubout this semi-tropic isle. ,
Consequently. Okinawa will be
at war immediately if President
Eisenhower has to use his con
gressional - granted prerogative
and call upon U.S. forces to de
fend Formosa.
“We are the number one Com
munist target in the Pacific,”
says Maj. Gen. David A. D. Og
den, top U.S. commander for
Okinawa and the Ryukyu Is
lands. “We all know it and we
are ready for the emergency.’’
Ogden Commands in \VW II
Ogden is a short, stocky engi
neer who made his way up in the
Army commanding amphibious
operations in New Guinea and
the Philippines during World
War II.
What about Okinawa ? I3 it de
fensible against an amphibious
attack?
“That all depends on the Navy
and the Air Force," Ogden told
tube. “We learned when we were
playing this game ourselves that
once the Navy and the Air Force
break through and you get the
troops on the beaches it’s only a
matter of time after that."
The U.S. Seventh Fleet is op
erating in the vicinity of Okina-!
wa, so if the Communists want;
to land an invasion force here i
they have to get past the navy:
first.
If Chinese bombers come out
from the mainland, looking forj
the airfields and the bombj
dumps on Okinawa, they will be!
met by Sabre jets who constantly j
patrol the skies.
“We aren't on any more special |
alert now than we always have j
been." says Maj. Gen. Fay Upte-t
Tall Tales Greet
Pops of 'Flunkers'
(ACP)—In this technological
age, we thought the IBM nm- i
chin** was ns Infallible ns the
balance on your bunk ntnte
nant.
Evidently It’s not. A number
of students at the Cniversity
of Connecticut Imd to do some
tall explaining after their mid
semester grade reports were
received at home.
It seems thut F’a were sub
stituted for I)'a on grade re
ports, affecting about 23 to SO
persons. The students have
been reassured that the grades
do not uppeur on their perma
nent records.
Major League
Seen on Coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-That
the Pacific Coast will eventually
have major league baseball—but
in a third major league—was
predicted Monday by Claire V.
Goodwin, president of the Pacific*
Coast league.
In a telegram sent Monday to
Will Harridgie. president of the
American League, asking for a
copy of recent American league
discusions on realignment. Good
win said he was pleased that the
directors decided against pursu
ing the situation at this time.
grove, commander of the U.S.
20th Air Force, whose headquar
ters is here. "We are always fly
ing patrols and there are always
planes warmed up ready to
scramble."
Ready for Knemy Plane
What would U.S. planes on pa
trol off Okinawa do if they sight
ed a Communist fighter or bomb
er approaching the island?
"Intercept it and give it a
chance to turn back," he said.
“If it started firing, the Ameri
cans would pursue the chase to a
satisfactory conclusion."
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Study of Oriental
History Essential
By Sue Lamb
Emarald Raporlar
"In order to spread Christian
ity throughout the Far Fast we
must understand and accept the
history and problems of the ori
ental peoples," explained Frank
G. Williston, Tuesday afternoon.
Willistou is lecturer for the In
stitutes of International Rela
tions and the Stale of Washing
ton community forums.
The future of Christianity in
the Far Fast, as Williston ex
plained it, depends on knowledge
of the history of these lands and
the effect of early Christianity
on them.
The people of the Orient were
almost blended in their religions
of Confucianism. Buddhaism, and
Taoism. Christian missionaries
presented the new religion to
them with the stipulation that
they be oidy Christians, not a
mixture of this and other reli
gions.
‘‘Christianity is having a hard
time now,” commented Williston.
"I think the Communists behind
the Bamb<x> curtain recognize the
revolutionary characteristic of
Christianity as a competing the
ology and will not allow it to ex
ist. If they do. it will not be
Christianity.”
Two important courses of ac
tion must be taken by those who
are working on the future of
Christianity in the Far East, he
said:
1. People must realize and ac
cept the fact that the Orientals
are pressed on one side by the
Communists and on the other by
Democratic principles, an dthat
they need help in understanding ,
these two and still retain some-'
thing of their native beliefs.
2. Because of ith revolutionary
characteristics, tin* advocates of
Christianity ran not force the re
ligion on the people. It must
be Illustrated In reality an a
means of improving socially, ec
onomically, and spiritually.
Sororities Pledge
Nineteen Women
A total of 19 women pledged
eight sororities during winter
term open rushing. Ijtst Friday
was the last day for pledging
until spring term.
Sororities and pledges were:
Alphr Chi Omega, Letitia Lam
bert, Pat Schumacher. Susan Ita
vizza, Dorothy West and Nancy
Kern. -
Alpha Della 1*1, Joyce Larvik
and Karen Chambers. Alpha
Oinicron 1*1, John Singleton. Ih*l
t* Camilla, Jill Aeklen, Kathleen
Donovan, Betsy Morphet.
Gamma Phi Beta, Joan Mo
beig. Kappa Alpha Theta, Lisa
Hart. Sigma Kappa, Deborah
Nelson and Karen Rasmussen.
/.eta Tail Alpha, Sylvia BatneM.
Kay Dunford, Donna McQueen
and Clarissa Berning.
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