56th Year of Publication
\OI . I.VI IMVKICNITV <>!•' OKKOON, KUOKNE, TI'KMIIAV, FKBKCAKY 8, 1955
NO. 77
Cease-fire Effort
Made in Formosa
UNITED NATIONS, N Y.(API
- UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold Ik maintaining
contact with Ited China’* Prem
ier Chou Kn-Lal in connection
with effort* to get a ceaae-fire
in Formosa strait. Ho far no re
sult of that contact has become
apparent.
lieporta were current at UN
headquarters Monday that the
secretary general who was in
Peiping for conferences with
Chou on American prisoners a
month ago, had received a reply
from Peiping to a second mes
sage sent by Hammarskjold last
week relative to a cease-fire.
A UN source said he could
neither confirm nor deny the
existence of a reply. He said all
he could say was that contact is
being maintained. He did not
state just what Hammarskjold
hopes to achieve by keeping the
contact with Peiping.
Debate Invite .Made
Hammarskjold sent a brief
message to Chou last Monday
immediately after the Security
council issued an Invitation to
Chou to send a representative
here for a debate on a New Zea
land proposal for a cease-fire.
The Hammarskjold message
merely gave the record of the
council action.
Ike Seeks Federal
Aid for Education
WASHINGTON (APi-Presi
dent Eisenhower wilb send a spe
cial message to Congress Tues
day on school aid -construction
and education problems general
ly
Announcing this Monday, the
White House said that the mes
sage would be presented to the
lawmakers at noon.
The President ia expected to
recommend a specific program
of federal aid in construction of
schools.
Chou rejected the bid from the
Security council. Then it wan
disclosed that Hammarskjold
had aent a second and (slightly
more personal mi-Misage to Chou
before the rejection was received
here. This was (said to have re
flected some of the point* made
In the debate in the council.
Chou** Itrply Unknown
The latest reply from Chou— ;
if such exist* would be to that
(second message from Hammar
ekjold. No one among several
delegation* in the UN professed
to have heard of the reply.
The Security council president
for February, Victor Andre* Be
launde, Peru, continuerd confer- j
ences with fellow members of the
council concerning another meet
ing. The delegate* are trying to
deride their next step before a
meeting is called.
Unless someone comes up with j
a good idea that the others will ;
approve, the chances of a council
meeting within the next few
days are dim.
Reid Is Candidate
For King of Hearts
Bob Reid, sponsored by Sigma
Chi and Delta Gamma, is the
sixth candidate for King of
Hearts. Reid has been left off
the list of competitors in previ
ous stories. Other contestants
include Bud Hinkson, sponsored
by Alpha Chi Omega; Gary Al
den, Kappa Alpha Theta; Martin
Brandenfels, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma; Bill Shepard, Delta Upsilon,
and Dave Talbot, Alpha Omicron
Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Tickets for the Heart Hop are j
on sale all this week at the Co-op
and all the women's living organ
izations, according to Frances
Achee, ticket chairman. Tickets
cost 75 cents a couple for the
girl-ask-boy affair. Girls will be
allowed to vote for King of
Hearts when they buy their tick
et. The winner will be announced
during intermission of the bas
ketball game Friday night.
The Heart Hop will be held
immediately after the game, at
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi
Omega and Delta Gamma. Cam
pus clothes are in order and re
freshments will be served at
each of the houses.
Nixon Emphasizes Red
Threat in Cuban Talks
HAVANA. Cuba. <AP|—Vice
President Richard Nixon discus
sed the threat of world Commun
ism with Cuban officials Monday
end apparently dropped a hint
that there could be a more vigor
ous campaign against the Reds
on this island.
Nixon emphasized before leav-;
ir.g Washington Sunday for a j
four week swing through Carib
bean countries that he wants to
spread the feeling of the "real
friendship the United States has
toward these countries.”
He added Washington does not
want to interfere in any way with
their internal affairs.
It was learned he was given un
usual emphasis in private talks
Security Expert Says
AEC Rules Dangerous
WASHINGTON (AP)-A for
mer security expert for the
Atomic Energy commission as
serted Monday that the agency’s
secrecy rules are hampering in
dustrial development of the
atom.
James C. Beckerley, also said
it is now obvious that the se
crecy has not prevented the
"nuclear arming" of Russia.
Beckerley, who recently re
signed from the AEC, testified
before the Senate-House Atomic
Energy committee, which is hold
ing a series of hearings on peace
time nuclear developments.
He said that his experience as
director of classification for the
commission had convinced him
that the time has come to shrink
the area on atomic energy in
formation that is withheld from
the public.
Quarrel Causes Leave
A staff member of the Senate
House committee said Beckerley
left the AEC after a disagree
ment with its chairman, Lewis
L. Strauss.
Beckerley testified “It has al
ways been a source of amaze
ment to me how lightly many
persons consider government
control of information.
“The life-blood of our nation
consists as much of the flow of
ideas as of materials. I do not
need to remind you of the con
stitutional safeguards for free
dom of press and speech or of
the ways in which the practices
of censorship have been circum
scribed even in wartime.
Tradition Cited
“We have a tradition of mini
mizing government control over
information."
Yet, Beckerley said, both the
1946 and 1954 atomic energy
acts “require rigid control by the
ABIC of a steadily increasing
body of technical data, a sub
stantial part of which is not di
rectly concerned with atomic
weapons, design or manufac
ture.”
Several committee members
including Sen. Anderson (D-NM)
complimented the witness on his
statement.
with Cuban leaders to the to the
costly struggle the United States
and other Western powers are
waging with world Communism.
His words assumed special sig
nificance because Cuba is regard
ed as second only to Brazil as an
optpost of Moscow Communism
in the Western hemisphere.
Mexico, where Nixon goes Wed
nesday, is another place where
many Communists are holed up.
Moscow Directs Plan
It is understood the US State
Department emphasized to Nixon i
as he prepared for this trip that
Communism in this hemisphere is
part of a vigorous campaign di
rected from Moscow in a plan to
create as much strife as possible
in the Western world.
This view is intended to com
bat the widespread idea in Latin
America that communism is
merely a case of intellectual
measles which some liberals suf
fer briefly.
There is apparently feeling in
some quarters that Cuba. Bra
zil and other countries are try
ing to discourage Communism,
but are not trying hard enough.
Eleven Ships Sail
To Formosa Today
LOS ANGELES (API—Three
heavy cruisers and eight de-1
stroyers sail Tuesday to join the 1
7th Fleet in Formosan waters. |
They will carry 6500 men.
The cruisers Los Angeles, Bal
tibore and Rochester left the i
Long Beach Navy yard Mon- 1
day and began loading ammuni- |
tion in the outer harbor. Navy
officials could not comment when
asked whether at least one of
the cruisers is carrying guided
missiles and nuclear weapons.
Navy officials said recently
that the departure of these ves
sels will be a routine rotation,
not necessarily signifying an
emergency.
Malenkov Quits
Premier s Post
MOSCOW (AF’) — With a confession of failure, Ceorgi
M. Malenkov resigned today as premier of the Soviet
Union. The defense minister, Marshall Nikolai A. Bulganin,
became premier.
1 he dramatic shift spotlighted to the nation (1) an all-out
Soviet concentration on heavy arms industry and (2) the
prominence of Xikita S. Khrushchev as the nation’s Xo. 1
Comm unist.
The announcements were made before the Supreme Soviet
parliament, which gave Khrushchev the day’s biggest ova
tion.
It was Khrushchev who nominated Marshal Bulganin for
the premiership, presenting one of the most remarkable dis
plays of personal influence nnce the Soviet “collective lead
ership’’ took over after the death of Stalin.
Malenkov, stepping down from the post he assumed 12
hours after Joseph Stalin’s death in March 1953, confessed
himself a failure in the field of agriculture and announced
that the only correct course for the Soviet Union is concen
tration on the development of heavy industry.
In a speech to the parliament, he acknowledged the need
to turn over his post to “another comrade with greater ex
perience in state work.”
lie requested his own removal, and then warned that it
was to be expected this would provoke “slanderous inven
tions” in the west. He expressed faith in the “monolithic”
unity of the Communist Party.
Malenkov is taking a new job but what it will be was not
announced.
The new Premier, white-bearded Bulganin, was the Com
munist in direct charge of Soviet armed forces—under Stal
in—during World War II. He is 59. Khrushchev is 60 and
Malenkov 53.
Some \\ estern diplomats saw in the choice of Bulganin a
further evidence of the growing strength of the army in the
Soviet government. Others speculated that Bulganin would
serve as a sort of chairman of the board rather than a per
sonal leader. All of those present took due note that the
nominating speech was made by Khrushchev and that he
had been greeted by a big, standing ovation at the outset.
Khrushchev said Bulganin was the unanimous choice of
the Communist Party Central Committee and the council
of ministers. Yet Bulganin seemed a dark horse in the race
for the premiership. Speculation in the Moscow foreign
colony had centered on Khrushchev or Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov as Malenkovs successor. The parliament gave
its unanimous approval to the designation of Bulganin.
Immediately after that Molotov launched into a speech on
Soviet foreign policy. The 53-year-old Malenkov, seated be
tween Voroshilov and Khrushchev, listened intently as the
foreign minister bitterly and repeatedly accused the United
States of trying to impose “an Iron Curtain and an iron heel”
on the Western hemisphere.
Malenkov, in his resignation statement, said the state must
concentrate on heavy industry, as the basis of all production,
prosperous agriculture and defense.
He confessed that in the days before Stalin’s death, when
he was in charge of the agricultural program, he had done
the job badly.
Diplomats were interested in the fact that Marshal Bul
ganin was elected to the premiership by the same session of
the Supreme Soviet which unanimously approved the new
1955 budget which raised Soviet military spending by about
12 per cent. '1 he same Soviet also appropriated vast sums for
the development of heavy industry.
Molotov s speech before the intent, packed gallery rang
with bitterness against the United States. He accused the
United States of seeking world domination.
"They want to spread the capitalistic system over the
whole world, and this means preparation for war,” he said.
"North and South America are apart from the road the
people of Europe and Asia are moving along, but the Iron ■
Curtain with which they want to separate themselves from
other people is not so firm as it seems.”
Broadway Dancer Appears Tonight
Paul Draper, an outstanding
Broadway tap dancer, will begin
a tour of the major cities of the
Pacific Coast when he appears
at McArthur court tonight at
8:15.
Draper, who just recently fin
ished a season in New York, is
noted as an exceptional perform
er who is outstanding in that he
has created a style and medium
of his own.
A broad sense of humor is one
of Draper’s biggest assets. One
of the major dances on his pro
gram will be a parody of a dance
hall character with an imaginary
wild-footed partner. He will also
mimic an egotistic political
speech. '
Draper’s personal style in
cludes the movement of body,
hands, head, arms and face as
well as his feet. It has often
been described as a "combination
of ballet and tap dancing.’’