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COMMENT OF THE DAY
European Army
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question which President Eisenhower may put to Britain through hls Sccretary of State It the near future is whether she Is prepared to go beyond her guarantee of "automatic military assist. ance" and "the closest possible association" with the' European Delenze Community. In other words whether Britain is willing to give the lead to the rest of Western Europe by joining the proposed European Army. It has been argued that nolive. British participation in the European Army at this time would act as an injection of good. red blood into the annemle veins of Europe. Moreover, Britain's inclu- sion would help to satisfy the doubts of the Germans, and it would do much to counterbalance their in- fluence. Manifestly it would ba undesirable for all the nation's military forces to be Included, but the coun- tries of Europe Bre во obviously anxious for Bri- tain to go into the scheme that they would be prepared to accept almost any reservation which she might
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No. 35422
Established 1845.
FRIDAY, JANUARY, 30, 1953.
The Ill-Fated UN Attack On T-Bone Hill
General Collins
To Give Congress
The Full Story
CRITICISM RESENTED
Washington, Jan. 29.
Chairman Dewey Short of the House Armed Services Committee promised today that General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, will give Congress the full story of Sunday's ill-fated United Nations T-Bone attack in Korea,
Other House members had questioned whether the attack in which United Nations infantry troops were driven back by Communist forces who were presumed to have been clobbered by artillery and aerial attacks was staged for military reasons or as a "show" for visiting officers and newspapermen.
Republican Representative' Clare Hoffman introduced a privileged “reso- lution of inquiry" calling on the Defence Department for all facts in the case,
Republican Rep. William Bray, in a letter to Defence Secretary Charles Wilson, demanded an explanation
Japs Arrest American
Yokohama, Jan. 30. Police here said today that they had arrested a 24-year- 'old United States business- charge of wriggling long- playing kramophone records: Into Japan by Army post,
од
man to make. And the European Army, though by no means Ideal in its struc- ture, still offers the bost method by which Germany can contribute to Wastern defence without her becoming a danger to the rest of Europe,
an
A
Chairman Short told the House
Veteran Army officers were that early today the Armed nettied by Congressional criticism Services Committee clerk, and said the operation was or- Robert Smart, on his orders,dered to clear the Chinese from called on General Jolin Hull, the hill menacing a UN outpost, viec-Chief of Staff of the Army. They said the casualties were for full report on the extremely light.
The officers said they believed that demands. of Rep. Clare Hoffman for a Congressional in- quiry into the
the matter
incident,
Hull
Gen. Gen.
on
were in-
spired by "over-publicity."
removing
Bald
that
the Chine. Cornis.
Rep. Short said that Hull subsequently called Collins, who is in Korea, twice by telephone. Gen. ported that Gen. Collins is on his return to
The spokesman Washington Saturday and will be prepared orders for the attack came from the headquarters of General to report on what happened.
Chairman Short told news-Marie Clark, and in addition to men he may have, Clen Collins "come before the Committee munist threat, were intended to A next Monday or Tuesday." He test co-operation between tariks indicated he does not subscribe and fighter bombers, of records into
to doubts expressed by
Rep.
Correspondents and generals Hoffman and Rep. Bray. "It Is were given the order of the Inconceivable to me that mill-battle marked "secret" which tary leaders there would use-outlined. the exact timetable lessly sacrifice a single human for each phase of the operation. life," he told the House.
ALWAYS OUTLINED
said the American, John Zdrantia, was charged with bringing 129,- 000.000 yen (about £120,- Java without paying duly. They alleged that he had conspired with an American soldier to ship 400 records a week from New York to Japan through the Army post-Reuter.
Hospital Attendants
Strike
VISIT RECALLED
As for complaints that news- papermen and high officers were invited to watch the II)- fated attack, Rep. Short
said
The division spokesman pointed out that every 'opera- tion from a'three-mán patrol to a division offensive. is out- ined on paper beforehand.
But as a result of the adverse
he and other members of Con-publicity on the T-bone maid, the gress in
Korea last Autumn division involved was reported Wene
also invited to watch today to be considering banning operations in progress. "In a newimen from future briefings. way you could say they ran a The Army offers and enlisted show for Congressmen," hemen said they actually were glad soid. "They took us up close that generals were there to watch and put each one of us in a the abortive attack and see "how
right tough the entry has become," helicopter and we were
To many the idea of British forces serving under "supra-national authority" is thoroughly objectionable; moreover the organisation of overall political control would be no easy matter. Much would depend on the Chief of Staff who, as the -head military authority. would be responsible for producing
efficient military machine for
up on the line. We could see General Ridgway to use. On Singapore, Jan. 30, our Infantry in the valley below Two the face of things this key Four hundred and forty-| us and our artillery was military appointment should seven attendants in Singa- or three miles behind us. That was not a slage show. It was to a Frenchman, but pore's Mental Hospital went an actual operation. I think there does not seem to be on strike this morning after this (T-bone hill incident) was a French general other than
a prolonged dispute on wage an actual operation too" Marshal Juin who has the
Rep. Hoffman told the House and other working condi necessary experience. And,
in introducing his resolution that tions.
ara "impression has been received as competent critics have
by many folks that the lives of emphasised, Juin is essen- Of the 1,750 patients, 100 are our men were needlessly sacri tally a battle commander criminal lunatics. Arrange-feed by what might be called a rather than a staff officer mants have been made for word-show." He said his resolution and should
ers from the Prison Department was aimed at getting facts, preferably romain In his
to supervise them.
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers present position as commander of
(Republican) told the House that Only three volunteers res- people in the rear district were the NATO groumd forces in ponded to an appeal for help/shocked at reports of the dis- the vital European theatre. from the public.
astrous assault. She too called for an explanation. The Army raid Gen. Collins will hold a news conference when he arrives at the National airport on Saturday,
United Press.
до
F, therefore, no Frenchman IF
of sufficient calibre were available, the most obvious choice would be Field Mar- shal Montgomery who, now that General Ridgway is firmly in the saddle, could
Meanwhile, more than 200
Singapore firemen wore con- sidering staging * sltdown aurike because three colleagues hours were being introduced). were fred and new working
The Fire Brigade employeça Union appeated to the President
The officers said that similar attacks will be necessary because the Chineer constantly are dig- ging la doser and closer to UN lines and must be rooted out to protect the Allied defences.
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Eisenhower's FEDERATION
Big Moment
"Whodunit"
Story Leads To Woman's Detention
President Dwight Elsenhower waves to the crowd tinmediate-
·ly....... after, taking, the oath · of office as President. of United States In the the inaugural stands
to right, ex-President IN
tha
ex-President'Hoover, 'President Eisenhower, Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle ami · Vice-President S Blchard Nixon,—USIS· plofo.
European Unity Germany
Clovis, New Mexico,
Jan.
A woman was held here today for the slaying of her baby after detectives, had followed up, a murder story she had written and found the skeleton of a new-bor Infant buried beneath in garage.
Baumgart zald
that
"Must Be A
Partner"
Paris, Jan. 29.
Arms Scandal
Trial Soon
Calio, Jan. 20,
Twelve former senior Acrny and
PLAN
African Territories
At Stake
London, Jan. 29, British Colonial envoys today completed work on a blueprint for welding three Brilish African territories Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasalandis into a solid bloc of 0,400,000 Africans, 200,000 Europeans and 14,500 Asians,.
They wound up a month old conference оп the federallon
schemo
by signing an agreed report embodying the proposal which will be published simul-
taneously in the four
four countries
concerned before the end next week
of
It will first be the subject of # referendum in Southern Rhodesia, where mary · of the 180,000 white settlersore op- posed to the scheme, which they regard as the first step to- warda African self-government. The scheme, also has to go
through the legislatures
Rhodeda
and
Norther Nyasaland and finally, if it sur mounts the obstacles in the African terrtories, through the British Parliament.
The scheme may reshape the map of Africa by lumping-500,- 000 square miles of vastly rich country into a great federation between the Belgian Congo and the Union of South Africa.
ACID TEST
It is regarded by both black and white as the acid test of the British policy in Africa,
Details of
decision
the reached during the conference hero
of British- government | representatives and delegates from the three African terri- tories are still secret,
was
The blueprint report signed by Lord Swinton, British Commonwealth Relations Secret- asy, df Oliver Lettelton, Colonial Secretary, Sir Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Sir Gilbert Renale, Governor of Northern Rhodesia, and Sir Godfrey Colby, Governor of Nyasaland.
In Southern Rhodeels, where Navy officers and civil servants the scheme faces the first big
test, the volers are predominate are to be brought to trial in een-ly white settlers. And many of nection with the Palestine arms scandal, an official source said here tonight.
them are proud of having been a self-governing colony since
two
Protectorates in the
The charges arise out of the 1923 and are chary of uniting
with the alleged supply of faulty can populous "Black North," though ment to Egyptian troops, during the 1948 (Palestine war.
an element
of control from continues there after
-Prince Abbas Halim, a secondCTATION.
strong
aro
cousin of ex-iding Farouk, who appeared in court, yesterday; - is African chiefs from Northern accused of having squandered Rhodesia and Nyasaland main- $397,440 (about £153,000) which taln that the great majority of be received from state funds as voteless Africans in the ter-
ritories are agent of a Swiss Arm
also opposed to Prince Abbas Halim was firat federation. connected with the allegations They seo in it the doom of weapons were their hopes of self-government Sheriff Val Baumgart sald The French Government that useless
bought, for the Army in Septiem- and fear that. The...two that secorid degree murder declared tonight that fur ber, 1933, when police searched Protectorates will come under charges would be filed against ther steps towards European his
Cairo houses in
and the domination of the A regimental officer said the Mes Christina Sturm, 27, who integration were impossible Alexandria and questioned bim settler-run state. total casualties were 99 of which wrote the story of the alaying without treating Germany for eight hours.
British political parties. as an unsolved mystery for en- were treated 'for
Ex-king Farouk has also been also divided on the scheme, 65 per cent.
and other try in a detective, detion con- as a partner.
linked with the "candal" which Labour malataining that it is buses, scratches
azul returned to test light injuries
The statement, approved by some Egyptian officers and dangerous to push through the duty next day-United Press.
Mrs the whole Cabinet, was issued troops blamed for their defeat federation in the faco. of Sturm was arrested on Wednes- as the Government tabled a bill In the Palestine war-Router," | African 'opposition—Reuter, day after officers' had read the to ratify the. Europaan· Army manuscript and hastened to the Treaty and the contractual garage where they found the agreements with the Bonn skeleton wrapped in brown Republic, Committees have now paper and burled about eight to examing the texts and Parlia Inches beneath the dirt.floor, ment is not expected to decide The Sherif said that Mrs on ratification for at least three Sturm's former husband from months.. whom sha fad diyorced threa Europe must pool-Its economic script and put us on the trail" the Soviet threat, the statement weeks
ago told him of the manu-end military resources to meet Baungart estimated that the old. ofant had been buried six years. He said that Mrs Sturale of a continent can hence- "Only units organised in the wrote the story of its death forth survive." about a year ago.
Bank Director Resigns
London, Jan. 29. Sir Bernard Docker, million- sire industrialist and motor magnate, announced today that he had resigned as a director of one of Britain's biggest banks because he said he might be charged with a currency of fence.
THREE FATALITIES
Seoul, Jan. 30. The abortive attack on T-bone of the City Council and the H on Sunday, which some US
removal from the Board might of the Midland Bank. (gross
"PRETTY GOOD STORY”
probably be released from decision to strike or no depends | Congressmen suggested #horsets £1,000,000,000 'and over never have been
his present appointment of deputy commander, Mont- gomery. In a man of world- wide reputation and Im mense experience; who known his way about the intricate paths of Western defence better than most, for he has been treading them over since the start of Western Union. Experience, it la universally recognised, Is one of Britain's most im portant exports in the mill- tary field: and it is precisely this quality which, through no fault of their own, her Allies so badly lack." Europe
upon its rebly. In the event of i have been staged es
a, strike, the firemen will an for visiting Generals resulted in two thousand branches through nothing else.-United Press: swer fire accident calls but do three Allied fatalities, a division
spokesman said today.
:
Another Small Fire On
The Queen Elizabeth
Southampton, Jan. 29.
A-heap of cotton waste rag-was found burning today in the world's biggest liner, the Queen Elizabeth, while detectives seeking signs of sabotage probed a blaze which last night destroyed one of the ship's staterooms.
The burning razs caused only; ship-dride of Britain's Atlantic
At the same time, however disappointing for the present "The crime probably would attitude, it is essental that the
discovered if
door be
be left open for resumption. she hadn't solved it for us in of negotiations with the Soviet out the country) had been call-bor unsolved mystery story: Union.
the Sheriff said. "It was an un- ed for by his fellow directors.
Referring to the treaty of solved · crime the way, 'tc Previously, Sir Bernard wrote it and it would have reciprocal assistance signed bas said he would appeal to
the mained really
tween Britain and the European, shareholders, but today he me If it hadn't been written
an unsolved Defence Community last May, summoned reportera to his flat je was pretty good story for ano French said,
had
in Mayfair, London's fashion-
it was "KONUS
full
able quarter, and told them: amateur welter. It might have the less resolved to pursue its am still debiting but I cannot won the content if we hadn't efforts either to obtain
British participation or an inti- fight on two fronis at once." got our hands on it first.”“
EDC."
He said he must concentrate The Sheriff said that the male association with on "faiding care of myself," in divorced husband had no sus view a report that pictona himecit
PRIME OBJECTIVE
the
on of a persistent cop charge Pead the stone who had was to be brought against him
It is impossible to make any Baungart said that the story was unsigned and was written || further. no
progress towards by the Treasury. "lic gave details of the oftento alleged.
In the first person
European integration; without
·British travellers abroad are
Local names werO used for normalising the relations allowed foreign exchange other characters," he said. "She between the Aliles and Germany
Icuter.
has looked before to Britain sight scorching to the deck fleet-as she lay in dry, dock mounting to, only £25 a year. ddryt say how the baby care and without a politicnt chema for a lead and there are where they were found and a for her annual overhaul, -growing signs sha is looking | Cunard offlelsi mic!. again. This fact alone mny quite accidental Workmen are arop defceives from Scotland
well prompt the new Ameri- always dropping bits of reg can administration to urge about
about."
Britain to tako
to die but described all the in which the Federal Repabllo detalls of how it was burled,” would no longer be treated a
Manslaughter charges were a defeated and occupied country filed against Mrs Sturm but but as a partner, later they were withdrawn in
The
prime objective of favour of the more serious | Allled" strategy, which is to charge of second degree mure defend, Europe as far to the
caused the death of the eventually; provo, 'Impossible
without the contribution of "Lu United Press
(Contd. an başk 'page, bol.: (4).
spent three-and-a-half Destructive Blaze hours today Investigating a fro
Bologne, Jan, 20. which damaged cabin number Fire destroyed several 13 last night, less that, three hundred. tons of hemp stored in a more. But workmen were question- days after a disastrous blazo three warehouses near hores de der dream of a European Army | talled to keep an anti-sabotage linery Empress of Canada, at million fire...” (£345,000),=Reus | Infană, by abandonment"
reality
wasch tonight on the 08,073 ton! Liverpool-Beuter,
activo, part in making the und a special guard was do- had quited the Canadian Paclio į): Damage was estimnatati at 000 talking" -that<the woman Far East': se · possible, would
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