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Section One Editorials Amusements State News VOL 116. NO. 5. BURLINGTON, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1951 l.irkt vu PRICE FIVE CENTS a From Pint Dnehom MX As IrM Piiai Sotm SEO irara li nroup To Ask 27 Other Chinese Drive Through Hi! Service Period For Draftees Center of Korea Gov. Emerson's Inaugural Message Urges Revision Of 4 Major Stale Depfs.

Says 'Economics and Improvements Can Be Made' In Vt. Development Commn. and Public Safety, Motor Vehicle and Health Depts. Move Is Also Started To Raise Age Limit For Inductees No Draft of Vets If: fv.vv A 4 4 Drastic curtailment in the inter-: By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, Jan.

4 The Defense Department is preparing to ask Congress to step lip the period of service for draftees from 21 to 27 months. Chairman Vinson (D-Va) of the House Armed Service Committee reported today. Their Movement Is Aimed at Cutting The Allied Route To Southeast Seoul, City of 1,500,000 Is Entirely Deserted, Now a Mass of Ruins By ROBERT Et'NSON TOKYO, Friday, Jan. tJh Enited Nations forces, withdrew by sea from Inchon on the west coast of Korea Thursday night and early today as Red hordes poured southward through the shambles of Seoul toward the main body of the U. S.

Eighth Army. Other Chinese Communist forces stabbed southward down the center of the Korean peninsula In a drive aimed at cutting; the Allied route to the southeast, Seoul already was abandoned by the Allies. Its buildings were wrecked and burned. Most of its Vermont Prcia Bureau MONTPELIER, Jan. 4-Miarp revision of four major state department was recommended today by economy-minded Got.

lee E. Emerson la hit Inaugural address. Scheduled for major overhaul. If the Governor' suggestions are carried out, are the Vermont Development Commission, Department of Public Safety, Motor Vehicle Department and the Slate Health Department. Governor Emerson' recommendation affecting the major department were prompted by what the est of economy was outlined for the Development Commission.

Motor Vehicle Department and Department of Public Safety, Emerson also recommended a close look by the Legislature at the Health Department as presently constituted with a view toward a possible reduction in site of this department Advise Vt. Publicity Bureau Most stringent of the Governor's proposals was one calling for abolishment of the Development Commission as ft is now operating and replacing It with a Vermont Pub- He said that military leaders are considering a request to raise the age limit for inductees, with the new maximum applying ACHESON AND EISENHOWER CONFER In serious mood. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson talk at the State Department, Washington, Jan.

4. Eisenhower called on the Secretary prior to his departure, Jan. 6, to become head of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe. to single men and childless mar ried men. ti But Vinson declared there will be no draft of veterans whose past chief executive termed as where Bureau consisting of a direc service now protects them from Mercury Drops Sacrifice With induction.

Apparently speaking for his committee, he told reporters: 'We have told the Defense De EMERSON CALLS FOR ECONOMIES Gov. Lee E. Emerson Is shown here as he came out strongly for atate government economies in his inaugural address delivered to a joint assembly of representatives and senators in the Capitol yesterday. "economic and improvements nl advisers represent-be made." in agriculture, industry and rcc- The address was delivered to a reation. joint session of the General As- publicity bureau would be aembly in a packed Hall of Rep-U" an annual appropriation of resentativrs a abort time after which is about J100.000 less oath of office was administered byjthn appropriated annually for Chief Justice John Sherburne present commission.

Randolph, Got. Emerson's Page 7 population, that once numbered partment that veterans are not to be drafted." Another Possibility After 1 -Day Heat U.S., Eisenhower about 1,500,000, had fled to the south. Hoist No. Korean Flag Another possibility under study Truman Rejects Peace In 1951, by the military planners is a change in the law so as to permit AP Correspondent John Randolph, Wave In N. E.

Tells W. Europe leaving with the last U. S. troops. 18-year-olds to be called up for ac Some Leaislafors Back Emerson's ol Bombin9 tive duty.

Hope Held Out The present Selective Service reported the Chinese entered Seoul at 10:45 a. m. Thursday (8:45 p. Wednesday, EST), and hoisted West Allies' Commdr Act permits the induction, of men -inn n. mi d.ii.

iCommunist China the North Korean flag over the city from 19 through 25. All males are required to register with, their to Temperatures Today Will Be 'Fortyish' Colder Weather In Eastern Half of U.S. hall at 1 p. an hour later, two infantry outfits and 24 tanks of By Pres. Truman riupuicm iuu dcjik cal boards upon reaching 18.

but the U. S. 25th Division headed are not subject to the draft until Squelches Congress Demands For Carrying The War To Enemy south across the Han River and blew the last pontoon bridge be their 19th birthdays. Vinson, said he expects the Pen Makes It Plain That Peace For Everybody Is Big Thing Wanted WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 V-Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower today called on Western Europe to make "equal sacrifices" with Principal Criticism Leveled Aaainst The PSC Blames LI BOSTON, Jan. 4 (JPI The mer hind them. Seoul's airport, Kimpo, 18 milts to the northwest, was evacuated without a shot about the same time. (agon to send up within a few days its draft of an overall universal military service bill, including the proposed increase in the time in-.

cury began to drop tonight in the Suggestion to Abolish 07 Crash On WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Pres-i wake of a one-day New England Huge quantities of fuel were put ductees must serve. to the torch as the last plane He said it is "pretty well set Temperatures rose as much as the United States in order to attain world peace. But Forecasts That Total Price-Wage Control Is Part Of Cost of Rearmament WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -AH President Truman today held out a bope of peace in 1951.

But he forecast just about total control of prices and wages as part of the cost of rearming the 40 degrees above normal in the tled" that the military will seek the 27 months service limit He cleared the once bustling field. Inchon Abandoned Seoul's port of Inchon, 22 miles six-state area this morning. Tomor ine newly appointed supreme explained that this would be de commander of the Western Allies west, was abandoned in the dark row, the Weather Bureau said, the region will get normal "fortyish" coupled this call with a declaration that the sole purpose of the North signed to assure 24 months of actual service from each draftee. The other three months would cover such items as processing the temperatures. rr Development Commn.

And Merge the Motor Vehicle Dept. With Public Safety Dept. Vermont Press Bureau MONTPEMER, Jan. 4 Rear-lion Gov. Lee Emerson's Inaugural message ranged from almost 109 per cent endorsement to sharp disagreement en major proposals by members of the ness of Thursday night and Friday morning under cover of U.

S. naval gunfire. Most of the troops evacuated Boston's high for the day was 60 'iy en J5 io se- ident Truman today rejected any idea of bombing Red China at this stage of the Korean War crisis. The President thus threw cold water on Congressional demands that American bombers now forbidden to strike at Chinese bases in Manchuria, be permitted to carry the war into enemy territory. Mr.

Truman told his news conference that V. S. planes will not bomb China without asking United Nations sanction. And he said he is not considering any such request for UN permission. Want "Second Front' On Capitol Hill.

Senator Bridges (R-NHi demanded even more drastic measures than bombing, men and providing for their terminal leave. degrees, only four degrees under cu tranquiiuy lor -an tne wona, the record for this date, set last not. 3" or tne democ-year. The coldest Jan. 4 was inracles- Disobeyed Signals NEW YORK.

Jan. 4 Je- The Public Service Commission said today that disobedience of signals by trainmen cost 113 live on the Long Island Railroad In 11 months. The disobedience waa part of a pa 1 1 a of employe morale breakdown whlrh the PSC blamed on the former trustees of the bankrupt road. The PSC ordered the Long Island, which carries more than 300.000 passengers dally, henceforth to place a conductor or brakrman In the front car with the motorman and to add better warning lights to the rear of each train. from Inchon were army and navy port personnel who had been man Vinson is insisting that the De The President hinted that he'll Hill Leave Saturday 1910 when the thermometer dipped fense Department make a com- ning the habor installations since General Eisenhower will leave the U.

S. Marines landed Sept. 15. ask Congress in his State of the Un ion message next Monday to re plete review of the present draft to three below zero, deferment policy, including stays fnseasonal Warmth Explained Other Chinese Page 18 Saturday for what he said will be "an exploratory" trip to "reassure move the curbs on his power to given students, men W'ith depend control farm prices. He already ents, and "hardship" cases.

myself that we are not working at Weather forecasters said the un-seasonal warmth was due to "a strong flow of warm air from the southwest." Sub-freezing tempera He also wants a resurvey of men has strong power to control other prices, as well as wages, and he said he will use this power as soon Several members contacted who Chinese Arrive At Inchon Port To might be termed "liberals" rejected for failure to pass mili-! tary intelligence tests. Vinson repeatedly has contended that the standard of intelligence demanded He said the United States should cither open "second front" by tures were predicted for all New England tonight with near zero readings expected in extreme expressed disagreement with the Governor on abolishment of the De as it is physically possible. V. S. Not At War In a rapid-fire exchange with re porters at his weekly news confer supporting a Chinese Nationalist in vasion of the Red China mainland is too high velopment Commission and mer cross purposes with anybody." He told a news conference, which included representatives from most nations of the world including Russia, that the American people would have to make greater sacrifices.

"If every American sacrifice is not matched by equal sacrifices by thc peoples and governments' of thc European democracies," Eisenhower stated, "we are not going to win this security." northern points. Red China Is In er of the Motor Vehicle Depart or "immediately withdraw our Typical maximum temperatures today included: Worcester 55, Port ence. Mr. Truman said: 1 The United States Is not Explains mcnl with the Department of Public Safety, but did not wish to be forces from Korea." The Chinese Nationalists, tin dcr Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, are now bottled up on the is The Midst of Vast war but is carrying out an obliga land, 53. Concord, N.

58, Burlington, 50, Nantucket, 53, Old Town. 53, Providence R. land slronchold of Formosa, 100 tion for the United Nations. He won't predict the chances of avoiding war in 1931, but he sincerely quoted for the record. Sylvester Would Oust Vt.

D. C. Rep. Harold C. Sylvester of St.

Albans City said he was 100 per rent hehind Emerson in his orono- 60, and miles off the China coast, 'with the His Vote On Rule Bill Purge of Non-Reds hopes all the world's troubles can' U. S. 7th Fleet patrolling nearby Takes An Example As examples of sacrifice he mentioned higher taxes and willing- Hartford, 58. By The Associated Press to preserve the status quo. sal to abolish the Development! HONG KONG.

Jan. Commission as it exists at was reported today in the be settled by negotiation through the UN. 2 No consideration is being giv- Colder weather pushed into thejness to serve the state in any ca "We have had enough talk and enough debate," Bridges said in a Find Docks Aflame TOKYO, Friday, Jan. 5-W The last United Nations personnel at Inchon today pulled out by sea just as Chinese Red troops approached the flaming docks of that port for abandoned Seoul. Some troo.is were taken off by ships but the main L'N force retreated southward overland.

They were pursued by Chinese Communists moving south across the frozen Han River. The Han flows through Seoul. Abandonment of Inchon, begun Thursday night, was completed at 2 a. m. (noon Thursday, EST.) Demolition squads blew up everything in the harbor of value to the Communists.

WASHIfCftTiW T) present time. He agreed mat of a vast internal purge of statement. "I propose some con-jen to bombing Red China, and no Vermont's new Congressman Win. magazine Vermont i.nc matching in intensity eastern half of the country Thurs-ipacity, military or civilian. day, but an intense cold wave bog- He said the sacrifices he called ged down as it edged into the up-for at home and abroad must be per areas of the Midwest.

I achieved "in an orderly fashion, Snow pelted the lower lakes re-jbut in a sense of urgency." creie action iot a cnBnK-. Bi.i.un wm ue enwiimiston prouty, who yesterday op- not be tampered with. the speed with which the Commit ijeciBriiiR mm me nvom i "i nosed the maioritv of his 3 His staff is working on (i tremendous job of setting up price th(, 2.d reform rulc undcr controls all the time. He thinks it which House haj operated lhe gion, Minnesota, Western Wiscon-i Eisenhower also emphasized his sin, Upper Michigan. Northeasl conviction that the Western nations He also endorsed the Governor's sentiment regarding merger of the Motor Vehicle Department and the Department of Public Safety.

"Such consolidation could save the state from $250,000 to $300,000 a biennium." Sylvester declared. Some Legislators Page 5 Iowa and parts of the Northernimust "count thc cost" of their sac considers rifices so that no plans or methods his vote in keeping with the besti Holies. complete, across-the-board and wage controls. As for have price will "sterilize" their Vermont traditions. Prouty was one) Thc eold wave, coming rationing, the President said we 11 votine acainst re-i' Northwest Canada, broughtjeconomies.

In the long run, he said, Communist Chins'! military strength is committed In Korea, the New England senator said: "If we exploit this situation at once by supporting a second front, the Communist gamble in Asia will fail and China can be re-won for the free world." Bridges said the V. S. fleet should be instructed to support a second-front assault by the Nationalists and U. S. bombers should be sent to attack Red China' bases and supply lines "just as they would do in any other war." cross that bridge when we get sub zero temperatures to Northern "there can be no security without nists are expanding their war machine.

One relinhle press report said "thousands' have been executed in the past two months, while thousands of others have been subjected to the rigors of "rc-education" camps. At the same time, Peiping was said to have ordered an ominous speedup in military construction projects in South China around Canton. A confirmed report said crack Chinese Communist Third Field Army troops have been moving "monotonously" into Canlon for two weeks, and arc marking lime there for "further i tn.A iviiiiii.ina a in i ill in tinKiii. niiw- vi-ni-v. LIMA.

Teru, Jan. 4 'P A total of 102 persons today were reported killed in a dynamite-started Andes Mountain avalanche near the coastal town of Chimbote. in uui omn. i Baiu. vie vt-; II IT Jm 4 He hopes to get his program always gone oul 0j our way tever, its southward push slowcdj His aim.

he said, will be to gain; 0 1 1 1 1 OH 160, through the new Congress on (give people the opportunity to vote, ,0 crawl and the Weather Bu-thc "confidence and willing co-op-l despite thc success of fct confident that the people hiked its prediction of min-eration" of the Allied leaders and r-lnitcinn PrftnrfllYI and Southern Democrats in restor- Vermont would like to have temperatures in the i d-jpeoples. He said the U. S. Govern- 1 lUUilliy I UljrUIII ij I. 1 in the power of the House Rules representative able to vote on na-kest.

Committee to pigeonhole -j il 4 tion. This action, taken yesterday, i.jal LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. voted against rescinding the of command in Western Europe be- NgW AnnOUnCCmCnt cause of a belief that in the West-J ern nations there is a growing WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 'ffV- A 21-day 7, 'Joint United Nations action against rulp Its defcat makes was Interpreted widely as a nmv To Sell 6 Cruisers To South America to "Fair Deal" legislation it possible for committee Chinese aggression and wiiiingness to sacrifice SOITIP t. atr TV VT'Jt, I VT I i.r.

jru.nan was bskco nt tnCjbiIs to be bottIcd up and outset what he thought of never', ana lo WUI-K WJyi us, idclepaios consultations on what WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 4n- NEW YORK. Jan. 4 Hard- charge by Senator Taft (R-Ohioll k' TheP rieleif.ite said: ly pausing for breath, the stock that he was delaying thc work mattfr in vif of NEW YORK.

Jan. 4 cigarette industry's tax-paid output for the domestic market In waa estimated today at a new high of 361.3 billion cigarettes. i to feel that the UN cannot bcglmarket rushed ahead today to a Sale of six "excess" light cruisers to three South American nations for "defense of the hemisphere" nearcd completion today. 01 longress tor as mucn as worId 8ituntion, 1 be. Incw hiah for 1950-51.

weeks" by holding tin his Slate i Peiping forever lor a cease lire. me Union message until Monday. bap and that no h8ndfu, of meT); Til I III Pi Doesn't See Any Delay should be allowed to settle any- AH fin lOl nrniTifln WPrl I KTimP Mildly, thc President said helming as important as our foreign HI IICv IVllj VI 1 1 1 1 lUII II WU 1 1 II I I Wit didn't sec how that could be. Hc'pnlicy." If Is Thought Aiken Will Be Assigned To Sen. Foreign Relations Committee new eaerai Housing Program aimed primarily at meeting defense needs was announced on Capitol Hill today.

Chairman Maybank (D-SC) of the Senate Banking Committee and Chairman Spencc (D-Ky) of the House Banking Committee said twin bills for the administration-sponsored program will be introduced in both houses of Congress next week. Maybank said Senate hearings on the legislation will begin Jan. 15. He said he hoped to get the bill before the Senate by Fcv. 5 or 6.

The four-point program provides for construction of community facilities in defense areas government purchases of land and construction of houses where required to do the job, and new aid for the pr-fab-rirated housing industry. said the record will show his pro- Ministers That War Is Not Inevitable public announcement of it until gram will be laid before Congress1 AlHinPr MflkfC as promptly as in past years. Any.j" how, he added. It will take Congress A I rtnA'mn another two weeks to organise. rUSrl LGllQin, Mr.

Truman showed no displeas-' Jrt ure at Uie election of a so-called Bum 49 Efnnf Just before Christmas. He says re By VONDA BERGMAN WASHINGTON, D. Jan. 4-While Sen. George D.

Aiken, (VI. says he's "not setting his heart courses of action and avoiding others. Besides Attlee, those attending are Prime Ministers Louis St. Laurent of Canada, D. S.

Senan-ayakc of Ceylon, Robert G. Men-zies of Australia, Sidney G. Hol those Venetian blinds I got with a Free Press Want ad flatter you Alvin you look like a prisoner:" sponse from Vermont constituents since the announcement shows approval of his bid for the Important committee assignment. LONDON. Jan.

Prime Minister Attlee told a closed meeting of Commonwealth prime ministers today "war certainly is not inevitable." A pledge to work for peace came from the eight conferees, whose territories cover a quarter of the land of thc earth, A British spokesman who attend CHICAGO, Jan. 4-'i-Forty-iiine on getting II," speculation today on Discussing his qualifications for persons escaped from a crash-landed airliner today moments before Capitol Hill Is he will pluck the Republican's most sought after land of New Zealand. Sir Godfrey Muggins of Southern Rhodesia and "moderate" Democrat, Senator McFsrland D-Ara, rather than down-the-line "Fair Dealer," es Senate majority leader. He said both McFarland and Senator I.ynd B. Johnson (D-Texas.

the new ma-i jorlty whip, are friends of his and always have been, It burst Into flames. the post. Senator Aiken stressed the point that present members of the It also includes government in- plum in the 0.2nd ongress, assign- Jawaharlal Nehru of India. Inter ment to the Foreign oreign Relations Committee seem ed this opening session of a 10-day Passengers praised the pilot, Marvin Staddon, for bringing them safely through their brief brush Committee, Assignment of the com- to be of two factions; "one pulling mlitrc post could come any day "no way and one thc other. Be A phone listed In your name is your credit rating.

Order a 7-time ad for our next issue. Phone now 3000, ask for Want Ad Dept. This and like copies of the Free Press were distributed 25,500 Vermont fnmllie this morning B.918 in Burlington and Wlnooskl and totnl of 14.008 in Chittenden County 1.354 Wlnooskl families arc included in the above total. with death, "Thank God for that pilot," com but Is probably due thc first off ause I not allied In anyway WASHINGTON. Jan.

4-i-Con-sressionnl sources heard tndnv the conference said thc group also laid down three broad policy objectives: 1 Maintenance of United Nations authority In world danger spots such as Korea. 2 -Unity of the free world. next week. with any pressure group attempt ior Minister T. E.

Donges of South! surance for virtually all types of Africa is representing the a iling: housing, but with emphasis on hous-Prime Minister Daniel Malan. ing needed in defense areas. Prime Minister Unquat All Khan Maybank emphasized that It is of Pakistan, Angered by a refusal! the intent of tne bill to leave the of his colleagues to dincuss formal.) actual construction and operations ly Pakistan's quarrel with India of the program to states, cities, over the future of mountainousjlocal communities and private en-Kashmir, was absent. Jtcrprises wherever possible. mentcd Howard Kastel, 18, a Har 'rrelSn Jvernment may approve this weekjvard University student from Glen- The Vermont senator told me to-(In that he made his request to the Republican Committee on Com S2.w,ono.no3 steel mill for New rriP the committee," he observed 3 A constructive approach to cnglanrt.

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