The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1954, Page 6

Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN . Rhee Is Undaunted By Official Coldness Ts Crusade Appeals By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (#—South Korear President Syngman Rhee, undaunt- ed by official coldness to his ideas in Washington, carries to the coun- try this weekend his appeal for a “great crusade’ against Commu- Bist rule in China. A statement jointly issued by Rhee avd President Eisenhower “Yast night made clear that the Ko- tean leader had met with no en- couragement during his talks here for his proposal for a militant campaign against Asia’s Red tulers. It was reported unofficially, how- ever, that Rhee got Eisenhow..’s assurance of American aid to build up South Korea’s military forces to meet the growing power of Communist forces in North Ku- rea. A diplomatic informant, asking not to be named, said the planned buildup—to be discussed in further detail in followup staff talks con- tinuing in Washington—would in- volve boosting South Korea’s re- serve army force and giving her naval eraft and jet plats. By contrast, the joint statement of Rhee and Eisenhower was con- cerned mainly with very general declarations of cooperation and friendship and a pledge ‘“‘to move forward,” in accordance with the U. N. charter, to achieve Korean unification. The charter forbids the use of armed force to obtain a Political objective. The meaning of the joint statement in this respect seemed to be that Rhee had agreed that he would not deliberately start From Here To Maternity Key West's Bargain Days We Are Featuring A $1.00 SKIRT SALE Purchase One of Our Cotton Broadcloth Skirts at $4.95 and for $1.00 You Will Receive An Extra Skirt! 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The first step in such an under- taking, he said, should be a firm American decision that in some manner communism must be driv- en out of China. At the same time he asserted that his own military leaders have plans for taking over North Korea from the Reds. He said that somehow, sometime, those plans will be carried out. Rhee’s schedule called for a speech at Philadelphia before the | Veterans of Foreign Wars Sunday night, following a flying visit to New York today and a brief return here to attend church services to- morrow. Monday he will be in New York again and will speak at a banquet of the Korean-American Founda- tion that night. He will visit Chic- ago Wednesday, then fly to Los Angeles with a stop en route at Kansas City with former President Truman. He is due to speak in Los Angeles and San Francisco be- fore leaving from the West Coast for Korea Aug. 8, Officials said privately that the Rhee-Eisenhower meetings had been very useful in producing an understanding on the part of each man of the problems faced by the other in connection with the future of Korea and their common opposi- tion to Asian communism. Jointly the two chiefs of state declared that, in view of the fail- ure of the recent Geneva confer- ence to produce a settlement with the Reds on Korean unification, they had “discussed means for continuing to seek this objective.” White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, who released the statement, recalled in this con- nection that the U. N. group which had fought against Communist ag- gression in Korea and had nego- SEARS ROEBUCR'RND CO. DON'T MISS SEARS BIG T.V. 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The statement also announced American and Korean military and economic specialists will fol- Jow up the Eisenhower-Rhee dis- cussions with more detailed talks on “‘questions of common interest.” LONDON # — Joseph Cort, a 26-year-old Boston scientist, and his wife were reported headed for political asylum in Red Czechoslo- vakia today after being kicked out of Britain. But at the last minute, the police intercepted the Polish ship on which they sailed. The professed ex-Communist and his wife Ruth, 28, were on the freighter Jarowslaw Dabrowski when it left the London docks early this morning, port authorities said. Before the vessel could leave the Thames, Scotland Yard agents or- dered it stopped and went aboard. The ship was still being held there. Police declined t8 say whether their action concerned the Corts or whether they were checking on reports that a Polish stowaway seeking asylum in Britain was be- ing held on the Jarowslaw Da- browski against his will. Police and immigration authori- ties had visited the ship several tmes while, it was at the dock in connection with the persistent stowaway reports. They had not attempted to keep the Corts from leaving the country. American officials have wanted Cort, a former student at Harvard and Yale Medical School, back in the United States to question him about his failure to answer a 1953 draft notice. Charging he would be persecuted for having belonged to the Com- munist party in his student days, Cort recently asked for political asylum in England. British author- ities refused and canceled his res- idence permit, effective today. The case caused a stir in the House of Commons yesterday when Laborite A. Wedgwood Benn protested the young scientist’s ou- ster. He described him as “a man whose only offense was that he had been a Communist under- graduate.” Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, Home Ot- fice undersecretary, said for the government that Cort “has never come near to establishing a valid claim to be regarded as a political refugee.” Sir Hugh told the House he felt there was “really no foundation whatever” for the suggestion Cort might be sent to a U. S. prison for his Red activities as a student. Observers said if Britain gave Cort asylum, she would imply that there is political oppression in the United States. Benn read a letter from Cort in commons disclosing that the U. S. expatriate and his wife were flee- ing to the Communists. Cort ex- |pressed gratitutde to the Czechs for taking them in and also thanked Benn and others who had backed their cause in England. Sir Hugh said Cort had sought publicity and misrepresented the home secretary’s attitude. He add- ed: “It was certainly no part of Boston Scientist, Wife Seek Refuge Among Red Czechs One of Rhee’s purposes in com- ing to Washington was to try to obtain American approval for a Plan to enlarge his country’s total military strength, and it was re- Ported that on this point he had) received a favorable reponse. / However, American officials | were concerned that whatever was done along this line be so organ- ized that it would not upset Korea’s economy or reconstruction pro- gram and that it fall within con-| gressional authorization for mili- tary and economic aid for Korea. Game Of Love Nets Prison Term For Percy RICHMOND, Va. #—Percy W. Herman, who played the game of love for stakes of cash, faced a possible 10-year prison term to- day as a result of his short-lived marriage with a gray-haired wom- an 18 years his senior. The Californian, 49, was con- victed by a federal jury yesterday of stealing a quarter million dol- lar fortune in cash and jewels be- longing to Mrs. Dyoll P. Havens, 67 of Palm Beach, Fla. The defense contcded the elder- ly woman gave Herman, of San Francisco, legal possession of the money after their marriage last March 3 following a whirlwind two- month courtship. Herman deserted his bride a day after the wedding) when they stopped at a motel near Freder- icksburg, Va. He left her with the excuse he wanted to have the win- dows of their new convertible re- paired. That was the last Mrs. Havens saw of her husband until the FBI picked him up in New York, where authorities said he had been liv- ing with a pretty brunette divorcee. Mrs. Havens had the marriage an- nulled, \ Herman faces a maximum sen- tence of 10 years and—or $10,000 fine. He said he would appeal the jury’s verdict. Sentencing will await a probation report. Mean- while, he is free on $20,000 bond. LIGHTNING SL.3 DYNAMITE OFF PANAMA (#—Lightning touched off five small dynamite charges along the banks of the Panama Canal yesterday, injuring four workmen, The men were stringing the dy- namite along the canal’s damaged Gaillard cut when the bolt struck. They are dynamiting to remove two million cubic yards of rock from a nearby hillside which threatens to crumble into the wa- terway. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN United States and it is unfortunate that so many people (in Britain) were successfully misled. .. .” Cort, who came to En; a scholarship and stayed on, had taught physiology at Birmingham University the past year. His wife, a physician, had worked at a Bir- mingham hospital. He denied being a craft dodger at a news conference last June. his purpose to improve relations'tary service in 1948 and been de- between this country and thel He said he had registered for mili- clared physically unfit. 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