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UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS Calls for Quick Armistice PANMUNJOM, Korea, June 29. Gen. Mark W. Clark called today for a quick signing of an armistice and told the Reds it was "impossible" for him to recapture 27,000 escaped anti-Communist North Korean prisoners. The Supreme United Nations Commander said in a letter to the Chinest high command that he was not responsible for South Korean President Syngman Rhees action in suddenly releasing the prisoners. Dr. Conant Elevated in Rank WASHINGTON, D. C, June 29. President Eisenhower today elevated Dr. James B. Conant, U.S. High Commissioner to Germany, to the personal rank of ambassador. This is a step toward eventual re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany on the embassy level. Reds Hurl Back ROKs SEOUL, Korea, June 29. Two Chinese regiments hurled back counter-attacking First Division Republic of Korea soldiers today to retain control of four key outposts on the invasion corridor to Seoul. In an unusual daylight action, some 6,000 Chinese blunted South Korean counterattacks against outposts Bak, Queen, Hannah and an unnamed hill. The ROKs fell back to their original defense line. Delay Tax Showdown in House WASHINGTON, D. C, June 29. Republican leaders abandoned plans to force an immediate showdown vote today in the House of Representatives on extension of the excess profits tax for six months. The GOP leaders ordered a postponement in order to avoid a bitter fight over unusual procedure that had been used to get the billo the House floor. Hits Dems Korean Tactics James J. Wadsworth, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, charged here yesterday that the former Democratic administration cost the lives of many American soldiers by making it financially impossible for other UN nations to send more troops to Korea. A "comparatively small outlay of dollars" early in 1951 could have saved "more than a division" of American men in the combat zone, he said in an interview. Unrest Grows in Czechoslovakia BERLIN, Germany, June 29. Tough Russian security troops were reported today to have .been moved into Czechoslovakia to quell unrest knifing through the heart of Communist East Europe from Germany to the Russian border. Strikes and slow-downs continued in four of Red Germanys five provinces, despite the harsh Russian martial law under which at least 50 persons have been executed and more than 40,000 imprisoned. Scores Government Committee WASHINGTON, D. C, June 29. Louis Harap, New York City "writer" who refused to say whether he is a Communist, accused the House Un-American Activities Committee today of creating anti-semitic conditions in the United States. Harap, a bespectacled man in his 40s, also said the Jews were treated better in Russia than anywhere else. John Christie Dies July 15 LONDON, England, June 29. The gallows execution of sex strangler John R. Christie, was set today for July 15 by the High Sheriff of London. Christies lawyers had announced they would not appeal in court against the death sentence but would ask the government for mercy for the 55 -year-old clerk.
