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April 10, 1950

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M'CARTHY ASSERTS TRUMAN IS 'AFRAID' TO RELEASE FILES; Declares Loyalty Accusations Would Be Supported if the President Bared Data PEURIFOY VIEW 'SHOCKING' Democrats, Republicans Assail Each Others' Motives--No 'Whitewash,' Says Tydings

By Jay Walz Special To the New York Times

Sens McCarthy, Brewster, Green and Repr Dingell radio debate on probe issues; McCarthy charges Truman afraid to divulge files; makes pub wire to Acheson assailing dept apparent defense of Lattimore in Peurifoy statement; repeats charges against Lattimore; Dingell sees McCarthy encouraged by Taft, calling probe move to 'get' Acheson and Truman, not Communists; Tydings, in radio s, comments on statement of Lattimore clearance; Hickenlooper demands FBI full file on Lattimore

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PERMANENT FORCE OF U.S. TROOPS HELD NEEDED IN EUROPE; Continental Experts Think Step Would Reinforce Defense of Atlantic Pact Group LEADERSHIP FACTOR SEEN Move Also Viewed as a Bolster to France if Germany Is Eventually Rearmed

By Benjamin Welles Special To the New York Times

Eur experts see permanent US garrison in W Eur needed; see '55 goal of 36 divs impossible without Ger troops; various nations current strength discussed; Dutch Gen Kruls urges creating sup command; W Eur pol and mil leaders see lack a flaw; US officials oppose creation; fear internatl dissension

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Notable Births

Ken Griffey Sr.

1950Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager[†]

George Kenneth Griffey Sr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1973 through 1991, most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that won three division titles and two World Series championships between 1973 and 1976. He also played for the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, and Seattle Mariners.

Eddie Hazel

1950Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (died 1992)[†]

Edward Earl Hazel was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. His ten-minute guitar solo in the Funkadelic song "Maggot Brain" is regarded as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 29 in its list of 250 of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Notable Deaths

Fevzi Çakmak

1950Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876)[†]

Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician. He served as the Chief of General Staff from 1918 and 1919 and later the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire in 1920. He later joined the provisional Government of the Grand National Assembly and became the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense and later as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1921 to 1922. He was the second Chief of the General Staff of the provisional Ankara Government and the first Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey.

Historical Context for April 10, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]