TUESDAY, APRIL r, 1946
Expose
Surpluses Creat e
College . Agent Attends ,Government Sale To Purchase Equipment;
, .
F fndS . Army, Navy Representatives Buying War Assets Goods
By MARILYNN JACOBSON •
"Colossal sale of photographic equipment—the largest, most attractive sale of its kind"
read the circular sent out by the War Assets Corporation to dispose of surplus property.
Surplus property, in case you're wondering, is that which the Surplus Property Admin
istration has declared as being of no use to the Army or Navy. Yet Army and Navy repre-
SentatiVes were present at the sale to gobble up such surplus property under Number 1 pri
ority rights . , H. W. Loman, purchasing agent for the College, revealed in a recent interview.
Tells Story. of Trip
In telling the story of his trip to the Baltithore sale, Mr
rived at 9 a.m. and'found a line a quarter of a mile long. Each
representative was assigned a number and was required to
wait until his .number was called. Federal agencies were first
and state 'agencies 'second.
While.waiting until 3 p.m. when his number was called,
Mr. Loman reviewed the ex
hibit of photographic equip
ment.
"ln going through the exhibit, I
found no end
,of Army and Navy
.representatives," pointed out Mr.
Loman. "This equipment was sup
posed to be surplus property,' de
clared as • such ' by the armed
forces.. Yet the Army and Navy
were nresenf at the' sale to buy
Thaek the equipment at lower
prices."
Expose Number Two
An expose of the photographic
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Today
Lacrosse game with - Hobart,
New. Beaver Field, 4 p: m.
Liberal Arts faculty meeting,
121 Spark's, 4:30 p. m. -
Class Day Committee meeting,
Collegian Office, 7 p.. m.
Collegian Candidates', 8 Carne
•gie :Hall, 7 p. m.
Combined meeting of German
Club and German ConVersation
Club, Hugh 'Beaver Room 7 p. m.
•• Penn State Club meeting, 301
~Old Main,. 7 p. m.. •
- ....meeting; -, 117:
Catnegie. Hall, 7,p..m. •
.„ • -., • :Tomorrow
• )Cullegian.r.reporters' > meeting; 8.
p. , m.
• ' -.rehearsal, • Schwab
Audiloriumo:3,o p. , m,
• , Z"Bleipentary Ed: -• Club meeting,
• 4'4 ,Main;•'6:4s p. m. •
'sAg Student 'Council Meeting,
.109. Ag Building, • 7.:30 p. m.
1 111.1 Phi Sigma, business hen
arary; 411 Old Main, 6:30 p. m.
• •Badio prograin about Student
WID/LAX,..6:45 A. m.
• .sPrelinoinary meeting for • the
speech- 'contest, 121 Sparks, 7:30
It's a' art Have .a Coke
BOTTLED
COCA-COLA BOTT
sale in Baltimore was printed in
the National Legionnaire, April 20,
which shows that the surplus
property advertised as "colossal"
has "only remnants and junk to
offer veterans." in the same ar
ticle, ~ National Commander John
Stelle condemned the sale as "a
shocking and disgraceful national
scandal." •
Mr. :Leman as purchasing agent
.'nor the College was able to choose
several iteths, but by the time his
number was called, much of the
Property was sold. However, he
managed to buy for $1;500. equip-
Cabinet-
,(Continued from page one)
Charles Hill, reporting for the
Sunday recreation committee, an
nounced that the following enter
tainment is scheduled for Sunday
afternoon: S'mphony concert,
May .12; Men's Glee Club, May
19; Panhel .Sina, May. 26; and
Blue• Band Concert, June 2.
Charles Willing was named _the
new bead• of the "Keep Off the
Grass" committee, :r ep 1a c g
Thomas Lannen, Cabinet „Mem
bers suggested that,*a.ll:-
Ales and sororities be contacted to
encourage. cooperation. with -.the
campaign, anc;l, that faculty ,mem
bers. announce the .campaign* in
their:. classrooms.
- -Joseph 'Steel, chairman of thc•
constitution "committee, • read. • a
proposed - amendment for the con
stitution (see story in column 5).
Steel. suggested that the revised
constitution -be printed in , the
Collegian,- since ;the .51 ud e
Handbook, which was originally
considered for,. the ..publication,
would_ not reach all of the stud
ent (body: Other auggestions for
the publication of the constitution
were handouts aat registration or
at Student Union.
Blunderings
Loman explained tharhe
ment valued at $7,500.
"It has been the agreement of
the College Audio• Visual Aids
committee that that 'committee
will make the allocations of this
equipment to various departments'
at the College who have made re
quests for photographic supplies,"
Mr. Loman said.
David Pugh, chairman of the
committee, announced, that techni
cal advisers to the committee have
been named as follows: Robert
Bessee, head of the department of
photography in the SchooPof Agri
culture; Philip Manino, technician
of Audio-Visual Aids in the Li
brary; and Paul H. Seitzinger,
sound technician in the College's
Motion. Picture and Sound. Studio.
These men attended the Baltimore
. photographic equipment sale with
Mr. Loman, and have been. ap
pointed to attend subsequent sales
with the purchasing agent.
Expose Number Three
Citing another example of sur
plus property blundering, Mr. t ,o
man pointed out that on March 8
he received notice of a large sale
of rubber gloves and aprons. On
March 14, he sent a purchasing
order, and twelve days later the
order was returned because War
Assets said. the sale had closed to
priority claimants February 6.
.Careful scrutiny of the circular
advertising the sale revealed,
however, no opening -or closing
date 'of the sale. What is nyore, the
printer's date was February 7. This
indicates that the sale was.. over
before the notice came off.'•the
press.
- Add to this surplus property
blundering the fact - that -tie-in
sales are invoked to- get rid of sur
plus.• A story on the front page of
the Pittsburgh. Post-Gazette on
April - 1.5 - reveals• that a surplus
propetty sale in Philadelphia -sold'
tractor seats at $4 each. But • if you
wanted to buy- some tractor seats
you had to take 16 'bird cages and
45 signs reading "Speed Limit •20
MPH" as well.
Student bowlers at Purdue Uni
versity have the use of 'fifteen
modern alleys located in - the Me
morial Union building..
THE COLLEGIAN
Ski Club Picks
New Officers
Officers were elected at the
final business meeting of the
Penns- Valley Ski Club held
Thursday evening, April 25. New
officers are: Henry Thurston
president; Max Peters, vice
president; Mrs. 'Robert Hunter,
secretary; and Dr. Thomas
Bates, treasurer.
Dr. Taylor, president of the
Phillipsburg Ski Club gave a
brief history of the skiing acti
vities in Phillipsburg. Plans were
made for a social get together of
the Penns Valley Ski Club and
the Phillipsburg Club at the Col
lege Lodge at the ski trail Sun
day, May 5. There will be hiking
over the ski trail in the afternoon
CLEAR A,Na
AT THE
Charles :Shop
OpirtAll-Day:We;dnesday
We're selling •early- spring
coats, suits, and dress a-
mong • other things at so
very - low - prices.
clearing our shelves for
summer and you will bene-
fit by it.
CV ries Shoft•
Seventh and eighth semester
students ere eligible to purchaser
the 45 -remaining . Lion coats, ac
cording to James Sheehan, sev
enth semester president. Them
jackets, sizes 38-44, will be sold
at Student Union all day tomor
row for $l.OO.
followed by a dinner at the lodge.
For entertainment there will be
ski movies, songs, and wax ar
guments.
President Thurston appointed
committees to function over the
summer months and also an
nounced that Penn State will.
have a ski team next year for
the first time since 1943. The
coach of the team will be an
nounced later. Thurston request
ed that all persons having skis at
the lodge remove them as soon
as possible.
SPRING
We're
Stop in early Wednesday,
as you know how scarce
good clothes are at sale
prices these days. The sale
is from Wednesday until
Satur=day only!
South, Allen
~ Street
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Lion Coats