Rules Committee
Approves New
Curb on Debate
Senate Considers Rule
Preventing Filibuster
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
WASHINGTON The Senate
rules committee yesterday recom
mended adoption of a filibuster
curbing debate rule.
Senator Lodge (R-Mass.) who
reported the development, said
the committee voted 10 to 3 in
favor of a rule which would per
mit the Senate by a two-thirds
vote to limit debate on any mat
ter at any time.
The present debate limitation
rule applies to bills, but not to
motions and similar matters. Con
sequently minorities have been
able to use the filibuster un
limited talk—to prevent Senate
action on some controversial
measures Such as the "civil rights"
bills President Truman had ad
vocated.
The rules committee decision
put the matter before the Senate.
When an attempt is made to bring
up the proposed new rule for a
vote, Southerners who want to
retain the right of unlimited de
bate are expected to resort to the
filibuster.
Hearings To Start
On Radar Screen
Hearings will start in Congress
today on legislation to authorize
the establishment of a radar
picket screen around the conti
nental United States.
The hearings will be conducted
by the House Armed Services
Committee.
The legislation is supported by
the armed services and has been
cleared by the budget bureau. Its
purpose would be to warn of pos
sible invasion.
Farm Price Drop
To Be Investigated
The government will look into
the recent sharp declines of farm
commodity futures prices.
Agriculture Secretary Brannan
ordered the Commodity Exchange
Authority yesterday to make the
investigation. He said it should
get full information on trading in
wheat, corn, and soybeans during
the period of falling prices.
Brannan also told a Senate com
mittee that the bksic economic
situation does not seem to offer
any explanation for the lower
prices. He attributed the declines
in part to speculative influences.
Hoffman Explains
Foreign Spending
Foreign Aid Chief Paul Hof
fman has given a breakdown of
how the United States will spend
four and a quarter billion dollars
in foreign aid in 1950.
According to his figures, Bri
tain, France, Western Germany,
and Italy would get the biggest
allotments. Britain is down for
the largest amount, 940 millions.
The sum is part of the five and
one-half billions sought by the
Administration for 15' months of
foreign aid.
Acheson Hits Hungarians
Secretary of State Acheson has
blasted the Hungarian govern
ment for its treatment of Cardi
nal Mindszenty. He called the
case an example of religious per
secution by the Communists, per
secution which has horrified the
free world.
He said the United States is
considering possible action
through the United Nations in the
case of the cardinal, who was sen
tenced to life imprisonment. The
House Foreign Affairs Committee
has called the UN action or other
moves to protest the treatment of
the cardinal.
Labor Talks Extended
The Senate Labor Committee
has voted itself more time ito hear
witnesses on the administration
labor bill. The administration
seeks to repeal the Taft-Hartley
Act and to substitute a revised
Wagner Act.
The committee voted to extend
lts hearings from tonight until
February U.
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It A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOL. 49-NO. 4
Charge Given
To New School
By Milholland
Lauds Foundation
Laid by School
In his charge to the School of
Home Economics at the convoca
tion in Schwab Auditorium Tues
day, James Milholland. acting
president of the College, com
mended the School for the solid
foundation vt has laid for the de
velopment of the professional as
pects of home economics.
"I charge you with responsibil
ity for continuing to advance
those curricula with the same
zeal and discretion I know you
will apply to the education of
homemakers," President Milhol
land said.
Expressing the gratitude of the
College to all who shared in the
creation of the new school, Pres
ident Milholland said "the ex
pedition and effectiveness with
which the whole project was con
summated eloquently testify to
the merit of its founders, notably
Director Emerita Edith P. Chace
and Dr. Laura W. Drummond."
"Thanks are equally due to the
vision, zeal, and the uneasing
efforts of Dean Grace M. Hender
son," President Milholland con
tinued. "Within a few short years,
she has converted a long-standing
dream into a reality. In the pro
cess she has also found time to
strengthen both the personnel
and the program in Home Eco
nomics."
"You have my best wishes for
the successful continuation of
your efforts to make home eco
nomics education at Penn State
outstanding among the Land-
Grant colleges," President Mil
holland continued. "K now in g
what I do of yourself and your
staff, I am confident that you will
in due time achieve your heart's
desire to your own credit, and for
the greater service of Pennsyl
vania and its people."
Talent Show
Names Judges
Six judges and a method of
screening and final judging have
been decided upon by members
of the Penn State Club for their
annual Talent Show in Schwab
Auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Contestants, who will be com
peting for three cash awards, will
first be screened by the staff of
six judges and the ultimate win
ners will be decided by audience
applause.
Selected as judges for the 12-
act show were Louis H. Bell, dir
ector of publicity; Daniel De Mar
ino, assistant dean of men; Wil
liam Lawless, all-College presi
dent; Malcolm White, news edi
tor of the Collegian; Janet Lyons,
WSGA president; and Ernest Sla
dics, president of the Penn State
Club.
Reserved seats, at 74 cents, tax
included, will be on sale at Stu
dent Union until curtain time.
PI Establishes
Office Services
Establishment of an Office Serv
ices Division as a branch of the
Department of Public Information
was announced recently.
Services offered by the new
division include typing, stencil
cutting, mimeographing assem
bling, folding and mailing. Col
lege agencies requesting work
may furnish their own typed
stencils and materials or have
them supplied by the division. All
charges will be made on a cost
basis.
Henry F. Goeken, supervisor of
Office Services Division, is located
in 308 Old Alain, telephone ex
tension 183 AL
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS
Forum Speaker Changed
BX Adds Supplies,
Varied Inventory
The BX will be open con
tinuously from 9a.m. to 5 p.m.
this week. If scheduling is
possible the store will be open
during these hours throughout
the semester. .
A new stock ,of supplies has
arrived, and a more varied in
ventory will be added.
There are still many used
books that haven't been sold;
they will be on sale all this
week.
3-Day Program
For Home Ec
School To End
The Home Economics School
will conclude its three-day in
auguration program at the Col
lege today.
Demonstrations, discussions, and
movies on all phases of home
making will round up the pro
gram in behalf of the school's
recent departure from the School
of Liberal Arts.
At 9 a.m: Dr. Jean D. Amber
son, professor of Home Econom
ics, will discuss "Values for Fam
ily Living Held by Teachers of
Home Economics" in 118. Demon
strations on experimental cook
ery and advanced foods work will
be shown at the same hour.
Pennsylvania Report
A report on Pennsylvania farm
housing will be given by Gladys
Wasmuth, assistant professor of
housing and home art and a for
um, "Learning to Teach," will be
conducted by student teachers at
10 a.m. Also at that hour demon
strations on weaving, textile de
sign, winter flower arrangements,
color and design will be given by
students.
At 11 a.m. Ina Padgett, profes
sor of foods and nutrition, will
discuss recent developments in
the field of nutrition in room 118.
Students Serve Lunch
Lunch prepared by students in
Hotel and Institution Adminis
tration will be sold in 5 and 7
from 11.30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
At 1 p.m. Mabel C. McDowell,
professor of clothing extension,
will speak on visual aids as a
help in making clothes in 114.
At 2 p.m. social usages and child
ren's garments will be discussed
in rooms 14 and 223 respectively.
At 3 p.m. Dr. Grace M. Hen
derson will visit with parents and
prospective students in the Liv
ing Center.
Movies and slides on many diff
erent phases of home economics
will be shown every hour except
1 2 p.m. throughout the day.
Students, faculty and towns-
Continued on page three
Staff Publishes
Largest Yearbook
This year La Vie, College year
book, will be the largest that has
ever been published on the Penn
State campus. The book includes
2636 seniors,
some of whom
graduated in
the Summer of
'4B, February
'49, as well as
those who will
graduate in
June of '49.
The book it
self contains
478 pages. It
will be distri- English
buted in the
in the middle of May, the first La
Vie since 1942 which will be given
to seniors prior to graduation.
"We met the February 1 dead
line," said John English, editor of
LaVie, "and now two thirds of
the book is already on the
presses." •
Forum Speaker
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Stanley K. Hornbeck
Bristol Outlines
Plan For Peace
In Tuesday Talk
James Bristol, representative
of the American Friends Service
Committee, outlined what can be
done, why it should be done and
how it can be done to promote
world peace in a talk entitled
"Laying the Foundations for
Peace" -in the Hugh Beaver
Room, Old Main, Tuesday night.
He began his speech by de
scribing the "twisting, bitter
cynicism" that prevails in the
world today, adding a brief com
ment on reviewing Tabi's play,
"After World War III," which
gave the solution of world peace
only after one man survived in
the entire world.
Cynicism Prevails
Bristol augmented this state
ment with another example of
the remark made by a Lutheran
bishop of Paris who declared in
essence, that we should take an
atomic bomb and go wipe out
Russia. Since this remark was
uttered by a high prelate of the
church, Mr. Bristol believes there
is a good reason why cynicism
prevails in the world today.
Throughout the world there
persists many lofty and high
ideals, Mr. Bristol said, yet in
actual practice these are denied.
For example, during the forma
tion of the United Nations, the
ideals were for world peace, yet
Sweden, who was not at war,
could not join.
The speaker asserted that in
Continued on page three
Work on 5 College
Buildings Resumes
Construction work on five of
the new buildings at the College
was back in full swing yesterday,
after a two-week work stoppage
ended Tuesday, but union pick
et lines were continued on three
projects.
The Centre County Building
Construction Trade Council set
tled grievances with four con
tractors Monday night and is
still negotiating with M. W.
Schreffler, J. Alvin Hawbaker
and Donald Stabler, contractors
for excavating of men's dormi
tories, a breeding center and
drainage trunk line.
The union, protesting the use
of non-union workers, has indi
cated pickets will be maintained
at these projects until an agree
ment is reached.
Lion, State Meet Jointly
Members of both State and
Lion party Steering Commit
tees met in 410 Old Main at 7
p.m. Tuesday. At the joint
meeting, various policies, im
portant to both parties and to
College politics in general,
were considered.
Envoy to Dutch
Replaces Writer
In Series Shift
Hornbeck to Speak
On 'China and the US'
The Honorable Stanley K. Horn-•
beck, recently returned ambassa
dor to the Netherlands, will re
place Hanson Baldwin, noted mil
itary analyst of the New York
Times, as speaker in the Com
munity Forum series at Schwab
Auditorium on February 15, Hugh
G. Pyle, chairman of the Com
munity Forum, announced yes
terday.
An assignment to Alaska to
cover the scheduled military ma
neuvers in that area for his news
paper forced Mr. Baldwin to can
cel his engagement. Dr. Rose Co
logne, chairman of the program
committee, made arrangements to
acquire a new speaker rather than
accept Mr. Baldwin's offer to ap
pear at a later date.
Experiences With Dutch
Mr. Hornbeck, whose recent ex
periences with the Dutch should
throw new light on current de
velopments in the Far East, will
speak on "China and the U.S." He
has recently been serving as pro
fessor of Chinese government at
Harvard University.
Among other assignments, Mr.
Hornbeck has been special assist
ant to the Secretary of State,
Chief of the Division of Far East
ern Affairs in the Department of
State and a delegate to all of the
recent peace conferences.
Thought Suitable Substitute
The Community Forum Pro
gram Committee, taking into con
sideration the wide-spread experi
ence of Mr. Hornbeck and the
pertinency of the recent turn of
events in the Far East, especially
the activities of the Communists
in China, thought him to be a
suitable substitute for Mr. Bald
win.
San Carlos U.
Offers Courses
University of San Carlos, Gua
temala City, will present its third
annual seven-week summer ses
sion from July 1 to August 19.
Planned primarily for North
American students, the summer
session has been approved by
Veterans Administration and both
undergraduate and g r adua t e
work have been accepted by the
major colleges and universities of
the Untted States.
Courses in the fields of Spanish,
Latin American language, litera
ture and institutions will be of
fered for two credits each. A
maximum of six credits may be
carried.
A master of arts degree is of
fered by the university in either
Spanish literature or Latin Am
erican studies. Three summer
sessions are required for such a
degree.
A summer catalogue with de
tailed information may be ob
tained by writing air mail to See•
retary of the Summer School,
Apartado 179, Guatemala, C. A.
Extension Offers
Typing Classes
Registration for two evening
classes in elementary typing, of
fered by the Extension Services
at the College, will be held in 7
Sparks Thursday, February 10,
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Classes will convene for the
first time Tuesday February 15,
in 9 Sparks. Elcmentary Typing
(1) will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
while Elementary Typing (2;
will meet Tuesday and Thursday
from Bto 9:30 p.m. Persons who
have taken typing but who, would
like to increase their skill should
rte. ter in Elementary Typing
(