FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950
AP News—Courtpsy WMAJ
Budenz Dubs Lattimore
Red Espionage Agent
WASHINGTON —Louis Budenz, former editor of the
Communist Daily Worker, yesterday testified before a Senate
investigating committee that Owen Lattimore had been a
member of a “Communist cell” that was engaged in espion
age.
Budenz also testified that Lattimore had been working
with two men whom Budenz
had named as Soviet agents.
Testifying in Lattimore’s behalf,
Brigadier General Elliot Thorpe,
a retired Military Intelligence
officer, stated that Lattimore was
“in no way an agent of the Com
munist party or of Soviet Russia.”
Lattimore has already testified
under oath that he is not now, nor
ever had been an agent for the
Soviet.
Truth Campaign Set
WASHINGTON Pres i d e n t
Truman, speaking before the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors meeting here, said that the
United States is in the midst of'a
campaign of truth to convince the
rest of the world that America
has “no purpose of- going to • war
except in defense of freedom.”
Mr. Truman said that he has
ordered Secretary of State Dean
Acheson to put into effect a pro
gram that will counteract Russian
“deceit, distortion and lies.”
Post Office Probe
WASHINGTON —Trouble de
veloped in Congress -yesterday for
the Post Office Department’s
economy program. Representative
John Walsh (D-Ind.) indicated
that he will ask Congress to re
fuse the sharp cuts that are being
planned in postal service. Falling
in line with some of his Congres--
sional cohorts, Walsh said he will
ask for a “sweeping investigation
of the entire postal system.”
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
PSCA Banquet
Commemorates
75th Birthday
The Penn State Christian Asso
ciation will commemorate its 75th
anniversary with a banquet to be
held at,Wink”s Skytop 6 p.m. to
morrow. A dance will follow the
dinner.
Dr. Ralph Harlow, professor of
religion and ethics at Smith Col
lege, and Harry Seamans, former
executive secretary of PSCA now
serving with the Division of Pub
lic Liaison of the Department-of
State, will be the speakers. Dr.
Harlow’s topic will : be “Fifty
Years in the ' Christian Student
Movement” and Seamans will talk
on the past and future of the
PSCA. Dr. George H. Young, as
sistant director of the Mellon In
stitute, has also been invited to
speak. Dr. John Ferguson, chair
man of tha anniversary commit
tee, will be toastmaster.
To Introduce Officers
Newly-elected Christian Asso
ciation officers .will be introduced
at the banquet and awards of
merit will be given graduating
seniors who have been active in
PSCA.
PSCA programs are under the
supervision of Marjorie Talford.
Assisting her are Nancy Erb and
Norman Wheeler. ,
Phone Mystery
The mystery remains unsolved,
Nobody seems to know just Phone contest co-sponsored by
how many columns are in front of The Daily Collegian and Chester-
Old Main. Thus far, six students held cigarettes,
have been quizzed via telephone Each Wednesday night at 7
by Leonard Allen and Seymour o’clock three students are asked
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till Unsolved
Barash, who are in charge of the
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a question concerning campus
facts. The prize, two packs of
Chesterfields for the correct ans
wer, is accumulative. The first per
son who correctly gives the num
ber of columns in front of Old
Main when contacted by the
Chesterfield Mystery Quizz, will
win 14 packs of cigarettes.