Guards Foil Attempt On Truman's Life
2 Men Storm
Blair House;
Gunplay Flares
By GEORGE GLAZER
Fast work by alert White House
guards thwarted an attempted as
sassination of President Truman
yesterday afternoon.
Two men, one of them later
identified as
Puerto Ric
Nationalist pa,
ty, engaged in
running gun ba,
tie with
House police
t h e y attempts
to storm Bla,
h o us e, tempo:
ary home of ti
P7:...sident.
Oscar Collaz
who was ident
Red by his wife
in New York, and Griselio Torres
ola advanced on the Blair house,
one from across PennsylVania av
enue, the other from around the
corner. According to two eyewit
noss reports, two of the presiden
tial guard came out of the guard
houses and started firing at the
men. One of the guards fell al
most immediately. The other one'
continued firing at the men, and
was joined by other guards, se
cret service men and police.
Three guards, Don Birdzell,
Leslie Coffelt and Joe Down, were
wounded in the battle. Coffelt
died later from wounds in :the
chest and stomach. Collazo
the battle was over. Torresola was
seriously wounded, with bullets
in the head and chest.
President Truman appeared
briefly at the window of Blair
house as the shooting started, then
was not.seen again until the me
lee was over.
Pedestrians Scatter
The attempt took place at 2:15
p.m. and traffic on Pennsylvania
avenue, one of the, main arteries
of the city, was about normal. As
the men advanced, on the house,
with guns blazing, pedestrians
scattered, and police swarmed to
the scene, said Miss M. E. Hayes,
a railroad association employee.
Another witness, Archie Davis,
was walking on the other side of
the street when the shooting star
ted: He said that one guard came
out of the box, shooting as he
ran, and flopped into the street
as he was hit. More • guards, fol
lowed, all shooting as they ran.
Truman Leaves
Police cars rushed to the scene,
and secret service men threw a
cordon around the entire area.
Truman left for 'the ceremonies
he was to attend about a half
hour later. He left by the rear en
trance, surrounded by secret ser
vice nien carrying machine guns.
His car was followed• by a second
car, filled with heavily-armed po
lice, and motorcycle police formed
a cordon around the cars.
A revolution is in progress in
Puerto Rico now, with the Na
tionalist party advocating inde
pendence from the United States.
Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ
Lie Re-elected '
UN Secretary
LAKE SUCCESS—Trygve Lie,
secretary general of the United
Nations general • assembly, had
his term of office extended three
more years by a vote of 46 to 5.
Lie, who was backed by the
United States because of his
handling of the Korean situation;
was not present at the election
but returned soon after to accept
the extension. He stated he would
work for universal collective se
curity as a means ,for peace
against armed aggression.
The extension was considered
a defeat for the Soviet bloc. They
threatened to avoid dealing with
Lie in all matters.
German Units In Army
WASHINGTON At a press
conference, Dean Acheson, .TJ. S.
secretary of state, predicted Ger
man units would be included in
the North Atlantic Defense army.
He stated the present deadlock
would not mean a long delay in
defense plans.
Battu 6' 4,H. 7 A) Tiftit tglia Ili TODAY'S WEATHER:
Partly Cloudy and Warm.
Windy. Possible Showees
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VOL. 51 No. 36
Players Open
With 'Shadow'
At Schwab
Players will open "Shadow and
Substance," Paul Vincent Carrol's
Irish drama, tonight at 8 o'clock
in Schwab auditorium. The play
will run through Saturday night.
"Shadow and Substance" stars
•
Barbara Klopp as Brigid and •i'•
Charles Schulte as Canon Shevitt,
and features Charles Williams as
the schoolmaster, O'Flingsley:
The play portrays the conflict ;•i.';
between the old and the new in
the setting of a small Irish vil
lage. The strugle involves The
Canon, who supports the estab
lished, orthodox ways of church
controlled education and the re
bellious
! . ,•i
schoolmaster, fighting for
change and accommodation to a
modern world. Brigid is a spir
itual girl who understands both, '•';
where neither understands the
other. •
"Shadow and Substance" was
first produced by the Abbey Play
ers in Dublin.
Kelly Yeaton directs the Play
ers production. Yeaton did "Glass
Menagerie" and "Life With Fath
er" last year. Supporting players
include Richard Brugger, , Rich
ard Hayden, Janet Horger, Theo
dore Howitz, Peggy Mulligan,
Jacqueline Odell and Richard
Pioli.
Tickets for the play, on sale at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main are 60 cents for tonight and
$l.OO for tomorrow and Saturday
nights.
"Shadow and - Substance" will
be the first Players production of
the season in Schwab auditorium.
Their opening show, "Private
Lives," goes into its fourth week
end at Centre Stage tomorrow
night.
Hall Opening
Still Indefinite
No definite date can be given
for conclusion ,of construction on
the West dorms dining hall,
George W. Ebert, director of phy
sical plant, told the Daily Col
legian yesterday.
Previously, Ebert had announc
ed that construction on the dining
hall would be finished yesterday.
However, Ebert said material
shortage would delay the hall's
completion. .
This is the second time that ma
terial shortages have held up con
struction. The original deadline
was Sept.• 15, construction dead
line for the new dorms. At that
time, Ebert said the Korean sit
uation had created manpower and
material shortages for which the
contractor could not be held re
sponsible.
Mildred Baker, food supervisor,
said present plans were to open
the dining hall as a single unit
whether or not certain portions of
the hall were completed before
other portions. She Said the sec
ond floor - dining rooms are being
finished ahead of the first floor
lounge and snack bar. •
Wednesday Is 'Hat Day';
Hatmen To Honor Team
Wednesday is officially "Hat
Day," according to a motion
passed at the Thursday night
meeting of the Hat Societies coun
cil. .
In an effort to "show the foot
ball team we're behind firm,"
Hat Societies Council president,
Robert Fast, requested that all
hat men and hat women meet
at the Corner room. 6:45 p.m.
tomorrow to give' the football
team' a send-off as they leave
for the Boston college game.
Also, at the meeting, Fast ap
-'ointed a committee to revise
freshman customs. This commit
tee consisting of Robert Fast, Vir
ginia Preuss, Barbara Sprenkle,
and Neil See, will confer with
Dean Pearl 0. Weston, Dean H. K.
Wilson i .and. W. E. Kenworthy.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1950
Administration
Asking For
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WILMER E. KENW
Voting Prizes
Claimed Unfair
- Elections committee chairman
Edwin Barnitz will ask Cabinet
approval tonight to outlaw the
offering of dance tickets and
other prizes intended to induce
students to vote in all-College
elections.
In regard to the above pro
cedure, used in past elections
Barnitz said, "It is an unfair meth
od of getting people out fo vote
and a method which I hope Cab
inet will control."
Barnitz will also seek Cabinet
action to name April 21 as the ap
proximate date for the installa
tion of senior and junior class of
ficers. This •is one week earlier
than installatiOns ar e usually
held.
Purpose of this second proposal
is to give newly-elected officers
an extra week to become ac
quainted with their duties before
final examinations and end-of-the
year activities interfere.
Both of these proposals, ap
proved by the elections commit
tee last night, will constitute
changes in the elections code if
Cabinet. passes them.
James ' Worth will also present
for Cabinet discussion a sugges
tion for an activity-card system
which will include complete rec
ords of all men students. These
cards wil: be accessible to anyone
who wishes to use them, provided
permission is given by a board of
control which would be set up
under the system.
Robert Czapiewski, recently
named head of a committee to in
vestigate the future of Hort
Woods, will report to Cabinet to
night.
West Dorth Men
To Pay Damages
Men in the West dorm area will
be assessed individually for dam
aged rooms, Russell Clark, di
rector of housing, has announced.
Clark said this is standard Col
lege policy and applies to all
dormitories. He said •he was
pleased to learn the West dorm
council had given him a unan
imous vote of confidence at• its
last meeting for his handling of
the damage situation.
He reiterated his intention .of
cooperating fully with the coUn- 1
cil in future matters.
Israeli Emissary To Speak
David Ron, Israeli emissary to
the United States, will address
the Hillel foundation at 7:30 to
morrow night in the Hillel audi
torium.
Rejects IFC Propool
Chaperoned Drinking
The College has turned down Interfraternity counci
proposal to have mixed chaperoned drinking at the College.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy announced the College's decision
in a written statement to the Daily Collegian yesterday.
"The College will not sanction drinking by students;
Pledges Reach
$2OOO Mark
In Chest Drive
Herbert Axford, chairman of
the. Campus chest committee, an
nounced that about $2OOO had
been turned in to Chest head
quarters by late yesterday after
noon.
Most of the funds were com
ing in in the form -of pledges
whereby the students authorized
the bursar to add the amount to
next semester's fees, Axford said.
He said that the faculty and fra
ternity solicitors had not yet re
ported.
RTHY
Axford said that he expects the
funds from the solicitors to reach
their peak today and tomorrow.
He added that the early reports
look promising and urged all stu
dents to continue to support the
drive and put it over the top.
The goal is $14,000.
Solicitori Named
The final list of solicitors fol
lows. They are:
FACULTY—Frederick Gwynn,
Liberal Arts; Sherman Fogg,
Physical Education; Charles Ma
chovee, Library; Paul Benner,
Willard Hall; Mrs. Betty Delavan,
Home Economics; A. L. Beam,
Agriculture; Mary Willard,
Chemistry and Physics; Dr. Jos
eph Britton, Education; A. W.
Bitner, Mineral Industries; Ted
Allen, Old Main; Major Robert
Dague, Military Department; Eb
en Peek, Central Extension; and
A. P. Powell, Engineeiing.
FRATERNITIES A Cac ia:
Wayne William, Harry Ankeny;
Alpha Chi Rho: Richard Mc-
Dougall, Thomas Hanna; Alpha
Sigma Phi: Dean Pilculski, Ar
thur Smith; Alpha Gamma Rho:
Arthur Grull, William Worthing
ton; Alpha Phi Delta: Nicholas
DiTullo; Alpha Tau Omega: Stan
ley Wengert, Dee Hills; Alpha
Zeta: William Haensly, Arthur
Stone; Beta Sigma Rho: Martin
Halpern, Murray Goldman; Chi
Phi: Kenneth Herhold, Richard
Lane; Delta Chi: Paul Sappie,
William Blomker; Delta Tau Del
ta: Robert Grieberg, Donald Mc-
Mahon; Delta Sigma Phi: Charles
Shank, William Stotler.
Delta Upsilon: Kurt Zaspel,
Vincent Cavanaugh.
Dell Theta Sigma: James Pow•
ell, Lester Burdel; Phi Epsilon
Pi: Larry Lidz; Lambda Chi Al
oha: James Erb, Richard West;
T.Cappa Delta Rho: Donald Yenko,
(Continued on page four)
PSCA Will Sponsor
Student 'Election Rides'
The Social Commission of the
PSCA :ill sponsor "election
rides" for students who desire to
return home to vote in next Tues
day's election.
Students needing rides are ask
ed to sign up in 304 Old Main or
at the Student Union, and those
who have cars are asked to do the
same. The regular procedure for
obtaining rides will be followed
unless a student has difficulty
securing a ride. In this case the
student should contact either
Irene Jellress or Loren Sadler at
the Christian Association.
By ERNIE MOORE
participation by the College hi
the supervision of such unapprpv
ed activities would violate this
basic principle," Kenworthy said.
Kenworthy asked that Interfra
ternity council and individual
fraternities give serious consider
ation to the development of social
programs which, he said, wil
provide an adequate substitute
for previous social patterns.
Leinbach Agrees
Harold Leinbach, IFC preside:at
who had submitted the proposal
to the administration, said that
he had read Kenworthy's state
ment and agreed to it.
Asked if IFC would submit the
proposal of the social committee
of the fraternity workshop' which
was held back pending the out
come of Leinbach's plan, he said:
"I don't believe we will submit
the other proposal because the
administration made it plain that
the ruling would not be changed;
a change now would constitute
a change in school policy."
Coun;l Meets
The • administration's decision
came after the Council on Stu
dent Affairs had met with cab
inet representatives, Leinbach,
and Richard Bard, AIM presi
dent, Tuesday morning.
Leinbach met with Kenworthy,
chairman of the council again
Tuesday night to discuss the pro
posal.
The College's decision on the
mixed drinking plan follows the
action taken last summer when
it issued a statement making clear
the College's policy on drinking.
College Statement
The statement said:
1. The College disapproves of
drinking by students as being a
practice detrimental to their
wholesome and useful develop
ment.
2. The College disapproves Of
the holding of drinking parties
by students or student organiza
tions at any time or any place.
3. The College does not permit
the establishment of bars, or their
maintenance in the residence or
headquarters of any fraternity,
rooming house, society, or other
student organization and all ex
isting facilities shall be removed
by Sept. 10, 1950.
(Continued on page four)
Returns Are Light
In Council Voting
Student council elections for
freshman and sophomore repre
sentatives got off to a slow start
yesterday. Only 274 students, out
of a possible 3000, voted in the
first day of elections.
The elections will continue to
day from 9 a.m. until noon and 1
to 5 p.m. Students must present
' their matriculation cards to vote.
• The School of Chemistry and
Physics leads with 21 per cent of
the voters turning out for the
elections. The school recording
the lowest perccnlage is . Educa
tion, whi - ch reported a 2 per cent
vote.
Sixteen per cent of the voters
in the School of Mineral Indus
tries voted, and fourteen per
cent of the eligible students voted
in the School of Home Economics.
In the Schools of Engineering
and Liberal Arts the percentage
votes recorded were five per cent
in each school. There was no
available information on the elec
tions in the School of Physical
Education.
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