TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1951 July 24 Picked As Date For Primary Elections HARRISBURG, Feb. 12 (JP)—The Senate passed legislation to night fixing Tuesday, July 24 as the date for this year's primary elections in Pennsylvania. The measure, which went to the House by unanimous 48-0 vote, also sets up machinery for Pennsylvanians in the armed services to vote by absentee ballot. The soldier vote law is simi effect during World War IL How ever, it was broadened to permit absentee voting also by bedrid den or hospitalized veterans. Defense Package Advanced In the House, Gov. John S. Fine's civil defense package was advanced for a vote tomorrow— minus a provision for a manda tory death penalty for industrial sabotage. The anti-sabotage measure was returned to the Judiciary com mittee after a day of conferences to make two changes: (1) Remove the mandatory aspect of the death penalty and permit courts discretion to sent ence a man to execution only in drastic sabotage crimes. (2) Abolish any statute of limitations effect on the sabotage law. It would permit sabotage con viction even if the crime were found out six or more years later. Cabinet Situation Unchanged The Cabinet situation in the Senate remained unchanged, with both sides' awaiting the Tuesday showdown ordered by Governor Fine. Fine and Senate Democrats, who hold the necessary votes for confirmation, have been dead locked over the Cabinet since Fine was inaugurated on Jan. 16. The Governor withheld the ap pointment of an attorney gen eral, contending Attorney Gen eral Charles J. Margiotti, named by former Governor James H. Duff, •could hold that post with out Senate action until the end of the present session. The Senate Democrats disagreed. CA Seeks Jobs For DP Students The Penn State Christian asso ciation in cooperation with the State College Commerce club has started a drive to obtain full-time employment in State College for 28 foreign students. The student displaced persons will be carefully selected and will be able to qualify for almost any job made available in this area, the joint committee for the drive said. Only two per cent of the persons brought to the United States under the plan have had, to be relocated, the committee re ported. Marjorie Allen, assistant exec utive secretary of the PSCA, said it is important that jobs be found quickly for the students since the International Refugee association, which has been financing travel costs of the displaced persons, will discontinue June 30. A cam pus committee, h ea d e d by the PSCA and the National Student Association is handling the hous ing of the students, and the gen eral campus committee is plan ning social events and informal English classes. Members of the campus com mittee are Miss Allen, William Klisanin, NSA; Drew Mahla, Newman club; Ralph Cash, Hillel foundation; Ernest Mackey, In ter-Church fellowship; Carlon O'- Malley, Inter - fraternity council; Su e Newhouser, student repre sentative of PSCA, and Luther Harshbarger, executive secretary of the PSCA. Daily Lenten Services The Inter-Church Student Fel lowship sponsors Lenten services each weekday from 12:40 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Little Theatre, Old Main. Lent began last Wed nesday and lasts 40 days. Fellowship members sponsor ing services are: Roger Williams fellowship, Feb. 12-14; Canter bury club, Feb. 15-19; Evangeli cal and Reformed Church, Feb. 20-22; Evangelical United Breth ren Church, Feb. 23-27, Young Friends, Feb. 28-Mar. 2; Inter- Varsity, Mar. 5-7; Lutheran Stu dent Association, Mar. 8-12; Wes- fHE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ar to an absentee voting law in Area Councils Hold Joint Meet ; Barons Set Hop The Nittany and Pollock coun cils held a joint meeting. last night to aid in solving problems pertaining to both the Nittany and Pollock dorm areas. It was the first time this year that the two councils met together. Barons, newly established so cial organization in the Nittany- Pollock area, announced plars for an all-College round and square dance to be held Saturday night in the PUB at 8 o'clock. Guy Temple will be caller for the square dancing. The social organization also re ferred an amendment to its con stitution to the individual dorms. Music Wanted Officials of the Nittany council announced plans to have the mu sical programs used during meals in the West Dorms transferred for use in the Nittany dining com mons. Tenative plans were laid at the meeting to have several of the administration dine in the Nit tany dining commons on various Sundays during the next two months. An exchange dinner between residents of the Nittany-Pollock council and Atherton hall will be held in the PUB on Feb. 25. Men in the area desiring to participate in the dinner were asked to leave their names with their dorm presidents no later than Thurs day by William Cole, a Barons representative. Survey Conducted A recent survey conducted by Nittany council indicated that there were 418 men in that area, aside from 11 resident advisers and graduate students in dorm 28. Michael Hanek was named cus todian of the newly acquired council room in Dorm 20 by the Nittany council. Administration Leadership Attacked By Republicans Republicans assailed the Truman administration's foreign and domestic leadership as "bankrupt" in a splash of Lincoln Day speech es last night, but they split over the troops-to-Europe issue. From within the party came a Warning that it must keep its feet on the ground, avoid "mere obstructionism," and try to im prove present methods of reaching objectives, if it expects to win Attlee- (Continued from page one) how far Gen. MacArthur's forces should go. In this case the new offensive by Chinese Communists in central Korea may make the issue academic. Britain reluctantly agreed to the first crossing of the 28th par allel late last year. Foreign Sec retary Ernest Beven especially counselled against the drive to the Manchurian and Siberian bor ders. Gen. MacArthur was sever ely criticised here for launching the November offensive toward the Yalu river. Critics said the action provoked Communist Chi na's intervention. Today Attlee said MacArthur should refrain from re-crossing the parallel until there has been consultation with United Nations members, especially those wh o are "contributing forces in Ko rea." ley foundation, Mar. 13-15; and the Westminster foundation, Mar. 16-20 Truman Directs Security Group To 'Give Facts' WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—(H))— President Truman put his new Security-W. t h-Liberty commis sion formally to work today, di recting it to make a searching inquiry "that will stop witch hunting and give us the facts" about the loyalty of government employes and the fairest way of determining it. The. President addressed the nine-membar commission, headed by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, right after the members took their oath of office in a White House ceremony that be gan and ended with prayer. Mr. Truman's remark amount cd to a reply to Republican charg es that the administration has been lax in keeping 'Communists and fellow-travelers out of gov ernment service. Employes 'Fine People' "I have always been of the op inion," Mr. Truman said, "and maybe I shouldn't express an op inion to this commission before it starts, that the rank and file of the employes of the govern ment of the United States are as fine people as you can find any where in the world. "But when you have some 2,- 200,000 people, it is natural that there will be some special in stances where mistakes are made in their employment." Mr. Truman'said he thought the government's program of check ing on the loyalty of employes "has worked well", but he said the commission should and prob ably will find ways to improve it. Busbey Doesn't Agree In the House, Rep. Busbey (R- Ill.) took a different view. He called the Truman loyalty program "the rankest Red herring ever to offend the nostrils of the long-suffering 'American public." Busbey said he will seek to deny funds to the Civil Service Com mission and the Loyalty Review board unless steps are taken at once to give the government the benefit of any doubt in ruling on 2n employe's loyalty. Air Society Meeting The Harry R. Armstrong Squadron of the Arnold Air So ciety will hold an informal meet ing .7 p.m. today at the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. Lt. Col. Jack W. Dieterle, professor of air science and tactics will be the speaker. By The Associated Press in 1952—this from Senator Sal tonstall of Massachusetts. Pennsylvania's new senator and former governor—James H. Duff —who said he will not be a GOP presidential candidate in 1952, de clared the party must formulate "positive and affirmative, no t merely negative and critical" pol icies. He said it must put this ahead of fighting to line up dele gates for the presidential nom ination. "If this means that we have to have some rough scrapping with in the party, let's have it now," Duff declared in a speech at Bos ton. "The sooner it's over the bet ter. The country, will be for it and the right-thinking people will be for us if we are right in our decisions." Senators Wherry, of Nebraska, minority floor leader, and Sal tonstall differed sharply over pol icy governing commitment .. of American troops to help defend western Europe against Commu nist aggression. The intra-par ty debate served to underline the ioint Senate Foreign Relations- Armed Services Committees bearings starting Thursday on the Wherry resolution. `The Gentle People' Called Good Show By ROSEMARY DELAHANTY If "The Gentle People" isn't a great production, at least it's a good show. Center stage transformed into lower New York bay, harbor noises ‘ reproduced in three-dimensional sound—all this makes for powerful audience appeal in Players' latest downtown offering, even if some cast members contributed little toward propping up State District Shift Proposed By legislature HARRISBURG, Feb. 12—(RP)-- Pennsylvania's Legislature ma y have to meet in a summer session to reapportion the state's congres sional districts. Sen. G. Graybill Di eh m (R. Lancaster), chairman of the Sen ate's reapportionment committee, said today that official figures from the U. S. census bureau may be unavailable until early sum mer. "We have the tentative figures and can go ahead with planning new districts on that basis," said Diehm. "But we can not write a bill without the official final figures." In the event that a bill were not passed, Diehm said, all of Pennsylvania's 30 Congressmen would have to be elected at large in 1952. The state stands to lose thiee representatives on the basis of the 1950 census. "There will be a bill, however," Diehm affirmed, adding that if necessary the .state legislators could adjourn for a time, if all their other business were com pleted, and then return to pass a reapportionment bill. State Grad Named Excellent Trainee A Penn State graduate has been named outstanding trainee in his company, and two other former students have received assign ments for further Army training. Rct. John L. Walters, class of '5O, has been selected Colonel's Orderly of Co. E, 60th Infantry Regiment, Fort Dix, N.J. Rct. Seymour M. Ronkin, also of the Class of '5O, has been sent to the Bth Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, S.C. Sgt. 1/c Jay R. Greider Jr. has been assigned to Phoenixville, Pa. Red Offensive - (Continued from page on.e) across the 38th parallel New Year's eve. Many Soldiers Participate The U. S. Eighth Army com munique said elements of three Chinese armies (three divisions to an army) and two North Ko rean corps (three divisions to a corps) were taking part in the drive. At full strength this would mean as many as 150,000 to 200,- 000 Reds were on the move. How ever, heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Communist for ces, particularly since the U. N limited ofensive opened Jan. 25. Official claimed Re d casualties since then,, by ground . action alone, total 80,121 through Sun day. On the west, facing Red-held Seoul, U. S. 25th division troops repulsed a midnight attack on Yongdungpo in 15 minutes of bloody fighting early Tuesday. There were signs the Reds were trying to extend their counter drive in this sector. Patrol Battles On the Far East coast, a South Korean patrol battled a small de tachment of Reds in the vicinity of the 38th parallel, the Eighth Army said. Official reports earlier had placed the South Koreans (ROKS) at Yangyang, five miles north of 38. But today American advisers with the ROKS said the patrol had not crossed the political boundary into North Korea. .kAGE THREE its soap-opera plot. "Jonah Goodman" and "Philip Anagos" are two tired old men who, though they want to live peacefuly and unmolested, have been persecuted all their lives. "Goff" Murdered As a method of retaliation against all the injustices they've suffered, the two friends murder "Harold Goff" when he tries to extort money from them and run off with "Jonah's" daughter. Fred DeWit, graduate student in psychology from Holland, man ages to convey "Jonah's" grow ing resentment towards "Goff's" aggressiveness without destroy ing the dignity and gentleness of the old man. Nick Morkides is "Philip," the shy, defeated Greek whose only hopes are to fish in the Gulf stream and die a gentle death. He seems to , have an insight into "Philip's" philosophy and thus handles the role well. "Stella" Disappointed One of the most disappointing elements in Friday night's per formance was Lorraine Spitler',s portrayal of "Stella Goodman." Many of Miss Spitler's best lines are lost simply because they can't be heard. "Stella" is a dis satisfied, strong-willed, adven ture-seeking young woman, not the weak and wistful maiden Miss Spitler insists she be. Charles Williams is reasonably convincing as "Harold Goff," but James Beaver just doesn't seem to delve deeply enough into the personality of "Eli Lieber" to make the Coney island barker come alive. Outstanding in supporting roles are Sonya Tilles as "Florence" and Kathryn Scheetz as "Angel ina Esposito." The show will be produced five more weekends at Center stake. Sound Good The "round sound" used in "The Gentle People" is the most unique aspect of the production. Locating sound effecr.s at their origin—having the motor boat's chugging come from the motor boat and not some place off stage —was indispensable in creating and preserving mood. Others in the cast are Allen Adair as "Magruder," Daniel Wargo as "Judge Moriarity," Al vin Swimmer as "Lammanawitz." George Simon as the "Polack," and Richard Andersen as "Flaher ty." Ruth Johnson will alternate with Lorraine Spitler as "Stella." Forestry Society Elects 7 Officers The Forestry society elected seven officers and five Ag stu dent council representatives at its last meeting. The officers are: John Kalafus Jr., president; John Clarke, vice president; Wayne Murphey, treasurer; Andy Mills, correspon dence secretary; Gary Eckle mann, recording secretary; Al Schutz, athletic chairman; and Dan Heyl, Dendrologic committee chairman. The representatives are: John Doppel, Robert Wilkins, John Davies, John Burrell, and James Nelson. Pi Lambda Theta Pi Lambda Theta, women's na tional education honorary, will hold a hobby program at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the State College high school cafeteria. Active alumni and student members of Pi Lambda Theta will participate. Mary Jane Smith will be mistress of ceremonies. End of Platoons? Manpower shortages may kill the platoon system at many col leges for years to come, in the opinion of Rip Engle, Penn State football coach. Engle installed the platoon system at Penn State in .1950, his first year as head coach,
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