TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951
Truman Asks. Single
Director For RFC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (11")—Presider Truman, backing water
in a big row with Congress, urged today that a single boss replace
the present five-man board of directors of the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation.
Mr. Truman sent the reorganization p4n to congress amid a sharp
dispute over charges by a senate banking sub-committee that three
Satellite Arms
Big 4 Problem,
West Claims
PARIS, Feb. 19 —(dP)— The
Western powers proposed" today
that any Big Four meeting with
Russia 'take up the armament
of her East European satellites
as well as Germany. authoritative
sources said.
SimiLir American, French and
British , notes were delivered to
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Vishinsky in Moscow tonight as
Czechoslovak exiles here report
ed that the Soviet bloc is pre
paring a military attack on Yugo
slavia for April 15.
Sent To Yugoslavia
A spokesman for the national
committee of free Czechoslovakia
said Vlado Clementis, former
Communist foreign minister of
Czechoslovakia, had been sent
to Yugoslavia with documents
warning Tito of the plans. Under
ground resistance sources in
Prague were said tb have report
ed that Clementis, who has been
missing several weeks, had been
sent on the secret mission by
Czechoslovak Titoists.
The Western notes obviously
were aimed at Bulgaria, Hungary
and Romania. Western spokesmen
lately have been expressing con
cern at the size of the armed
forces of these satellites.
Marshal Tito has publicly es
timated the • size of these forces
at 660,000 men—far in excess of
the limits written into their peace
treaties.
"Component Part"
Th e authoritative Yugoslav
periodical, Review of Internation
al Affairs, declared in Belgrade
today that "these Soviet satellites
are a component part of the arm
ed chain of spearheads of Soviet
expansion in Europe of which
Eastern Germany is one of the
most important links."
Russia originally proposed on
Nov. 3 a Big Four meeting to dis
cuss the disarmament of Western
Germany alone. She said western
plans to raise an army in West
ern Germany were most disturb
ing to world peace.
No Plan Exists
To Re-Arm Japan,
Dulles Reports
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 19—
(iP)—President Truman's special
envoy s John Foster Dulles, said
tonight there is no plan for Japa
nese rearmament "in being or in
contemplation."
He added, however, he would
object to a peace treaty that
would limit or restrict Japanese
rearmament.
Dulles came here after conferr
ing in Canberra with the external
affairs ministers of Australia and
New Zealand. The trio issued a
communique saying they had
agreed that Japan must not be
left a power vacuum open to un
friendly forces and that "a re
surgence
.of Japanese militarism
would be a disaster."
Rowland To Speak-
Charles J. Rowland, professor
of accounting at the College, will
speak on income tax problems at
the meeting of the American As
sociation of University Professors
to be held in 219 Electrical Engin
eering at 7:30 p.m. today.
Professor Rowland will empha
size parts of the law that espe
cially apply - to faculty members.
Lion Party Nominates
In the opening nominations for
the Lion party clique officers
Sunday, Milton Bernstein was
nominated chairman, John Stoudt,
vice-chairman, and John Haines,
treasurer.
Closing nominations will he
held next Sunday night.
.1 • • T OLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
RFC direetors yielded to outside
influence in making big loans.
The President, said his proposal
would bring ."increased effective
ness" and "additional safeguard"
to the multi-billion-dollar lend
ing agency.
Immediate reaction ,indicated
the proposal might be acceptable
on capitol hill, although the bank
ing subcommittee continued plans
for public hearing on its charges.
Mr. Truman retreated on two
points. Only a week ago he had
asked the Senate to confirm new
nominations of all five RFC di
rectors, a move that dismayed
some good friends in Congress.
The Senate twice before had re
fused the confirmations.
Last year Mr. Truman urged
that 'the ,RFC be transferred to
the Commerce Department, and
at a press conference only ten
days ago he renewed this idea.
But today's proposal would con
tinue the RFC "as a separate en
tity."
W. Elmer Harber of Oklahoma,
the present chairman, has been
mentioned for the post. Leaders
believe he would be confirmed.
He was not criticized in the re
port.
The one-boss plan goes into ef
fect automatically within 60 days
under the reorganization law un
less either the Senate or the
House disapproves it.
Truman, Union
Men Discuss
Mobilization
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—('P)--
Labor union leaders tonight re
flected an easing of tension after
conferring with President Tru
man on their demand for a
stronger voice in. defense mobili
zation policy.
Union delegates talked with
Truman 25 minutes and later re
ported to the United Labor pol
icy committee that the President
appeared to be in complete sym
pathy with their position.
One of their chief criticisms
has been that "big business" is
running the mobilization pro
gram, with labor left out in the
cold.
While the union chiefs gener
ally appeared more cheerful, they
were still cautiously awaiting de
velopments before committing
themselves.
Meet Today
The group arranged a meeting
at ,11 a.m. today with Eco
nomic Stabilizer Eric Johnston,
who is considering a proposed
government wage ceiling formula
for approval, modification or re•
jection.
Withdrawal of the labor chiefs
from all participation in the Tru
man mobilization plans wa s
threatened unless the President
was able to turn back the wrath
of the union leaders.
The unionists said such a with
drawal would not necessarily
mean a wave of strikes or press
ure moves for higher wages. "We
are not thinking of that," one
spokesman told reporters.
The three labor members of the
Wage Stabilization Board walked
out of that agency last Thursday
night after th e three industry
members and the three public
members adopted a wage formula.
Air Force Drops
Reserve Recall
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—{R)
—The air force today indefinitely
suspended its plan to recall some
80,000 voluntary reserve officers
and enlisted men to active duty.
The air force said the change
in program was made nossible by
the volume of voluntary enlist
ments and re-enlistments.
Sexy French Show
Brings Out Crowd
To Town Theater
Sexy previews for a supposedly
white-hot French movie last night
brought out hundreds of students
and townspeople to a downtown
theater in a milling, screaming
crowd.
Th e crowd estimated by by
standers at all figures between
200 and 1500 jammed the theater,
armed with cow bells, alarm
clocks and their own raucous
voices.
One fraternity stationed a
pledge at the box office at 4 o'-
clock in the afternoon to pick up
32 tickets for f u tu r e brothers.
Crowds lined the street outside
the movie for a solid block for
more than three hours.
Evidently the movie didn't live
up to its previews as several pa•
trons who fought their way in
side reported the impatient mob
wanted "to tear the place down"
after a few reels.
UN Committee
Delays Action
Oh Red China
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
Feb. 19 —(iri")— The United Na
tions sanctions committee agreed,
in effect, tonight to postpone con
sideration of punitive measures
against Communist China for 10
days. The delay will give the
U.N. three-man peace committee
time to try to find a formula for
a negotiated Korean peace.
The peace group, headed by
Assembly President Nasrollah
Entezam, of Iran, immediately
scheduled daily meetings in an
attempt to meet the implied
deadline. If, at the end of the 10
days, they report signs of prog
ress, the sanctions group will
postpone action again.
Follows U.S. Resolution
Such sanctions delays are in
the spirit of the American reso
lution branding Red China , an
aggressor in Korea. The resolu
tion, which set up both commit
tees, gave priority to the peace
efforts of the good offices group.
Entezarn stressed the need for
secrecy and declined to say how
his group would go about con
tacting Peiping or the nature of
the proposals it would offer.
To Contact Reds
It is expected. that Sven Graf
strom, of Sweden, another com
mittee member, will try to reach
Chinese communist boss Mao
Tze-Tung through Sweden's en
voy in Peiping.
Earlier truce efforts were con
ducted through the Indian am
bassador—the only other rank
ing non-communist diplomat in
Peiping.
These procedural details were
threshed out at a three-hour
series of meetings in Entezam's
skyscraper office at UN head
quarters here today.
Inkling Receives
$B5 In Donations
Contributions amounting to $B5
have been received by Inkling,
Samuel Vaughan, editor, said yes
terday.
Included in this su m is $5O
pledged by the Liberal Arts stu
dent council. Ten' dollars was
given by Julia G. Brill, professor
of English composition.
An anonymous source donated
$25. The monetary interest now
extended to the proposed maga
zine is heartening, Vaughan said.
Vaughan will speak before a
meeting of the AIM council on
behalf of the magazine.
Walsh Speaks Tonight
The Rev. Richard Walsh, assis
tant pastor of Our Lady of Vic
tory Church of State College, will
speak on "The Church and Corn
munism" at 8 o'clock tonight in
10 Sparks.
The speech, sponsored by the
Newman club, is open to all stu
dents, and is part of the current
Religion-in-Life week program.
Penn State Buglers of 1912,
1913, and 1914, used to practice
in an apple orchard—the one with
the best apples. There were nine
members on the bugle team.
State Senate Rejects
Fine Cabinet Appointment
HARRISBURG, Feb. 19 (/P)—The Senate today rejected Richard
Maize, of Uniontown, for re-appointment as secretary of mines in
Governor John S. Fine's cabinet.
The vote was 25-23 in the first test on confirmation of Fine's
cabinet, subject of a month long dispute
All 20 Democrats voted against Maize's confirmation. Two Re-
Publican Senators were absent.
The Senate withheld notifica
tion to Fine of Maize's rejection,
leaving his name still before the
Senate for possible reconsidera
tion of his rejection.
Thirty-four votes were needed
for confirmation. The names of
15 cabinet members were report
ed out of committee for action by
the Senate but a vote was taken
on Maize's name only.
In the House, a provision to al
low volunteers called for emer
gency work $5 daily was removed
from an administration civil de
fense bill.
Injury Compensation
The amendment provided how
ever that all civil defense work
ers would be eligible for work
men's compensation in event of
injury.
The changes placed the bill in
position for final House passage
tomorrow. Three other bills in
the governor's civil defense pro
gram already have passed the
House and are now pending 'in
the Senate.
The House held up action on a
Senate-passed bill granting ab
sentee voting privileges to ser
vicemen after the legality of pro
posed changes were questioned.
Sen. John H. Dent, the Demo
cratic floor leader, in debate on
confirmation warned the Demo
cratic minority wou l d vote
against Maize. The Democrats
have enough votes to prevent Re
publicans from gaining the neces
sary two-thirds majority of 34
votes.
The cabinet situation, revolving
around Fine's effort to retain At
torney General Charles J. Mar
giotti for a time without Senate
action, came to a head when the
Republican controlled nomina
tions committee reported 15 of
the governor's cabinet appoint
ments for action.
Plan To Draft
18 1 / 2 -Year-Olds
Gaining Favor
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—(A 3 )—
A proposal to lower the draft age
to 18 1 / 2 years, but to exempt from
combat all youths under 19, was
reported today to be gaining favor
with the House Armed Services
committee.
Divided over the need for an
18-year-old draft, the committee
authorized Chairman Vinson (D-
Ga.) to incorporate that proposal
as a key feature of the adminis
tration's military manpower bill
for consideration tomorrow.
Vinson would not comment on
the development.
The plan would lower the pre
sent 19-year draft limit by six
months. But it would add a quali
fying requirement for six months
of basic training for the 18 1 / 2 age
group.
This, in brief, would mean that
no 18-year-old would see combat
duty.
The
.plan, hinted at on earlier
occasions by Vinson, might serve
as one way to compromise what
now appears to be irreconcilable
differences in the committee.
The Senate Armed Services
committee already has approved
a bill for a flat 18-year-old draft.
Top military leaders and defense
officials have pressed for this
course to meet the demands of a
3,500,000-man armed force.
Processing Completed
Seven former students, grad
uate students, and teachers of
the College have been assigned
to various camps after having
completed processing at th e
2053rd Reception center.
They are Pvt. James 0. Case,
Pvt. Robert L. Quick, Pvt. Don
ald C. Brown, Pvt. Roger E.
Mundy, Pvt. Ernest 0. Brans
ford, Pvt. John C. Dalson, and
Pvt. Richard E. Valentine.
PAGE THREE
Railway Union
Pleads Guilty;•
Fined $75,000
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19--(iP)
Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm
fined the Brotherho'od of Rail
way Trainmen $75,000 today after
the union made legal history by
pleading guilty to contempt
charges arising from "sick"
strikes in the nearby Potomac
yards.
Judge Tamm called the sur
prise plea "unique." He said in all
his research he had never en
countered a plea of guilty by a
labor union in a similar case.
Then he added:
"The court sees in this plea of
guilty a recogniticin on the part
of the union of its obligation and
responsibilities."
Wonder About Effect
Labor circles here wondered to
what extent today's precedent—
a union assuming responsibility
for "wildcat" strikes—would af
fect other pending cases, and
whether it would help control
wildcat tactics in the future.
Walkouts involved in today's
proceedings tied up the great rail
freight center just south of here
in December and for a ten-day
per i o d in January-February.
They were in effect at the same
time as similar strikes in many
other cities when large numbers
of yard men reported themselves
sick.
$50,000 "Punitive"
In fixing the penalty, Judge
Tamm said he was fining the
union $50,000 for criminal con
tempt of court as - a "punitive" as
sessment. The additional $25,000,
he stated, was for civil contempt
and was intended to compensate
the government for the cost of
legal proceedings.
Judge Tamm said it would re
quire "a firm of accountants
working for years" to determine
the actual damages suffered by
the public in delayed service,
missed connections and the
blocking of military shipments to
Korea.
When the court asked Edward
B. Henslee of Chicago, the un
ion's counsel, what he thought the
fine should be. Henslee suggested
$25,000. This' was the amount
Federal Judge Michael J. Igoe as
sessed in somewhat parallel pro
ceedings in Chicago Feb. 9.
Atwater To Speak
At IRC Meeting
Dr. Elton Atwater, associate
professor of political science, will
speak before the International
Relations club in Simmons hall
lounge at 7:30 tonight. His topic
will be Korea Wreck the
United Nations?"
Formerly a member of the in
ternational r e lat i on s staff of
American university in Washing
ton, D.C., Atwater taught in Eur
ope last summer under the aus
pices of the New School of Social
Sciences of New York city. The
College helped sponsor this sum
mer session.
Atwater has attended the meet
ings of the United Nations organi
zation in Geneva, and has ob
served all sessions of the Security
An informal discussion will be
held after the talk. Refreshments
will be served.
The meeting will be open to the
public.
College Student
Released On Bail
Andrew Kearney, a College
student, was found guilty of driv
ing while under the influence of
alcohol, and was released on $3OO
bail yesterday.
Kearney was found guilty in a
hearing before Guy G. Mills, jus
tice of peace, and the case was
held over for the next term of
county court.