SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1951
SING TOMORROW—The Penn State _irsity (standing left to right) Bruce Tharp, Robert Neff,
quartet, which will sing selected numbers at the John Cox, and William Detweiler. The accom
Glee club concert in Schwab auditorium tomor- papist, Eugene Siohn, is seated.
row at 3• p.m. Members of the , quartet are
Lucius Clay Resigns As
Top Mobilization Advisor
WASHINGTON, March 30-0 3 )__Gen. Lucius D. Clay, target of
labor union criticism, resigned today as a top adviser to defense
mobilizer Charles E. Wilson.
His departure may help end the union leaders' "revolt" against
the administration's home-front policies.
There was no suggestion that Clay was forced out or that he had
broken with Wilson, a close
friend. In denying that he step
ped out to pave the way for an
agreement - with the unions, Clay
told newsmen
"Any such thought is a real
injustice to Mr. Wilson and my
self. That did not enter into it."
Nnion Spokesmen commenting
on Clay's action said it alone was
not enough to bring them trooping
back to Wilson's setup.
James B. Carey, CIO secre
tary-treasurer, said he saw no
significance in Clay's resignation
"unless participation (by labor) is
broadened in . the mobilization
effort."
Wilson said today there had
long been an understanding. that
Clay could return to private busi
ness when the Office of Defense
Mobilization in which he held the
rank of special assistant, was well
embarked on its gigantic task.
Local Foundations
To See Movies,
Hold Discussions
Student' discussions and movies
will predominate in the meetings
of the local student Christian
foundations tomorrow night.
Students will meet at the Wes
ley foundation at 5:30 p.m. for
supper and at 6:30 p.m. will join
one of several discussion groups.
Topics will be "Immorality," led
by Dr. Mason Lona: "Alcohol and
the Body," led- by G. L. Pritham
and "Prayer," led by F. W. Mont
gomery. At 7:30 p.m. two movies,
"Americans All" and Boundary
Lines," will be shown.
Roger Williams fellowship will
meet at 5 p.m. to hear a recording
of the speech of the president of
the Northern Baptist convention.
After a supper meeting, Dr. Fran
cis Whiting of Philadelphia will
talk to members of the fellowship
on "Dicipleship" and will show
film strips.
A Lutheran World Action film,
"The Turn in the Road" will be
shown at the Lutheran Student
association at 6:45 p.m.
The nomination committee will
report to the group and hear
nominations of students for next
year's officers.
The United Student fellowship
will meet for a supper at 5:30
p.m. and afterwards will discuss
"Searching for God's Word."
The Young Friends will meet
at the Friends meeting house at
7 p.m. to continue their discussion
of Quaker faith and practice/
Presbyterian students will meet
at the Westminster foundation at
6:30 p.m.
Kefauver
May Extend
Hearings
PHILADELPHIA, March 30 - 7 -
(iP)—A spokesman for the Kefau
ver Crime Investigating commit
tee said today the Senate group
may yet conduct some more hear
ings.
I Alfred M. Klein, assistant coun
-3a said that "at this time," the
committee doesn't plan to go into
any more cities to hold hearings
but he made it clear that "this
decision is subject to change."
The question came up when
Klein was asked whether sub
pen as served on prospective wit
nesses are being rendered inef
fective because of a halt in the
committee's investigation.
The - committee, headed by
Senat or Estes Kefauver (D-
Tenn.), was to have expired to
morrow, but Senate action has
extended its life until April 30.
Klein said that if the life of
the committee is extended beyond
that date, new hearings may be
held. Or, if there is a change in
plans, hearings ma y be sche
duled even before that date. •
Right now, Klein said, the
committee is busy drafting a re
port to make to the Senate.
Borough Drive
Deadline Today
Today is the deadline for-Red
Cross contributions in State Col
lege and the surrounding area,
which has a $7500 goal. Ned Cum
mings, chairman of the drive,
said yesterday that so far the
drive is $4OO short of its mark,
with no outlying areas report
ing.
The local chapter of the Red
Cross hopes to purchase a blood
mobile unit 'with the donations.
Donations can be mailed to the
Red Cross office, .Elks building,
South Burrowes street.
Captain Wm. L. Mitchell, com
manding officer of th e cadets,
will solicit the airmen's contribu
tions.
William and Mary expects its
strongest basketball team hext
year unless the mobilization pro
gram interferes.
TM DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Southern Rivers
Pose New Threat
' Rampaging southern„ rivers,
which already have driven
1,200 persons from their homes,
posed new threats today to
south Alabama and east
Mississippi rural areas. Two
drowned in Mississippi and an
Alabama man was missing.
The rivers crested at some
danger points in north and cen
tral Alabama and began a slow
decline but the muddy torrents
were on the rise- downstream.
Near-record stages were threat
ened there.
The streams were swollen
past bursting by two days of
record rains in mid-week.
There was no authoritative
estimate of the damage so far.
But indications were that it
would run into the millions of
Sollars. This includes damage to
roads and bridges, homes and
stores
,in the path of the flood
waters, and the loss in live
stock and early crops along the
river sheds.
Italian Red
Convicted In
Papal I nsu It
CHIETI, Italy, March 30—(?P)
—Communist deputy Laura Diaz
was convicted tonight of insulting
Pope Pius XII by saying his
hands "are dripping with blood."
A three-judge court gave her a
suspended sentence of eight
months in jail.
Once Society Girl •
A Communist party belle who
was once a 'society girl of Lev
horn, Miss Diaz is the first mem
ber of Italy's parliament ever
brought to trial on charges of
"offenses against the Pope."
She testified she had never said
the Pope's hands were bloody,
but had said he did nothing to
prevent bloodshed in Greece,
Spain, and Palestine.
Insulted Pope
The prosecution charged she in
sulted the Pope in a speech at
Ortona-A-Mare June 13, 1948,
two months after Italy's Catholic
Christian Democrats trounced the
Communist-led popular front in
a general election.
The charge was lodged under
the Lateran pact of 1929, regulat
ing regulations between Italy and
the Vatican. Insults against the
Pope are punishable by fines and
prison terms up to five years, as
are insults against the Italian
chief of state.
NeWman To Play
William S. Newman, a member
of the graduate faculty at the
University of North Carolina,
will present a piano recital in
Schwab auditorium at 8 p.m. on
April 9.
By the Associated Press
Brannan Lowers
Two Top Officials
WASHINGTON, March 30—(W)—Two top Department of Agri
culture officials were demoted today by secretary Brannan in a major
shakeup of the Production Marketing-administration.
PMA administrator Ralph S. Trigg and his deputy, Frank K.
Wooley, were transferred to lesser posts as special assistants to
Brannan.
There have been rumors for a
Communists
Launch New .
Attacks
TOKYO, Saturday, March 31
('P)—Chinese Reds coun t e r
attacked boldly in the mountains
of west-central Korea Friday in
a series of small local actions ap
parently designed to screen a
massive buildup underway north
of the 38th parallel.
These first counterthrusts in
six weeks were bloodily repulsed
by Allied artillery fire.
At least 30,000 rested Chinese
troops were rushed into central
front positions, field reports said.
These replaced battle casualties
and troops incapacitated by dis
ease.
Massive Buildup Underway
Once again a massive Red
buildup appear e d definitely
underway. Allied commanders
anticipated a spring drive some
time during the first three .weeks
of April from as many as 270,-
000 fresh or well-rested Chinese
of the third field army.
Red aircraft also were more
venturesome Friday. Up to 48
Russian-built Mig jets crossed
south of the Manchurian border
to attack American jets. One Mig
was shot down in flames. Two
more were damaged but escaped.
No American planes were lost.
Sneak Attack
A Red sneak attack six miles
south of the 38th parallel in the
Uijongbu area was nipped by a
deadly barrage of American ar
tillery.
Renewed reports of disease rid
dling Communist forces in north
Korea were being received at
general MacArthur's headquar
ters.
A reliable source which could
not be named said Red .soldiers
and civilians are dying by the
thousands from smallpox, typhus,
and typhoid fever.
Costello, 11 Others
Cited For Contempt.
WASHINGTON, March 30—(M—The Senate topped off the
sensational packed hearings of its crime committee today by voting
contempt citations against 12 balky witnesses headed by Frank Cos
tello, reputed New York gambling kingpin.
The committee's authority originally was scheduled to expire
- omorrow night but the Senate, acceding to. popular demand, voted
late yesterday for a month's
extension.
5 Dairy Students
End Trip Today
Fifteen dairy students will re
turn today from a ten-day in
spection of dairy herds in eight
states.
Howard J. Merrill, instructor
of dairy husbandry, planned the
tour of outstanding dairy barns
in the South and of land-grant
colleges.
The traveling students are:
Richard R. Brandon, Jack
Canouse, Stanley Davidson,
Wil-
Ham Erb, Myles Horton, Donald
Leathers, Donald Lechner, Roger
Madigan, Garner Mitchell, Ed
win Montgomery, Russell Orner,
James Pasike, Jr., Victor Plastow,
Andrew Stewart and Arthur
Yeatman.
Paul Prince, instructor in dairy
production, and Merrill' accom
panied the group.
William and Mary's tennis
team holds the organized athletic
winning streak of 82 consecutive
wins.
ong time the shakeup was pending
Not Enough Help
Some farm groups have accused
the department of not giving far
mers enough help in obtaining
machinery, fertilizer and insecti
cides. Increasing amounts of these
are necessary for the defense pro
gram. PMA was given the job of
obtaining necessary , allocations
from defense agencies.
Trigg is a hold-over appointee
from the administration of former
secretary Clinton P. Anderson, a
Democrat and now Senator from
New Mexico.
Not Popular
He has not been very popular
with some of the ardent support
ers of a controversial farm subsidy
plan advanced by Brannan two
years ago but not accepted by
congress.
Trigg directed that his agency
was not to be used to broadcast
literature about the plan, and his
employees were not to campaign
for or against it.
Anderson has opposed th e
Brannan plan. Last year there
were published reports that some
Brannan opponents were promot
ing Trigg as a successor to Braii
nan.
Dairy Show
Heads Named
Committee heads were named
for the 1951 Dairy Exposition
show at the last meeting of the
Dairy Science club, Leslie Shal
lenberger, president, ha s an
nounced.
Eugene Harding and James
Turner will be co-chairmen of the
show which will be held May 12.
Eugene Harding will be in charge
of the production phase of the
show an d James Harding will
take care of the manufacturing
phases.
John Williams was appointed
editor of the Penn State Dairy
man, a magazine which will cover
the show as well as other club
activities. Charles Rightmire will
handle publicity for the exposi
tion.
A banquet will be held in the
evening to conclude the show.
Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn.) crime
committee chairman, asked the
Senate to cite Jacob (Greasy
Thumb) Guzik, reputed former
treasurer for the Chicago Al Ca
pone gang. The senate voted un
animously for that, and then Ke
fauver sent over the other 11
names, including Costello.
This list, besides Costello, in
cluded Frank Erickson, big time
New York bookmaker who is
serving a two year jail sentence
for gambling; Joe Afonis, New
York and New Jersey gambler
described as a Costello lieutenant;
Morris Kleinman, said to have
once been the king of Cleveland
bootleggers; and Louis Rothkopf,
another alleged former Cleveland
bootlegger.
Then there was William G.
O'Brien, Florida gambler; John
Doyle of Gary, Ind., questioned
about gambling and slot machines;
Ralph J. O'Hara, Chicago race
wire figure; George S. Bowers,
Florida gambler; John Croft, link
ed with Kentucky gambling, and
Stanley Cohen, identified by the
committee as a San Francisco
race wire figure.
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