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VOL. 51— No. 131
Pres. Calls
Mac Firing
Right Move
WASHINGTON, May 3—VP)—
A bristling President Truman
said in short, barbed sentences
today that when all the facts are
in, - they will show he was right
in firing Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur.
He said MacArthur persuaded
him at their Wake island con
ference last October that the
Chinese Communists would not
come into the Korean war.
And, by implication, he chal
lenged MacArthur's statement to
Senate investigators that the
Central Intelligence Agency re
ported in November that there
was "very little chance" of Chin
ese Red intervention. ,It was in
early November that the Reds
did strike.
No Report Made
Truman told a news confer
ence the CIA, top-level intelli
gence unit, made no such. report
to him—and he said the CIA re
ports to him daily and he reads
its reports.
Besides, the President said,
MacArthur wouldn't let the CIA
operate under his command until
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, head
of the agency, made a special trip
to Japan recently and persuaded
MacArthur to let it operate.
As for MacArthur's statement
to the Senators today that he
doesn't think Russia is in any
position to launch a "predatory
attack from 'the Asiatic contin
ent," the President said all he
knew about that was what had
been in the papers.
Questioning Heavy
Truman answered or parried
a heavy barrage of questions
from reporters while MacArthur
was voicing other views in a
closed Senate hearing some 16
blocks away.
As for his private conversation
with MacArthur on Wake Island,
Truman said he remembers what
took place but has no intention
of making it public.
Blood Drive
Exceeds Quota
The quota set by the Red Cross
for its blood drive was exceeded
yesterday by 12 pints.
Dorothy Cornelius, head nurse,
said that the original quota set
was 125 pintS. One hundred and
sixty-six arrived to donate blood
she said. Of the 166, she stated,
16 were "walk-ins" who came in
without appointments.
The blood was iced here and
sent on to Johnstown, where it
will be classified. The "0" type
will arrive in Korea - Sunday.
The students who donated
blood will receive cards from the
Red Cross stating their type and
factor.
Several of the students who
came to donate blood were turned
down because they had already
given blood previously.
' The donors, when finished,
were given sandwiches and tea,
coffee, or milk.
The bloodmobile will return
next year in the fall, Mrs. Cor
nelius said. The unit will stay
for two days.
Alderdice Elected
President Of IRC
Robert Alderdice was elected
president of the International
Relations Club Tuesday night.
Also elected to office were
Stanford Hertz, vice-president;
Marian Kugelman, secretary; Ed
ward Gildea, corresponding sec
retary; and Peter Stavisky, treas
urer.
William Klisanin was awarded
the IRC honor key for outstand,
ing work in furthering the club
and the national movement. A
motion was proposed to give an
other key to the - local outstand
ing citizen in the • international
Passenger. Lists
Moved To TUB
Information sheets for riders
and passengers are now posted
on the bulletin board at the
TUB, William Klisanin, chair
man of the National Student
Association ha s announced.
They were formerly posted in
Old Main lobby.
The lists have now been re
gionalized.
Klisanin warned that NSA
will check to see if people take
their names off the lists after
their cars are filled or they get
their rides. If they repeatedly
fail to do so, • they will be
barred from using the lists.
Money for the bulletin board
was contributed by H. K. Wil
sem, dean of men.
Pa. Reading
Conclave
Ends Today
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The third Pennsylvania Read
ing Festival will conclude today
at the College with interpreta
tions of short poems and dramatic
cuts from plays scheduled for
the morning and afternoon ses
sions.
Forty-five students from 12
Pennsylvania colleges and uni
versities are participating in the
festival, which is sponsored by
the Department of Speech. At
9:30 a.m. today the student rep
resentatives will present short
readings, including the most fam
ous poems of Edgar Lee Masters,
A. E. Housman, Edna St. Vincent
Millay, Emily Dickinson, Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, William
Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, Lord Tennyson, Ed
win Markham, and Robert Burns.
Anita Ranallo will preside at this
group of readings.
Begins At 1:30
Th e afternoon session, which
will begin at 1:30 p.m., will fea
ture the following dramatic se
lections: Maxwell Anderson's
"Mary of Scotland," "Lost in the
Stars," "High Tor;" Oscar -- Tilde's
"Salome"; George Bernard
Shaw's "Saint Joan"; Thornton
Wilder's "Our Town," William
Shakepeare's "Twelfth Night,"
Somerset Maugham's "The Cir
cle," Henri Gheon's "The Com
edian," Fay Kanin's , "Goodbye
My Fancy," and Jean Giraudoux'
"T h e Enchanted." Katherine
Scheetz will preside at the after
boon session.
Prexy Extends
Thanks For Title
President Milton S. Eisenhower yesterday wrote an open letter
to the students to express his thanks for the title "Prexy" bestowed
upon him by Robert Davis, retiring All-College president, at the
Honors 'Day ceremonies.
The text of the President's letter follows:
"Dear Students:
"Wednesday, at the Honors Day
convocation, I was so completely
surprised when Bob Davis inter
rupted the proceedings to dub
me "Prexy" and to present me
with a beautiful sterling silver
tray from all of you, that I could
not at the moment express the
very deep gratitude I have for
this generous outpouring of your
cooperation and support.
"I did manage to say—and I
meant it—that I would rather
merit the esteem and affection of
students than to receive any other
honor that might be bestowed
upon me.
"My first year at Penn State
has been a happy and rewarding
one. My only regret has been that
I have had to be off-campus too
much; but this is a legislative
year and , so I have found it neees-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1951
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would fight for New York or
State College."
Brown's strong voice rang out
through crowded Schwab Audi
torium a 4 he said it is a "burn
ing fact that we are now at war
with the Soviet Union" and that
Europe is vital to our security.
V. - e can send troops and equip
ment to Western Europe, he said,
but we must also be a "fountain
of inspiration, a volcano of faith,
and a reservoir of moral cour
age."
American policy is not a "wit
ches brew," he continued. It is,.
among other,. things, th e- Four
Freedoms, the Marshall Plan,
giving Israel a chance,' "butter
ing up" to Nehru of India, chang
ing secretaries of state too often
—or trying to, and Korea.
E,' '
"If American policy is timid,
it is because we're timid or too
preoccupied to bother' with
events. We must keep in mind
two essential points;
1. From the springboard of Ko
rea, Russia is determined to
dominate all of Asia.
2. From the springboard of
East Germany, Russia is deter
mined to dominate all Europe."
The United States, he said,
must face two all-embracing
facts :.bout Asia: First, that Asia
is now in the ferment of great
revolutionary changes; second,
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sary to travel more than 18,000
miles about the commonwealth,
getting acquainted, learning of
agricultural and industrial prob
lems which the College is ex
pected to help solve, and inter
preting the total program of the
College to the people who really
control the destiny of the insti
tution.
"In the future I hope I may
be more on campus, working with
all of you and your organizations,
and with the faculty. And now,
with the added strength which I
feel your support gives me, I
look forward to many years of
service "For the Glory of Old
State!"
"My thanks to every one of
you.
Milton S. Eisenhower"
By BETTIE . LOUR
Cecil Brown
Stresses Two Points
Cabinet Approves
Reduction Of Fees
All-College Cabinet last night gave final approval to a motion
which would recommend that the Board of Trustees lower the stu
dent interclass finance fee from 75 cents to 50 cents a semester.
The recommendation will be acted on by the Board of Trustees
when it meets early in June.
Newly-elected All-College President James Worth presided at
'the brief meeting, and installed
All-College Vice-President Harry
Cover, A 11-College Secretary-
Treasurer Thomas Jurchak, and
new senior and junior class offi
cers.
Students' Voices
To Be Recorded
Recordings of students' , voices
which may be sent home for
Mother's Day are being made in
office 121;' Hamilton Hall, located
in the West Dorm post office, John
Clark, West Dorm Council spokes
man, said yesterday.
Equipment for the recordings
has been obtained from Philip
Maninno of the audio-visual li
brary and is under the supervision
of Clark. He said the recording,
which began Wednesday, would
continue "for at least a week,"
at a charge of 50 cents per record.
Students will be • able to re
cord two sides of a small non
breakable 78 r.p.m. record that
may be mailed home. Clark said
the project was a non-profit ser
vice to anyone on campus who
wishes to make use of it.
Letter Sent
Legislature
On Petition
David Fitzcharles, acting chair
man of National Student Associa
tion, reported last night he had
sent a letter to the state legisla
tion in Harrisburg about submit
ting the absentee voting petition.
Fitzcharles• said he wants to
submit the petition to the com
mittee on constitutional changes
in the Senate and the elections
committee' in the House of Rep
resentatives. As yet, no answer
has been received from the legis
lature. -
As soon as'final details "can be
arranged, a committee consisting
of -William Klisanin, Nancy
George, and Fitzcharles will sub
mit the petition in person.
Discuss Discount Plan
The question of a student dis
count .service purchase card sys
tem . was discussed by NSA last
night and •it was decided • that
this project would be tabled until
September. ,
The discount service is a 4 plan
whereby students enrolled • in
member schools of NSA may pur
chase articles at discounts in cer
tain stores throughout the state.
Joan Yerger is chairman 'for the
project.
Leonaid Wargo, co-chairman of
the work, study and travel com
mittee of NSA, reprted that, the
committee had held several open
hour periods for the purpose of
supplying information for any
one interested in traveling abroad
this summer.
Should Be Stopped
No students used the facilities,
the committee reported, adding
that it felt the service should be
stopped. However, copies of tra
vel pamphlets will be available
at the Student Union desk in Old
Main, Wargo said.
Fall Time Tables
Time tables for the fall sem
ester will not be available un
til May 19, Ray V. Watkins,
scheduling officer, has an
nounced.
Pre-registration will be held
May 21 and 22.
By JIM GROMILLER
The recommendation to reduce
the student finance fee was sug
gested at last week's meeting by
retiring All-College Secretary-
Treasurer Emerson Jones as a
part of the budget for next year.
Jones explained last week that
an annual income of approxi
mately $2600 from dances had
not been included in the budget
in past years.
Jones said that this income,
along with the removal of a 25-
cent per semester payment to the
Blue Band from the interclass fi
nance fee, made the reduction
possible. Students now pay a
separate assessment of 25 cents
per semester to the Blue Band.
Cabinet also gave final appro
val to an ammendment to the
All-College Constitution adding
business managers of student
publications to membership on
the Board of Publications. The
change was made to create better
coordination of dates of publica
tion.
A report presented by David
Mutchler, of the All-College
award committee, suggested in
dividual awards to the College's
three championship athletic
teams. Cabinet accepted the re
port which would present awards
to members of the varsity cross
country, soccer, and wrestling
teams.
Worth named John Fitzpatrick
as temporary Cabinet parliamen
tarian, A suggestion that • Anna
Forest be added to the list of out
standing seniors was approved
unanimously.
Senior Class. President David
Olmsted, Vice-President Bryson
Craine, and Secretary-Treasurer
Sarah 'Shoemaker were installed
by Worth, along with Junior
Class President Michael Hanek,
Vice-President Samuel Marino
and Secretary-Treasurer Lee Coy.
Tribunal Fines
Two Students
Six students were tried before
Tribunal Wednesday night for
parking and driving violations
and a total of $6 in fines was
collected. • - ,
One student was fined $4 for
parking in a loading zone at Cen
tral Library and also in the En
gineering Laboratory area. An
other violator was . fined $2 for
parking on Pollock road and in
the Osmond area. He had neither
his owner's nor operator's card.
Four students received sus
pended fines of sl—one for park
ing on Burrowes road, and three
for driving on Pollock road dur
ing class hours.
Women Debaters
Home From Tour
Three members of the women's
debate team returned last night
after five days of competition
with southern schools.
An affirmative team including
Joan Dobson, Constance Matla
vage and Barbara Menapace left
Sunday to meet the University of
Richmond and Georgetown Uni
versity for the first time. They
debated with Johns Hopkins Uni
versity for the first time since
World War 11. Competition with
Mount St. Mary's College has
been going on for eight ,years,
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