POtt Senate Passes $6O Billion : Defense 4111 Largest Single Military Bill. Passed by Unanimous Vote WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (IP) —The Senate passed the largest single military spending bill in history today, voting almost $60,000,000,000 for America's expanding armed forces. Just before passage of the huge defense measure, admin istration leaders accepted an amendment by Sen. H. Alexan der. Smith (R-N. J.) to cut the total funds by a straight 2' l / 2 percent. At that time they stood at $61,033,856,030. Smith and other Senators esti mated the last minute cut would save about $1,500,000,000, but added that this figure is subject to revision: 79-0 Vote The final roll call Vse was 79 to 0. Closing stages of the debate were marked by repeated Worts to reduce the size of the blll in recorded and voice votes, but Benator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.), floor manager for the measure, beat them all off until the Smith amendment was introduced. Later, O'Mahoney told reporters the bill carried $59,508,009,630 as finally passed. O'Mahoney said the Secretary of Defense would have authority to apply the 2 1 / 2 per cent approved by the Senate just before passage to selected items. Mt= The Senate made numerous changes in the House-passed bill. The house had voted to re lease, after 12 month's service, thousands of World War II vet erans who had been called back to duty in the Korean war. It also had barred early re tirement of officers and men be fore the number of years fixed by law, after complaints about high-ranking Generals and Ad mirals retiring to accept well paid jobs with industries, many of them getting defense contracts. The Senate knocked out both these provisions, which had been inserted on the Rouse floor after long and critical debate. Taft Cites Danger • If passage of the bill neared, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told the Senate he would vote for it, but he said the contemplated scale of government spending in the next few years endangered the nation's economy. He told the Senate that there is just as much danger in over doing military expenditures in peacetime as there is in not doing enough. W and M Head Gives Resignation WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Sept 14 —(AP)—Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of Wil liam and Mary, said tonight he has submitted his resignation to the board of visitors. Dr. Pomfret was criticized in a Sept. 8 report of the board, which is probing an athletic scandal at the college. The board has spent the past several weeks probing alleged ir regularities in the college's ath letic department. It reported its findings only last Saturday and criticized the college administra tion for not handling the situation "with dispatch." Dr. Pomfret was named Presi dent of the college in 1942. He was formerly dean of the senior col lege of arts and sciences at Van derbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. . The board said it found evi dence that the Athletic Depart ment altered the high school transcripts of promising athletes applying for admission to William and Mary. It said further that some athletes at the college had been granted credit for work they had not done in physical educa tion classes. It said Pomfret's administration had "let the matter drift" and had taken no positive, quick steps to remedy the situation when it was uncovered. BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (VP) Fifty-six Senators, both Democrats an d Republicans, toad President Truman today they are opposed to either the U. S. or Japan recognizing Communist China or Japan making a treaty with the Chin ese Reds. THE DAZL COLLEGIAN, SVS-7. COLLEGE. .FMM,YAVA Lovett's Appointment Approved WASHINGTON, Sept. I—(W) Robert A. Lovett's nomination as Secretary of Defense was swiftly approved by the Senate Armed Forces committee today. Senator Flanders (R-Vt.), em erging from a private session of the committee, reported the vote was unanimous. He said no one voiced any criticism of the 56 year old former banker, or of his actions as a government official. President Truman named Lov ett yesterday to succeed Ge n. George C. Marshall, who, at the age of 70, is retiring to his home in Virginia. Lovett has been serv ing as Marshall's deputy. With committee, action out of the way, the appointment now goes to the full Senate, where it is expected to be approved with little debate. William C. Foster, chief of the economic cooperation administra tion, has been nominated as Lov ett's deputy. Senators said Foster probably would be asked to ap pear before the committee next week for interrogation before his nomination is voted on. Red Troops Mass For Expected Drive U.S. Eighth Army Headquarters, Korea, Friday, Sept. l4—(M— Fierce fighting raged on - eastern Korean hill tops Thursday while at least 250,000 tank-supported Red. troops were reported massed along the western battle front for a possible "full moon" drive toward Seoul. • AP war correspondent Stan Carter reported there was some speculation among Eighth Army officers that the Red offensive in the West—if it develops at all— may come this next weekend when the moon is full. Red Troops Not Ready However, other sources still were inclined to doubt that the Communists plan an immediate attack. These officers pointed out there is no indication that Com munist troops have received full assault rations and equipment for an offensive. G e n. Matthew B. Ridgway's headquarters in Tokyo has dis closed that 40 re-fitted and re equipped ComMunist divisions have been firmly identified along the battlefront and at least 30 more divisions in rear areas be tween the front line and Man churia. Most were deployed in western Korea where the ter rain is less rugged. The Communists are believed TYRON E Gray. Tues.,. lk 8:30 Field Sept. 41, af p.m. Rain Dates Sept. 26 or 27 Fred's Gift to Tyrone Hospital Only' personal appearance of 1951-52 season All Seats in Reserved Sections $2.00 - $3.00 - $5.00 Onel. tax) Mail Orders—Send check and self address ed envelope to "Waring Tyrone Concert" TICKETS ON SALE AT McLANAHAN'S DRUG STORE N. Y. Governor Thonias E. Dewey Truman Says Acheson Stays WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—(AP) —President Truman said crisply and emphatically today that "as long as I am President of the United States,"• Dean Acheson is "going to be Secretary of State." And that, Truman said with a chuckle, may be for a good while. The President shook with laughter at newsmen's prodding inquiries as to how long a good while might be. "Another four or five years?" a reporter asked. Still keeping • up a mystery about his plans for the 1952 presi dential election, Truman jovially accused the reporter of standing there with an innocent expression on his face and asking a "shot 4 gun" question. ' The newsmen would have to do their own speculating, he said. to have 250 Soviet-built T-34 tanks in the west and 1200 Man chutian-based planes for support. For the past month, the heav iest fighting has been on the east-, central front, north of Yanggu and Inje. But it was believed un likely, Carter said, that the Reds would launch a major drive in the wild Taebak Mountain Range that just across that front. Most of the Red troops in eastern Korea are North Koreans who have been mauled in recent fighting. In the past, major Red offensives have been spearheaded by Chinese troops who have most often attacked under the light of a full moon. Allied officers feel the purpose of a Communist offensive would undoubtedly be to pUsh the United Nations line below the 38th parallel. BOALSBUitG STEAK HOUSE welcomes penn slate students Open 7 Days A Week 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Located on Route 322 South of State College Dewey Urges Aid To Asian Friends WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-01—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey gave President Truman a 40-minute report' on Asia today, then urged. a "great program" to "help our friends" there.. • The New York Governor described the White House meeting as a "cordial," two-way discussion. of the Pacific and the Far East, whi c h he termed the world's "critical" area for the" nextfew years. Truman termed it a satisfac tory conference. Politics Not Discussed' Political matters -were not dis cussed, Dewey, said. The name of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom Dewey is booming for President on the Republican ticket, was not mentioned, he added. Dewey declined to spetify the conclusions he gave the Presi dent after his seven weeks' tour of Korea and other oriental countries. But he told newsmen upon leaving the White House: "Now that we have succeeded in launching a great program for the defense .of Europe in our own defenses require that we de velop a similar program in Southeast Asia. Area Might Be Lost New Missile Included in AF Plans WASHINGTON ; Sept. 14—(AP) —The Air Forde today disclosed it is forming a combat unit to use guided missiles, and President Truman said this involved one of the deadly new weapons he has described "fantastic in their oper ation." The Air Force report amounted to - announcement that it has reached the _threshold of pushbut ton warfare on the battlefield. The missiles may be able to carry atomic charges for blasting-troops and fortifications in frontline areas. A New Weapon Truman later in the day told. a news conference questioner that the announcement involved the new weapons he hinted at in a speech Sept. 4 at San Francisco. Out of a sparsely worded an nouncement and an official pho tograph of the weapon in horizon tal flight, these points emerged: 1. The weapon, now in produc tion at the Glenn L. Martinyom pany airplane plant in Baltimore, Md., is designated as the "Mata dor," B-61 "pilotless bomber." 2. The "Ist , pilotless bomber squadron (light)" will be organ ized at the -big USAF missile test center, Cocoa, Fla., on Oct 1. 3. The missile is about the size of a smallish fighter plane.% But compact-size atomic bombs have been developed for use in smaller aircraft. Radar. Controls 4. Because it 'is equipped with radar and radio controls for guid ance it also presumbaly . can be exploded in the air over a tar get as well as - detonated by actual impact with the target. This prob ably can be done by remote con trol firing, by the familiar prox imity device or by other, newer and more unconventional meth ods. Eisenhower to lead 'The People Act' President Milton S. / Eisenhower has been named chairman of a national educational project to show how community problems are solved at the local level. Called "The People Act," the project will feature a weekly radio series of dramatic tape recordings, showing how people are solving local problems in ru ral and urban areas throughout the country. The project it being financed by a grant from the Ford Foundation's fund for adult edu cation. For Best Results Use Collegian Classifieds • Musical S4plies and Books "Come in and Get- Acquainted" 7.ItTA w 1.04 Otherwise we face the loss of Japan, the Phillipines, -and that whole area to the free world." He told newsmen we need "much closer political and mili tary alliances with nations in the Pacific • area." He said the defense of the Philipines, Indo- China, Malaya, and Indonesia— w h'e r e "wholesale. revolutions" are underway with Communist help—is the - "cornerstone of the whole free Area of • the Pacific." Experts Develop Seedless Melon LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 13— (W)—Soon you can sink your teeth into a refrigerator-size watermelon without bothering about all those pesky seeds. Purdue University has develop ed such a melo n. Commercial seedsmen will have it next year. The new melon has only two or three seeds. It's round and weighs eight to ten pounds. - Purdue says the- quality is high. Purdue experts got rid of the seeds by using a chemical called Colchicine. It changed the internal structure of the experi mental melons. It's Watch Inspection Time • Sept. 6th ) to • Sept. 15th CHECK UP then DRESS UP YOUR WATCH Stop In For Free Booklet "How to Care for Your Watch" MOYER'S WATCH SHOP 105 S. 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