College Writers Must Be Free — See Page 4 VOL. 52, No. 79 Cabinet to Air 2, Top Col lege Un ion Die I ays Pay Increase Action Service employees of'the College last night postponed a decision on proposed wage boosts averaging $32 a month until “employees know what increases will bg made and action is taken.” The decision by the membership of local 67 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employes (AFL) came at the close of a meeting that lasted more than two hours. Approxi mately 200 of the claimed mem bership of more than 500 attended the meeting. The College employs some 1800 service personnel. 1 Referring to an agreement be tween President Milton S. Eisen hower and representatives of the union to resume meetings with a union grievance committee, Rob ert A. Callahan, state representa tive of the union, said, “The door is open to grievances and we can consider pay a grievance ” Callahan referred to - individual inequities which' might arise in the College’s program for increas ing the salaries of the service employes. Since not all members of the union had been informed of their increases, there was much con fusion among those present as to the size of individual _ increases. Grievance Committee The average increases of $32 during the period from February, 1951, to the end of this month, will not be awarded on a merit basis, G. Lester Fink, union presi dent, told the members. The merit system was one of the chief points of contention. Fink quoted Presi dent Eisenhower as the source of his information. The College has agreed to re sume meetings with the union’s grievance committee, Fink said, and added that the committee would meet with President Eisen hower and other College officials to discuss the firing of two em ployes. The College stopped meeting with the committee when several members of the group were elected from the same depart ment. The agreement had been that members of the committee would be from different depart ments. That some members of the committee were from the same department was denied by Calla han, state representative of the union. Equalize Salaries Earlier in the day the College had released a statement to _ all service employes outlining it s wage increase program. The in creases to be paid in the Feb. 29 checks will average $l5. Some employes will receive as little as $5, while others will receive as much as $2O. In explaining the College’s wage policy to the union, Edward R. Dailey, international represen tative, said . that the difference in increases was designed to equalize salaries. $5O Impossible Daily explained that in some departments, employes working side by side may be earning wages differing by as much as from $l5 to $2O. Those earning the highest wages would receive the lowest increases, he explained, in an attempt to equalize salaries. In explaining this to the union members, Dailey said “A $5O a month across the board increase cannot be done.” He went on to point out that such an increase would make custodians the high est paid of any in a state college in the country. . TODAY'S WEATHER SNOW FLURRIES STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 Customs Open for 84 Men See Picture Page Two Customs for freshman men went into effect yesterday for the fourth time since the end of World War 11. Eighty-four men are affected by the College tradi tion. Yesterday David Mutchler, Tri bunal chairman, again empha sized the need for upperclassmen, especially ■in the Nittany dormi tory area where the frosh men are housed, to cooperate in en forcing customs; He said that be cause of the small number of frosh on campus this semester only the highest degree of cooper ation between the upperclassmen and women and the hatmen could make the program a success. Mutchler and Joan Yerger, chairman of the Freshman Cus toms and Regulations Board, re minded' the upperclassmen that they may require frosh to button, answer questions about College traditions, the Student Handbook, and- the location of College build ings, to sing'College songs, and to recite the College cheers. They added, however, that men may not join in the : hazing of women and vice versa, and that second semes ter. freshmen" are barred from haz ing activities. Miss Yerger said that all wo men over. 21 are .'automatically exempted from customs, and that (Continued oh page eight) Penn State Cagers Drop 66-52, for 14th Rutgers, By DAVE Penn State’s cagers chalked up their 12th consecutive victory and 14th of the season as they downed Rutgers, 66-52, in' Rec Hall last night. The win enabled Coach Elmer Gross’ team to tie the allrtime Penn State single season winning streak of 12 established during th'e 1941-42 season. The courtmen now have a 14-1 record. After- the recent important wins over West-Virginia and. Navy, the Lions experienced a natural let down but still had plenty to over come the Scarlet, who now have a 5-6 record. Giant - center Jes.se Arnelle scored-18 points for -the victors while Hal Gorizzi collected. 17 for Rutgers. Corizzi. caught the at tention of the large crowd with his odd underhand manner of shooting. Fouls were frequent in the game with two Lions fouling out. Arnelle left the.’contest via per sonals for the first time, this sea son. Another frosh,- Jack Sherry, also left on fouls. . Despite their usual slow. start the. winners. managed, to avoid any desperate moments in the continuation of their winning streak. State .took a lot of" un necessary shots in the opening (Continued, ohpage.six) FOB A BETTER PENN STA‘ In Cabinet Spotlight James Worth UMT Operating Rules Set by Arms Committee WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—(ff)— The House armed services com mittee completed a set of operat ing rules for Universal Military Training today and recommended it to Congress, but left the start ing date to future decision. The vote of approval, reported as 27 to 7, sends the legislation to the House. Rep. Vinson (D-Ga.), armed services chairman, plans to have the bill ready for a House test by Feb. 26: Opponents are claiming they can kill it. Basically the plan calls for six months of military training for all eligible males soon after their 18th birthdays, followed by seven and a half years, in the reserves. In full operation the program would take in some 800,000 boys a year. The program could not take David Olmsted effect until Congress by law or the President by executive order had ended the present draft of youths below the age of 19 or had reduced their term of service. Af ter that happened the UMT pro gram could be started by the President or Congress. Military officials wanted but did not get from the committee— a provision for up to a year and a half in the regular armed ser vices after the trainees complete the UMT course. The committee not only re jected that idea but put in a spe cial provision taking the youths further out of the Pentagon’s reach. It specifies that none of them may be called up without their consent for more than 30 days of active duty unless Con (Continued on page eight) PRICE FIVE CENTS Issues Change in Fee Power Asked; SU on Agenda Two major issues on the Penn State campus, the referendum on changes in student fees and the Student Union fee and building, will be aired at tonight’s meeting of All-College Cabinet. David Olmsted, senior class president, said yesterday that he planned to propose an amend ment. to the All-College consti tution, dealing with Cabinet ac tion on student fees. The amendment would provide that proposals to change student fees be read and discussed at two cabinet meetings and a final vote taken after the second reading. It also provides that should a petition signed by ten per cent of the students be presented to a cabinet officer within one week after the first reading, a poll be taken of a representative group of the students within 30 days. The results of the poll would then be considered by cabinet before the final vote on the change in the fees is taken. SU Report The present procedure for changing student fees requires any such recommendations be passed by a two-thirds vote of cabinet on each of two consecu tive meetings. James Worth, All-College presi dent, will give a cabinet officers’ report made up of a list of ques tions asked the administration ALL-COLLEGE CABINET Agenda Roll Call Minutes of the previous meeting Adoption of the agenda Reports of officers Reports of committees: T. Bloodmobile 2. Crusade for Freedom Old Business New Business: 1. Constitutional Amendment 2. Appointment of Committees concerning the Student Union fee and building, and the administra tion’s answers to the questions. Olmsted said one of the main reasons he was proposing the con stitutional amendment was to avoid any more controversies like the one over the Student Union fee. He said the amendment was designed to make it tough enough to prevent irresponsible petitions, yet not impossible for petitions with valid reasons behind them to be presented. Amendment Proposed The statistical poll was pro posed instead of a referendum, Olmsted said, because it would be less expensive to conduct the poll and might possibly give a more representative reaction of student feeling. He said that in a referendum the passive inaction of those in favor of a fee change would be completely outweighed by the active participation of those opposing the change. The proposed amendment reads: “Any proposal to change student fees must be read and discussed at two cabinet meetings and the final vote taken after the second reading. “If, however, a petition signed by ten per cent of the student body is submitted to an officer (Continued on page eight) Students Repaid For CSofhing Losses All students who lost clothing or had clothing destroyed at the State College Dry Cleaning Works in the Gentzel fire have received payment for their loss es, Harry G. Ellis, part-owner of the cleaning firm, said last night. About $l2OO was paid in losses from the fire, Ellis said. All loss es were covered by insurance. About 400 items of clothing were in the plant at the time of the fire, Ellis said. At that time Ellis estimated total damage to the plant and clothing at $3,000.
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