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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
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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
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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
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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.