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House Speaker
Halts Broadcast
Of Committees
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—(W) --Speaker Sam Reyburn today
banned any. more television and radio broadcasts of House com
mittee hearings. Within hours, protests from Congress and TV and
radio officials spoke of;, "raw censorship," "one man edict," and
"discriminatory edict"
Rayburik's ruling hit immediately
. at scheduled TV and radio
coverage of a Detroit hearing of
the un-American activities com
mittee. All arrangements had
been made to put on the air the
testimony of witness dealing with
Communists -in Michigan.
The hearing took place without
cameras or microphones, but to
the sound of vigorous protests
from two Republican members of
the visiting five man subcommit
tee. _ . _
House Asks
Russia for
Katyn Case
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—(W)—
SOviet Russia was invited today
to send witnesses:to' a House com
mittee hearing in connection with
th e investigation of the 19 3 9
Katyn forest massacre.
Rep. Madden (D-Ind.) told
newsmen the invitation was de
livered to the embassy this after
noon by the State department.
It asked the Russians to give their
reply by May 1.
This is the - first time, said Mad
den, that a foreign government
has been invited to testify before
a Congressional committee.
"It's rather difficult to predict
whether or not they will accept
the invitation," Madden said, add
ing:
"It will be a good opportunity
for the Soviets to refute any tes
timony that has been given the
committee thus far if they can."
'The committee has heard a
number of witnesses testify- that
the Soviets killed thousands of
PoliSh army' officers and then
blamed the Germans for the mas
sacre.
"This will be an American
hearing: we'll listen to both
sides," said Madden. "It won't be
like a Soviet Russian hearing
where only one side of an issue
is presented."
5 O'clock Theater
To Present 'Fool'
"A Fool and His Money," an
original one-act play by 4th sem
ester student Eileen Malley, will
be presented script -in-hand at
5 p.m. today in the Little Theater
in Old Main.
Written in Warren G. Smith's
Dramatics 21 • class last fall. the
play is the third to be produced
in Five O'Clock Theater this sea
son.
A minimum amount of scenery
and costumes will be used, in or
der to keep the production on the
same experimental level with that
of the acting and script.
The cast includes Patricia Far
ber, Nancy May, Fred Sinfelt and
William Nudorf. John Pakkanen
is director. • •
Meteoroiogists
Rare. Sun Eclispe
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 25—(W)—The moon eclipsed the sun
today and in nearly perfect weather scientists got a rare three-minute
glimpse of what goes on in space close to and behind •the sun. •
Delighted by their good fortune, 70 scientists from 10 nations
snapped pictures and took super-complicated recordings of nature's
big midday blackout. They had
assembled in. the' Sudanese capi
tal, virtually-in ,the center of the
path of the - total eclipse.
In some areas, just as in an
cient times, the eclipse aroused
fear. Moslem wom e n -in Iran
drumnied -copper kettles in an
effort to frighten away a giant
snake they believed was destroy
ing the sun.
For three minutes, starting at
11:09 • a.m. (4:09 a.m. EST) day
became night in this part of the
world. The total• eclipse could be
seen along a 9,000-mile patch 76
miles wide,
Among other things, the sci
entists hope today's observations
will help them find out more
about:
1. The accuracy of Albert Ein
stein's famous relativity theory
%THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Rep. Shafer (R-Mich.) said in
Washington shortly after the Ray
burn decision was announced:
this is "one of the rawest ex
amples of censorship ever to come
to my attention."
• He said in a statement: "I ask
why the administration has
teamed up with the left wing to
deprive the people of Michigan
of all the facts and the
.blow-by
blow revelation of the activities
of the Reds in Michigan."
The statement followed Ray
burn's ban and• his ruling that
there would be no more TV or
radio reporting of House com
mittee meetings as long as he is
speaker and the House rules are
not changed. That decision also
drew protests.
In Detroit, the two minority
Republican members of the visit
ing five man subcommittee pro
tested Rayburn's action.
Rep. Jackson (Calif.) said the
ban was a disservice to the public.
Rep. Potter (Mich.) , predicted:
"something will be heard about
this. in Washington."
Penn State Ties
In Debate Meet
Penn State broke even with
three wins and • three losses at
the Mount Mercy Debate Tourna
ment Saturday, and Allegheny
College climbed -to the top with
five wins and one loss. West
minster College was runnerup.
Over 30 eastern schools par
ticipated in the annual tourna
ment, which Penn State had won
for two out of four previous years.
The negative tea m, Sanford
Hertz and Thomas Durek, won
over Slippery Rock State Teachers
College and lost to Edinboro and
Westminster.
Two wins were scored by the
affirinative team, which included
Eugene Kolber\ and Mark Unger.
Council to Hold Mixer
The Engineering Student Coun
cil will hold a mixer at 7:30 to
night at Tau Kappa Epsilon fra
ternity. Finances for an open
house will be discussed.
View
that the sun's gravity, field bends
light rays from stars passing close
to it, making those stars appear
to be where they aren't.
2. The stellar bodies behind the
sun. When the sun is in full blaze,
its light blacks out the less vis
ible 'stellar bodies behind it. With
this light reduced, these bodies
should show up.
3. The accuracy of some dis
tances shown on today's maps.
Even if they are a few hundred
feet off, it could / make a great
difference in an age of remote
controlled planes and rockets.
In addition to the United States,
scientists were here from Austria,
Britain, the Netherlands, France,
Italy, Greece, Canada, Egypt, and
Switzerland.
Transfer by Highline Over Raging Sea
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RAGING 'EAS add a little change to a routine
event in the Sea of Japan. Just out of reach
of a towering wave, a sailor is about to be
tranferred via highline from the Navy oiler
USS Tolovana (background) to the aircraft car
rier USS Valley Forge. The carrier is making
U.S. Halts
Canadian
Meat Trade
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—(W)—
The United States today halted
imports of virtually all livestock
and meats from Canada because
of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease in Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Department of
Agriculture announced in Ottawa
that infected herds would be
rounded up and destroyed to wipe
out the disease. The disease is
easily spread and is the dread
of all livestock men.
Shipments Stopped
Inspectors all along the U.S.-
Canadian border were ordered to
stop • all shipments from Canada
of cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs,
as well as fresh and frozen meats
from those animals.
Dr. B. T. Sims, chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, who
announced the embargo, said he
thought all shipments would be
stopped by tonight.
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease occurred in Mexi co in
1946. Since then virtually all meat
imports from that country have
been shut off, and this country
has spent 122 million dollars
helping MexicO erradicate th e
disease.
Loss of Canadian imports will
not seriously affect supplies for
U.S. consumers. Imports average
only about one pound a year for
each American. Nor was any ap
preciable effect on meat prices
expected.
UMT Urged by Davis
HARRISBURG, Feb. 25 (1P)- -
James J. Davis, commander of
the Pennsylvania department of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to
day urged Pennsylvania's two Re
publican senators, Edward Mar
tin and James H. Duff, to vote
for Universal Military Training.
His request was contained in a
telegram.
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Queen Elizabeth
Coronation Set
For Next . Year
LONDON, Feb. 25—(JP)—Court
circles announced tonight th at
the . coronation of Queen Eliza
beth H will take place sometime
in 1953. The exact date has not
yet been set.
Some spring or summer day
most likely will be picked so that
good weather will be assured dur
ing th e gorgeous pageantry of
Britain's most dazzling and most
eagerly awaited ceremony.
The court informants said con
siderations on the exact date, and
consultations with British com
monwealth governments, already
are in progress.
Spanish Coffee Hour
The Spanish Club will hold an
informal coffee hour from 4 to
5 p.m. today at the TUB. These
coffee hours are held each week
for anyone interested in hearing
or speaking Portuguese.
her third cruise in the Korean combat zone and
the Tolovana is one of several ships of her type
supplying fuel oil and aviafon gasoline to units
of carrier Task Force 77. (U.S. Navy photo via
AP Wirephoto)
Reds Cite U.S.
Germ Warfare
MUNSAN, Korea, Feb. 26—(IP)
—Red China's premier Monday
accused the United States of stall
ing the Korean armistice talks
while conducting "callously bru
tal germ warfare" in an attempt
to prolong the war.
The Reds have made the bac
teriological wa r f are complaint
periodically in the past when
truce talks faced an impasse, but
never before have linked the two
and never made the accusation
at such a high level. The Allies
always have scoffed at the charge
as fanciful.
sgypt and Britain
To Open Suez Talks
CAIRO, Feb. 25—M—Premier
Aly Maher Pasha said tonight
Egypt and Britain will open talks
Saturday on the thorny Suez
Canal and Sudan issues. But, he
warned, if his government does
not get what it wants, it will join
the Egyptian people in their
"struggle."
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