Ft'liAY, 'MARCH 14, 1952
Re*tifiie'Reoiganization Bill
Passed by Senate, 5137
WASHINGTON, - . . March 13—(A')—President Truman's bitterly.
'controversial plan to .revamp the scandal-smirched Bureau of In
ternal RevCnue was written into law today when the Senate, some
what. surprisingly, voted - 53 to 37.`in - favor of it. •
Chief feature of the plan is to remove virtually all, top officals
of the huge tax collection agency from the realm of political ap
pointment and blanket them into
the career civil service system.
-Under the law, the votes of a
full Senate majority-49 members
—were 'needed to reject, the re
organizational proposal. Oppon
ents thus fell 12 votes short.
West Offers
New Treaty
For Austria
• WASHINGTON. March 13—(R)
United States, Britain and
France today proposed to Russia
a short eight-article treaty to re
store Austria's independence.
The
The proposal was submitted to
Moscow by ambassadors of the
three Western governments.
Russia in long negotiitions over
an Austrian peace settlement has
agreed already to seven of the
eight articles.
The only new article would re
quire Russia and the Western
powers to give up all property in
Austria claimed •by, them as Nazi
assets and war booty.
This single article alone makes
it unlikely that Moscow will ac
cept the three-power offer.
Russia already holds vast prop
erties in Eastern Austria on the
grounds that they • are booty and
former German assets.
Allied officials never have been
able to put a specific dollars and
cents figure on these assets.
But it is known they include
350 Austrian firms and industries,
which yield 12 'per cent• of all
Austrian production, produce an
estimated - 1 1 / 2 million - tons of oil
a year, and Danube river ship
ping.
The State department. in mak
ing public a draft of the proposed
treaty, said that Russia has ob
structed all efforts to reach a'set
tlement on amore detailed peade
treaty.
At one time the West had
agreed with Russia on more than
50 other articles for a proposed
Austrian pact.
They have been unable, how
ever, to get a final agreement.
Mad Foxes Plague
State for 3d Month
PHILADELPHIA, March 13—(IP)—A plague of - mad foxes, des
cribed probably the worst , in Pennsylvania's history, has aroused
Much uneasiness in scores of vil
the state.
Commonwealth Officials adm
way to go'before ending a 'scourg;
of thousands for some three
months. • .
Many persons—their exact num
ber undetermined--have been• bit
ten by foxes; and at least •INVO
have died. Men, women and chil
dren have been attacked boldly
and savagely. as they walked by
the roadside, worked or played in
their backyards, or strolled in
fields.
The foxes have set upon , 'pet
dogs, killing some of them and
infecting others With rabies. They
have bitten to death• or, badl y. hurt poultry,,, sheep, pigs; • even
young cattle. And 't h e,y' have
hurled themselVes against , auto
mobiles on the road.
Worst afflicted areas are .in
Eastern Pennsylvania and paitS
of the. West, although 'marauding
foxes have been reported also in
the midland. "
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN,. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Sen. Edward Martin - -(FL-Pa)
voted with the minority as the
Senate refused to kill President
Truman's reorganization plan.
Sen. ;Ames Duff (R-Pa) voted
againbt rejection of the plan.
Most pre-iollcall guesses, even
by administration supporters, had
been that the vote would be close
and that the Senate might turn in
a majority against the plan but
that it would fall short of the re
quired 49 votes.
There were only' six absentees,
and even if all of them had voted
against the plan, it still would
have been approved. The absen
tees were Sen. Benton (D-Conn),
Taft (R-Ohio), Young (R-ND),
Jenner (R-Ind), Kerr (D-Okla),
and Bridges (R-NH).
The vote cut sharply across
party lines. Voting in favor of the
plan were 30 Democrats and 23
Republicans, including Sen. Wil
liams Mel), who helped uncover
tax scandals. Against, it were 19
Republicans, and 'lB Democrats,
all but four of them from the
"Solid South" states. ,
Hails Vote
The plan technically will be
come effective at midnight to
morrow, but the reorganization
will take months to complete.
Under its terms, it must be fully
effective by Dec. 1.
Secretary of the Treasury Sny
der, hailing the favorable vote,
said "The transition will be or
derly to assure that the work of
the - bureau will not be interfered
with," but "we shall act as speed
ily as circumstances permit."
Angry charges against the Presi
dent, marked the final hours of
the Senate's two days of debate
on the plan, - subMitted to Con
gress two months ago and the
subject of heated controversy
ever since.
ages, towns and rural regions of
tted today they still have a long
• which has affected the daily life
IT'S A FACT
From the period of 1887 to 1910 the freshmen were
accustomed to holding an annual banquet; but if
by any chance the time and place leaked out, the
sophomores endeavored to prevent it. This practice
led to soine lively skrimishes.
Everyone is skrimishing down to Vic's in order
to buy some ham salad, egg salad, and boiled . ham
sandwiches to take back to their rooms for an eve
ning snack. No waiting, quick service at Vic's. •
Vk's
Ike and Taft
To Vie for
Jersey Vote
NEWARK, N. J., March 13—(IP)
—N.ew .Jersey today moved into
the front line of the nation's pol
itical battlegrounds as the site
•of the next—and possibly last—
head-on primary contest between
Gen. Eisenhower and Sen. Taft.
The impact of the vote in the
state's -April 15 preferential pri
mary well could. decide the GOP
nominee for President. some pol
itical observers believe.
Others point out that New Jer
sey, sixth ranking industrial state
in the country, with a primary
voting potential of more than
2,350,000 will provide a vaster
testing ground of strength than
New Hampshire.
Some 129,000 persons broke bal
loting records t h e r e Tuesday.
Close to a million of New Jersey's
eligible voters are expected to
participate in the balloting here.
Eisenhower, Taft and Harold
E. Stassen are Republican candi
dates in the presidential popu
larity 'contest, an innovation in
New Jersey politics. Sen. Kefau
ver (D-Tenn.) is the lone Demo
cratic entry.. T h e deadline for
withdrawals passed last midnight.
The World
At a Glance
Prep.ident Still Silent
President Truman kept silent
yesterday oh any plans to rebound
from the stunning .defeat he suf
fered at the hands- of Sen. Estes
Kefauver in the New Hampshire
"popularity" election.
' Vacationing at Key West, Fla.,
the President skipped the usual
Thursday news conference he
holds, in Washington, and so far
has said not a word on the con
test which saw him lose to Ke
fauver by a margin of 20,147 votes
to 16,298.
Pilot Blamed in Crash
WASHINGTON, March 13—(R)
—A pilot's poor judgment today
was blamed by the Civil Aeronau
tics Board for, the crash of a C-46
airliner lost Dec. 29 near Little
Valley. N. Y.
Railroad Normal
CHICAGO, March 13 (W)
Operations swung virtually back
to normal on the New York Cen
tral system today, after the last
holdout strikers went back to
work in Chicago, Toledo and Elk
hart, Ind.
145 S. ALLEN ST.
Morris Blasts Senators
NEWBOLD MORRIS (standing right), the government cleanup
man, talks to reporters in Washington after testifying before the
Senate investigations subcommittee. Morris cried out at the hear
ing that he was being subjected to "character destruction," and
blasted at "these diseased minds in this chamber." Morris denied
he had done anything wrong in ship deals or in connection with
oil shipments to,Red China by a shipping firm with which he has
ties.
Maritime ' ':eacl Testifies
WASHINGTON, March 13—(JP)
—The former head of the old U.S.
maritime commission testified to
day that if there had been a "full
disclosure" of the facts the com
mission would not have approved
the surplus. ships deal in which
Joseph E. Casey and two friends
earned $450,000 on a $lOOO invest-.
ment.
Adm. William Smith said any
advance indication of a "specula
tive purpose" on the part of the
Casey group "would have disqual
ified the applicants under the law
—as I understand the law."
Previous witnesses have testi
fied that the group put up $lOOO
to organize the National Tanker
Corp. in 1948 and buy three tank
ers from the government.
It has also been testified that
the maritime commission ap-
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proved the sale to National Tank
er even before the coxnnany was
organized.
National Tanker, the testimony
showed, was committed to sell
the ships to United Tanker Corp.,
the Chinese-financed firm, which
was represented by a New York
law partner of Newbold Morris,
the administration's anti-corrup
tion chief.
In October, 1948, title to the
ships was sold to United for $450,-
000. Later United used some of its
ships to ferry oil to Red China
until a month before the Korean
War.
Adm. Smith said today he did
not know about National's agree
ment to sell to United, which had
been unable to get any ships from
the maritime commission itself.