ATtTRDAY, 'MARCH 29, 1952 Prospects For 'Steel Firms Ask New Talks With Union WASHINGTON, March 28—(R) —Prospects for avoiding a .steel str i k e threatened for April 8 brightened considerably t o day wlipri major steel'firms arranged neiv labor peace talks with CIO President Philip Murray's steel workers union. Six of the industry's lav ) est producers invited Murray and his aides to meet with them in New York beginning Monday to. "at tempt to work out a settlement." The move, indicating the in dustry and union may be ready to quit sparring and start talk ing busineSs, seemed to point to possible government decisions on the 'steel price situation.' Top stabilization officials declined to comment. President Truman talked for More than half an hour in late afternoon with Mobilization, Di rector Charles E. Wilson, Eco nomic Stabilization Chief Roger L. Putnam -and Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall. None of these officials would comment, but it appeared to be a good bet their conference con cerned possible steel price boosts to pay for wage increases de : , manded by Murray and recom mended in part by the Wage Stabilization Board. The fact that the six big steel companies were ready to sit down together with Murray indicated to many observers that they had probably gotten a verdict from the government on prices. Truman Talk Tonight to Be 'Call t© Arms' , WASHINGTON. March 28—(W) --President Truman will go on the air tomorrow night with a 25-minute speech heralded as a "call to arms" to the nation's Democratic voters to support the party candidate for the presidency —whoever he may be. " Five radio networks and, at least one television channel will carry the President's speech at the $lOO-a -plate Jefferson-Jack son Day dinner. It is scheduled for 10:30 p.m., E.S.T. Party leaders said today they would he surprised if Truman drops even the faintest clue to his political intentions. Nevertheless, without disclosing his own hand, he may take the occasion to say a few words about the man he is reputed to have sought as his successor, Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Stevenson wil dine at:the same table with the President, and Speculation has centered on the possibility that Truman might use the occasion to light a politi cal bonfire for the midwest gov ernor. 'HO:lda' It - W(o . s at SU • Tickets for tonight's 'perform ance of "Hedda Gabler," current Center Stage show, are available at the Student Union desk in Old Main for $1.25. The Ibsen drama is a character • study of a cold Students May Report For Vocation Work Students who will be in State Collegeduring: Easter vacation and will desire work • s shotild report when they will be avail able 'to the Student Employ mthit office, 112 Old Main, John J. Huber, supervisor of part time employment, said yester day. • All students should report immediately because it will take the office some time to Place them, Huber, said. ed • VTIJE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA To Negotiate _...~ Philip Murray Big 3 to Sign Peace Pact With Germ tny BONN, Germany, March 28— (R) Chancellor . Konrad Aden auer said tonight the western Big Three foreign ministers will sign here in the latter half of May a peace contract giving West Ger many almost complete autonomy and permitting her to rearm for • western defense. Adenauer made the announce ment at a meeting of his Christian Demobratic party at the Univer sity of Bonn. The chancellor said U.S. Sec retary Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman will come to' the West German capital to sign the con tract .on which their goVernments have been working since last Sep , tember. "This will be a great day for Germany," Adenauer said. The peace contract will end nearly all occupation controls, but will permit the three powers to keep troops in West Germany. Orthodox Faith To Hold. Mass The First Orthodox Church of the Eastern Rite Faith will, hold mass at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow at St. Andrews Episcbpal Chu r c h on S. Frazier street. • The Very Rev. Constantine Auroroff, instructor of Russian at the College, will conduct the ser vices and deliver a sermon, "Christianity and Communism." The St. Mary's Russian Orthodox choir, directed by George Mandel, will assist at the mass. The mass will be the initial event in a program for develop ing an Orthodox parish. for .stu dents at the College. Students, faculty, and townspeople are in vited to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 304 Old Main to dis cuss plans "for such a program, according to Paul Kritsky, spokes man for the group. Dr. Seth W. Russell, assistant dean of th e School of Liberal Arts, will speak at the evening meeting on the historical devel opment of the Orthodox Eastern Rite Faith. A• discussion will fol low, the talk. Hpuse Group Approves Moral Standards Quiz WASHINGTON, March 28—(?P) —The House rules committee to day approved an investigaticiii whose ultimate aim is to raise the moral standards of radio and television program and of books. Rep. Gathings (D-Ark.), whO proposed the inquiry, told the committee he is "not trying to reform the world." But, -he said, he wants to see what can be done to. insure "wholesome - programs on the .air." Brighten Peace Truman Against Vote arriers WASHINGTON, March 28—(if') —Congress should act promptly to remove some of the "many barriers" in the way of voting in this year's elections by about two and one-half million service men and women. President Tru man said today. Declaring that servicemen from one-half the states will , not be able to vote easily and effectively in 1952 under state laws, Truman urged Congress to revive the fed eral ballot used in the 1944 pres idential election. In that election, he said in a special message to_ Congress, about two and one-half of the nine million service personnel of voting age cast ballots.. Truman then added: "The record was not good, but it was better than it is likely to be this year, unless prompt action is taken. "In spite of the obvious diffi culties in the use of the federal ballot, the Congress sh9uld not shrink from accepting its respon sibility and, exercising its consti tutional powers to give soldiers tl-e right to vote when the states fail to do so." A federal ballot does not in clude any state or local offices. A serviceman using it has an op portunity to vote for a president and vice president, House mem ber and—if there is d seat in his state up to be filled—U.S. senator. vame Else h r hover Men AA n 9 Convention Seats By the Associated Press Supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for President scored again yesterday, this time in Maine. They won nine of the "down east" state's 16 delegates to. the Republican National Convention, to five for Senator Robert A. Taft and two claiming neutrality. The "neutrals" were reported leaning toward Eisenhower. The selections were made in caucuses in conjunction with a state Republican convention. The con vention accepted without dissent 10 delegates nominated by con gressional • district caucuses. The caucuses selected six others. In Washington, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (R.-Mass.), Eisen hower campaign manager, promptly claimed 11 of the 16 delegates we r - for Gen. Ike Lodge said it vn "a victory public opinio: over "a powerfi political machh which has be( working• sin c 1951" to win f 4 Taft. "This was ti first time in years that open convention in which dele gates in the district caucuses did not have to vote on a slate hand picked by a state group," Lodge said in a statement. "It was a notable and signifi cant victory representing the will of the Republican voters in Maine." Red ombers Seen As 'Ominous Threat' WASHINGTON, Ma:rch 28—(W)----Russia's expanding force of long-range atom bombers is "the most ominous threat this country has ever known," 'U.S. air force leaders told Congress in testimony made public tonight. They also said Soviet jet, plane production has been four times greater than that of the United States Air Secretary Thomas Finletter, Chief of Staff General Hoyt Van denberg and other USAF leaders presented this grim picture to a House appropriations subcommit tee. They were seeking to justify the budget request for 20 billion dollars for the Air Force in the next fiscal year. Some legislators have threatened to cut the figure. Althottgh the officials conceded Russia had. a long lead numeri cally, especially in jet fighters, they insisted the quality of Amer iCan planes is better. They gave their testimony to a committee, some of whose mem bers were sharply critical of the American plane production effort. One of them, Rep. Scrivner (R- KanS.), asked: "Where are we now? Are we tyros, or, are we the productive genius that we thought we were? Is Russia such a backward nation if it can do these things? Where did they get this business and production genius in• the last five or six years?" ISutton Fails to Take Stand in Robbery Trial NEW YORK, March 28—VP)— Willie (the actor) Sutton failed to take the witness stand today, as his bank robbery trial neared an end. The defense rested its case early in the afternoon on the 11th day of the trial in Queens County court . His lawyer. George W. Herz. apparently decided not to risk a searching state cross examination into the shady record of Sutton. top bank robber of his era and a two-time prison breaker. Mc:ijor's Death Brings Arrest BUFFALO, N.Y., March 28— (il 3 )--Carl G. Lo Dolce, accused ,by the Defense department of par ticipating in the wartime, cloak and dagger slaying of an OSS Major in Italy, was arrested to day and held without bail on a charge of being a "fugitive from the justice of Italy." Judge John Knight of U.S. Dis trict Court denied bail tonight because of the "seriousness" of the case. He scheduled a hearing for Wednesday. The former Army sergeant was taken into custody in Rochester, his home town, and brought here by U.S. marshals. The Italian government wants to extradite Lo Dolce and Aldo Icardi, a former Army lieutenant, and try them for murder in the death of Maj. William V. Holohan, lead er of a U.S. office of strategic services mission behind German lines •in 1944. PAGE THREE The World At a Glance Tunisia Government TUNIS, Tunisia, March 28— VP) —The Bey of Tunis gave in to French demands today for ap pointment of a new government which would look more favorably on French proposals for reforms in this restive North African pro tectorate. Bey Sidi Mohammed Al Amin, Tunisia's nominal ruler, dissolved the nationalist cabinet and ap pointed pro-F ren c h Salah-Ed dine Den Mohammed Baccouche 69, Tunisia's first postwar premier and a wealthy land-owner, as new premier. Iran Riot Kills 5 Tehran, Iran, March 28—(?P)— Five or more persons were killed today in a riot sparked by a par ade of communist youths who back Soviet charges that the Uni ted States is using germ warfare in Korea. • A 15-minute bdttle erupted in the heart of Tehran when a small group of bitterly anti-communist nationalists jeer ed- at perhaps 5000 parading members of the or ganization for democratic youth. Vatican Envoy Funds WASHINGTON," March 28—(JP) —The House appropriations com mittee today voted in effect to cut off funds 'for any U.S. Am bassador, to the Vatican , unless the Senate first approves such a diplomatic mission. The vote was 19 to 17, with three committee members re corded as "present" but not vot ing on the controversial issue. Labor to Back Truman Foreign - Aid Program WASHINGTON, March 28—(JP) —Labor organizations lent their support to President Truman's $7,- 900,000,000 foreign aid program today, while farm organizations split on it. The spokesmen appeared be fore the Senate foreign relations committee, which is nearing the I end of its hearings on the pro gram for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Several of them urged more emphasis on economic, rath er than strictly military help, to foreign nations. Jazz Concert Tickets Tickets for the Woody Herman jazz concert April 4 are now on sale at the . Student Union for $1.25 per person. The concert will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium. .1 SRA E L 1952 SUMMER INSTITUTE of the Jewish Agency for Palestine JULY 8 AUGUST 25 Trove!• •• - rnae sto p- Work• • • settlements agricultural Study at the Hebrew • • • University Applicants-between 18;•35 Write now for further information to: ISRAEL SUMMER INSTITUTE c/o Intercollegiate Zionist Fed eration of America. 131 West 14 •Street, New York 11,, N.Y.
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