TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1952
2.50,000 Pa. Employees
Take Loyalty Allegiance
HARRISBURG, March 31—(JP)—The job of administering loyalty
oaths to some 250,000 public employees in Pennsylvania was reported
completed today. , •
The oath is necessary under a 1951 law designed to ferret
out communists in state and local governments and the schools.
Senate OKs
Servicemen
Pay Boost
.WASHINGTON, March 31.—(.1P)
—The Senate voted today to give
everyone in the armed forces a
three per cent pay boost and give
men under fire in Korea 'an extra
$45 a month.
Passage of both the pay boost
and the combat bonus were by
unrecorded voice vote. Now the
measure goes back to the House.
There, a radically different pay
bill, calling for a 10 per cent pay
boost for all in uniform, was
passed in January.
Unless the House accepts the
Senate version, Which is unlike
ly the differences will be ironed
• WASHINGTON, March 31—(IP>
—House passage sent to the Sen
ate today a bill to pay U.S. mili
tary and civilian prisoners of war
$1,50 daily for each day they
were ' forced to wor k or .were
treated inhumanly in violation
of international law during World
War 11,
The bill also authorizes the war
claims commission to pay reli
gious and charitable organizations
and their personnel for an esti
mated 20 million dollars in losies
or damages in the Philippines as
a result of World War 11.
out by a Senate-Muse conference
committee.
The Senate bill also calls for
a flat dollar increase in rent and
food allowances. The idea is to
give More liberal treatment ,to
enlisted men and junior officers
with families.
The Setiate bill—without the
combat bonus provision attached
by .Senator Moody (D-Mich)—was
estimated to cost 471 millions a
year.
The I Senate bonus would be
retroactive .to cover men who
have or will face enemy fire in
Korea on if they were killed, to
their survivors. It would go - to
soldiers, marines and sailors and
their officers who have been un
der actual enemy fire and who
are not eligible for other hazard
pay.
`5l Plates Now Illegal
Yesterday was the last day for
1951 motor licenses. State College
police will start a check for illegal
plates beginning today.
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A survey of st ate - and local
agencies by the state justice de
partment and the Department of
Public Instruction today showed
no instances -of refusal to take
the oath.
Oath Required
The loyalty oath law requires
all state, county and municipal
employees, including school tea
chers, to take the oath this month.
New • workers will take the oath
as they go on • the payroll. '
They must swear or affirm that
they are not subversive nor are
members of a subversive organ
ization. The law requires the fir
ing of any public employee who
refuses to take the oath.
Dr. Herman C. Grose, deputy
superintendent of public instruc
tion, said reports received by his
office show, that all of the 60.000
teachers in the some 2500 districts
in Pennsylvania have taken the
oath. In a suburban Philadelphia
school system, one teacher re
signed recently rather than take
the oath.
New Screening Method
Aside from requiring the oath
by present public employees, the
new law also requires new job
applicants to be screened for pos
sible subversive tendencies.
Th e screening questionnaire
used by the state, and suggested
for use by local schools, requires
new applicants to say whether
they were even arrested and if so
give details. This will furnish
information of this kind for the
first time for all new' state em
ployees not under Civil Service.
The latter agency recently re
quires such- information on its
questionnaires.
French Trap 5000
Red Troops on Gulf
SAIGON, Indochina, March 31
—(iFl—Some 5000 communist-led
Vietminh fought a last-ditch bat
tle on the brink of the Tonkin
Gulf tonight in a desperate ef
fort to escape extermination 'at
the hands 'of 20,00 Q advancing
French.
Five battalions—flower of the
Red force which tried to gain a
foothold in the rice-rich delta
and .smash French communica
tions between Hanoi eastward to
Haiphong Port—were under
ceaseless hammering by land,
sea and air.
The French, following order of
their commander, Gen. Raoul Sa
lan, have slain 1049 rebels and
taken 1062 others since thet mop
up campaign in thd delta south
east of Hanoi began four days
ago.
Taft's Omaha Headquarters
FEVERISH write-in drives add luster to Nebraska's Republi
can msidential primary campaign. This picture taken in Omaha
shows the headquarters for Sen. Robert A. Taft, which has been
business for-several days, conducting phone and mail campaigns.
Senator Hints 'Veep'
To Seek Presidency
Senator George (D-Ga) said Monday he expects Vice President
Barkley to bid for the Democratic presidential nomination now that
President Truman has stepped aside.
But the 74-year-old Barkley, normally the most articulate of
politicians, would say only that "I have no statement to make" and
"I. don't care to talk about \ the
convention "
George said "it will be a week
or more before the air clarifies
and we know who all the can
didates are."
Byrd Favors Russell
Senator Byrd (D-Va) said Tru
man's withdrawal from the Demo
cratic contest "enhances the op
portunity for Sen. Russell (D-Ga)
to obtain the Democratic nomin
ation." ,
Byrd, long a critic of the Tru
man administration, said that with
a 1952 party platform acceptable
to the south, Russell would be "a
very appealing candidate to all
sections of the country, and a
great president."
Kefauver in Good spot
With nothing very conclusive
in sight in Washington, the poli
ticos studied today's primaries in
Wisconsin an d Nebraska, par
ticularly the situation of Sen.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio in the
Wisconsin Republican voting.
In the Democratic primary in
Wisconsin, Sen. Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee was regarded as in
a happy position. Kefauver's slate
of delegates is opposed by two
rival groups in the state's Demo
cratic politics. both had been
pledged to Truman:
Psych Club to Meet
The Psychology Club will hold
its regular meeting at 7 tonight
in 204 Burrowes. Films will be
shown following the meeting.
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Fire Gives Students
Week's Vacation
—An $BO,OOO fire in the Columbus
elementary school here today de
stroyed - the roof of the building
and put nearly 800 students out of
school.
Hundreds of people watched
firemen battle the blaze which
toppled the wooden bell tower
situated on the highest part of
the three-story brick building.
Board of education officials
have arranged for the children to
resume classes next Monday in
neighboring schools.
Pennsylvania has a variable
climate, with severe cold in the
mountains and extreme heat in
the lower Valleys.
PAGE THREE
Taft Stakes
Bid on Result
Of Wis. Vote
MILWAUKEE, March 31—(A))
—Sen. Robert A. Taft'S presiden
tial bid hangs in the balance to
morrow when about 750,000 Re
publican-voting Wisconsin citi
zens step into polling booths to
swing the pendulum.
- With a million-vote total fore
cast, Democrats scrambled fever
ishly today for their expected
one-fourth share in a race where
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee
is regarded as top runner.
Damp weather predicted for the
whole state tomorrow could cut
somewhat the voter turnout in a
contest to name 36 Democratic
and 30 Republican delegates to
party nominating conventions at
Chicago in July. The Democratic
delegates carry 28 votes.
Taft, buffeted by a defeat. at
the hands of Gen. Dwg'fit D. Eis
enhower in New Hampshire and
his own attempted withdrawal
from the April 15 New Jersey
primary, is staking his position
in the Republican presidential
race largely on the Wisconsin out
come.
Atom Bomb Test Slated
LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 31
—(W)--Atomic Energy Commis
sion test chiefs today scheduled
a nuclear explosion at the Ne
vada proving grounds tomorrow
mornin • .
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