PAGE FOUR latlg Collegian Siccumi to THE »EB LANCE, ML ISBT ' Published raesdiy through Saturday morniags ineluiiv* during the College gear by the staff of The Daily Collegiaa of The Pennsylvania State College Entered as second-class matter •July i, 1934, at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of Mar eh 8. 1879. Collegiaa editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ* ers, not aeeeMarily the ooliey of the newspaper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. Marv Krasnansky -gSEs* ' Editor Managing, Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed.,' George Glaser; Sports Ed., ’ Ernie Moore: Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser; Makeup Ed... Moylan Mills; Wire, Ed., Len Kolasinski; Society Ed., Carolyn Barrett; Feature * Ed.,. Rosemary Delahanty: Asst. City Ed., Lee Stern; Asst. Sports Eds.. Dare Colton, Bob Vosbnrg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Joan Kuntz; Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley: Senior Bd.. Bud Fenton. Asst. Bus. Mgr., Janet Landau; Advertising Mgr., Bob Leyburn; National Adv. Mgr., Howard Bolcky; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Jack Horsford, Joe Sutovsky; Personnel Mgr., Carolyn Alley; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Bob Koons, Melvin Glass; Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax; Office Mgr., Don Jacket; Secretary, Joan Morosini. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Andy McNeillie: Copy editors: LaVonne Althouse, Lynn Kahanowitz; Assis tants: Ewie Kielar, Chuck Obertance, Chiz Mathias, Phil Austin. Ad staff: Ed Steel, Bette Agnew, Nancy Sup plee. Idea Exchange Best NSA Project There has’been much discussion both here at Penn State and at other colleges across the nation over'the value of the National Student Association. The question'usually posed by stu dent government leaders has been “What is NSA doing for my college?” - Looking ai the international efforts of NSA and at its political efforts on the national scene, a good many student leaders have pro duced a negative answer to the question. Some schools have dropped out of NSA for these reasons, others have' become lukewarm toward the organization. ‘ The lukewarm attitude toward NSA is evi denced in the thinking of a good many Penn State student leaders. For this reason, Penn State’s NSA budget for the coming school year has been cut. Penn State’s student government leaders, in cluding the NSA people, want NSA to do more for students and for student government. Such NSA-sponsored programs as the student gov ernment clinic being held on campus this week end are what they have in mind. It is for this reason too that All-College Cabinet recently approved a recommendation making the All- College vice president NSA campus chairman. It has long been the contention of many that NSA can best serve its member colleges by serving as a medium by which ideas on student government and Its problems can be exchanged. That is the purpose of the student government clinic: problems of student government will be discussed by more than 100 representatives of 25 Pennsylvania colleges cooperating in work shop groups. Discussion groups will cover orientation week programs, publicizing and promoting student government, honor systems, faculty rating sys tems, the National Student Association, and student government. It is a certainty that most of the delegates will return to thfeir campuses with some pretty good ideas on how. to apply what other students are doing to their own problems. This exchange of ideas is the strongest ap peal NSA can make to its present members and to prospective members. It is to this facet of its activities that NSA should devote its attention if it is to serve the best interests of American college students and their stu dent governments. ✓ Missouri Chickens Home to Roost The truth of a great many threatening prov erbs on chickens that come home to roost and bread cast upon the waters,is being demon strated in historic fashion along the flood-rav aged Missouri River valley. In 1933, Congress brought into existence the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA set up an unprecedented interlocking network of power and control dams which lamed one of the most savage river areas in the country. It's major achievements were: 1. Flood control. 2. Generation of inexpensive power, extend ing electrification to thousands of farms. 3. Establishment of a yardstick for power rates, forcing private power companies, which' had been reaping extortionate profits, down to a reasonable level. The' next scheduled project was a Missouri Valley Authority, an even larger undertaking aimed at controlling that enormous stream. Here, however, the program hit-a snag. The private power companies along the Mis souri developed an almost pathological fear of a federal flood control project there, one which would establish a yardstick for ‘Midwestern power rates. Power companies and holding groups on other streams also feared a successful MVA, which would form, with TVA, an un answerable argument for similar projects throughout the nation. And so an immense campaign Was under taken. a campaign which has not abated to date. On the surface, a vast advertising program was Edward Shanken Business Mgr. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA begun. Titling themselves, “The business-man aged, tax-paying electric light 'and power com paniesj” in order to cast an unkind light on •' TVA, this frightened group contracted for floods of magazine space, bought radio programs, and . used all the other media of mass communication in an effort to turn the people against federal power generation. The • shibboleth “socialism” is most frequently resorted to in this greatest of propaganda programs. It was, in all, a pretty successful campaign. If you doubt it, take a‘look at full page ads in the country’s biggest magazines this week, warning of the danger of leaving your children a socialistic U.S.A. Then look at the newspapers, a bit more up to date than'the magazines, which go to press weeks in advance. Read of the greatest flood in the history of the Missouri valley. Get the latest score on how many hun dred square blocks of Sioux City and South Sioux City have been inundated to date. Read of the homeless, the dead, and the unpre cedented toll in money and property. But fhe true effectiveness of the power companies' campaign can only be found in the on-the-spot, the human interest stories. It can be found in the story of desperate soldiers and civilians stacking sand-hags along the banks, piling them high and fast, but never quite as higli or fast as the river rises. Sandbags are a poor substitute for fhe concrete and steel dam system of TVA, but then sandbags can not generate inexpensive power and thus bring on the threat of socialism. The bread cast on the water of the Missouri by the' business managed, tax paying electric light and power companies is returning on the three-story high crest of the rampaging river, and their chickens are. coming home to roost damply upon the ridgepoles of barns floating away on a flood which "should not have hap- ' pened, Dining Hall Delay Was Inexcusable Yesterday noon another chapter was written to the management that goes into dining hall supervision in the West Dorms. Many students who live in Hamilton Hall and eat in the Hamilton Hall dining room were turned back at the door because they had not reported to eat before 12:30 p.m. Dining hall officials said only participants in the Intercol legiate Band Festival were to be served after 12:30 p.m. ' These officials said they had made an an nouncement over the public address system to the main lounge in Hamilton Hall.. They did make the announcement, BUT how many stu dents did they think they could reach? They certainly didn't get to all of them—quite a few were missed. Many students who have classes until noon do not go to eat .until just before the 12:30 p.m. deadline in order to avoid the long lines that prevail every day at noon. Did dining hall offi cials expect to reach those s’tudentg who were in their rooms? The PA system is heard only in the main lounge and the dining halls, not in the students’ rooms. The officials offered the students, who stood in line more than 15 minutes, a chance to eat after the band members had all gone through the line. This, however, was not much help to those who had classes at 1:10 p.m. It was about 12:45 p.m. when the students were turned back and there were still many band members who had not been served. We understand the band festival had been planned for some time, so why couldn't an nouncements have been made in time to let dormitory residents know about the change? That would have been far better than making the announcement at noon on the same day the change went into'effect! ' - Gazette... COLLEGE PLACEMENT B. F. Goodrich will interview June graduates in E.E. for their Oaks, Penn. Plant. Brush Development Co. will interview June graduates in E.E. and Phys. Monday, April 28. Budd Co. will interview June graduates in M.E. Monday, April 28. Burroughs Adding Machine Co. will interview June grad uates in Com. for Acct.. and Sales Monday, April ‘ 28. Carborundum Co. will interview June graduates in Ch.E., Metal., EIE., 1.E., M.E., Cer. and Acct. Wednesday, April 30. Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. will interview June grad uates in Metal., 1.E., ,M.E. and Ch.E. Monday, April 28. General Electric will interview June graduates (women only) in Math., • Phys.,-Chem. and Sci. Tuesday, April 29. Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. will interview June grad- uates in T.E., M.E: and Cer. Tuesday, April 29. Kroger Co. will interview June graduates in Com., Hort., Ag. Ed., Ag.Ec., A.H., P.H., and H.A. Tuesday, April 29. Mexican Petroleum Corp. will interview June graduates in Chem. and Ch.E. Tuesday, April 29. >■ Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. will interview June graduates in E.E., 1.E., M.E., A&L., .Com., Phys., Ed. for Tech, and Non-tech Sales and Chem.' and Ch.E. Wednesday, April 30. National Lead Co. will interview June graduates in Chem., Phys., Ch.E., M.E., Metal, apd E.E. Monday, April 28. Penna. Transformer Co. will interview June graduates in E.E. and M.E. Tuesday, April 29. Scott Paper Co. will interview June graduates in Com. for Sales Tuesday, April J 29. Texas Co. will interview June graduates and ' 1952 M.S. candidates in Ch.E., C.E. and M.E. Monday, April 28. Timken Roller Bearing Co. will interview June graduates in M.E. Tuesday, April 29. Wheeling Steel Co. will interview June graduates in C.E., E.E., 1.E., M.E., Metal., Ch.E. and Fuel Tech. Monday, April 28. Daystrom Instrument* will interview June graduates in E.E., M.E. and I.E. Wednesday, April 30. Fairchild Aircraft Corp. will interview June graduates in Aero.E., C.E., M.E. and E.E: Monday, April 28. H. H. Robertson Co. \vill interview June graduates in Ch.E., PNG., Chem., Com., Chem. and Phys. Wednesday, April STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Camp Cherokee, Beach Lake, Pa., will interview men. and women Tuesday, April* 22. Variety of, jobs open. Camp Conrad Weiser, Reading, Pa., will interview men Thursday, April 24. Variety of jobs open. Camp Menatoma, Kents Hill, Maine, will interview men Wednesday ltijriril &£• Varieir «£ jobs open. —Ron Bonn —Andy McNeillie Little Man On Campus' "You know, our sorority, is so crowded this. year I meet someone new every day." Interpreting the News Truman Won’t Talk About Seizing Press By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News Analyst By J. M. ROBERTS. JR. Associated Press News Analyst President Truman obviously doesn’t want to make a point over his. hypothetical answer to a hypothetical question regarding his hypothetical power to seize the American press and radio as he has the steel industry. The preamble to the Constitution says it is designed to promote the general welfare. The Presi-l — dent is sworn to uphold the Con stitution, and so claims the power to act when a steel shutdown is threatened during a period of world' 'tension. He was asked if he thought he could seize the press and radio. Under similar circum- ; - stances, he said, the President has to act for the best-interest of the country. His hearers, a special gathering of reporters and editors, took it to mean he thought he had the power to seize ~ the press. The White House has formally declined. to amplify. There is no analogy be-1 |. tween press and Li steel. So the ar-BP*' ..<y\ ,gument is aca- Pt| demic except for 1 one thing. i Past presidents} have used quota tions of past leaders as precedents for their acts, and future presi dents will undoubtedly continue the practice. No president has k2M .BBbBK (Gazette... Saturday, April 19 STATE PARTY mixer, Chi Phi, 9 p.m. WOMEN’S LACROSSE CLUB, White Hall, 10 a,m. WSGA'Senate, Houses and con vention committee rue mbe r s, Grange playroom, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 20 . BRIDGE LESSONS, TUB, 6:30 p.m. v STATE PARTY steering com mittee, Chi Phi, 2 p.m. Monday, April 21 ELECTRONIC WARFARE UN IT 4-3, 200 Engineering E, 7 p.m. INTER-COLLEGIATE CON FERENCE ON GOVERNMENT, 313 Willard Hall, 7 p.m. LEONIDES COUNCIL, speak ers, first floor lounge McElwain, 6:30 p.m. LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL, 108 Willard Hall, 8:15 p.m. C O M MIT T E E ;• 109 Old Main, 4 p.m. PENN STATE ENGINEER,,.4IB SATURDAY, APRIL 19,. 1952 X • >•> mf-. ever, tried to tamper- with free speech and free press, though .they have at times tried by var ious means, usually concealment, to prevent publication of what they didn’t want published. The bare idea, that tampering is pos sible is-not- a healthy, legacy for Truman to leave lying around. ■. Newspapermen usually con- , sider themselves thoroughly protected, by the constitutional - provision for press freedom. But . a glance at the clause w*hich contains it, the first' clause of the Bill of Bights, reveals a tiny and legalistic 'loophole. It says Congress shall make no law infringing freedom of the press. It doesn't say specifically that-the President can't act. The implications, though, are of course far clearer than those . of the,, general welfare clause. •. During-; .the war the military services and the Office of War Informations sometimes attempted to use the American press for dissemination of. false reports, harmless "to Americans - and de signed to mislead the enemy. Old-Main, 7,p.m. ' COLLEGE HOSPITAL Frank Capotosto, Norman Duf fy, Margaret Garber,’ Carol Gros .ky..... Cecilia Johns, Carl Lunde, Ruthl-McSparran, Neil Powell. ’ ORIENTATION COUNSELORS AT THE MOVIES .CATHAUM: With a Song in My Heart 2:13, 4:03, 5:59, 7:47, 9:45 STATE-: The Lion and the Horse 2:11, 4:06, 5:55, 7:59, 9:39 NITTANY: The Return of Jesse James 6:25, 8:19, 10:15 Young Friends to 'Hold Disc Session Tomorrow The regular meeting of Young Friends will not be held tomorrow night because of a monthly; busi ness-meeting. Young Friends will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the home of Dorothy Ackerman, 303 W.; Fair mount street. A record' session will, be • held land refreshments will be served. By Bibler ,w\
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