WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1952 Nixon Asserts Innocence, Will Remain a Candidate LOS ANGELES (^P) —Sen. Richard Nixon, Republican candidate for vice president, in a nation-wide address last night asserted his innocence of wrongdoing in accepting $lB,OOO from his supporters for political expenses. His face'intent and in vigorous language, the young California senator placed his case to stay on the, GOP ticket with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to millions of Americans by television and radio. Nixon read an opinion by a firm of attorneys retained by Eis enhower national head quarters that he did not obtain any money for himself out of the contribu tions by California friends. He said the decision on whe ther he would remain on the GOP ticket is not his, and he pleaded with a nation-wide radio-televis ion audience to let the party’s leaders know whether he was right or wrong in accepting $lB,- 000 in political expenses. Gives Background Only Nixon and his wife were in the studio, save for NBC staff men. James Bassett, press secre tary, watched from the adjoin ing sound control booth. Nixon began his speech by re counting the background of the controversial fund. “Not one cent of the $lB,OOO ever went to me for my personal use. All of it went for political expenses,” he began. Extra Expenses Named He went into great detail about the ■ expenses incurred while maintaining the office of senator ■in Washington. “There are other expenses that are not covered by the govern ment,” he asserted, adding: “The taxpayer should not be expected to finance expenses that are not strictly governmental,” he said. He said he could have put his wife on the government payroll, mentioning that his opponent, Sen. Sparkman, has put his wife on the payroll. Pal Not on Payroll His wife. Pat; sat at his side', smiling slightly, as he pointed out that she is an experienced steno grapher. “I am proud to say tonight that in the six years I have been in the House and Senate, Pat Nixon has never been on the government payroll,” he said. He read from an independent audit of the fund which absolved him of any personal gain from the fund. He said he' averaged $l5OO a year from’ speaking engagements during his term as a congress man. , He challenged Gov. Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nom inee, and Sen. Sparkman to “come before the American people and make a complete financial state ment as I have.” College Trailers Available to Vets A limited number of College owned trailers in Windcrest ’ are available for rental by married veteran students, George W. Smith, burgess, announced yes terday. Smith said that if the vacant trailers are removed and sal vaged, as is the policy, higher rental prices might result. Interested persons may contact Mrs. Sara Case at the Dean of Men’s office immediately, Smith said. Deans Need Nof Sign Drop-Adds Deans of schools are not re quired to sign drop-add forms filed during the first four weeks of a semester according to the “Regulations, for Undergraduate Students,” _R. M. Koser, assistant to the registrar, announced yes terday. A, $2 fee is charged for each change of schedule after the first day of classes unless the change is necessitated by the College, in which case the head of the 'de partment initiating the change must sign the form. College Receives Grant 'The Foundry Education Foun dation has awarded the college a grant $5OOO to promote work in foundry. Since. 1950 the founda tion has awarded, $15,000 for 21 annual scholarships. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Stevenson, I nflatlon Adlai Outlines Fiscal Policy , BALTIMORE, Md. MP) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson last night but lined an anti-inflation program calling for wage, price and. rent "controls “until prices stop going up,” and for taxes to be kept on a pay-as-we-go basis as nearly as possible. The Democratic pr e s i dential nominee’s four-point program al so calls for cuts in non-essential federal spending “to the bare bones of safety” and for govern ment curbs against “excessive private borrowing.” In a prepared speech at Balti more’s sth Regiment Armory, the Illinois governor declared: “The time has come for us to draw a line and say to the forces of inflation, ‘you cannot cross that line’.” Stevenson accused Republican congressional leaders of sabo taging every anti-inflationary measure in Congress during the past two years.” “It is hypocrisy for these men to present themselves now as the defenders, or even the friends, of your dollar,” he said. , Stevenson said the first neces sity is cutting “non-essential ex penditures to the bare bones of safety.” The government, he “must spend every penny as though it were a five-dollar bill, and it must- not spend a single penny for anything that is not needed right now. “This is going to mean a strict auditing of every payroll in the government, and slashing every piece\ of administrative fat . . . “This is going to mean no pork barreling while our economy is in its present condition. I’ve vetoed more appropriations in Illinois than any governor in our history.” “We offer you a four-point pro gram of strict government eco nomy, of a tax program kept as nearly as possible on a pay-as we-go basis, of restraints on ex cessive private credit and of direct price, wage and rent controls as temporary pontoon bridges be tween- abnormal and normal times.” Chaplin Says He Has No Communistic Ties LONDON (/ P) —Comedian Char lie Chaplin yesterday declared, without being asked, that he is not a Communist and never was. Chaplin, who earlier shed tears at a joyful welcoming by a crowd of about 1000 of his fellow British citizens, volunteered his, remark: “I am not a Communist, nor have I ever been a Communist.” “This, I beleive, is the usual 64 - dollar question,” he added. “Everyone ought to know it by now.” Windcrest Residents To Meet Tomorrow A combined social and business meeting for., all residents of Wind crest will be held at 7:30 p.m. to morrow in the Community Hall, according tq George W. Smith, burgess. The meeting is sponsored by the Windcrest Borough Coun cil. ROLLER SKATING AT HECLA PARK WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SUNDAY NIGHTS Eisenhower in Campaign 2 Schools Denied More State Aid HARRISBURG (JP) —State fi nancial aid to two nursing schools was delayed yesterday for not certifying their em ployees as non-subversive un der the 1952 Loyalty Act. Heads of St. Joseph’s Hospi tal, Reading, and St. Vincent’s Hospital, Erie, were informed the aid was cut off Sept. 1 be cause proper certification of employees -was not submitted. Deputy Atty. Gen. Robert L. Kunzig emphasized that the delays were procedural and not because of any refusal to com ply with the law. He said he anti cipated full compliance from the hospitals soon. Democrat Club To Plan Drive At Ist Meeting The Young Democratic Club of Penn State will hold its first meet ing >of the semester at 7 p.m. to morrow in 102 Willard, Kenneth Doverspike, club chairman, has announced. Students interested in joining the group are invited to the meet ing, Doverspike said. He pointed out that students who are not yet old enough to vote can still take part in political actions in their communities. Arthur H. Reede, professor of economics, will dis c u s-s what Young Democrats can do in con nection with the present political campaign. Reede addressed the group last semester, describing political methods and organization to the members. Doverspike said that a “Stu dents for .Stevenson” drive will be launched by th.e Young Demo crats in the near future. Commit tee appointments and introduc tions .will be part of tomorrow’s meeting. Enrollment Drops 188 from '5l High Campus enrollment for this year as of noon Saturday is 11,365 students, C. O. Williams, regis trar, announced yesterday. This is a decrease of 188 from last year’s count of 11,553. Of the total, 8530 are men and 2835 are women. Last year at the same time 8570 .. men and 2983 women were enrolled, a decrease of 40 men and 148 women. ■ An unofficial count of off-cam pus students shows at total of 1207. There are 1094 at 'College centers and 113 at Mt. Alto. :■ I NEW, * Good Food Always Open • ' _ Between- The Movies f , Adlai Gets First AFL Endorsement NEW YORK (TP) —The American Federation of Labor for the first time in its 71-year history yesterday endorsed a presidential candidate —Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic nominee. Scraps of torn paper fluttered like confetti as the 800 con vention delegates shouted their approval of the Illinois governor, who went on record before them Monday for repeal of the Taft- Hartley law. The endorsement was coupled with a- plea that 8,000,000 AFL mmebers get behind the Demo crats —financially as well as po litically. ; Stevenson’s rival, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican can didate, was dismissed by the AFL Executive Committee as a man who had been “built up as the champion of liberalism in the Re publican party” but who had em braced “a sorry aggregation.” Ike Reception Lukewarm The report named Republican Sens. Taft of Ohio, Kem of Mis souri, Cain of Washington, Brick er of Ohio, Jenner of Indiana, and McCarthy of Wisconsin. Eisenhower got a lukewarm re ception last week when he went before the convention to oppose repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, while favoring its amendment. On the other hand, Stevenson’s plea Monday for Taft-Hartley re peal was roundly cheered. The 71st convention closed yesterday. Green Re-elected Blast Talks 'Cheap Money' Policy Attacked CLEVELAND (TP)—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower accused the adir’” istration yesterday of pursuing deliberately a “cheap money” pol icy that he said “has begun to plunder our future.” He said there could be a “sub stantial savings” in arms cost and a tax cut would boost consumer buying. He insisted a savings in arms production could be achieved without slowing the speed or cut ting the size of the arms pro gram. The GOP presidential nominee hit at inflation in the prepared text of a speech which he delayed delivering so he might hear for himself Sen. Richard M. Nixon’s television-radio explanation of an $lB,OOO private expense account. Eisenhower is expected to reach a decision after the broadcast as to whether Nixon remains on the ticket as his running mate. All signs aboard his special train were that Nixon would stay. “The inflation we suffer is not an accident; it is a policy . . . The resort to ‘cheap money,’ like the resort to cheap politics, is not new.” He argued that while everybody “likes the comforting feeling of more money in his pocket,” this feeling really is an illusion. PAGE THREE Theoretically, the convention endorsement puts the entire strgenth of the AFL behind Ste venson. Actually, however, the Executive Committee conceded that it cannot enforce the decis ion member by member. William Green, re-elected dur ing the day to his 29th term as AFL president, has said the organ ization will be “a very deciding factor” this November. Pennsylvania Week Committee to Meet Definite plans for local observ ance of Pennsylvania . Week, Oct. 13-19, will be made at a meeting of the joint student, faculty,, and staff committee at 4 p.m. today in 201 Old Main, Fred M. Coombs, chairman of the committee, has annouriced. Richard J. Gatling, inventor of the Gatling machine gun, was a physician by profession.
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