SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1953 Ike Price Cigarette, Gas Prices May Rise . WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (A P) Eisenhower went a long way today toward re storing the nation to-a free wheeling economy. Kipping aside the contro versial controls system set up during the Truman" adminis tration,_ Eisenhower issued two-fold executive orders: 1. Abolishing all federal con trols over wages and salaries— thus clearing the way for quick pay boosts for perhaps a million workers. . !. 2. Junking price curbs on thou sands of items, including all meat, clothing, . furniture, . restaurant meals, bar and- tavern drinks. Both orders are effective imme diately. . Merely 'Opening Shots' New automobiles and used cars made since 1946 remained under price lids, but these and all other curbs face 'sudden-death orders- in the immediate future. The White House emphasized that today’s decontrol orders were merely the opening shots in a bar rage “under which all prices will be decontrolled.” Under the law, Eisenhower still retains authority to reimpose both wage and price controls un til they legally expire on April 30. He could do that in the event of any sudden wild inflationary -repercussions. Decision Brings Applause The President specifically omit ted asking Congress for any stand by authority to clamp down con trols after April 30, howeyer. j The President’s orders, an nounced soon after'he emerged from a two-hour session with his Cabinet, stirred widespread ap plause and some misgivings. ‘ Advocates of a free-market economy hailed the action Vas marking a return to the free en terprise system of supply-versu?- demand. Spokesmen for retailers - foresaw no over-all rise in the cbst of living. Higher Prices Seen On the other side, some offi cials and economists expressed be lief that some, prices . would rise, at a cost of 500 million to a bil lion dollars to American consum ers'in the next three to six months. These officials forecast higher prices for gasoline, cigarettes, beer and bread among dayrto-day items in the-family budget. They noted ' that cigarette manufacturers al ready said publicly they planned to raise prices by 1 to 2 cents a pack as soon as price lids are lifted. Jelke Demands Open Hearing NEW YORK, Feb. 6 . (TP) A General Sessions judge ' today threatened a news blackout of Pat Ward’s lead-off testimony at cafe society’s big vice 'testimony loaded with the names of.playboys who bought h'er love. The threat brought a. storm of protests from newspapers. The de fense. also demanded an ,open hearing. “It’s my constitutional right to have you there —we want you there,” reporters were told by Mlhot Mickey Jelke, Oleomargar ine'heir, on trial for allegedly, re cruiting prostitutes for their in come. ' Miss Ward’s attorney, J. Roland Scala, argued, however, that to expose the shapely red-haired call girl's l testimony to the public would wreck her life at the tender age of 19. ■ Jelke’s trial on charges of com pUlsory prostitution—jumping the stgte.;calls it—and living off the earnings'of- a' prostitute is New York’s most sensational trial in years. . Scraps Wage Curbs; Controls Doomed Dulles Pledges Aid • THE HAGUE, Feb. 6 retary of State Dulles flew to floodrravaged Holland today and immediately . began laying the basis for an extra American aid program to enable this country to pull its oar on the Western Europe’s defense, team. Dulles wants that team to be showing real progress by an April deadline. But a North Sea flood has dam aged the, economy of Holland and Belgium, two members of the pro jected six-nation European army, and created havoc in Britain, which is co-operating with the group. 'Siiuation Terrible' By action of President Eisen hower’s Cabinet in Washington, Dulles and his traveling mate, Mutual Security Director Harold Stassen, already had been made members of a special Cabinet committee to survey the facts and make recommendations for assist ance in the three countries. They flew over part of the flood- /° u ***£ ltiog a Lucky those yon need Jiugtes in this ad. g ' f every one THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ed area enroute from West Ger many. Dulles’ first words on ar rival were that the situation was terrible.' After a 20-minute audience with Queen Juliana at The Hague, the American officials sketched the first outline of aid plans in after- NEW YORK. Feb. 6 (JF) Money p'ouied Holland Flood Relief, Inc., offices at 74 Wall street today "too fast to be counted." Single contributions ranged as high as $15,000. noon conferences with Premier Willem Drees, Foreign Minister Johannes Beyen and Joseph Luns, foreign minister without port folio. Fourth of Nation Flooded Only last month-the Dutch had announced the recovery of such economic strength that they could renounce further direct U.S. eco nomic aid this year. Disaster striking from the North product of am * , -'S3 ' - ‘H gfIHM sg^§gsggsi to Dutch. Sea obviously had drastically al tered that optimistic forecast. A fourth of the nation’s arable lands are flooded by salt water and probably ruined for crop produc tion at least until 1954. Losses to property and crops and the colos sal cost of repairing the country’s torn dike system are estimated by some, authprities at a billion dol lars. Dulles’ first concern obviously was the impact of the flood on European defense planning. The Netherlands is one of the key members of the projected Euro pean army pact, which has en countered a series.of roadblocks on the path to ratification in France and West Germany. Flood Retards Defense Plans Holland’s contribution pledged to NATO defense programs this year and next is roughly, equiva lent to the estimated flood dam age, one billion dollars. The 500 million dollars she pledged to spend this year is about 32 per cent of her national budget. and LUCKIES TASTE BETTERS Cleaner, Fresher, Smoother! Ask yourself this question: Why do I smoke? You know, yourself, you smoke for enjoyment And you get enjoyment only from the taste of a cigarette. Luckies taste better—cleaner, fresher, smoother! , Why? Luckies are made better to taste better. And, what’s more, Luckies are made of fine tobacco. L.S./M.F.T.—Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco. So, for the thing you want most in a.cigarette ... for better taste—for the cleaner, fresher, smoother ' taste of Lucky Strike ... Be Happy-GO LUCKY! * . w hen >Ca , -nside are Hollanders Start Reconstruction As Floods Recede AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6 (S’) — A vast labor force, Dutch and for eign, swung today into the critical third phase of Holland’s battle against North Sea floods, the ap proach to reconstruction. With life saving and evacuation just abo,ut over, the workers con centrated on two main aims. These were strengthening dam aged dikes still holding back mil lions of tons of salt water and burning the rotting carcasses of thousands of. drowned cattle: Prospects of a helping hand from the United States govern ment in reconstruction pleased Holland, which faces a billion dollar damage bill, and two sis ter kingdoms hit by storms and floods, Britain and Belgium. The three-nation death toll mounted to 1941. Belgium counts 23 dead, Britain 546 and Holland 1372. Despite the immensity of the reclamation problems facing the Dutch, Waterways Director Au gust G. Maris said Holland will never yield an inch of her inun dated territory to the sea. The 1800 men of the 39th En gineer Construction Group, sent into Holland from Dettlingen, Germany, are using Bailey bridges as the base for fixing the longer gaps torn in the storm that struck last Saturday. t‘n your mouth* «*{£££&»•'>**' PAGE THREE
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