WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953 Cold War Prevents Budget Cut—Dulles Educator Appointed 'Voice' Head PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 OP)— Dr. Robert L. Johnson said to night he is taking over immediate command' of the State Depart ment’s International Information Administration, including the Voice of. America. 5B-year-old president of Temple University said his deci sion resulted from talk's with Sec retary of State Dulles and Pres ident Eisenhower. Earlier, John son had announced he would take the job on a strictly temporary basis. Earlier, the chief of the broad casting division of the Voice of America, a big and controversial part of the lIA program, was sus pended on the ground that he had disregarded an order against use of material from Communist and fellow-traveler writers. Johnson, for several years head of the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report, a private . group backing the government reorgani zation proposals advanced by a commission headed by former President Herbert Hoover, him self first disclosed that he had taken an lIA post for a study term. The suspended Voice official is Alfred ,H. Morton, .chief of the International Broadcasting Ser vice,- at New York. Assistant Secretary of State Carl McCardle said Morton had circulated a* memorandum ex pressing disagreement with, the order against use of material from Communist sources. The order was made last Thursday. Chesterman Idea OK Fine PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 (JP)— Gov.'John S. Fine said tonight Pennsylvania can expect “brighter horizons” as a result of Chester man committee recommendations for $lOO million in state govern ment economies. ' , “Economizing in the conduct of government is perhaps the great est problem which confronts pub lic administrators today,” he said. “Of course, you can go just so far in any economy program and then you must stop.” Otherwise, he added, “irreparable harm to services” can result. “We look for brighter horizons resulting from the report of the Chesterman Committee which has made so many worthwhile recom mendations for streamlining our state government and economiz ing in our expenditures,” he! said. Former Wisconsin Senator Shoots Self WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (JP)— Former Sen. Robert M. LaFollette Jr., member of a famous Wiscon sin political dynasty, shot himself to death in his. home here today. The former senator’s body was found -in his bathroom about" 12:30 p.m., by his wife, Mrs. Ra chel. Young LaFollette. He; h'ad been shot through. the head and there was a .22 caliber, pistol clutched in his right hand. A sleeping, person changes his position from 20 to 65 times in the course of a night. PARTY REFRESHMENTS COOKIES: - SANDWICHES EXCELLENT FRUIT PUNCH You May Rent My Punch Bowl -3 ridu Stern 122 E. IRVIN AVE. Phone 4818 j THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 of State Dulles reportedly told Congress today that world tensions Will bar any drastic cutbacks in this country’s jmultibillion-dbllar defense and foreign aid spending. „ Testifying at a closed-door session of the Senate ; Bahking Committee, Dulles was quoted as sayixjg he hopes the inter national situation will not require even bigger government spending in the next 12 months. New Controls Bill Dulles reportedly told Congress that world tensions will bar any deep cuts in this country’s multi billion-dollar defense and foreign aid spending. Budget Director Joseph' Dodge also reportedly tes tified it is questionable whether the federal budget can be bal anced in fiscal 1954, beginning July 1. • Chairman Capehart (R-Ind.) said he will introduce a biU to morrow authorizing the President to impose a 90-day freeze on prices, wages, and rents in an emergency. Capehart informed newsmen later that Dulles said the global picture is “about the same as a year ago—no better and no worse.” Grim Outlook Capehart said Dulles told the committee, “Pressure from Rus sia is as great as it ever has been and is expected to continue.” - Committee members said that in general Dulles sketched a grim long range outlook in the cold war with Soviet Russia, reflect ing much the same atmosphere that prevailed at a 1 White House briefing of congressional leaders last Thursday. Several senators said they pressed Dulles about the possi bility of slashing new expendi tures in foreign aid from $7 bil lion to half that amount, or at least down to $5 billion. Dulles refused to give any es timates on the subject, they said, explaining that spending plans of the new administration will not be formulated until-April. Dulles’ reported testimony once more underscored the belief l of top administration officials that while no sudden crisis is expected, it would he dangerous to cut taxes or make deep slashes in defense expenditures at this time. Under the proposed' budget submitted by former President Truman, more than $46 billion of the total $78.6 billion would go for defense spending. Hopes for lower taxes and a balanced bud get' rested largely on trimming military and foreign aid outlays. 'Restore 1 Tidelands To States McKay WASHINGTON, Feb: 24 (A 3 ) — Secretary of the Interior McKay urged Congress today to “restore” to the coastal states title to the disputed submerged off-s ho r e lands. McKay also recommended that Congress nail down the -federal government’s claim to the much larger area of oil-rich marginal seas that extends from the state claimed area out to the edge of the continental shelf—up to 1,75 miles in some places.. - McKay made his recommenda tions in testimony before the Sen ate Interior Committee, now con ducting hearings on bills dealing with ownership of the submerged lands. His suggestions were in line with campaign statements by President Eisenhower last year to the effect that he would approve ■claims of the states to submerged lands within their historic bound aries. John F. Dulles Testifies on Hill Press Admitted to Jelke Trial; Judge in Outburst NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (/P)—Mi not (Mickey) Jelke’s vice trial was thrown open today, just in time for the public to hear an an gry outburst by the trial judge. General Sessions Judge Francis L. Valente accused the defense of stalling and groping for witness es. He .oared at defense lawyer Sam Segal, “I’m not going to keep this jury waiting while you peo ple prepare your case.” Valente, who blocked out the state’s testimony in the lurid cafe society procuring case, threaten ed to cut off further defense testi mony completely. When Segal made a motion for a mistrial be cause. of the argument, Valente snapped at him, “You can make a motion. You can make another six motions. They’re denied.” The uproar was sparked by Se gal’s failure to have on hand as witnesses Nick Condos and Grace Appel. He said they ignored sub- IMPORTANT NOTICE Due to the great interest in the Hughes Cooperative Plan for Master of Science Degrees, time limit for filing applications has been extended. Eligible are June, 1953, college graduates and members of the armed services being hpnorably discharged prior to September, 1953, holding degrees in ELECTRICAL ENGI NEERING, PHYSICS, MECHANICAL ENGINEER ING. Those chosen will obtain Master of Science Degrees while employed in industry and performing important military work. Write immediately for application form to m COMMITTEE FOR GRADUATE STUDY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES Culver City, Los Angeles County, California House Gives Fund For School Probe Six Countries Support Proposed ' Customs Union ROME, Feb. 24 (iP)—Holland’s plan to knock down West Eu rope’s tariff walls took its first steps forward today, but the broader program for a joint Euro pean army encountered heavier going. Foreign ministers of the six countries involved expressed un animous approval of the “general principle” of The Netherlands’ proposal for • a customs union which would create a common West European market in about five years. Foreign Minister Paul Vanzee land of Belgium, chairman of the two-day conference, said after the first-day’s closed meetings: - “All six foreign ministers ex pressed themselves enthusiasti cally in favor of the general, idea of the plan.” He said it would be impossible to work out all, details of the scheme here. He added the min isters probably would recommend that a special committee be set up to clarify “how to fit the principle of the .plan into hard economic realities.” poenas because of the spicy na ture of x the case. Condos is the husband of com edienne Martha Raye, whose New York apartment was the scene of call girl Pat Ward’s suicide at tempt last year. - The Appel- woman was said to be a friend of Miss Ward. Miss Ward was pictured by the defense -today as a schoolgirl tramp long , before she crashed cafe society as a high-priced call girl. . Jelke, 23-year-old heir to an oleomargarine fortune, is being tried on charges of inducing the copper-haired teen-ager into $5O to $lOO a’ night prostitution and collecting $lO,OOO to $15,000 of her earnings. However, the defense opened fire with Pat’s records as a 16- year-old high school girl. They portrayed her as an indifferent student with a chronic yen for running around all hours of the night with “bad company.” HUGHES PAGE THREE WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (/P)— The House wrangled hotly today over a prospective hunt for Com munism in schools,- then handed its un-American activities com mittee a hefty $300,000 for this and other investigations. In the end, the vote was an overwhelming 315 to two to set up the big expense fund for the next two years. The commnu-a will start tomor row a hearing on Communism in education—its first public hearing since the new Congress came in. Over in the Senate, where the internal security subcommittee al ready is digging for Reds in col leges , and schools, a professor once groomed for Communist par ty membership testified he per sonally kno w s of . Communist activities in the faculties at Co lumbia University and Queens College in New York City. Dr. William Withers, professor of economics and contemporary civilization at Queens and former ly a professor at Columbia, said Communist teachers -do their worst damage outside the class rooms and actually ruin the lives of young Americans. He-said he could name 20 or 30 who have been ruined and two who are under the care of psychiatrists. Withers said he first ran into Reds in education in 1934 or 1935 when he was teaching at New College, a teacher training insti tution now part of Columbia. He himself was not unsympathetic to Communism at the time, he said, adding that he was invited to join the party and was groomed for membership but never went in. While the lawmakers pressed on with the studies, Methodist Bish-. op G. Bromley Oxnam tore into the methods he said committees are using. Describing the practice as “in credible,” Oxnam said “anyone can send any kind of lie” to the un-American activities committee, whereupon it becomes part of the committee files. sfat