WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1954
Ike Requests Cut
In Military Budget
WASHINGTON, Jan 5. (JP)—President Dwight Eisenhower has invited four members
of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to sit down with administration offi
cials in an unprecendented move to shape a reduced military budget.
For perhaps the first time in history, the chairmen of the two full committees and•the
chairmen of subcommittees concerned with armed services funds will have a hand in help
ing decide on the President's recommendations before he sends them to Congress.
498 Missing
In Korea
Listed Dead
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (IP)
The long period of waiting passed
with still no word, and,the Army
today announced as "presumed
dead" the names of 498 men who
have been missing for more than
a year in Korea.
For relatives, the notification
they received in the last several
days may have brought one final
heart twinge. But it could only
make final the growing feeling
they must have had that hope
now must be abandoned for the
husband, or son, or brother from
whom they had heard nothing for
so long.
The Army told them it could not
say when, or
.how, the men died,
but "in view of the lapse 'of time
without information to support 'a
continued presumption of sur
vival" it has listed the men dead
as of Dec. 31, 1953.
Yearning to Grab
Bags of Money
Called Normal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (AP)
Don't be alarmed if, whenever
you see a large stack of money,
you have a sudden yearning to
grab it and take it with you.
And don't be surprised if, when
ever someone else does grab it
and take it with him, you may
have, in spite of your better train
ing, a tiny feeling of admiration.
Dr. Winfred Overholser, super-.
intendent of St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital and a famed psychiatrist,
explains it this way:
"The acquisitive instinct seems
to be fundamental in human na
ture. You know what the Bible
says, that money is the root of all
evil.
"I think you have the same
feeling when you pass a bakery
with all those nice smells. For a
moment it's hard to resist the
impulse to grab a loaf and start
eating. Of course, nearly everyone
does resist.
"We have to have a certain
amount of control of our acquisi:
tive instincts, even though they're
the basis of what we call getting
on in the world."
Does anyone, ever lose control
and grab the money impulsively?
"Occasionally a man who has led
a life of probity suddenly gives in
and commits a criminal act.
Reward is Raised
For Mine Vandals
PHILIPSBURG, Pa., Jan. 5 (!P)
—An additional $5OOO reward was
offered today for the apprehen
sion of those responsible for re
cent dynamitings at strip mining
operations in the state.
The reward, posted by the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Pit Mining As
sociation brings to $15,000 the
amount offered. Bradford Coal Co.
of Bigler and the Howard Coal
Co. of Philipsburg put up $lO,-
000 after their coal tipples in
Clearfield County were damaged
extensively by dynamite blasts
Dec. 14. Damage was estimated
at $50,000. ,
'Juno' Tickets on Sale
Tickets for Players' "Juno and
the Paycock," at Centre Stage
this weekend, are on sale at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
for $l. Performances will be given
at, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at
the •arena theater, Hamilton av
enue west of S. Allen street.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
I Sens. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.)
and Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.)
l and Reps. John Taber (R-N.Y.)
and Richard Wigglesworth (R-
Mass.) have been asked by the
President to go over the proposed
"new look" military, program with
top administration officials be
fore it is incorporated in Eisen
hower's Jan. 21 budget message.
'They will sit down, possibly
late this week or early next week,
with Budget Director Joseph M.
Dodge, Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson, Deputy Secre
tary Roger M. Kyes and Adm.
Arthur Radford, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Bridges and Taber, who head
the Senate and. House Appropria
tions Committees, both are on
record for balancing the so-called
cash budget in the fiscal year be
ginning next July 1.
This would mean that spending
would be brought into line with
the Treasury's cash income—in
cluding about $3 billion collected
for various trust funds and not
I listed as revenue on its book
keeping budget. The latter bud
get' still would be three billion in
the red.
Eisenhower has been represen
ted as being determined to attain
this goal and members of Con
gress said this would mean sub
stantial cuts in the $42 billion
level of military spending in the
current year.
Eisenhower is said to have
stressed, in discussions with Re
publican congressional leaders, a
changed' military concept which
would put greater emphasis on
new weapons and expanded air
power and less on manpower.
Miss Monroe
Still in. Frisco
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5 (JP)—Mo
vieland's mystery of the moment
—where's Marilyn Monroe?
—brought this flat statement to
day from her renresentatiye:
She's still in San Francisco.
He said he talked with her by
telephone today.
Presumably she's staying with
the family of her friend, Joe Di-
Maggio, former heavy-hitting cen
ter fielder for the New York Yan
kees.
In San Francisco, DiMaggio told
a reporter that he and Marilyn
have not been married and he
added:
"We're neither confirming nor
denying our marriage in the fu
ture. But if it occurs I'll issue a
statement for everybody."
Former Red Gives
Data to Senators
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (2?)---Two
senators said today they got
names an d other information
from Igor Gouzenko during, a sec
ret five hour interview with the
former Russian code clerk.
"What are you going to do with
it?" Sen. William E. Jenner (R.-
Ind.) was asked of Gouzenko's
data.
"Use it for the internal protec
tion of the United States," Jen
ner replied.
Gouzenko helped smash a Sov
iet spy ring in Canada in 1945 af
ter he had deserted the Russian
Embassy in Ottawa. Jenner inter
viewed him in hopes, he might
furnish leads on American spies.,
With Sen. Pat McCarran (D.-
Nev.), Jenner went to Canada to
question Gouzenko on behalf of
his Senate Internal Security sub
committee. The two senators talk
ed to reporters in New York dur
ing a stopover on their return trip
by train to Washington.
Sad Father
Helps Solve
gold Theft
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (?P)—An
anguished father set police on
the trail of his daughter and her
husband today—and within hours
the Secret Service nabbed the
couple and recovered $128,300 of
the $160,000 whiked from the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing under the noses of armed
guards.
Held as the' chief figure in the
bold, unprecedented New Year's
Eve theft was a long-trusted bu
reau employe, James Rufus Lan
dis, 29, a Negro.
His pretty bobby soxed wife
Mamie, 2G, whom he married
when she was 14, also was charged
with currency theft. A neighbor
who lives in the same apartment
house, William Giles, also a Ne
gro, was picked up later in a
Washington tavern and held as an
accessory.
The baffling disappearance of
the $160,000 in new $2 bills from
the heavily guarded c ur r e n c y
printing plant was solved through
a heart-rending 5 a.m. telephone
call from a Fauguier County, Va.,
farm where Mamie Landis' fath
er, Irving Grant, is a servant.
His story, blurted out to Vir
ginia State Trooper S. S. Sacrist,
was stark and simple: he had "a
big pile of Treasury money" in
his tenant house. And he was
"scared to death."
Jet Crash Search
Still Unsuccessful
HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 5 (W)—
Although two new oil slicks have
been sighted in the area of a jet
crash Monday, neither the tran
sient pilot nor the wreckage of his
FB6 Sabrejet were located today,
Langley Air Force Base authori
ties reported.
First Lt. Charles R. Raugh, 24,
an Air Force pilot en route from
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome,
N.Y., to Florida, stopped at Lang
ley to refuel. He took off at 6:30
last night and crashed approxi
mately four miles northeast of
the base.
Jenner told reporters
"Names were mentioned, but
under our agreement we cannot
discuss it."
The Canadian government, in
granting permission for the inter
view, stipulated it alone would
decide what, if any, information
furnished by Gouzenko could be
made public.
Jenner said he wants to study
the transcript of the Gouzenko
hearing and then probably Will
make a formal request to the
Canadian government to release
all or part of the information.
For the present, however, he
added:
"We entered an agreement and
.we must abide by the ground
rules. A great deal of good was
accomplished."
The senator said of Gouzenko:
"Mr. Gouzenko has a very good
mind and •appeared in good spir
its."
President Seeks
Two-Party Backing
WASHINGTON, Jan. , 5 (./P)—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
gave Democratic congressional
leaders a preview , of his foreign
and defense programs today in a
bid for two-party backing on
these key issues in the new legis
lative session opening tomorrow.
The Democrats left the White
House with polite pleasantries and
a dozen different ways of saying
"no comment."
Eisenhower sketched over for
them only the parts of his State
of the Union message on foreign
policy, foreign aid and national
security. All these are fields in
which there has been sizable em
phasis on a bipartisan approach
in the past.
The Democrats got no look at
presidential plans for handling
such potentially explosive domes
tic problems as taxes, social se
curity, budget balancing, farm and
labor questions, Hawaiian state
hood, and a proposal to limit
treaty making powers.
In a Congress with almost even
voting power between the two
major parties, Eisenhower is go
ing to need some Democratic help
on those programs, too.
Eisenhower will outline his pro
gram publicly, in general terms,
at least, when he personally de
livers his State of the Union mes
sage to Congress Thursday. Many
of the details will be left to later
messages on specific parts of the
program.
Area May Have
Snowfall Tonight
Although more snow in the
State College area is a possibility
for tonight it is not a definite
prediction, a Meteorology depart
ment spokesman said yesterday.
Skies will be cloudy throughout
the day, he said.
The department estimated yes
terday's snowfall at two to three
inches.
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Meeting Asked
To Fix Confab
Of Ministers
BERLIN, Jan. 5 (?P)—The west
ern allies proposed to day that
Big Four representatives meet
Thursday to fix a site and other
details for the impending foreign
ministers' conference in this So
viet-encircled city.
The United States, British and
French high commissioners dis
patched a note to Soviet High
Commissioner Vladimir S. Sem
yenov asking that Russia name a
man to confer with their Berlin
commandants on the technical ar
rangements.
They suggested some specific
place to Semyenoy for the "little
Big Four" session, but did not an
nounce their choice publicly. Al
lied spokesmen refused to name
the place.
Union Chiefs Fail
To Oust Wage Tax
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 (JP)—Un
ion leaders got a flat "No" today
from Mayor David L. Lawrence
and city council to reject the pro
posed wage tax.
Representatives of the CIO,
AFL, United Mine Workers and
the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen met with the city ad
ministration for 4 1 / 2 hours.
The union delegation proposed
a four-point program of its own
to cope with the city's financial
crisis.
Besides the millage increase of
5 mills on land and 2 3 / 2 on build
ings, union leaders proposed:
Transfer of the city Health De
partment, the zoo and aviary and
the Carnegie and the North Side
Libraries to the county..
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