FRIDAY. JANUARY 15, 1954
(OP Seeks Compromise
On Brfeker Amendment
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (#>) —Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) said to
day Senate GOP leaders will continue to press for a compromise on
conflicting views between President Eisenhower and Sen. Bricker
(R-Ohio) on the issue of Bricker’s proposed amendment to the
Constitution.
The amendment, if approved by
Congress and 'ratified by three
fourths of the States, would curb
the treaty-making powers of the
President.
Commenting on the rift between
Bricker’s views' and those of the
President, Knowland told news
men:
“It is the unanimous judgment
of the entire Republican leader
ship of the Senate that further ef
forts should be made to work out
an area of agreement.”
Differences between Eisenhow
er and Bricker were pointed up
yesterday when the President
commented on aspects of the
Bricker amendment at his news
conference, and a few hours later
Bricker issued a statement saying
“I disagree.”
Among other things, Eisen
hower said he would gladly agree
to go along with Congress in de
claring that any treaty or inter
national agreement contravening
the U.S. Constitution is null and
void.
Sixteen Die
In Explosion
Of Airliner
ROME, Jan. 14 (JP) —A stricken
Philippines Airline nlane, trailing
smoke through a driving rain,
veered from a course toward
crowded apartments and crashed
in a muddy field here today with
a bomb-like explosion.
All 16 aboard, including the
American pilot and co-pilot and
two American passengers, were
killed in the accident —Italy’s sec
ond air- disaster in five days.
Last Sunday a jet Comet of the
British Overseas Airways Corp.
plunged' into the Tyrrhenian sea
off Elba with a loss of 35 lives.
The Philippines liner, a four-en
gine DC6, was only a few minutes
from Rome’s Ciampino airport on
a 'flight from Manila to London
when it wavered and fell.
The force of the blast cut the
plane and the victims into frag
ments, spread ov e r a 200-yard
area. The fuselage dug a 40-foot
pit in the soft clay.
Airline representatives, the Ital
ian Air Ministry and the U.S. Civil
Aeronautics Administration op
ened investigations immediately
to' determine the cause of the
crash.
. Veteran pilots said the weather
could not have caused it. Though
it was raining, the 'ceiling was
high.'
West Germans Vote
To Hurry Armament
BONN, Germany, Jan. 14 (JP) The West German Bundestag
moved today to change the constitution to speed German rearma
ment inside a European army.
With the solid backing of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s four
coalition parties, the house gave initial approval to constitutional
Big 4 May Meet
On Schedule
Berlin; ja-.i. 14 (jp)— Allied
officials here and abroad chorused
confidence today that the Big
Four foreign minister’s .parley
will open on schedule Jan. 25 de
spite the deadlock with Russia on
a meeting place.
West German officials were less
optimistic and the official Moscow
press was too busy rejecting in
advance Western proposals slated
to come up at the conference to
dwell on the location wrangle.
The American, French and Brit
ish representatives broke off
week-long talks with the Rus
sians early this morning and re
ferred the location dispute to their
governments.
At the West German capital of
Bonn the breakdown caused
gloom, and some German political
circles predicted the conference
will have to be postponed until
the quarrel is settled.
An American official here—
possibly explaining the reason for
Western confidence—said “neither
side is going to let the conference
die.”
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But the President said he would
never agree to retufn to the sys
tem in effect before the Consti
tution was adopted when each of
the states had the right to re
pudiate a treaty.
Mental Patient Shot
HARRISBURG, Jan. 14 (JP) —A
mental patient who escaped 'from
the Harrisburg State Hospital just
across the road was shot and
wounded early today when he was
found rifling automobiles at the
Pennsylvania State Farm Show.
The man, identified as Melvin
Gehrman, 28, was grabbed by
two farm show exhibitors after a
chase on the grounds of the huge
agricultural, exposition.
amendments authorizing creation
of an armed force.
• The coalition parties believe
these amendments, when finally
approved, will head off a Su
preme Court ruling which could
delay German participation in the
proposed six-nation European ar
my.
The Socialists, who oppose re
armament, have appealed to the
Supreme Court to rule that West
German' rearmament would vio
late the constitution.
Adenauer and the coalition par
ties contend that the government
already has the right to rearm
for defense, even though the 1949
constitution does not specifically
mention armed forces.
Ike Asks increase
Of Security Benefits
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (/P) —
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
urged- Congress today to boost so
cial security benefits quickly for
America’s older citizens and give
10 million more people protection
from “the fear ... of destitution.”
Eisenhower also asked that the
amount of income taxed for pen
sion purposes be raised from
$3600 to, $4200.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
1 4-lnch Snowfall
On. State Brings
Police Warnings
A fast-moving storm dumped
up to four inches of wet snow in
Pennsylvania and . forecasts of
freezing rain last night brought
urgent warnings from police for
motorists-to keep off roads if pos
sible.
The snow swept into the Key
stone State from the west and
southwest. It moved eastward
quickly. Most of the western area
reported 3-4 inches by nightfall.
About the same amount was pre
dicted for the rest of the state.
A warming trend threatened to
turn the snow to freezing rain
and bring extremely hazardous
driving conditions.
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A CAMPUS-TO-CAREER CASE HISTORY
“During the spring of ’s2—my last year
at the University of Maryland—l was in
terviewed by a number of companies. I
was about to get my B.S. degree in
accounting.
“It seemed to me that there was a great
deal to be learned from the way I was
interviewed. Bell System interviewers
took their time about job offers. They
didn’t rush me or themselves.
“I had two talks with the Bell inter
viewers and then was invited to meet and
talk with department heads. Not only
did they get a chance to look me over,
but I also had an opportunity to get a
closer look at their operation. I figured
if the Bell System was that careful in se
lecting its men, it is careful in other
things. The interview was the tip-off.
“That’s why I’m working here in Wash
ington, D. C., for one of the Bell Com-
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
No Renewed
Seen in Red
WASHINGT'ON, Jan: 14 UP) —The Army’s chief of staff reported
today that although the Communists have expanded their airbases
in North Korea the Pentagon sees no signs that they intend to renew
hostilities.
If there are any menacing changes in the situation, Gen. Mat-
thew B. Ridgway told the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, the
decision to withdraw two Ameri
can divisions from Korea will be
“at once reviewed.”
Ridgway and Secretary of the
Army Stevens appeared before the
senators to urge ratification of a
mutual security pact with South
Korea. They said South Korea is
an essential bastion for United
States security in the Pacific.
panies—The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company. My first job—after
general training—was supervising a bill
ing unit with 20 employees.
“Since then I have assisted on internal
audits in all departments. I’ve helped with
special studies for management and have
become better acquainted with operations
of the entire company. Now I’m working
on the general books as an accounting
supervisor.
“That Bell System interview has cer
tainly meant a lot to me.”
Ed Burtner is moving forward. His experi
ence is typical of the engineering, physical
science, arts and social science, and business
administration graduates who join the Bell
System. He went with an operating telephone
company. There also are opportunities with
the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western
Electric and Sandia Corporation,
Hostilities
Buildup
On the state of the truce, Ridg
way reported:
“All the evidence we have to
day is that the Communists lack
the intention in the near future to
exercise the very definite offen
sive capability they have.”
Ridgway formerly commanded
the, Bth Army in Korea and later
was supreme commander of the
United States and United Nations
forces in the Far East.
Ed Burtnei!, ’52, -watched the
way job interviews were
conducted before choosing
his job. Let him tell you
how it worked out.
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