SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9; 1954 Opposition Feared PARIS, Oct. 8 (JP)—A growing drive to' prevent the rebirth of‘ a German general staff threatened Premier Pierre Mendes-France with an,all out fight today to win National Assembly approval of German rearmament'. ' i , The assembly' move- to attach “conditions”’to the London agree ments is directly counter'to Men des-France’s expressed hopes for a free and stronger hand in forth coming negotiations.' Several factions, spearheaded by Pierre-Henri Teitgen, leader of the Popular. Republicans (MRP), supported motions which in effect Would put restrictions on the gen eral staff, in any plan for West German rearmament. .... Germans to Join NATO . The London agreements, which Mendes-France is asking the as sembly to approve, would permit West German rearmament as part of a.'revived Brussels Treaty and would give' the Germans full membership in the,North Atlan tic Treaty Organization. These ac cords'were, drafted as a substitute for. , the European Army plan (EDC) which the French Parlia ment rejected. Under l these new proposals, the Germans would have their 'own national army and general staff which would become part of an Allied command. Under EDC, the Germans would have been enlist ed into an international European Army. Opposes 'Conditions' The Premier was described as resolutely opposed to tying ,any condition to the negotiations he will conduct later this month when the details of the, London agreements are to be filled- in by tne ministers. The time of the vote appeared to depend on whether Mendes- France would find it necessary to make his policy an issue of confi dence. If so, then balloting could not begin until Monday. If not,' it might happen late tonight or sometime tomorrow. State Court Calßs Senatorial Election CARSON CITY, Nev.; Oct. 8(/P) •—An election Nov. 2 to fill the unexpired term of the late Dem ocratic Sen. Pat McCarran was ordered today by the Nevada Su preme Court. The unanimous de cision by the three-judge court was a victory, for the Democrats. The Republicans, reportedly 'with White House backing, had sought to prevent the vote. Democrats charged the Republi cans were trying tc keep the yot ers from exercising their fran chise. The Democratic charge has become the major November cam paign issue in Nevada, where the Democrats hold a 3-2. edge in,' reg istration. Leader Attacks GO P Administration Record ERIE, Pa., Oct. 8 (£>) Sen. George M. Leader, Democratic gu bernatorial choice* said tonight that his Republican opponent, ,Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood, has been a part of the “atrocious record” of the Fine administration. - • “That’s why'-he (Wood) never refers to it by narrie,” said Leader at a Democratic rally. Leader said .Wood' is suffering from “political pipedreams” when he said a Democratic victory •would bankrupt Pennsylvania. “Mr. Wood may not know it but Pennsylvania is virtually bank rupt now,” said Leader. “Just a few days ago the state govern ment had to -borrow $9O million in tax anticipation notes. This clearly supports the Democratic charge that there, has been appal ling mismanagement under Re publican rule.” The Democratic candidate said Peiinsylvania has the largest debt of any state in the union and add ed:"' v , “Nobody knows where the tax 'lke Makes Appectt For GOP Congress DENVER, Oct. 8 (JP) —President Eisenhower, making a. spirited appeal' for a Republican Congress, told the nation tonight that, poli tics will run riot in Washington if the Democrats' win control of the legislative branch in the November elections. , In a nationwide television-radio address, the President cautioned against what he termed the dangers of a politically divided govern ment, with the White House Re publican and Congress run by the Democrats, “You know perfectly well that you just can’t have one car with two drivers at the steering wheel and expect to end up any place but in the ditch—especially when the drivers are set on going in different directions,” Eisenhower declared in a speech prepared for delivered before a big political rally in the 6000-seat Denver Mu nicipal Auditorium. The President said “a cold war of partisan politics between the Congress and - the executive branch” would block achievement of the goals which he said he' feels can be attained through con tinued Republican control of Con gress. The party’s congressional lead ers arrived in Denver during the day to take their place with Eis enhower on the speakers’ stand tonight. Publicly they expressed confi dence the party will continue to sit in the congressional drivers’ seat after the November elections, but privately some of them spoke of concern about the outcome. Eisenhower’s TV-radio address was . directed largely to party workers and • recruits marking “Precinct Workers Day” at an es timated 26,500 rallies from coast to coast. The White House esti mated that 1,250,000 persons at those rallies were tuned in to the broadcasts from Denver. Cornett Tomato May Aid Politics ITHACA,,N.Y., Oct. 8 OR)—At tention tomato throwers and poli ticians: The New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University today announced that its scientists were working to develop a firm er, less juicy tomato. The college said the vegetable might be a boon, to commercial growers and home gardeners “and perhaps ev en to politicians.” - . The announcement came too late"' for four boys in Watertown, who tossed tomatoes at Sen. Irv ing M. Ives, the Republican can didate for governor, last Tuesday night. The boys since have apolo gized. T. ) . dollars have gone. -We have had government by secrecy and con nivance. There is no public confi dence anymore in the governor’s misleading financial statements.” , Leader then called for “an end to government by favoritism, gov ernment by chance and govern ment by default.” Sen. Joseph J. Y)—Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind.) said today, that “pressure” has been put on him not to investigate $60,000 in fees he said were 'paid to ,two Washington men for help in getting government-insured loans- on housing projects. “It makes me very suspicious of this whole thing,” the senator said.'“They can’t put pressure on me and they might as well know it.” Capehart is chairman of the Senate banking committee, which is concluding a six-month inves tigation of federal housing prac tices. The inquiry has resulted in a shakeup of the Federal Housing Administration and several crimi nal cases have developed from it. 'Capehart skid the pressure had. been exerted /in telephone calls within the last 24 hours, but he did not go into any details. 12 Firms Paid Instead he < began digging into the. question of the fees, which ne reported were paid by a dozen different firms to Richard Mc- Cormack and Marshall Diggs. McCormack was to have testi fied today, but he was reported to be suffering from high blood pressure and nervousness and was too ill to take the-stand. Diggs Testifies Diggs,. identifying himself as a lawyer, testified that McCormack had brought him 12 clients inter ested in defense, housing projects under the Wherry Act. Each of these clients paid him a $5OOO fee, he said, adding that pne was returned entirely but that he paid McCormack 50 per cent of the others, or a total of $27,500. In no case, the witness insisted, did the FHA. issue a mortgage commitment for his 11 clients/ Diggs said he did not know what McCormack told the clients. Pittsburgh Settlement PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (A>)—Lo cal 249 of the AFL General Team sters—key union in the 11-month strike against five department stores—today agreed to submit a proposed settlement of the strike to its members next week. A Bird in Hand . .. MIAMI, Fla., Oct; 4 “Did you get his license number?” pol ice asked Gregory A. Commes to day after his car was struck by a hit-run vehicle. “I sure did,” replied Commes. “I grabbed it as he drove away.” He handed officers a complete license plate. They are investigat ing. KICK OFF The Homecoming Weekend by seeing the Penn State Thespia < "FUNNY SIDE UP' ... a musical revue featuring songs, comedy, dancing, girls. WHERE? —at Schwab Auditorium WHEN? —Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October 14, 15, 16,, 8 p.m. HOW MUCH? —Thursday, $1.00: Friday and Saturday, $1.25 Alumni Tickets on sale at Student Union, Old Main, beginning Monday, October 11, at 1:30 p.m. Power Plan Sidelined Until Nov. 2 WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (A>) The administration’s plan for the atomic energy commission to con tract for private power in the TVA area was. sidetracked again today, until after the Nov. 2 elec tions. This is the second controversy which has now been laid aside until the campaigns are over, the other one being the questions of whether the Senate shall censure Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis). The Senate-House atomic ener gy committee had set a tentative Oct. 13 date for beginning hear ings on the proposed AEC con tract, with'the Dixon-Yates utility group. Nov. 4 is now the sug gested ; date. However, Sen. Bourke B. Hic kenlooper (R-Iowa), who will preside, said only two or three of the 18 committeemen could be here Wednesday and it was de cided to wait until there was a majority on hand. Hickenlooper and Rep. W. Sterl ing Cole (R-NY), regular chair man of the committee, sent a telegram to members asking if they preferred postponing the hearings until Nov. 4. W. Va. Frosh Held On Extortion Charge PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (iP)—Fred Hallford, special agent in charge of the FBI here, said Joseph Mc- Cort, 25, was arrested at his Mor gantown, W. Va., home today, charged with a $3lOO bank short age. Hallford said McCort admitted taking $3621 by withholding pay ments received for deposits at the First National Bank, Point Mar ion, Pa. The FBI agent said McCort told federal investigators he returned $521 to the bank, lie was a teller at the bank from Aug. 1, 1953 to last Aug. 25, when he was dis charged, Hallford said. , Coal'Confab Planned HARRISBURG, Oct. 8 (/P) — Twenty seven coal industry lead ers will meet with Gov. John S. Fine here next Wednesday to start a study of Pennsylvania’s ailing coal economy. Fine already heads a committee of governors which is attacking the problem on a national basis. Homecoming Weekend PAGE T'-.rv-~.