TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1954 6926 Dismissed By Government WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (JP) —The Eisenhower administration reported today that 6926 persons have been struck from federal pay rolls' under its security program. Democratic leaders- immediately challenged the report as a “hoax." The'figures, released by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in tlie: midst of a red hot political debate over security risks, showed Russia Gives Slight Ground o*l Demands UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 11 (TP) —Russia’s Andrei Y. Vish insky gave apparent ground today on the long-standing Russian de mand for an immediate ban on atomic" and hydrogen bombs. At the same time he called on the West to match Moscow’s conces sions with similar moves. In a moderately worded, speech to the UN Political Committee, Vishinsky made these key points on disarmament in answer to a barrage of questions from Selwyn Lloyd of Britain, and Jules Moch of France: 1. Instead of beginning a dis armament program with the im mediate and unconditional ban ning of atomic and hydrogen bombs, as Moscow has demanded, Russia is now ready to start the program with reduction of con vention armaments and armed forces of the countries of the world. 2. The prohibition of atomic and hydrogen bombs can comb in a second phase of a comprehensive disarmament program, after the conventional strength has been cut and a control organ has been set up. The ban on the bombs and the start of the work of'the control organ can be simultaneous but this simultaneous period may con ceivably cover a period up to six months. • 3. The control organ, however, must not have the authority to close a plant in any country. The Security Council’; under the UN Charter, has the sole power to take v such steps and the UN can not delegate powers of the charter to a control organ. Natural Gas Industries Shows Rapid Growth ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct. 11 (/P) —The«'nation’s natural gas in dustry, continuing to show “Cin derella growth,” now has 27 mil ion customers;, and $13.5 billion in assests, the president of the Amer ican Gas Association said today. “We have chalked up a string of impressive accomplishments” said Earl H. Eacher. “Sales of gas by utilities and - pipelines ( have set a hew peak and an additional rise of 31.5 per cent over 1953 totals is expected by the end of 1957.” Siamese Twin Dies PARIS (JP) —Nanedge, one of the Siamese, twin girls separated by surgery Thursday in a Paris hos pital, died today. The other baby, Michele, was repotted in good condition. Eat Good Food at REASONABLE PRICES Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner NIGHT SNACKS Beefburger. Cheeseburger 25c Hontehtade Chili 25c Hot Dogs . 20c or 2 for 35c We Make Most Any Kind of Sandwiches to Take Out Open Sunday through Thursday until midnight Friday and Saturday until Campus Hestaubaht 142 E. College Ave. (Oppos?P« Old Main) that 1743 of the persons who were fired or Resigned were suspected of subversive activities or associ ations. This added fuel to the flames. “A desperate new effort to fool the public," said Democratic Na tional Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. “Merely a continuation of the administration’s ‘numbers rack et’,” said Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-SC). Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall said: “This ad ministration is cleaning up in stead of covering up.” , Vice President Richard M. Nix on, campaigning for the reelection of a Republican Congress, has claimed that the administration has removed Commurtists, fellow travelers and security risks from government service “not by the hundreds, but by the thousands.” Democrats have refused to ac cept his figures, and Mitchell has gone so far as to accuse Nixon of telling lies. Today’s civil service tabulation showed that from the time Presi dent Eisenhower’s security pro gram went into effect May 28, 1953, until last June 30, 2611 gov ernment workers were fired out right and 4315 resigned “before determination was completed in cases where the file was known to contain unfavorable informa tion.” There was no breakdown on how many persons in the “sub version” class were fired or how many left government service be fore their cases were adjudicated. Y Stores Submit Peace Offer PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11 (JP) Managers of five department stores—harassed by a 10-month old strike ,of 12 AFL Unions —sub- mitted a new peace offer to the key union today, then retired to await an answer. The offer was submitted to of ficials of Local 249 AFL Teams ters, which touched off the long and costly strike last Nov. 27. Members of the 11 other unions Walked off the job a few days later. Under a time table set up by U.S. mediators, the teamsters’ of ficials have until Wednesday to study the proposal and suggest changes to the Labor otandards Association, which represents the stores. Terms of the offer were not made public. The Teamsters struck after man agement refused to renew a clause in their contract which gave the union the right to decide when truck helpers would be used and when deliveries would be made by parcel post. 2 A.M. THE DAILY CULLKSIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Chicago Suffers Heaviest Rainfall In 69 Years , CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (/P)—Relent less rain beat down again today on Chicago—already staggered by its worst deluge in 69 years. A weekend downpour that mea sured more than half a foot caused damage estimated at $lO million in the city alone. As the three-day rain ap proached the 7-inch mark its crip pling effects spread. Huge industrial plants cur tailed or supended operations and by' nightfall the number of idle had risen to an estimated 25,000. More than 700 persons, most of them in the suburbs, flooded homes. Hundreds of others - were routed in a broader flood area that fanned out from Chicago 80 miles to the west and about the same distance to the east in Illinois and Indiana. But only two deaths were re ported. The victims were Patrick McNiehols, 51, of Chicago, and Leroy Foiles, 70, of DeKalb, 111. Both were x found dead in flooded basements. Transportation was scrambled in Chicago. But late in the day tracks leading into the Union Sta tion from the south were cleared enough to permit the Burlington and Pennsylvania Railroads to move some trains in and out of the terminal. The sun, appeared briefly and faintly in the western sky at 6 p.m. but more rain was forecast. Benson Appoints Two To Agricußtufdi Posts WASHINGTON, Oct. IT (TP) — Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson today appointed Ralph L. Culver of Laceyville as chairman and Edward J. Fleming Sr., of Andalusia as a member of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Stabi lization and Conservation Com mittee. Culver has been a member of the committee since July 19, 1953. RAY'S RANCH 3 f/2' Miles West of State Oeliege On Route 322 © HOMEMADE CHIL! © ASSORTED SANDWICHES e HOMEMADE VEG. SOUP ® PLENTY OF PARKING And Your Favorite Beverages We Clean It Have pick'up and delivery serv ice right- in your dorm \ Send your clothes through the Student Cleaning Agency in your dormitory. What could be simpler? Cleaning Tailoring 1 307 W. Beaver Ph. AD 7-7601 ' / , Senate Group Given Infiltration Material WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (/ P) —Senate investigators reported to day they have received “ a fund of information” on Communis) infiltration of defense plants and educational activities in easterfl Pennsylvania. They said the information came from Herman E. Thomas, wh« previously had told a reporter that ,as a “planted” FBI under cover man he had posed as a Communist for forty years, and worked his way into some of the Communists’ higher echelon coun cils Thomas is to be a witness at public hearings of the Senate In ternal Security Subcommittee Wednesday. He will testify at closed door hearings tomorrow morning. A subcommittee spokesman said Thomas has given informa tion about 25 or 30 men he said he knew as communists and who worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant at Bethlehem. The spokesman said Thomas al so provided information concern ing Communists elsewhere in eastern Pennsylvania and the Le high Valley, some of them in the educational field and some of them in plants holding defense contracts. Thomas had a lengthy briefing session with subcommittee law yers this afternoon as a prelimin ary to. tomorrow’s official appear ance before the subcommittee. Sen. Herman Welker (R-Idaho), serving as a one-man task- force to investigate alleged Communist subversion in defense industries, will preside at- tomorrow’s hear ing and the public session Wednesday. Thomas told a reporter his role of undercover man for the FBI was a secret until he testified in the trial df six alleged Commu nist leaders convicted in federal court in Philadelphia last May of Smith Act violations. The Smith Act is a law aimed at those who advocate the overthrow of the government by force and violence. Death Ruled a Suicide WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. M (/P) —A verdict of suicide was giv en today in the death of a Ne braska airman stationed at Be» ton'Air Force Base near here. The victim, Donald Cross, 22 Creighton* Neb., died of a bulla wound of the head in his parked car in Ricketts Glen State Park Red Rock Mountain. Dr. Roben Heckler, deputy coroner, said th< airman committed suicide son* time last night. 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