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State Tax Situation
Discussed by Stout
Extension of the Pennsylvania consumer sales tax will
be necessary unless there is state financial reorganization or
equally production secondary tax sources can be found, Ran
dall H. Stout, professor of economics, said Monday night.
In discussing the state’s fiscal situation before the Inter
collegiate Conference on Government, Stout outlined three
Concert Series
Set to Open
On Nov. 22
Five concerts have been sched
uled for this year’s Community
Concert series, Henry S. Brunner,
president of the State College
Community Concert Association,
said yesterday.
The series will open Nov. 22
with Tossy Spivakovsky, violin
ist. Carol Smith, contralto, will ap
pear Jan. 12.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Or
chestra, which was booked nearly
a year ago, has been scheduled
for Feb. 7. William Steinberg is
musical director and conductor of
the orchestra.
Vitya Vronsky and Victor Ba
bin, piano-team, will perform
March 17. The final concert, on
April 14, will present Theodor
Uppman, baritone.
The artists were selected by the
local directors of the association
following the close of the annual
membership drive Oct. 9.
Concerts are held in Schwab
Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. The doors
will open at 8 p.m. Admission to
the concerts is by membership
ticket only.
Six Sentenced
In Attack Case
Six Snow Shoe youths held in
connection with the attack on two
special students ta the University
Sept. 6 were sentenced Monday
by Judge Ivan Walker.
Four of the youths pleaded guil
ty and two pleaded to being ac
cessories to the fact. One who
pleaded guilty was sentenced to
one to two years in the Western
Penitentiary and the other three
were sent to the Pennsylvania
Industrial School at Huntingdon.
The two youths who pleaded to
being accessories to the fact were
given suspended sentences and
placed on probation.
The six youths assaulted and
robbed Thomas Leighner and
Robert Roberds. The robbery net
ted $Bl dnd an $BO wrist w^ttch.
Juras Appoints 8
To WD Committees
Eight West Dorm council mem
bers were appointed to commit
tees Thursday by Stanley Juras,
president.
Appointed to the Spring Week
Committee were Edward Erick
son, first semester industrial engi
neering major; Thomas Kessin
ger, first semester arts and letters
major; and William Kelly, first
semester business administration
major.
Other appointments included
Keith Otterbein, first semester
physics major, awards; James An
derson, seventh semester meteor
ology major, social; and Jacob
Shook, first semester chemical en
gineering major, Mother’s Day.
Shadie to Head
Graduate Council
Harry Shadie has been elected
president of Graduate Student
Council. Other new officers are
Karl Webster, vice president;, Ag
nes Doody, secretary; James
Boodley, treasurer; and Ervin
Lentz and Georgia Haliburton,
executive council.
Charles Petrie was named edi
tor of the Graduate Student News
letter. George Oliver, Joan Sa
gan, Robert Berger, and John
Eaton have been appointed to the
publication committee. Clarice
Garret will be social chairman.
Iline Fife, assistant professor of
speech, is the newly appointed
adviser of the council.
By ANN LEH
items which must be considered
in discussing the need for the
sales tax.
“The costs of government have
almost doubled in the past nine
years,” Stout said. In order to do
away with the sales tax, the gen
eral assembly would have to cut
expenses, possibly through some
methods advocated by the Chest
erman report, Stout said.
“Recommendations included in
the Chesterman report could cut
government costs by $lOO over a
six-year period,” he said.
Outlines Second Point;
The second consideration Stout
noted is “outside economic fac
tors” such as the general price
level in the state. These factors
have' direct bearing on the
amounts of revenue the state can
collect from other sources.
State income sources, other than
the sales tax, include direct and
indirect individual taxation, high
way taxes, and business and prop
erty taxes. Each of these has a
direct relation to the state’s over
all economic picture.
Reallocation Discussed
“Reallocation of certain govern
ment functions and costs .which
would make the local governments
pay more” was the third point
Stout discussed.
At present, a large portion of the
state’s budget is returned to local
school boards and other agencies.
If these grants were reduced and
the local governing units forced
to pay more of their share, the
state- taxes could be reduced,
Stout said.
In considering other secondary
taxes to replace the sales tax,
Stout reminded the group that
“we must consider if the new in
come will equal sales tax rev
enue.”
He explained that taxes do not
always produce the revenue ex
pected from them. Using the sales
tax as his example, he said it did
not produce as much as antici
pated because of the many ex
emptions, notably food.
Business Tax Cited
A tax on unincorporated local
business was cited as one of the
newest sources of state revenue.
Such a tax is now in effect in
New York, Stout saicj.
While parimutual taxes and
amusement taxes are possible sec
ondary tax revenue sources, Stout
questioned the value of both. He
pointed out that few states are
No Evidence of Disease
Found in Old Main Elm
Bark cultures of the large elm
on the terrace in front of Old
Main show no evidence of Dutch
elm disease, according to Walter
W. Trainer, supervisor of lands
construction and maintenance.
The elm was one of three trees
suspected of having the d’isease.
Cultures of the two other trees—
one on the McAllister Mall near
the Textile Chemistry Building,
and the other at the entrance to
McAllister Mall —are still being
watched, Trainer said.
The trouble with the tree in
front of Old Main is suspected to
be caused by a leak in a gas-line
which runs nearby. Trainer said
the line would be uncovered and
the leak repaired.
L KLINE SHOE
Repair - Syt*g
Opposite Post Office at 113V2 E. Beaver
THE DAftT COLLEGtAN. STSTE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Plans Made
For Addifioms
To Infirmary
Final plans for the two new
wings to be added to the Univer
sity Hospital are being prepared
by the General State Authority
architect, Walter H. Wiegand, di
rector of the physical plant,- said
yesterday.
After the plans are complete,
they will be sent to the GSA for
approval. If they are approved
they will be sent to the state de
partment of property and supply
for further consideration. After
final approval by the GSA, the
University will be notified and
bids will be let, Wiegand said.
Two wings are planned, one on
either side of the present build
ing, with provisions for ambulance
service and space for mainten
ance of the vehicle.
Further information was not
available, pending final approval
of the plans.
Junior Prom
Judges Named
The fifteen juniors who will
choose the five junior prom queen
finalists have been announced.
They are Janet McKee, Roberta
Sankey, Julianne Roess, Peggy
Davis, Nadya Freidl, Michael
Rosenfeld, Earl Seely, Robert Mc-
Millan, John Thalimer, Carl Sap
erstein, Hugh Cline, Vernon
Soiies, James Parmiter, Donald
Shoemaker, and Donald Sweitzer.
The deadline for entry photo
graphs is Oct. 26. All pictures
should be 5 by 7. or 8 by 10 and
should include the contestant’s
name, address, telephone number,
and sponsor.
Any fraternity, sorority, or in
dependent group may sponsor a
junior enrolled in the University
for queen.
Riding Club Meets
Tonight in TUB
The Penn State Riding Club
will meet at 7 tonight in the Tem
porary Union Building. A. group
discussion on horse show judging
will be held.
The club sponsors trail rides
each Sunday, starting from the
University stables at 2 p.m. The
Riding Club will present its sec
ond “little” horse show Nov. 7th.
Students interested in joining
the club may attend tomorrow
night’s
able to derive much income from
the partimutual tax, while, be
cause of the great variety of types
of amusements, the amusement
taxes, are almost exclusively local
tax devices. ,
Dutch elm disease is a fungus
spread chiefly by the elm bark
beetle which burrows under the.
tree bark, causing the leaves to
die and drop off sooner than nor
mal.
Two trees known to be affected
with the disease have already
been removed and burned. One
was a 26-inch elm which stood
off the west comer of Old Main.
The other was a six-inch elm in
the Windcrest area.
Burning the trees which are af
fected is the only cure for the dis
ease, although affected branches
may be pruned out if found in the
early stages.
Trainer said the physical plant
is sure that all the beetles were
exterminated when the tree near
Old Main was removed.
Get Twice the Life
From Yowf Shoes!
Tdfc« th«m to . . .
REPAIR
Bundle Considered
Government Expert
The University will welcome an especially distinguished. states
man to the campus on November 4th when the College of Business
Administration presents Ralph Johnson Bunche in Schwab Audi
torium as. the featured speaker for their Career Day program.
Bunche is an authority on non-self-governing territories. He
was the first negro to hold an
important “desk job" in the State
Department. His appointment in
1948 as chief of the secretariat of
the United Nations Palestine
Commission is regarded as one of
the most important in UN history.
Bunche, the grandson of an
American slave, with American
Indian strains also in his lineage,
was, born on August 7, 1904 in
Detroit, Mich.
Bunphe graduated from night
school in 1922. He then attended
the University of California.where
he first. developed an interest in
the field of race relations.
While attending the University,
Bunche was a star guard on three
championship basketball teams,
played football and baseball, and
was sports editor of the college
yearbook.
• Received PhD
He then turned to Harvard Uni
versity where he received his MA
the following year, after which
he -taught political science at
Howard University in Washing
ton, D.C. for four years. He re
ceived his doctor’s degree in gov
ernment ' from Harvard in 1934.
Cordirector of Race Relations
In the meantime, Bunche served
as co-director of Race Relations
atvSwathmore College and assist
ed in a survey of the Negro in
America for the Carnegie Corpor
ation of New York.
At the outbreak of World War
11, Bunche went to work as sen
ior social, science analyst for the
Office of Coordinator of Informa
tion in Africa and the Far East
section and provided the Joint
Chiefs of Staff with vital infor
mation on colonial people and on
colonial areas where American
forces were stationed.
Up until 1946 Bunche had' filled
various important State Depart
ment positions of great responsi
bility where he acquired distinc
tion in the execution of his office.
Entered UN in 1946
Bunche officially entered the
UN “on loan’' from the State De
partment in May of 1946 when he
joined the UN secretariate as di
rector of the Trusteeship Division,
which he had helped to organize.
And then came the highlight of
his career thus fax, his work on
the Palestine Commission, for
which he was awarded the Nobel
Prize in 1950. The UN special
committee on Palestine recom
mended partition of the country
into Jewish and Arab states.
-Bunche contributed a large part
in drafting the committee’s re
port.
■ Reluctant To Take Position
Bunche reluctantly conceded to
his appointment as secretary of
the Palestine committee, stating
that he would rather remain in a
position where he could work
more directly with trusteeship.
Following the assassination of
mediator Count Bernadotte in
September 1948, Bunche became
his successor as acting mediator.
Chem-Phys Council
The College of Chemistry and
Physics Student Council will meet
at 7 tonight in 105 Osmond.
} Members should attend since
plans will be made for the fall
mixer, Barbara Foss, council pres
ident said.
Business Administration
Freshmen
Sfttdessf Council Self-Nosninafions
will be aeeefHed
In Ream I6S Sparks
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Friiay, od. 22
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. T9S4
By JOANNE WOHLEBER
43 Are Narn&d
To Lion Party
Committees
Gordon Pogai, Lion Party clique
chairman has appointed 43 Stu
dents to clique committees for the
coming campaign.
Committee chairmen are Mal
colm Stark, campaign manager;
June Koziar, women’s campaign
manager; Michael McLaughlin,
men’s campaign manager; Warren
Moyer, fraternity coordinator;
William Snyder, publicity chair
man; Bernard Shapiro, financial
manager; and Milton Linial, mem
bership committee chairman.
Members of Miss Koziar's com
mittee are Elaine Chaitt, Doreen
Hayward, Vanessa Johnson, Bea
trice MacDonald, Judith Sedor,
Emmalyn Schwing, Barbara Will,
and Rebecca Zahm.
On the men’s campaign commit
tee' are Gordon Dunbar, Roscoe
Kauffman, Christopher Keubler,
Edward Long, Charles Rusk,
Thomas Turner, Michael Walker,
and George • Wills.
Members of the town publicity
committee are Neal Abrams, Rich
ard Churner, Claire Ganim, Olga
Kosarowich, Donald Krans, Evan
Maxwell, and Robert Steele.
The campus publicity commit
tee members are Ruth Crestman,
Anna Hoffman, Michael Klein
denst, Gerald Kleinstub, Bernard
Kolanowski, Joseph Rosenfield,
Jacob Shook, and Charles Willard.
William Kelley, Lynn Meyers,
Marilyn Schadt, and Patricia
Schoonmaker are on the member
ship committee.
3 Injured Students
Are Satisfactory
The conditions of the three Uni
versity students injured in an au
tomobile accident at Pine Grove
Mills . early Sunday morning are
satisfactory, the Centre County
Hospital reported last night.
James Dino, first semester busi
ness administration major, under
went an operation yesterday and
is reported in satisfactory condi
t.' in. He was hospitalized for frac
tures of the left leg and right
knee, and cuts on the face.
The other students, Charles Di-
Rocco, third semester student in
the Division of Intermediate Reg
istration, and Raymond Hamak
er, fifth semester electrical engi
neering major, were reported to
be resting comfortably.
Freund Named to Head
Philosophy Department
Ernest H. Freund has been
named acting, head of the Depart
ment of Philosophy ‘for the period
ending June 30, 1955.
Freund, associate professor of
philosophy, will fill the vacancy
created by a leave of absence
granted to John M. Anderson,
professor of philosophy.