WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1954 Ike May Take Political Tour WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (A 1 ) —The White House said twice today that a last minute political tour by President Eisen t hower is under consideration, but that no decision has been reached. / Press Secretary James C. Hagerty repeated that this is still the situation, in the face of speculation that Eisenhower TV, Radio Time Asked By Demos NEW YORK, Oct. 26 ocratic- National Chairman Ste phen Mitchell today demanded equal time from radio and TV' networks in return for recent speeches by President Eisenhow er and Monday night’s televised Cabinet session. Mitchell said the President’s speeches, which were labeled “non-political” contained an “un usual amount of partisan political content” and he described the televised Cabinet session as “a charade for political purposes.” Mitchell asked that the net works give fre'e time for radio- TV coverage of a speech by Ad lai Stevenson, 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, either Thursday or Saturday night. The National Broadcasting Co. later said it had offered Mitchell a half hour at 8:30 p.m. Saturday on television, and a half hour on radio at 10:30 p.m. the same night. The Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem turned down Mitchell’s re quest, saying its policy was “not to provide time to reply to the President .... or members, of his Cabinet, appearing and speaking as such, or reporting to the peo ple on their activities ...” Mitchell made his request for time to, reply to the President’s speeches in telegrams to the presi dents of the networks, His re quest was released in Washing ton. GOP Will Act To Boost Jobs, Says Mitchell WASHINGTON, Oct, 26 (£>)— Secretary of Labor James P. Mit chell said tonight “employment is increasing” nationwide and the Republican administration is de termined to take “any govern ment action necessary” to expand job opportunity and boost living standards. Mitchell, taking to television and radio, in a nationwide address de scribed by the Republican- Na tional Committee as a major oamr paign speech, reiterated what President Eisenhower told the na tion. last night—that 1954 is the “most prosperous peacetime year in our history.” Saying “a lot of politicians” are trying to “scare” the voters “by distorting facts,” Mitchell said in his prepared address: “All over the country employ ment is increasing, new jobs are opening up. . . . We are deter mined to expand employment, and to improve the opportunities and working conditions of those who have jobs.” The Commerce Department re ported meanwhile that joblessness dropped 358,000 in October to the lowest level'of 1954—2,741,000 •while employment remained vir tually unchanged. f HOME DELIVERY PIZZA OVEM hot ... CALL Hr, m S. Pwgii AO 7*2280 will surely make the trip. It would carry him :into key states in an effort to help Re publican candidates in next Tues day’s- elections. The expectation that’ Eisen hower will decide to go was based on ' forenoon _ information from Hagerty that Eisenhower has been asked to make the trip by the party’s national committee and that he “would like” to. But-Hagerty added that Eisen hower “has a lot of work to do here, too.” \ Decision Repealed Late today Hagerty repeated that no decision has been made. Hagerty also disclosed Eisenhower has accepted two speaking dates after the election—to the National Council of Catholic Women at Boston Nov. 8 and at his home town of Abilene, Kan’s., Nov. 11. The' Abilene speech will be in connection with the dedication of a wing of the Eisenhower Foun dation building there. As Hagerty put it, Eisenhower would like to speak to the people of the country and to workers in the political organization of the Republican party to see that everybody gets out and votes on election day. Four Outlined If the trip should materialize, there might be a flight to Detroit on Friday, with stopovers at Louisville, Ky., and Waterloo, lowa, to be followed -by visits on Saturday to Minneapolis, Boston and Wilmington, Del, One report said the President might also go into Ohio. Eisenhower may disclose his de cision at tomorrow’s White House news conference. This will be his first meeting with the press in Washington since Aug. 17, in the waning days of-the 83rd Congress, McCarthy WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (JP)-±- Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy made a “prejudice" charge today against,three members of the spe cial Senate committee which recommended that he be censured for some of his official actions. The Wisconsin senator also ac cused Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-| Utah), committee chairman, of “ducking” requests that he testify before McCarthy’s Senate Investi gations subcommittee. McCarthy made public a letter to Watkins, in which he said: “It is ,now unquestiened that three members of the committee, including yourself, indicated pre judice toward me before you were selected to. act on that committee and failed to tell the vice presi dent of yoqr statement in that re gard before he appointed you to this committee. Queen Mother 8s In U.S. for Visit NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (/P)— Queen Mother Elizabeth of Brit ain arrived today on the huge lin er that bears her name to pay a 25-day' visit and, in her own words, see “as much as I can.” The Queen Mother, will spend nine days in New York and later go to Washington to visit the President and Mrs, Eisenhower. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Tit for Tot .. . Red Delegate's Barb Backfires . UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 26 (/P) —Charles Malik, Lebanon’s philosopher delegate, today turned a barbed quotation direct ed against him by Andrei Y. Vi shinsky right back at the Soviet delegate. Malik is a former professor of philosophy. Vishinsky is a for mer lawyer. Yesterday in a reference to Ma 1 i k’s background, Vishinsky quoted this passage from the Ger man poet Heinrich Heine: “Sev enty-seven professors: Oh, my fatherland, thou art done for!” Malik did a little research last night and returned this mornitig with another quotation from the same work: “Seventy-seven lawyers: Oh, my fatherland, thou art be trayed!” Air Rpid Prill Gives Citizens Needed Lesson HARRISBURG, Oct. .26 OP)— State Civil Defense officials to day viewed Pennsylvania's fifth —and longest—post war air raid alert test as having provided needed, lessens. “We all learhfed something again and that’s what the tests ate for,” said Richard Gerstell, state Civil Defense director, in looking back at last night’s sur prise alarm. “In general the re sponse was very good. There were exceptions of course but it . was a test. Everybody , found places that needed improvement.” The alarm, flashed throughout the state by a bell and light sig nal system, set the sirens off with the red signal at 7:30 p.m. Fif teen minutes later came the all clear. For the first time Pennsylvan ians were asked to pull shades across doors and windows to cut down on visible light and as a precaution against flying glass during a real raid. Hits Bias “This would appear to be a de liberate deception of the vice pres ident and a fraud upon the Senate which obviously intended that an unprejudiced committee be ap pointed.” McCarthy’s challenge of half the membership of the committee—it is made up .of three Republicans and three Democrats—was the prelude to Senate 'debate of the censure motion when it meets in extraordinary session Nov. 8. . Watkins said in Salt Lake City he had not yet received McCar thy’s letter and added: I-m not going to be provoked into any diversions whatsoever,' “I think it’s unethical for me to start arguing this matter before the Senate considers it and be fore the official report has ac tually been filed with the Sen ate.” Have Yogi Entered Players' Prize Pin-up Coolest! Mister Roberts Schwab Auditorium November 4,5, 6 Floods, Landslides Kill 217 SALERNO, Italy, Oct. 26 Off*) —Torrential cloudbursts and land slides smashed 10 miles of coastal hills along the famous Salerno- Amalfi tourist coast today, killing 217 persons or more. Military police who compiled the official casualty toll said 52 more persons were missing and believed dead in modem Italy’s worst flood disaster. Unofficial sources put the toll along the northern shore of the Gulf ai Salerno at 270 dead and 170 missing. In Rome, Giacinto Boseo, under secretary to Premier Mario Scelba,' said at midnight the death toll had reached 193. He said he feared scores of the missing never would be found alive. Hospitals for miles around were jammed with the injured, at least 150 of them gravely hurt. Thou sands were homeless. Firemen, soldiers, and volun teers worked through the night searching through hundreds of smashed' buildings for bodies and trapped survivors. Some of the dead were sprawled on the muddy Salerno beach where American troops stormed ashore ■ll years ago in crucial battle. The stricken coastland extends ffom Salerno, about 30 miles south of Naples, south westward to Amalfi, which was untouched. Rains began falling from Sor rento to Salerno early last night and turned into torrents by 11 p.m. The heaviest torrents lasted three hours. The cloudburst softened mud holding together homes built of white volcanic rock and hundreds of .them crumbled. In Salerno aione 5000 were homeless. Two-foof walls of water surged down the mountains. The rains stopped for two hours, then re sumed, and a light fall continued through the day! Women Get Ulcers From Competition WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (A*) — Milady's entrance into competi tion wtih men has resulted in an increase in stomach and intesti nal ulcers among women in re cent years, a Memphis doctor said today. . “Women want to be on an equal par with me,” Dr. John E. Cox said. “They want the privileges of malting a living and they want such things as suffrage. And so they can expect to take the ten sion that goes with competitive living—tension which i feel to be the largest single cause of stom ach and duodenal intestinal ul cers.” Dr. Cox made the comments to a reporter at the 19th annual meeting of the National Gastroen terological Association. JUNIOR PROM TIME IS TUX TIME The Junior Prom is only 10 short days a way. Be smart and rent your tux today, Hut's has the most complete Tux Rental service in State College ready to outfit you for any formal occasion. HHutß Mm b E. College Ave., State College Opposite Old Main in Italy Reds Set Off 5-Week Series Of Atom Blasts WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (TP) —A whole series of atomic blasts:has been set off in Russia during the past five weeks- or so—suggesting that the Reds may have devel oped, or are working on, a “fam ily” of nuclear weapons, includ ing artillery shells. The U.S. Atomic Energy Com mission, in a terse announcement late today, said: “The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, stated that there had been a series of detonations of nu clear explosives in Soviet terri tory. “This series began in mid-Sep tember and has continued at in tervals to the present. “Further announcement con cerning tjhis series will be' made only if some unusual develop ment would appear to warrant it.” 0033 LAST TIMES TODAY "SUDDENLY" Frank Nancy Sterling Sinatra Gales Hayden COMING FRIDAY Cinema Scope "SITTING BULL" Dale Robertson d o °p°/n s ' ~ 1 " 3 p.m. Walt Disney's VANISHING PHARE Technicolor PAGE THREE
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