WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, .1954 NY _Stotelfote indicates Tren* Democrats Win Governorship; End 12-Year Republican Rule .Democrats recaptured politically vital New York yester day and on incomplete vote counts were bidding for control of bOth houses of Congress. Unofficial figures showed the Democrats regained Connecticut governorship as well as ending 12 Srears of publican rule in New York. They won three Republican House seats—enough to give them a majority if the Republicans didn't unseat any Democrats— and took 'varying, sometimes see-: saw leads, in three key senatorial fights That could bring the Senate, too, back under Democratic con trol if the arty's candidates held onto their lead in Kentucky, MaS sachusetts and New Jersey—and didn't drop any • senatorial places. AP returns on the 38 Senate contest at 11:15 p.m., EST, showed 4 Republicans elected and 9 lead ing for a total of 46, including 33 holdovers. Democrats, with 24 holdovers, had elected 12 and led 'in 12 for a total of 48. There is one independent holdover. AP returns on the 435 House seats at 11:15 p.m., EST, showed 33 Republicans and 130 Democrats e 1 e c t e d. Present Congress line up: 218 Republicans, 212 Dem ocrats, 1 Independent, 4 vacan cies. GOP gains, 1. Democratic gains, Republicans weren't conceding defeat, however, though Presi dent Eisenhower, paying a sur prise .call on a group of GOP campaign workers in' Washington, said there "may be setbacks" for the party. "They have nothing to do with the value of our cause," the Pres ident added: Averell Harriman, long-time of ficial in the Roosevelt and Tru man administration, swept to vic tory in the New York state gov ernorship fight. He defeated Sen. Irving M. Ives, the hand-picked candidate of retiring Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, twice the Republican presidential candidate. • A huge turnout of voters, pres aging off-year records in some states, took part in the 47-state election. Mounting returns saw the lead change repeatedly in Senate fights in such states as New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia. Adenauer Loses Ally on Saar Pact BONN, Germany, Nov. 2 (W), Chancellor Konrad_ Adenauer, fa cing the toughest - political crisis of his creer, tonight lost another of his coalition allies in the parlia mentary rebellion against hi s French-German agreement on the Saar. The Refugee party, third larg est in Adenauer's four-party gov ernment, announced it rejects the Saar agreement "in its present form." The agreement would "Europeanize" the Saar-German before World War ll—while leav ing it-economically tied to France. Reservations will be accepted starting at 8 a.m. Nov. sth Kindly bring it in writing for Fri. and Sat. nights only The Nittany Lion Inn By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (JP)— Nobody knows when the first elec tion was held. Apparently as soon as men got together, they started voting. Even they early kings ran into situations in which they figured it might be smart to see what the boys in the back ranks would have. They sometimes voted in a way that would be frowned upon in most well-run precincts today, by banging on their shields with. their swords. The Greeks are believed to be the first to have had a secret bal lot. Even they voted with a show of hands on matters of general interest. But when it came to an individual—Should he be ostra cized? Should he win his lawsuit? —the Athenians voted by drop ping shells or pebbles into an urn. The word "vote," by the way, was slow making its way into Eng lish. It is from the Latin "votum, ' meaning a vow or a desire. outh Votes for School WASHINGTON, - Nov. 2 (JP)— Two proposals to continue school segregation in the deep South highlighted a record list of spe cial issues decided today by voters of 37 states. In all, they balloted on 232 con stitutional amendments and spe cial proposals, while also electing state and national officeholders. The issues ranged from Michi gan's fight over legalizing bingo for charitable organizations to a California plan for raising maxi mum old age pensions from $BO to $lOO monthly. Louisiana and Michigan citi zens voted on special Korean War bonuses. In several states there was the question of whether to borrow millions of dollars for pub lic projects. Fourteen states con sidered raising wages or changing working conditions for state of ficials. Louisiana and Georgia voted on proposals frankly designed to by pass any Supreme Court order to carry out its May decision that segregation of white and Negro children in public schools is un constitutional. The court is ex pected to decide how to imple nient this decision after hearing Mother's Day THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA No One Knows When Elections Were First Held Jordan Obiects To Jerusalem Embassy Move . WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (JP) Jordan's ambassador protested strongly to the State Department today against any move by the new American ambassador to Is rael to travel to Jerusalem to pre sent his credentials. The United States and many other countries maintain embas sies -at Tel Aviv, even though Is rael moved its Foreign Office to Jerusalem on July 12; 1953. The State pepartment has re fused to transfer its diplomats to Jerusalem on grounds ..that this would be "inconsistent" With a United Nations resolution speci fying that Jerusalem is an inter national city. Jordan's ambassador, Abdul Monem rtifai, said even a trip to Jerusalem by American Ambas - - sador Edward .B. Lawson to pre sent his credentials "will have serious implications .and reper cussions throughout the Middle East." The State Department has not indicated whether such a trip was under discussion. No • precedent exists, since the Foreign Office was moved only last year. Nehru Back from China NEW DELHI, India, (IP)—Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru re turned to India today from his visit to Communist China. Nehru's plane landed at Cal cutta. Hi 4 zlanned to arrive in New Delhi Friday. plans from interested parties in December. LOuisiana voters had before them a proposed amendment to the constitution to provide for continued segregation in elemen tary and secondary schools, under the police power given the states by the 10th. Amendment to the United States Constitution. The high court's ruling was based up on the 14th -Amendment. The Louisiana proposal also called for a special election to consider the next step, if one is deemed necessary. In Georgia, the issue was a pro posal to permit granting of state funds to individuals for educa tional purposes, thus. paving the way for eliminating the public school system in favor of state supported schools. . South Carolina took a similar step to avoid integration by voting two years ago to eliminate a con- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES in VENEZUELA with CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION An Affiliate of Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) Representatives of Creole will be on the campus on THURSDAY, NOV. 4 to interview unmarried gradates with ma!ors in ENGINEERING, PHYSICS and GEOLOGY See your Placement Director for interview Schedules Ike Says Setbacks Won't Defeat Cause WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (IP)—President Dwight D. Eisenhower told Republican campaign workers tonight there "may be setbacks" for the Party , "but they have nothing to do with the value of our cause" over the long run. Eisenhower, paying a surprise visit to about 100 citizens for Eisenhower workers, made the statement shortly after the Demo crats had captured the New York governorship, overturned three House seats now held by Repub licans and forged ahead in three key Senate races. The President mentioned no spe cific race. He had just come from dinner at the home of Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, where he presumably received early re turns by television and radio. • "I never went into any fight in my life that I wanted to lose," Ei senhower told his audience at the Mayflower Hotel. "Anyone realizes there may be setbacks, but they have nothing to do with the worthwhileness and value of our cause.'l The President's visit caught the campaign workers by surprise. They were watching television and .the room was nearly dark when the President -ntered. When the lights went on the President and Mrs. Eisenhower got a rousing ovation. It was a few minutes after 10 p.m., .EST. "I heard you were having a lit tle party," the President .:aid with a grin, "and I wanted to come by." Earlier .in the evening Eisen hower visited Republican national headquarters. Segregation stitutional provision requiring free public schools. In Mississippi, voters decided whether to require prospective voters to show ability to read the U.S. Constitution. The proposal admittedly was designed to re duce the Negro electorate. Penn State Players present I • Bell, Book, and Candle ... Center Stage at the TUB Friday nights thru November 19 Tickets at Student Union UN Committee Approves Aid Against Aggression UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 2 (JP)—The .Political Com mittee today approved, 50-5, a plan calling on all countries to help resist aggression by chipping in men, money and supplies to the limit of their abilities. The Soviet bloc voted against the proposal, which was backed by the Western Big Three. India's V. K. Krishna Menon abstained, saying the U.N. should be turning its attention toward peace instead of studying ways of war. Indo nesia also abstained. Scholarships available at the University amount to $500,000. Fastest Service at Regular Prices NITTANY Cleaners 2341 r. 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