.FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1954 Democrats to Lead.... ',,-• ;..: , ' ,, " ikr : ''' . .:! ''',!.;! ress Cooperation Pledged to Ike By Congressional Leaders WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (A')—Democrats prepared today to take the helm in both houses of Congress, and spoke of cooperating with President Eisenhower when they consider him right• Although there had been some talk they might pass up the Senate command—theirs to take by the narrowest of margins—that talk was swamped in statements of several top Democrats that they owe it to the people to take the responsi- bility. Such men as Sens. Walter F. George and Richard B. Russell of Georgia, Joan 0. Pastore of Rhode Island, Albert Gore of Ten neSsee and Mike Mansfield of Montana all spoke out positively in favor of organizing the Senate as well as- the_ House. The Demo crats passed up a similar oppor tunity last year when the Re publican-Democratic divisfon was almost as even. Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, stated to be the Senate majority leader, reserved his comment. He said he would be in Washington Friday and talk about the situa tion then. At the same time, Sen. William F.. Knowland (R-Calif.) talked cheerfully of switching from ma jority to minority leader next January, if the Republicans want him to continue to be their chief tain. Democrats Control Congress The Democrats nosed into a po sition for Senate control early to day with announcement of the election of Richard L. Neuberger, a 41-year-old author, to. the Ore gon Senate seat held for a decade by Republican Guy Gordon. Neuberger's margin was thin as a wafer, however, and conceivably could be upset by rechecks. The final, official report from Oregon isn't expected until about Dec. 1. Neuberger, a prolific writer for regional and national publications and a persistent advocate of pub lic power for the Pacific North west, gave the Demperats a 'total of 48 seats in the Senate. That's just half the Senate - membership of 96 but Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind. Ore.) reaffirmed that he will vote with the Democrats when it 'comes time to organize the Senate in January. Overturn in House There was no question abatzt the overturn in the House. The Demo-. crats gained solidly there—though by not nearly as much as is cus tomary for the "outs" to win in a midterm election—and elected 232 representatives to 203 for the Republicans. Nationalist Planes Repel Red Attack TAIPEH, Formosa, Friday, Nov. 4 (JP)—Nationalist planes beat off Red fighters, which attacked for the first time in the vest pocket war, and bombed menacing Com munist positions near the Tachen Islands yesterday. Air Force headquarters said Red fighters—it did not "s a y whether they were _jets or pro peller driven—four times tried to check the raiders as they bore down on TouLien Island. Once over roumen, whose bat teries have been shelling Yikiang shan in the nearby. Tachens some 200 miles north of Formosa, Na tionalist planes again , were. inter cepted. Fastest Service at Regular Prices NITTANY Cleaners 23-Hr. Service in by 7:00 p.m. back by 6:00 p.m. "All Work Guaranteed" Democrats May Probe Ike Regime WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (li') The investigative power of Con gress will fall into Democratic hands in January, presaging close scrutiny of the inner workings of the Eisenhower administration. ' An inevitable aftermath of Tuesday's elections, in which the Democrats seized power in the House and evidently in the Sen ate as well, will be to train con gressional probes on different targets. With one party in control of the executive department and the other in command of the legisla ture, the setup is tailor-made for full use of congressional investi gating committees as sounding boards for the 1956 presidential election. Security May Be Hit Virtually sure to be caught in the sights of Democratic investi gators will be Eisenhower's pro gram aimed at alleged security risks, administration patronage and civil service policies. and the handling of the refugee immigra tion program. Administration officials also are likely to be quizzed closely about their policies toward con servation --Of natural resources, business mergers and monopolies, the awarding of defense contracts and similar issues tied in with Democratfc charges of big busi ness favoritisms and 'giveaway" pi-narams. The spotlight on Communists in zovernment probes may fade as Republicans . who have eagerly dug into the records of past Dem ocratic adminiStrations _t opp le from key committee chairman ships. McCarthy Out Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R- Wis) will be out as chairman of the Government Operations Corn mittee and its Permanent Investi gations subcommittee . if, as 'ex pected, the Democrats organize the Senate. Similarly, the Senate Internal Security subcommittee, headed by Sen. Jenner (R-Ind), has devoted itself to Communist hunting. It has borne down particularly on what Jenner has called "inter locking subversion in govern ment." 'The First National Bank of State College Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve System THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Legation Predicts Economy to Rise One-Half by 1965 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (M A study undertaken for a joint congressional committee predict ed today that by 1965 the na tion's economy will be half again as big as now. It said taxes will be lower, - .-ork hours shorter, wages higher and the nation's population will have grown to 190 millions. The forecast was made by the staff of the Senate-House Com mittee on the Economic Report. It was entitled "Potential Eco nomic Growth of the Unit e d States During the Next Decade," but actually )ok in the 12 years from the end of 1953 through 1965. The report predicted that un employment in 1965 would be about three million persons, or about four per cent of the civilian labor force of some- 76 million persons forecast for that time. This would compare with un employment estimated by th e Census Bureau 2.7 million or 4.2 per cent of the civilian labor force, in October of this year. In transmitting the findings to the committee, staff Director Grover W.. Ensley said they were based on assumptions- that the next decade would see no major war. - The. joint committee is headed by Rep. Frank B. Wolcott (R- Mich). It is an economic study group consisting of senators and representatives from both par ties. iLritish . .Plan- '''-'_,:e,-): - talks LONDON, Nov. 4 (fP)—British Commonwealth prime ministers will meet here Jan. 31 to consider, among other things, whether East-West tensions have eased enough to make profitable a high level conference with Soviet Pre mier Georgi Malenkov. Prime Minister Churchill an nounced the call for the Common wealth gathering in the .House of Commons today. The principal subjects for con sideration, he said, will include the "many events of great impor tance in the international world "which have taken place since the Commonwealth leaders last met —at the coronation of Queen Eli zabeth II here in June 1953.. Asked by Laborite Arthur Hen derson to get the approval of the Commonwealth partners for a Churchill-Malenkov parley to ex plore steps for a settlement of cold war differences, Churchill said: "No subject will be excluded from the discussions of the visit ing ministers." The Commonwealth nations are Australia, Britain, Canada, Cey lon, India, New Zealand, Pakis tan, South Africa and the new 3 Million Unemployed Wolcott Heads Group AOlies-ookay "lan To. Beat Rei "lock LONDON, Nov. 4 (2P)—American, British, and French diplomats agreed today on a plan designed to beat Russia's attempt to block Western agreements to free and rearm West Germany. The Kremlin's bid took the form of a proposal for a conference of the Big Four foreign ministers this month to discuss a German Queen Mother Visits Capital WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (JP)— Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth arrived for a visit today and was installed as a temporary guest in the White House, where tonight she was honored at a dinner giv en her by friends of World War II days, the President and Mrs. Eisenhower. Among the 62 dinner guests was Mrs. Perle ("Don't Call Me Madame") Mesta, who was for mer President Truman's minister to Luxembourg. The Queen Mother and her en tourage arrived from New York in Eisenhower's plane, the Col umbine. In the exchange of pleasantries there, she said she was "looking forward to meeting Mrs. Eisen hower again and to seeing the President, whom all Europe rec ognizes as a great commander and who we know is a good friend of Great Britain." Central African Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. Abroad, Canada's Prime Minis ter, Louis St. Laurent and Pakis tan's Prime Minister Mohammed Ali announced promptly they will attend the Commonwealth meeting. And in a dispatch from New Delhi said Prime Minister Nehru, an advocate of Asian neutrality who has just returned from an of ficial visit . to Red China, will be on hand. Since the death of Stalin in March, 1953, Churchill himself has frequently stressed that the changes in Soviet leadership may make it possible for the West to reach some agreement with Russia to end the cold war. s td 4. rii '•„r' ,•„‘ ~. 0 qk io, e , i : F g :.4 '-, 3 1 ” v,, eV ,::::: r ., „::-.:, 4 ‘,t 1 r Corner of Beaver Ave. and Men St. or•i: 1 •.• ---., 1, IN i V ' , i-^.. l i. i f.." r . „.1 ~ saw:: sis A NEW drug store designed to delight Students, Faculty, and Townspeople —Prescriptions --Tobaccos —Cosmetics --Ice Cream —Stationery --Candy • Photograph Dept. Remember, no lower prices anywhere! peace settlement and arrange ments for a subsequent nonaggres sion alliance between the Com munist and non-Communist na tions of Europe. A three-power committee out lined the terms of an answer to the Russians which, officials re ported, will firmly rule out any likelihood of an early Big Four conference. Highlights of the American- British:French ,plan: 1. The Western notes will be dispatched to Moscow about the last week of this month—or only three weeks before the French Parliament is due to debate ratification of the Paris agreements on West Germany, Dec. 14 to 17. 2. The West once again will spell out two tight conditions which Russia must fulfill before a new Big Four conference on Germany can be set up. The first is that Russia must agree in advance to free, super vised national elections in the Soviet zone of Germany so that an all-German government can be formed. The second is that Russia must act in advance to conclude a treaty of independ ence that will free and end the occupation of Austria. The United States, Britain, and France laid down these conditions in notes to Moscow in September. The Kremlin answered Oct. 23, saying the Big Four foreign min isters could consider Allied pro posals for free Germanwide elec tions. Longivy Flight Stumps Auth- rifles JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 4 (.)—A Navy pilot's nonstop flight in a jet fighter plane without re fueling from Los Alamitos, Calif., to ir.arby Cecil Field in less than four hours has Navy and civilian flight authorities wondering how he did it. Ens. Duane L. Varner, 24, of Los Angeles, Calif., was- return ing from a routine familiariza tion flight to the California naval station. PAGE THREE
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