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University Workers
May Get Security,
nemployment Aid
Recommendations concerning social security ca age
and unemployment compensations affecting University em
ployees were among items in a 16-point program passed by
the state convention of the Building Service Employees In,-
ternational Union (AFL) Saturday and Sunday at the Nittany
Lion Inn, for consideration by the incoming state legislature.
The provisions request \ "imme
diate social security coverage for
those persons who are now work
ing for the state and who are not
in the retirement system because
of their age at the time of their
employment or any other reason,"
and "the amending of the Penn
sylvania unemployment cc•mpei,i
sation law in order to grant un
employment compensation cover
age to all state employees."
George W. Small, secretary of
local 417, the University's em
ployee union, Said these were the
only proposals in the recommen
dations which _directly effect Uni
versity employees. All recommen
dations will be submitted to the
legislature when it convenes next
month in Harrisburg.
At the closing session on SlM
day afternoon, Kenneth Dixon,
president of local 417, told the del
egates that holding the conven
tion in State College "means more
to us than just a visit to us."
Dixon explained to the delegates
the grievance panel which will
meet at the University Thursday
through Saturday to deal with
grievances presented by the two
employees unions against the Uni
versity.
"We find your troubles," Dixon
said, "are our troubles."
Dixon expressed the hope that
out of the panel will come union
recognition by the University.
At a dinner Saturday night, Ro
bert P. Lonergan, the union's
executive director, told the dele
gates "We are in business on the
campus. We're here, and we're
here to stay." Lonergan said the
500 members of local 417 niakesl
it the largest local in the state
union.
Union delegates were welcomed
at a luncheon on Saturday by]
State College Burgess David R.
Mackey and the state senator-elect
from Centre County, Jo Hays.
Lonergan told delegates that
President Milton S. Eisenhower,
was unable to attend the meetinf,
because of other coznroitments.
In his remarks, Hays told the
delegates that he would_
the program of governor-elect
George M. Leader because he
"subscribes to the principles for
which he (Leader) stands."
Hays said he would be particu
larly interested in public Tduca-
McDevitt
Pledges Aid
To Workers
James L. McDevitt, director of
Labor's League for Political Edu
cation, pledged Sunday that the
American Federation of Labor
would seek to keep all AFL state
employees in their jobs, regard
less of their civil service status.
McDevitt spoke at the closing
session of the 16th annual state
convention of the Building Ser
vice Employes International Un
ion (AFL) Sunday afternoon in
the Nittany Lion Inn.
He told the convention's dele
gates that the AFL is "not going
to stand idly by if a political lead
er makes a raid on civil service."
Leader Pledges Discussion
McDevitt said he could well un
derstand the concern state em
ployees felt as a result of the re
cent election. But he added that
the AFL has had assurances from
governor-elect George M. Leader
that they can discuss personnel
policies with the new adminis
tration.
McDevitt then. gave a quick
analysis of the nation-wide elec
tion in November as it effects la
bor. McDevitt said four new "lib
eral" members had been elected
to the United States Senate and
29 to the U.S. House of Repre
sentatives.
He said that 542 candidates con
sidered friendly to labor had been
elected to upper and lower houses
in 48 state legislatures.
Lose in Two States
McDevitt said that in only two
states did labor lose "friends," and
only in a third state did they fail
to pick up any.
McDevitt said that the partici
pation of President Dwight D.
Eisenhower in the campaign did
help the Republicans on the na
tional level, but it was "signifi
cant to note that people don't
follow his line when it came to
voting for state legislatures."
He said this proved that labor
will judge candidates on the basis
of a candidate's record, rather
than his ability.
McDevitt said some parts of the
political labor movement are dis
paraged because government em
ployees in unions cannot partici
pate in campaigns. He said, how
ever, there was no reason why
government employees could not
help in influencing the election
with their participation at the
polls.
Labor's League for Political Ed
ucation is the organization of the
AFL for influencing and endors
ing political policies and candi
dates.
AifeDevitt formerly was presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Federa
tion of Labor.
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Demos, GOPs
To Debate
Tonight?
The campus Democrats spent
yesterday afternoon and evening
debating with the campus Repub
licans over whether the Demo
crats will debate with the Repub
licans tonight.
The question, as of 10:30 last
night, was quite unsettled.
You see, the Penn State Young
Democratic Club was scheduled
to debate the negative and the
Penn State You n. g Republican
Club the affirmative of the topic:
"Resolved: That President Eisen
hower has done a great deal to
improve the economic well-being
of the American people."
That was at 4 p.m. yesterday.
At 4:10 p.m. Republican debater
Ben Sinclair wandered into the
Daily Collegian office and an
nounced it was, alas, all off.
Sinclair exited. Then Thurman
Lorick, the Democrats' veep, en
tered, declaring the debate on
again.
He heard the news, made small
numl,:ter of telephone calls, and
left, crying, "Default!"
Then the group's advisers held
hasty phone consultations. They
returned the question to the stu
dent-politicians to settle.
As of 11 last night, no one was
quite sure whether the debate
will be held tonight. If it is, it'll
be at 7:30 p.m. in 317 Willard.
Lois Hummel and William Ap,
pleton were scheduled to be the
Democrats' standard bearers. No
one was quite sure who, if any
one, would present the case of the
GOP.
Annual Carol Sing
Set for Thursday
The annual All-University
Christmas Carol Sing will be held
at 8 p.m. Thursday on the steps
of Old Main, Alexander Zerbin,
coordinator, said last night.
The program, co-sponsored by
the University Christian Associa
tion and the Department of Mu
sic, will feature the Chapel Choir
and a brass ensemble from the
Blue Band. There will also be a
brief address by Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, 'Director of Student Af
fairs. •
Hummel Fishburn, head. of . the
department of music; will direct
group carol singing.
tion, and greatly concerned with
problems of the. University.
At the meeting, Paul X. Cush,
Greensburg, was re-elected to
serve another four year term as
president of the union.
Fifty-one delegates attended the
sessions of the 16th annual con
vention of the union. Twenty ad
ditional delegates were prevented
from attending the convention be
cause they were unable to travel
to State College from Pittsburgh
because of inclement weather.
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AIM, Leonides
Plan Contest
The Association of Independent Men and Leonides will sponsor
a Christmas window display contest and award $4O in prizes, but
details of the contest have not been settled.
The AIM Board of Governors last night approved a $25 prize
allocation but no conclusions as
to the precise nature of the con
test were reached,
Leonides President. Joan Pack
ard said at the meeting that un
less AIM would contribute $5O
for prizes, Leonides would not
give its share of $l5 originally
agreed upon. However, in a phone
call to the, Daily Collegian office
after she left the meeting, Miss
Packard said that Leonides would
co-sponsor the contest and con
tribute $l5.
"Unequal Share"
Miss Packard had said that
Leonides would be contributing
more than its share if AIM limited
its allocation to $25. She said
Leonides will pay approximately
$3O for refreshments after the
AIM-Leonides Christmas Carol
sing tomorrow night while AIM
will bear no expenses for the sing.
According to original plans out
lined by project committee chair
man H. Arthur Simm, judging
was to take place at 7 tonight.
Decorations would be judged in
two categories, individual win
dows an d entire dormitories.
Three prizes were to be given in
each category.
Objections Raised -
Objections to these suggestions
raised were:
I. It would be impossible to
judge all dormitory windows in
less than six hours and this judg
ing could not begin at night.
2. Since the contest, is being
sponsored by AIM it would be
unfair to exclude town independ-.
ents.
3. Judging entire dormitories
was not feasible.
There were three reasons voiced
supporting the last point: distri-
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bution and-or expenditure of the
prize money, the prohibition of
decorations on the outside of :dor
mitories, and inequality of the
size of Hamilton Hall and a dorm
in the Nittany-Pollock area.
James W. Dean, assistant to the
dean of men in charge of inde
pendent affairs and board advisor,
said that something would have to
be done to prevent a recurrence
of "last year's fiasco."
Held Party
Dean was referring to the in
cident in which the men in the
dormitory winning the display
contest used the prize money to
hold a beer party in the dorm.
He pointed out that a possible
alternative to giving the money
to the dorm as a whole would be
to divide the money among the
men in the dorms. This division,
he said, would make each man's
prize only a few cents.
Dean also reminded the board
of a prohibition against outside
decorations being enforced by the
Department of Housing. He said
that Housing's original order had
been disregarded but that yester
day members of the department
had visited the Nittany-Pollock
area to see that all outside decor
ations were removed.
In previous years decorations
of dorms in that area have usual
ly
~c_onsisted of roof-tops displays
and the like.
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