Rornulo Says Democracy
In Grave Danger in Asia;
Freedom Menaced Now
Democracy :was never more in danger in Asia than now, Gen.
Carlos P.'Romulo, co-chairman of the Philippine delegation to the
United Nations, told the Community Forum audience last night.
Never, he said, was freedom more menaced than now. There
are certain truths that need -telling, and although the truth may be
bitter and unpalatable, tru t h
makes men free. More important,
he added, truth helps to make
men stable.
General Romulo then referred
to the days immediately after
World War II when the United
States was demobilizing. Soviet
RuSsia, he said, refused to de
mobilize one ' single Russian
soldier. This was when Russia
felt for the first time " a flush
of power" and only power, Gen
eral Romulo said, could contribute
to the Russian ambition of -world
conquest. Under the new Russian
power Albania, Bulgaria, Lithu
ania, and Poland—one after the
other—fell to the Russians, and
the Iron Curtain was rung Clown.
However, General Romulo said,
Russia still• wanted Greece, for if
Greece, of all countries, could be
dominated by the USSR it would
Chinese
Start ... - SO,
Air Raids.
TAIPER, Formosa, Jan. 13 (/1")
New Nationalist bomber raidS and
air and sea battles swirled today
around. the machens; fortress is
lands threatened with Commu
nist invasion 200 miles north of
Formosa.
Chinese correspondents return
ing from Tachens brought back
rumors that a - U.S. destroyer had
fired on Red planes Tuesday 80
miles south of the Tachens, but
these ,were discounted officially.
While some U.S. warships—part
of the 7th Fleet which guards For
mosa from invasion—may be in
those dangerous waters, there was
no solid information that they had
been drawn into the rising con
flict
Begins Before Dawn
The day's firing - began before
dawr when seaborne Nationalist
guerrillas intercepted a convoy of
Communist supply junks near
Pishan Island, 30 miles southwest
of Tachens.
L. Defense Ministry communi
que said fierce fighting broke out
and 12 enemy craft, 114 crewmen,
and ammunition • and other sup
plies were seized.
Four-engined Nationalist bomb
ers from Formosa then swung in
to action, pounding Toumen and
Tienao:islands, Communist build
up areas 13 and 15 miles north of
the Tachens.
Scores of Bombs
A Defense Ministry communi
que said scores of bombs rained
do a on military targets and big
fires mushroomed on the two is
lands. The islands are regarded as
stepping stones to the Tachens. It
was the: fourth straight day of air
raids on Tienao.
About the same time, National
ist warships reported a brush with
three Communist patrol boats
south of Yu Shan, a group of Na
tionalist otitpost islands 35 miles
northeast of the Tachens.
'Corn is Green' Closes
Run at TUB Tonight
Players will present Emlyn Wil
liams' "The Corn Is Green," the
drama of life in a Welsh mining
town, for the last time at 8 to
night at Center Stage in the Tern
porary Union Building.
Elizabeth Ives and Edwin Grove
have leading roles in the produc
tion. Tickets are available at the
Student Union desk in Old Main
or may be obtained at the TUB
at show time for $l.
Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er has given his support to a bill
which would preserve• education
al benefits for those in the armed
services before J'eb. 1, the Asso
ciate Press reported last pight.
The AP quoted a White House
statement which said the Presi
dent would support the measure
even though it contradicts an ex-
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give them an outlet to the Medi
terranean and would result in
cutting the lifeline of the West.
Luckily, General Romulo said, the
United States saw the objective
of Russia in Greece and sent Gen.
James Van Fleet with material
and economic aid to train the
Greeks. In this way the purpose
of the USSR was defeated.
After the War, however, the
countries of Europe were deva
stated and no longer wanted to
fight. At this point the United
States sent economic aid to Eu
rope, but while this was being
done, China was conquered by
the CoMmunists.
Nicholi Lenin; General Romulo
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Faculty Luncheon Club
Charles J. Rowland, professor
of accounting and head of the de
partment of accounting and busi
ness statistics, will address the
Faculty Luncheon Club at noon
Monday at the Hotel State Col
lege.
kis talk will be "The New Look
on 1954 Income Taxes."
Supports Benefits Bill
ecutive order he issued Jan. 1.
That order called for education
al benefits to end as of Jan: 31
and included other substantial
cuts . in veterans benefits granted
after the outbreak of the Korean
War..
However, a selective service
spokesman said that it was very
doubtful that a man volunteering
for service now could be in uni
form by Jan. 31, )he deadline•for
educational benefits.
Even under the proposed bill,
those entering the armed services
Feb. 1 or after will not receive
educational benefits.
Public hearings on the House
bill will begin Monday. The bill
was drafted by Olin E. Teague,
(D-Tex.), chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee.
Sen. Lister Hill. (D-Ala.), an
nounced that he will sponsor a
similar bill in the Senate.
Carlos Romulo
Discusses Asia
Titr Elattg
VOL. 55, No. 72 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1955 FIVE CENTS
Bill Would • 'en
Trustees' M-etings
Editorial on Page Four
A bill which would open meetings of boards of state institutions—possibly includ
ing the University—to the press will be introduced in the State House of Representatives
next week.
Rep. Francis Worley (R-Adams), sponsor of the bill and a University graduate,
told the Daily Collegian in a telephone interview last night, "I think my bill would cover
Prexy
in
Rise
The problems which will be, raised by an increased enroll
ment of 33,000 students by 1970 in the colleges and universi
ties of Pennsylvania were discussed by President Milton S.
Eisenhower last night at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in
Harrisburg.
He was the main speaker at the 12th annual Cooperative
President Asks
For Extension
Of Draft Law
President Dwight D. ,Eisenhow
er yesterday asked Congress to
extend the draft. law four years
and create a powerful military re
serve to deal with possible aggres
sion.
President Eisenhower also asked
Congress to grant , pay increases
to "career" servicemen who are
willing to serve• longer than their
minimum time. This pay increase
would exclude two-year draftees
and reserve officers fulfilling only
their three-year obligation.
The President said the pay in
crease is necessary to maintain
"the experienced hard core of a
modern fighting force."
Extension of the Selective Ser
vice law, due to expire June 30, is
necessary, President Eisenhower
said, because "experience dem9n
strates that active armed forces
of the size we must maintain can
not be raised by voluntary enlist
ments alone."
Stressing the importance of an
organized reserve program, the
President said, "We cannot pos
sibly keep armed anu in uniform
the total forces that might ulti
mately be required in an all-out
war. The inescapable burdens
would endanger the liberties and
the economic system we m are de
termined to defend."
In explaining the need for a
military pay-hike, the President
pointed to the large number of
men the armed services have lost
to industry.
To offset the inducements of
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In explaining Eisenhower's ac
tion, •White House Press Sedre
tary James C. -Hagerty said th -
President had no other choice. He
said a continuation of the educa
tiLnal benefits required an - act of
Congress.
Some representatives of both
pi... Ales in the House favor a com
plete reversal of Eisenhower's or-,
der, the AP report said. Other
benefits withdrawn by the order
include hospitalization and Gl'
loans for buying houses, farms,
and businesses.
Rep. Elizabeth Kee, (D-WVa.),
said she favored "full veterans'
benefits" as long as there is a
draft.
She said that the government
should assume "sizable responsi
bilities" for the future welfare of
young men if it is going to "dis
rupt" their lives with military
service.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Discusses
Enrollment
Potato Business dinner, co-spon
sored as part of the State Farm
Show by the Pennsylvania Farm.
Bureau Cooperative Association,
and the Pennsylvania Chain Store
Council.
"If the Commonwealth is suc
cessfully to meet its educational
challenges in the years ahead,"
President Eisenhower said, "it
will be through the cooperative
efforts of educators, state officials,
and the general public."
The land grant colleges and
universities located in every state.
and in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico, account for fewer than four
per cent of all American colleges
and •universities, he said. How
ever, he said, they are now edu
cating almost one-half million
students each year, about 18 per
cent of the nation's total college
enrollment.
President Eisenhower empha
sized the instructional and re
search work done by land-grant
institutions for people throughout
the country.
He said that the University
faces its second century with a
mission as vital and provocative
as it was when those far-sighted
citizen& of the Commonwealth 100
years ago began building on the
Jeffersonian conviction that pub
lic education was the keystone to
personal integrity and happiness,
enlightened citizenship, individual
productivity, and national pros
perity.
The Penn State Men's Glee Club
also sang at the dinner.
Social
Seen
Fraternities are a "whole lot better" from a social standpoint
this 'semester than they have been in the past, Ellsworth Smith,
Interfraternity Council Board of Control chairman, said yesterday.
The IFC checker system is working much better now that the
checkers do not have to concern themselves with drinking and can
devote their time to checking for other violations, Smith said.
Smith said he believes the frat
ernity system is improved now
that there is no University rule
prohibiting alcoholic beverages at
fraternity social functions when
students are present.
Fraternity Cooperation Needed
"It will remain that way for a
long time if fraternities will co
operate and' cut down the fresh
man drinking problem," Smith
said. "We are only cutting our
own throats if we don't."
The freshman drinking problem
has been of major concern to IFC
this semester.
Last Monday, Smith announced
that in order to protect fraterni
ties from having freshmen enter
or leave their. houses in an intoxi
cated condition fraternities would
henceforth be required to have
(.I:ottrgitut
the University."
The meetings of the University's
Board of Trustees are currently
conducted behind closed doors.
University officials yesterday
declined to comment on the bill.
In announcing his intention of
introducing the bill, Worley said,
"These boards conduct public
business and spend tax monies in
the operations of their institutions
and there is no reason why their
meetings should be behind closed
doors."
Worley declined to speculate
on the chances for success of his
bill. He pointed out he is a "mem
ber of the minority" in the House,
which has 111 Democrats and 99
Republicans.
But there has been talk on the
part of state Democrats to spon
sor such legislation.
Although he •said that whether
the bill will cover the University's
Board of Trustees meetings is a
"matter of interpretation," Worley
pointed to two factors which
would indicate that these meet
ings would be included:
1. The University "is receiving
direct appropriations - from the.
Legislature."
2. Members of the Board of
Trustees are appointed by the.
Governor. (Six of the 21 members
are appointed by the Governor,
who himself is an ex-officio mem
ber).
These two factors, Worley said,
would indicate that the Univer
sity is covered by the bill. "All
p üblic or quasi-public" insti
tutions would be open to the press
under the intentions of the pro
posed legislation, he said.
Jerome Weinstein, editor of the
Centre Daily Times and president
of the Pennsylvania Society of
Newspaper Editors, called the
proposed bill "a great step for
ward if for no other reason than
to bring it before the public."
"The greatest example of a
closed-meeting institution is the
Pennsylvania State University
which spends $2O million of the
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1 ~rrovement
in Fraternities
By MIKE MILLER
pledges on door duty to check out
siders. --
Fraternities found violating this
rule are subject to an automatic
$25 fine.
This action was taken, Smith
said, because "the dean of men's
office was quite upset about• the
increasing number of freshmen
returning to the dormitories in
toxicated."
The Board of Control decided
that drastic action was needed in
order to protect the drinking priv
ileges of fraternities and therefore
instituted the fine, Smith said.
No Excessive Drinking
_ .
Smith reported that checkers
have not found any excessively
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'Closed Doors' Cited
Democrat Support
University Covered
$25 Fine Automatic