PAGE FOUR Ike Backs Cut In Atomic Budget WASHINGTON, March 31 (?P)—A $75,900,000 cut in the Atomic Energy Commission's operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 was recommended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower today. The White House said the reduction "does not mean a decrease in the scope of activities," but is made possible by savings in operating expenses and somewhat lower construction costs. West Germany Treaties OK'd WASHINGTON, March 31 (?P) —The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 14-1 today in favor of restoring sovereignty to West Germany and making her a partner in the defense of the West. Senate ratification of the Ger man rearmament treaties ma y come before Congress begins its Easter vacation next Monday. Officials have stressed that a strong, independent and demo ci tic German nation is a key stone of American foreign policy. Secretary of State Dulles told the committee earlier this week that Senate approval of the treaties will "lay the basis for a new Eur ope." Sen. William Langer (R.-N.D.), cast the only negative vote today. He did not explain his vote, but he has frequently spoken out in the past against what he consid ers to be entangling foreign alli ances. There are two treaties to be ratified. One would allow the West German Republic to build a 12-division army, a small air force and a coastal navy, all to be integrated in the military struc ture of the North atlantic Treaty Organization. It would also give West Germany sovereignty. The second treaty would admit West Germany as the 15th mem ber of NATO. IFC PanHel Ball SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA $5.00 per couple Tickets at Student Union Desk Today 44 ...ae Reit 2 1 ance o Eisenhower asked Congress to provide $1,045,000,000 for the agency instead of the $1,120,900,- 000 originally requested. When a reporter suggested to White House press secretary James C. Hagerty that the pro posed reduction would indicate that cheaper atomic bombs can now be made, Hagerty replied: "It would indicate nothing of the sort." He produced a memorandum from the Budget Bureau saying the savings result from "numer ous program adjustments and do not reflect a cutback in the atom ic energy program." Eisenhower also asked Congress for several increases in appropria tions, including: An additional $1,870,000 for the Agriculture Departmeht's research service, primarily to deal with out breaks of crop diseases. An additional $466,462 for the Library of ,Congress, mainly to meet salary increases and other new expenses. For the current fiscal year end ing June 30, the President asked $1,370,000 for the Commerce De partment's maritime activities. This money would be used to re pair hurricane damage to reserve fleet sites on the Atlantic Coast. Employment to Rise WASHINGTON, March 31 (M A moderate rise in employment is expected throughout most of the nation this spring, the Labor De partment said today. Presents The Great Rec Hall TONIGHT 9:00 - 1:00 THE IgA MY COLLEGIAN. STATE catabe, PENNVILVANiA Tribe--Never Saw White Men--Seen In New Guinea PORT MOREBY, New Guinea, March 31 (M—An Australian pa trol in New Guinea had found a Papuan tribe that had never be fore seen white men. Patrol leader James W. Kent said in a report to the New Guinea administration: "We were embraced, hugged, and patted. Headmen from the various villages vied with each other to express pleasure at our arrival. We were introduced to their families. their wives, their sons, daughter-in-law, and their children. "Our skin and clothing were fingered and they were astounded to find that when we removed our boots we had feet like them. "When more and more new comers arrived we would be re quested to make an appearance for the women, who would gasp in astonishment at our white skins and start animated discussions when they noted that one of the two Europeans had blue eyes and the other brown." Pulitzer Dies ST.' LOUIS, March 31 (W)—Jo seph Pulitzer, for 43 years editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, died unexpectedly late last night. Special Hours Granted Coeds for Weekend Special hours have' be e n granted to coeds for tonight and tomorrow night by Worn 3-'s Student Government As sociation. Freshman women will re ceive 1 o'clock permissions for the IFC-Panhel Ball tonight and 12 o'clocks for house par ties tomorrow night. Upporclass women will have 2 o'clocks for tonight and 1 , s'clocks for parties tomorrow night. the Semi-Formal ear Senate Committee Enters Yalta Dispute WASHINGTON, March 31 (EP)—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today moved into the center of the politically explosive question over release of the Yalta papers. Without objection, the committee voted to "request" Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to explain behind closed-doors all the controversial circumstances sur rounding the March 16 release of the papers. Sen. Walter F. George (D.-Ga.), committee chairman said a ma jor point of inquiry is why infor mal memoranda and off-the-cuff remarks by the Big Three war time leaders—Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill—were included in the formal documents published by the State Department. One such comment was Roose velt's expression of hope that Stalin would propose a toast to the idea of executing 50,000 Ger man officers. Another was Churchill's comthent that he did not care much for Poles himself, but that the House of Commons wbuld scrutinize his handling of the Polish question. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R.- Ind.), a committee member who was absent when the committee adopted the motion by Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.), said he could see no good reason for ask ing Dulles to testify. Capehart said: "I'm for publishing all of those informal remarks, everything that a President says, particularly in the presence of foreign people.' The committee's decision came just one day after the State De partment, breaking an official sil ence of two weeks, defended its decision to release the documents. It was apparent that senior com mittee Democrats were unsatis fied with the explanation. Morse said: "I think the com mittee has a definite responsi bility to discuSs the entire Yalta release situation. We must see if we can prevent a similar blun der in the future." The decision of the committee to call Dulles came as a major surprise. Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan PATivAT. Arifk I. fiNli Berlin Freight Rates Disputed WASHINGTON, March 31 VP) 1---American officials said tonight the Western Allies will not be, blackmailed into paying stalk highway taxes to the Commu nists to keep vital goods flowing into Berlin. The West Berlin city authori ties already have advanced $250,- 000 in subsidies to help truckers to meet new highway taxes im posed by the Communists. These authorities called the Cominunist move a form of retalliation for West German ratification of re armament. State Department officials said the Allied high corumissions are in session at Berlin. They said the money advanced by the West Ber lin authorities is simply a "pallia tive until a decision is reached on , what to do." At any rate, these officials said, the Allied consultation is aime d at finding "other measures than paying the price." Increasing subsidies to the Ger man truckers, who would thentoe forced to pay higher taxes to the Communists, would be sheer blackmail, they said, and tht.4 United States would not approve of that. Texas Suffers Storm DALHART, Tex., March 31 (W) —Dust turned into snow as the season's worst sandstorm broke out of the Texas Panhandle late today and boiled over the rest o 2 the state.
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