today's Weather: Showers and Cooler VOL. 55, No. 145 Spadaro Plan Receives Opposition, The Political Informat. was met with mixed feelings f. to enter the organization. The informing 2500 new freshmen Lion Nifty Unanimously OK's Plan The Lion party steering com mittee Sunday night voted unani mously, to enter the Political In ) formation Council proposed by Robert Spadaro, former Lion party clique chairman. At the - tame time, Thomai Dye, present clique chairman, outlined a program to organize freshman into Lion party next year. In describing the fresman or ganization program, Dye said he will appoint teams of two per sons each to go into the dormi .torie4 during orientation week to recruit freshmen. The teams will select a floor leader, a dormitory leader to supervise the floor leaders, and two • coordinatcirs to direct the , program in the West Dorms and r in the Pollock-Nittany area. Dye said the purpose of the or ganization is to facilitate the dis tribution of party literature and maintain a close contact with ! freshmen interested is working in the party, He also announced plans fOr a freshman clique meeting the first Sunday bf classes next semester. Dye asked for approval of the Political Information Council so the new organization can draw up a constitution, which would have to be ratified by the six compon ent groups. The Council would be com posed of the head officers of State, Lion, and Campus par ties, Young Democrat's Club, Intercollegiate Council on Gov ernment, Young Republican's Club, and an impartial chair , man. The purpose of th e council would be to inform the student Ibody of political activities on cam -1) pus. • Spadaro described the proposed operations of the gro u p. The board, he said, would be pointed toward the freshmen to indoctr nate them into campus politics. Council members ,would speak to the freshmen the first and sec ond weeks of the next semester, he said, and would digtribute pamphlets in the dormitories. Seniors to Get Special 'Alumni Rate The Penn State Alumni Associ ation will continue to offer grad uating seniors a special member ship rate of $2 per year, Ross Lehman, assistant executive sec , retary, said yesterday. The special membership offer will be accompanied by a special life membership offer both of which will be in effect until Corn mencement Day. The life membership offer en tails a pl-Commencement Day down payment of $lO and four annual payments of $l5. After Commencement Day the annual rate is $3 and, the life member ship is $75. Only Liu= The Alumni Association, which Lehman described as, "the only real liason between the Univer sity and the alumni," last week began to send out letters to grad uating seniors explaining the As sociation's services to the Univer sity and Its services to.the alumni themselves. Some of the specnil advantag which members enjoy, Lehman said, are first priority on football ~ , 4 x t , Ei ttitg ,,,::_:,,,ti.,.„.4 : ,,,„.„ Toll `on Council, proposed before All-University Cabinet Thursday, ►unday when Lion and Campus parties split in deciding whether wo parties were two of six groups asked by Spadaro to join in• next semester of campus, state, and national political affairs. Three Groups Vote Down Proposed Plan Clique Chairman Donald Buck bee, representing State party; and' the Intercollegiate. Conference on Government have announced their intentions, to withdraw from the newly-proposed Political Informa tion Council. Campus party steering commit tee also voted to withdraw at a meeting Sunday night. The council was proposed be fore All-University Cabinet by Robert Spadaro, former Lion par ty clique chairman. It was to be formed by Lion, State,, and -Cam pus parties, ICG, and ‘e Young Republicans and Youn Demo crats clubs. Spadaro, in commenting on the withdrawal by the three groups, said yesterday that he. would contact the heads of all six pro posed member organizations and announce today an y decisions they might' make concerning the council. John Higgins, preside'ht of the Young Republicans Club, said yes terday that his group will hold a meeting 'early this week to , de cide on further action regarding membership in the council. Myron Cherry, president of the Young Democrats Club, when in formed that three groups ha d dropped' out of the council, said he was sorry to hear they had as everyone he had talked to in his group was in favor of membership in the council. The club will meet Thursday to take up the matter, he said. Lion party unanimously voted Sunday to officially become a member organization of the new council. Buckbell said that State party would not join the council be cause he feels that the three cam pus parties yvorking together in teaching freshmen during orien tation week 'would defeat the pur pose of the parties—to oppose eac:: other in gaining party mem (Continued on page eight) Last Issue Friday The Daily Collegian will publish its last issue for this semester 'Friday morning. tickets and a subscription to the Football Letter, a personalized re view of each week's game written by Ridge Riley, executive secre tary. Has Dual Purpose Lehman emphasized the fact that the Alumni Association's pur pose is a dual one in that it serves not only .the alumni, but also the University and its students through the alumni. There are approximately 50,000 alumni mak ing up the Alumni Association at the present. Some of the other services in clude: a subscription to the Penn Stater, .a quarterly newspaper sent to all alumni; maintenance of complete biographical records of the 50,000 alumni and the only active alumni mailing list in exist ence; a subscription to the Alumni News, a magazine issued seven months a year and sent only to paid members. In addition t h e Association consors nearly 70 alumni district übs all =over the country, These district clubs, Lehman said; fea ture campus speakers, advance FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 24. 1955 Support Campus Unit Votes Down Council Plan Campus party steering commit. tee Supday night unanimously voted down a plan to set up a Political Information Council, as announced by Robert Spadaro, former Lion party cliczue chair man, to All-Universitr Cabinet last Thursday. The council, as proposed by Spadaro, would be composed of the State, Lion, and Campus par ties, the Young Democrat's Club, the Intercollegiate Council on Government, the Young Republi can's Club, and an impartial chair man, to be elected unanimously by representatives of the member groups. Spadaro stated at the Cabinet meeting that the purpose of the proposed organization would be to allow all forms of politics to be better understood on cam pus.' He said this was needed because most of the student body associated "dirty politics" with the campus • political par ties. , . Bteven Jordon, sophomore in industrial engineering from San Bernardino, Calif., who made the motion to reject Spadaro's plan, then countered with a motion to hold a party cligue meeting for all freshmen the Sunday night be fore classes begin for the fall se mester. The purpose of the meeting, ac cording to Jordon's motion, would be to introduce the freshmen to the party and campus politics. David Ebel., junior in the Di vision of Intermediate Regis tration from Pottsville, called Spadaro's plan a "super organ ization." He said the organisa tion would be controlled by "you=know-who." In a prepared statement'or The Daily Collegian, Allen Davies, party clique chairman, gave the following reasons for the defeat of the Spadaro plan by his party: 1. "The (proposed) council would be top unwieldy, and it would prove impossible to see 3000 students during orientation week, especially in the•women's dorms. 2. "The presence of the Young Republicans and Young Demo (Continued on page eight) scholarships, and aid the Univer sity with various projects and programs, including the annual Men's Glee Club concerts held in Pennsylvania. According to Lehman thesp dis trict clubs are an aid to alumni in becoming acquainted in new communities, and give them im portant business and social con tacts." Holds Class Reunions The Association conducts class reunions, the Alumni Institute each June and Homecoming in the fall. Next fall Homecoming will be October 15, and will be highlighted by the football game with Navy. The Association' also sponsors the annual Alumni Fund, which in 1953 and 1954, its first two years, contributed over $300,000 to University projects such as fur nishings for the Hetzel Union Building, freshman scholarships, research, library acquisitions, and the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel Fund. Some 30 advance scholars on campus now are mem bers of the Association. egiatt Cabinet OK's 90 For Encampment All-University Cabinet at a special meeting Sunday ap proved 90 students to attend fall encampment and instructed the Elections Committee not to amend the elections code so as to make completion of the Leadership Training Clinic a prerequisite for election to the three All-University Cabinet offices and junior and senior class presidencies. Ernest Famous, outgoing Elec tions Committee chairman, re ported that the committee voted 5-3 not to amend the code. The committee opposed th e change, Famous said, because the amendment wou l d undermine democratic student government at the University. He proposed that possibly a three-week leadership training course be given to newly elected officers if they have no had the course. Several weeks ago Cabinet ap proved an eight-week Leadership Training Course to begin the first Wednesday of classes next semes ter. Its purpose will be to in struct students interested in tak ing part in politics the fundamen tals of student government and the qualities of a leader. Open to all students free of charge, it will be instructed by both student leaders and faculty members. Cabinet had passed a motion, after heated discussion, to change the elections 'code to make com pletion of the course a prerequis ite for election to All-University president, vice president, and sec retary-treasurer, and to the sen ior and junior class 'presidents, ef fective Tan: "I,' 1958. On Sunday night Famous sup ported the Elections committee's defeat of the motion oh th e ground that the motion seriously restricted the field of potential candidates which would be an un democratic gesture, according to Famous. Benjamin Sinclair, chairman of the Board of Dramatics and For ensics, made a motion that Cab inet instruct the 'Elections Com mittee not to amend /the code, and the motion passed. Peter Kiefer, chairman of the Student Encampment committee, reported that 90 persons ha v e been selected to attend Encamp ment, which will be held from Sept. 7-10 at Mont Alto Forestry School. Seventy-six per cent were chos en by position and the remainder (Continued on page eight) Medical Advisers Air Vaccine Problem WASHINGTON, May 23 (W)—A Public Health Service spokes man reported today it probably will be another 24 hours before the government's medical advisers are ready with recommendations for resuming the flow of Salk polio vaccine. The scientists met at the National Institutes of Health to thrash out all the technical problems involved in testing the vaccine for safety before additional supplies are released for the school im munization program Another meeting is tentatively scheduled for tomorrow, in which representatives of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis will take part. _ Dr. William Sebrell Jr., director of the institutes and chairman of the conference, said "we will probably wait until after tomor row's meeting" before making 3 report to Surgeon Gen. Leonard Scheele, head of the U.S. Public Health Service. Scheele has promised to make known his decisions on the pro gram "as soon as possible." A halt in the vaccination program was recommended 15 days ago after Loyalty and Sanity See Page 4 'Prexy Is Real Chief' McCarthy By DON SHOEMAKER Daily Collegian City Editor Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R- Wis) last night termed Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower "the unofficial president of the United States." Speaking on Reporters' Round up, broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System, McCarthy termed Dr. Eisenhower "more than an influence" on President Dwight D. Eisenhower. "He is 4 one of the most left wingers you can find in the Re publican part y. Luckily, . Ike doesn't follow him in all his ad vice. If he did, the country would' be in much worse shape," Mc- Carthy said. McCarthy accused Dr. Eisen hower, Nelson Rockefeller, •Har. old Stassen "and other Republican New-Dealers" of planning the proposed Big-Four meeting. • "I don't believe Ike himself made the decision," he said. McCarthy called Eisenhower's presence at the Big-Four meeting "an ,act of appeasement." "We are going there not to talk about' what we can get but what we will give away," he said. McCarthy's attack on Dr. Ei senhower is the second in the past few months. In yesterday's attack, McCarthy reiterated charges made on • the floor of the Senate early in March. Elections Committee The All-University Elections Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in 218 Hetzel Union Build ing. some children came down with polio following their inoculations. The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee met today on another aspect of the antipolio program-control of the vaccine's distribution after fresh supplies have been tested and approved for use. There was a two-hour dis cussion behind closed doors. Afterwards Chairman Lister Hill (D-Ala.) told reporters the ' committee's staff would go to work immediately with officials of the Health, Education and Wel fare Department on doaft legisla tion to give President Dwight D. Eisenhower stand-by control pow ers and also to appropriate ,28 million dollars to finance inocula tions for children whose parents can't afford to pay fOr them. Sebrell reported the session at the National Institutes of Health was "going satisfactorily." FIVE CENTS
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