TUgDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1955
'Superior' Atomic Sub
To Be Built by Navy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (/P)—The Navy announced today it will build a new atomic
submarine with a new hull design expected to give it “superior” performance to the two
present nuclear subs.
The hull will be patterned on that of the high-speed test submarine Albacore, which
reportedly has exceeded the underwater speed of the atom-powered Nautilus even though]
the Albacore has conventional diesel engines. The Nautilus has a submerged speed of more
than 20 knots. |
Hie new hull design also will
be utilized for the building of
three new submersibles using die
sel engines.' 1
Original plans for the four sub
marines to be built under the 1956
ship construction program called'
for hull design based on the con
ventional Tang class boat. The
Navy said in its announcement to
day that "success of the subma
reappraisa! of plans and the deci
rine Albacore, however, led to
sion to change."
Better Design—Save Cost
The Albacore design, the Navy
said, "offers the advantages of
greater range, greater underwater
speed, and improved maneuver
ability at approximately the same
cost." The Albacore has a fish
shaped body with sharp nose, a
blimplike tail- and airplane type
controls. It uses a single, five
bladed propeller.
The Albacore type hull will be,
used for the nuclear submarine
USS N 585. The Navy announced
on Oct. 18 that this vessel will be
built by the- Electric Boat -Divi
sion of General Dynamics Corp.
Shorter, Thinner Hull
The new hull will be. shorter
and thinner than the conventional
attack submarines. But the N 585
will have a •’‘slightly greater dis
placement.” It will use a reactor
built by Westirighouse and have
a single propeller instead of, the
usual two.
The Navy announcement said
the new hull program would re
sult in “some delay” in building
the first of the three conventional
powered subs at Portsmouth,
N.H., naval shipyard.
One of the other two Albacore
hulls will be built by the Ingalls
Shipbuilding Corp. at'Pascagoula,
Miss. Bids for the other vessel
will be requested later.
NAM Splits
With Meany
On Tactics
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 W—Busi
ness and labor leaders today
swapped peace overtures but
wound up bitterly feuding over
union tactics in politics and bar
gaining.
George Meany, president of the
newly-merged AFL-CIO, and
Charles R. Sligh, Jr., executive
committee chairman of the Na
tional Assn, of Manufacturers,
split widely in their views. Both
spoke to a crowded NAM lunch
eon at the Waldorf Astoria ball
room.
Sligh questioned whether the
new 16 million member AFL-CIO
would become “a ghost govern
ment” to control the country. He
lashed at compulsory union mem
bership arrangements, at irrespon
sible strikes, and at wage levels
so high that products are “priced
out of the market.”
Meany, speaking first and ex
temporaneously, had extended an
olive branch to business and said
it was "silly” for labor and man
agement to quarrel constantly
when they had so much in com
mon.
Sligh said he would be willing
to meet with Meany at any time
to try to “clear up some things”
but “naturally we are not pre->
pared to admit that all of his
grievances are legitimate.”
Their rift deepened shortly af
ter Sligh finished his prepared
speech. Newsmen cornered the
two together on the speakers’
platform and it appeared for a
time both men were having trou
ble controlling their tempers.
Membership Fight
Brewing in UN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec.
9 (JP) —Nationalist China demand
ed today that the UN Security
Council give first priority to its
resolutions opening UN doors to
13 non-Communist candidates. It
maintained a veto threat against
at least one of five Red aspirants
for UN membership.
The Western powers, mean
while, were in almost constant
consultation on die best way to
tackle the ticklish membership
problem at an open meeting of
the Council tomonrow. The Soviet
Union held aloof, reiterating its
determination to veto. all West
ern candidates if its favorites are
not admitted.
Benson Urges Reduction
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9(TP)—Sec
retary of Agriculture Benson said
today that if farmers will cut
down on pig production next
spring, they’ll benefit from high
er hog prices.
GM Dealer Says Charges Distorted
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (fP)—
A contented General Motors deal
er asserted today a Senate sub
committee has presented 1 “a dis
torted picture” of dealer relations
with the giant automotive corpor
ation. *
Lester A. Malkerson, who sells
Oldsmobiles in Minneapolis, told
the Antitrust and Monopoly sub
committee he thinks that most of
GM's 17,000 dealers are satisfied
with their present contracts. As
lor himself, he said, he’s happy
and prosperous.
Malkerson added in a statement
placed in the record of the sub
committee's hearings that he ex
pected “a representative cross
section’' of the GM dealers to be
callsd as witnesses, but that "so
for the committee has heard from
$3O Million Set
For Hospitals
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9 (/P)—
State Welfare Secretary Harry
Shapiro said tonight he plans to
spend 30 million dollars for the
construction of hospitals for the
mentally ill in Pennsylvania over
the next two years.
Shapiro said the funds will
come through a combination of
state and federal aid as provided,
under the federal Hill-Burton Act
with the government contributing
a third and the state matching
two-thirds of the amount.
"These funds have been avail
able for the past 8 years and not
a cent was ever allocated by the
state’to such vital needs as the
treatment of emotionally dis
turbed and mentally retarded
children,” he said.
New Paratyphoid Cases
LANCASTER, Pa. (Ji—Twenty
seven new cases of paratyphoid
were reported in Lancaster County
yesterday, raising to 81 the number
of persons known to have been
stricken.
only a handful of dealers who
have testified adversely.”
The senators are investigating
General Motors in what they de-.
scribed as a case study of b'gness
in business.
Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney (D-
Wyo), subcommittee chairman, in
troduced into evidence today a
report that 4069 of 8276 GM deal
ers who answered a questionnaire
indicated “pressure from factory
to take more cars than needed”
was one of the primary causes of
automobile bootlegging.
Bootlegging is used in this sense
to describe the sale of new cars
by nonfranchised dealers, usually
at bargain prices. The practice is
not prohibited by law, but is a
matter of concern to the investi
gators.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Ike May
Announce
Plans Soon
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 <JP)— Sen-
William F. Knowland (R-Calif)
said today he believes President
Dwight D. Eisenhower will dis
close by the middle of next month
whether he will run for re-elec
tion.
This would advance the date of
the President’s announcement by
six or seven weeks over previous
indications.
Contradicts Hall
Republican -National Chairman
Leonard W. Hall has held there
was no need for the President to
speak out before late February or
early March.
Knowland refused to tell a news
conference whether he himself
will seek the GOP presidential
nomination until Eisenhower "has
the opportunity to make a deci
sion which I believe will be made
during the month of January.”
Decision by January
..He recalled he had said after
his meeting with the President
that Hie Eisenhower decision
should be made clear “in mid-
January” before the end of fil
ings for state primaries.
The logic of events, he said, will
“requite a statement at that time”
by the President.
In referring' to his talk with the
President, Knowland said: “I
wouldn’t .want' to mislead you by
saying that the question of 1956
didn’t enter the discussion.”
Knowland made his prediction
prior to addressing a dinner, of
the National Assn, of Manufac
turers.
Disagreement Seen
On Freight Rates
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (/P)
Railroad executives, who are
planning to seek a new increase
in freight rates, were reported to
day ■to ’ have failed to agree on
details of the request.
Railroad sources reported that
there is now no disagreement
among the railroads on the ques
tion of seeking another hike—
probably 7 per cent.
However it was said that to
day’s 'meeting was inconclusive
because of disputes over whether
the proposed application to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
should exempt certain commodi
ties in whole or in part from the
rate advance.
Peron Assets Frozen
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Dec. 9 (/P) —The provisional gov
ernment today froze the assets
of Juan D. and the late Eva Peron
and scores of other individuals
and corporations.
O’Mahoney said he got the re
port from Sen. A.-S. Michael Mon
roney (D-Okla) and that it was
the result of a questionnaire sent
out by a Senate Commerce sub
committee in a separate investi
gation of car-marketing practices.
Another development in today’s
hearing was O’Mahoney’s decision
to subpoena a group of Chicago
automobile dealers and others to
clear up conflicts about GM’s pol
icy on the installation of heaters
in cars.
William J. Marshall Jr., a Chi
cago attorney representing E. L.
Schofield, Inc., of Rockford, 111.,
testified that dealers have told
him they couldn’t buy Schofield
heaters because they would be
unable to get GM cars unless they
installed GM neater*.
Defense Criteria
Outlined by Russell
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (/P)—Sen. Richard B. Russell
(D-Ga) said today that Democrats will judge the administra
tion’s new military budget by how much defense it offers—
not how many billions are in it.
Russell, who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, serves as a principal
Democratic party spokesman on
defense issues.
■ In advance of a Whit* House
briefing for leaders of both par
ties on defense and foreign poli
cies next Tuesday, Russell said
in an interview he will fight a
reduction in over-all arms
strength.
Must Retain Power
"I am not willing to sell se
curity short to attempt to balance
the budget,” the senator said.
“What is involved is not a ques
tion of the billions' to be spent
but of the retention of our pres
ent ov e r-all military striking
power.
“If the administration proposes
what I believe will involve a re
duction in our ability to defend
ourselves, I will oppose it.”
. Russell said he would not go
along with military cuts that were
aimed at providing a tax reduc
tion next year.
No Tax Cut Seen
“I haven’t yet seen much chance
of cutting taxes unless it is to be
done with continued deficit spend-'
ing,” Russell observed.
The senator said he had been
informed that consideration is
being given within the adminis
tration to a military budget of
about $35,200,008,000 for the year
beginning next July 1.
Secretary of Defense Charles E.
Wilson has said he hopes the
level can be held ft# the approxi
mately 34% billions estimated;
military outlay for the current
year. Wilson said this would be
“tough” to do. But after a con
ference with President Eisen
hower at Gettysburg' he fore
cast “no major change” in the
over-all total.
Attache Arrested
PARIS French officials
announced today that a Polish
military attache was arrested for
spying in the French sector of
West Berlin three days ago.
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GOP Chiefs
Plan Caucus
On Tax Bill
HARRISBURG, Dec. 9 OP)—The
scene of possible attempts to
break the Commonwealth’s tax
deadlock today shifted to New
York where Senate Republicans
were planning to attend the an
nual Pennsylvania Society din
ner.
The dinner, fixed for tomorrow
night, is usually an occasion for
behind- the-scenes discussions
among'the top leaders of the Re
publican party.
Both Sen. M. Harvey Taylor,
influential GOP figure and Sen
ate president pro tempore, and
Sen. Rowland B. Mahany, Senate
Republican floor leader, left for
the New York event.
Conference Is Monday
Mahany said a Republican con
ference among legislative leaders
is planned for Harrisburg Mon
day but declined to predict if that
session would mean a final deci
sion on taxes.
Gov. George M. Leader’s pro
posed 3% per cent manufacturers’
excise tax is now before the Sen
ate after passing the House last
month. Democrats need at least
three GOP votes to pass it.
Governor Declines Prediction
The governor himself declined
to predict at his news conference
what will happen to the excise
levy, which, after a series of Dem
ocratic amendments, is now writ
ten to yield 320 million dollars.
Leader said it will be up to the
GOP-controlled Senate to raise an
additional 100 to 150 million dol
lars by turning to a series of
Ho u s e-passed business levies
which are also in the hands of the
Senate.
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