Extra! . 56. No. 59 Delta Sigma Phi Fire Damage Relieved *25 000* House Gutted ov. Leader 'Uncertain' fn School Bill Deadlock f - i G BrHOpFLfcnt George M. Leader said'ln .an exclusive interview doesn’t know “where we go from here” in solving ' problems of the state’s public schools, full blame for the deadlock of the school appro all on-'the Republican-controlled Senate, where been stalled since last October, administration,” he said,, ‘has .done its job. Now it ' Senate to thouldef the burden” (poke at-the • Tax Plan Support AG. Dec. T UU» A shift Got. George If: lufacturer'* excise tax rholeeale or retail lewd tentative Support to ' Republican Senate ...'land: B, Mahany. GOP a leader, said stick a proposal •»t provide "a suitable oompro se solution” of the year-long tax padlock in the general assembly-. The-idea, of .cotaverting the Vh per cent manufacturers tax-into an nteise tax on sales through chang ing the level of collecting it was considered by legislators over the weekend as the. governor's much amended tax bill headed into another week of debate teethe Senate. Elections Committoo to Moot , All-University Elections Commit tee will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in #■ Carnegie. TOMORROW'S fljESft WEATHER jiHR cold f ingserviee of the Salem Luth eran church at Aaronsburg, about 25 miles northeast of the. Univer sity, on the occasion of-the pub lication of a book about Aaron Lew, founder'of the little town. AaroMdmm b Uw end gw. graphical rinfr of Ptau^. ShfemlttSLtfinSwWw nMbmmSiwiMrMS. After the service, Leader held an interview with a Collegian re porter. } Several days ago a school board president in in open letter to Leader said he would ask the Bedford County board* of educa tion to doee ap the counts schools unless .the state soon ap propriates funds to meet expenses. Asked what can be done for the' schools that are in difficult financial' straits, Leader said, “I don't know where we go from here. We owe money to every school district in the state.” Leader said'they have already borrowed money now on which three quarter at a million dol lars intereef must be paid. . not opposed to borrow ing if it is- the only means of ob taining fimds, the governor said. In holding up the bill, the Sen ate has refused to think realistic ally, be charged. Formerly, he said, they opposed the bill on the ground .that there wasn’t any need for it. Now, he went on, they rea lize' the need but can’t ag?ee on the method of getting the money. 1 He compared the situation with a wuh going shopping. < Everyone cornu for an appro- • (CentuMMd on pave . to* a warn ram state STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SUNDAY NIGHT. DECEMBER 1?. 1955 Some Dekc rS/g's la Bed, at Chapel When Fire Starts Some members of Delta Sigma Phi £3nt:toisw about the fire in their fraternity house this-morn ing - until they returned from drana and .Chape! servicer. Others were stm in bed when the _blaze broke out. Since the fire war mostly con fined to the first floor and the basement of the fraternity house, members had tipieto remove their personal possessions and some of the furniture. Couches and chairs.were piled outside ofthebouseandbundles of clothing were strewn on . the ground:'' Word oftbe fire- swiftly passed throughoutthe area and towns people and. members of many other fraternities soon, gathered to watch the Alpha Fire Company fight the blaze. Ae fire fighting efforts con tinued. police detoured traffic from Locust Lane and Fairmount Avenue . , Hundreds of spectators gath ered, many of them with offers (Continued on gage four). Reds Stir Kashmir Issue NSW DELHI; India, Dee. 11 i&l —Russia:*- traveling salesmen flew back- to India’r capital todqr from a two-day visit- in. the north dur ing which they vigorously stirred up the deeping Kashmir contro versy. Again it. war blunt, forceful Communist party boss Nikita Krushchev who aired the views or his country on the vexing Kashmir problem in a manner likely to create new white-hot tension between India and Pakis tan, Welcome as: were his words to the general mass of Indian peo pict It appears they fell on most unhappy ears at the government leveL India’s strategy ,on winning Kad>mir fro been to avoid open conflict, with Pakistan while at the same- time- consolidating its own political and economic con trol ever the disputed northern province. -AroA 4 * t at.,.. Firemen Say Wiring Is Probable Cause I I By ED DUBBS Fire partially gutted Delta Sigma Phi fraternity late this morning, causing an estimated $25,000 td $30,000 damage. Several members suffered slight cuts and burns, but none was keriously injured. The hpuse, commonly called the Pink Elephant, was in sured at $132,000, approximately 80 per cent of the face value. Damage was high throughout most of the house, accord ing to Fire Chief Thomas E. Sauers. Some furniture was re moved before damaged, he said. Considerable damage was done by smoke and water. Water from the upstairs floors was running through the ceiling onto the first floor at a steady flow after the fire was brought under control at about 1 p.m. Faulty Wiring Blamed Sauers said the fire war prob ably caused by faulty- wiring in a compressor motor of a refriger ation system in the basement. The Alpha Fire Company of State College and the Undine Company of Be lief onte answered the alarm, which-was sounded at 11:15 am. Although the fire was under control by 1 pun-, the last flame* were not extinguished un til 4:45 pin. - Smoke was first noticed at 11 aJßL'by the fraternity cook, Mrs. Etta*. Boone, who war- preparing dinner. Most members of the house were attending church at the time the fire started. Jump from-Windows Several weekend male guests jumped from the second floor to escape injury. A kogse member said the reason they were forced know their wajr around the house Members- of'the house will stay in otherfratemities, which have offered assistance* until they can live as a grow again. O. Edward: Pollock, assistant to the dean- of. men' in charge of fraternity affairs, said he is try-' | ing to secure Pollock dorms for ;the group.. He hoiws they will be able'to move intnthe dorms as a group before the Christinas holi 'days. They also, hope to find a social headquarters; they reported. I House officials estimated next March 1 as the earliest possible date of returning to the house. Tmapanwy Hindquarters |‘ The fratemity officers today set im temporary headquarters at Phi Sigma Delta- fraternity. Members met there for lunch and a meet ing this afternoon. Members • will,, move into sighed, fraternities beginning to (Continued-on page two) Kashmir's population is- pre dominant! yMoslem but the state’s Hindu maharaja acceded to India in 1947. Since ISM the state has been split.by a UNcease-fire line. Now Khrushchev, by declaring Kashmir belongs to India and Pakistan should in effect shut up about the whole thing* seems like ly to hatve provoked a new period of bitterness and tense relatione. Grim-faced Prime Minister Nehru had no public comment on the de velopments when he flew- home from south India to spend the next 4& hours with his Russian guests. Government sources said there would be ho official reaction to Khrushchev's speech—at least un til the Russians are out of* the country. - “But if Khrushchev had delib erately set out to light a fuse to a fresh discord-betweon India and Pakistan at a time when our prob lems seemed to be simmering 'I Extra! Delta Sigs Receive Aid From Many Offers of help poured in to the members of Delta Sigma Phi to day. in the wake of the fire which gutted their house at Fairmount avenue and Locust lane about 11 a;m. Within a short time after the fire broke out arrangements-had been made to house the 3S members of the fraternity ha 19 fraternities in the immediate area. Thirty-eight of the forty-four members of the fraternity lived in the house*. Robert Bullock, Interfraternity Council president said all fraterni ties had ottered their facilities. However, he said, it was decided to house as many members as possible in the immediate- areg, so they will be near the Delta Sig ma. Phi house to- facilitate repair work. Mar. Have House, by March Bullock- said -' fraternities had offered meals- aud rooms to mem bers of the fraternity for as long as necessary. Members of Delta Sigma Phi said: today the earli est they could expect to move back into the house would be March 1. ' Barbara NichoDs. acting presi dent of PanheUenic Council, said today that all sororities were stand ing by (if help in mop-up opera tions later. At least one sorority. Gamma Phi Beta, offered money to the fraternity: Eugene Fulmer, secretary of the State College Area Chamber of Commerce, said offers of help from downtown merchants would be co ordinated later, after- members of the fraternity could determine what was needed to remodel and re furnish the house. (Continued on page- four) down he could not have done a better job of it,” said one influ ential Indian. This impression appeared gen eral among leading classes here, though the rank and file of the Indian, people are openly, delight ed that “we have found a strong friend, on our side.” Murray Pledges Montana to Adlai WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Uh-Sen. James C. Murray (D-Mont.), pledg ed his support to Adlai E. Steven son today in Stevenson’s bid for tho 195 t Democratic presidential nomi nation. But there were indications that despite Murray’s assurance Mon tana’s Ift convention votes would go to him, Stevenson was not making as much progress as some of his friends had hoped in- an other South. FIVE CENTS
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