SATURDAY. JANUARY 7. 1956 Times Editor Reveals 1-Year Red Affiliation WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (/P) —Dr. Benjamin Fine, educa tion editor of The New York Times, testified today he was a Communist party member for about a year while a grad uate student at Columbia Univer sity in the 19305. He acknowledged he had made *'a tragic mistake" and cautioned present day students against the same error. Dr. Fine was the final witness as the ' Senate Internal Security subcommittee closed out three days of public hearings into al leged Communist infiltrations of the press and. other news fields. Chairman James O. Eastland (D- Miss) and Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind) praised Dr. Fine as “a fine citizen” and a “credit to your business.” When the hearings ended, East land and Jenner issued a joint statement in which they said the hearings “disclosed many things, including a significant effort on the part of the Communists to penetrate leading American news papers.” Testimony today'included: 1. There was a Red cell on the New York Herald Tribune in the 19405. 2. Two witnesses who today in voked the Fifth Amendment priv ilege against compulsory self-in crimination were fired by The New York Times after they indi cated they would take this course. Ike Challenged On 32 Points By Democrats WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (£>)—'The Democratic National Committee today challenged President Eisen hower on 32 proposals and state ments in his State of the Union message, particularly those deal ing with taxes and the-farm prob lem. It said Eisenhower has approved tax reduction before in the face of an unbalanced budget, and that his “soil bank” farm proposal is a Democratic idea once opposed by the administration. An anlysis of the message by the committee’s research division, sent to Democratic legislators, listed the President’s remarks and committee comment in parallel columns. It also questioned the Presi dent’s statements that national in come is “more widely and fairly distributed than ever before” and “our defenses have been rein forced.” Referring to the Eisenhower statement that an income tax cut would not be justified if it un balanced the budget, the commit tee said: "President Eisenhower did not appear to be disturbed about un balancing the budget in 1954, when, in the face of a prospective deficit of $2,900,000,000 for the fiscal year 1955, he approved tax cuts totalling $7,400,000,000 in cluding the GOP tax bill which gave three quarters of the tax relief to the corporations.” Budget Labeled 'Out of Balance' CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (JP) —A Re publican governor today said that, if President Eisenhower’s recom mendations are adopted, the bud get “will be out of balance again.” Gov. J. Bracken Lee of Utah made that comment on the Presi dent’s State of the Union message. The President said he expects the federal budget to be balanced. Lee cited the recommendations for such federal.aid proposals as those for schools and roads, and he added: “I think the people are being fooled.” Lee, who spoke his views at a news conference and in a speech before the Executives Club, re ported he is ready to formally start his personal rebellion against the federal incpjne. tax.. .. . < Russia Gets $700,000 Bill In Bering Sea Plane Shooting WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 W—For shooting down one U.S. plane . . . $1,449,895.36. Less 50 per cent discount due to special circumstances .. . $724,- 947.68. Total due . . . $724,947.68. That was the bill handed to So viet Russia by the United States today’ for the shooting down in flames of a two-engine Neptune patrol plane over the Bering Sea last June 22. All 11 crew members suffered injuries ranging from bullet wounds to burns and shock. Seven required hospital treatment. Russia and the United States blamed each other for the inci dent. Secretary of States Dulles accepted Russia’s offer to pay half the damage while “not condoning the damages of the Soviet con duct.” Preparations were under way at the time for the July, summit con ference of Big Four powers in Geneva, and Dulles’ acceptance of the Russian offer was viewed as an effort to smooth the path. Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) called it a desire to create “as friendly 7T. and get a better shave! Old Spice Pre-Electric Shave Lotion sets up your beard —tunes up your shaver. Stops dragging, clogging and over-heating. The new, i ton-oily lubricant, “Isophyl’V* . prepares the skin for easy gliding... lubricates the shaver cutting edges for greatest efficiency. j|oo Nofcdendto* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA an atmosphere” for the Big Four meeting. In making the Russian offer last June 26, Soviet Foreign Min ister Molotov cited heavy cloud conditions which made visibility poor. •He said this did not “ex clude the possibility of a mistake from one side or the other.” Molotov insisted the U.S. plane was inside Soviet territory and opened fire when approached by Russian jet fighters. He expressed regret at the incident. The State Department denied the American plane had violated the Russian frontier, maintaining it at no time was any closer to Russia than midway over the Ber ing Sea channel which separates Alaska from Russia. It crash landed on St. Lawrence Island. The U.S. note was delivered to Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zaru bin and made public by the State iDepartmcnt. A breakdown of [damages "in round figures made available by the State Department included: cost of the Neptune plane $294,700; value of plane equipment destroyed $95,645; cost of search and rescue $3,000; costs to U.S. government resulting from crewmen’s injuries and disabili ties $335,674; personal injuries to crew members $90,000; loss of per sonal property aboard the plane $875. SHU LT O N Now Yo»t • Toronto Monroney Says Report Overlooked Air Travel WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AO—Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla) charged today that a Cabinet-level report on federal transportation policy, praised by President Eisenhower yesterday, completely overlooked aviation. " Monroney, chariman of the Sen ate Aviation subcommittee, said aviation is an extremely impor tant part of the U.S. transporta tion picture and no general report on transportation would be com plete without it. However, a Monroney query about an “airline protest” against the report brought to light the fact that the Air Transport Assn., composed of scheduled airlines, had not expected or wanted avia tion mentioned in the report. It said that subject had been covered thoroughly in another report. Monroney, questioning Frede rick B. Lee, recently discharged as civil aeronautics administrator, brought out that Lee had not been consulted in the preparation of the report even though, at the time, he headed the farflung Operations of the Civil Aero nautics Administration. - Monroney asked the committee counsel, Frank Pellegrini, to “be gin negotiations at the summit” with the Commerce Department to find out why the transporta tion report failed to mention avia tion. 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The prevailing idea of millions today is: “How can I enjoy myself?” Famed author A. J. Cronin shows why nothing of real value can be accomplished without self-disci pline; and why the surest path to true success and happiness is in learning to do without. ARE EUROPEAN STUDENTS SMARTER? In Europe, pupils learn more, work harder, and play less than in America—but fewer get to high school and college. Which system is best? Here’s a chance for you to compare for yourself. THE FEARSOME ATOMIC SUBMARINE. Here, told for the first time, are the capabilities of the Nautilus, and why atomic submarines will outmode the de fense setups of all nations, including our own. !Get January Reader’s Digest at your newsstand today only 2Si 39 articles of lasting interest, including the best from leading magazines and current hooks, condensed to save your time. To Earn More $?. Take Up Garbage SPRINGFIELD, N.J, Jan. 6 </P) —Garbage collectors here outearn teachers and policemen. Under a new contract signed between contractor James Petro zello of East Orange, and the Local 945 of the'Teamsters Union drivers on garbage trucks will re ceive $ll4 for a 40-hour week and loaders will get $lO4 a week. Springfield teachers earn be tween $3300 and $5500 a year. And only the chief of police makes more than the garbage truck drivers. His men make less. was chairman of the advisory committee which made the trans portation report to the President last April. Monroney has declared, during the subcommittee’s in vestigation of Lee’s discharge, that Weeks and Commerce Under secretary Louis Rothschild are “ground-minded” and tried to ex ercise presidential authority to i fire Lee and strengthen their con trol of the CAA. PAGE THREE
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