THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1956 Senate Investigation Readied in Gas Lobby WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (JP) The Senate voted 79-1 to investigate any illegal or im proper efforts to influence any senator or any one in the government The debate made it clear that the main things to be investigated are lobbying and cam paign contributions, though the resolution does not restrict the investigators to such matters. Four Democrats and four Republicans will undertake the inquiry for the Senate. They French Forces Squelch Rioting In Near East ALGIERS, Feb. 22 (!P) Two bloody ambushes of French troops by nationalist rebels were report ed by military authorities today. One of the ambushes may have been by Algerian riflemen who staged a mass desertion from the French only Monday. One battle occurred yesterday near El Milia in eastern Algeria, leaving 20 soldiers of the French and 34 rebels dead. The second fight took place in the eastern Algerian area where strong French troop concentra tions still are hunting 50 Alger ian deserters. Initial reports from the second fight gave no indication when it occurred and said only that the rebels suffered severe losses. It was near the military post at Se bedna where 11 Frenchmen died Monday when the Algerian troops defected to the rebels by appar ent prearrangement. French Foreign Legionnaires, colonial Senegalese troops an d loyal Spahis poured into the area after the desertions and took part also in the latest fight. The two ambush fights over shadowed other engagements throughout Algeria, but unoffi cial reports for the last 24 hours indicate at least 80 deaths in guerrilla fighting, assassinations and nationalist attacks. West Germans OK Defense Parlay With Western Allies BONN, Germany, Feb. 22 (EP)— West Germany agreed today to bargain with the Big Three West ern Powers on their claim for con tineud financial support for Allied forces in Germany. Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano handed notes to the am bassadors of the United States, Britain and France to advise them of his government's decision. Informed sources said the notes gave no indication of this govern ment's readiness to continue pay ing. Experts of the four powers prob ably will meet here next week to discuss the dispute. Allied sources made it plain the Big Three are determined to press their claim hard, basing it on the fact that West Germany has no fighting force yet and de pends entirely on the Allied for ces for protection. The Big Three contend Germany is obligated to ;,ay until she can look after her own defense. Students Plant Flag For Washington Fete WATERTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 22 (11 1 )—British Union Jack flags flew briefly over four north country communities today and proclaimations on flagpoles said the territory had been "repos sessed" by the British. Police hauled them down soon after. In Kingston, Ont., a group of Queen's University students said they had staged the raid to "re claim" the territory in the name of King George 111 and to com memorate Washington's birthday. The flags flew over schools in Watertown, Clayton, Alexandria Bay and Lafargeville, all in Jef ferson County. a. 44444 var 1:.7 Breakfast Brandt Lanett .4° , Coffee-beesk , r, _./.. Y.t SI Dessert iti..„, -I? , ANY PARTY ilt ' - INIBDI Mt are to report by Jan. 1, but are authorized to make interim re ports either before or after the November elections. Only Sen. John Langer (R-ND) voted "no". He said his con science would not let him vote for the resolution. Arises From Report MI this sprang from a report Sen. Robert Case (R-SD) made to the Senate Feb. 3, the weekend before it voted 53-38 for a bill to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal price regula tion. Case reported that he had been offered 25 hundred dollar bills as a campaign contribution by a man who later was shown to have been an attorney-lobbyist for oil gas interests. A furor immediately followed I and on Feb. 6 Case told the Sen ate, "I had no idea that this thing would become the incident that it I has." Since then, the "incident" has resulted in one senatorial and one grand jury investigation that are still proceeding, and President Ei senhower's veto of the gas bill on the grounds that some of its pro moters had acted arrogantly and with impropriety. Before the fin?l vote today on the new and sweeping investiga tion, the Senate accepted an amendment by Sen. Fulbright (D- Ark) to make the inquiry cover anyone in government. Fulbright was one of the authors of the vetoed gas bill. Fulbright Remarks Fulbright said he thought that if an investigation was going to be made, it ought notto be con fined to .he Senate. He said it was "erroneous" to think that "lobbying or influence peddling" primarily relates to the Senate. The Arkansas senator, wh o conducted an investigation of the RFC during the Truman ad ministration, said that the oppor tunities to do favors are much greater in the executive branch of government.. State Sales Tax Issue To Be Decided by Caucus HARRISBURG, Feb. 22 (. I F') Sen. Rowland B. Mahany, Repub lican flloor leader, said today the fate of the House-passed 360 million dollar compromise income-sales tax program will be decided by the Republican caucus. "What we will have to decide, the entire burden of additional revenue on the sales tax, on the income tax or on the whole tax package." As of the moment, the GOP floor leader added, the majority in the Republican Senate caucus "would probably favor putting it all on a sales tax supplemented by some additional business tax es." Asked at what percentage the sales tax would be levied, Ma hany said three per cent. This, he said, could raise some 300 million dollars in the remaining 14 months of the biennium if cloth- ÜBA WILL RETURN BOOKS and MONEY from NOW until SAT. NOON rieSISO 4011der 1 day await ♦5 14114 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Gas Bill Vetoed 3 Per cent Tax Farm Program Nears Vote In Congress WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (4 President Eisenhower's farm pro gram neared the showdown stage in Congress today with support ers arguing it would save money for the government while culti vating income for the nation's farmers. Undersecretary of Agriculture True D. Morse said the soil bank plan to take cropland out of pro duction "could easily cut in half" present expenditures for storing farm surpluses. Morse testified before the House Agriculture Committee as t h Senate primed for crucial debate on election-rear farm legislature. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra. T. Benson has urged fast action; on the soil bank and other pro visions of the administration's program. Morse did the same. He , told the House committee plant ing time is about here and said prompt measures by Congress would permit a "substantial" re duction in 1956 growing acreage. Farmers participating in th e soil bank, he noted would then be eligible for government pay ments in proportion to the land they retire. The soil bank is designed to keep farm output from exceeding demand and thereby to bolster crop values. It has encountered little oppostion in Congress, where some Democrats insist it's actual ly a program they recommended last year—only to have it cold shouldered by the administration. Hattie Carnegie Dies NEW YORK, Feb. 22 '—(/P) Famed fashion designer Hattie Carnegie died at her Fifth Av enue home today after a long ill ness. She was 70. ' Mahany said, "is whether to put ing and restaurant meals are in cluded. Gov. Leader estimated the state's revenue needs at 564 mil lions. Republicans place the fig ure at 400 millions. There is now pending in the Senate a group of taxes on business totaling 100 mil lions. They have passed the House. Action Promised As both houses closed down for the week, Mahany . promised speedy action on the bills by Sen ate Republicans when the Gen eral Assembly reconvenes Mon day. Britain Plans Arab, Israeli Peace Bid LONDON, Feb .22 t)P) Britain today disclosed plans for separ ating the quick-shooting armies of Israel and her Arab neighbors at the starting point of a possible Palestine peace. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told Parliament about the plan. a withdrawal of one kilometer—five-eighths of a mile—by the rival Israel and Arab armies along the 1949 armistice lines with an inter national patrol moving into the no-man's-land. Lloyd said he made the propo sals secretly a month ago to United Nations Secretary Gener al Dag Hammarskjold. Will Visit Israel The British statesman an nounced he will visit Israel in mid-March after a round of face to-face meetings with leaders of Middle Eastern countries. His aim clearly is to urge upon the rival nations the need to begin negotiating a final peace settle ment. No British foreign secretary has visited Israel since the state was founded in 1948. Lloyd's visit was announced a< signs of fresh tension appeared. Preparing Attack King Hussein of Jordan was quoted in a dispatch today as say ing intelligence reports indicated Israel was preparing to attack Jordan in the near future. The King spoke at a camp of his crack army, the Arab Legion. High ranking officers and officials were present. In Cairo, the Egyptian interior minister announced a civil de fense drill would be held next Wednesday. He said 15.000 civil defense volunteers have been en rolled in Cairo. Calls for Volunteers Israeli Premier David Ben-Gu rion yesterday issued a call for 160,000 volunteers to give six days work in building air raid shelters and fortifications. Lloyd leaves Loxion Feb. 29 primarily to attend the minister ial council meeting of the South east Asian Treaty Organization in Karachi, Pa k i sta n, beginning March 6. Brazil Issues Order to Crush Jungle Revolt RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb. 22 01—Government land, sea and air forces converged today on the remote Amazon River city of San tarem with orders to crush a jun gle revolt in which not a gun has been fired. The steamer President Vargas closed in with troops, anti-aircratt weapons and a small cannon put aboard at Balem, 450 miles down the river. The corvettes Carioca and Cananeia carrying Marines escorted the steamer. U.S.-made P 47 Thunder bolt fighters stationed at Sai Luiz Air field in Maranhao State in north eastern Brazil will provide air cover and try to prevent the re ! bets escape by plane. A small rebel force led by four disaffected air force officers seized !control of Santarem, its airfield, and several auxiliary fields. The officers are reported to have only 30 men at their command. San tarem is a city of 15,000 about 1500 miles northwest of Rio de !Janeiro. The revolt leader, Mai. (Harold° Veloso, fled the capital in la training plane Feb. 11. l Col. Hugo Delaitt, commander jot' the troops converging on San tarem. ordered his men to try to take the city without bloodshed. He added that if they could not accomplish this, they should take it "at any cost." Government forces hold Monte Alegre, across the river from San tarem, The President Vargas ap parently intended to land the as sault troops there. PAGE THREE
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