THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1957 Probers Told Hoffa Spent Fortune to Fight Charges WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (M—Senate investigators were told today that Teamsters locals under James R. Hoffa spent $170,000 in union dues to defend Hoffa men against criminal charges or support their wives while they were in prison. The figures, covering the last three years, were laid before Reds Plan To Surpass US. by 1965 MOSCOW, Sept. 25 UP) The Kremlin. proclaimed today a -huge new, campaign to surpass the United - States in production per capita by 1965. The goal is to make the Soviet Union the most powerful nation on earth by that date. A decree of the Central Com mittee of - the Communist party and the Council of inisters of the U.S.S.R. announc d in effect that the current sixt five-year plan, adopted last yea and sched uled to run from 1 56 through 1960, is being scrappe two years ahead of time. It will be replaced by a vastly more am itious eco nomic program for a buildup of heavy industry and agriculture to run from 1959 through 1965. The decree said planning agen cies must continue to give prior ity to the rapid development of means of production. Means of production refers not only to capital goods but . also to armament industries. The decree claimed that hous ing construction quotas set for the current five-year plan have already been overfulfilled.' This claim contrasted with com plaints voiced only yesterday in the Soviet press that the housing construction program for this year is far behind plan. The main objective, the decree pointed out, is to "catch up with and surpass the most advanced capitalistic country in the per capita-production of goods in the quickest possible time." Russian Radio-- (Continued from page one) It said use of military force by the central authority of a federal state "can be justified only when all other means have been ex hausted." "President Eisenhower no w faces one of the most difficult tasks in his career," the Gazette added. In Holland the Socialist Het Parool said_Eisenhower's "wobbl ing should be deplored but the main thing is that he finally acted." Hospital Raise Asked WARREN, Pa., Sept. 25 (?P)—A post, card - measuring 40 by 30 inches was mailed to Gov. Leader today by some 700 employes of Warren State Hospital. They ask ed for a $2 daily cost of living increase. A Penn Slate Class - Ring For Christmas!. We suppose you could leave it up to Santa Claus, but there's a much surer way. Crum Jenkins has prepared a special ad (sort of subtle hint to parents) which will appear in tomorrow's Collegian. It.will explain how to go about- ordering a ring in plenty of time for Christmas. All YOU have to do is clip it and take it home with you this weekend, or simply enclose it in your next letter. Don't forget now—Friday's Collegian!! L.G. C)3(4ollc't: THE DAILY the Senate Rackets Committee by Carmine S.- Bellino, its auditor investigator. • Hoffa is the Midwest boss of the Teamsters who aspires to be come president of the union at an election scheduled for- Miami - NEW YORK. Sept. 25 (W)— The AFL-CIO today handed two More of its scandal-plagued unions flat ultimatums to get rid of "corrupt influences" or face s tiff reprisals from the parent labor organization—pos sibly even ouster. The unions are the giant 1.- 300.000-member Teamsters or ganization, the nation's largest union, and the Bakery Workers Union with a membership of more than 138.000. Beach, Fla., next week. He was indicted in New York today on perjury charges growing out of another investigation of his union. A surprise witness before the senators today s,w, or e he once overheard a conversation men tioning 1 1 / 2 thousand-dollar "pay offs" to Hoffa "either two or three times a year" by the Detroit Res taurant Guild. John Levhan testified he heard snatches of the conversation at a dinner given by ,the Michigan Restaurant Assn. He was uncer tain about the year. Leyhan is secretary-treasurer of the Green field Mills Restaurant Co., a mem ber of the Guild. Bellino testified that Teamsters Union records show that more than $85,000 was paid to the wives of four officials of Local 614 at Pontiac, Mich., who were jailed on extortion charges. At least $30,000 more, Bellino reported, was donated from union dues as a defense fund for the four Pontiac men. State Authority Gives Allocation The University and several state teachers colleges have been allocated $1,200,000 by the Gen eral State Authority for facilities for special education of teachers of retarded children. The facilities include rooms at the University and state teacher colleges. according to the Asso ciated Press. The $1,200,000 was part of a $26 1 / 2 million allocation from the authority for plans and actual construction of projects for state buildings, hospitals and schools. Charles C. Smith, auditor gen eral called the action "a mortgage on the future." , He predicted the 1959 Legislature will have to in crease the borrowing capacity of the GSA by $lO to $2O million. In the "A" St OTIEGIAN STATE COLLEGE P Atlas Burns, Crashes At Testing Site MISSILE TEST CENTER, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sept. 25 (.4)--The Atlas, an intercontinental ballistic missile, was blasted from this base today and burst into flames two minutes later as it swerved out to sea. The Air Force would say only that a missile was fired and, it could not be learned whether the Atlas was destroyed intentionally or blew up. The ,firing was strikingly simi lar to the first Atlas' test shot last June 11 here. A missile then rose about 6,000 feet" from this top secret base midway between Miami and Jacksonville, then was destroyed in the air. Russia claimed Several weeks ago to have fired an intercontinen tal ballistics missile but gave no details. Watchers on the beach seven, miles south of the launching site today saw a tall, cone-shaped mis ile rise slowly, trailing brilliant orange and yellow flame. It climbed straight up for an esti mated mile. At that point two outside rock ets fell off and it appeared for an instant that the fire-spitting mis sile might continue its journey, but it faltered, then burst into a gigantic red and yellow patch of fire. A heavy roar and dull explo sion could be heard up and down the beach. Before it was shot into the sky, the teed-up missile was almost obscured from view by mist: Levittown Whites Renew Threats LEVITTOWN, - Pa., Sept. 25 'GP) --The only Negro family in this suburban Philadelphia commun ity of 60,000 was the target of further, harassment today despite a round-the-clock state police de tail. Before dawn, police discovered the letters "KICK." smeared in red paint on the wall of the home adjoining that •of Mr. and Mrs. William Myers Jr. The Myers' home was the scene of distur bances after the family moved in last August; For the past few days, a group —variously estimated at from 20 to 100—has congregated in an empty house behind the Myers' home, mainly in the evenings. N.Y. Health Department Reports Flu Outbreak ALBANY. N.Y.. Sept. 25 (W)— The state Health Department to day reported that 599 school chil dren P.nd migrant workers have been stricken upstate with an ill ness suspected of being Asian flu. 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But Clement made it plain, in ; speaking to reporters, that the governors will be seeking pri marily to work out some ar t rangement with Eisenhower to remove U.S. troops which have conducted Negro students into Lillie Rock's previously all ! white Central High SchooL. Clement, a member of the corn— :mittee, said that regardless of 'their views' on segregation the governors are "g r a vely con- i ,cerned" about Eisenhower's ac- Ition in federalizing the Arkansas 'National Guard and then sending in paratroopers. "Without regard as to whether you think troops should have been sent in or not sent in, we Lare very concerned about the pres fence of federal troops on the streets of one of the cities of lAmerica," he said. "We want to see what we can do to be of help to the people in general in resolving what could become a most trouble some situation and precedent." Previously the governors had adopted by an 11-1 vote a resolu tion setting up the five.:member committee and urging "the with drawal of federal troops from Arkansas at the earliest possible moment." Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina, retiring chairman of the conference, was named to head the group. Little Rock Papers Defend Ike's Move LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 25 (M—Both of Little Rock's daily newspapers, the morning Arkan sas Gazette and the afternoon Ar kansas Democrat, said editorially today that President Eisenhower was justified in using 'federal troops in Little Rock's school in tegration problem. - "In one sense we rolled back our history to the Reconstruction Era when federal troops moved into position at Central High School to uphold the law and pre serve the peace," the Gazette said. The Democrat said "The Presi dent's action was the inevitable consequence. 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