,i) ie , La -- rtt, F recasts 4, • ;1 le _ 1,,,,,e i t, Gait , rs owers tillg 1 . FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Today's Puss Thunder VOL. 58. No. 36i Party Planks OK'd By Elections Group In 3-Hour Session The All-University Elections Committee, in a 3-hour hassle last night, passed three of five of Lion party's platform planks as presented and passed two of the three Campus planks as presented. Two Lion planks and one Campus plank for the fall class elections were approved as re-! vised by the clique chairmen. Both party platforms were approved as l revised. Discussion on Lion party's plat-, form took two hours. The planks ,I as finally presented by Clique' ,Chairman William O'Neill and ap-i proved by the committee, are: •The establishment of a joint: class student opinion committee—i 'lts function will be to ascertain' yours, the students' view, on is sues that may arise in the future., With this knowledge we feel our( candidates will be able to truly' express the opinions of the stu-! 'dents whom they represent. *Further investigation of the, extension of freshmen women's' hours— We feel that the present policy concerning freshmen worn- , en's hours and the possibility of their extension should be further; investigated and the results re-1 (erred to the Women's Student, Government Association. • •AM facilities for station WDFM— Due to the fact that the, ;station WDFM is financially sup ported by the entire student body,' 'yet is heard by relatively few, we, strongly believe that the addition! of AM facilities is necessary to justify its continued existence. •Lengthening telephone hours —Lion Lion party advocates the length-I ening of telephone hours in the' dormitories in order to make these facilities available at the times when they are most in demand. •Student Welfare Committee—l ,We endorse All-University Cabi-I ;net's action in the formation of this committee and its work ofl investigating problems concerning' [student housing, food and health' services and the taking of appro priate action if warranted. Campus party's planks, as final-; lr presented by Clique Chairman] Gary Young' and approved by the committee, are: •To facilitate academic prog-. ress: Class cuts— We feel that no 'artificial penalty , should be im `posed for unexcused absences [ from classes, with the exception of practicum courses. •In the realm of student serv ' ices: Check-cashing service— We realize the inconveniences caused in cashing checks of large - Continued on page two) Soph Jailed For Port In Forgery A University sophomore has been committed . to Centre County jail in default of $3OOO bail in con nection with an alleged forgery case and a further charge of filing identification numbers from a pistol. ,Stephen Rade, 20, of Philadel phia, was jailed following a hear ing Tuesday before Guy B. Mills, justice of the peace. Stephen Schulman, 19, of Phila delphia, not-a student at the 'Uni versity also was committed to tits county fail on a charge of forgery. Rade is charged with being an accessory before and after the fact in the case. - The alleged forgery and pistol markings violations were discov ered after the landlady of the boarding house where Rade lives said she found two-watches and a pistol holster in the basement of her house. Mills said the - landlady laid the watches and holster on a table arid went to call police. While she was talking to the police, Mills said, someone passed through the room and picked up the articles. Rade was picked up for ques tioning by police and Mills issued a search warrant to check the rooms of the house. During the search police said they found the pistol, wrapped in a sheet under Rades bed, with the identification numbers removed. On further questioning, Rade implicated Schulman in the al leged pistol violation and also on the charge of passing false checks, police said. After Rade identified the checks, borough police issued a warrant for Schulman's arrest in Philadelphia. Prexy Urges Ike to Start Study of Basic Research Editorial on Page 4 President Eric A. Walk e r yesterday said President Dwight D. Eisenhower should be urged to study problems of fundamental research through a Cabinet-rank committee. Speaking to the Naval Research Advisory Committee here, Walker said, "Serious imbalances are growing now in our support for basic research." "Although there seem to be ade quate funds for research in agri culture and perhaps even in the health sciences, there is little in the social sciences and certainly not enough in the physical sci ences," he said. The money spent by the De partment of Defense on re search, although "quite impres sive," is spent mostly on the de velopment of "extremely expen sive' prototypes." he said. He said there is "very little left for .exploratory research." Because its benefits are not ap parent for 5 to 10 years, Walker said, fundamental, research suf fers when a "crash program for a new - weapon or new piece of hard ware" is proposed. STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 31. 1957 - But the appearance of Sput nik, he said, "has pointed up the fact that we have no store house of fundamental informa tion on which to call for new and startling developments. - Walker advised that the amount of money spent on research in the physical sciences be doubled "if we are to stay in the race for t e c h nical superiority." Applica tion of fundamental research, he said, "benefits us in many direc tions, and is the foundation for our technical development." Walker suggested the Cabinet committee approach to the study because the problem involves not only the Navy but many other governmental agencies. " Russians Say Red Courses Are Not a ore Technical College programs in the Soviet Union are not more technical than in the United States, yet the USSR has no shortage of engineers, four Russian diplomats visiting the University said yesterday., The four members of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., are on it swing through , ourselves with the life of the ;American people." ' "Our basic principle is not- to , teach only to be a good specialist but to be a good citizen.' Another member of tne delesa ton, Anatoli M. Goryachev, a second secretary at the Embassy. said the USSR has no acute prob. Jem in obtaining sufficient num ,bers of engineers and other spe cialists from Soviet colleges and 1 universities. i As evidence that the Soviets maintain a strong interest in lib eral educational policies, Lavrov said, all Russian children begin ;learning foreign languages in third grade. Some schools even start foreign language studies in the first grade. Lavrov also said the Soviet Union is working toward a I greater exchange of students ; between east and west. The Russian people maintain an al -1 titude of friendship towards ' Americans. he said, and he be s lieves the delegation's reception I on the tour evidences a return I of that feeling. The fingerprinting of aliens en ttering, the United States was :called one of the largeststurn ,bling blocks to increasing such i ,exchanges. While it is "common place" in the U.S., Lavrov said, "it is used only for criminal per „sons in Russia.” But the Soviet government has just presented to the U.S. a pro. iposal for increasing student ex- Ichange, he said. Goryachev said television in struction is practically unknown in Russian colleges. He said The use of television for such pur- ' poses has not yet progressed so far in the USSR. All Russian children qualify for a higher education at the cost of the people (the government) By ED DUBBS in Russia, Lavrov said. Collegian Editor l choose their occupations freely. he They may attend schools and Four Russian envoys—one of them wearing a 3-buttod •said. without regard to their race Ivy League sport coat with a Robert Hall label—paid us a:or the - status of their parents. visit yesterday. - 1 He called the University of • Moscow the college most aspiring They were a friendly bunch and sweated out some ques- Russians hope to attend. Because perhaps 10,000 students apply to tions which undoubtedly made them uncomfortable. But they (Continued oft page four) had asked for it by offering to —Daily Collegian photo by Rort Minor 'TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ...'—Russian diplomat Vladimir S. Lavrov answers a question in a class in Russian history and government yesterday afternoon. Lavrov's colleagues—who also asked and answered qurstionsare (from left) Sergei A. Bogomo lev, Valerian V. Mikhailiv and Anatoli M. Gozryachev. 'lvy. League' Russian Tours with Envoys answer "any" questions we might have about their country. e Sees Paris Meeting We got no startling answers, but we didn't expect to. After all, as Dr. Vernon V. Aspaturian, assis- • 10 • taut professor of political science, whose - class on Russian govern- To Help Bolster Security ment they visited, said: "They, are diplomats." • WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 UP)—President Eisenhower an- For the most part they seemed to keep calm, cool and collected nounced today that in the interests of bolstering "free world and seemed to be enjoying them-s „, security" he plans to attend a NATO Council meeting in Paris selves. They spoke in "broken English. , in mid-December. I ,To us they looked like any ! First, Eisenhower told a news conference, he will hold his other Russians we have seen ' ,photographs of. They were all annual session with congressional leaders of both parties. rather short and two of them This, he said, will be "in the tra-i and have children had little hair. All are married - dition of bipartisan responsibility! ing effort of all kinds." They all wore American—capi-,for keepin g the country on a sin _! *The chief executive voiced a talistic—clothes, explaining that gle track in foreign relations!' • troops — fervent hope that federal c can be pulled out of Little Ark., Russian-made clothes aren't de-: As the President prepares for tsoon :Ro k. where he said the signed for American weather. these conferences, he is still puz - ;school integration situation We - complimented one of them2led at the significance of Rus- -,, seems to improve daily." on his Ivy League sport coat and sia's dropping his postwar assai asked to look at the lapel. It said` c iate and acquaintance, Marshal *Eisenhower said the reason it "Robert Hall." It was grey I h w•t•-- . Georgi K. Zhukov, as minister of, is taking time to set up a Civil black vertical stripes. • :defense. { R i ghts Commission is that he is The leader of the group, Vladi-. newsconference alsorying to get the very best mem- The made' ;bens possible, because "this corn mir Lavrov, counselor, wore a' grey 3-button suit. a circuit of domestic issues: !mission can have a- very amelio , They arrived on campus about i *The President said he'd have,rating effect on these aroused 1:30 p.m. in their 1954 or 1955 to beg off advising - housewives:feelings, prejudices and passions." dark green. 4-door Chevrolet. how to fight higher living costs.l He said he wants "men of na- They came here from Altoona. He rejected the idea that a de-;tional reputation so that their Arriving too late for lunch in pression is in the offing but con-;opinions, convictions, their find- Waring Hall. they were taken to ceded the economy is "taking wings of fact will be respected by (Continued on page four) 'breather after a long surge of rig-j America." - raglan By 808 FRANKLIN Collegian City Editor Defense Cuts Hit on Campus See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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