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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
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