FRIDAY. MARCH 'l4. 1958
Havana Police
Quiet Students
HAVANA (JP) Threats of Havana University’s 18,000
students to stage a new demonstration faded Thursday as
police sealed off all assembly areas.
Tension continued as rebels circulated rumors a major
revolutionary attempt to overi
tista might be made “within
Rebels Lose
Oil Field
In Sumatra
JAKARTA, Indonesia (JP) —The
Indonesian government Thursday
announced the capture of the oil
field near Pakanbaru in rebel
lious Central Sumatra and said
the American oil company, Cal
tex, was now free to resume op
erations.
Rebel sources in Singapore said
Central Sumatra forces withdrew
to the outskirts of Pakanbaru.
They said they had no infor
mation on casualties or whether
the two sides still were fighting
around Pakanbaru.
The Indonesian government
claimed that Pakanbaru, Caltex
headquarters city 15 miles south
west of the big Minas oil field,
was captured by 300 paratroopers
and a combat regiment.
Premier Djuanda announced
the capture.
The Caltex shut down Monday,
©n the advice of the Indonesian
government, and evacuated some
women and children of its 3,000
to 4,000 employes to Singapore.
Djuanda said there was no need
for further evacuation. About 600
Americans are in the area. All
were reported safe.
Capture of Pakanbaru and the
nearby oil field, if confirmed,
would put the government of
President Sukarno on the way to
control of vital areas under the
sway of the rebel government set
up Feb. 15.
Dulles Says Break
For Talks Needed
MANILA (#} Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles said yes
terday ways must be found to
break the deadlock over a summit
meeting but he again emphasized
that the East-West leaders shoud
discuss Germany and Eastern Eu
rope.
The-Soviet Union has rejected
any summit discussion of German
reunification or the political stat
us of Communist nations - in East
ern Europe.
Dulles reiterated the U.S. posi
tion that in addition to these sub
jects the conference agenda should
include discussions of .the use of
outer space for peaceful purposes
and steps to reduce the threat of
nuclear warfare.
FCC Seeks to Reopen TV Case
WASHINGTON (JP) The
Federal Communications Com
mission asked court permis
sion Thursday to second-guess
itself on a Miami TV case.
Meantime, new testimony in a
House influence probe churned
up such-different names as House
Republican Leader Joe Martin
and the gangster “Little Augie.”
The FCC told the U.S. Court of
Appeals here it wanted to review
its 1957 award of Miami Channel
10, worth several million dollars
to a National Airlines subsidiary
in the light of developments stem
ming from the congressional in
quiry. '
The FCC move came more than
a week after Richard A Mack
resigned from the commission in
the wake of charges he was un
der the' financial influence of a
lawyer who went to bat for Na
tional Airlines when the. case was
before the FCC.
Thursday, Frank W. Miller, a
throw President Fulgencio Ba
-48 hours.”
Batista ordered police and
armed forces to crush any dis
turbance.
Police guarded the big Roman
or tripled at aU public build
ings and military establish
ments. Gunners behind sand
bags guarded the presidential
palace in the heart of Havana.
Police guared the big Romani
Catholic cathedral near the Uni
versity of Havana. Radio cars
stocked with weapons and gre
nades were stationed at street
comers.
[ Police broke up small groups of
students.
They chased away Associated
Press photographer Harold Val
entine trying to take pictures and
ordered him back to his hotel.
They arrested his taxi driver.
Students called upon all Cubans
to observe 10 minutes silence
starting at 3:40 p.m. in memory
of Federation President Jose An
tonio Echevarria. He and about
40 others were killed during rebel
attacks on the presidential palace
a year ago in an attempt to kill
or kidnap Batista.
Rigid censorship was enforced
preventing publication of any
news about bloodshed and vio
lence throughout the island. Ba
tista's suspension of constitu
tional guarantees stripped Cu
bans of all civil liberties for 45
days.
Informed sources said elections
Batista had set for June 1 will
have to be postponed possibly un
til November.
. In Havana, a rebel gunman
fired at former Minister of Com
merce Raul Menotal but failed to
hit him. His secretary was
wounded.
Leopold Freed;
Wants Obscurity
JOLIET, HI. (JP) —Nathan Leo
pold, thrill killer of the ’2os,
stepped into the world of free
men Thursday and headed for
what he says he hopes will be a
lifetime, in obscurity serving his
fellow men.
The 53 - year - old Leopold
walked , through the gates of
StateviUe Penitentiary, free on
parole after serving 33 years, 6
months and 2 days of a life sen
tence for the 1924 killing of 14-
year old Bobby Franks.
Under conditions of his parole,
Leopold, son of a millionaire, will
leave Chicago for Casterier, Puer
to Rico, for the job he requested
as a $lO-a-week laboratory tech
nician in a Church of the Breth
ren mission hospital.
He has steady income from a
$50,000 trust fund set up by his
brother and a legacy from an
aunt
radio TV-advertising man, told
the House subcommittee on
Legislative Oversight he'called
on Rep. Martin "to ask him how
things were going and things
like that" in FCC's considera
tion of the lO case.
Miller said he was acting for;
A. Frank Katzentine, who lost!
the license fight to National Air-]
lines. |
Apparently Martin didn’t give:
him much help. At least Miller!
said he never beard from the
Massachusetts Republican again,
even though he told Katzentine in;
a telegram, the day he called on'
Martin: “Joe is going right down 1
the line for us.”
Katzentine paid a return ’
visit to the witness stand Thurs
day and indignantly denied
charges, which he attributed to
his opponents in the TV fight, ;
that he has associated with mob- ;
slers and allowed his Miami j
radio station,- WKAT. to be .
used in behalf of gambling on j
horse races.
Katzentine denied, among oth
er things, he was acquainted with
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Leader Urges Nation, States
To Boost Public Works Efforts
ALTOONA, Pa. (/P)_Gov.
George M. Leader yesterday
urged the federal government
and every state in the nation
to follow the lead of his ad
ministration in accelerating ef
forts to speed construction of
public works and highways
projects.
The governor said such a pro
gram would go a long way toward!
solving the nation’s mounting un-|
employment program. I
Leader spoke at two regional j
; unemploymeni conferences
i which attracted a total of more
: than 2000 persons from 13 1
| southwestern Pennsylvania i
counties.
At news conferences here and
| at Johnstown, where a morning
Brundage Resigns
Budget Chief Post
WASHINGTON (JP) — Percival F. Brundage, who was
alternately cussed as a spendthrift and a skinflint, resigned
Thursday as budget director.
President Eisenhower moved Dep. Director Maurice H.
Stans up to succeed him in the fiscal hot seat.
The change comes during a lull]
between budget storms, with pre
liminary work just getting under:
way on the 1960 fiscal blueprint
which will be submitted to Con
gress next January.
Brundage. who will be 66
next month, said he was leaving
the $22400-a-year post to "at
tend to some personal matters
that have been neglected."
He also noted in a letter to Ei
senhower that his immediate
predecessors set an example of
resigning after a few years to
give “others with a fresh view
point” a chance.
When reporters asked While
House press secretary James C.
Hagerty whether Brundage was
leaving because of any policy
differences, he replied. "Of
course not."
Eisenhower accepted his resig
nation effective Saturday, and
told Brundage in a “Dear Percy”
letter that he was grateful for
“outstanding service."
Bargaining Election
Sought by PGMA
PHILADELPHIA (JP) The
Pennsylvania Garment Manufac
turers Assn., and its 300 member
plants shut down by a strike
Thursday sought a bargaining
election “to determine what un
ion represents its employes.”
The PGMA petitioned the Na
tional Labor Relations Board to
approve an appropriate bargain
ing unit "so all negotiations can
be on an association-wide basis.”
a gangland figure known as
“Little Augie.”
A former mayor of Miamii
Beach, and now president of the
Greater Miami Crime Commis-j
sion, Katzentine said he assumed!
the “Little Augie” was Augie Pi-j
sane, one of various underworld
i figures known by that nickname.
“I don’t associate with people
[like that,” Katzentine told a re
porter later. He said he didn’t]
remember seeing Pisano more
ithan once. j
PENN STATE
DINER
Fine Foods
OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY
“Tradition Demands
Quality"
session was held. Leader said “na
tional action is needed to fight
the recession.”
‘ “We must be realistic to deal
with a realistic situation,” Leader
said.
Ha explained his program
calls for spending 200 million
dollars in federal and state
funds during a 46-week period
for highway, school construc
tion and other projects.
No new funds are being pro
vided, Leader emphasized.
[ He said his program calls for
speeding projects already plan-
Ined, declaring:
“Some can be advanced a few
weeks—others as much as 15
months.”
Leader told the Altoona con
i ference that if the federal gov-
I eminent and all states would
[ accelerate projects in the same
> way as Pennsylvania it would
jNikita Wants
Curbs on Arms
LONDON (JP )—Nikita Khrush
chev said Thursday night the So
viet Union favors a disarmament
system which provides for “rea
sonable international control." He
did not define what he regarded
reasonable.
The Soviet Communist party
boss again rejected any separate
consideration of President Eisen
hower’s proposal that outer space
be used only for peaceful pur
poses.
In a letter publish, d in the
Leftist British weekly News
Statesman, Khrushchev claimed
the Eisenhower plan was designed
to isolate the question of the in
tercontinental ballistic missile. He
said the Soviet Union possesses
the ICBM but the United States
does not
page three
mean that thousands of th« un.
employed would go back to
work.
“I do not mean this as ’make
work program’,” the governor de
clared, adding:
“The states and the federal gov
ernment just should advance the
starting dates for projects which
already are laid out.”
Unemployment Still High
Harrisburg i/P) Unemploy
ment compensation claims are
continuing on a high level in
Pennsylvania despite a five per
cent decrease last week.
The Bureau of Employment
Security reported Thursday it
paid 330.473 claims to jobless
Pennsylvanians during the
week ended March 7. a decrease
of 17.834 compared to the pre
vious week.
Farm Price Cuts
Axed by Senate
WASHINGTON .'/Pl—ln a slap
at Eisenhower administration
I farm policies, the Senate voted 50-
43 Thursday against allowing cuts
in farm price supports this year.
Then by the same margin ft re
fused to pass a second bill freez
ing supports for dairy products
alone. This measure was rejected
50-43.
The first bill, which now goes
to the House, would freeze federal
supports under most major faJm
products and crops, including
dairy products, at no less than
last year’s levels.
Eleven Republicans joined 33
Democrats, to pass the measure.
Opposing it were 35 Republicans
and 8 Democrats.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son, who already has announced
plans for cutting 1958 supports
on wheat and dairy products, told
a news conference before the Sen
ate voted that President Eisen
hower would vote the measure if
it ever reached him.
Pechan First Candidate
To Join Stasssn Battle
PHILADELPHIA (JP) —State
Sen. Albert Pechan today became
the first announced candidate to
join Harold A. Stassen’s battle
against the state Republican or
ganization for nomination as
GOP candidate for governor.
Stassen confirmed that Pechan
will be a candidate for Secretary
of Internal Affairs on his ticket.