SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 7958 Defense Against Missiles Now Seems Feasible' . WASHLNGTON VP) Thelicies and . public education were other subjects before Defense Department's director the editors. of guided missiles, William M. retary of defense in charge assistant p s u e g- - e li s c i o n f fo c rm en a so tion, ip hit an brk ne a N t vs ch s a u rg- Holaday, said Friday a defense against intercontinental mis- pression made Thursday by Re p p: siles now seems feasible. Houseass (D-Calif), chairman subcommittee. fa . Work on such a defense is "be- Snyder was challenged in turn rig pushed to the extreme limits by J. R. Wiggins, executive edi of technology," H i laday told, the for of the Washington Post who American Society of Newspaper said Moss was guided by "the Editors. Holaday fold at their annual the 400 editors /meeting that -all status of .:evelopment is than our own s. ent news pol- the present eve Russian missile not a bit better et the present t Defense Depart Court Drops Indict ent On Pound WASHINGTON, (IP)—Poet Ezra Pound soon will leave the mental hospital which has been his prison for 12 years. A treason indictment accusing Found, 72, of betraying this coun try with pro-Axls, anti-American radio broadcasts from Italy dur ing World War II was dismissed Friday in U.S. District Court. With the indictment out of the way, only a few details remain before Pound can leave St. Eli sabeth's Hospital, where he has been confined since he was ad judged mentally incompetent in 1946. For one thing, his wife, Dorothy Shakespear Pound, must file a plan for his care. The Pounds hope to get passports to return to Italy where they lived for 21 years before he was arrested by American troops in 1945. Mrs. Pound told friends her husband probably will remain at St. Elizabeth's a few more days. "I've got to have time to turn around," she commented. Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws dismissed the indictment on the ground that Pound is not and never will be mentally compe tent to stand trial. At the same time it was held that he would not be dangerous to himself or others if set free. The court proceeding lasted on ly about 10 minutes. The bearded Pound was brought to the hearing by a hospital at tendant. He sat among the spec tators and listened with bowed) head. Before the hearing started he chatted animatedly with friends and admirers who stopped by to greet him. Asked if he wanted to return to 1 Italy he replied with a vigorous: "Yes." Artist From Pitt To Talk Today Bruce Mitchell, newly-appoint ed artist-in-residence at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, will speak to students at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Hetzel Union Building. Mitchell will give his speech in connection with an exhibition of his jazz drawings which will be in the HUB from today until Wed nesday. The exhibition, under the aus pices of the School of the Arts, will open at 2 p.m. Tea will be served at 4 p.m. Mitchell, known as "The Artist Impressario of Jazz" has written and illustrated jazz articles - for Esquire magazine and has also de signed covers for Dial and Debut record albums. APhiO to Hold Meeting For Officers' Election Alpha Phi Omega, men's na tional service fraternity, will hold a brothers' meeting for the elec tion of officers at 8 p.m. Monday in 217-218 Hetzel Union. There will be a pledge meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in 212-213 Het ael Union. most sincere desire to obtain a better flow of information on the government." Snyder defended news arrange ments at the Cape Canaveral, Fla., Missile Test Center in good faith between government and ;the information media." Indonesians Close In On Rebel Forces JAKARTA, Indonesia VP) Government forces drove Friday toward Bukittinggi, capital and last stronghold of the tottering rebel regime on Sumatra, a military spokesman said. "It will all be over soon," he predicted. He refused to say how far the troops had advanced on Bukittinggi. The town lies 581 miles by twisting mountain road and 40 miles by air north of Pa dang, the rebel port the govern ment said its forces seized Thurs day. Rebel Premier Sjafruddin Prawiranegara and his govern- t ment of yours Indonesian col onels apparently must soon make the hard decision of whether to stand and fight or flee to the jungles, Other government columns op erating for weeks in eastern and northern Sumatra are moving on the rebel capital along all the other roads from north, east and south. Rebels reports reaching Sing apore asserted there still was some street fighting in Padang up to noon Friday and that rebel forces still held positions five miles south of the port. But a delayed dispatch from Associated Press Correspondent Murray Fromson at Bukittinggi said a Sumatran military spokes man there had announced the loss of Padang. The spokesman said it was , occupied at 6:30 p.m. Thursday by two Jakarta battal ions. Economists Reject Big Steel Merger NEW YORK (JP) Two gov ernment economists testified Fri day that the growth of the steel' industry over the past 20 years has been largely a case of the big getting bigger. They opposed the proposed three billion-dollar merger of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., the nation's second and sixth largest steel makers respectively. The government charges th e merger would lessen competition, and is trying to block it with an lanti-trust action in federal court. Teamsters' Fund Search Begun by Court Monitors WASHINGTON (P)—The court appointed monitors of the Team sters Union have started a hunt for any funds missing from the union's 40-million-dollar treasury. It was learned Friday the moni tors have hired the private audit ing firm of Price Waterhouse & Company to make a thorough checkup. The firm is expected to com plete a preliminary audit within the next few weeks, ahead of a Teamsters Union Executive Board meeting sometime in May. The monitors, keeping a close watch on disclosures being made THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Wiggins. a veteran ASNE foe of news suppression, said a temporary agreement at Cape Canaveral which followed the widely publicized failure of a Vanguard launching attempt last December amounted to "a code of voluntary wartime cen sorship entered into in secret." The Washington editor said this arrangement, which lasted two weeks, violated two principles established under World War II censorship: 1. that any arrange ments between government and press should be made known to the people, and 2. that restric tions on reporters should be Inn lited to matters of secrecy and not !matters of policy. Two Papers Appeal To U.S. Court PHILADELPHIA (AP) Two Pennsylvania newspapers sought from the U.S. Circuit Court of Ap peals Friday a decision which in effect would void a contempt con viction against them for taking pictures outside a courtroom. Counsel for the Greensburg Tri bune Review and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked an injunction restraining the sheriff of West moreland County—Howard Bud Thomas—from enforcing any part of the contempt order and from interfering with photographers in the future. On April 12, 1955, the West moreland County Court convicted six newspapermen and a free lance photographer of direct crim inal contempt and sentenced each to pay a fine and costs and to serve time in jail. In October, 1956, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the conviction but fixed the penalty at fines only, erasing the original prison sen tences. The case then was taken to the federal court in Pittsburgh, in the avowed belief that a federal court would have jurisdiction because civil rights were involved. In Au gust, 1957, Judge Wallace F. Gour ley ruled that courts have the right to deny the taking of pic tures in or near the courtrooms. The test f of such a ban en the taking of news photographs with concealed dameras rose out of the 195 t murdir trial in Greensburg of John Wesley Wable. "phantom killer of the turnpike." before the Senate Rackets Investi gating Committee, plan further outside audits into local and other Teamsters, branches later. It is re ported, for example, the monitors are watching the committee's cur rent Philadelphia Teamsters hear ing closely. The allegations of corruption and misuse of funds turned up by the Rackets Committee have mainly' concerned Teamsters lo cals and other subordinate bran ches. The Senate committee head ed by Senator McClellan (D-Ark.) has not yet concentrated on the Teamsters national treasury. Federal Deficit Enlarges; Care Urged in Tax Cut WASHINGTON (k')—Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson, standing firm against any quick tax cut, said Friday the federal deficit will be well over three billion dollars when the present fiscal year ends June 30. This compares with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's estimate of 400 million in Jan uary, before the pinch of the re cession was felt. On other sections of the eco nomic front •The House Ways and Means Committee approved a IU-bil lion-dollar unemployment relief program to be financed wholly by the federal go' ernment. Criti protested that would be a dol •The Pres dent's Council Economic Advi ers reported tl gross nation, product - the va ue of all goo( and services pro duced in th country -- drol O p o e o d ,oo b o y d u sB r ,6 i 9 n o, g - Robert B. Anderson the first quarter of 1958, when figured on an annual rate basis. •Anderson told the American Society of American Editors, "We are not headed for a depression, but for new horizons of progress." •The New York stock market perked up, apparently encouraged by the government's latest moves to make money ,easier to borrow. In his ASNE address, Anderson predicted a deficit approaching four billion dollars next fiscal year even if federal revenues re main at a high level, something he said was not likely to happen. Eisenhower in January estimated a 500-million-dollar surplus next year. The Treasury chief reiterated his opposition to an abrupt tax slash. The tax situation is receiv ing daily consideration from gov ernment officials, he said, but added: "Modification of taxes in an economy as complex as ours . . . must be based on a very careful review of what in fact can be accomplished and not on the theory that a single dramatic ac tion will automatically be all that is required to assure business re covery." Anderson's position , on taxes was supported to some extent by a Harvard University economist, Sumner H. Slichter, who present ed his views to the-Senate Finance Committee. Slichter said he would not favor a general tax cut but only a tem porary reduction in or suspension of the 10 per cent excise levy on ,automobiles. Frosh to Crown Queen Tonight The Sweetheart of the fresh man class will be. crowned in a garden setting tonight at the freshman class dance. "April in Blue." The dance will be held from 9 to midnight in the Hetzel Union ballroom. She will be chosen by ballot by those attending the dance. Nomi nees are three freshman coeds: Margaret McPherson. Judith Tif enberg and Barbara Green. Local merchants will donate gifts for the Sweetheart. Among the gifts is a shampoo, cut, and set from a local beauty shop. Candidates State Views on Taxes Republican voters in Pennsyl vania were given a look at their gubernatorial candidates views on taxes Friday. Arthur T. McGonigle, the or ganization choice, said he would never promise to reduce taxes because "I would rather lose the election than make promises I couldn't keep as governor." Harold E. Stassen, independent Republican candidate, pledged to cut the state's 6 per cent corporate net income tax to the level of that in Ohio and California. "Present taxes are much too heavy on manufacturing and industry." he said. Relief Bill Favored By Four Dems WASHINGTON (W) Four Democratic congressmen from Pennsylvania said Friday they fa vor a bill extending unemploy ment compensation benefits and are puzzled by Arthur T. Mc- Gonigle's position on the matter. The four, Reps. Morgan, Dent, Holland and Clark, said in a let ter to the Pennsylvania Repub lican organization that the guber natorial candidate has asked Con gress not to extend the compen sation payments. The congressmen were reply ing to a telegram from McGoni gle to Pennsylvania's congres sional delegation asking their support for the extension. The letter to McGonigle said his telegram "seems as twisted to us as a pretzel" since the Demo crats were supporting extension legislation "long before you be came a candidate." McGonigle in private life is a pretzel manufacturer. The letter identified the Nation al Association of Manufacturers as McGonigle's political Godfath er and said the NAM and Rep. Simpson (R-Pa), also a McGoni gle supporter, opposed extension. "You further confuse us," the congressmen said in ,their letter "by sending this tele gram almost immediately after saying on television that you are proud to be a member of the Pennsylvania Manufactur ers Association and that you endorse its principles. "We remeber that the Penn sylvania Manufacturers Assn. did everything in its power in 1955, to prevent passage of the best un employment compensation bill Pennsylvania ever had." USW Election Questioned PITTSBURGH UP)—Donald C. Rarick, who sought election as president of the Unite d Steel workers last year, took legal ac tion Friday to obtain a detailed tabulation of the election's ballot ing results. ~~fBd¢oZEA . 1 / 3 off on typewriters Smith-Corona Remington Underwood Royal Everest Also save 1 / 3 on Typewriter Ribbons Free with the purchase of any new typewriter—plastic dust goer and a felt desk pad. You may also purchase a good reconditioned type writer at 20% discount. SALE STARTS SATURDAY NITTANY Office Equipment 231 S. 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