FRIDAY, FEBRUAR- Senat Over IN (A')—Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D.-Conn.), • Soviets may trigger a war over Berlin, an intensive 90-day program to alert the entuality. WASHINGT warning that th urged yesterday nation for any e "I do not l elieve the country is prepared—that the aths Mine D May Tri Prosecut ons —Atty. Gen. .aid yesterday ens may stem mine disaster miners' lives red every as , Mine disaster inal prosecu- HARRISBURG (1 Anne X. Alpern criminal prosecutfl from the Pittston which claimed 12 "We have expli l pect of the Pittsto as _related to criij tion," Miss Alper declared. She made the st. tement follow ing a meeting w th Dist. Atty. Albert Aston, of L zerne County, and Arthur Silve blatt, first as sistant district att. trney. Aston said his—office will co operate m "any criminal proceed ing which might result." "There is obvious evidence of negligence," Aston added. "The question is whether it is criminal negligence or inadvertent negli gence." Criminal negligence can result in a heavy prison sentence or fine. The case involves a disaster In January at the Knox Coal Co. Mine near Pittston. The Susque hanna River broke through its bottom into a shaft of the mine, trapping the 12 miners. Their bodies have not been recovered. Explosion Rocks H-Bomb Factory ALDERMASTON, England (IP) —A violent explosion rocked Brit ain's big H-bomb factory here yesterday, killing two men and in juring another. Airplanes were warned to avoid the region 45 miles west of Lon don. But they resumed flights when officials said the blast was _caused by conventional explosives and there was no radioactive dan ger. Traffic was permitted on nearby roads. It was the sixth incident at the base in the past four years. Brit ain's Atomic Energy Authority set up a board of inquiry. A spokesman said no radioac tive materials were involved or disturbed in the Aldermaston blast. He would not identify the ex plosives more precisely. ~ "- , lifikii - - - -fpwpasjuitteter, s- witiiiicar,,t tale:,- ~ citigi NOW.s : li Y- 27, 1959 Urges 0 I. rims people are prepared—that they know we are on the threshold possibly of grave disaster," Dodd told the Senate. On the other hand, three Re publican senators said after a talk with President Eisenhower that firm plans have been made to meet any Soviet move to force the Western Allies out of divided Berlin. No details were given. ger Dodd said he questions not so much the adequacy of U.S. armed forces as what he termed the un preparedness of the people for' possible conflict. "We should embark today," he said, "upon a 90-day program of the utmost urgency that will pre pare the American people, the American economy and the Amer ican defenses for whatever de mands may be made upon them. At the White House, press secretary James C. Hagerty de clined comment on Dodd's speech. Dodd appealed for Democrats ,and Republicans to close ranks behind Eisenhower's refusal to end four-power rule of Berlin and , convert the Western sectors into la demilitarized city as Soviet `Premier Nikita Khrushchev de [mands. Chairman J. William Fulbright. (D-Ark) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he was disturbed by reductions in the Army and other signs that, in stead of strengthening defenses, "we are going in the opposite direction" Sen. John F. Kennedy (B- Mass; said "an increased de fense posture" must be part of the nation's Berlin prepared ness. Kennedy said the United States is approaching a climax in its relations with the Soviet Union. "It does indicate that one side or the other will have to give way," Kennedy said. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Alert Berlin Hoffa Asked By Fla. Gov. To Get Out MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (iP)—Gov. Leroy Collins yesterday invited Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa to get out of Florida and stay out. Hoffa retorted Collins better get busy improving living standards in his state. "I wish Hoffa would stay out of Florida," Collins said about the president of the scandal-scarred truckers union. "The less we see of him around here the better." . _ Hoffa said after a meeting of the Teamsters Executive Board he thought Collins was playing poli tics and suggested the governor worry more about improving liv ing conditions than criticizing Teamsters organizing plans in the state. "If he would just raise living standards maybe the people here wouldn't be so interested in our union," Hoffa said. "Florida sun shine is free for everybody to en joy but people ought to have something to enjoy it with." Collins in touching off the feud said he had nothing against the Teamsters Union but felt Hoffa had been discredited as a labor leader. Hotta left by plane to attend a testimonial dinner in Philadelphia for that city's Teamsters chieftain Raymond Cohen. Hoffa is due back today for further Teamsters board meetings here. Panhel to Screen Candidates Sunday Candidates for Panhellenic of fices will be screened from 1:30 until 5 p.m. Sunday in McElwain back study lounge. The schedule for screening is:l Theta Phi Alpha candidates for the vice presidency, 1:30; candi dates for corresponding secretary, 2 p.m.; candidates for recording secretary, 3 p.m.; and candidates for treasurer, 4 p.m. Applications for offices are still available at the Hetzel Union desk. They must be returned - by 4 , p.m. today. Candidates must have a 2.5 All-University average, and a copy of their transcripts 'must be included with applica iions. Dulles, Aides Hold Conference on Berlin WASHINGTON (IP)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called in his top aides yesterday for a hospital room conference on the Berlin crisis. The 71-year-old secretary arranged the meeting as he completed his first week of X-ray treatment for cancer. The State Department dis closed Dulles met for about one hour with Acting Secretary Christian A. Herter, Dep. Un dersecretary Robert Murphy, Asst. Secretary Livingston T. Merchant and Joseph N. Greene Jr.. special assistant. Department press chief Lincoln White said he had no details on the conference, which was ar ranged at Dulles' request. Dulles has been keeping in touch with world developments by reading newspapers, listening to radio broadcasts and conferring by telephone each day with Her ter or Greene, White said. The secretary's doctors ex pressed great satisfaction at his progress. For the sixth time since last Friday, Dulles underwent expo sure to the million-volt X-ray machine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 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