MWMMM*MWfMtsnnnnutNßami»Mß>n> Weather Forecast; j Snow, Windy, Very Cold VOL. 61. No. 73 Unemployment Shows Increase; Kennedy Presents'Revival Plan' WASHINGTON (/P) President Kennedy disclosing that joblessness zoomed in January yesterday unfolded a broad plan to “abate the waste and misery” of unem ployment and revive the sputtering economy. As might be expected, Republicans called Kennedy’s special economic message un duly pessimistic while Democrats said Kennedy has spelled out the “New Frontiers” for a dynamic economy. In his antirecession message to Congress, Kennedy asked swift action to boost Social Security benefits, raise the minimum wage, extend jobless payments on an emergency basis, and set up a program to help cure areas with chronic eco nomic ailments. The President also served no tice he will send along soon de tailed proposals for permanent re visions in the unemployment com pensation system, and tax reform ideas intended to stimulate busi ness investment and seal loop holes in the revenue laws. And he announced new steps he is taking with available funds and under his presidential author ity to accelerate federal defense and other buying, particularly in depressed areas; to increase the tempo of roadbuilding, city re newal, local public works and! college dormitory construction; and to start credit flowing. Kennedy did not say whal any of his proposals io "restore momentum to the American economy" would cost. But he as sured Congress "the programs I am proposing will not by themselves unb a 1 ance the $BO.B billion budget submitted by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the bookkeeping year starting July 1. “If these measures prove to be inadequate,” Kennedy told the Senate and House, he will return to Congress with further propos als within 75 days. This could imply a possible re quest for a temporary reduction in income taxes which some econ omists have prescribed to pump out new purchasing power. Ken nedy said Wednesday he sees no need for a tax cut now. To underscore the gravity of the economic situation, as he sees it, Kennedy made known that the number of Americans out of work vaulted by 900,000 last month, reaching a new total of 5.4 mil lion. Werboff, Wife Killed In Collision Monday Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Werboff, both faculty mem bers, were killed in a two-car collision near Lewistown Mon day. Dr. Werboff was an associate professor of economics. His wife was a temporary instructor in English. The accident occurred on Rt. 22 about five miles east of Lewis town as the Werboffs were on their way to a meeting in Harris burg. State Police said that skid marks indicated that the Werboff ear, a University vehicle, went out of control and veered sharply across the highway into the path of an oncoming automobile driven by Gerald Shugarts of Mifflin tovvn. The Shugarts car rammed into the right side of the Werboff ve hicle, even though Shugarts drove his car on the shoulder of the highway for several feet in an attempt to miss the oncoming car, police said. Mrs. Werboff. who was closest to the impaci, was killed almost instantly and Mr. Werboff died about 20 minutes after being Hatty [ STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 3. 1961 BUT I NEED THAT COURSE TO GRADUATE—This will be an often heard cry as registration moves into its third day tomorrow. The hope of everyone is to come out of registration with their original schedule. With this special issue. The Daily Collegian resumes pub lication for ihe spring semes ter. A second special issue will be published Monday morn ing. Regular publication will resume Tuesday morning. admitted to the Lewistown Hos pital. Shugarts received a lacer ated left hand, possible frac tured ribs and was suffering from shock. Werboff came to the University in 1957 from the University of California in Berkeley. He re ceived his B.A. from Stanford University in 1944, his M.A. from Columbia University in 1947 and his Ph.D. from Stanford Univer sity in 1957. His wife received her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1944 and her M.A. from Columbia University in 1947. The Werboffs were married in 1943 and have three children: Michael Marc. 16; Amy Elizabeth, 9; and David William, 5. Werboff is survived by his par ents, Harry and Fannie David Werboff, and three brothers, Dr. Maxwell Werboff, East Meadow, Long Island, N.Y.- Saul Werboff, Westbury, Long Island and Dr. Jack Werboff, Royal Oak, Mich. Mrs. Werboff is survived by a brother, H. Lee Suffion, Bellview, Wash. Funeral services were held at the I. J. Morris Funeral Home, Hempstead, Long Island on Wednesday. Interment was at the Wellwood cemetery, Pine Lawn, Long Island. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Dollar Days Event Held by Local Merchants Thirty-one State College mer chants are participating in the semi-annual Dollar Days Sale which starts today. The sale will continue through Monday. Customers may register at the participating stores for special prizes which will be awarded dur ing the sale days. Eleven prizes will be awarded lucky winners in a drav/ing Tues day morning. The -op award will be a $l5O prize. There will also be 10 smaller prizes of $lO each. Winners will be notified by telephone. EE Prof Named Consultant Dr. Edwin R. Schmerling, asso ciate professor of electrical en gineering, has been appointed a consultant to the lonospheric Physics Sub-Committee of the National Aeronautics and Space Sciences Steering Committee. Sorority Rush Women to Register Monday in HUB Prospective sorority rushees pects of rushing. The rushee will j Invitations for the second round may register for Formal Spring also be told at registration wherejof chatter dates will be dis- Rush from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mon- the first meeting of her group willjtributed from 8 a.m. till noon in day in 212 Hetzel Union Build- be held on Feb. 11. jtho HUB basement. Rushees may ing. All women registering must All rushees will be required to;attend eight chatter dates in the provide copies of their transcripts attend the open houses on Feb.jsecond round which will be held and $2.50 registration fee. 11, 12, 18 and 19. On each of thesejOn Feb. 23 and 24. Second semester freshmen and days, rushees will visit six sor-: BermiJ(la T.. nf , lif . n< . , vill u P hplti second semester freshmen trans-:orities, spending 25 minutes in! on ß^ u ?f and 28 Rush C r= m v ferring from University Com-each suite. mck un iiivfta lions' on tlu mmn monwealth Campuses are re- Rushees .may pick up mvita- f p f 2 7th • d quired to have a 2.3 semester av- lions for chatter dates on Feb. 20 , f our * y erage to rush. Upperclasswomen from 8 a.m. till noon Feb. 20 in _ p , ' , and upperclass transfers must the west end of the recreation Rushees will be permitted to have a 2.00 All-University aver- room of the HUB. The first round tW( ? c 0 ** hours which age. of chatter dates will be held on 'Y he held on March 2. Invda- At registration, each rushee Feb. 20 and 21 from 3 p.m. to|^ lons . Wl *l bo available on the will be assigned to a guide who 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to. 9:30 p.m.i m °l nill i? March l. will hold meetings throughout Feb. 20 and 21. Rushees may ac- Ribboning will be held on rush to explain the various as-lcept 12 invitations. (March 3. Possible Fee Boost Seen Students will be faced with a tuition boost next year Jf the State Legislature does not grant the University’s budget request for 1961-62, according to letters sent by President Eric A. Walker to the parents of the 21,567 Penn State stu- dents now enrolled throughou President Walker did not Registration High During First 2 Days Registration during the past two days has been increased by 700 students over the same period last year. According to Robert M. Koser Jr., associate registrar, 9740 stu dents registered yesterday and Wednesday. About 9040 students had registered during the same time last spring. Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, dean of admissions, estimated that about 15,000 students will have registered by the time the regis tration period for regular under graduate students ends at 5 p.rn. today. Last spring’s regular enrollment totaled 14,242, according to Bern reuter. Registration for special stu dents will begin tomorrow. The predicted registration will be slightly below the fall total in spite of the admission of 507 new students. Enrollment at the close of last fall’s registration was 15,741 students. Block scheduling for freshmen which was instituted in the fall semester by some of the colleges continues during this registration period. In addition to the regular regis tration tables, Recreation Hall is the scene of additional service booths. One of these booths is used to sell the Student Accident and Sicknes Insurance Plan. Under this plan students are in sured for one year including va cation periods. Booths are also open for stu dent registration of automobiles and senior class gift voting. Medical Test Scheduled The next Medical College Ad mission Test will be offered at 8 a.m. Saturday. May 6. Applica tion blanks and bulletins of in-*" formation-are available from Dr. Leon R. Kneebone, test super visor, 117 Buckhout. Applications along with the fee of $l5 must be submitted to Med ical College Admission Test. 304 E. 45th Street, New York 17, N.Y., no later than April 21, 1961. I uiMMatMtimaiiaiuiiiiimimMMtwr Outdated Virtue ~See Page 4 the state. reveal the size of the boost but said it would be "substantial” if increased aid is not forthcoming. Pennsylvanians presently pay $240 a semester or $4BO a year. Out-of-state students pay twice that amount. The present tuition is the second highest in the na tion among land-grant institu tions, Walker said. Only the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology has higher fees for such schools; according to The Harrisburg Evening News. The University asked for $23.9 million, an increase of six million dollars, in its appropri ation for 1961-62. Governor Da vid L. Lawrence, fn his budget message to the General Assem bly on Monday set the appro priation at its present figure of $17.1 million, pending a final report from his committee on Education. Although he recommended the stand-still budget on education, Lawrence did not rule out com pletely the possibility of granting the increase. Any such increase will depend on the report of his special committee. However, Lawrence pointed out, any increase in the budget would require new taxation for financing. ~ Noting this statement. Walker fold parents they should advise ihe Governor and their State legislators of their willingness to pay such additional taxes as are necessary to insure Penn State's continued growth. “Of the increase,” President Walker told parents, "four mil lions are required to cover rising costs of operating our present program of education and re search." The additional two millions, lie said, would be used to admit an additional 1200 students and to start new research programs of critical'importance to Pennsylva nia economy. He added that the admission of an additional 1200 students last year ‘•stretched our budget to the breaking point.” Failure' to re ceive increased funds will imperil the University’s plan lo admit an other 1200 additional freshmen—■ ten per cent of the estimated 12,000 additional Pennsylvanians who will be seeking college ad mission in 1961, he warned. FIVE CENTS
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