VOL. 61. No. 134 $899 Million Budget For General Funds Passed by House The state House of Representatives yesterday passed by a 184-2 vote, Gov. David L. Lawrence’s proposed $899 million 13-month spending program. The measure, which would provide funds for day-to-day operations of most state agencies, was sent to the Senate where it faces another item-by item appraisal. According to Rep. Eugene Ful mer, R-Centre, the measure passed is the Governor’s proposed gen eral appropriation and does not include appropriations concerning the University’s proposed budget. The University's budget is considered a non-preferred ap propriation and will be con sidered as a separate bill. Ful mer said. “Nothing has been done on Penn State’s budget as yet," Ful mer said. Bills for both $18.5 mil lion and $23.1 million for Penn State are now in House commit tees. Fulmer said he conferred yes terday with the chairman of the iHouse Education Committee and was told that no definite lime had been set to take the Uni versity’s appropriation out of committee and present it to the House for a vote. Sen. Jo Hays, D.-Cenlre, said last night that he thought the reason for considering the Uni versity appropriation separately as a non-preferred appropria tion was due to the reapporlion ment issue now being debated in both houses of the General Assembly. Republicans intended to hold up the reapportionment issue in order to gain more representation in certain districts, Hays said. Considering the education ap propriations separately from the general appropriations would give the Republicans more control in getting any education bill they might proposed passed, Hays said. Hays explained that pre ferred bills include items such as elementary and secondary school aid and general state welfare projects. Non-preferred legislation deals with appropriations for separate institutions such as Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh. Hays said that since the Uni versity’s budget is in its present situation, it may have a “slight advantage” over preferred legis lation in being raised to the $23 million requested by President Eric A. Walker. Class Gift To Be Used In Summer The senior class gift, a boat dock and landing area, at the Stone Valley recreation area will be ready for summer use, Tim Nelligan, class gift, com mittee chairman said yester day. The gift consists of a dock along the bank of the Stone Valley lake and a floating dock extended out into the water, Nelligan said. Rowboats and canoes will be launched from this area and there is room for future expansion, he said. The lake at the recreation area is 72 acres. Stone Valley itself is a 575 acre area located 15 miles south of campus. It is owned and operated by the University through contributions of the Al umni Associations. In addition to the class gift, a small docking area will be constructed diagonally across the lake. If will be built with a $4OO surplus from the construc tion of the boat dock and land ing area, Nelligan said. This second docking area which should be completed before the end of June will be near the pic nic grounds and cabins, he said. The class gift fund contained approximately $5,000, with the class and the University each con tributing $2,500, Nelligan said. The planning and construc tion of the project were worked out in cooperation with ihe De partment of Physical Educa tion and the University Physical Plant. Approximately 600 seniors vot ed in favor of the boat dock and landing areas as class gift at reg istration, Nelligan said; Suggestions for the class gift were received in a suggestion box at the Hetzel Union desk, the sen ior class advisory board and from various organizations. These sug gestions were then evaluated for feasibility by the gift committee. SGA to Get Final Draft of Constitution By ANN PALMER and SANDY YAGGI The SGA Executive Reor ganization Committee decided last night to recommend the elimination of class-members at-large from Assembly rep resentation under the new constitution. This constitution will be pre sented to Assembly for approval tomorrow night. Representation on Assembly as recommended will consist of the four class presidents and 24 other members to be elected according to population from the four major governmental areas: IFC, MRC, AWS and TIM. The committee will also recom mend that no person in the gal- By CAROL KUNKLEMAN A free supplement, titled "Collegiate Digest," will be dis tributed with The Daily Colle gian tomorrow. Readers should pick up their copy when they get their Collegian. lery be recognized to speak at that the SGA president lose his an Assembly meeting except for power to appoint two members a point of information pertinent 1o the all-University Cabinet, to discussion on the floor. This will insure that all Cabinet “Under the present system, a person may be an Assembly-mem ber from the gallery without actually running,” Richard Haber, SGA president, said. “If we eliminate debate from the gallery,” he said, “people, will have to run for or run to* the Assembly.” It will also be recommended that every bill-be brought before the Rules Committee prior to its presentation to the Assembly. Those noi heard by Rules Committee because of last-min uie circumstances must receive a three-fourths approval by the eligible Assembly membership in order to be brought to the floor. The committee will recommend FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 10. 1961 Rebels Hurt Talks —Cullepian Photo hy Kd Jnffe AFTERMATH OF STORMs This tree limb which fell across the Little Mall just above College Ave., was one of many that were blown down on campus. Several wooden buildings in the outlying areas were also heavily damaged by the wind. Wind , Heavy Rain Down Trees , Wires Hurricane force gusts of 86 miles an hour downed trees and power lines and knocked out several windows on campus yesterday afternoon. The strong winds, which were the highest recorded here in at least 16 years and were probably among, the greatest speeds ever observed in the Nit tany Valley, attended a severe thunderstorm that drenched this area before 5 p.m. yesterday. Nearly one-third of an inch of rain fell in ten minutes, and the temperature fell 18 degrees, from 80 to 62, in five minutes. A survey of damage by Al bert E. Diem, vice president for business administration, said that eight trees on campus were blown down or damaged sub stantially by the storm. He estimated that several hun dred dollars will be required to repair the damage and clean the debris caused by the storm. (communities. Several trees and wires were downed in State College and sur rounding communities. Several thunderstorms along this line were accompanied by heavy rain, strong winds and hail. Williamsport reported hail stones nearly one-half inch in (Continued on page eight) members have been elected by some faetion of the student body. Assembly members will be elected according to living area under the auspices of political parties, the committee recom mended. Thus, each political party will be able to nominate one candi date for each vacant Assembly seat proportionately in the four areas. fiach party may also nominate a candidate for the three all-Uni- versity offices and for senior, junior and sophomore class presi dents to be elected in the spring. The committee deleted provis ions for the University Forum from the constitution but recom mended it as possible action for the new Assembly. By JOEL MYERS Editorial Editor Considerably cooler and much drier air from Canada is expect ed to overspread Pennsylvania to day. This afternoon's temperature readings should average nearly 25 degrees lower than those of yesterday, when a maximum of 82 was recorded at ihe Uni versity weather station. The forecast indicates that to day will be cloudy, windy and much cooler with a chance of a few brief showers. A high read ing of 58 degrees is expected. Tonight should be partly cloudy and colder and a low of 40 is forecast for early tomorrow. Housing Availability Shown by Survey Almost a half of State Col-’ lege housing now being rented 1 jby students was put on the market since 1950, according! to the results of a survey of 470 rental dwellings conducted by the Chamber of Commerce. This situation, Paul Mazza, pres ident of the Chamber of Com merce said, is similar to that found in other college communities throughout the country. He said that the available hous ing has increased proportionally to the influx of students following the second world war. Of the space that is not pres ently occupied, single rooms are the most common. Mazza said that the survey also revealed the following informa tion: • Less than 100 of the dwellings are totally unfurnished. • A majority of the rental units are located in two and three story buildings. One hundred and sev jenty-three basements are being joccupied. • No fire escape or ladder is nnitHMiiiimtiMittiiiiKiiiMiiiintiiiii Barricades To Government Htt -See Page 4 Communists Snub Peace Conference On Laos Truce I VIENTIANE, Laos (/P) ■Pro-Communist rebel authori ties snubbed members of the ■three- nation international |commission in their first con tact at a Laotian truce meet ing yesterday, a government jarmy spokesman said. The outlook for a 14-nation con ference due to take up Laos’ fu ture- in Geneva Friday was fur ther beclouded. The United States, Britain and Franco have said they will not take’ part until the com mission confirms that a cease-fire is truly in effect. The rebels said they could noi recognize the commission, said Lf. Col. Udon Sananikons cf Ihe royal government's dele gation. Indian, Canadian and Polish of ficers of the commission, which is seeking to certify and supervise the truce proclaimed last Wednes day, declined comment. Returning by helicopter to Vientiane, the ad-, ministrative captial, they said they would make their report to Samar Sen of India, the commis sion chairman. Holding a strong hand mili tarily, the rebels had objected to the return of the truce com mission ' to Laos after its ab sence of more than two years. Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma was quoted in a Commu nist broadcast as saying the com mission should have delayed its arrival until the Laotians settled their own military and political affairs. Sananikone told newsmen that the Hin Houp representa tives of the Communist Pathet Lao and Prince Souvanna, the ex-premier who heads the rump regime in rebel territory, even refused to relay a letter from ihe commission group in Vientiane to commission mem bers in Xieng Khouang. the reb el headquarters. The U.S. State Department re iterated that U.S. participation in the Geneva conference is con tingent upon the establishment of an effective, verified cease-fire in Laos. provided in 723 of the rented [housing units. Also, 100 landlords [did not answer this question. • Most landlords provided off- Istreet parking for their tenants. Only 191 instances of no parking facilities were discovered. Mazza said that 300 of those interviewed expressed a desire for the Chamber of Commerce to compile a list of available housing. Another 200 said they would like to see a combined student gcvernmenl-phamber of commerce list. j Landlords who ' indicated that [they would use a discriminatory jpolicy in selecting their tenants would definitely not be accepted for the proposed list, Mazza stated. He said that to list these people would be contrary to a Pennsyl vania law which goes into effect! next September. The law forbids any discrimi nation in the advertising of rented housing. This survey was conducted last February and March by student volunteers under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the Town Independent Men’s Council, FIVE CENTS
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