Weather Forecast: Partly Sunny, VOL. 64, No. 46 Kennedy Thanksgiving Message Johnson Urges People To Read Proclamation The following is the text of the Thanksgiving Day proclamation issued by President Kennedy on Nov. 5. President Johnson has urged its reading by all. Over lhree ceniuries ago our forefathers in Virginia and in Massachusetts far from home in a lonely wilder ness set aside a time for thanksgiving. On the appointed day, they gave reverent thanks for their safety, for the fertility of their fields, for the laws which bound them together and for the faith which united them under their God. So, too, when the colonies achieved their inde pendence, our first president in the first year of his first administration proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, as "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of almighty God" and called upon the people of the new republic to "beseech Him to pardon our na tional and other transgressions, to promote the know ledge and practice of true religion and virtue and gen erally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of tem poral prosperity as He alone knows to be best." And so too in the midst of America's tragic Civil War, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November, 1863, as a day to renew our gratitude for America's "fruitful fields" for our "national strength and vigor" and for our "singular deliverance and blessings." Much time has passed since the first colonists came to rocky shores and dark forests of an unknown con tinent, much time since President Washington led a young people into the experience of nationhood, much time since President Lincoln saw the American nation through the ordeal of fraternal war—and in these years our population, our plenty and our power have all grown apace. Today we are a nation of nearly two hun dred million souls, stretching from coast to coast, on into the Pacific and north toward the arctic, a nation en joying the fruits of an ever-expanding agriculture and industry and achieving standards of living unknown in previous history. We give our humble thanks for this. Yet, as our power has grown, so has our peril. Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers for the de cency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emu late. As we express our gratitude, we must never for get that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Provi dence for manifold blessings—let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals—and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world. Now, therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States in consonance with the joint resolu tion of Congress approved Dec. 26, 1941, 55 Stat. 862, 5 U.S.C. 87 B, designating the fourth Thursday of No vember in each year as Thanksgiving Day do hereby proclaim Thursday, Nov. 28, 1963, as a day of national thanksgiving. On that day let us gather in sanctuaries dedicated to worship and in homes blessed by family affection to express our gratitude for the glorious gifts of God; and let us earnestly and humbly £ray that He will con tinue to guide and sustain us in the great unfinished tasks of achieving peace, justice and understanding among all men and all, nations and of ending misery and suffering wherever they exist. SURE Chairman, Foreman View U.S. Race Relations By JOHN THOMPSON The future of race relations in the United States is largely a question mark since the death of President Kennedy, two per sons concerned with race prob lems at the University said yes terday. Jacob Heyman, chairman of, the Student Union for Racial) Equality, said he is “less opti-j mistic” about the passage of) strong civil rights legislation by Congress since President John-; son assumed office. I Might Hurt Cause The fact that the new Presi dent is a Southerner may hurt the racial cause, he indicated. Paul B. Foreman, professor of sociology, said he sees little change in the racial outlook, since President Kennedy’s death. Foreman, who teaches Soc. 19, a course in race relations, said chances that effective civil rights legislation would be passed soon were dim even be fore the late President’s death. ! Heyman, commenting on Pres ident Johnson’s appeal to Con gress yesterday for passage of the civil rights bill, said he feels the new President has the power to push the bill through both houses, but doubts if he will. Take Others’ View “I’m afraid Johnson will take the view of other, Southern sen ators when the time comes for action,” Heyman said. The SURE chairman believes a civil rights bill will be passed in the near future, but will be largely ineffective. There is little hope for a bill stronger than the one Kennedy proposed, he said. However, the fact that Ken nedy's assassination took place in the South may have a bene ficial effect on the racial situa tion, he said. “The. nation as a whole may now look down on the South and! realize the need for congres- GJhe Batlg m§ (Mrgtmt VBs^>/ _ / , sional action,” Heyman ex plained. Prof. Foreman said he feels feels Johnson’s plea yesterday for passage of the civil rights bill was sincere, but can also be viewed as a wise political move. “Johnson’s only hope of re election is to maintain a firm position on civil rights,” he said. Wait To See The professor said he believes Johnson could secure quick pas sage of the bill if he concen trated his efforts on that meas ure but “we’ll have to wait to see whether he places more em- Thespians Plan To Induct Twelve Penn State Thespians will in duct 12 new members next week, president Jerry Bartell has an nounced. New members include Joe Furst, Steve McMillan, Pete Gano, Gaye Williard, Steve Mon heimer, Jeff Moss, Jim Frey, Rhoda Blecker, Bob Barber, Ernie Smith. Nancy Keller and Louise Jenkins. Thespians are tapped for work on various stages of theatre production, including acting, lights, building, makeup, cos tumes, and others. In other business, Thespians will close their spring term pro duction next week from a list including "Brigadoon,” “Damn Yankees,” “Kismet,” “Little Ab ner” and "Oklahoma.” The produtcion will be staged Mother’s Day Weekend for four performances, including, a Sat urday matinee. Services Today A complete schedule of spe cial Thanksgiving Day chui - '* services at the Universi today appears on page two, Johnson Asks Support Authorities Reconstruct Shootings DALLAS (/P) — Authori ties reconstructed the assas sination of John F. Ken nedy yesterday in an effort to confirm for history their view that a lone sniper, act ing without conspirators, killed the President.' Police accused Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, of firing rifle bul lets into . the head and throat of Kennedy from the sixth floor of a book depository building about 75 yards away. Oswald, a pro-Communist who spent three years in the Soviet Union, died of a bullet fired Sunday by Jack Ruby, Dallas night club operator. Os wald succumbed before au thorities had completed their questioning. A task force of about 50 FBI agents working 14-hour shifts continued to sift and probe the clues. Re-enaciment During a re-enactment of the crime, a car, similar to the one in which President Kennedy rode last Friday, drove over the same route, past the Texas school book depository build ing. A man and a woman were seated in the back seat and two men were in the front seat, a policeman said. Agents stood at the sixth floor window from which the shots were fired. No gun was used, but agents were understood to have taken photographs. The actual re-en actment lasted only a few min utes. Ruby, who killed Oswald with the nation’s television viewers watching, remained in county jail, charged with mur der with malice—for which the maximum penalty is death. No Ties Disclosed If authorities have found any ties between Ruby and Oswald, they did not disclose them. Gov. John Connally, riding with Kennedy and badly wounded, continued to im prove. One bullet caused chest, wrist and thigh wounds in Connally. The Dallas Morning News, without naming its source, said FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover is expected to make public evi dence that: Oswald fired the shots; there is no proof of a Communist conspiracy, and in vestigators lack evidence that Oswald had help. I The report is not yet com plete. FBI investigators and i the Justice Department are working under great pressure to lay the full, tragic story on Johnson’s desk. “We’ve got to build an air : tight case even greater than if we were going to court,” one ! official said. phasis on the tax cut or the civil rights bill.” The heart of Kennedy’s bill lies in the sections ensuring equal voting and registration rights to 'Negroes, Foreman said. If Negroes are given fair voter representation in Southern states, he said, “George Wallace type politicians won’t have a chance.” “Extreme racists” are the cause of most of the racial turm oil in the South, Foreman .said. Other important aspects of the civil rights bill are the clauses dealing with unemployment, pub lic housing and public accommo dations, he added. Stumbling Block The public accommodations clause, Foreman said, may be the stumbling block of the bill because its proponents have based its constitutionality on interstate commerce legislation instead of the post-Civil War amendments which guarantee Negroes equal rights. If passed, the bill may soon be nullified by the Supreme Court just as much emergency legislation passed during Frank lin Delano Roosevelt’s early years in the White House w.as blocked on constitutional grounds, Foreman said. Politically, the professor added, Kennedy’s assassination will have a more immediate dramatic effect on Reoublican policy than on that of Demo crats. Goldwater Hurt Johnson's "conservative im age” will hurt Sen. Barry Gold water’s chances of obtaining the Republican nomination, he said,) and leave the path open for aj “middle-of-the-roader” such as Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton or former Vice Presi 'ent Richard M. Nixon. Scranton has a “good chance” :ir the nomination, Foreman said. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY concert Despite the holiday eve performance time, last night featured pianist John Browning, Recreation Hall was well filled for the right, with William Steinberg conducting. orchestra's performance. Med Center Planning Group Schedules Opening Meeting By NANCY EGAN The first meeting of the planning committee for the University’s Milton S. Her shey Medical Center has been scheduled for Dec. 19- 22. C. R. Carpenter, executive di rector of the committee and former head of the University’s Division of Instructional Serv ices, recently said he will meet with the 10 committee mem bers at the Nittany Lion Inn. Early last month, nine of the country’s leading medical and biological scientists agreed to serve on the committee, established .to set up general guidelines for development of i Bernreuter Sees No Finals Change The University has no plans to study or revise the three-day final examination period, Robert G. Bern reuter, special assistant, to the President for student affairs, disclosed yesterday. “As far as I know,” Bernreuter said, “there is no revision of the finals period being considered.” He indicated that no con crete suggestions for a revision have been proposed, so the pro gram will continue to operate as it now does. The three-day finals was introduced in the fall term of 1962 after several professors had complained that they could not determine how well stu dents had mastered various subects without a full compre hensive examination, he said. There was no finals period in 1961. FM Station Is Testing Transmitter The WDFM Transfer Committee announced yes terday that it has begun testing a commercial trans mitter which the Under graduate Student Govern ment may be asked to pur chase. Tlie transmitter converts the student-operated station's FM signals to AM signals so that they can be received on a reg ular AM radio. The altered sig nals are carried through the power lines in a dormitory. Use Pollock A Pollock A is being used for the tests. James Walker, a WDFM technical staff member, is in charge of them. They be gan after a prototype transmit ter was received from the Bauer Electronics Corp., San Carlos, Calif. The transmitter, which is being tested on approval, costs 5750. There are only 117 sim ilar transmitters in existence. The device is hand constructed. Department of Maintenance and Utilities workers adapted the Pollock A electrical system for the tests. The USG committee decided to undertake the tests last spring, after its formation was approved by Congress. Gary Koerner is chairman of the committee. He plans to report on the tests to Congress early next term. Will Clear Way If successful, the tests will dear the way for the purchase of up to six additional trans mitters for other residence areas. WDFM will then be able to broadcast to all residence hall students with either AM or FM radios. Extension of this service to fraternities is being considered for the future by Edward AblardJ student affairs commissioner. He said he believed it would be impossible to similarly provide conversion facilities for town men, because of their diffuse living pattern. West Halls last year built its own transmitter facilities, which operate on the same principle. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE the center. The tenth member of the group is Samuel F. Hinkle, president and chairman of the Hershey Chocolate Corp. and a member of the Hershey Foundation, which gave the University $5O million for con struction ‘ and operation of the center. "Spearhead" Group Carpenter said that at the December meeting of the “spearhead” committee (to be supplemented later by a group of consultants who will work out detailed plans for the cen ter) its members will be given the chance to become ac quainted. The director noted that al though he would like to meet • Bernreuter said he felt the present system of administer ing final examinations would work itself into an efficient program. The shorter list of conflict examinations which Were scheduled this term is one indication of this, he ex plained. No objective study of the three-day finals period could be made, Bernreuter said, since any available information would be almost entirely sub jective, based on the attitudes and opinions of many people. “And if the finals period should be redesigned,” he add ed, “no one has come along with any proposals.” The University is not the only institution on a term sys tem which has a final examin ations period, he said, but the finals period employed at Penn State was designed for the University and not copied from another school. Originally, University offi cials had hoped that professors would place less emphasis on a comprehensive final. “Neither students nor facul ty wanted it that way,” Bern reuter said, “so we were forced to change.” , He said it appears that while many of the lower level cours es do include a final examina tion in the finals period, upper level courses tend to have finals during the last week of classes. No, Paper Tomorrow There will be no edition of : The Daily Collegian published tomorrow because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. • The Saturday edition will be' the last of the term. Had Confidence Not Alone with the 10 men once a month, their activities don’t lend themselves to such a schedule. A general meeting every two months, possibly in Hershey rather than University Park, is more likely, he added. For the time being, Carpen ter said, his committee will be dealing in abstracts; its first job will be to “determine all the components of the mqjor functional parts in the total configuration” of the proposed center. Critical Period The critical period in plan ning the center is now, the director said. His committee “cannot afford to make any errors and “must make the right decisions” to shape things to come. Carpenter emphasized that the medical center will be “University-based,” although it is now an exploratory, co operative effort between the University and the Hershey Foundation. Few Limitations He added that there are “re markably few limitations” on the planning group; the com mittee is not being forced to meet specific deadlines. Whether the University will be able to admit its first class of medical students in 1965, as was originally hoped, is not a primary concern of the com mittee at this time, Carpenter said. Professors Few Shifts European The accession of Lyndon B. Johnson to the Presi dency will have little effect on America’s relations with her European allies, according to Elton Atwater and Vernon V. Aspaturian, professors of political science. However, the President’s personal negotiating power may be impaired by the un certainty of being re-elected in 1964 Since Johnson can be assured of the Presidency for only a year, his prestige among world leaders may be slightly dimin ished, Aspaturian said. His personal acceptance will prob ably depend upon prospects of his re-election. Has Experience Both Atwater and Aspatur ian felt that Johnson would not be hampered by an appar ent lack of experience in for eign affairs. Considering the President’s previous missions to various foreign countries, the knowl edge gained from working in the Senate and experience gleaned while representing the United States in the United Nations discussion of the space question in 1958, he is “cer tainly not cold in the field,” Atwater said. Aspaturian felt that John son’s ability to make judg ments, which he gained while in the Senate, would serve him .well in dealing with foreign affairs. Stature Unchanged Neither professor believed that the status of the “Atlantic community” would be affected by the new President, since there will probably be few significant changes in foreign policy while he’s in office. The Atlantic community hasn’t much of a future any way, and' has been more of a "figment” than a reality, As paturian said. The Financial Times, An in i fluential British newspaper, Pleads for No Delay In Kennedy's Program WASHINGTON (l P) Choked with emotion, Presi dent Johnson asked Congress for help with taxes, civil rights and the unceasing search for peace as fitting memorials to fallen John F. Kennedy. The new chief executive packed into 24 minutes yesterday a down-the-line endorsement of the program of the man who died Friday at the hand of an assassin. “This,” Johnson said, “is no time for delay. It is a time for action.” Looking out over an audience that crammed the House cham ber, an audience that encom passed the leadership of govern ment of all branches and the men who represent other lands in this national capital, Johnson paused for a long, long moment. He swallowed and seemed to be trying to’ steel himself. Thread of Speech Then, with perhaps a trace of a tear in his eyes, he picked up the thread of his speech: "An assassin’s bullet has thrust upon me the awesome burden of the Presidency. I am here today to say that I need your help, I (he paused again) cannot bear this burden alone. I need the help (another pause) of all Americans and all Ameri ca. “This nation has experienced a profound shock and in this critical moment it is our duty— yours and mine—as the govern ment of the United States—to do away with uncertainty and to show that we are capable of de cisive actions; that from the brutal loss of our leader we will derive not weakness but strength—that we can and will act and act now.” The appeals for help and de cisive action were interrupted by applause. Determination And then when the President put into a single long sentence much of his thinking and de termination in the field of for eign policy, he was interrupted seven times. He said: “From this chamber of repre sentative government let all the world know, and none misunder stand, that I rededicate this gov ernment to the unswerving sup port of the United Nations, to be honorable and determined execution of our commitments to our allies, to the maintenance of military strength second to none, to the defense of the strength and the stability of the dollar, to the expansion of our foreign trade, to the reinforce ! ment of our programs of mutual i assistance and cooperation in jAsia and Africa, and to our Al liance for Progress in this hem-, jisphere.” See in U.S. Policy By DAVID BERD recently stated that “an Atlan tic community under U.S. lead ership . . . may now begin to appear impracticable” with Kennedy gone. Aspaturian said this coun try’s relations with France and its president, Charles de Gaulle, should be altered little by the new leader. He noted that there are fundamental dif ferences in the aims of the two nations which are not dic tated by the personalities of their leaders but by “the best interests of the nation” as each country sees them. Influence Unaffected De Gaulle’s influence in Western Europe will probably neither increase nor decrease appreciably, he added. Atwater said the planned 1964 meeting of Johnson and de Gaulle, announced Tuesday, would give Johnson a better understanding of the French president’s views, although it would have little significance beyond this. Johnson’s experience as a legislator' should make him de Gaulle’s equal as a diplo mat, he added, Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev may take advan tage of the Presidential change to make new demands on Ber lin, but probably will wait to “size up” Johnson and see hovr he compares with Kennedy, Atwater said. A continued relaxation of tensions seems likely, unless “something dramatic happens,” although the “next step to ward peace may be a long way off,” Aspaturian indicated. For This, We Give Thanks -See Page 2 FIVE CENTS Canaveral Witnesses Success CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (/P) —The supercharged At las-Centaur rocket scored its first test flight success yes terday hurling its five-ton second stage into orbit in a performance strengthening plans for manned and un manned exploration of the moon and planets. The success ended months of costly, frustrating troubles for the rocket, whose Centaur sec ond stage has the first rocket engine in the world propelled by high energy liquid hydro gen fuel. The launching was the sec ond from Cape Canaveral in 17 hours with an important bearing on the man-to-the moon program. Tuesday night an Inter planetary Monitoring Platform was launched into a wide swinging orbit to investigate solar radiation which poses a hazard to moon-bound astro nauts. IMP, which settled into a near-perfect orbit ranging from 113 to 172,234 miles high, is to determine if satellite instru ments can predict solar flares, great eruptions on the sun which produce the deadly space radiation. But the starring role in the space double-header went to the previously ill-starred Atlas- Centaur, whose success was im portant for these two major reasons: Atlas-Centaur is the only large U.S. rocket with a chance of being operational in time to launch the unmanned Project Surveyor spacecraft to the moon on reconnaissance mis sions. This would be in advance of the Project Apollo manned lunar landing set for late in this decade. Behind Schedule Because of numerous prob lems, Atlas-Centaur is two years behind schedule, but the flight yesterday spurred hopes it will be ready for the present Surveyor target date of early 1965. Centaur long ago was select ed to pioneer liquid hydrogen technology. The National Aero nautics and Space Administra tion has made a heavy commit ment to use this frigid fuel, for upper stages of big boosters for several years. Study Abroad Participants To Meet Sun. Students selected for the 1964 Study Abroad Program have been invited to a recep tion in the main lounge of the Hetzel Union Building at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dagpbert de Levie, program director, an nounced yesterday. The reception will be the first official gathering of the 115 to 120 students selected to study in Europe during the spring term. Countries in the progi'am include Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain. The names of students se lected to participate in the pro gram have not yet been re leased. De Levie will give prelimi nary information at the recep ti o n concerning passports, transportation and other de tails of the trip. Complete de tails will be made known to students during, an orientation program in the winter term. Faculty advisers, deans and members of the administration are expected to attend the re ception, the director said. Pollock To Host Infernat'l Students Six international students will eat Thanksgiving dinner in Pol lock dining hall this evening as guests of Pollock area men’s apd women’s councils. “At this annual affair we like to offer international students someone to be with on Thanks giving Day, since they can’t be with their own families,” Judy iJohe, program chairman, ex plained.
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