CAMPUS 12 COPIES Mostly sunny today despite some high 'thin cloudiness; warmer with, temperatures approaching 75. Mild -tonight; • low near 50. Partly cloudy, windy and warm tomorrow with a chance lor showers or thundershowers iby night. High 77. VOL. 68, No. 104 the associated press | News Roundup: j From the State, S Nation & World The World USSR Implicated in Czech Murder PRAGUE Czechoslovakia’s Communist party openly implicated the Soviet Union and agents of Stalin’s secret police yesterday in the 1948 death of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk. The stance seemed to dare an angry reaction from Moscow. The Czech party newspaper Rude Pravo said in a Page 1 story that there is good reason to assume that "Masaryk not only was murdered, but it was a case of political murder.” It pointed to a Czech-born Soviet NKVD officer, Maj. Franz Schramm—described in the article as a man with "connections with Soviet security chief Lavrentiy Beria’s gorillas”—as the suspected assassin of Masaryk, the anti communist son of Czechoslovakia’s founder and first presi dent. Given the extra weight of official party sanction, the charges appeared certain to upset the Russians who have been critical of the Czech government’s liberal course. Several members of the present Soviet regime were' in positions of power at the time Masaryk was killed and during subsequent purges. ★ ★ ★ Countries Reluctant To Talk with Reds SAIGON South Korea and Thailand voiced reser vations yesterday about peace talks with North Vietnam. South Vietnam suggested a summit meeting of the Viet namese allies before negotiations open. President Chung Hee Park of South Korea issued a statement in Seoul on the eve of his departure for a meet ing with President Johnson in Honolulu saying any settle ment should insure the security of South Korea and other Asian countries. His premier, Chung II Kwon, was more specific, say ing: “We fear any compromise with the North Vietnamese Communists would be dangerous.” In Bangkok, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman of Thai land expressed fears that “Vietnam will be forsaken in the same way as Laos” by the United States. He told the Thai Press Association the United States may seek a solution similar to the 1962 Geneva agreement setting up a neutral Laos. -k ★ ★ North Vietnamese infiltrate Delta SAIGON Newly equipped North Vietnamese at tacked American jungle fighters only 23 miles from Saigon yesterday, reinforcing intelligence reports that sizable numbers are infiltrating the capital area and the Mekong Delta. ‘ Apparently to counter this infiltration, the U.S. Com mand announced a new nperatiopal tactic for the Mekong Delta combining U.S; Army gunsliips and helicopter-borne South Vietnamese troops in to a “highly mobile strike force.” Until recently, the delta was the territoiy of Viet Cong guerrillas, who suffered in the Tet offensive. U.S. officers speculated that, the North Vietnamese are being sent down to stiffen the guerrilla forces. About a platoon of the North'Vietnamese attacked a small patrol of Americans 23 miles east of Saigon, and pinned them down for an hour before helicopters picked them up. The Americans from the U.S. 9th Division lost two dead and estimated they killed a dozen of the enemy. The Nation Pulitzer Prize Novelist Dies at 82 NEW YORK Edna Ferber, who drew deeply from the history and folklore of America to become a Pulitzer Prize novelist, as well as a world-renowned short story writer and playwright, died yesterday at the age of 82. 11l for several months, she had been in and out of hos pitals. But the end came in her Park Avenue apartment, where she had been confined recently. Miss Ferber’s novel, “So Big,” a story of a woman on a truck farm outside Chicago, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924. She once said: “Not only did I not plan to write a best seller when I wrote ‘So Big’ but I thought, when I had finished it, that I had written the v-'orlci's worst seller.” A chance discussion about show boats led Miss Perber to spend some time on the Mississippi River aboard James A “a™„ s Floating Palace Theater. Out of this research came « 1926 best seller, “Show Boat.” Memphis Strikers Accept Agreement MEMPHIS, Tenn, Agreement was reached yesterday to end a 65-day strike by 1,300 city garbage collectors. The bitter, racially tinged labor dispute had brought Dr. Mar to Memphis where he was slain April 4. The strikers, 98 per cent of them Negro, cheered wildly as they unanimously accepted the agreement which was described as a memorandum of understanding” rather than a formal contract. , The 13-member city council, with one dissenting vote, also approved the agreement but not before Negro Council man J. O. Patterson Jr. accused the governing body of be ing responsible for the prolonged work stoppage and the violence which it spawned. Seven weeks ago,” Patterson said, “we agreed to the main issues almost identical to those before us today and tnen a majority of the council changes its mind . . . refused to take any action on this matter and a lot of hell broke out across the city and across the nation.” Labor Secretary Supports Humphrey PITTSBURGH Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirlz said yesterday he had “no doubts” that Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey would shortly announce his candi dacy for the Democratic nomination for president . Wirtz, in Pittsburgh to address a Democratic fund raising dinner, said he had “great respect and admiration” for Humphrey, adding that Humphrey was “my kind of He said he would campaign as hard as he could for the vice president, but said he didn’t know what role President Johnson might play in the campaign. The labor secretary made the remarks at a news con ference before the dinner. On Humphrey, Wirtz said he admired the vice presi dent ‘for the way he stood up for civil liberties in 1948 when it was a difficult thing to do.” "We worked together in 1952 and 1956,” Wirtz said “I think he s a great person. I think of him as an ‘effective liberal in the liberal tradition ... A person who gets things done.” What's Inside | LION IN WINTER MARAT/SADE .. IFC BLUE BAND .... COLLEGIAN NOTES SOLOMON'S MINE ... PAGE 6 FOOTBALL PREVIEW PAGE 7 METS. ASTROS CATCH BREATH PAGE 7 ®p> lath; H| ffinllcgta ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The State PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3. 4 PAGE 4 8 Pages —Collegian Photo by William' Epstein TOWN AND FRATERNITY MEN'S voting "booth" on the mall enjoyed at least one moment (and we suspect more) of peace and quiet yesterday, the first of three days for USG elections. Voting Enters Second Day In USG Election Contests By KITTY PHILBIN and DENNIS STIMELING Collegian USG Reporters • Officials of the Undergraduate Stu dent Government last night refused to release the number of students voting yesterday. Voting, which will continue today and tomorrow, opened yesterday morn ing. Executive and congressional posi tions are at stake. ' ' : - •'"' Previously, USG had announced that first-day totals would be available. No reason was given, however, for the unavailability of the figures. WDFM will present live coverage of the USG election results tomorrow night. The coverage will include inter views with the winning candidates and their party spokesman, as well as the immediate returns. The voting results will be broken down by residence areas. The coverage will be broadcast directly from the Hetzel Union Building. Voting durihg the next two days can be done at machines near the post offices in residence hall areas, open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Johnson Talks Strategy With Top Commanders HONOLULU (AF) - Presi dent Johnson focused on Viet nam war strategy yesterday in closed sessions slated with top commanders of the U.S. forces in the Pacific. In advance of today’s sum mit session with South Korean President Chung Hee Park, who was due in from Seoul late last night, Johnson lined up both the outgoing Pacific com mander and his replacement for what the President termed a review of the Southeast Asian situation. Adm. U.S, Grant Sharp, who presently runs the vast com mand from his Camp Smith headquarters near Honolulu, retires in July. His designated successor, Adm. John S. Mc- Cain, who has headed the U.S. Navy in Europe, flew in from Texas on Johnson’s plane. Also tapped for the session at the hilltop site were Gen. Earle G Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, peace en voy Cyrus Vance and Army, Navy. Marine and Air Force leaders of the forces under the Pacific chief. A Red terror raid in January attempting the assassination of Park, followed a couple of days later by North Korean seizure of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo, set off a crisis which led indirectly to f e Honolulu meeting. Johnson earmarked $lOO mil lion in arms aid for the South Korean ally and sent trouble shooter Cyrus Vance to Seoul in February. Both modernization of South Korea’s conventional armed forces and strengthening her capacity to deal with terrorist infiltrations will be examined b’- the presidents, the U.S. au thorities said. Items such as police and communications equipment are planned for the counterinsur gency program. PAGE 5 U.S.- military assistance to Korea is already running about $l6O million a year. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1968 Town and fraternity men may use ballot boxes placed in West and South Halls, open during the same hours as the dormitory polling places in those areas. Other voting machines for fraternity and independent men have been placed on the ground floor of the Hetzel Union Building, at the corner of the Mall .and Pollock Road, and at the commuter parking lot opposite 'Tyson and the Uni versity Creamery. These polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. The ma chine in the HUB will operate until 5:30. A student need not be a registered member of a party in order to vote. The only requirements for voting are matric ulation and activities cards. All students are eligible to vote for the executive and congressional posi tions for USG. In class elections, students of second, third and fourth term stand ing may vote for sophomore class presi dent. Fifth, sixth and seventh term students vote-for junior class president, and eighth, ninth and tenth term stu dents vote for senior class president. First, eleventh and . twelfth term students may not vote for class presi dents. The Johnson-Park talks will be at .the luxurious seaside es tate of former industrialist Henry J. Kaiser outside of Honolulu where Johnson has been staying during his Hawai ian visit. Johnson rode by helkopter for the 10-minute hop across Honolulu to Camp H.M. Smith, the hilltop headquarters, of the Pacific commander, Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp, for a morning military conference and lunch totaling about three hours. The strategy session was held in a third floor conference room with Johnson seated midpoint at a semicircular table, flanked by military chiefs and civilian advisers. Along with Adm. John S. McCain; who succeeds the re tiring Sharp in July, were Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, apd the ranking oflicers of the services under the Pa cific commander. The Navy’s Pacific fleet chief at the meeting was Adm. John J. Hyland, the Army’s was Gen. Dwight Beach Gen. John D. Ryan represented the Pa cific Air Forces and Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak the Marines. Virus May Be Cause Of Pollock Illness , The illnesses which struck more than 50 University students in the Pollock residence hall area Friday, are believed to have been caused by Staphylococcus aureaus, a genus of microorganism usually not associated with food. Dr. Albert L. Ingram, director of Ritenour Health Center, said yesterday that the cultures, which were taken to determine the exact cause of Friday’s rash of acute gastro-enteritis cases, have shown the presence of the Staphylococcus aureaus. An examination of all food service personnel associ ated with the Pollock area food service was held Saturday. As a result of the examination, one employe who ap peared to have a minor infection was sent home pending further development of the cultures. ■ ■ Civilians in the group in cluded peace negotiator Cyrus Vance, Walt W. Rostow, presi dential security affairs adviser, William P. Bundy, assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs, and Ambassador Winthrop BrcAvn, head of the State Departmeht’s Korean task force and a former U.S. ambassador to that country. Sharp’s headquarters, among other things, directs the air strikes against North Vietnam which were curbed by Johnson in his March 31 bid to get peace talks going' with Hanoi. Further developments in thfe diplomatic maneuvering with North Vietnam could in turn af fect the air strike pattern and this presumably was among the topics Johnson anted to go over with his military chiefs. The President has stressed here a two-path approach to what he calls a search for peace: the diplomatic process, currently concentrated on the effort for direct ambassadorial talks with North Vietnam, and gearing the armed forces to meet any battlefield challenge from the Reds. Men's Elects By MARYANN BUCKNUM Collegian Staff Writer With a promise of “the ambition to accomplish much,” Gene Cavalucei (9th-labor management relations-Allen town), was elected president. of the Men’s Residence Council last night by acclamation of the council. John Shuman (9t.h-i'ood service and housing administration-Carlisle) was elected vice-president and Sam Edel man (6th-speech-Altoona) was elected secretary-treasurer. In his acceptance speech, Cavalucei set forth his goals for the coming year. “The constitutional revision is the most important thing going,” he said, “as a step further in the formation of a joint organization of the men’s council and the Association of Women Students. Shuman called MRC a “sleeping giant which could be dynamic once it wakes and starts to move.” Shuman cited the accomplishments of the organization during this year and expressed the hope that this will continue for “the better- Humphrey Postpones Formal. Announcement WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is postponing until next week— or possibly even later—his for mal entry into the Democratic presidential nomination race. The vice president, back from a brief vacatic in Flori da, conferred with his advisers yesterday about his plans. The upshot seems to be that they see no need to hurry about plunging into an active cam paign. The composite judgment of Humphery’s associates is that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York has failed to manufacture any stampede in his direction since President Johnson an nounced that he would mot ac cept renomination. Under, these circumstances, Humphrey was said to fee] that his status as vice presjdentand Prof Fears Larger Risks By BARBARA BLOW Collegian Staff Writer William J. Duiker, assistant professor of history, said last night that Vietnam may be only the beginning of greater U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. Duiker was ,a member of a panel discussion in the South Halls areai sponsored' by the religious affairs office, ex amining the nation’s foreign policy. Other members of the panel were John F. Beeg from the Lutheran Association, Robert B. Wallace, University Baptist Church, and Philip N. Klopp (10th - business logistics - Rich land). Duiker, who worked for the State Department, said that there is a possibility that ne gotiations, even leading to a coalition government in Viet nam, will take, place, but “this will not be likely until after after the national elections.” World’s Greatest Enemies Duiker said that the “great est enemies in the world today are not communism or revolu tionary governments but ignor ance, poverty and prejudice ... THE DAILY COLLEGIAN received no nasty rumors of bomb scares or lab explosions yesterday, so we surmise class in the grass must have been prompted by spring, glori ous spring. Council Officers a potential candidate gives him Marshall University at Hunting some advantages that he might ton. W.Va., on April 24. surrender by a formal an- The vice president goes to the nouncement. University of Mississippi at Ox- In the view of his advisers, ford, Miss., April 25 for the the work of trying to line up kind of student question and convention delegates can go answer panel he has been con ahead unimpeded. ducting at colleges all over the There is involved also the country for nearly four years, question of whether an active Southern organizatioi Demo candidacy would conflict with crats are sending up smoke sig the itinerary previously ar- nals that indicate they prefer to ranged for speeches 'and ap- support Humphrey at the Au pearances in Humphrey’s role gust Chicago convention over as vice president. Kennedy or Sen. Eugene J. The vice president is sched- McCarthy of Minnesota, uled for a foreign policy speech On the same day he goes to before the Overseas Press Club Ole Miss, Humphrey will put in in New York City next Monday, an appearance at a higher ed- This will give him the oppor- ucation conference at T ackson, tunity to emphasize his support Tenn. Although he has made of ’ th e President’s, policies; no commitments, Gov. Buford which are focusing now on ef-. Ellington of Tennessee, who forts to get,talks started with had been prepared to back John- North Vietnam. son for renomination, is report- Humphrey plans a speech at' ed leaning toward Humphrey. Vietnam Only Begiinnin And the elimination of preju- problems." Duiker said that dice is probably the greatest the American people need to task we have.” The discussion then set its problems of the developing na focus on the attitudes of U.S. tions. citizens. Duiker said that there He sadly noted that 95% is much greater discussion and of the people in the State dissent today among young Department have become so people regarding our national conditioned that they “see goals than there was 10 or 15 no alternatives to the years ago. Yet he said that course of action we are now this trend needs to go much pursuing in our foreign policy, further—on this campus as well There was hope when John as throughout the nation. Kennedy entered the picture in Role of Churches 1960 > but he soon found lhe Hole ot uuuchcs bureaucratic structure resist- Beeg referred to the role of ant to change.” Duiker said he the churches in the discussion sees hope in the future, if the of issues. “Many church work- present student generation con ers are becoming involved in tinues its awareness and in the life situation, in social volvement.” AWS Elections Soon Gayle Graziano. president of graduate women may vote, the Association of Women Stu- All candidates must have dents, has announced that elec- a 2,25 All-University average tions for residence hall presi- and no record with the AWS dents and vice presidents will Review Board. Applications for be held April 23. Polls will be candidacy may be obtained set up in the lobby of each from any residence hall vice residence hall, and all under- president. Class in the grass „.. 4 New System —See Page 2 ment of the man in the residence hall.” Edelman said that, his new job should be one of. communications, “which would create a new feeling among the men.” William Sinclair, executive presi dent, said' that the rationale for the Women’s Visitation Bill would be com posed this week by the executives, since they have compiled each residence area’s information concerning the feasi bility of the system under consideration. Sinclair also made a formal presen tation of a Lion trophy to Jeff Mossoff, chairman of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls convention held over Spring Term break. In addition, Charles G. Fisher, as-* sistant to the Dean of Men and adviser to MRC, spoke to the council members about the change from the separate of fices of the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women to a Dean of Students. This change will take effect during Summer Term. become more aware of the —'Collegian Photo by William Epstein SEVEN CENTS
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