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...unnoticed by the press in the flood of first day Senate bills rests an outline of new rules for committee investigations. Throughout the last few years the actions of several notorious committees have shown that the fine print of a few procedural rules are needed to halt the two-inch headlines of unrestrained chairmen. The abuses of McCarthy, Velde, and Recce, among others, are so well known--holding one-man hearings unknown to other committee members, summoning witnesses under false pretenses, restricting the full advice and support of witness' counsel--that the new bill of Senator Thomas Hennings deserves...
Another change would put stricter limitations on the movement of the linesmen to discourage the "sucker shift." And, to lessen the number of short kicks, the use of a three inch tee may be permitted instead of the present one inch...
...Victor, biggest of all U.S. record manufacturers, took a bold step, chopped from 40% to 23% off its highest-priced LPs and EPs (mostly classical music). All Victor twelve-inch LPs (except original-cast show albums) now list at $3.98, all ten-inch at $2.98 apiece...
...Siler and the fast-improving Carl Goldman should give the varsity first places in the field events. Last year Siler's 49 foot 2 inch toss beat the Bruins and he started this season by outdistancing his B.U. opponents. Goldman gave one of the best performances of his track career in taking the weight throw in the same meet...
...outstanding attraction of the Cornell-Columbia game will be the meeting of Chuck Rolles, Cornell's fine five-foot, six-inch junior, and Chet Forte, Columbia's sensational five-foot, nine-inch sophomore, who leads the league in scoring...