October 16, 1949

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15 -- Pennsylvania's fleet backs, towering ends and rugged line were far too much for Columbia to handle today. After holding the unbeaten Quakers to a single touchdown in the first half, the young Lions yielded three more scores after the intermission to finish on the short end of a 27-7 count before 34,373 spectators at Franklin Field.

The Eighty-first Congress is the third with which Harry S. Truman has had to deal as President, and the first over which he has been able to claim leadership in his own right.

The "Battle of the Pentagon" was fought with increasing intensity last week, and all the indications were that it would become fiercer.

$84 million gained in dollar reserves as result of devaluation; total reserves reach $1.4 billion; $2 billion set as safety level