Federal spending could be cut by an amount equal to three times the cost of all levels of education and still leave the country enough for an adequate armed force and foreign aid, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower declared last night.

The President of the Pennsylvania State College spoke before more than 350 alumni last night at the Lycoming Hotel. It was one of the largest Penn Stage events ever held in the area.

Sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Club, it attracted alumni from Milton, Lock Haven, Lewisburg, Selinsgrove, Sunbury and Coudersport.

Dr. Eisenhower is the brother of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, contender for the Republican presidential nomination, drew applause with a statement on the urgency for federal economy.

“The American people will not demand economy where it is needed in order that they have the essentials of life,” he said. Some of the essentials he listed were better schools, police and fire protection and highways and bridges.

It is these essentials which are being affected by a developing tax revolt the speaker said.

The taxpayers can get to their local and state legislators easier than their representatives in Washington, although it is at this level that they can get their schools and the other necessities of the American way of life.

Holding to the theory that “Penn State or any other institution should provide its graduates with fighting, abiding commitment to the democratic way of life,” Dr. Eisenhower told the audience that when such can be achieved no taxpayer should grumble.