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Yesterday the j-itjief pblfticul leaders of
Texas cdme out ^)]' “Ik ’ Eisenhower as
. pemocratic Presidf ri tial c ui didate. Perhaps
they thought thujt witr (len. MacArthur
avowedly after tlic itepiit lj< an ncmination,
Gen. “Ike,” npw pata ident 4l Coluinbia Unt-
? <i
governor replied, be-
first enthu-
viersity, would re*-
fusal-of candidacy
i Son 1 ^ 11 ''
take a
oasidef] |iis previous re-
tinie this w eek tjpej Batt intends to
presentativ e pol
n
how they feel about) tjhe ult
dential ijace. The ire v we
far have shown lit tl j entliUfeiasm for either
J * " 1 tliey h^ve shown
ifiindidajtes so far,
toward the "entire
of the denerals, | i fact,
little entjhusiasrn in any )c
hind a general dubipiisness
field. I. ill
aylpther man
with the same potentialities as “Ike,” Jester
said: t] \ ■ -j ;•! ] . \> 1
I know of no man with suth potentiali
ties.” i !■;; ; 1
Earlier, during a discussion of Gen. Mac-
Aggies to see .Arthur and Eisenhow>r, Jest^h said, “I’m
confused Presi- with the Gl's. I’d take Ei sen kovrer over the
H^ve talked to, so other man.’ 1 1 v | ! j '
Bob Cal /ert, chairnian of tH State Demo
cratic Committee, commenting oh the gover
nor’s, statement from jAustin, declared that
Eisenhower is the strongest candidate that
could be available to Ijhe Democratic party
the Pemocratic at the preset time.
"Eisenhdwer fAdadlhgl u ...^ r .. , ,. .....
ticket would imijnpasurnblv improve the Calvjert said Eisenhower needs to make
• changes bf electing! i Dem icratic president,” an even stronger statement thab he previous-
Gov. Behuford H. Jestersuf yesterday. J.V made abbot running! to stop all speculation
Jeslfdr said this is p* rtticuluily true iii in ^i^^jtion. _ + L -• ,
View of jthe RuA threitT-, C4,vert ! aMed th ^ ^ faVor ^ f,rst - a
Askejd at hjs iprsss cdfuereiicb wfiat he
. 1 tihought | of Eiseni|i(|wer’s election chances,
delegation instructed for Eisenhower and
secondly an unihstructed delegation.
t i-j. >i i t p r ’Senator Qlin D1 Johnston, South Caro-
Jester said: Lt i il lina Democrat.
.il -T think Eisejiihiwev-^yith the confidi : _ ocrats organic
Vnce the people Have in h: rti-i-anq with Rus^ ‘ ‘
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sia posing a .threht-i-I'thbj^ Eisenhower on
any: ticket woiild 1 jx hare ft® lick.”
‘‘Would-you fpji'or a T ekis delegation in-
structedi to vote;; for Eis‘nljioweil’e nominal
: itiop!?” d reporter)linked. *
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at,; proposed that Southern Dem-
nizh * sdlidly behind Eisenhower
for the prusidehtial nomination. ,
Johnstpn contended Eisenhower is an in
dependent, not a Republican. Johnston called
the retiree chief of staff the best drawing
card‘anti-Truman Dembcrats could pick to
win nationwide support
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Cotton Discussion Pro
To B« Held in Wes
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The Texas towns of Sinton, Taylor am,
be the scenes of cotton discussion programs
March 22, and April 10, Fred C. Elliott\A&M
ton work specialist announced yesterda;
10, Will fe»lui»v*
&
The meetings are sponsored by the Wton uroc
committee of the^ State-Wide Cot-'tf~—r- i Pd—f—
* - -•* W, will! feaui^UST
Means ito West lexas,’T
jUbbimk will
Marltli 19,
tension cot-
u ition
BETWEEN THE BOOK ENDS ..
‘One Fine Day! Is Story Of
‘Perfect Village in Aspic’
!ii
ter-Downes. Little, Brown.
f Out of her keen awareness of
the undertones and overtones of
human behavior Mol lie Panter-
pownes has fashioned a warm and
{ikillful story of a day in what was,
before the war, the ‘‘perfect village
jn aspic/’
| The book is an account of a sin
gle day in the life of a cultivated
English woman nowj thirty-eight
years old. She was brought up in
p house with plenty of w r ell-traint*d
FeSnew go#4s at l Mye ever re- told. Thejlastj two speakers wete good, «o w Cpy "IrriLgl/ld’VS! a'
J eeived the atten ijb i giVim fp the (.rent Is- long as they could be kept on the subject ma tter of course, & devoted old
ij sues class. An efsb' rimeiiivthe first in this and refraijned from name-calling. Cost $750, nurse for her little girl, a skillful
‘ • 1 ’ jaim;of the first «n I am told;. , I j? M , , |jk4rdeher for her rJsles, a cook in
ojleavors to giVe The cldss can expect a'quiz on the speech- “ “Sc IS i "SS
es at any jtime between now and final exam butcher . s boy t0 briRR in the bes t
week. j j ” i j ‘li .1 J I'i Iquality meat for thejaaily fare of
My owjn suggestiQn.is that; the course be ;her family,
used as originally intended, used to stimulate . N ” w , al ’ t {] at wonderfully effi-
thought.Jtml here-is jan outline that could |S'y^l^a/^S^mJn
By MRS. WILNORA ARNOI.U ♦i' '
® ea ^* r8 ^ v ' 8 * r 11 . don. Holding down her job as The
ONE FINE DAY. By Mollie Pan- Yorker’s London correspon-
■dfent, she commutes to the city
njuch as does Stoil’ien Marshall in
ONE FINE DAY. She was bom in
London in 1906 and married Clare
Robinson in 1927.
Is Great Issues Course Clicking?.,.
hive ever re- -told. Thejlastj two speakers wete good «o
11: Ip the Great Is- long as they could be kept on the subject mat tcr of course, a devoted
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jiart of the courilry and
I the nation, this jeourse
graduating senior s/ sbrje ; background m
! world events. I |. ’.j ■,
!■ - As i f whole the coursjliii a siicce.ss—that
j is toLsaiy, enougliji itere^t lad been aroused
to 1 show the nee Ij and iniij crtancje of such a
i class. But the following ejttter, received by
The ;Bktttalion, ip li cates a wiy in which the
j course might be improve ft | j; 1
Up ito this tutu I ha'ie ppt token the op-
jpprtunity-. to thjan c yoi Tbr jypur part in
■bringing the Great Issuesiepurae to the cam-
.pus. I am a memi er oil fhjajt and felel
that I jam HonortiU|f tfjf
;excusej for the fvVhat-tli.e^hK'ir a titude that
Mhei Gre at Issues.
re; is' anything we
imore constructive
|siijieS,t hat face the
eipuptrj there is no
heed alt this tihjie it
; thinkirlg about the Grea
world today. Aim in thin
[excuse; for the
generailly prevails abou
'; The Great yisues- coiibfe can be a good
1 start toward uindorstai dittk] the impending
S !. .issues.j It can bo turned into a thought pro
, yoking course of (he htoie|Kt qu ility; so far
it has; done.very little As originally con
ceived; the course was td lie a thought pro-
H i ^vokifig mstrumiejKit{. bu,t ijt) has |e\|olved intoi a
• . ro]te-niemory c
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materjial does
dersUjtnding: of I that
it doek hot induce th
tions tasiked oh a
*’ ‘ 1th
; of some of ouf[ pjoten
fear the class ii
‘ of narrow pres
ThiuS, far tl
lemls^r jon the) to eakdto
be followed", l.f i • ! j, j j who occasionally does a little clean-
1. Have speakers present eiiich side of the t ing—the garden is rieglected. The
question. Imported bjj domestic speakers will mistress of this British home, used
to a gracious and dreadily existence,
must overcome numerous handicaps
to learn in middle life! to do for her
self.
This is the background ojf the
sthry, yet it is dot a narrowly
housOkecperish book. Both the au
thor and her chief character are
fine, intelligent, and attractive
women. The author's picture of one
day in the life of tlii^ hard-pressed
homemaker is not mere tea-table
do. One period eacIf Speaker. Question periods
after speejehes if possible.
2. Members o(f the claps Stage a debate on
the subject. Oneipehiofl. j ; ,
8. Instructor jsum up the question and ask
for questions. One period.
4. Each member of the class write a short
paper on his own; thoughts about the sub
ject. One!period. ‘ j:
will be c
tion. andjlboth sides will! be presented. Ini
picking t lw ' i “- : — —
of view
course w
stances,
HAKTRAMFF’S VOCABULARY-
BUILDER. By Giistavus A. Hart-
rampf. Gros.set & Dunlap.
If you would like to attain the
ijiiaktery over language which every
intelligent person strives foiv—so
cially, j professionally or commer-
Cially4-you will not find a more
valuable tool than Hartrampf’s Vo-
cabulairy-Builder, One of the most i
‘famou^ standard word books evei
publisped/for years it has been a
■pasic source hook for professional j
’writers and speakers who must de-;
yclb their power over words.
■ h addition to the thousands of
illuminating words and phrases
Which haVe always comprised this
hook, this new edition contains sev-
ieral valunble new features. These
include a newly designed vocabu-
jlady-builtjjng section and a series
of helpful tests Which enable you
;to discover and correct the weak
spots in your own vocabulary.
Whether you offer news, enter
tainment, ideas* or merchandise, j )
this ingenuous hook fpiiejily and
easily supplies the right words to
best express your message. In it
you will find words which describe
every phase of human experience,
words to make your conversation
and letters more interesting, pet-
tort Committee of'Texas, the A&M
Extension Service, and the Texas
Farm Bureau Federation in coopf
oration with the National gotten
Council of America, the Texas Cot-
ton Association, the Texas Cotton
seed Crushers’ Association, the
Texas Cotton Ginners Association,
and the Texas Cheniurgic Council, 1
as well as the Chambers of Com
merce of Corpus Christ! and South
Texax, and Taylor and East Texas.
The meeting at Sinton, which will
be held at 2 p. m., March ‘Id in
the Court House, will feajturd ‘The
World Cotton Outlook” by Read
Dunn* of Memphis, Tennessee, di
rector of foreign trade division,
National Cotton Council of Ameri
ca, and “Progress of the 7 step Cot
ton Program in Texas,” by Elliott.
Floyd Lynch, extension district
agent, will preside over the meeting
and will oe introduced by R, R.
Gibb, county agricultural agent of
San Patricio County.
Th^ meeting in Taylor,; te bei
held in the SPJST Lodge Hall at
7:80 p. m. March 22, will include'
motion pictures on some of the
most recent developments in Aiuer-
ican cotton production and market
ing, “The World Cotton Outlook,”
by Read Dunn of Memlphife; Tenh.;
“Interpretation of World ; Cotlpn
Outlpok to Texas Productibn," by
Tyrus R. Timm, extension econot
miat,^“Economical Cotton PrOddci.
tion in the Blacklands” by Dr. J.
E. Adams, head of the department
of agronomy, and “Soil and Crop
Management in the Central Black-
lands” by Dr. J. R. Johnston, chief
of Blaekiand Experiment Station,.
Temple.
Elmore Torn, executive vice-pres
ident, Texas Cheniurgic Council,
will introduce S. L. Neal, extejn-:
sion district agent, Us- presiding
officer.
The meeting in Lubbock at the
Palace Theatre at 10 a. tn. April
Spencer, agricult
Crushers’ Asso-
‘The Outlook for
,h' Plains in 1948'’,
l/subarintendept of
ent/Substation in
The Outlook for
m Farmers’ View
Fortenberry,; gin-
f Monroe 1 f *
ting eitensicb di-„
nan of the cotton
ittee of the fitate-
niittee of Texas,
m
w«te: d
[will Conclude with
» Mi*u*»»bri. pi>riO<l with the speak-
•m Ion tl)te irogrtam as members of
• th»i‘ panel, Elliott said.
OPENS 1:00 H.M. PH. 4-1181
i ' Ui.jPipatures Begin-atrf.j
1:30 -/3il0 - 5:45 - f:5j5 - 10:05
THIS IS A FIRST RUN SHOW
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\e speakers for the various points
le committee ijor the Great Issues-
ill have a narrow field in some in-'
but any nian who cart speak intelli-
rise thjait| sOcfiaracteristic welcomed. Let him) be, oil any color or creed.
4y good courses,; I ^ " ’
find her beai’ings qnd continue aj
reasonably comfortable and worth
while life in the midst of domestic;
upheaval and uncertainty.
She. is typical of all the fine
British people whib are ‘muddling
through’ this bad transition period
following a terrible war. This Wo«
1 man is, like all of us, faced with
gently on: his todeiof thjt question should be
ny color or creed. ;
Il a The ojbject|on i raisejd to this was that; an ufterly differen| world from th#
fear tEie class is imissinlto great deal because speakers jaije haTdi to find. Surely there are- one in which we were horn, and
Cttititionl- Ij' 4 | many Coititounistsj who icduld'use $500. Sure- this is the story of how she tried
ThiuS) far then 1 has! fcfeejd btrt.one faculty ly there are) meh aij our ptfn staff and faculty; t0 make a llf< ‘ flt f,M ' ( ' lvlllzl,<1 ! K ‘ 0 *
member on the Srjeakqi’.iii nlatfotm. Only his
side of the quettion h^sjbeln presented. The
mem liters of thejiC reatlMtules committee will
not have the oppo *tunifcy|t(i sj Jlak unless this
man ik ill. } have even! reason to believe that
this nian is a worthy ii sjtrupor, but his is not
the oiily sld^'b| tl e qu 4>|i(i|n. j
t ThereJs a [cdiistart fhteat of “pop quiz
zes” hanging djver tin cfass. In my own. ex-*
perietocei I hav^j fqund jtliiit|niemOrizing given
” lead to an mh-
(The ivritei - 's earhe
just the right words to command
attentiorr and action in any situa
tion. A handy hook to have around,
don’t you think?; \ f.
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who would Ibfe glad to s}jeak for nothing. Men
could be found. *
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is knoivn to The Rat^
pie but of the material at hand.
Mollie Paiiter-Downes lives in
the country, forty miles from Lon-
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talion, bull is withheld ko that he could write
candidly. | j |
Dr. s| R. GampK>h.]chairman of the com|
mittee which operated tjhe Great Issues course
says that; as a ktaie Idhool we are restricted ©NIONS AND HORSERADISHES
in what speakers fnaAibe invited to the cam- ..
pus. .ndilpnf of l^iTgj a Communist $500 to ^ »*?*•»«= .... , k
Onions and hoi’saradi.shes to the
atirial. j And certainly speak here would certainly sfet off an un^ 1 Sp 0rts Editorslllli
kibgj One of the ques- pleasantPolitical and religious debates Lot’s give cmijt, where-credit is
■nt? quiz was “What is are likewise 1 taboos hi a state institution. due. Contrary to pictures and stor-
letbatil ’ ^ **.j • t r -t. '*--<•*-l-
tp (the Great Isspes
mark in my hum-
le fitst toias a man who was
new itf^kto ami his speech
nogJkmnv the meaning
using.'Coto, $500, I lam
Issues. I
might g
“other’;
(“Devil’?
were chi
views in
operate reports that his
r- tomtom
folvseii,
official tv
Texas, Is
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r._T. Miller, Ken
A*ck-T. Nolen .
R. L. Billingsley.
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bjat, It goes like
joltefcn— para* la
no othejr fr| eans are ; Available, we
jt “de'viljs j advocates^' to telL the
sides:, cf 1 'Controversial question^,
advocates,” in toedieval practice,
tichmen Vho presented anti-church
debates.] i jl : :j ’ ’ . I
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Daniariseotta, Maine)
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