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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1951
' THE WARM SEASON APPROACHES
Something Rotten In Texas
POLISH up that Lone Star, put on your
^ best suit of Texas pride and read the
latest issue of Collier’s. Someone has finally
got around to declaring that “There’s Some
thing Rotten in the State of Texas.”
To deviate from the usual Texan’s brag-
gary and at the risk of losing our citizenship
as a Texan, we agree one-hundred percent.
An article in the national magazine takes
a thorough and uncomplimentary look at the
filthy politics of Duval County and South
Texas. The resulting expose threatens the
notoriety of even Chicago and Kansas City.
Tracing the history of the Parr regime in
South Texas, the story dwells particularly
on the Johnson-Stephenson election dispute
and the cold-blooded murder of radio an
nouncer W. H. “Bill” Mason who dared to
oppose the machine.
After inheriting his iron-fisted control
from his father, George Parr spread out his
game of fraud and foul government until
it now holds state and national influence.
From his San Diego, Tex. headquarters, the
South Texas Czar pulls shady dealings to his
heart’s content.
Significantly mentioned in the article is
the order from Supreme Court Justice Hugo
Black quashing the investigation of the
plainly fraudulent election of Lyndon B.
It is astonishing hoio little you miss
the news that you do 7iot hear- about.
Protection For
Freedom of Speech
JUSTICE Hugo Black, dissenting
in the
Monday Supreme Court ruling that upheld
the conviction of top Communist leaders in
the U. S., listed in his opinion the fear that
the convictions watered down freedom of the
speech so much that it is not likely to protect
any but “safe or orthodox views.”
For his concern in the matter we would
like to nominate Mr. Black to either our
State Department or a prominent position on
the UN Assembly. Apparently he would make
a good candidate.
His fears seem to match those of the na
tional and international leaders who can’t
call a war by its right name and who don’t
dare impose any “harsh” restrictions on any
one for fear of stepping on a few toes.
Pray tell, what does Mr. Black think is
included in the constitutional guarantee of
free speech ? Did his engrossment in the Bill
of Rights cause him to overlook the funda
mental statement that “all governments de
rive their just powers from the consent of
the governed.” The ideal comes from the
preamble to the Declaration of Independence,
a document that holds some precedence over
the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
And that ideal is the clearest definition
available of our form of democratic govern
ment—a government of, by and for the peo
ple.
We challenge any intimation that Com
munism could endure an instant under that
doctrine.
Perhaps Justice Black would prefer that
we sit by and idly watch arrogant Commun
ist leaders lay the groundwork for destruc
tion of the government under which they
seek protection.
His attitude in the matter calls, indeed,
for legitimate exercise of the practice of
freedom of speech.
When you hear an individual criti
cized by another, you might try to
find out just why the critic is in
censed.
Johnson over former governor Coke Stephen
son. Black is the “liberal wing” justice who
voiced one of the two dissenting opinions iri
the recent Supreme Court ruling on Com
munist leaders.
The article should be well worth your
while. It’s guaranteed as a good antidote to
an overdose of Boyce House and other notor
ious Texas braggarts.
Extra-Curricula
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Activities For All
W7E ALL naturally assume that a newcomer
^ to college life needs a few words of guid
ance on what to do with his college time and
how to make the most of his college career.
We regret, however, that more time is hot
spent teaching a few of the same lessons to
returning Aggies and summer students from
other colleges.
Senate Passes Tax Bill
Will Adjourn Friday
AUSTIN, June 7—UP)—The legis- ed a deadlock that has kept the passed in the Senate. It returned
lature agreed on a tax program legislature in overtime session to the House with amendments,
yesterday and voted to end its since May 8. The House accepted the dead-
session Friday at noon. The tax plan will raise $65,000.- lock-breaking tax compromise, 120
The House was first to pass the ° 0{ > ™ new mone y> the to 11 Senate approval was 29 to 2.
adjournment resolution. The Sen- budget, and provide substantial The House beat down an effort to
ate concurred during a long after- iunds fo1 ' building rural roads for delay consideration of the joint
noon session two y eai ' s - The rural road bloc conference committee report. 1
The legislators will reconvene in considered it a victory. . Advocates of delay said they
an unofficial session next week to the revenue bill continues omm- wanted to keep the legislatuic in
hear an address bv General Doug- bus tax increases adopted at the session until General MacArthur
las MacArthur. special session last year with some speaks June 13. Other members
" The' House held a brief after- further raise, and adds a tax on objected to the expense, and noted
noon session and recessed until to- gathering natural gas. The House that a resolution has been passed
morrow. The Senate killed a pro- was holding out for the gathering providing for an informal session
posed constitutional amendment to f ax and f° r assurance of rural to hear the general,
give elective state and county offi- 1,oa d support. House approval of the tax plan
cers four-year terms. Other important legislation made brought cries of “let’s go home,”
Then it began debate on a con- Progress. arK j that apparently labelled the
gressional redistricting bill. The House accepted Senate lawmakers’ mood.
The redistricting debate was changes in a proposed constitution- The Houge gent to the governor
temporarily shut off. Senators vot- al amendment boosting the ceiling ei ht billg revamp i n g t h e state’s
ed to hold a night session. on state welfare spending from cr f minal code . 0 ne m | kes it a fel .
Overwhelming approval of a $35,0 00 ,000 to $42,000,000 a jear. 0]iy for a person to drive while
compromise tax-rural roads financ- That ^assured^ submission of the under'the^ 1 infTuence'of TiquorTfTt
special election ig a gecond offense _ A j ury couki
ing formula by both Houses end- amendment
— this fall.
at a
Oil Anti-Trust Suit Receives
Dismissal By Federal Court
Controversial Bill
WASHINGTON, June 7
-(£>)-
his college education.
We have always felt it paradoxical that mind Th yesteMay m about Ch trymg to
a serious-minded college student should have gef practically all of the multi-
. , . . ,, . „ . bilhon-dollar oil industry into one
to be urged to engage m those extras of col- courtroom for a single trial on
lege life that do so much to lighten his cur- ant , i ^ rust c b ar 8' es -
. , , ... ,, . ,. Attorney General McGrath went
ricular burden while vastly supplementing into federal district court and got
a dismissal of the anti-trust suit
ml , , ,. , . . filed' more than ten years ago.
Throughout the paper this last week have against the American Petroleum
appeared invitations to students to join in Instlt ute and 367 individual oil
. „ , . . corporations,
various phases of extra-curricular activity, stripped of legal frills, his mo-
So far response has been meager. There are t 101 } s f ld simply that the case was
. just too big for any practical
probably two principle reasons for this short- handling. He said he will proceed
against various elements of the
industry in smaller cases, involv
ing fewer defendants and less
complex issues.
Largest Action
coming in a summer term.
In the first place a sizeable number of
the students live off the campus. This es
pecially holds true for the co-eds. And sec
ondly, many of the summer students are
graduate students, usually older than their
undergrad brethren.
Neither reason seems to us a valid ex
cuse for shying away from our off class ac
tivity. In fact extra-curricular activities
could well serve as the bond to tie the grad
and non-campus students closer to their col
lege friends and to college life.
Truman Accused
down to 225 by dissolutions, an in
active status or divorcement from
the major coiporations.
. . Practical Difficulties”
McGrath asserted “the practical
difficulties” of a trial were too
great to go ahead. His announce
ment disclosed that the Justice De
partment has been considering
abandonment for a long time, on
the recommendations of Assistant
Attorney General H. Graham Mor-
ison, Anti-trust chief, and several
of his predecessors.
The attorney general emphasized
that the program of “segment”
prosecutions is already well under
way and said investigations look
ing to further actions are going
forward. Currently under inquiry
are complaints by some smaller
concerns that the do not have ae-
ard Stations, Inc.;
which
has re
cess to common carrier pipelines,
The big case, brought by then that they are shut out from many
Attorney General Francis Biddle in - " ^
September, 1940, was the largest
single anti-trust action ever start
ed. It charged an over-all conspir
acy of monopoly in the whole
petroleum field, starting with the
production of crude oil from the
ground and ending in the sale of
diverse finished products in retail
outlets. The defendants include all
of the major oil companies.
Before the dismissal, the 367
corporate defendants had been cut
retail outlets, that many refining
processes are available to them
only through patent pools charging
excessive royalties and that sup
plies of crude oil are controlled by
a relatively small group of com
panies.
The department is also studying
alleged price-fixing in the industry.
Separate cases already started
include:
An, injunction suit against Stand
ard bil of California and Stand-
Interpreting the News
In Tidelands Action Bvitisll~tjS I oliCy
Gap Now Closing
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
TRIE staunch forefathers of Texas didn’t
miss much when they 1 drew up the An
nexation Agreement in 1845.
Following in the path of what these men
outlined many years ago, Texas Attorney
General Price Daniel has accused President
Truman of violating that agreement. He says
Truman did so by directing the Federal Gov
ernment to sue for the Texas tidelands.
Daniels asserted that nationalization of
Texas’ tidelands contrary to the solemn
agreement between our two sovereigns is
worse than nationalization of British oil in- u - N - seat n °. w held b v the Na -
y tionahsts. But at Tuesday s trus-
terests in Iran. teeship council meeting Sir Alan
The attorney general’s statements appear Burns countered Russia’s usual
, , . . ... .. i .. motion lor using the Nationalists
to be justified with the added information and seating the Reds by siding
that Presidents Tyler and Polk both pro- with the United States,
mised President Sam Houston of the Re- Worn Practice
public of Texas that titles of lands in the de
clared boundries of the Republic would be
defended.
been trying to avoid upsetting the
pattern of natural Japanese trade
and thus ease the burden of her
The gap between British and own responsibility for the occupied
American policy regarding China country’s economic status.
BC w7thlut b fa C „fa S ie g thUlSritish H °”S K °”S
Without lantare, the nntish with t it mainland trade. The
have dropped their effort to se- winshi of the two problems is an
cure Chinese Communist represen- exa f e of what makes complete
tation in the United Nations. Anglo-American agreement just as
Since she extended diplomatic dif f icult as it makes it essential.
recognition to Peiping, Britain has
voted with Russia that the Com
munists should be placed in the
by disregarding the contract and promises of
t\Vo former presidents.
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JOEL AUSTIN
Andy Anderson
Associate Editor and Sports Editor
Bill Aaberg City Editor
Vivian Castelberry
British patience with Red tac
tics in Korea has worn thin, he
said. Not that withdrawal is in
tended but, he implied, as long as
Red China remains an aggressor,
The U. b. Supreme Court ruled that when it will get no more positive support
needed by the national government, - “prop- from Britain.
... ... . . ,. . _ . The statement came at an oppor-
erty rights must then be SO subordinated to tune moment for Secretary Ache-
political rights as in substance to coalesce and son > under fire for relying on
,. , . ,, agreement among U. N. members,
unite in the national soyerign. rather than the veto, which the
It is unfortunate that in spite of the £ tate . Department has criticized
_ n , Russia for using m the matter of
agreement, our Federal Government has seen u. N. membership. Acheson said
fit to deprive Texas of the tidelands wealth be col l ld kee x? Peiping out without
it, and the British action tends to
support him.
It also increases the conviction
that the divergent Anglo-American
views on China will not be allowed
to hold up a Japanese peace treaty
much longer. Britain’s main wor
ries about Japan seem to revolve
around competition-revived textile
production and ship-building.
In these discussions, the argu
ment about who should sign for
China, with Britain advocating
Peiping’s case, may have been
largely a bargaining point. It
would not be consistent for her to
insist on Red China’s participation
in the Japanese deal while with
drawing insistence regarding the
U. N. membership.
Suggestion Withdrawn
Already Britain had withdrawn
a suggestiion that Formosa be giv
en to the Red government as the
de facto ruler of China in return
for a Korean peace treaty.
One of the great problems in
both U. S. and British policy is
ti'ade between Japan and China on
the one hand, and Hong Kong and
Women’s Editor China on the other. The U. S. has
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NEWS — CARTOON
that exclusive dealing contracts
between major oil companies and
their service station outlets vio
late the Clayton Act.
An action against Sun Oil at
Philadelphia, due for early trial,
charging Sun with keeping com
petitors out of thousands of its
service station outlets in 19 states.
recommend a fine of $100 to $5,000
or ten days to two years in jail,»
A controversial bill to permit the or ^ or a Penitentiary sentence
railroad commission to establish up to ^ lve y ears -
minimum field prices for natural Conference Committee
gas was virtually killed in the r, u i
Senate. The Senate refused to sus- , Both Hous< r s a Pproved a con-,
pend its rules to consider the ference committee report on a bill
House-approved measure. S non f f r
The Sat, passed a House-ap- ““ .
proved bill making it illegal to
=>miinment for
Three changes were made in the^
soil conservation act. One sets a
maximum of $700 which conser
vation districts can spend for new
equipment without approval of the
state board of control and legis
lative audit committee.
Repair of equipment in excess
of $200 must receive prior approv
al of those two agencies.
suited in a Supreme Court ruling maintain a place or equipment for ag °'
playing policy games. It went back
to the House with amendments.
The bill proves penalties of $100
to $1,000 and jail terms from 30
to 90 days.
A bill requiring drivers
involved in traffic accidents to
show proof of financial responsibil
ity, through insurance or other
means, for claims up to $15,000 was
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