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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1951
Induction Test Failures
i RECENT survey in the urban metropolis
of Houston shows that one-third of all
high school graduates of that city are fail
ing the Selective Service’s induction exam
inations.
Here is the official statement: “The fact
given at the various recruiting stations of
Houston show that one-third of the high
school graduates applying or reporting for
induction score in the 1 to 10 classification
and are therefore ineligible.”
Failure of high school graduates to pass
the induction exam is not restricted to that
or any other region. Reports from over the
country tell of an amazing number who have
failed.
The mass failure of high school grad
uates to pass a comparatively simple test is
clearly indicative that those graduates are
lacking in one of two things—common sense
or honesty. The absence of either of those
characteristics should render the person in
volved useless to the armed service, because
common sense and honesty are prime factors
in the art of soldiery.
All branches of the armed service are
well represented by servicemen who went
no farther in school than the third or
fourth grade. They took and passed the ex
aminations. It is hard to believe that a high
school graduate should fail to get 10 ans
wers out of a possible 100.
Bear in mind that the questions all are
multiple choice. Some of them show a pile
of boxes and ask the men to count them?
Anyone failing to score 10 points on such an
examination is definitely illiterate or dis
honest.
stupidity that caused the appli-
If it is
This Is
America
SATURDAY afternoon, a dejected 34-year
mold truck driver entered a Columbus, Ohio,
newspaper office. The man and his wife,
after a serious discussion, had decided to put
their seven children on the adoption block.
His meager salary could not meet the
high costs of living. Rather than see the
children go hungry, this couple offered to
surrender their parental rights to their seven
offsprings.
The American people responded spontan
eously. Two little boys started a local col
lection that netted $6, offers of assistance
from all over the country poured in, many
people offered to just keep the children un
til the unfortunate couple could regain their
financial feet. But the best of all offers came
from a factory owner.
Russia should take notice to his fact, be
cause Russian propaganda labels the Ameri
can businessman as a heartless, cruel, in
human monster whose primary purpose is to
trample the common man.
But here is an American—whom Russia
would call an American Imperalistic Wall
Street Dictator—who has offered to consol
idate the debts of a poverty stricken couple,
give the man employment, and provide a
place for his destitute family.
Concealed in this story are three great
aspects of Americanism. First, the couple
realized their predicament and had offered
their children a chance for a more privileged
life. It takes true greatness to offer such
a sacrifice. Second, two youths had been so
touched by the story that they took up a
collection. And third, the American business
man offered to finance the children’s
covery.
Yes, this is America.
re
cant’s failure, the superintendent who hand
ed out the diploma should feel exceptionally
proud that he, as an educator, had approved
the graduation of a student who could not
make 10 points on an exam that “fourth
graders” could pass. If it’s dishonesty, the
registrant will probably boast that he was
not being intelligent.
There is one consolation, however. There
is absolutely no indication of cribbing on an
induction examination.
Strikes Show
No Favoritism
STRIKES show no favoritism when it comes
^to locals.
Over in Buffalo, N. Y., the Lackawanna
plant of Bethlehem Steel which employs
nearly 17,000 workers, started shutting
Mouse Passes Supplement Bill;
Denies Truman Sought Funds
down Sunday after a “sick” walkout by about W House passed a $1,586,387
300 conductors and brakemen of the South supplemental money bill for a
„ rpi •, X1 score of government agencies last riculture, labor, and Justice De-
.oUItaiO Kan way. Ibe railway serves the night but held firm in denying partments and Federal Security,
administration emergency opera
ting expenses.
$9,640,000 from the Interior, Ag-
Sen. McCarran Masts
Infiltration of Aliens
W/ASHINGTON, Aug. 21—(A 1 )— For instance, McCarran said, his gration restrictions for aliens
” Senator McCarran (D-Nev.) judiciary subcommittee found that threap
said yesterday a massive illegal h? 1 , J“ u “ un t J e U ® t '“f“oild niagfont investigators, ilso »
toy" 1 ™ ■^toSlv mo^da^: noMelp u^wilh rttine work. plamed of —i»nal
ous” than an armed invasion. McCarran’s statement accompan- sion foi aliens ab( ™t to be de-
The influx would provide an led a report to the Senate by a Ported. He said he does not know
enemy nation “a ready-made fifth subcommittee which he heads in an whether pipssure was brought to
column,” McCarran said. investigation of subversive activ- beai on a case he handled in which
Secret Testimony ities.
rri , . x x . „. . Canada Assembly Points
The secret testimony ot immigra- , „ . . ... „ .
tion officials, he said in a "State- Another member of the subcom- deportation. Such
ment, showed: mittee, Senator O’Conor (D-Md) “certainly hinder
tk Aiimic iiincr-ilUr !n ihlc nmin said in a separate statement that end.
• Aliens illegally in this coun- W j n j S01 . Ontario, and Cuba are Wilfred W. Wiggins, who heads :
nnd mtv CO totafh'-ono Ollf) 6 m ' '° ’ assembly points for aliens seeking the immigration service’s investi-
‘ ® Amomr Ahem •’ire ' “militant ille b ral entl 'y into the U ' S ’ He £ ations section, told of “a tremen- {
Communists, Sicilian' bandits and ‘j™* Pj vea7 SiSf. 1
niw nriminiU” in vnsf numhovs irom Mexico total 500,000 a yeai. aliens into the countiy in the last
•The irnmieratia^ se-re has Many of these are “wetbacks,” three years and similar increases f
mad? only small effort to locate Mexicans who cross the shallow in the numbers of stoways who
and deport these unwanted for- Rl « Grande River to look for jobs —
eigners because of a variety of fac- as „,A rm oko
& - - - - - O Conor said there are some 250,-
000 aliens from Europe now in
Cuba and that “many are Com
munists, with the result that Cuba
is a hot-bed of Communism.”
The subcommtittee report quot- se R swamped with a backlog of ji
ed C. H. Pennington, chief of the 53,000 uninvestigated cases of ib
Immigration Service’s New York legal entry. Only superficial inves-F:
investigating staff, as testifying tigations were made, and the back-
about rich and powerful alien log was cleared after what one
smuggling rings, well organized °f their subordinates, Lee Shan*
and aided by high-powered lawyers non > termed “a whitewash” chAM
skilled at finding loopholes in the U P:_ _ .. .
law.
two congressmen, whom he did not
name, sponsored bills which he
said saved 56 Hungarians from
bills, he said
the service no
tors, including lack of staff and
money.
ter the country and foreign sea
men who desert their ships in U,
S. ports and disappear.
Service Swamped
Wiggins and Pennington told
how the service in 1948 found it-
most of the funds sought for civil and the housing and home finance tion and employment service pro- tacts whereby they can have bills
• 0,1 n 1 . nn defense by President Truman. agencies, which was requested to gram, $19,000,000; for the Interior introduced in Congress as special stream, McCarran said,” any na-
cvei in £>aiem, ure., 1,4UU Despite bitter protests from the handle duties in connection with Department, $2,000,000 and the In- legislation for the benefit of the tion with war-like intention toward
several firms.
Meanwhile,
state prison convicts went on strike 5 days Nationaf Civil
in protest against the warden. The warden Council the Housecut civildefense
^ . . , ,, funds from $535,000,000 to $65,-
Ueorge Alexander, retaliated by issuing an 255,000.
order, “no work, no food.” Goes to Senate
The convicts have lived so far on candy The measure now goes
bars and other edibles which they had
stored in their cells.
Oregon State Rep. Douglas R.
cue stations, $30,650,000;
For the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, $16,500,000;
Grants to states for administra
tion of unemployment compensa-
Lawyers Have Contacts
Some of these lawyers, Penning- practices.
McCarran said the committee
“condemned” the practice and has
assurances of tighter enforcement
ton said, “appeared to have con-
“Unless we can round up this
rabble and dam this contaminated
Defense Advisory tbe defense production administra- dian Bureau $300,000; and for the
tion; and Alaska housing program, $3,500,-
$52,600,000 fi’om the economic 000.
stabilization administration.
particular alien involved.”
Many bills are introduced
Congress every year to save immi- vanguard.”
the United States would find
ready made fifth column in its
Senate.
Under Republicart sponsorship
two limiting provisions were I’am-
the med through to adoption.
One, offered by Rep. Smith (R-
By a standing vote of 134 to 37, Wis.), would limit to 50 per cent
a series of amendments by Rep. the amount of money any agency
Yeater Price (D-Ill.) to boost the $65,255,- covered by the bill was tabbed for
called for the dismissal of Warden Alexan- ?" a 0 t ed gm ' 8 by $81 ' 676 ' 000 was ^ “felicity and propaganda.”
xu/ducu. other sponsored bv JcieD
der. The legislator said, “All the recent The House also turned down by Jensen (R-Iowa), prescribes that
troubles at the prison stem from the fact T° ic ® f mo ™ ^ fe Ro J le "O salaries in new agencies can be
,, . . . (D-Caht.) to add $40,755,000 for paid in excess of the average sal
ine prisoners Will never like and will never civil defense administration for the aries provided in regular appro-
co-operate with Alexander as warden.” purpose of matching state funds, priation bills.
Which goes to show that no matter who’s bill wa & f ^toTontthH^les^th?
striking or why, there are some who will tlie president asked to boost the
funds of agencies for fiscal 1952.
The House lopped $91,129,000
Teague Considers Possibility
Of Aid to Stricken Farmers
By OLIN E. TEAGUE
Sixth District Representative
The situation is bad throughout
the Sixth District, however, it
“This hot dry weather contin
uing to dissipate the moisture will *
Left Untouched
support the strikers.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 21—
We have been busy this week
T . gathering information of crop con-
Left untouched were these rcc- (jjtions in the sixth district.
For stock-piling strategic and The Department of Agriculture
seems to be worse in the southern cause the serious droughty condi
counties. I have been furnished tion to spread northward to covel
the following report by the United the entire state. This report on
States Department of Agriculture:
“Reference cotton Sixth Con-
conditions of all range and pas
ture lands in Texas shows a de-
_ _ cline of nine points during July
ioration from drought started early P° Sf i'hle reaching of the
(M) off the amount recommended critical materials, $790,216,000; can authorize emergency loaps in • sou thern half District sme d in disastrous 1934 season,
by the appropriations committee. F 01, the Atomic Energy Com- disaster areas if the situation is 4.:„„ A.. 1. I am reouestine- d
French Cabinet
Nears Crisis
l
llw made a $625,304,300 to serious as to warrant emergency coTimied to it atef
of weapons and develop reactors, action
$260,000,000;
For the veterans administration
to reimburse national service life
$4,000,000 from the immigration l"" 6 . ^ payments to
and naturalization service; beneficiaries of Korean casualties,
$1,000,000 from the Federal $116,775,000;
its own.
Other Cuts
Other cuts made in the measure
N included:
I am requesting detailed in-
^ ^ formation from all parts of the
erated by 100 degrees plus temper- f'-xth district in order that 1 may
When an area has been declared atures each day last two to three iave corn Pl e t e data if the need f or
a disaster area by the Secretary week's,
of Agriculture, the Interstate Com
merce Commission is authorized to
Low Conditions
FRANCE’S new cabinet, barely in office, is Communications Commission; $2, ir ,
* »»the eve of a crisis over a very old prob- 2S„ f “ P SS
For the selective service system,
lem, the payment of state money to support
church schools.
Rene Pleven’s cabinet sits with the As
sembly today in a resumed session. One of
the bitterest problems before it is that
school is about to begin and there are not
enough school rooms for the kids even when
all are used and some now are not used be
cause of the squabble.
In some sections of France, 90 percent
of the students are sent by their parents to
schools conducted by the Cathodic Church.
In these districts there are many empty
For the Coast Guard to increase
$21,389,000 from general services personnel and add vessels and res- to cattle producing areas.
issue permission to the railroads
to lower their freight rates on ] ow condition and probably yield
livestock, fi-ed, and similar vital Aug. 1 but further deterioration
agricultural commodities. This pro- s i nC e in premature opening and
vision is of particular importance sharp checking of development
emergency action is indicated. I
need specific information on cotton
prospects and range conditions
“All counties reported relatively tblou S bou t the District.
Interpreting The News
Crop mostly open Brazos bottoms;
half to two-thirds open and devel-
Aggies to Attend
Agronomy Meeting
Alton Enloe and Dale Fishgrab
Partisian Political Activities
Early Tempo Is Misleading
opment stopped Robertson, Lime- ^41 represent A&M at the National
stone and Freestone; and earlier student Society of Agroriomy
crops popping fast Navarro, Ellis, 1 J lee ting to be held at Pennsylvania
and Hill counties. All small pre- State College Aug. 27-31. /
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
pre
mature bolls necessitating pulling
instead of picking. Late cotton
northern counties of District fruit
ing and would benefit from rains
near future.
“All crops southern counties of
District and earlier two-thirds in
northern counties finished except
for harvest. Poor yields and some
more confusing than usual. a friend of America was beyond ne ; ar C0 ™^? 1 S wRb bes ^
Extremists in some of the argu- the capabilities of any policy at the prospects Ellis and Hill counties.”
_ . ments are working largely out- time, and the loudest shouter wins. I have received the following
public school rooms and the parents rage at If^OM the quantity and heat of side their party organizations to It will have nothing to do, of report from the State Director of
them. They are supported by the state for f“ ‘"e Farine™ Horn, Admimstration:
teaching almost no students and the parents t ion was to bc held in three months Issues between parties are being problems in the Far East. ^ ei> rj
hnvA hn nnv tVio Li'lla Vot in cUrUfi'm-, instead of fifteen. drawn on many subjects w'hich Few people have the opportunity “The general weather conditions
lay i t Dins. let in aaaition, tney Bipartsian foreign policy, such defy definitive solution, so that to study issues for themselves, in Texas, also applicable to Dis-
have to support the Catholic schools with di- as it was, flew the coop a long political hay can be made without They listen to the shouting, and trict VI, are very dry right at
rect tuition a ^ 0 ’ an< ^ ^ rom now on it is the responsibility of final decision, then decide who sounds most plaus- this time. The overall range and
. hardly to be expected that any Nothing can be done, for a time, ible. About the best they can do livestock report, as of Aug. 1,
All this is in the laps of the Assembly public issue, national or interna- at least, about China. So you can is remember that vote getting, not states that range and pasture are
and it's a big problem because the Socialists ^ ^ ° f ^ .MS 8^3
Making Political Broth
and the Radical Socialists are opposed to
state support of Church schools. The Popu- Right at thc moment you have
lar Republicans are a Catholic party and some Republicans trying to make
they want to see the money appropriated £ 5 m 0 e f at t ^
for church schools. MacArthur controversy. Other Re-
It is, indeed a huge problem. In some sec- rteTding^thl'torofa c£d
tions the public schools are practically empty comet and want no part of it. The
while the church schools are overflowing;. JP er a° cr ats, of course, seek to de-
. 0 ’ fend wherever attacked,
whereas, m other sections the reverse is The matter of appropriating
some billions of dollars for Amer-
‘ ica’s allies abroad is deeplv af-
Ihe ones most hurt are the youngsters fected by congressional opposition
say that preservation of China as for the next 15 months.
over the southern two-thirds area.
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William Dickens ; Feature Editor
Frank Davis ; City Editor
Frank Price Editorialist
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to Secretary Acheson.
Shivers went through the State
Department a few days ago when
the House commute voted to have
the fund administered by a separ
ate agency. Quick surveys only
allayed part of the fears that
the law would leave poor coordina
tion between military aid, econo
mic aid designed to strengthen al
lied rearmament capabilities, and
international policy.
When that blow fell the depai-t-
ment was fretting anew under
Senator McCarthy’s latest attacks.
With a big and continuous secur
ity campaign going against Com
munist infiltration, people at the
department thought the senator
was riding a political horse rough
shod over national intei'ests. He
said he was merely trying to make
them clean up instead of defending
themselves.
At any rate, assistant Secretary
Humelsine admits that department
work is being disrupted to some
extent.
There are several considerations
which make this year’s situation
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