THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 23, 1960 Johnson Wants Fast Senate Vote On Rights Bill By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst , WASHINGTON GP>—Sen. Lyn- ■ don Johnson of Texas is think- . ing in terms of fast Senate ac tion on a civil rights bill, once the House has completed its job, "and in terms of a bill with prob- ■' ably five parts. The tall Texan, leader of the Senate Democrats, appears con fident the Senate will get down to business in a hurry after the House has acted and that Con- ..gfess will produce a good but ■ moderate piece of legislation. The House, wrangling over a cjviF, rights bill since March 10, should finish up this week. In the House, where debate is lim ited, this will be rather speedy, considering the opposition Southerners put up on a subject like this. As for the Senate it’s an edu- 'xated guess it will get through with its own bill April 2, a week from Saturday, after debating civil rights since Feb. 15. There again the Southerners slowed action to a crawl. The Senate bill may well be different from the House ver sion. But there can be no new civil rights law until both Houses . . agree on a single bill. So the / battle by no means will be over when the Senate finishes in . April. The Senate bill may be a mix- . ture of the Senate’s own ideas, some of the proposals of the Eisenhower administration, and some from the House bill. As Johnson sees it the bill as passed by the Senate may: 1. Have a voting rights sec- 'tion. This means protection for Negro voting rights in the South through a referee system or something similar to it. The Senate hasn’t acted on this one yet. The House approved Tues day the plan for court-appointed federal agents, called referees, to oversee registration, voting and vote-counting in areas where Systematic discrimination against Negroes is found. 2. Provide criminal penalties for interstate transportation of any explosive intended for bomb ing public or private buildings, not just integrated schools. The Senate already has approved this section. The House tackles it today. 3. Make it a federal offense to interfere with court orders. The Senate previously knocked down this idea, but may reinstate it in some form. What form isn’t clear yet. 4. Order voting records pre served. 5. Provide education for serv icemen’s children in areas where schools are closed to avoid inte gration. How could Johnson hope to finish a bill by April 2 if the Senate, where the Southerners have filibustered and blocked, has hardly moved after more than a month of talking? Johnson is quite an operator in getting Senate action when he wants it. He is the Capitol Hill apostle of the “let’s reason to- , gether” approach to warring groups of senators. Furthermore, if Johnson and others in the Senate finally tell the Southerners there to pipe down and let the work go on, the Southerners can hardly claim they haven’t had a chance to speak their piece. Shutting . them up should be easy once the rest of the Senate really wants to. The Southern opposition totals only a solid 18 out of a total membership of 100. Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor Karen Kathleen Fisher was born Monday at 8:30 p.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Fisher of 4003 Tanglewood Dr., Bryan. The future Aggie date weighed 9 lbs., 9 oz. What’s Cooking The AIChE will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Chemistry Build ing Lecture Room. .'ACCENT ESI FRANCAIS... Wlti* yOA* tit AIR FRANCE W-Auf A trip to the moon? Someday, but not yet! While you’re waiting how about Paris or Rome? You can travel the world by AIR FRANCE jet, And still be just a few hours from home! HOW?WHERE?WHEN? • Jet straight to Paris • John Schneider • from New York, Chicago,* AIR FRANCE, 683 Fifth Avenue, New York 22, New York • or Los Angeles. See your* Please send me literature on special student travel ideas. • friendly travel agent,** NAME • or mail coupon. ■ ADDRESS SCHOOL THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences; Dr. K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. £. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. Entered as second-clai t the Post Offic on, in under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. matter at in College Station Office Texas, MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here- tfi are also reserved. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion Room 4, YMCA, College Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office, Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6416. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR Bill Hicklin Managing Editor Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor Robbie Godwin News Editor Ben Trail, Bob Sloan, Alan Payne Assistant News Editors Nelson Antosh, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Saile and A1 Vela Staff Writers Jbe Jackson Photographer Russell Brown CHS Correspondent JOB CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Intercollegiate Press Report Colleges Continue Debating Compulsory ROTC Question President Richard A. Harvill of the University of Arizona has approved the circulation of peti tions asking for the repeal of compulsory ROTC on the Ari zona campus, according to Jon Carter, student spokesman for the group of students who wish to circulate the petition. In his letter to Carter, Har vill said, “I have not yet seen any valid arguments against compulsory basic ROTC.” In approving the petition cir culation Harvill said that the Morrill Act, the foundation of land grant colleges, does not and never has required ROTC. Harvill stated that the Morrill Act only requires that education in military science and tactics be available in all Land-Grant insti tutions. ★ ★ ★ “When a private college ac cepts government gifts it lets down its guard and invites inter ference to the pursuit of free inquiry and untrammeled schol arship,” stated the trustees of Claremont Men’s College, in a flat stand against accepting fed eral gifts. The board said that since Con gress makes the rules for the expenditure of public money, they feel that it would be im possible for an independent col lege to accept such gifts without hazard of federal interference. ★ ★ ★ A new Ripon College student loan program which offers the same favorable financial terms as the National Defense Educa tion Act loan program has drawn high praise from U. S. officials. Officials of the Office of Edu cation, Department of Health, Education and Welfare said that they hope other colleges will fol low Ripon’s example in offering- financial terms which includes three per cent interest rate, 10- year repayment period, debt for giveness for public school teach ers and one-year moratorium af ter graduation before payments become due. The following companies will interview graduating seniors Thursday in the Placement Of fice on the third floor of the YMCA Building: San Antonio Air Materiel Area will interview aeronautical, electrical, industrial and mechan ical engineering B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree candidates for posi tions concerned with designing substitute items, determining causes of malfunctions, evaluat ing damages and determining re pair methods. U. S. Naval Air Station will interview aeronautical, electrical and mechanical engineering B.S. degree candidates for positions in test and evaluation. St. Louis-San Francisco Rail way Co. will interview civil en gineering degree candidates for positions in investigating, esti mating and reporting. Swift and Co. will interview chemical, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering, ag ricultural economics, agricultural education, agronomy, animal hus bandry, dairy husbandry, ento mology and poultry husbandry degree candidates for positions in hatchery training, dairy oper ations, agricultural chemical sales and meat sales. The Service Bureau Corp. will interview accounting, business administration, agricultural eco nomics and economics degree candidates for positions in Data Processing Sales and Sales Man agement. Cravens, Dargan and Co. will interview accounting and phys ical education degree candidates for positions in producing, under writing, accounting and claim ad justing. Convair-Astronautics will inter view aeronautical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathematics and physics degree candidates for positions in re search and development, design, electronics, test, field test as signments and product support. U. S. Farmers Home Admin istration will interview agricul tural economics, agricultural ed ucation, agronomy, animal hus- Lucky Strike s Dr. Frood reveals A Foolproof Method for Rating Your College Dear Dr. Frood: Do you believe in the theories that Shakespeare was actually either Marlowe or Bacon? English Major Dear English: All rot. I have done con siderable research on the subject and can prove that Marlowe was actually Bacon, and that Bacon (who was a bit of a ham) was, in reality, Marlowe, and that Shake speare, an itinerant grape squeezer who could neither read nor write, was, in fact, Queen Elizabeth. 1 cOo ccn Dear Dr. Frood: I have a very serious personal problem. I am secretly engaged to three students here. J ust between you and me, however, they are all fools. 1 really love a certain Professor Bowdley, who is married. What should I do? Needless to say, this letter is not for publication. Millicent Tweedley Dear Millicent: Your secret is safe with me. I’ve left strict instructions not to print our correspondence. Confidentially, how ever, you’ll never get Bowdley. I wrote Mrs. Bowdley about the situation, in order to advise you better, and she says Professor Bowdley is too old for you. ufr C03 Dear Dr. Frood: Whenever I am with girls, I stutter. Frankly, 1 think it is because my parents never told me about the birds and the bees. What can I do? A. W. Shucks Dear A. W.: You had better read some books on the subject. I especially recom mend Mildred Twiddle’s “The Bees Are Your Friends,” and Agnes Moffet’s “Songs in the Treetops.” cOo (0) Dear Dr, Frood: Is there any accepted method for determining the academic ratings of American universities and coUeges? /. V. Leeger Dear I. V.: Of course. Simply take the total number of graduates and divide by money. Dear Dr. Frood: Whenever I put my Lucky down, my roommate picks it up and finishes it. How can 1 stop him? Put Upon Dear Put: Light both ends. Dear Dr. Frood: I am just a little bit worried about exams. I have not attended any classes this semester. 1 have not done any reading, either. I must be in Aiken for the polo matches until the day before exams and, of course, will be unable to study. Any suggestions? Buzzy Dear Buzzy: Do you think professors’ hearts are made of stone? Just tell them what you told me. I am sure they will understand, and if they don’t excuse you altogether from exams, they certainly will arrange some nice little oral quiz you can take at your leisure later on in the summer. COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKE MORE LUCKIES THAN r^T"| ANY OTHER REGULAR! Ojg J [j ; When it comes to choosing their regular smoke, / V / M college students head right for fine tobacco. / / Result: Lucky Strike tops every other regular / cigarettes tj sold. Lucky's taste beats all the rest because \7 L.S./M.F.T.—Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. \ 1 See “Shakespeare Was a Crape Squeezer,' by Dr. Frood, Fraud Publishing Company, '60. ©/t. T. Co. TOBACCO AND TASTE TOO FINE TO FILTER! Product of c//ie/ cpJnwxi&a/n' (Jo^acEoFotryjan^— c/e ■firoiy. That's o/ie yosr KlUHr >- Air, tjonruoAp j THE CLASSIC fountain pen *2.95 Other Esterbrook pens slightly higher ■THERE'S A POINT CHOICE OF 32-ONE IS CUSTOM-FITTED FOR YOUI ESTERBROOK PENS May Be Purchased At THE EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas Aggies”