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Vol. 66 No. 105
College 'Texas
Friday, April 2, 1971
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Galley leaves jail
on Nixon’s orders
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CADETS ENCOUNTERED MUD on the Drill Field Tuesday as they practiced for this
weekend’s review. Their remarks were anything but kind as thfey encountered the soupy
stream from a broken pipe. (Photo by Hayden Whitsett)
FT. BENNING, Ga. UP)—Lt.
William L. Galley Jr. walked out
of the Ft. Benning stockade
Thursday night, released by order
of President Nixon pending ap
peal of his conviction for murder
at My Lai.
The 27-year-old Galley, blink
ing in the glare of television
lights, left the stockade at 7:55
More on Galley, pages 3, 5.
p.m. EST, a little more than 24
hours after he was sentenced to
life imprisonment.
A single uniformed guard is
assigned to accompany Galley
night and day, sharing the con
victed murderer’s bachelor quar
ters. Galley’s status changed
from that of confinement to the
stockade to one of confinement
to his own quarters.
With the guard, he will be free
to come and go for such essential
things as work, laundry, busi
ness or legal conferences and so
forth.
In Washington, a Defense De
partment spokesman said Galley
would continue to receive full pay
until all his appeals are ex
hausted.
Defense lawyers had pressed
for freedom for the 27-year-old
Galley pending outcome of appeal
of his sentence. But they lodged
their request with the post com
mander, Maj. Gen. Orwin Tal
bott. The President’s interven
tion appeared to catch the Army
here by surprise.
Nixon directed that Galley be
freed from the two-room officer
cell area in the stockade. The
White House said Nixon acted
on his “own initiative.”
Galley had been kept at the
stockade under heavy guard since
his conviction by a six-man mili
tary jury Monday of the pre
meditated murder of at least 22
unarmed Vietnamese men, women
and children at My Lai, March
16, 1968.
Galley had led a relatively free
pattern of life since being in
dicted for murder Sept. 5, 1969,
on the eve of his scheduled release
from service. During the 18
intervening months, Galley was
assigned administrative duties at
this home of the U. S- Infantry,
with his living quarters across
the street from his job in a one-
room bachelor’s apartment. The
chief restriction imposed on him
was that he could not leave Ft.
Benning without permission.
The presidential action also
forestalled any plan to transfer
Galley to the Army disciplinary
barracks at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kan., a move that had been con
sidered possible.
Blacks can’t be stopped: Cobbs
Texas Senate asks full,
quick pardon for Calley
By BRUCE BLACK
Battalion Staff Writer
The United States has reached
a point in history where black
people are responding as they
have never responded before, Dr.
Price Cobbs told students Thurs
day night. “And you can no more
stop us than you can stop a
rushing river.”
Speaking before the fifth Eth
nic Studies Seminar presented by
Great Issues, Cobbs, author of the
novel “Black Rage,” said that the
time has come to stop telling
Blacks to change their ways of
living.
There is a sickness of racism
with us now which has been here
since the birth of this nation,
Cobbs said.
“It is this kind of sickness that
still has us in Vietnam while
several people in high places talk
about things like winning and los
ing,” he said. “To me, they sound
like boys arguing on a school
playground.”
“This country is now literally
warring on its young,” he con
tinued. “It is generally impossible
for a country to survive when it
loses the support of its young
people.”
Young people today consider
their school experience and think
it worthless. Cobbs said. “It is
the school which the black rage
most readily identifies with.”
Students see themselves being
put in a track which promises to
pay off, and then doesn’t, he ex
plained. Too many students feel
that they have been educated or
mis-educated for a society that
it not for them.
Those values which the black
person relates to were supposed
to be dropped when he entered
school, Cobbs said. But he finds
that he must be made even more
acceptable for the white society.”
“I have no doubt that on the
campus here, black students have
trouble admitting themselves in
a white society,” Cobbs stated.
He pondered the possibility of
Blacks considering themselves for
selection of the Cotton Queen.
“As I looked at the Corps of
Cadets,” he continued, “I could
not help but think that this in
some point in history was repre
sentative of American education
responding.”
“After the first Soviet space
shot, U.S. education responded
frantically,” he added. “Now it’s
the environment that the student
is responding to ... . But some
how we always seem to step
around the problem of Blacks.”
“Would you really say that
Blacks are asking too much too
fast?”
“When I came to A&M, I was
met by a group of Black students,
taken on a tour of the campus,
and attended a sociology class;
And I have yet to meet any mem
ber of the A&M administration,”
he said. “Not that I’m hung up
on a red carpet treatment, but I’d
just like to say hello.”
This, Cobbs said, is another
form of complacency toward the
Black.
“The time for complacency is
over,” he said. “The time is over
when we praise ourselves for hav
ing a Black at our tea party or
having four black students in a
sophomore class. We must recog
nize the hopes and aspirations of
oppressed people and make them
our own.”
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas senators overwhelmingly
adopted a resolution Thursday
asking for a full pardon at once
for Lt. William Calley Jr., con
victed of the murder of Viet
namese civilians at My Lai.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes said, “I
think he should be pardoned.”
The conviction, Barnes said,
has “got to create a low morale
among the men wearing the
American uniform in Southeast
Asia.”
Gov. Preston Smith said in a
statement, “We hope, and urge,
that every area of appeal is used
by those representing Lt. Calley
to be absolutely sure that justice
is done in this case.”
Two similar resolutions were
referred to a committee in the
House as legislators reflected the
furor across Texas at the convic
tion and life sentence assessed
Calley.
Midland Sen. W. E. Snelson
said a constituent who tried to
send him a telegram telephoned
instead because the Midland Tele
gram office had a four hour back
log.
Sens. Jim Bates of Edinburg,
whose son was a combat Marine
for 13 months in Vietnam, and
A. R. Schwartz of Galveston
shouted at each other over Bates’
resolution calling the Calley con
viction a “true disgrace to the
United States” and requesting a
pardon.
The resolution described Calley
as a “dedicated military leader”
who has “served our country with
dignity.” It said his conviction
was “one of the gravest injus
tices” ever inflicted.
An amendment by Sen. Mike
McKool of Dalis said Calley was
being made a “scapegoat . . . for
higher officers.”
Schwartz said Galley’s “plight
should be carefully considered,
and I would be as merciful as
anybody.” But he asked, “Should
we pass judgment on the pro
priety of the Calley trial and
military justice?”
“I do,” replied Bates. “He
carried out orders, in my opinion.”
“Would you say he was per
haps a sacrificial lamb?” asked
Sen. Charles Wilson of Lufkin, a
graduate of the U. S. Naval
Academy.
“Certainly he is,” replied
Schwartz. “The army would
cover up My Lai like a latrine
ditch if they thought they could
get away with it.”
Those opposing Bates’ resolu
tion were never able to muster
more than six votes out of the
24 senators present. The resolu
tion finally passed on voice vote.
It goes to the House.
435 pints of blood donated
Dining hall changes planned Jjy Aggies to Wadley bank
By BRUCE BLACK
Battalion Staff Writer
There may be some changes
made in student dining facilities,
Fred W. Dollar, director of the
Department of Food Services,
says.
Dollar proposes a “shopping
center” style of dining, in which
each student will have a wide
selection of meats and vegeta
bles, while still maintaining a
balanced diet.
“I’m trying to get a system
where the student can eat what
he wants to,” Dollar said, “and
not the old system where he eats
what he has to.”
“Over the years Texas A&M
has had lower board rates than
any other male school,” he con
tinued. “But I really think the
students are willing to pay a
little more and get better facili
ties.”
The civilian menu planning
board, comprised mostly of stu
dents and headed by George Mc-
kirahan, agree with the proposal,
Dollar said.
But the Duncan planners,
headed by Bert Kinkead, say that
the corps of cadets wants to
keep their traditional family
style of eating.
By adopting the new style of
dining, Dollar says the size of
the kitchen will be reduced, thus
enlarging the eating area.
“Other schools cannot do this
because of their shape and size,”
he said. “We can.”
Saturday cleanup
to begin at 8 a.m.
College Station’s Saturday
cleanup campaign is gaining
strong support, according to Mrs.
John Sandstedt, chairman of the
Beautification committee.
More than 25 groups and volun
teers will be covering the streets
of the city, picking up trash and
discarded items piled along the
curb by citizens.
Mrs. Sandstedt said that the
once-a-year free pickup of large
items, such as stoves and wash
ing machines, will be held this
weekend. Arrangements for pick
up should be made in advance at
city hall, Mrs. Sandstedt said.
She also said that citizens could
use the new sanitary land fill two-
tenths of a mile south of Highway
6 and the by-pass on a personal
basis.
Organizations helping with the
drive are: Army Reserve, Kiwanis
Club, Lions Club, A&M Garden
Club, Mens Garden Club, Com
munity Knights of College Sta
tion, Community Improvement
Banking is a pleasure at First
Bank & Trust.
Service Center Organization and
the Student Council on Pollution
and Environment.
Students in Davis Gary Hall,
A&M Consolidated High School
students, Boy Scout and Girl
Scout troops are also helping.
Seven churches in the area
have also pledged their help.
Five hundred “Clean-Up Col
lege Station” bumper stickers are
being provided by Joe Sawyer,
president of the University Na
tional Bank.
Fourth graders at College Hill
Elementary have made posters
emphasizing the clean-up to be
displayed in businesses around
the time. South Knoll fifth grad
ers are making signs directing
people to the sanitary landfill
site.
Mayor D. A. Anderson of Col
lege Station has asked for full
cooperation from all in the city
on Saturday. Volunteers may
call the city hall at 6-8868 to sign
up. They should come to the city
hall after 8 a.m. to receive an
assignment.
By increasing the number of
items per meal, the dining halls
can eliminate some of the need
for cooking single items in such
great quantities.
Many students are not satis
fied with the dining halls at
present, complaining that the
meats are too greasy, the bread
stale, the food tastes bland, and
often the roast beef is discolored.
There are also many students
that believe that the food served
in the dining halls has been the
cause of stomach pains, vomiting
and diarrhea which has struck
the corps area several times this
year. Dr. Kenneth L. Nelson,
M.D., director of the University
Hospital , however, explains that
these instances are caused by a
highly contagious stomach virus,
which has struck the entire com
munity, and not just the area
surrounding the dining hall.
“We have determined that no
illness could have been caused by
the food being served to the stu
dents in the dining halls,” Nel
son said.
Dollar holds that the food
served to the board student is
the best that can be bought by
the funds provided.
The food is comprised only of
USDA (U. S. Department of
Agriculture) choice vegetables,
USDA good grade meats, and
USDI (U. S. Department of In
terior) inspected fish.
A buyers board, comprised of
Dollar, managers, chefs and other
dining hall personnel, sample the
products by tasting each item
after the labels have been re
moved, so they will not be in
fluenced by name brands. They
make their selections based on
quality and the price of each
item.
“No financial or other forms
of assistance are received from
local, state or federal agencies,”
Dollar said. “With funds derived
from board fees, the department
pays all costs of food, labor,
maintenance, construction, utili
ties, garbage disposal and insur
ance.
Still, funds are stretched as far
as possible, and the department
tries to follow the suggestions of
the students, Dollar said.
“The students have voted to
cut out the Sunday evening meal
and add a ten-ounce steak to the
menu each week,” he said. “This
will probably go into effect next
year.”
“We still hope to have a little
money left over for construction
and renovation of food services
for the board student,” Dollar
continued. “For example, Duncan
Dining Hall is in need of $60,000
worth of new bakery equipment
for next year, he added.”
The department will soon have
to contend with a new dining
area in the dormitories which
are under construction east of
the corps dorms.
“This dining area will be like
the proposed shopping center
style I’m trying to obtain for
Sibisa in the next year or two,”
Dollar said, “though they will
not be as sophisticated.”
He would like to see the corps
eating in the cafeteria during
the weekends and to discontinue
use of Duncan Dining Hall on all
but football weekends.
Review seeks
staff for fall
Writers and photographers are
needed by “The Review” for next
year, staff member Gary Aven
announced. The magazine for the
Colleges of Education, Architec
ture, Business, Science, Geosci
ences and Liberal Arts prints es
says, articles, poems, satire and
fiction pertaining to life at A&M,
by assignment or freelance, Aven
said.
Those interested should contact
Brant Dennis at Dorm 12, room
409, phone 845-4293 or drop a
note in his box in the Memorial
Student Center Student Programs
Office.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
A&M students donated 435
pints of blood Tuesday and
Wednesday in support of research
and user programs of the Wadley
Institutes of Molecular Medicine
in Dallas.
W. E. Bristow, technical direc
tor of Wadley’s blood bank divi
sion, said the 13-year total for
the Aggie Blood Drive now stands
at 5,741 pints.
He presented plaques Wednes
day at the conclusion of the two-
day drive to representatives of
the Student Senate and Xi Delta
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity. They
cooperatively sponsor the drive,
which went in 1969-70 to a twice-
a-year format.
Plaques accepted by Marion J.
Craig of Brownfield for APO and
Roger Miller, Senate vice presi
dent of Hamilton bore engraved
inscriptions on a Maroon back
ground. An outstretched hand
with a drop of blood in the palm
adorned the plate.
“A Gift of Life,” heads the
inscription. “In recognition of the
outstanding role which the Stu
dent Senate (or APO) of Texas
A&M University has played in
providing for the blood needs of
fellow A&M students and their
fellowmen through the blood do
nor program. Oct. 14, 1970,
March 31, 1971. (Signed) N. O.
Hill M. D., Blood Bank Division,
Wadley Institutes of Molecular
Medicine.”
Donors receive cards that en
able them to receive blood from
the Wadley bank in case of need.
Bristow said that of the 5,741
pints contributed by A&M stu
dents, 2,226 have been used by
Aggies. The drive originated in
1959 to assist the hemophiliac
brother of faculty member Dr.
Dave Fitch. From 1959 to 1962
all donations went to hemophil
iacs.
Bristow also noted that between
1963, when records began, and
last October, the Aggie drive had
38 per cent rejects due to medical
history reasons. He said stan
dards are being revised and in
certain cases, asthmatics and
other respiratory problems can
make donations.
The progi’am has had other
benefits for A&M. On one drive,
a Wadley nurse met an A&M
student she afterwards married.
Janis A. Kohlhaas of Corpus
Christi was in the Wadley tech
nical crew another year. She later
enrolled here and is now a second
year veterinary medicine student.
An APO spokesman said win
ning civilian dorm and Cadet
Corps units (based on percentage
contributions) will be determined
by card counts and announced in
the near future. Top percentage
contributing campus groups will
receive signs to display on their
residence halls.
THEIR SENTIMENTS MAY BE RIGHT but their spelling- isn’t when it comes to putting
signs on the girders of the new Oceanography-Meteorology Building. Just who put the
sign up is unknown but it was probably a workman or a creative Aggie. (Photo by Alan-
Jon Zupan)