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Page 2- THE BATTALION -THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 The Battalion Something To Read STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and BY DR. T. F. MAYO Mechanical College of Texas and the city of College Station, is published three times weekly from September to June, issued Where Do We DO Prom Here Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; also it is published THIS RECENT BOOK by a distinguished English- weekly from June through August. __ , , _ ... , , , , —i man, Harold Laski, is recommended as a clear, short, ■tatton^Texm^ imder^the 3 A™^'Cong^ess^o^Mar^ch 6and convincing explanation of the world situation which made the present war almost inevitable, and ^Subscription rate. *3 a school year. Advertising rates upon of Fascism . Nazism> its character and its Causes. Its — —- author is a left-wing liberal, or moderate socialist, Represented nationally by National Advertising Service. Inc.. , . ... .. i t «t New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San holding* high rank in the British Labor Party. Francisco. r j se Q f F asc i sm a nd Hitler’s opportunity Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone grew, according to Mr. Laski, out of a deep contra- 4 ~ 8444 ' — ——— diction in the whole democratic ideal. Ever since 1940 Member 1941 the French Revolution, we (Europeans and Amer- Fi 'u-A A O \\ dSu-A D icans have been trying to reconcile capitalism, which USSOCKllGCl v_Oil6oKfl(? r-rGSS makes for a centralization of power and privilege xn.w in fewer hands, with democracy, which aims at George Fuermann Associate Editor equality of opportunity. So long, he says, as our Ad F%ffri*f Assistant economy was expanding (finding plenty of new Pete Tumlinson staff Artist markets, raw materials, and chances for profitable J. B. Pierce, Phil Levine Proof Readers . ,, . . , , ,, Sports Department investment), it was fairly easy to make the cap- Hub Johnson ... Sports Editor italist lion and the democratic lamb lie down Bob Myers Assistant Sports Editor Mike Haikin, Jack Hoilimon in peace together. So long as the capitalists were w. F. Oxford Circ ^ atI ^ p epartme ^ t u nior Sporta Edltora making plenty of money, enough prosperity trickled Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager down to the rest of US to make everybody feel that W. G. Hanger, E. D. Wilmeth Assistant Circulation Managers . .. , ,, , ». D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants opportunity was open to all; Wages rose, jobs mul- Photography Department tiplied, small savings brought in comfortable div- Phfl Golman Photographic Editor ^ ,, , , , James Carpenter, Bob Crane, Jack Jones, idends, openings appeared farther up on the ladder. THURSDAY’S EDITORIAL staff Class, however, were able and (fairly) willing George Fuermann Acting Managing Editor to submit to taxation heavy enough to provide an George Woodman - J= Assistant Advertising Manager incl . ease in social services: School systems, old-age Tom Gill is D. C. Thurman V. A. Yentzen pensions, libraries, health facilities. Reportorial Staff Lamar Haines, John May, Z. A. McReynolds, J. D. Mehe- But ROW, it seems, OUr whole world economy is bm, L. B. Tennison, Mike Speer, James f. Wright. i n a contracting phase. Markets, raw materials, and investment opportunities must be fought for. Pop- Ev&rvthin0 Has Its VcH-lie- ular governments, increasingly generous in provid- y o ing social services, impose the necessary taxes on ElJ£rL CambUS Politics increasingly reluctant capitalists. Jobs and oppor- * * tunities to rise become more and more scarce. Capital WITH TODAY’S RUN-OFF another year’s campus itself, tightly organized into monolopies, becomes elections will have come to a close. The elections alarmed at the increasing demands made on it by are mostly the same as years come and go; only popular governments. One great country, dispenses the candidates change. This one was clean but with capitalism altogether, and thereby stimulates hard-fought — a good election as elections go. both the hopes of labor and the fears of capital in Each candidate, whether he won the office he °thei countries, sought or whether he lost, has gained in more ways Everything, as we now look back on events, than he possibly realizes. pointed to a split between those ill-matched partners, Collegiate politics are not so much different Cap ^ alism and democracy The split came first, nat- . • • i 4.1. urally, in two countries where democracy had never from national politics. The principles are the same . . , ^ ... , TT .,, . . T,.- i t.- taken very deep root. Mussolini and Hitler, rousers m any case. Running a campus political machine ,,, ,. , ,, A ^ • . i. £4. • . .i, of the discontented and frustrated lower middle gives the candidate an inSight into the problems , , , , , ,, il 6 . TT .f. . ^ class, were backed by the capitalists because they national leaders face. He will appreciate the dun- ,, ,, , , . , 4 ^ offered to discipline labor, check socialism, and put culties and will lend a more sympathetic ear to the a quietus on the troublesome popular governments workings of the governmental agencies. that were legislating so much tax money into social Running a political machine has given the cand- services. But once set up, the dictators’ gangs re- idate an opportunity to meet and know many more fused to take orders from the capitalist branches, students on the campus than through any other Like other gangs, they cannot stop without cracking one channel available. He has made many friends U p. Having got a death grip on every class in their which he will cherish the rest of his life. own countries, they proceed inevitably to extend The candidates have had the j'ob during the their sway by the same gang methods which they past month of approaching countless students for used at home. And unfortunately they have found votes. They have had to become super-salesmen. in the other democratic countries the same fatal They have had to sell that commodity most difficult contradiction between capitalism and democracy for most men to sell—themselves. Don’t think for that gave them their chance in their own barnyard; a minute that experience will not be valuable to they found in France and even, in England an owning them when they leave school hunting for a j’ob. class who were so uneasy about radical tendencies Yes, these political aspirants have probably a ‘ ho , me th , at ‘hey were for a fatal seven years, in- cut classes, missed meals, and sat up until the dlMC ' d , t0 “PPease the -strong men” who seemed wee hours. They have probably lost sleep by the magnificently capable of squelching radicalism once hour and weight by the pound-but it is worth it and fo ‘' aU ' J h ‘ s Policy, ^ve the , j ,« , , j gangs their start. Hmc illas lacrymae! to the last hour and the last pound. at r i •> ., . . , , ,, Mr. Laski s serviture is as follows: let the cap italists serving capitalistic democracies prove that f tyincl t thn \A/nr capitalism and democracy can live together. This LiOORlTlg CLZ inC W CZl can be done, he thinks, only by a vigorous extension “WE SUGGEST that the ideal which America ° f 1 th ® ‘‘ social services” and benefits to the poor man should strive for is an orderly international society 7 hlch hav< ; always the reconciling links be- living in accordance with the democratic way of Vveea capi a 1 ^ m an emociacy. life. We believe it is America s obligation to pursue that end and its destiny to help in effecting realiza- tion of that ideal. This ‘way of life,’ embracing so- * _ 1 * r T t m cial and cultural as well as political democracy, is o f rt P wV OYl rf I IJYtlQ of such scope and vision that it can never be fully " U. 1 14./ realized unless all the people of the world unite to pursue it co-operatively. The problem facing Amer- BY “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF ica as a nation, then, is a dual one: to pave the way THE BATTLE OF GREECE is nearing its final for future international union and also to keep alive stages. The allies admit their reverses and are now and to extend the democratic way of life. making preparations for the final stand before Athens is attacked by the Germans. The military “Let’s look at the blackest side of the picture leaders of Greece must have anticipated the grim re- first—suppose Britain falls. For two principal rea- suits of the Balkan campaign, sons, we believe that America’s non-belligerancy is T They faced a highly mechanized more important to America and to the world than jpPPilk German legions and Hitler’s bril- England’s vqtory. (1) The chance of a clean-cut, liant strategy with a stoic cour- unconditional surrender of the British people is so ^p|j^ age but with little effective equip- slight that it should not be the bogey of American ment. General Dushan Simkovitch policy. (2) The Nazi regime is built on a quicksand. - comment at Athens the other dav Even a German victory over Britain would not clear JmMjmr. tells a lot in a few words He sai ‘ d the way for Nazi world domination. M “We had no plans for a united front “Obviously, a British victory would make the R Jfclil against the Germans.” Still their problem of establishing the basis for a just and last ||g|Jg|Jgg courage ig evidence that Hitler can _ peace-easiest-though the victory would not per se not brow5eat all his enemies to an mean the solution to the problem. We have stated abject submission The Greek Arm . ° U L v,? T a 33 a .: iC . t0n ? S ? ’ ies in Albania and on the Macedonia plains have vnth the bitterness of war in its heart and the taste the high regard of the worid And that hi h re . of triumph sweet on its lips, would be psycholog- -f, . ^ , ... ui x « , .. i gard will ever remain as a credit to the Greeks when ically unable to offer any solution more rational *u i xxi , . , x ,, ., T3 x * • the final settlement is made at the peace confer- than nother Versailles, or worse. But America as a r™ xxi * ^ .... . u . • -x- x x xu ence - The battle of Greece should bring home to non-belligerent would be in a position to temper the x u x , ^ , blind fury of British demands, to prevent a mal- US ^ tr ^ dy ua P^P a ^d. adjusted order which would produce another Hitler- u-*^ 1 3 10113 ° ense P ro £ ram ca ^ or more Frankenstein, and to set up one which would give and h,sher taxes ‘ The recent events in the Near the world at least a hope of lasting peace. East . and tbe comin ^ battle of the Atlantic caus e “The third possible outcome of the war is stale- offlclal Washington some concern. The estimated mate. In such an eventuality the role of the United expenditures for om national defense program are States should be to provide without bitterness the not su fft c i en t to meet our promised aid to the dem- structure of an international world order based on ociacies and our own needs. 3% billion dollars more democratic principles. are nee ded annually a mere 37 percent increase in “It is not the war that we hope and believe can bbe P resen t taxes. These higher taxes would, in the end all wars, but the* peace after the war. It is not opinion of Secretary Morgenthau, bring the income that we would make the world safe for democracy, ^ be Federal Government from taxes to two- but make the world a democracy. And the peace we thirds. The other third may be raised from defense envision is not peace in our time, but for all time.” bonds, stamp sales and even borrow from banks. This —The Daily Princetonian—AGP increase in taxes should not be considered as the peak for national defense. It might be necessary (and no doubt it will be) to boost our taxes higher than Twenty-five chaperones and 666 co-eds from what has bcen proposed . Eng]and> Canail and Aus . Stephens college, Colombia, Mo., recently made a tralia are digging deep into the peop|es , income tour of the west. A $5,000 income in the United States is taxed $75.00; in Canada, $391.00; in England, $1,655.00; and in Jean B. Wallace, sophomore vice president at Australia, $1,052.00. We might soon be forced to Connecticutt college and daughter of Vice President adopt the slogan, “Whenever you see commodity, Henry Wallace, is following in her father’s foot- an income, or a profit, tax it.” Higher taxes would steps by studying Spanish. tend to an inflation of prices. BACKWASH By George Fuermann "Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.'’—Webster Touch and Go ... As usual, the general campus elections witnessed some gag voting. Last year Super man and Micky Mouse edged of ficial aspirants out of four votes and A. Hitler ran third in the un announced candidates’ race with one vote. This year M RESOLVED, By the Senate of Texas that we congratulate the student body of the Univer sity of Texas on their choice for editor of “The Cactus,” and extend to Mr. Wayne Stark our best wishes for success in his new undertaking.” A famous band is coming this inent failure “The Music Goes week for the usual regimental Around and Around.” ^ and co,-ps dance and for a special ,. gIX LESS0NS EE0M MAD . Dated APH. X5, the cesolution is S™ ^ AME LA ZONGA” is another of promised with the Town Hall ‘ de same caliber. Universal just had a song title and nothing to J characters failed to ^series, and a good one he’ll be. They Td ‘pZtLlTr I scratch but Adolph g ena te and Bob Barker, secretaiy g ecause 0 f arrangements which ao j. b j n g w ^ b jt con cerns a boat- were difficult to make, the Town ^ ^ phony people with an over- Hall program will be held in the powering desire to rhumba. Fiery old mess hall instead of the usual g Valez ig real i y a decent act- Guion Hall. The Duke will only . f they wou id just give her Coronet mag- have to set up his instruments . . and Bennie upped of the Senate in popularity with • • • two votes each. One ballot was signed TllB Mciy CorOIlGt “Yehudi” ... The _ , . pocket-size Fuermann Kyser broadcast, originally schedul ed to be aired from The azine plugs A. & M. in its May on c e that way, and then there has deb f b but th f e doesn’t seem issue with a feature article on to be a slight monetary considera- to ^ mach 0 P e 01 on iro . x. a p M w . . Keyes Carson, self-styled all- tion if he is to play in an audi- He 13 Physically a miniature edi- ..roc i,„ a0S .,!u American hitch-hiker, authored by torium. But the music will be the ^ ° f ^ ^siHv 11 snefls ^ ^ Loring Schuler. same and just as good. The pro- a e y P • Titled “Thumbs Across the Com gram starts at 7:30. The plot is weak the jokes are w , " , «. , , j tinent ” the article is headed It is very seldom that a motion old, and the song has passed its Watson reads: “As you probably unenL ’ tne arucie is neaueu, xl o j- rynnnlnritv neak The unswine’ of know, we have a number of Texas “Found: A system to help motor- picture company can try to make P°P ulailty peak -.„ The „ hitch- a picture around nothing but a la conga night, was heard from Randolph Field . . . Part of a letter recently received by Lieut. Col. James A. success. By the time the show can dance floor. Helen Parrish is nice be written and produced the song looking in this show, but she is longer is popular, and just a anyhow. One lesson would have been plenty. A. & M. graduates on active dutv ists distinguish between a hitch- a picture around notmng our a — ^ hu ^ h Tw^cticlllT off’"the with this regiment. In view of hikin & colle g e boy and a hijacking popular song title and have much ^ ^ ^ the splendid training A. & M. ca- hobo. dets receive prior to active duty. The mag hits the stands April I feel that we could use to good 25 and when you read the article advantage any members of this you 11 find that the lead says A how to to make a deceiit ful| year’s class who desire duty with tall, enterpnsmg Texas ranch boy, movie Just recaI1 the our regiment.” . . . Western Union Keyes F. Carson Jr., has discover- Telegraph Company charges 70 ed and shared with other college i -ni OU cents to wire a money order from lads a sure-fire technique which AlUllial r lOWGr OllOW College Station to San Antonio, enables them to wrangle rides in Jg Friday AftcmOOIl Imagine, then, the surprise of strangers’ cares.” local W. U. employees when a ca- From there the article goes on A flowery display will treat vis- det wired a three-cent stamp to to tell how the “Texas ranch boy” it 01,8 t° the Administration building the Alamo city—charges, 73 cents! organized the so-called National Friday afternoon between 2:30 and . . . Look for action in the current College-University Travel club, al- when the Fourth Annual Flow- arbitration case filed by the Cam- though the official name of the er Slmw given by the A. & M. pus Theater to secure day-and- organization does not appear in Barden Club takes place, date motion pictures with nearby the article. c h ar g e of tho show is Mrs. J. Bryan. Saturday’s Battalion will Tops is the sentence which reads S ‘ Doane ’ general chairman. The probably contain an article which « He ^ voids women if he can . < The ; following women are in charge of will point out, among other things, a re more reckless drivers than the Van ° US committees: Mrs - Al ' that (1) the senior class committee men and more expensive, too’!” ^ a y ran gements; Mrs. composed of Cadet Colonel Bill • • • ^ S - M °gford, classifications; Mrs. Becker, Student Engineering Coun- . S. H. Yarnell, entries; and Mrs. cil President Ben Elliott and the Jitterbug 1 D. W. Williams, hostesses. writer will select, with theater . . u v • xu x xv, ' i. Judges of the events will be ac- Aggies believing that the hey- credited judges from the Texas American Arbitration Association Henderson may md.v.duany wrack wa ,. dj and Mrs p H Huwei , up enough publicity in the next year on a national scale to make and (2) an important factor in the all of Houston. deal not yet ready for publication. Texas A . & M a honsehold word . . . Jimmie Mundell, Houston Post photographer, will be on the cam- for another football season. A recent Associated Press readers. S. R. No. 94 pus Saturday to picture the Duke lea s e ~ (dated April 21) tells the Ellington corps dance for Post b jg b ijg b t s 0 f his sports career, but the tale concerning the birth of his nickname is the interest here. In Houston one weekend—and without finances—he noticed a J. Wayne Stark, Aggie-ex who neighborhood theater advertising recently wowed Texas university $ 10 for the best exhibition of the when he upset tradition and pre- then-and-still-popular jitterbug cedent by winning the election for s t 0 mp. Bill picked out an attractive editorship of The Cactus, university belle and qu i zze d, “Can ya dance?” annual publication, received a uni- Sbe cou i d — an d they won the que honor from the Texas Senate con test, splitting the prize money, shortly after his victory. Approximately a quarter of a million evergreens have been plant ed in the shelterbelts of Northwest Texas. WHATS SHOWING AT THE CAMPUS Thursday “SANTA FE TRAIL”, star ring Errol Flynn, Olivia de- Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan and Alan Hale. Also “RIDE KELLY RIDE”, with Eugene Pal- lette, Morris Stephens, Rita Quigley and Mary Healey. Friday “SIX LESSONS FROM MA DAME LA ZONGA”, with Lupe Valez, Leon Errol, Hel en Parrish, Charles Lang, William Frawley, and Eddie Quillan. AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Thursday - 3:30 & 6:45 “COME LIVE WITH ME”, starring James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Veree Teasdale and Donald Meek. Friday - 3:30 & 6:45 “EAST OF THE RIVER”, benefit of the Junior Colle giate chapter of the F.F.A. m mmm $111 . Introduced by San Angelo’s Sen ator Penrose Metcalfe, Senate Res olution No. 94 reads: WHEREAS, The student body of the University of Tex as recently elected officers for the coming year; and WHEREAS, Mr. Wayne Stark, who is an employee of the Senate of Texas, was elect ed editor of “The Cactus,” the university yearbook; and WHEREAS, This is one of the highest honors which could be given any student in the University of Texas, and all members of the State Senate are unusually proud of this high honor and rejoice with Mr. Stark in his election; and WHEREAS, Mr. Stark, be fore becoming a student of the University of Texas, graduated from the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College; and WHEREAS, His election to this office affords a splendid and commendable example of the friendly spirit which ex ists between the State’s two largest educational institu tions, and discloses that al though there is a keen rivalry between these two schools, it is a healthy and friendly rival ry; now, therefore, be it Sociology Club to Hear Two Speakers W. O. Alexander of Houston, field representative for the N.Y.A. and Orland R. Mason of Brenham, area project employment officer for the W.P.A., will address the meeting of the Rural Sociology club tonight. The meeting will be held at 7:30 in room 203 of the agriculture building. Alexander will discuss the program of the National Youth Administration in Texas and Ma son has not announced his sub ject. Indiana university recently open ed its $1,000,000 hall of music. We Have It! SHOP and SAVE at the CAMPUS Variety Store North Gate •lyresS ■P ?§§’ Ill m ,1^ | ■ . W : . \ ilPl m ’■ . •: MOTHER’S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER . . . Why not give Her something she Mill really appreciate a picture of yourself. MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL Your Choice of Our Regular $2.50 8 x 10 for $1.50 Complete with Glass Frame for $2.00 AGGIELAND STUDIO North Gate In the front line of National Defense Many of you are preparing to take your places in the nation’s service. No matter where that place may be, you’ll find the telephone industry right there with you. For communication is the life-line of armed defense and of defense preparations. At Western Electric we’re making equip ment for use now which normally would not be required by the Bell System for sev eral years. We’re rushing orders to equip new military posts — to provide increased telephone facilities for expanding defense industries. In this time of need, as in calmer days. Western Electric’s long experience and manufacturing facilities are demonstrating their worth to the nation. Western Electric ... is back of your Bell Telephone service t ; • ;!