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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
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$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!
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