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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1947)
X- - ^ Battalion EDITORIAL 1*0*1 TUKHDAY, JU jY IB, 1047 Damming Up Brazos River... , Tho tlrm»o« River ha« been "dimn^r* pmUy rtfulerljr •Inet the flnrt aetUem Mine Into TeKM, but M.mctlme this month Wfr •lowrii and power ehovela are exited to *ef to work at damming up the river, a few milea north of Waeo. Tht Whitney Dam, long dlacuaaed, la at laat to get underway. ■, It haa been held up tor yearn, both by war and diacuaaion. I Flood control programa, like the one for the Braxoe Valley, aeem to generate more diacuaaion than an old-faahioned political campaign. Few people actually oppoee flood control, but becaeae huge dams are ao ex pensive to build, flood control dam# are usu ally tied in with water-power development programs in order to partly pay their way. Arrangements are made to install hydro electric plants, and then the fight begins. Is it legal and proper for government agencies to produce and sell electric power, sounds ran* i ft aaama. I bill, you ought to Better Sign Up Soon—Or Else! at these same dama. That abio, but It Isn't as simple cause you'll be paying the know the fncta, ' "A dam built Just for flood < ontroi la very different from a dam built to make Just elec tric power. "A flood-control dare haa I to be empty! moot of the time, ready to catch and hold! the flood waters. A power dim has to be full—for electricity la made by water falling | to the power-house. The farther It falls, | the more electricity it makes “Sometimes a multi purpose dam is pro posed to do both Jobs at once. It has to be | much bigger.. It Is really one dam built on top of another—the lower part kept full to make electricity, the upper part kept empty to catch floods. “Such a dam costs much more to build. It floods much more land behind it—and that land has to be bought and conseauently tak- poeaibly in competition with private com- fc en out of production. And It doesn't always panics who make electricity by burning oil work out to preveet floods!** twmm Um twm Is la to Usl Is tto wtoh MsaMay fsr yssts Tto sxtsat of tto pswsr tto gev- B£ rut { wdeew ef tram 9 BaaiB DeLUXE CAFE — Bryan r* /Where all Aggie* matt/ •W# tows tto to**" amiMfl) DIAMONDS ts 41P *1 It m A & Itog l»i§* t nuBinv A , it,, ,, 11 r, triartl nf |Km — w vrvw vwavvwWvvryva irvw ftmavwrv* si Ism assSHi ilmest an insur* ' tow pawt w|swwi •▼w fam sMJtiMaj0MdMaMk4 ra.1 to. i^Mtaw^wi t#vi igwirt 1 forev^mggi*i»?mv»* rmwil* tr than 4*bt rvttrvmant. Tto rap* MHy of rvtlrvment Is only I V r _ to si to tfihto Wsnsiil Mat to* Im tos, tant la Inf and psepls eorklnf. Congr and tto ataeutivr afanHaa ar* to ... faca thla pruhl.ra for many yaava. ill N. Main * U.-Or, to Ttoa n» total SANKEY PARK HEEilin * BRYAN FOR YOUR CHILD’S DOLL HOUSE fuel? The battle goes round and round, and ao far no final answer has come out The Tennessee Valley Authority seems to have won its fight; the Missouri Valley fight is still going on, and the Brazos River fight is just beginning, as the dam goes up. The case for not-producing-juice-at-dams haa been well stated by a group of American electric light and power companies, in a full- page advertisement seen in many publkra- 'ttons: “You have helped buy a good many gov ernment dams—with your taxes. More are being »ugg»*Htt*<l - under the name of flood Control. “You'll hear propoMla to make electricity The logic is clear aa it ia carried. The . ly do not intend to fight flood control dams,|XT ^ 1 aa such, though the effect of their efforts | IN aLlOIlaJl .L>f0Dl to prevent combination-da m* sometimes seems to work out that way. I ®r W, But a major issue is left absolved. With •l" ndln « our oil and coal supplies dimmishm*. do — Sj? owe it to ourselves aa a nation to somehow! during tto Greet Deprvw.on at tap our water-power, such a* Sweden has i»32^tto U. 8. public hes wi to inTMtsd in government seenri- e. ★ Plastic, washable, bendable Dolls. All kinds of doll house accesaorieg' to make the home complete. ' .r 5 * Y\ done ao successfully? Boulder Dam power,] carried to the shipyards and airplane far Tto money supply is to stay big. Ttom in more then twice es muck money in currency end bank deposits in circulation now aa in IBM. Consequently, prices, reacting to tto volume at dollars, are un likely to drop anywhere near pre« war levels. As other factors than money supply affect pricee, such national debt rise to astro-1 aa, supply of present scarcity of JOYCE’S TOY BOUSE College Kuad. Bryan l*hono'0-28fii - ! Many have extremes this shipyards and airplane lac-1 i P T* por y° n * toriM of Lm Angeles, wu m *nonnoue help ^ * J^ r ^ „ mrrM Even If it takea t tiU retain a financially noond In winning World War II. two separate dama, would it help Texas if I government power were available from the Braxoe? The IlmlHaa factor as te how large the national debt can to si- An American Credo... UevM K. I.meathsl’s sffirntlaa at fallk tofeee § seasts sammlttas Iflsellaas la I# MM wf ft ftft(f|ftft ftf )|| tltoa ky kls eki meay, toaeioe asanas^ Iks steleasal ef Ike farm Tsaaae _ even as lie In at MataW . tea* easily road sad pMaseeed. ft ^ ft > ft “My convictions are not so much concern ed with what I am against as what I am for; and that excludes a lot of things automat!- “Traditionally, democracy haa been an affirmative doctrine rather than merely a . negative one. “I believe—and I so conceive the Consti tution of the United States to rest upon, .as does religion—the fundamental proposition of the integrity of the individual; and that all government and all private institutions must be designed to promote and to protect and to defend the integrity and dignity of the individual ;r that that ia the essential meaning of the Constitution on the Bill of Wton tto UJ. Treasury tan par grows out of this (untrsl core «if a belief that M individual comes first, that all man art the children of Qud and that tpeir personali ties are therefore sacred, carries with It a C at belief In civil liberties |nd their pro- tiun ami a repugnance ty anyone who would steal from a human bethg that which U must precious to him—his good name either Impugning things to hlfi by Innuendo or by Inetonallf. And It lal especially an unhappy circumstance that ocMaionaHy that is done In the name of demoaraey, Mill think, can tear nur country MMff and de stroy It If we carry It furtnef. M 1 deeply believe In the rtoMcIty of de mocracy to surmount any tralft that may lie ahead, provided only that we practice It In our dally llvee. “And among the things w* must practice I l h* rect ®f ftvernmeni far tto is that while we seek ferventlf to ferret out 9 °T n t rn f^ j*** the subversive and anti-democrstic force* in #3 miuo*, >■ gi Dr rtrd to to sddIi the country, we do not at the same time by 1 £bW to tto «kit * hysteria, by resort to innuendo and smears, Over tto twe-yvriod, then, taxM and other unfortunate tactic* bemirch the | will produce revenue sufficient to very cause that we believe it, and cause a ^ ^ •* »" srwmge of separation among our peoplj —cause one group and one individual to hate another. I it wotll(1 ^ based on mere attacks, mere unsubstantia- i puy off tto present Rational debt ted attacks upon their loyalty. I So for tto future tax ratting and “I want also to add that part of my con- *•** catting will be a very alow ur»et ea |ke saiy will to I Mm *¥* 11,,1 iff WVfrfvrw* 1 As II sew •Unde tto aa. WTl"? oao^M, er a* bust 11*49 par aefsaa—a M9* IBM. Tto UM June IB4? yes- •lured about |4U billion. Tto SSSt of nvertiment operation far ito period ansaats to 94M btl- Wlth an rapseted deed goods meeting demand, some cor rection may to expected in tto distorted pries structure. knees activity must be kept kigh is order to support the gov- emmest and carry tae extraordi nary debt Interest rates will he kept low. This is a delicate prob lem as if (surest rates are tae low, tnv»au>rs •asset realise their earnings and ■pecuUtKnt in and real estate Is saseuragod. If Interest rate* are las kigh business es pane lan la discouraged. Net U to Ignored also Is ffWult for tto govern • its debt. Oawamir ■take H di raged, tot h ►r tto meat u tarry tie debt. Cum ttoimPrefti MinlMi Mi lliMl tiukai m| rvf^wrwwg wv? vvygeo rew Si■ eeu PMiMM ftMftAlA ftft IkilllMfll MMB MMfl ouB^xme wMwgivw wvrtvwvi g™a Taaaa praaeai • sHallar ar®** Ism. If Utes are Us klgk, toft* IMNIM Vlftft i **0ft0 i!lftft9*ft|0ftMft^§ ff S afe lea lav, tie Mem) flft^ft Ml liABftftftfti MM Is A t*tftM«t Eft* p/iLACL V/ n/■ Highest CASH Price* Paid For • Used Books • Slide Rules • Drawing Seta MSgy ] y / / • T-Squares 7 COM,Er.E BOOK STORE North tiata r/ V /■A GUION HALL THEATER Hon Um In BRYAN. TBXAS TUKR., WKD., THURRm FRI.. and SATURDAY ORBOORY PECK «— In — THE YEARLING” TUK8DAY, WBDMBDAVt THDIMDAY •tim 1' /-? | ' r y ; / At: X'\ Little Girh f in Blue*/ ' Rights, as it is essentially the meaning of * viction is based on my training as an Anglo- American common law lawyer. It is the very basis and the great heritge of the Eng lish people to this country, which we have maintained, that we insist on the strictest rules of credibility of witnesses and on the avoidance of hearsay, and that gossip shall be excluded, in the courts of justice. And that, too, ia an essential of our democracy. “Whether by administrative agencies, acting arbitrarily against business organiza tions, or whether by investigating agencies of legislative branches, whenever these prin ciples—of the protection of an individual and his good name against besmirchment by gossip, hearsay and the statmenta of wit nesses who are not subject to cross-exami nation—are violated, then, too, we have fail ed in carrying forward our ideal in respect to demeeraey. That I deeply believe." religion “Any form of government, therefore, and any other institutions which make men means rather than ends, which exalt the state or any other institutions shove the importance of men, which place arbitrary power over men as a fundamental tenet of government, are contrary to that conception, and, there- ( forfe, I am deeply opposed to them. ‘The communistic philosophy as well ss the'erenmunistic form of government fall within this category, for their fundamental tenet is quite to the contrary. The funda mental tanet of Communism is that the state ia an and in itself, and that therefore the powers which the state exercises over the individual are without any ethical standards to limit thefti- “That I deeply disbelieve. , \ “It U very easily to say that oMe la hot a Communist. And, of course, If ipy record requires me tu state that vary affirmatively, I MM A chap from New York who commutes. la a great disappointment to me. regularly to Washington reports that on the Wt vary easy to talk about being against wav down the other day he Bat across the SLaSLuTu ComnsunfcNMjV la squally Imporlantio be- aisle from Henry Wallace, who doted fltfully Uhm ImSST Hava those things which provide a aitiefyintf most of the trip—with an open copy of the farm «f bank are) effective alternative. Damoeraay la that New MapnMIa on hla lap. | —TIDE satisfying, “Ito Amative a belief more.; “One of itlve alternative. In the world la that It ia an llef, rather than belt Inat something else the tenet* of democracy “THKRK I* A TRIBE In Africa which limit* orators to just what time they can aland on on# foot. And they rail Africa the Dark Continent.' "—The Montrose (Pennayt- venia) — W« may as well start now in aetosNag ooraelvn to tto ayitem of kigh taxes and bigk debt. The whole approach to l). 8. financial problems must to reshaped. Gov ernment financing, in years to come is to dominate tto U. 8. economy. i *; Many of os, no doubt, have won- dared a* u> the enigmatic owner ship of the nations! debt It may be of interest to note that tto hanking system commercial banks and Federal Reserve Banks—to the No. I owner of govamment securi ties In February tto banking sys tem held 37% of the debt at a ratio of about I (commercial tonka) to 1 (Federal Reserve Banka). With concern over this situation, tto Treasury is concentrating its •swiAjsjeeea stoikn* t iwm4 enmuu^WMMn W* emvw vwwfe«•••«• •!> |iru||r»in on toak hoUm**. linoe March, 1*49, tto Treasury toa retired Mlton of 4ebt received fram la tto Vtotary Lass As this was In tto i upon whisk 4, the retire* • tolpsd te softou lufta- kam^mtimm 4ft Wua ire** mmwp if re mm » store ea toak sre4h •>« COMING PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT, SUN, MON., , and TUESDAY JOHNNY WEISMULLER — In — “TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS” AIR CONDITIONED OpeiM 1:00 p.re. Ph. 4-11*1 TUESDAY —LAST DAY! 1. The Battalion aty •< r after tion Newt may be made by tele] td ads may to placed r at tto edit (4-Ut4) or St tto StuHcnt Admmiatra Art mt Oe«M anmu A. n Brass J*, >.,-5 'ii .M - 4 ■La. h ewa. lasstly Is sae« MR af tto 4reL At ^■nPetohrereew 4m ^rere^4rere slags bsais salsa la “MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY” Starring Dennis 0*Keefe Marguerite Chapman | Adolphe Monjou WEDNESDAY * THDRRDAY Friday and Saturday GARY GRANT ALEXIS SMITH *■■■ t i *■ in Warner's ‘Night and 0“^ In Technicolor L With — MONTY WOOLLEY and Ipunrr naps / MM A r Ad a . j / \iuL A / J / , ■ MONDAY COMING: SUNDAY and — WARN Bin 4* / “STALLION ROAD” K0NA1.P KKAUAN, AUXM SMITH, lACXiniqOfT pronoe si Itles amount- ■ are told kg ■ Ttoy are tons tssus te outlet for in ns fol low with with B %, am ernments with of _ obligations. All owners outside tto Govsnuusut told MW ef tto total national drbt. Tto Govrrnment itself la buy ing an increasing share of its owa debt, mainly through trust funds for Social Security. Theee trust funds are taking in money faster than ttoy are paring H •"t under the Inw, the eurphm I — Plua CARTOON A NEWS ■•i L