r B a tt allion EDIT v. 'i IA L S Pact a FRIDAY, HKPTRMREK M, 1M7 Brighter Days Ahead? In Voting to Mfid • “good Will”- n mmit tot to tnttt with tht Hoard of Dlrteton In San Antonio thU wttk tnd, the wnlor cImh h«n ttt a prtc«Hl«nt that Rhould aid conaldtr* - ably In rlMching a bettor underntaftdlng be- tWMn atudonta and arhool offlelaD, and In earning through a auecoaaful tchool year. * J The idea of “working together" ha* Im>< ii sadly neglected on the campu* of A. & M. , Throughout the aehool’* hiitdry, atudent* andcollege officials have butted head* In Cycle* recurring much too frequently for the good of the institution. On the student*’ part, too few have paus ed to realize that the board of directors, president, and faculty art all working to- x ward a greater A. A M., and not plotting to / undermine the institution, or found a "Tex- a*-University-on-the-Braaos , \ Perhaps the vision of a nationwide reputation for re search, the training of better men in the fields of agriculture, engineering;- and ; t science, and the development of new depart ment* covering broader fields of knowledge ha* not been uppermost in the mind of the PEOPLE WHO UYC IN fLARS HOUSES* typical Aggie. This hai boon outweighed by the more persona! and pNMiac problem* of the Cadet Corpl. Nevsrthele**. he la Inter ested In making A. A M. a batter place than ha knowa It now. Many will ba aurpriaad to Nad that tha typical Aggia rafarrad to abova la neither a hell-raining giddy lad of the “Joe Collage” era, nor a pcrtfcalarly vengeful parson bent solely on basing freshman student*. Unfor tunately, this reputation ha* been well estab lished and nurtured over the atate by a small percentage of the student body. Where ever large group* of A. ft M, stu dents gather, the “two-percenters" are on hand to afford outsiders reason to criticise, and drag down the standing of the Cadet Corps. During the mass movement to San An tonio over the weekend, we ask all members of the Aggie student body to join efforts in preventing the recurrence of last year’s un fortunate episodes. If this is done. The Bat talion believes that the Student Body will have made a good start ftjr brighter days. High Food Prices Outlook New Rationing Unlikely x L Rr A. D. BRUCI, JR. The price of food at this time la double the prewar price and la heading higher. People am eating more of nearly everything, especially high-priced maata. So tha averaga fomlfy la spending even more than 12 for evary |1 spent for food befom the wdK Sky rocketing price* of food are met only res buyer reaUtaaoe. Tha dollar would htpprn te control would bo r If,t biwinow al to Rrv# repku •oat of fteofonft at II instance. Tha dollar seam* fluffs The Plot Thickens... t During this week Washington ha* been humming with activity. Representative J. Plmell Thoma*, (R-NJ.), chairman of the Uh-American Activities Committee of the House of Representatives, has mounted his milk-white *teed and has begun his charge to the sea. The object of Thqmaa' wrath in thi* campaign appear* to be Mrs. Eleanor ' Roosevelt, wife of the late president. Mr*. Roonevelt wn* credulous enough to wrltu a letter In IfttO to Sumner Welles, then UiuW*eeretary of State, urging the admit tance of Ilium* Elsler, 64-year-old free lance grtist, to the United States as a German refugee, 1 KUIer hn* admitted Joining the Commu- III I I'm it di I ir« Ilia! h« I* imw, Iir ^jivitr wa*. mi active tnembar of that organ- Uaflon, The specific point which the 'Un- American ('ricae can force the U. S. to eat leas. Unleu controlled, prices can (hoot higher and limit connumption Controls, so far as they may be revived, will largely he voluntary controls aimed at reducing con sumption. Prices will probably con tinue to be fined by the interplay of supply and demand, not be-vihrt of a new Government agency. Of ficial* point oat that if Congrea* should decide te restore price con trol—a highly unlikely prospect— machinery for control would re quire three to six months to set ap. By that time, the country might be trying to figure out how to keep price* from falling, not to keep the m from ruing. Also, there could be no effective price controls without control of wage*, and s bashwm •ettmek develop# overnight to oat of sbundaas* St lo wee pvto** , • Americana are aot to he asked to jm' ap fbad so But MNRtti diet eaa he Impsausd heymd pre* mi htm.'mFBm contriNtum is uade to this die! is set eat ef Km Americas te the cea- pALACC again unions would put up s squawk about this. Reinstatement of wage control* could he expected ui lead to etrikeo, a situation that Cen tre** la anzioo* to aveid. If rationing should be revived, ,R. I. diets might be reduced with out another large price increase However, this too would take about ■IX months to get xoing and that might be too TateTTl If km food is shipped abroad, Wttfc diets reduced for those si- ready pinched, food supplies in th* 9- 8. will meet all foreeaeable de mands. And prices may adjust nearer to normal relations with de mand. If drought or other natural cause should cut the IMS crop#, it is anybody’s guess as to what Last Two Drjb to See ‘Hommce ol Rosy Ridge - with Janet Leigh SATURDAY PREVIEW — Kumday • Moaday - Ttwads lit between the Russian and Western wasting Urn* In further futile tie- foliations ThU trend Is being hastened by the rapidly Inervaslne gravity ef th* pfonomU erlsls. U. I. Mena tor H. Alexander Smith, New Jereey n, who Is ee-«halmt*n of «l by “responsible'' )rityl Texas Gas in Pennsylvania?... far, tty? people.of 1Vxr* havi* im* lieiti ht4a^ 1*am en int|)ortant hearing now bring hekt la Washington on the application of the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. to pump vast amounts of Texas natural gas to Pennsylvania.* David T. Searlea. counsel for the com pany. assured the Federal Power (ommis- dlon that such piping of gas would “cause ' no economic dislocations.” He was thinking afyut Pennsylvania economics. What of the qffect m Texas? The Battalion believes that natural gas is one of the great natural resourdes of this state; we are glad to have factories move down here and use our gas, but we are not too eager to pipe away our heritage without ~ adequate compensation—such as a reason able tax on gas that goes outside our borders. How such a tax could help our schools! Searles told the Fetleral Power Commis sion that customers in the Appalachian and Philadelphia areas need all the natural gas that can be furnished them through the Big and Little Inch pipelines. Searles said, in arguments on the com pany's application to operate the fines per manently, that capacity deliveries of ga* are needed in the Onlo-Westsrn Pennsylvania area to meet emergency snd longtime re quirements. Deliveries to Phlladelnhia, he said, would mean the saving of $4,000,000 a year to the Philadelphia Ga* Work* com pany alone, lie said the saving* to lhe Philadelphia t'ofnp.any would'he hmught about through tha uae of oatoial ga* for enrirhiog pur* OOM-- I. l.lMM'tm hi hf IM llnlrtim In the manufacture of gas. He *ald Ihe corn* parly now ha* a $1,000,000 deficit and faces the poaslUllty hf a $$,000 l 90| deflcli at the end of the next fiscal year. ; lie said a aecond customer, the Philadel phia Electric Co., also is in mwd ef rtktural ga* as “a vital public necessity." Texas Eastern, he said, plans to trans port 10,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas 1,000 ),000 dally into the Phil to Philadelphia Gas to Philadelphia Electric. He contended this amount though impor tant to the two Philadelphia customers, would not have any appreciable effect on the sales of anthracite in the area. Nor, he said, would it cause any other economic dis locations. However counsel for the anthracite In dustry and a number of coal-hauling rail roads urged that the application of Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. for s certificate to pipe natural gas into the Philadelphia area be turned down. Tom J. McGrath told the Power Com mission during oral argument that the com pany has not proved it has sufficient gas for its purposes and that it has not shown 'firm commitments for financing the $148,- 000,000 purchase from the government of the Big and Little Inch pipelines, built early in the war to move oil. Earlier, Lambert McAllister, attorney for the Power Commission, said the commis- Hion's staff does not oppose Texas Eastern’s application—including the Philadelphia por tion -but suggested that certain condiuons he imposed so that additional gas could be made available to certain midwest shortage area* during the next two yean. In all the diecuaeion, Texas was not heard from. —I... nomlr bim! pnlltlrai l»r*blem», sUt- *d yeatoriay In Berlin that K l* "vitally necessary that at leant the three western sons* of Germany be Usd Into the Marshall Plan Apropos of this situation, a re cent report turned out by U. $ Congrotsional and State Depart ment cooperation and originally secret, says that the Russians aro the “principal obstructionists 1 ' In th* Allied Control Council in Ber- ; lin and that eastern Germany (un i der Russian control) is "well on the way to being Sovietised.” The report further says the "suspicion is now poosible that the U. S. S. R. covets Austria, in order to Iso late Caechoslovakia, and penetrate Italy and Germany, aa well as oth er parts of western Europe with Communist politics and econo- split blocs, and the Soviet Union having refused economic cooperation to ease the choas In miss.'' This coincide* with the gonersl belief among western observers that th* Bovlet occupied part af (larmany already la to all intent* a Russian dominion and that Mot- sow la maneuvering for further westward expansion, In eonnactlon with such belief we have an In triguing side-light' tn th* mystery surrounding the whereabout* of Dr Rudolf Raul, mtsslsg premier of the state of Thuringia In the Soviet ton*. Th* economic pressure has given a fillip to tha trend toward* a merger of th* American, British and French sones into a unified nation. However, the French ap parently are not yot ready for a complete merger, but will await development of the Marshall Plan for rehabilitation before casting the die. France is fearful that Ger many may become strong enough to undertake military aggression again, but on that point both Am erica and Britain are agreed that Fatho For Your Visual Problems Consult DR. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETIUnT MS *. Main — Rryaa Phone 1-ISM never again shall the Fatherland be in position to start another war. College Life las Always Rough, Is Boyle’s View John W Hurrlgur, praaldsni of th« Mmwm rsllrosd, la slmpirfylRf npurailons by tllml lotting wix car numsraU on Motion uquliv muni, Thus, Im* car No, | on th* Ma> M Im lattolud simply with • ”1” IntUad of BX« 10,001. According to tbs fUianghsi Ts the general price Index In that city roM 41.203 times between the week of last June 23 snd the same period In 1IBT. It the Chinese have it tough, too. * I The Battalion ■ - The Battalion, official neumpaper of th* Agricultural and Mechanical College ef Texas and the CHg of College Station, Texts, is published five times a week and circulated ovary Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. During tha summer The Battalion ia pub lished Mmi-wcckly. Subscription rate $4 per school year. Advertising rmtea famished on reqn—t News contributions mat be made by telephone (4-5444) or *1 the editorial office, Room IM, Good win Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5824) <>r%t the Student Activities Office, Boom 109. Goodwin Hall. By HAL BOYLE MEW YORK. (AP)—Thg chit- chaff roundup: College men are parenially broke. H A Harry Augustine of Sherwood, Wis., dooan't believe they an having any tougher time financially than they did in the he was at the Uni versity of Wisconsin tn quest of a MwmMa. "Mj roommate sod I won ao ** Wm emMssa limed NNFT | sMI s Ml 'i tome on ftaturday ntaktii and play ^ poker for raislna.* \ * \ Johnny Floret, whose ranters caught some of the war’s I the Shorttr, h* had •rty Had lb* x:\rr, 1 « pair of binoculars which the de funct Russian exar once gave to a Turkish sultan. The price tag says »20,ono Holly wood Round-Up FABRICS GALORE . . . In a multitude of colors, wttves, snd prints, in such popular material* m— j — COTTONS GABARDINES WASH SILK WOOLENS JERSEY . . . and many others in prices you like to pay. „ J The FABRIC SHOP Your Exclusive Fabric Center BRYAN. TMXAA The Associated Press ia entitled exdasively to the led to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news Right* of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. for republication of all news of spontaneous origin dispatch* published tchca credi- ■herein. . KnlrrrS aa a*rt«*-elaaa m*ttar at Foal Offa- at ('<>1 Btalin. T«aaa. «n4w Art ot CeaeivH of Marrk ». ISIS -Madbcr Associated College Press CHARLIE MURRAY. JIMMIK NELSON tttttiittttlly by Notioi 0-1 Tart CUv. I Wa. mmAwatollto Wla tesAalmw wag* jrisfM, Man I f«attI B^ttl bfMr to awakan him a! 1 a.m., an iNilwtHMMt ana rv^r fe^^Us ii ivViw^Blii% Tha next morning kpped etWntly In, a nau by the bodatde, and nol**- leaahr backed out. When Flares awoke) abertly before mid-day, be fMp'the note: "Mr. Flores, H k now seven o’clock. Please wake up.” ft A young husband here has found a new way to hunt mosquitoes. Ho naas a vacuum cleaner. Carrying one of th* tank-type cleaners in one hand and H« how- in the other, he stalks about hi* apartment until he spots a mos quito — sometimes known bar*- He slides the hose noxsle slowly up to the insect and suddenly— swoosh!—it ia sucked into the cteaner. ”1 caught eight the other night— and two moths," boasted this apartment house aimrod. ft Survey Reveals Odd Film Facts By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD, dept. M (AP>- Th# church-going, smoking, dlvore- litg, nlght-clubhing and other hah- Ha af Hallywaad cltiaana have boon polled and the results indiasto that lb* town l« a fairly rm asp wa* dona by the w and m Iba pnpor’i tondere nm are in ip-fWt per * toeults Infonnatton to MS tm m aMmaneiMtM Im M pfwWIBrW, milt hti rlilmMl tiki c|(ttfi0i| The Largest Electrical Appliance Store in Bryan- come In and eee ua for large or email appliances: Bad log, Electric Irons, Htu- dsat Lnmpw, Floor Uunpn, Preato Cookers, Coffnt Mnksrn . \ II, * (to ; and many nther useful* jHnm APPLlANCRtt, Inc. IMh a Washington Hto. Phone I-14M . OPEN AT 5 O'CLOCK !fo eftver charge for dining diningTdancinc Food prepared by chef from Balinese Room Specializing in Sea Foods and Mexic an Foods FIN FEATHER CLUB Fin Feather Road Ph. 2-1673 town Or so the GUION HALL six coMDiTionao I too n. 4.11!! Vkk LMIev —— Jirri. Jtkrt, »*’*»>- J. T. M ; DsvU SrUpSsa . MAck T. WokTZ™ J^oul, Mi-nrsn. Krnnrth lluttS D. Bruc». Jr., Uuwsrtt few-u tier. ot 40 per ‘TSSfS prise you to warn erito bobby ia. It’s pfeotof vfesnv Ytnki .a— —1.— l-. NHIIVMOttlS • own totovi- |PmemK,^M»d -Wto Mtor Dm nufiSap Arthur ii—ma. Mttwi tony O—*»|a AMI MstoU. wO UMw asm toaloeS. W. K CrtvOta. L. OrST Fwti— Fra tun Wnirru » W. 14.4 per eau It may eui what tha fai raodbtg. Ami second. Twenty-nine poseeas yachts and M ■ton sets. A mere 10 is ^ hou rwimming [mk.1* in yards. HoRywood dreasss well, says the survey. Eighty-one per cent of the boys have some of their dothes custom-made and <5.5 per cent own five to nine salts. Fourteen gents replied they have over 40 suits! And look at the educational flg- If you have trouble at the race- ures—35.5 per cent were graduated track following by eye the horse from college, 36.1 more attended on which your $2 is riding, a swank college and 13.9 got past high Madison Avenue Jewelry shop has school graduation. 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