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THE OLD PONCMINO DAD 'Battalia n EDITORIALS Plf* 2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1M7 ‘Charter of Human Freedom’... Wh»t la thia document wfcirh President Truman called "An Ainarlean charter of hu man freedom in our time."? Fraaldent Truman aet up the committee laat December 6 to atudy how preMnt lawn and governmental agtnclea may be “atrength- It wa» drawn up by the orwndentlal corn* ^improved to aafeguard the eivll mlttee on civil rlghta, headed by Prealdent HghU of the peopled (“harlee K. WIleM of the Odneral Eleetiie fh,, and makan aft recommendation* In the field of civil tighu. , It urgea the enactment of federal anti- lynching, anti-poll tax, and fair employment practice lawa, three iaauea which have tom (’ongreaa with bitter atniycleJ It recommenda that ('ongreaa and the Rtate Lnglalaturea outlaw aegregatlon and dlacrlmlnatlon baaed" on rice, color, creed, or national origin, in auch place* m train*, btmea, achohU, hoepltala, theater*, hotel*, res taurant*. the armed aervieea, and private employment. : T • L ' It propose* that the stile* outlaw "re strictive covenant*" by which property own ers bind themselves not to sell or lease to "undesirables." <T The 16-member committee said these measures, and many others, are needed to bring the nation nearer to full realization of “the American way" of freedom and equality. "Wd need to guarantee the same right# to every person regardless of who he is, where he lives, or what his racial, religious or national origins are," the report said. • It declared "the time is now," for three .Ijfgsbns: moral, economic, and international. . The committee’s view of the international aspect was that “the United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the Democratic In tha group arc two Induatrialiata, two labor loader*, two college presidents, four church leaden, four lawyen, and the direc tor of an educational fund. Two of the lb memben live In the eouth 5 Frank P. Graham. President of the Univer sity of North Carolina, and Mn. M. E. Tilly of Atlanta, an official of the Women's So ciety of Chrletian Service, Methodist Church. Examples of what the committee consid er* violations of civil rlghta were dlecueeed at length: - • Someof these were: Six lynching* in 1946; police brutality; "unfair" court trial* of persons from minor ity groups; the wartime mans evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast; racial discrimination in the armed services; barring of some alien groups from Ameri can citizenship; denial of voting right*. The report said all the recommendations were a "general consensus" of the committee except that on two matters where there was a "substantial division of views," these were: 1. The committee recommended that the Federal Gpvemment refuse to grant funds to any state government or other agency— for public housing or hospitnls, for example, if there is to be segregation in the use of the money. | The Natioa Today Aetor-Produeers Contempt Actions May Face BuSfcUlb? ‘ ^ urate Hollywood Writers ’J I ‘ By MAX HALL 4*— — r Jj By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD -(#»- Many •Un have bam badly burned by ■tUmptlng their own movie pro- . birt ~ ‘ | WASHINGTON, -UK- This week a group of Hollywood writara have been charged with conumpt of t onirrra* because they wouldn't ‘family ond film, a comedy called H»M,ymoon, N In Junuary. Hob'a firet venture, "HeWntleae wni happy fur two rauaonsi He wi able to get color (a run item); he got It Into Knglond before the 76 per cent tax wont Into effect. Now bo'a eager fur mon M InioreaUng note oboul Bob's cur. rent opus. "Sitting Pretty, M Is Ihut ho Miwr'ed to play the role at Belvodtn, the ba»v sitter, Then he found out the pert was going te Clifton Webb, lob look tho IPBfl "I WI pictures, *et. ductiona. but not Robert Yooag. i ftvo “yes or no" answer* to He to planning to produce a ene-j quettion "are you a Communist?" That maans a wort trial to poe- sibla. Cltimatoly the rase may go to the Supreme Court, Already, in the yelling ah4 pounding of one of the notsleet committee bearings ever held on Capitol Hill, both sides are pre paring (or this omirt trial You ran seo H In the asking of the questions by the committee St- torney, Hotiert X, Rtilplln*, and In the way the wttneesea reply, What Is contempt of Congress? a violation of a law which Ab MacKenzie Sees It... • .Idpal is not so inevitable that we can ignore , J . A nbaority of the commiUt^. whik> fav- what the world thinks of us or our record,” . onn K UN Has Failed, But No One Dares Let Group Collapse h* about his right under Urn eun- •UtWien and the eemmittoe’s right to qnk neb u question, and chair- to*a I. Parwell Tbatnas would be gin baainnc hie gavel and demand ing a yee-or-no anewer. M 0 trial I. held, the defendants, Mgtog by thair ueUmaay tbto week, will rngue that the qaeeUea “•H yea a sommunist?" to un- •mMitoltoaal and the consmittoa baAno rtobt u> aak it. They have tnaiitod that their civil righto, ore InvMMl by un Inquiry into their poltttoul boitofs. iMN hove been several Jtory conrlrtiono fur roatomyt at Con- Btoto, None at them hue yet tooth ed tho Supreme Court summoned M tare unyway. Hto phllesophyi want to be aseoetotod with Mod turn, no matter rwhat roto 1 / B-tty Qnblt'. m ronmet wlU, “> th-Kox to u lulu. It !> o oovon- ^ a person who hue been • witness before • il fomnuttw Ignores tho eumtuoM or "refuaes to answer ! CoTioeming sqgregatlon, the separation of a minority from other people, the commit- tee said the "separate but equal" idea, as when a state has one school system for white persons and another for negroes, "is one of the outstanding myths of American history” because: "/( w almost always tr>t* that while • imbed separate, these facilities are far yfrom equal." :i The committee criticized, without nam ing names, what it called "irresponsible op portunist* whb make it a practice to attack •very person or group with whom they dls- i ijjfee as Torajminista,' M It bald "we rannot let theae abuses deter us from the legitimate *x|m*tn| of rsal Com- , miiplele and reel hWMs,' 1 and added that "th<> xpine end" muet Im shown In defending otir Momocrsr) against one group as against (liiotitor. The,co!timiitpo ssld "puhlle sxcltemsnl hkiout Tiimmunlats'" Ita* guns far beyond. goinl jinlgmeut anil calmness, and " a state of near-hysterla now thrsgten* to Inhibit the freedom, of genuine Democrats," Uc»n<yrnlng Federal umnkiyes, the com- n)lttee .aid the government ha* a duhrto dis miss dUl^yal workers, hut their civil right* must be protected, and procedures should be worked out for this protection. an end of segregation as an “ultimate goal,” opposed making this a requirement for the giving of funds. 2. The committee recommended that the states enact laws banning discrimination in admitting students to the public and private schools. Church-supported schools would be exempted. A "subsUntiar minority of the committee was opposed to such laws. The committee said federal and state laws should be enacted to prohibit discrimin ation in employment. Concerning poll taxes, the committee Mid the seven remaining states which require their payment before a person can vote ought to alioliah such taxes themselves, but If they don’t do It "promptly," thi federal govern ment should paea a national law, Thu poll tax states gN Alaktams, Arkan- zaa, Mississippi, Houth Carolina, Tenneaage, Texas and Virginia. Each section of the nation can find In thia charter a blow at |irelud!o«Hi ranqiant in are etrongly attached. They are under at tack because we have failed to "clean Houle" In our own communities. However-miny section* of this report may anger Texan*, snger Is not and never ha* been a solution to a problem. We have a hard job to do, but thia "charter of freedom" tndlcatee that It muet be done. The mood of those who an con-4- corned with the welfare of the Uni ted Natioas to one of iscreasiag fear that our Peace Organization, which was to unite mankind into one world of friendship, already is an irrevocably tragic failure aa the result of the fierce conflict between the Communists and the Democrac ies. One strives eagerly let vainly to recall some greater accomplishment by the U.N. than that of last Monday wlpi the political committee, *f tor a long and bitter battle, finally achieved unanimity. It adopted resolution condemning all forms of propaganda likely to provoke or eneourage any threat to peace Well, It'e good to find our peace oraanisstion at least agreeing that it is against war! Apropos of this one is yominded of the story about the late President Calvin Coolidge and the Bundsy sermon. I've for got t#n who first related the tale Ifttt suspect It was Mrs. Coolidfe bei self who twill of asking 0*1, upon hi# return ftom church, what the minister preached about. "K!n M , replied the ever laeunlc CiHilltlge "What line did he Ukef H perato- ted Mn, 0. “He’s against it, said the Presi dent So the fruit of weanr months of fighting it a resolution condemn ing war. And having passed this they have returned to the wrangl ing. Small wonder that Mn. Ptank- lin D. Roosevelt a couple of days ago expressed a hope and a prayer in the U.N. for a "gradual increase the U. N. for a "gradual increase of good will here rather than this continued back-and-forth of our telling each other what doge we are.” The xyay it looks from this col umn’s Observation poet, the U. N. to being kept going largely be cause of stark fear among member nations of what would happen if the organisation collapsed. The re sults of a breakdown are too terri ble to contemplate. There are those who are wish 10th year, no-option deal which report edly will gross Betty 98,600,000. It calls for two films a year, no out side pictures and no stage work The blonde beauty to very happy about it, as who wouldn’t be.; Dennis Morgan was asked If another “Two Guy wae planned for Carson. "Over my dead body," he answered “unless it was a straight story ©r one with a good corned angle," still, the series is box-o: flee gold .. . A Nora Eddington Flynn may not know it yet, but her role in "Don Juaif’ will be hbout 30 seconds snd she’ll get no billing. Shell play her husband’s last amour In the Ragtotrar K. L Heston sad hto etotont Ray (1, Perryman toft f«r attend a i of Tea- yifWMi ley Q. Perryman toft far v Fed Wnrik yesterday to attend a . of the Riztotow guilty of • mmesmesnor. I He can be fined 11^00 snd jailed for one year. . , A subcommittee of the Houee un American Aetlrittoa Committee, in clung John Howard Lawson, Samuel Ornlts» and otheke for con- uy. From filmjl h “ that they lew. Now, if tho full committee, then the House of Bspresmtatives, and finally a Federal Gnutd Jury all agree with this view, the case will go to trial in the Federal District Court here.H If this happens, the jury must decide the issue at whether these men legally did “refuse” to answer. The witnesses haven't admitted They will retun Saturday after- iMDIto I picture, and Errol indicates that | they “refused." Some have insisted each to the real-life case ... i they weren’t refusing, they only Tony Martin joins the parade to wanted to answer in their own way. England. After "OaSbah,” he plans | Each witaeas would begin talk to make a film in the Isles, whence comes half of hto fan mail He’s aleo being mentioned for "Song of Norway" . . . Every big-name band or singer to spending nights in recording studios. They’re re cording everything in sight, pre paring for the big disc drought! Sweden's latest gift to Holly wood is Marta Thoren, a dark-hair- fully thinking, that perhaps the beauty who is playing tha Body anxiously awaited meeting of the Lomarr role in “Caabeh." She came big four foreign mintoters in Lon in i develop eome- e strained eit- don next month may thing to alleviate th uation. That conference to primarily to try once more to write a dermal peace treaty aver which thus far the former allies have bean unablq to agree, No, this isn’t a good time to al low th# U, N. to collapse, As re- rnerhud to the writer by an official attached to one of ihr defeKatioasi "W« are wallowing In the bottom of a nave, and w«> arc shipping water, hut we xrenl ready Is aif m|t that we are shipwrecked," from the seme dramatic academy that produced Garbo, Bergman, Hasso and Lindfors. Let’s Make a ‘Sully’ Award... Letters are *till coming in. as answers to ported themselves with honor under trying *. our plea for them. circumstances. There must be a wealth of Here is one frpm Phillip Goode, of the such stories somewhere. The BetUlion would perform a real service in digging them up. Perhaps a contest could be sponsored and an award given to the student presenting the beet true account of an incident illustrating Ut Family (to lluNgry Supers Peddling Ducats For TU-SMII at $75 Pair Winner* of Cadet Review Named Winners ef lltiMi at the the leu lbs 11 were am department . First pUi« Business and Accounting Department ★ . “1 cannot indorse too heartily your recent editorial, "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman." I read it to all of my friends, many of my students and finally pinned it on the office wall. "I believe even’ student wants to be proud of his school and every graduate, his Alma Mater, but unless he knows of the true traditions of courage, integrity and courtesy, he may find himself in the predicament of the little boy who Wants to express his un swerving confidence in his family, but can think of nothing better to do than throw a handful of sand and say. ‘My daddy can whip iMor daddy-V A Hfkv it was extremely gratifying to to see that the Battalion intends to keep 'this description of Sully Ross .. . before the Ag gie* all semester.' "Why not all year and every year for the benefit of each succeeding generation of atu- dtnta! A dedication to right principlea hardly can be too of tan reiterated. "It seems jto me it should be an essential duty of college publications to Inform the .gtudent* of the real tradition* of the achool— real life incidents when studtnta, graduates and even faculty thembera (If poaalbla) de- this phrase, or if you do not care to delve into the archives, history can be started from this date by offering an Oscar to the Aggie who best typifies this appelation for the year- only it would be a Sully instead of an Oscar. "Just a couple of suggestions. I’m sure you have many such ideas to carry oUt your plans of keeping this description before jhe Aggies, but if you should run out, see me. I’ve got a million.” . ‘ ★ The matter of presenting a "Sully" award every year will be considered seriously. There are many awards now, for military profi ciency, scholarship, and other matters. There should be a place for encouraging conduct reflects the beat traditiona of the A. & Hy WILLIAM C. BARNARD 4- DALLAS, Tex., Oct 31 i#» — Thin*# have como U> * pretty pas* when a reporter has to advertise to get tickets to a football frame, namely the SMU-Texas affair here tomorrow. We ran the ad in desperation be cause Lester Jordan, Busineu Man ager of Athtotica at Southern Methodist, to hacked up against a wall by one thousand war veteran student* who want tickets for their wives and there to no way to reach him for a quick talk. The last we saw of Jordan, he looked terrible—frayed at the edges and baggy around the eyes and hto voice was a croaking whisper that kept repeating "no tickets, no tick ets.” Of course he to wrong. W’e learn ed from our ad that there are at least 329 tickets available, and two of which ran bo had if you are the kind of fellow who would lot your family go hungry Una winter. The sad tnitb to that the SMU- Texas game has made scalpers out of a lot of honest people and if the weather continues nice the scalp ing to going to amount to a mas- marching compo rt itwiew hold at RTt.W J torezy, ur tho First Regi ment was takqn by "C Infantryt fust place. Mnnrt Beglmont, “I" Fisltl Artillery! first plare, Third Rlgimenl, M A rt Air Fm-foi first place, Fourth itegtmrnt, "A" (tom- K it*I and first place, Freshmen tlment, Company a, LET AN AkRm* Student j ~7Jjkl ’ ■ SKRviqfcsroiR CAR GAS OIL EXPERT GREASING WASHING WAXING l POLISHING STOP AT THE GULF DT ATION v I block north Kronen Inn M Mnuilnn Mwm. Owned * Operated by j, W Schmidt A AM Btu, Vet - f’laaa M Two ads got jammed together In the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald and read this wny:' , "LOST -4- Thuraday night, white-faced man bull, weight 1400 Ibe. probably dowft- 'town or on Lincoln Park bus." Thd fcllslton, of Oolldgo Btattofi, tftetnoon, osceft .1 sd'Weoklr, The Battalion h Fi News •oattlkuunn* may bo made by telephone (4-14441, or at tho odltorlal office, Roam lot, flood- ^ 11*11. Cutoclficd oda may bo skMMIgMBflaai (44114) trot the Student Activities Offics, Room , (l«HHl»in Hal of the Associated Preao Tho Aseoetotod Pres# to snUtlod exclusively to tho wo K to it ur not otherwise credited la tho papor end local hto of rtpublication of all for ftpublttplion of all new. sows of spontaneous origin •acre. And with friends deaccndiqx on Dallas from all directions and wiring ua to “plcaM arrange tick ets" wt are aM to be in on the wrong end of the massacre. Apt to a-mild word. Tickotholdan are asking aa much as 30 each for end-sone ducats. The 30-yard lint kind are priced at from |36 up. The original price of the tickets was $3 but that was before the SMU-Texas game began to look like the hottest event since the Chicago fire. "I have two good tickets," one caller said gently, "and I have in mind a good suit of clothes—say a $76 suit of clothes. Do you bite, friend?" We didn’t “Thia is just plain robbery." an other fellow said, and be was so amused he could not restrain hto giggles. “1 feel just like a bandit, but I’m asking $25 apiece for the worst seats in the ( otton Bowl. Just how bad do you want to go?” Not that had. “1 hoar tickets are selling for (See SCALPING on Page 4) GUION HALL SUNDAY - MONDAY KTTY IXOfCT ■ WlU* CATUn-mwm.il -w »u. womwct ************ COME by lor BREAKF AST! Open 6 t.m. to 11 p.m. TRY OUR LUNCH EH, KTKAKK, and HOME-MADE PIE! Nurth (laU» CHEAMLANI) Mb, Ridgeway, Owner - * tswesd m wise* si— wsttw el Fort efftoT st Cotter* Sutrte. Teut eeSrt lJ Art <* SMwe. rt MerrS ». 117* Ak**utcJ Collcgutc Pre» Member ARRfMMNlRMi nuAkrirtH 1 ijf jpy MHGxitlibI A^* virtiMM Sorrioo. 1m.. rt York CH», ChicMo. Lss AMQtoo. 0*4 Boo Ftmsstooo. 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