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x’;-' >:• IP! 'V: wmmm % B J' mm o ', '; • 4- : ■ M-ij l'- i ^ i'/ r ' •Ij# • ! lit Volume 47 • M.l ■ , r : :: I Wi. ; A 4 T7 K re" • If' j ! ' • ( ; , ''• ‘,1 ' | 1 j !“ * I •' ]• ' ast'SHSrffRif ’ j’' r| X' •i '/ ^ ! rn w M / 11 WASH I Apri The admipiatrttion laid a MMi rate” a hr Congress country at a cost Secret! ’y of power ctompn ;oday aimed ai givint r l more fighfci ig g” of 1481,000,00). 1 whipped effort to p the p keep U tense asail u \J following the leal insisting on a force. Forrestjal’s plan calls group pi ogram and a Senate f the Hoi 22 “ba -g iin ise 1) »f »re. Fdn es tal i-i; DAILY JgV THE INTEREST iLLEGE STATIOllr (Aggieland), TEXAS, ;rl i.flf i ■" ^ of • r 1 1 mj: m m i nil I m m mm |p S fe w'^i. I if ■ V* Quiet Cere Aggie San Jacinto K £ y> r Xi •111 J • | ^:'l I m t;l I + ’ 1 \ h “ If ; :• T •t m i • .. ! " «;* Number 158 Mark 70-tgrou] i for a'66 threeiyfcar- mm :< II national defense outlay < f ftOtOfO,- <mooo; .a-Hfvif • ' r Foitcs al explained that the new grok ps would riot be dSiutly what thi air force whjnted-j-t lat is, compl tely new—but rather 1 re activated unite, ip |' . ^ TOn of them ii’qnid usie mo ixed veri ions, of the fbur-e B-29 boi »bers. which ivere j with greft success! against The llth new group; woul made up of fighters. I I Chairman Gurney. (Rf-SD) Senate Afrmed Services. |Comr told a re lortei - he thinks Cor should a ccpt the Forrestal He cal ed his committee iritj other c osed-door session (9:30 a.: i.; CSX) to try tfl approval for the aiid force pr pnd thei turn to the 'pqualli issues of a temporary di*afi universal! military training. !; Forresjal demonstrated bi ■ tern Mm. IP m a 7 j m tress offer. -' iicr". * *- -- ->V* ! W m m ■ % i '*7 compromise offerj late yest that he 'an switch hii? stralj Previo isly-. he i lad iih risted a strong hened 55-grou]) air|f »rce would befenough. Then some pfl his f—!Secr HINMAN jty-year-oldi regiment H. C. Huddleston, jdents Association, and T ; MELOY BOLTON rtired” at review yesterday', are presented to Dean F. C\ Bolton E. Hlnmn o. president Former & M. Meloy, [others’ Clubs as A. ir. look on. subordinites f— Secretary o. Symington and a group < force genera^; — plunked f( 70-grouffi program. It was through |the house as jpart money Mil. . ] ! it- 1] i JEWS (JAPTUR IN BLOODY BA' HAIFA, Pilestijie, Abril 2{2 ]W Jews virtually seized iontnilf to day of P tlestincllsjjriche^t poijt icity of Baifd after heavy! all-might flghtiia. I fj’* Arab leaders sutd for peace, ing Brit sh military autfrorit|e mediate. .f jr]. Ij - “It wls a miussaciij,” Sail Ayab sp|>kesniai|i.; “It wias ariofl ‘Think, Stop Being a Sucker^ Ellis Tells Great Issues Class NLRB Director HP C 1 jo speak on Porum Friday Dr, Edwin A. Elliott, director of the Texas-Oklahoma-New Mex ico x-egion of the National labor Relations Board, will address the College Fonim in the YMCA Cha pel Friday, April 23, at 8 p. m. I The subject of his add'ess will be “Some Tensions in Cur rent American Life—Racial, La* bor, Management.” j j Dr. Elliott, a resident of Fort Worth, is a recipient of A. B, and B. B. A. degrees from TCI , an M. A. fi*om the University o!f California, and a PhD from the University of Texas. He tlas served as supervisor of men at TCU and head of the eco nomics department of that school. He has been director of sixteenth region of the NRLB since 1935. 7 Moat of his writing has dealt with the fields of religion an<| eco nomics and he is a frequent, con tributor to “World Call,” “The Texas Outlook,” and “The South r western Social and Political Science J§§ JUr p y i ;ll r : :; 1 •! ^ lili: *, ■"}; - ■fy. ^ ■■ 7 ij " ; l4JU .From the ideeij five voices softly ed Silver Taps, R| another Sah Jacif 4m m Arrange, rogram A. S. WARE 4 Stalingr I ed." t; ne icr pjebar- .-y “GO BACK TO J*TT9’^ lewis itells Miners, PITTSBURGH, Apijil 22 John L. Lewis’ “resume worM” peal sen| 19,000 njxore : miners 1 to pits in six stjates ypsterda almost'I»)0,000 Uljitofl'itfirwi 1 ers vemlined idle. 30,000 United Wine W ltd The l|).000 return in ing boos efl of bitun I 'T-A V iM 'lap- buck Ibut >rk- xion 100,000 |he number miners low at work. The included! reportjs front the {u and ope -ators. Mines reopened yesterday - in Coloradc, Alabama, Illinois, |U!tah, /“West Virginia, apd Wyoming. Dis trict U11W off icers expected j the ||return ;o work would btf today ai id Monday. ,\) to iAous flgjires Hi > L njrger FARM WORKERS PROBAKIiY BRING DISEASE—MILLEfe WASUlNGTON, April •2|l4 , ^ , Rep. A L» | Miller (|R-Nebi haid yesterday he fears impdrtedlMexi- can faifa workers may brink foot i)e into this! coun try unless their clothjing is sferi- ■e t' j lized before they enter. i | Back ' from a , 10-day tour Sof the zone of foot and mouth cattle] in- fectcionj in Mexico, Miller saic in 4 an inteiyiewt' ^ J|- ! “I thijnk the danger of infe< ted animals straying across ourfsoiith- ern. boiper has recedleil in pcoent :! months:,'; • [ If ,1 , “A greater danger; pomei fi om the 50,(00 or more Meixicanj W( rk- ■ ers we are ibiporting.! Mosf ctme from' abound Mexico I City, [ wlero the disease is prevalent. [ They could e isily bring in tjhe fefot b n d mouth rirus on their; <fl°thi ig, es pecially their shoes. I - “I am urging thet l Agrimltare Departnent to make-sun Dese men hawe their clothinig thdraujgh- ly stei-i ized before they cr iss She border.: And thei goats! they olten bring v ith them shoujd be 1 arir^d.” DBMS IHEADED FOR 1 LOYAI TY SHOWDOWN , , FOR 11 WORTH, April 4 The Siate Democratic Executive Commii tee yesterday | headed ] for a showdown on the jcontftxversal questiofi of party loyalty. I Dev^opmente fit a preliminary session of its srib-crimmijcteei on resolutions brought the premise of a floos fight later ; today?on the ;■ point that split the party : j) lfA4: Shall the national convent! mi < ele- gates r *nd electors be irop-b^und to support all the party notoinhes? Sub-committee member Mrs. S. f H. Davis of Houston: in j ! questioi after a maj< . tided gsenernlly that it wo a ; resolution recommem the -exteutive committee stand:, - 1. Tpat the Texas I delegation to the na tion b| uninstructcd as 2. Tfhat the coinmi prove of a federal legislative program, but comnu ad President Tru the N; tional Party 1 its efforts to stem Comm inism across for T ot icr accompl "B "? raffee delegft tional convention Presidintial electors pledget! ,to support all. t|« I n«es (ff tha Democratijc. ’* I 1 J 4 disap- i ghts it and for e! of and J % By J. T. MILLER “If you can recognize propagan da for what it is, you can cease being! a sucker of the ! modem world ” Dr. A. Caswell Ellis told members of the Great Issues .class last riight , ’ ■ . if-U The spry elderly gentleman, notv associated with the Extension Service of the University of Texas, outlined methods by which Amer icans might detect propaganda, and offered suggestions by which they may .prevent fallacious think ing within their own minds: ,v .After naming some of the many groups which he feels puts pres sure of one type or another on the public daily, Ellis noted that “col leges and universities have evi dently been more successful in teaching us how to propagandize than they have been in teaching us how to recognize propaganda.” “Do I want to think this way? Do I have any reason for think ing this way?” This type &naly* Sis should be applied sis a first test to beliefs or doctrines sus pected of being Elliii declared. . | | trip's population has > increased a hundred-fold. That was an example Of |a fallacious slogan, Ellis be lieves. “Have you used merely a part of the facts- in arriving at your conclusion? The tendency is to . Jjihk out only those facte which support your side of the argu ment, and tp-ignore the rest.” Before definitely deciding for '' ’ ‘ a proposed move, Ellis that a person ask him- tT^Sin.-invol. ft ’ U 'ill ' ' I •..] veil—is it dangerous, dishonesty or not in keeping With our moral standards,? 2. “Does the advocate static a fact, or is he stating an opinion? 3. “Is the person in a high po- ” Very often, the public l.the ■ov- sition ?’ will swpllow unhesitatingly I; opinions of men in top jobs in « eminent or business—men who [are speaking, on subjects they know little about, or have followed the wrong dine of reason to arrive at Quarterly.” In 1932 Dr. Elliott served as I editor of the Economics; Section of the . Southwestern Social . /Science Association, and was twice elected president of the Federal Business Men’s Asso- elation. Ho was listed in the “itexian Who's Who” in 1937 and c uring the following year was chosen for the Disciples’ Roll of Honor las an outstanding layman. Dr. ;has also been selected as he Men of the Year in n •ide church brotherhood. propaganda, rri “After all,” he added, “you can suWtanJiate facta, which you Want to belieVe. It’s hard for a man to believe in something which will cut his salary or stock dividends:” “Too, anything that disturbs our pride or leisure or privileges will cause us to mislead our selves.’' ; * ‘ • ! ■ r I; V M - By; asking one’s self penetrating questions about important points of the subject being examined, ^a persejn may readily detect inany propaganda devices. “Do I let my personal experi ences blind me? Have I been swept away by a slogan? Am I being swayed by words charged with emotion? Are the alleged facts merely opinions?”, Illustrating each point with; vi vid stories, Ellis destroyed some illusions existing: in the minds of the public. George Washington's warning to his countrymen—“avoid all entangling : alliances”-f- was blamed for much of the confusion existing in the government foreign policjy! today, even* though our coun- -r^ Personal Facto. Important, AS 1 Members Are Told “Success in the engineering! plro-: fession is determined tp a great extent by how well a person likes 'fend is liked by his co-workers,” G. S. Salter, midwest ASCE rep resentative told the local chapter of the ASCE Tuesday night. “One of the first assets);that a young engineer should acquire ia( the ability to get along with poo- P le ” . 'if ! ij. j i Graduate engineers should also learn to express themselves prop- erly, Salter said. This is one pf the worst handicaps suffered by manyv-engineers today, and the ycnngjp junior engineer should do his utmost, to see that he does not become so handicapped. f; Salter said that the engineerir societies are turning more [te junibr members for admli ‘ work today than ever order to qualify for tl worjc, he said, the your should have training in psychology, business, man: and personnel relations. . ;I Selected For $ . ■ ! • ■ ' • 1 ' Si J : :: : Wilder's 4 Our Jfaum Pulitzer Prize Dfama to Be Staged By: Aggie Players in Assembly Hall i*!r ' By JAMES E. NELSON . Members of the cast of “Our Town” are moving into the firial jweek of preparations for the presentation ; of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play. The play will hie presented April 28 through 80 in the Assembly Hall. HOWARD DAVIS, junior civil engineering student fktMn Fort Worth, has been selec- ♦ 1 ' 11 1 ' ' ' | ted tojaay the parti of stage man- ager. Davis has beep active in past tp | Horticulturist To Leave May 1 Harold N. Reed, A&M research horticulturist, has resigned to be come chemist in vegetable proces sing at the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. He will leave May 1 to assume his hew duties at Gainesville, Fla. Reed has been employed by the Texas- Agricultural Experiment Station since 1932. He was assign ed for several years to the Angle- ton branch station before being moved to College Station in charge of the vegetable processing labora tory of the horticulture depart ment; T f Before coming to Texas, Reed was employed by the Fruit Pro ducts Division of the University of California and by the Sun Maid Raisin Growers Association. T proflentations of tjhe Players as stage manager but this is the first tjime that tlie 22-year old vetertn student has taken on a speaking role. Playing the part pf Emily Webb will be BEtTYE KNOWLES, 17- yekr old spnior from Stephen F. An stin High School in Bryan. Miss Knowles is a new member of the Aggie Players but is not new to the stage. She has participated in productions given by schools since she was ten yeari old. Plans for the future include her attending Sam Houston State College and majoring in drama!. In her spare time Miss Knowles! writes for the Bryan News. . 7 ' i , - j 1 *ii' I h i I *! George Gibbs will be played by CLIFF HODGES, 24 year old vet eran majoring in chemical engi neering. Hodges, like Davis, has participated in past productiops of the Players but this is his first speaking part. Heretofore, Hodges was assistant lightiinr director and general stage hand, The part of Mrs. Gibbs will be played by COUNTESS JONES, a fprmer student of TSCW, class of *46. She has worked on; the pro- duetton end of past plays given by the Players. Past experience in cludes working for Radio KDNT and also Working 1 dent direcf J- ^ Tyler Jun was a studi says that is spent ta| ter. Station as stu- r for iplays given at r College where she t in drama. Mrs. Jones |)ost of her spare time ing care of her daugh- MILDREP WRIGHT has been chosen to play the part of Mrs. Webb. Thefae of Charles Wright, Aggie football p worked on bast sistant director, whs in Lamar where she majored in; drama. Her interest in dramatics started when iyer, 1 she nas iuctions as as- of this; work | Junior College expression ‘ six. she started takim sons at the age BILL KRAUSE will play tin role of Dr. Gibbs, andT STAUFFER has been chosen f. the role of editor Webb, and Stauffer have ■ Iuctions by the *. Geology Departme Fr ll - in ' 1 Plans Summer Camp *fl. | ' ji ij \ •' ; j . |;j jil , J |- ■' : |r®; Summer field camps for students having completed their junior year in geology will be operated this summer by the geology department, S. A. Lynch, head of the department has announced. j l if j j The camps will be based at the Curtis Airfield, two miles north of Brady. A joint camp* - A. S, fare To Run Again For County Judge \. A, S. Ware has announced that he will again be a candidate for the office of county judge in Bra zos County, subject to action ■ of the Democratic primary. A resident of Brazos County for more than 40 years, Judge Ware was associated with A&M College for 19 years as secretary of the Experiment Station before enter ing law practice in Bryan. In 1943 he was elected president of the Texas State Association of Coun ty Judges? Experiments with the county-unit system of road-main tenance in Brazos County under his direction resulted in state-wide interest -/-r , .. ... 4 j “I am convinced that permanent relief (with reference to unproved highways and farm-to-market reads) will come only when we have installed a unified county read and bridge administration un der competent engineering super vision,” Judge Ware told The Bat talion. “I have great pride in the fact that Brazos County has again op erated upon a strict cash basis within available funds. Budget con trol has been continued, and eco nomies have been effected in all phases of the county’s activities. At the same time efficiency has bean maintained and even increas- ed! ' j t ! | “Our bonded indebtedness has been systematically and material ly reduced, and business practices and strict econonjjlis have resulted ini substantial benefits which have passed on to the taxpayers, change-over from crops to livestock in our agriculture and the expanding population and con sequent industrial development of the community have all combined Uo make increasing and unusual demands upon county gove ment.” ( (K UXDLRY j shad iv i of the Adipimistration Building porch, five nanaesfiyere jail ed out yesterday at sunset and swer$l “Hei’e.” Fouir trumpeters sound- Vo imteer irifles cracked in salute, and Dail Mfuster was concluded. So April! 21 was observed here yesterday. Earlier in the after noon, ten new flags weref present ed, one to each outfit in theiCadct Corps, by the A*M Mother’s Clubs «nd the Former Students.; Associu- 'pon-jT ';f T ' J I Ir Chief addresses at the muster Were given by A- E. “Red” IH»- ■ man, president of the Former Stu- ' ilents Association, and: b|y Rev. T Bam Hill, new chaplain of the college. TBuo was Rcv.£ $111’*; first appearance at a major college hnc3wa.[[! : : ; • | ' - ] John! Stiles whs master of cere- nionies, Cliff Harris gave the itt- jvocutiah, Charles H. Harrison reail ithe Roll J Call of the Absent, Dr. is j John j Ashton’s | traditional jxx m. ?e i jOnJy-'five names of departed Ag* s, jgies were read, symbolic of all ! : J: 1 ' Open houSjB will from'8 to 1(1 a. m. opening of the self-s^ mat, Earl Cl Cunni| and operator), has ail drinks will be serv| The new ; laundtn equipped with 20 Laundromats ami is 1 located iji the Building, onje-half College View on 66. The laundry will 1 aervlce type, and appoint menjta' will waiting on jthe par IMHera. . The machines, allj will take a full uine- 36 cente. Cunninghj a starching iseitviitel available for those]’ make use of it. Th| extra charge for the machines. The lauridromati from 7:S6 h. m. A lounge Will be a play area; for chaj erected. The coupon print will entitle the bear machine load Of offer is limited! to^ family. In of thp ;U If *.yj* |imma of ihtijM 1 ■ 1 >in-oplrkted Iren in the Tertiary field of geology will be based on; the campus.; Stu dents; from A&M and the Univer sity of Texas Will operate from this base. MM ’ j ‘ The first camp at Curtis Air field barracks, which are being rented from the City of Brady, will be held June 7.to July 17. The second camp ;wiU be held July 17 to August 28. The campus-based camp will open July 19 and last to August 28. ! Students will do detailed geolo-j I j eludes Dr. Henryk Stenzel, Dr. W. L. Russell, Professor W.| C. Rasmussen, Professor W- H, Alex ander, and Kent Waddell. The first six weeks’ camp is limited to 55 students,; the second six W’eeks to 25, and the A&M bas ed camp to 30 students from the c'ollege. - I f Mr ■ • j 1 ten reports. Lectures will be given. Field work is a “must” on the program. , ! t 1 f Trips to the Marathon Basin, the Big Bend National Park, the Cretaceous area near Mart and the Arbuckle Mountains of sou thern Oklahoma, will alsoube Detailed geologic mapping of stratigraphic and structural geol ogy will be done in Brazos Coun ty And adjacent areas from the campus base. ’ Fees charged the students in clude that fob transportation, housing, library, food, drifting, equipment, and miscellaneous ex penses. Unexpended funds Will be pro-rated among the students. H. Alexander, Dr. J. J. Graham, and T. J. Parker, all of A&M. James K. Presna Is Candidate For Representative James K. Presnal, 23-year-old business administration student of Tabor, today announced his candi dacy for state representative of the 26th District (including Bryan and College Station). A 1942 graduate of Bryan High School, he served two and one- half years in the army, part of which. was in Italy. Presnal ex pects to receive his degree in busi ness administration in January, 1948. In his platform Prepnal stated that he favored no new taxes, and under no circumstances would he support a retail tax or a state income tax. He said that he be lieves in a minimum of state and federal regulation over labor and management, Presnal also said that he favors an increase in educational facili ties to better the schools of this district. He favors legislation for the improvement of farm-to-mar- ket roads and in investigation of the penal system. Presnal invites questions from the public. Inquiries on all issues should be addressed to him at Box 2645, College Station. The third a y the College S cal groups, will <j»f the A&M C01 Invitations ended to the chil 1 icuntries adjacent ; ;os, Madison, jeon, Burleson, R0 jee, Washington,! , Jouston Ccjuntjes Dr. Robert E. die surgeon of Wi W. N. Eggers. h thopedic departme! Medical School at conduct the cilini I . They will be assii i. Otto, Dr|. W. H. T. G. Blocker, arid ard from the State at Galvestdn. Representatives partment of Vocal will be'at the dh boys and girls or a< benefit from ithe si training for physi ped people. Those 1 fit fqjm surgery might benefit fro brace;*, or other a vited to atjtend tb I Those ijnder 2 may pled mm receive help Children’s om isiori, d by ins(v: ’ c Ttf e p llir niig ianeef dink. i a hi, and ohn Dr. Sfiep- hool De-, tion ifriew; ighti in of!' 1 cap-i ene-j wh ’■ ' those uver 21 may obtain help from the^Statc Vocational Re habilitation Department. Childre|n needifig orthopedic sur- fr gefy may get this surgery free if they are' unable to pay! for it. Since the clinic is not just a chare ity clinic children from The homes of all economic levels flic invited to partic phte in the clinic. Registration of children will begin at 8 a. a>. and those in charge are anxious for all chil-' Jren to register not later than 10:30 a. m. The Stephan Bottlipg Company ren refreshments ompany will at the and Lilly Ice Cr< serve free clinic; The cooperation of all interested groups, as well as individual c ti zens, is requested in locating gnd sending to this free clinic all he crippled children of this area who might benefit fijpm its services, NO FLAG .v-o were read, symbolic of all Hvho died during the past twelve jmdnths. j j ! The Singing Cadets Sang “Twel fth Man”, “Spirit of Aggieland,” land “Auld Lang Syne,” during (the cereruptiy. The Aggie Band • (opened the program with “The 'Mad Majur’f and also played “The Elder Statesman March.” | The program was planned by ‘the Student Senate. ! j . .; The entire muster ceremony wa‘ tpat broadcast j diver the Texas Quality be! 1 Network, ■ reaching aH parts of to | (Texas either at muster time or (by means of transcriptions) at a •later hoiur. I. T-'i :J TWcnty-fivc years ago yester day, WTAW broadcast a San Ja- Icinto muster for, the firet time. [(That was in the cariy days of * radio, which was still called “wire less” by thg Texas Aggie.) That muster of 1923' tvas held pn the lawn outside Sbisii Hall. San Jacinto Day as a “big day” [for Texas A&M is older than gen- 1 (See PROGRAM on Page 4) Children’s .ted May 3 pled Children’s Clinic, sponsored nis Club and other civic and thed- Cdllege Station in the basement il, Monday, May .i i ate in the clinic have been ex- venf —-■ Ira- Lity; I The central flag staff was flag- less today, after jmnoval of a hlar- ber shop, js|gn from the top. • ■!.! H ' . |i' • —^—ir——T" II.! ft F ZM f fl i The A&M-based camp) stgff in- DtetrirL 3 . iri f I ajpoonced stgte representative of thr 26th XfrWBisr-rr r Prewit Attending Extension Parley J. D. Prewit, acting director of the Texas Extension Service, left Tuesday by plane for Asheville, North Carolina, where he will at tend the Southern Extension Di rectors’ meeting. Piewit will return to College Stat on Saturday* ROSS VC Jit ;j si (; ; r : ill parted RING SQUAD prepare to salute de- valley at San Jacinto muster.