. > j • •: if i V ~J J ■ Page 2 Ju- *r,L La wren OnlyfChance 0 Mvi '' Texans Who want 'sayiiig whoftWeir can the Lnited Btates will! last Chancel Saturday j )May (it dates "oeih^vfetll that daj (•ivilei Democr ^convention „ vote [is legaflly ptivile; ‘ his shy! For Deinocra' the major jjuestlQns "meetings: r and Reibublica \i. Anyo ie gualifiecfe to ed to i itend anti have 1 Who convention i' 2. Will dele^a ted against a federal sjwill the ddleg^t: nomination! of Harry howejr? Bof’h major partiet year in Texas. The v on the Truman Civili R ovfer f licans are rawing Square De Ik IT O Suiii to Speak. /. Heal; voice in president of fir first and n / ipldiprec^ict ;i is Battalion Jt j'i- m ! ! 1 ll Sli'-Ai, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28,1948 t ^ , Statesman, Knightly Gentleman ' ; '-l ' f . ' «rf TT Ross, Founder Traditiona t ; lu /■'' :'T j ’ j'- f I ■Y which of a long list of . potential presi- htial candidates they may back. A The Democrats are also in a party-con trol wrangle. Thd forces headed by Gov. Beauford H. Jester want a Texas delegation uninstructed as to candidates but instructed against any federal civil rights program, The *’• 6spe< ial y, these are " tie precinct Woodville Rogers faction wants a delegation flatly instructed for Truman. i j - The precinct conventions are important ta +Vip pountv because they determine the make-up of the ; i y . county conventions, to be held Tuesday, May , 1 . . 4. The county conventions in turn decide the •t i- , ll jt icu uit • ittuuStructea temper of the state, 1 conventions May 25. on presidential cM?H are- iri ari uproar this dcr its are divided 6 , rr :s q jestfon ; Repub- vvho w 11 riin the party 1.. ? IS oleorpargs r. Texas cottonseed— the Federal goveri Butter Is mutie -from! cows.! Margariine, is mia ■ oil from sqjy bekns, fpr 01eo ••• de frem dur own s luidre dear from nt ait a ; mini a t of; v e, )ttorts< eA peanuts. !!.- • For years th^ daiiry f|arhii it k ipind the but- ter : makers ihave had hn; aclv|iiitige. over the “ ‘ 1 thei gi’ov nuarg^nne-ijiakers sanii / r ers of vege table Tats. j! ■ | [I t i j . 1 ; How? D’y bldckiing ainyij tiempt iti Con gress to ..khock off thje spe'Ci il feii and fees for making jor; sell ng margarine. Above all thjeyjye |fought aghinst letting «dld : jn lye low color—like but- “ L jsifec! alj»tkx" br label. whye introduced in the wipe Out tlje margarine margarine be ter-^Svitho^t some ■ Agouti ll8 bills 'House this; year to fees Or taxes, r ’ In March the Hk tee for dak held |h(faring listerting tc a stream df IViti i Complete, sebai Beef Stow i*eicipe lit the Eagle, adv< rtisejd ajlti ng “t Bring to a ooil, then, turn hi mer, coverqd, for t h re j year yopate . , ibarl DROWiNS A5 HE ; (Fj^LLS IN 1 ARRl l ■ — Ih classified s^jctMii oft Bjoise Statesman t “Nice ipomt fo«^ vith private entrance i •' rr - ; Under fids for pe The Racing TWis.i) f i TON 1 TOY! PUPPJKii -an|d ^emalej.” —4— il to Most of . the witnesses were on the side J spokesmen for of margarine. They included spokei retail grocei%, educators, hospitals, a veter- fhts—cream ans group, labor organizations, college wo men and consumers. j I 3ut when the hearings were all over, the members of the committee I voted—16 to IQ +—to '■(liable fats— Armed Services Committe|e Considers New Draft Plajn WASHINGTON, April 27 —UP)—A program for draft ing 161,000 youths from 18 through years for one year training service was outlined today for the Senate Armed Services Committee. Chairman Gurney (R-SD) said the newest administra tion defense program also covers 1 t-“—rr— r these j points: r i. : • , ’ i Drafting for two yearp ser vice of men 19Vj through 25 i vith 190,000 expected to ducted the first year! Most BOTC graduate* and mem officers between the ages of 21 and 27 caa enter the Army on July 15 with the view of com peting for e Regular Amy com mission, the Senior Instructor of the Organixed Reserves announced here today, T The requiyei i ha rtui age •ommissioni. ‘Only two yeara of accredited college education ia nec essary or the equivalent, which U decided by various testa. Ynoee who apply and are *e- cepted for U>i« i Competitive tour of duty must sign up for fwo years and in company grade only. i will be recognised for e reg- lired to aom out the remain- year unless it imposes hard- the applicant. graduates ahd ? ^ lieers. Particuli he procurement; ants. There are instructors of the Organized Reserves in most Tex ly reserve of- .. Med exists for the procurement [ of 2nd Lieuten- ^ ft / i )f VZSTMUmi: K>eaiiBA Turn Brown TJ.BE as cities to answer questions. ese will be non-veterans. Holding the Air Force to 66 sit on the Bill. Which meant the full ^nthSsS? by House .would not get a chfance to vote on Abandonment of this original that. ;|; | |. Then soihel rpargarine-minded congress- ■ , , , , ^ men got up a petition in the House to drag gyesst to ..knock off! |th(q speeijil Ijtideral taxes i{ he bi n s away f rqm the cornmittee. So this week the full Bouse voted 235 A, 121 to force at least one of the bills out of the committee to the floor where the whole House could ddbate and vote on it. \ ■< This bill would wipe out all federal taxes and fees ori margarine. If that happens, we’ll ^butter” a whole loaf of bread wtth yellow margarine and eat it in celebration. .^B-. —L.. ,i,. . ■ H M ■ ■■jri .4 t- r*' ! Bob McCracken of the Corpus Christi ‘kjcups water, Caller-Times says this one really happened : t ISw and sim- McCracken wrote a special sports stringer a u.le'^sfriljult qre Commit- or these bills, blSse*. cklyn (N. Y.) -i (Idaho) tojtjeihployed lady ilL- The Crippled ehildfen'ipvfcl lealth; Dqpurtih of thb Sta.t# Hcalthj Dt will conduct S a clinic ito ment of thef Gollege Hopp. Monday, Ma|r 8. Ani orthopedic s^gepd Galvektort aiid another fxioi will be a^iiible to djiaM drin who report tjo u chirpfe will be miiu. anjinationfr: tare of jehil 1 found tf need treat n e $pit)e " nr ^are are (jligibleflinder t grhm, will bfe finapci of'the Crippfcd Child (Chjldren, with the r othec crippliig cojuditi cepteti for ict re unde: provided their parents cifd ance their Iti eatmantl anc, is,, they arc uniier tWe of age: infantile patal myelitis, cliib feet,! deft hare lip, bubns, curv; itu r< ‘ rltis, bow egfi, X .. spina, arthr tuberculosis jof tht bjojie, f|l^t jfi Cbfngtjnitally [ disk :atje

era ns rr ad(| assifii 209; Ooodwib H^\ The Aa^iated Pre® ed (o it or Rights of Entered u (ecodfl-Ol* omo» at coiiegt a U» Sot Qf CoUtreM : it CHARLIE — iruRRA ^ndluerr^unotT^ JJ/Ntlsdn, Otto R. Hob Weynan 1. Larry ■ BilUHglIhr. Harvdy K. Carter. C. C- Kiwi* .. * lien’s Clinic ~ r- ’ i us Hospital fi ■ \ I f fingers and toes, torticollis, ele- t j phantiasis, spina bifida, brachial inlrafy >royidi d geaj 's' oatoi- Pblage, ,. , hi lalsy, potta’ dis tnbmalies, spondylelisthesis, ampu-r afion, webb fingers, opiphsitis, congenital Untl sarcoma. Daniel Russell, of the rural so ciology department, , announced i it-y ijn> | that registration for the dime t|he: e - would begin at 8 !a. m. May, 3. ran. j w. p ! Everyone intending to register ehtl ta (1; ^houlel do so not later than 10:30. - ,.i (- Russell concluded that a serious -fun |b injury was not a prerequisite for visiqt). admittance, nor- was extreme jyouth. Students and other adults With minor ailments will be eligi ble. 'Civic women's clpbs and organi zations are helping with the regis tration and operation of the clinic, which is sponsored by the Brazos County Medical Society. For additional information about the clinic, parents or other inter ested persons should contact the director of the Health Unit in Bryap or Daniel Rpssell. , Letters WANTS TESS1E COLUMN ■ I !!•]' I Editor, The Battalion: f . ]» ! I ' j ••••>]•. I A short time ago you published an editorial, concerning Tessie apd Aggie relationships and the need for promoting better understand ing between the two schools. Why doesn’t The [Battalion start the hall rolling by publishing a Tessie cpl- iirnp in The! Batt? Ip the past, the Teasie coluinn was a regular fea ture, I believe. t ] The Tessies are one step ahead of us and Have an Aggie taporber to send thfm news to the Lasso. Let’s catch up and have a Tessie reporter sand us the latest poop about tour sister school. If (he Ag promote gjood will and a better umkrfetandlng. < ; 1 Hopefully, BEN ADAIR Ji Junipr, ’48. fixe Battalion H ft I :• paber of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coll pq iliphed five times a week and circulated every y ‘jbej ipade by telephone (^-6444/ or at the editorial offic». / Room 201. tje placed by telephone (4-S324) or at the Student Activities Office. -J .. JJ-'' 1 iw and examination periods ;iofi rate $4.80 per school year. —*—4 i--■ of Texas and the Clt} onday through Frida> During the summer The Battalion Is puh Advertising rates furnished on request Good Al JCapp Awarded Cartoonist Oscar A1 Capp, creator of Lt’fL AB NER for United Feature Syndi cate, has been presented the Billy deReck Memorial Award by the National: Cartoonists Society for terk du outstanding wo d is illy Id duringl 1947. The award i4 donated annually by Mrs.'BillyJdeBeck, mitteje, called proposals to pom- 1 ^ liance ' as pnn? ' bi.ne (the temporary draft with uni- p " | i iV > .;i versa 1 training “utterly foolish.” * n Iw F Ti / “I think any attempt to imple ment both Selective Service and UMT, sorting now, is ridiculous,” Andrews told reporters. "It is ut terly; foolish and opt of the ques tion. Andrews is sponsoring a bill to (terminate the draft in two yeai-s, and he said i universal training should then go into ef fect automatically 90 days after the end of the draft. The original “compromise” idea on universal training was (hat 18- yeaiiolds should have six mpnths of training to be followed by ser vice: in the national guard or some other active, organized civilian re serve. J j [: ■ ■ f ' .. But some officials contend now that, a man with only six months trailing would be of little value in a military unit and that his minimum time should be at least one [year. The draft and training propos als are tied in closely with the con troversy over how large the Air Force should be. Some pir men wan(t a 70-group Air T«4^e. Me re tary of Defense Forrestel has been battling to hold to 66 groups. ; ' physics Students Will Exhibit Lie Detector On May 8 Habitual liars who do not wish to be “found out? had better steer clear of the Physics I Building on Agricultpre-Engineer Bay, May 8. The lie detector, which was dis played for the first time in 1947, will stage a repeat performance this year. According to J. G'. Pet- ter, head qf thg physios depart ment, the machine has undergone a few minor improvements which should make it a greater success than last year. Based on the principle of the Wheatstone Bridge, the machine utilizes two electrodes plaCfed across the palm of the subject. Under emotional strain, the vic tim’s resistance will vary, and reg ister on a galvonometer in the cir cuit The detector will be demortstra- ted by Byron Kilpatrick, a grad uate physics student from Waco. The lie detector should be the greatest exhibition that the phy sics department has this year, Kilpatrick said. Rotter pointed out that the de tector has unlimited possibilities. As an example he cited a test made last year. A young lady was being tested when she w&B sur prised with a kiss from her hus band. The needle on the galvono- mCter went completely off scale! Palace the creator of BARNEY After h^r husband’s deBeck decided that should Have itsi own “Os< a fund jin m set up d fund 1 husband;so man in (he each yeah, “owing FOR THOSE WHO DEMAND THE BEST College Shoe Repair I North Gate :!i r John S. Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell’s Jewelry Store Bryan, Tenia ij ' . t tie I exclusively to the use for republlcation of al| news dispatches credit- it uti n the paper and local news of' spontaneous opey matter herein are also reserved TT The Assodai /NELSON imm Press Mi hi ; " .•••»• • • •J' 4—H RepraMotcd natlonaJI? vwtWput StfvlcA (SO.. Chicago Ldi AhgelM. ■t- —-+«— origtn published herein : [ h- r 6) Nauonal feature Wire Editor Editors Kennelley^ foe iTrevlho, Howard Ytt aste. ii ..Report***’. H \Hv*rtl»lnf Manairr ■ 1 0 6) Nauonal Ad at Nr* Tate dn» and San rrancbco Co-Edit OartnnnU* A Battalion Classified Ad Is lik* money in the bank. It PF' ' ' _ CALL i-Pi\ j: /!'/>!' i . t \ 1:40 - 3:45 - rtti (■ i idow of OOGLE. » MrS ' rtoonmg NOW unttl SATURDAY mm wt“‘“ m • memorir 1 of her the outstanding would b© honored Following A1 Capp in this year’s voting were: Chic Young' (BLON- DIE), Harry Haenigsen (PENNY) Ernie Bushmillisr (NANCBf), Alex Raymond (RIP! KIRBY), fmd Rube Goldberg (pditorial Orr«a,, °» • ,h » P*feCK * McGUlRE l i oh n GARFIELD -Features Begi Pl(. 4-1181 THRU f iTl'RDAl emans ement Celeite HOLM Anno REVERE Jwnt HAVOC 7:55|-jl0:00 Queen NOW JOHN KINKY j tUiU f WAYtiE ' f ONDA « T» MPLE