'• f. L | K r ■ -• k V \ ED * i Page|2 T '• i •.) TT t- « ' Amid President|Trunjian’a charges that suit from fz lse statements on income tax the present Congress i;s the worst con- foijms. Simple arithmetic shows that to ];ress thje nation has e\er tiad a'nd Con- save $20 million Congress.sacrificed $400 Pre^iderit Truman is millioh. r Jr • . jress’ cjiarges tha the worst president the had an interesting; article aplpfears in The cuti-backs on reclamation projects, hvdro- Americah Scholar ,T ’ " ~ ' ■'■ ■ ■ - ■ r . . u ment. The attieje entitled [“The Great ablfe other projects where a delay or stop- which deserves com^ eleetric plant construction, and innumer entitled | “The Great able other nroiects where a delav or ston Economy Act,” deals with -the record of the 80th| Congress n its efforts to reduce government expert ituyefi. ' , The author, Simon; 0. Lesser, has • bedded large cuts in their funds, but in worked fcs a ^overiment official and has the long run, jthe $1.7 billion dollar cut in done extensive wrjitin&.l Hisi analysis of the the Republican- Cohgresjs’ attempt to re- ers r j • + i *•, » •4-' ■ ■ * B a ttal ' ~ i o n i TORI ALS ■ ”1 oldfer, Statesman, ^nightly Gentleman” i. Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of A^gie Traditions i-4. r The Grea Economy Act ■\ ! -i FRIDAY, JUNE-18, 1948 K • « nation has ever ;That is just one example. Others are pa^e results in a loss^f money. ^The author emph|isized that there were many government agencies that duce expenditures jwitjhdut. harmfully af fecting skny essential government agency should cause us all to pause and think, j r President Triihan siibmitted to Con gress a budget calling jfqr the expenditure 1948 budget will not save the taxpay- money, but will cost them additional mil ions of dollars. This econolmy drive which was pro pounded to be such d great thing may end up to be nothing but a miserable failure. It could have been much worse, but, on i of an estimated $8' ’.5 billion ( for the year f he other hand, the record could also have 1948. Further cons deflations by the Pres- beefl much better. ident) the Budget B^ard jind other^overn- Lessor’s article dealt only with the ment agencies rec uced; this ^amount tq financial struggles of the 80th Congress. $30.9 billion. f j '!*■-" , There were mapy other pieces of legisla- Congress then took tin ax to this btuh tion which were needed and provided. But jscL and promised great reductions, es- ; in the future, Congress would do well to 1 ti'mated by. Repreie ntaltii’e John Tabor at lobk ahead before .grabbing the econpmy $12 billion. After ntiuch consideration and axel and striding down the road of popu- ., debate the Igwmalersi. finally, settled oh lardy, swinging its two edge blade right • ty much smaller cfll of $2.7 billion. and] left in a’frenzied effort to clear the The author of t ie ariic^e then pointed, road for its constituants. Its short sighted ; out that to arrive at this'figure the Re- swingiing of the axe in the past seems to • publicans found it nedessary to use some have connected with more constituents | questionable bookkj teping tactics, such as than it has their enemy—high taxes. • appropriating a cortajir amount for an jrhe New York Times commented on agency and then aithbrizing npne, or at the negligible results of the economy drive fbest justh small portiqn of the hpprdpriaf ’ “ ' A x ' ’ ‘ T tion. When such rmtteks aslthesle are con sidered the great ceodomy urivie actually involved a cut of cnly |1.7 billion. However, Lester pointed out/ even this cut made it ne^e^ary for many gov- j ernment agencies lo^utail their activi-j ties. In the long uin t lis will prove to ..moment, the top-hatted master of cere- - cost the taxpayers man money than the monietj would step forward and make a S-amount saved hy the pur. ‘ bridf announcement. It was zm admonition '■ Illustrating thi; Lcs;er cited the $20 to the audience, and we think it is one / i million cut in theal undsjfor the Treasury thati may be appropriately repeated for - Department. Thritj cut pad to be home! theibenefit Of those who are inclined to ; almost entirely b]' the jEnforeement Di- wa.^ too enthusiastic at this stage over • • vision'whose job is to investigate income the Republican’s economy 1 act. What the tax returns. Past :xpeiiience hits proven! .masker of ceremonies said on such bccas- that eye^ dollar h iye*ted in this division ions: ‘Kindly withhold your applause repays $20 in reco\ erabje funds w hich re- until the act is over.’ ” and ing its disappointment was evidept. Laps- into circus metaphor, it declared: ‘Those who remember their circus- goii^g days will recall the death-defying act,j which was the highlight of the d^y. They will remember that jUst before the roll of drums that preceded the climactic We Again Welcome . . , -The, Republican National Convention, which gets under ivay in Philadelphia Monday, will be th; kick-off for the 1948 presidential campa: gp. In an effort to piovide our readei’s with a complete and copiprehensive picture of the important pro :ee(|ings Which this campaign will j feat ire] The Batta.liop has gone to great expthse and no-littlp labor to obtain for its reidefls an pminpht jour-' nalist and famous foreign correspondent who will cover the J948 flection campaignj for this paper J [ I njank important con-; eaaing figures ; of thej 1 ThL4 journa)ist’s| tacts with all:the world rank hiip as maii who will be able to present to our rfadprs, through his col umn, a comprehensive! tiehind the scenps review of the maj )r events of this elec tion year, j S 1 : ! : .'l •' Beginning toda^, Tlie Battalion will once again proudly present "to its readers the eminent observer of all things politi cal, Ivan Yantis. ^ Mr. Yzintis’ colt mil will be featured in The Battalion w r be i Ue\/s Events impor tant enough to wajrrapt his valuable at| c tention occur. (From the De'roit (Aie of the most the ladies, will talk! plate on Wednesday -. . when there wi 1 bC a petting and ap proach contest on Rubberized Swdtn paps; flesh-colored caps that tie under thej spin.—Ada. in thl Shu Frhncijbco. Neu s. •- Bounds treachmjoud ill deep water. ‘ •! 'J The Battalion, offjciall , City of College Static’ i, l* Friday iiftenioon, eJc« p k talion $ published tri* J on request. — .41-r— r-i—■ New s ; contribution i . Goodwin -Rail. Classii i Office, Rddm 209, Gof The Associated F credited to it or not cd herein. Rights ©f — t ii Entered ub tecund-class Office at Cloilesre Station, the Act of j Congress of ^KENNETk BOND" Clark' Munroo Otto Kunze.; John Singletai y C. C. Tragi., 'j T...T Chuck Moisdl. W.arx-Jn Kice, ’and Frank 'Wcjeh Frank L. Ajircs. Dudley It. James Luce, ney.. j * ' ’ • - I I'Tow that spring weather is in the air thosje pesky wasps that have been hiding in tjhe attic of your house appear. Here are a few suggestions to use to rid your self! of them. 1 The wasps can be destroyed by the use of alpoison bait. The bait is made by stir ring a teaspoon of paris green, or of com mon; white arsenic in a cupful of syrup or honey, The syrup should be moderately thick. Aft4r the poison is thoroughly mix ed throughout the syrup the bait should be daubed or mopped at places on the win- dowqfH’because the wasps usually frequent the windows^ Be sure to keen- your chil dren; iway from this poison. This may not kill t iem at once but gradually they W'ill all die.—Dutchess County Farm Bureau Neihis:, We’ve just been told of a busy house wife who umiled a couple of checks to her bank for deposit. and absent-mindedly signed her note of transmittal “Love, Janice.” Back came a duplicate of her deposit Slip, signed, wdth a debonair flourish, “Love, Bankers Trust Company.” —The New Yorker Vrca. Press) intieije&tmgjevents for he !g(f)lf course. 01 Tfexi i, tj durhOj; eekls-T Vi m$y be made'by telephone (4-5144) or at the editorial office, Rcjoiin 20f, ed ad: may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities dwih Hall. !SS lis heijwi epubti — «lattct at 'Tesks Jjarch:! 3, L )tlli SufrC- - n> rix t A California court has approved k new T contflact for M-G-M’s Margaret O’iJrieh, whereby the nine-year-old will receive $2,5(])0 weekly. The three-year contract will bring her $300,000 — so Margaret nqediTt worry! where her next ice cream conel is cbming from. [ i : ’ 1 , j. Wanted—Easier geametry tests! —Kent School News. Easier geametry tests and harder spelihg tests. e Battalion ivspaper of the Agricultural.and Mechanical College of Texas 1 and the s, is published five times al week and circulated every Monday through g holidays and examination periods. During the summer The : Bat- , Subscription rate $4.30 pjer school year. Advertising rates furnished vi lr ' , r entitled exclusively to the Oise for republication of all .news dispatches set credited in the paper apd local news of spontaneous origin publish- lipation of all other matter h|erein are also reserved. \ Pobt under 1470. Member of . Tlie Associated Press MORGAN twry ,4. ,.4...' .Wire Editor ,.fU Managing Editor!, itir, /....Feature Wri wSKaa# . Rfi'crteip iRelinious Editor • - ■’ . I '• "L. ’ . (; .1 • 1 I. . '4* Zero Don Eheelkin Si; 1 11 Joe T»i' "Grady “Toxini T. Alan C Manner i. , V! presented nationally bj’- National Ad- liiisr Service Inc., at New York City, Repr vcrtiaiii? Service Inc., at Chicago, Loa Angeles, and San Francisco. ..*J.Co-Editors -Sports Editor V ■. r F - gjr 1 > M ,\ u 1 ■ : ' rv; U. t" ' . ■ Trampling JL Out the Vintage • • i Yantis Heeds C; of Politics; Begins Journey to Philadelphia just because they think my candi- If lidme folk. By IVAN YANTIS ENROUTE TO THE REPUBLI CAN CONVENTION—I am on the road‘again. -j j Just three nights ago I looked at my scrap book and thought of last year’s trip. As I began to re live those wonderful days in Paris, I Heard a knock on my* door. Suddenly the door burst open and a figure clad in \Vhite entered. I thought of the Klu Klux Klan and ran to the nearest window, pre- pared to make a speedy departure. t)te wilt win. Ambrosia is lonesome for the h M - c *u v 5** • V' IBRII y f* "■ ■ ' ' I v-i> m r ri ■ U ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (By Iqttle Down the Brar.os River Hpadiwaiters)—I am already half '(rfty through Missouri which is really (little larger thtln Brazos bounty. Already my fame has pro ceeded me and I was met by a tnilliftg ctowd of people as I stop- icjd |o water Ambrosia at a foun- .ajin inear the MK and Texas De- icit, Sometimes referred to by the oral citizens as the Pennsylvania Station.; : I answered the cries of “Gig em Angies’’ and “You tell em Pinky” by saying a few words to the crowd. Since I had hoped to in spire them with the fire that glows jin the heart of every Texan I, (spoke to them of bringing the [battleship Missouri home to rest. For some unknown reason they did ■not appreciate my suggestion, i Visiting the local office of tho Young Republicans, I was inform ed that to enter the noi th country |l must first get rid of Ambrosia. jWjth! sadness in my heart I re moved my pack and curried the hide of that magnificant Brazos County tractor.- Then I led her through the streets of the city to ■the zoo where my efforts to trade her for an elephant were not suo- :ceksful. ; Despite the sadness at severing my last tie with home, I sold the mule'that had been my friend and j constant companion on the long journey. j Attaching a Texas license plate .to my hew, second hand motor scooter I. rode off into the east where the sun was rising over the Mississippi River which is really a dry gully compared to the broad I blue waters of the Brazos, j I pldli no stops until I get to ! Loui|Vijlle where I shall speak i for a few minutes to the cream of j Kentucky journalists. r 1 - V *»■ ■4v The white one fairly yelled at me, “Not so fast, Yantis. I’ve got you this time. You’ve been lo&f- i state. Tt LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY (By j carrier pigeon)—As the sun mpV- | ed down the horizon in the west, : my faithful scooter slowly made ; its way into the land of the Ken- ; tuCky Colonel and the home of ; the mint julep. I had colonels shining my shoes, pressing my trousers and making my bed.' Little time was wasted in get ting iatound to campaign conver sation j and I found most of the people jin favor of u presidential, electioik 1 orpered steak at one of the most famous eating places in the is known as “My Old ing for more than a month.” “Yantis,” he continued, “Brazos 'i County needs representation at the ; Republican Convention in Philadol- | phia. The Battalion also needs; a I reporter to cover the conventibh. You will leave tonight.” 'll . j J By -then I had recognized my j loud voiced friend as the editor j of The Battalion, and I nodded my j head in assent. I was short on funds and I never j did like to borrow too much money , from my friends, so I went down ; to Wellborn and bought a mule | right cheap. Her name is Ambro- j (da. I borrowed some earner pigeons from a friend and packed my be- | longings on Ambrosia. As the first light! of dawn illuminated the dead | wreath in front of Sully’s statue ; I threw a half hitch onto my pack, j climbed Sully’s back and from > there moved ont(j> the top of Atn- j brdsia. Right then and there I knew that the man who would select the next president of the United States was i on his way. """“I!?. Art'Ho'wart. Yijr Thornton^ les R. Lundelius, Leonard F. Sower, D. Mole. James F. Stuart — Sports Writers vino. Hardy E. Ro*s — — Photo 'Engraven Holen, Bob (Sack) Spoede.. .Roving Correspondents irry J ^ Circulation Manager Howell :—.—.— ,1. .Advertising Manager TEXARKANA. TEXAS (By car rier pigeon)—I picked up my pass port at the courthouse. I went into one of tho eating houses and Or dered a steak. When the waitress brought it out I almost keeled over. It was as big as the bottom of a wash tub. L talked/to a fetv oTiny Texar kana friends and told them that 1 was opposed to the Texarkana Mur derer apd that if my man was elec ted president such things as mur der and theft would cease. Despite their/pleadings I told them that the hame of my candidate will be kept secret until I get to Pitts burgh. I don’t want all these band wagon jumpers agreeing with the ■:hi Kentucky Home.” (Editor’^ note- Are you still with.us?) The steak was as big as rnyh^nd and think ing bajek to Texarkana 1 mourned for the home folks and those good KC steaks from Brazos County. After accepting an invitation to speak idt the county fair iti Louis ville bext year, I said goodbye to my friends and set out for the smokjr city of Pittsburgh. /]| ★ PITTSBURGH. PA. (By US Mdle)[--People here are not civi lized. I went into a restaurant and ordered blackeyed peas ala. Dime Box, Corn pone and sorghum syrup. They said they had never heard of it. Right then and there I lost my toinpCfl. I told them that they were talking to a friend of the next president of the United States. I further warned !JH* m that when jhe was elected Pennsylvania would; be kicked out of the union. They wanted to know who I Was supporting for president. In keep ing with my original plan, I seized upon this opportunity to tell the world (that I was supporting Roose velt ajnd Dewey. Thd crowd snorted aind jeered. They; wanted to know what I meant;' supporting a Republican and a; Democrat. I lost my temper again and told those [illiterates a thing or two. I reminded them of Roosevelt and his Rough-riders at San Juan Hill. I told them of Admiral Dewey’s courageous; work at the battle of Manila Bay. Somehow they didn’t \ w-Benders New Disease C < ; * ■nest By CHUCK MAISEL It seems as though there is no type of writer who is immune to tijie wrath of the proof:'eader. A skywriter smoking out the glories of Pepsi Cola in the blue dome above Dallas yesterday drew his “S” backward. Noticing the mistake, he hastily backtracked to the offending letter, drew a huge “X” through if and substituted the correct letter above. ★ Elbow-benders in the American forms in Japan are suffering from an occupational disease. Those who frequent Japanese saloons have found their elbows are breaking out in a rash caused by the lacquer paintjed on the bars. Most of the better Japanese bars are coated with a hequer containing the chemical lirushiol. This con pound affects 80 percent pf the Americans who lean against it, but Jap elbows seem to be immune. Local clean-up campaigners take note—it limply can’t happen here. ; The old tujne of:“Blame it on the Weither” has undergone revisions and is now called "Blame it on Petrillo. The! chief singers of this new ditty are the Juke-jBox-Owners Quartet. These purveyors of popular music are complaining that 1 M:. ' THE WORLDS ARMIES s nee have sbngi Hour lufu < pap i Petr lib baft! 6n new recordings^ ilthing |»ft For: the public except solef ay 1 iihety vintage. Oh* well, “Put on Jm Bonnet!” is nice to dance to. . j % i 1 \ if - ■ . j j [ ^tvCqfi Iton, Ohio’s fire taptain, Willfe i ih was 9 ? new 1 j? ten he t years pin sterna t the jwas th hlcljers tl stam Another B agious 1 proud oHiis company’s br ,000(pumper. He felt an inn^r at Ijuiti got a chance to use fire the Httle city has Natin comp ItjiJ nam<. Melc^njii ie: tha |t aeeiti; may elected onveht i S $, the nee to use tl biigejst fire the Ht $10,000 warehouse blaze, But to tjion, the contraption broke do Iddlq of the fire-fighting. So, e^- gotd captain by heckling fro; tjhe (tossed his fire hat to d oi i(t, and resigned from gjedy of the industrial age. H legates to the Democratic Philadelphia this summer tihef Dave been, called a nasty as though the host city got its Mixed land sflnt the disciples Of letf!rs congratulating them on their delegaties to the Republican Na- jsn. Ilf iti had been certain southern ke may have gone! unnoticed.. DIR (fSUMAUS fCTOR U S „ ,'l j : ! w cm eowiH 1. siawr Assr, cchwai mmuceuce croup i' 1 An AP New*feqture» Pictogroph al ! - t j 1175,000' • He’s Swinging GOP Dr. Nance Sees • 1 ., I For Republicans By CHUCK MAISEL In no other single group, on the campus is there so much differ ence of opinion concerning the forthcoming, presidential! election, as in the*hfstt the impor tant factor in Nance’s opinion. Michigan’s 19 electoral votes and the fact that, he has been virtually , a blank on dh*n os ttc matters Will be Vandenburg’s nemesis, he says. joe Martin of Massachusetts has the advantage of being a party regular, but his policies arc not clear-cut enough to get Nance’s ’ vote. Although he has been in Congress 22 years. Jhis name is not attached to a single important bijl. Nance is doubtful if he would make a much better president than Truman. As for “the boy wpnder,” Stas- sen, Nance giivds hi n Credit for being a tireleps and friefldly cam paigner, but he feels that'the mid- westerner mjight be like William Iryan, who “talked (too things to all Then," ahd since 1946 has done nothing but talk. He might obtain the vice-presidential nomination of the Republic Party to catch the midwest and indepen dent vote. He is a pre-Pearl Hur- assuq ing a leadership affaiis. Besides, he is labor, and the labor vtite consk ered at the Philad dpi ventit n, but it will no ; ciently important to gut highest office. Taft is too dogmatic what he means and mleurls he says”—hut this quality it may be admired and eo ed, is not always wise < n of a “hopeful” politician, offends. The historian i ay: lackirg in tact; and altiouji; shoal i bo forthright, i; alwajs pay dividends in He thinks that Bob is in tell hones t and energetic, bu; f( of his diy, cold, and uninsj iring lis Year iiientiij jnid. Union of Western Eji- (ope, partition of Palestine, and a iriiac i (participation in world af- Iftiirs. (Nht only does Dewey undejt* . • thml | phlitics, but he is the best : amp jitper in the Ropublipin I !aht>j hnij, according' to Nandc, (I as tliel best radio voice since FDR. , 'he 4| electoral votes of Now r ork y|ll be a big, talking poiflt, nrijeqdf I'] 1 ' Set ' ond tr ^ for says wha't yhile iitsuei. than any man inj Ci»r and s an able supporter right; of the individual afrid tile “big government.” ing to Nance, the rank am labor support the Taft Act, put the labor leaders part )f the act or its aut though he Was the first Truman’s draft labor bil migh get a good many alx r “His domestic policy is fo and sound, but his attitude eign affairs may not maio the Nest president that part ijfteiti “je i$ i meiii not iktes."’ tfually thajt hanf- H| hah n niore j ‘ JA rasf(, * the ^.•Sni- re ok could Things 1 '"MvI I Itresjjcijcy. Naice thinks that Truman njll ijrobablji receive (he mwl from his [arty uid, with the existing ip- lernal dissension among the ranks [f (he Democrats, Will carry the I arty town into defeat; Ills' dp- uestic and international policies re \i'iy elusive^ have.” Nphcc dismisses Earl W; California with the statenn he is a “fence-straddle r*’ western state which hi s (oral votes, which are n>t bo in demand this year by publi an party. “Althpiigh orgai izer, sound plann« :' est, be says a lot and do little,” He is by no meins “regular," having appiintl Dcmt crats and Repuhll.-an; fice. While party lines may lually he revamped in this we need not expect a tjcalifc of pi rties this year. Walb: Rq- Wd ahulllhoni- very nai ty i Wleh asked the $64 question 4* w joj |would get his nod at the oils ijr a Dewey-Truman scrap, )r. ^jilice made no hones about I he fact that he would, vote GOP, lut f the Democrats riominatWl. ■omeoW else, then he would hate tjo ro- evaluate to pick the best pos- ble inan. “Hpwever, he said, .hoove) - is elected, he must he mu n with a^ balanced .domestic' i; hd mtdrnational policy. Wo cap- ;ot sjariaratc the two. We have a^ I'urope ih Recovery Program, sats ! lance; ijnd that is what it should t, ;j] <1 not a roliof progfani. I eepirtg 1 Europe on the dole wjlU eithefi jireate friends or power (o i lippoilt!; our international policy, i hd rigjht now it, is questionable tr ijio - have an international policy. .Irt- sjibuld make it possible for ^■rtee people to produce and fird • mankdt for their goods, but if nr rdjdf .i8'|>;riminily in terms of ponsuiiners goods;” we arc misfc- iig thtj boat. We only inflaTf Otfr miestlc economy and deplete ot r ituraJl: tpsources. , A nation's b°t - - . . tlrofl-j ;|ealthHand strength, as well ts vetij- ( ' andajrjd of living, is directly ,r:- ojufitryj, (ted |j) its natural resources. |f ifien(t de loose ours, we either have to L-pU'nMh them by trade with oth- often ing. partj movement in the day. rwoul 1 be of greater service jobs Pres dent. The former ably come get in the way Thei - e is no seripu [ Eisenhdwcr and too |.ip countries as military men get the nomination president on anybody’i but Wallace’s, but professio iui diers who have been jresi 1m t ih the rast were never very itppy in tl eir pew job. No of s knot) what Eisenhower staifds and since he says he a hing Nuncd supposes (tha vigh, / Jennings Bt I l bor internationalist, the Republic “big-wii recently converted to hile niost of ” were niore the U. S. ill T)e professor believe* thn erno - Thomas E. Dewey is tlie likel r candidate to recc ye publ can nomination, h ivir g the ? lualificatibna for t ic j oi|) the equirements necesi ary curii g the nomiitation ajid ' n the election. Ho term; tic York governor, “an < xpe ’i leadfr who has followe i a i ligent course between left rigM.” Like Warren, Bass Taft he is a college educat|< (Vapdenburg has ope year lege, training and Martin He i support^ many of th( dear social reforms; : at* "Un ited” support of firm low< r taxes; a bulanc ' fctro ig national def« Har dey Act; a)id' On tionhl aide: reciprocal - *' . *|, .. i ■■ -j,.■ i. ’'I, or adquir^ them by tliink- jtfmquejjlj* if we do not wish (o ird I i jffeii | »i decline in strength arid to- ving rtandards. We must bu| [hut - 4’ H6re njust be balanced tradiip o natjiqn hr group of nations iir'er a long period of time, as prov v i by history, <*nduro either a “f< thi lie eiir 1as rob- bci- t ckc|t soil- i ippy T)S tO fofl,' run- (t all rrublef 1 *; or an “unfavorable” bal- ifide trade. Inevitably, there will accounting, concludes ■ Dir. [ ir- IAN UNIVERSITIES GET STUDENTS ERMl lT' rt— BERLIN —Aimerican, sti)- Blits again enrolling jh Ge > nan universities for summer coU’ r i :s. More than 120 American stU- ijunUi kre enrolled for study at )e untyersities of Marburg, Mufi- i |4h and Heidelberg in the U. $. :; line of Germany. In addition, (jflO i )plica|tionK have been received qy ic edutijition division of the Amef- i an Military government fro n 11 Udentls in Sweden, Holland, Be I- ;!ium, France, Switzerland aijd fnglanttj The jlourses open July 24, Th< y llflejj. lib in tended to fosteriuternation il J—u ILL I— I i J— H ,,T-. ; i uderstnnding among universe y ; i ludintoj'Organized around a cc i- •ul thijme such ai “Muii in Toda; s ! i r orld l | tliey are conducted iu p >- tical science, economics, socioloi y ilstoryijand comparative religion m ,1 ; , ; ■/,;■'