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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1948)
• * Conibe '1^ "fCay, Farmed I plow? “The dairy bail way! “This isn’t a'i this is a football Those and heartfelt greetiii the iff- 1 • •• r 1 r • ' - ' ^rliii i ■■ t i ; ill I ; i Aggie B#l Shines Again .if- ' •¥ : Texas Campps In M, .— : I* i. « a i j I'l 7 f '' ' ' s' ' ?V ■ilBK -f ; { f • — 1 . th< Wheiie’ m r. back at stock me!” | ilar •vvordsi of rang! through wded streets of aftembon las a streamed Sntclj ommngi tiblesHalf-Masted ighorn to W^tchi |Si| the' tit would | hie tie convertible Cl Austin Wedttesi swarm of AgL the land of the what everyone | themselves thou" track meet. The; orange add white] accord .ingf to the pre ; game fraternity house publicity Uppe, would lead) the way in the .Turkey Day race ..’around Memoriaij;Stadiupri Wherej football was to bfe served exclusively, j ir :||ji i t.i Something went wrong, Things went wrong fw^the hoys from Forty Aero* frjp the time I hey missed the UrfM In their Win- fire bombing rim until fhe litst , ronvertible.ltit xfip at hhtf niust, - crept slowly oullrrom under |he end sene stands, However, tiatll: the last the Teiins wouldn't ad mit their halldftf downfall. According to l|to Dully Tosun, TU style when the Aggies “woodpile" Tun could only wttnti the “remnliw'' w on the ground, pilots e gri who atteip Itet to bumd td , v . Operation Arsofuwerei nlmos percent succesafult accordlng t Texan. Itt fact, titcre are! pro) still a few uninformed oi'angd 'ill -'"i 1 ' '.-ll iy night" i hey ifttdr 4t|nd»i hivgr tnheis fed’ mg lot) the bly anti lii'lit' roojte^ who are gloating over tbei ] aifl, : f . ■ ;•>, Wednesday, when the maSK of the A&M student body migrated to Austin the self-appointed or ange and white sooth-sayers had only word: i off gloom to shout from the upper stories of their various and sundry ‘fraternity houses. It might not rain fair 40 days and 40 nights, so sgid |the TU prophets, but days at; Agiieland would be cloudy and dark'after the inevit- Agaip, able Lonj htfrn Ivictory something went wrong, Things kept going wrong for thC LongK injts on Wednesday night for the dapper dogs from the drag! attempted to out yell the: Aggies att midnight yell practice on CongrpHS avenue. Apparently they miscskiilated the number of men who ivoUld attend the session even on the eye of defeat, for most of the Ag rif* failed to notice the frantic'' on the edgi njapi: pally” which formed ilgetf of fhe crowd at yell practice, j jli 14 'This is If.] Tho I.onghornM The feillilt among the Aggies WedncMde^l hight seemed to lie the Hitm< 'I’j 'All rlghv you Longhorns.! lot's! out; yell thi|s»« farmers with the whisper yell! tot's make 'em hear. It clear acropi th«* fleldl” Again HomKhliig went wrong.: The Whlisfef plf lived up to its n«|itic mbfe Vtlmif any other! yell th«* I fm ....... ittfiaiit a.., . that! afteriUik It was the whisper-; tnist yelti oLtlho afternoon, bar! mini, ! • iTy ‘ i 1:!! I Then, t! half, prog —rr game. As the first lie supportetc of) ^,;r ~ i tra point the game, so the story went around the university section, was just beginning. The scoring was on its way. This time, they were right, the scoring had just started. .d Halftime and it was 7 to 0, and it was also time for the Aggie Band to pot on its best show of the year. Even the fans - fron(i Texas were impressed with flawless precision which marked the halftime activities of the men from A&M. No other band in the Southwest, if in the nation could put on the show which the . Aggie Band did, and in that 'there were 68,000 people in agreement. \] Following the Aggie part of the halftime show, the Longhorn band showed that it top could strut its stuff. Concluding With a tribute to Juke Bleymaicr who hud cured for the athletic property for 40 years, the orange and white dud musi cians exhibited u marching skill that proved they,; too, had n top rate bund. : The second half nnti uguin some thing Went wrong for ihe Long- horns. They scored uguin, and for them that wns nil right, but the hitch in un hIDToxuh ufternoon ' filfl jid |\ A:\ ■/, iilY B' I- i , came when the Aggies completed their second crossing of the double stripe to end the scoring for the day and put the erid to a jjinx that the university fans thought they had. Much to the disappointment of the orange and wh|te, they didn’t listen to Silver Tapp. The schedul ed track meet never got started. The whisper yell failed to make a mark on the scorebjoard, ajnd eVPn the convertibles with th^ir guards at present arms faile change the final t» down from the hoard, fir grill failed to Uy gleaming 14-14. ’VTI* II will HIV l/WMI U, l"•-4.1, Th« Longhorns didn't whip the Aggiesj The unsuccessful bombing’ raid wps a sign, a sign of a change In Aggie luck. One sports writer commented that Lady Lurk reach- mi out and hugged the Aggies, to htM* bosom. It Just goes to show that It pays to sny,i “We love you, Indies!" Plx ' I I • 'i 1 ' i I i I I ’ ^ President Truman and Advisers Plan Taft-Hartley Act Repeal WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 —(/P)-—►President Truman and his IdUor lieutenants begin this week to shape the labor policyjof his new administration. , Chief item, because of the Truman campaign pledges, is repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and writing a new labor law. Setting the stage for that yea-^" 1 1 ! ! terday, a team of labor depart-' ment attorneys was ready with a trt ABNER IHo Coane of Tim L>V« i -X; | li’L ABNEE r tetfstsfcas? / ' [/] MAH-POrF.’*- WIND'S Gl VIM'OUT ON ME- AH'U. LOCK MAHSELF IN THE! WOODSHEDS ??f-D»DNT KNOW, ^THARWAS ONE i HERE/fJ A getter Louse-Twy ! im : ' mi t~..rrr;r 2 mb \i 1 iyAlC*pp The Battalion CLASSIFIED ADS •“"mw Tw W. H. U Page 6 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, IHM IT report to! Mr. Truman on what should go into his “state of the union” message to the new con gress in January. The lawyers, skilled at indus trial relations and drafting of laws were Selected by {Secretary of La bor Maurice Topin to draw up the reeommendatipns. They will propose that 'Mr. Tru man appeal to the New Democra tic controlled house and senate to -junk the Taft-Hlartley Act—op posed by labor leaders—and sub stituted a compromise which would merge some features of the 1947 law and the Wagner Act of 1935. The Labor Department advisers also will suggest that the president offe'r a specific compromise bill to congress to accompany the Taft- Hartley repeal measure. This may not be popular with A . ^i§tj ttoqnlrwl from The (i’ommcniiutor'K Ugly IVf of tpouftci* iviit .iiivnrdrri by lOorky Jackson, nothlcm at the North Gat<h ~ ~ 7"*" — ■■I maam HHHPn The |MHr left, owner of Corky's *50 TO] . i . the AFL and GIO, whose con ventions demanded outright re-, peal of the Taft-Hartley Act and' restetation of the Wagner Act. Both big labor groups showed they were willing to proceed with “reasonable” changes after 1 '• / ! r— . ,1- | ! ■ j j What’s Cooking : ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CLUB 7:30 u. m.,. Wednesday, Room 10, AOS-STUDENT AFFILIATE to night 7:30. Chemistry Bldg., Rm. 9. Speaker Mr. Ifrenzel, Subject: Infra-ijed absorption spectra. Biology Building.! MARSHALL A&M CLUB. 8 p. m., Wt'dnesduy, Dorm 10. Lounge. Picture-tnkcn for Longhorn. NEWfcOMERS jCLUB, 3 p. m.. Wednesday, YMCjA. PRB-MKDICAL PRK-DEN. TAL SOCIETY Tuesday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Room 32 Science Hull. TEXARKANA CLUB, 7 p. m., Thursday, Roomj 105 Academic Buildirig, Christotas party plans. the Wagner Act is fe-enacted but Ihey want that as the starting , point The administratipn meanwhile pushed the development of an overall labor policy it would like to see state governments ajnd state legislatures follow. : The annual conference On state labor legislation start three-day sessions I here Tuesdiy. j Kt,I, WITH A HATTAl.tON OLAMHlfflKD 4b. 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Fire chief Harry Kerr described the fire, which was discovered at in Li Truman Reaffirms Civil Rights Plank, Negro Leader Says 4:25 a.mj., as the worst in Lufkin’s history. Hv-. 1 The fire started in the 2-story building! from an undetermined cause. A passing taxi driver turn ed in the alarm. As fireman arriv ed on the scene an explosion blew out show windows pi the ui it ignis; i rug nun.i signs of any compro- Walter White; secre- P<>rry The caus- itAers department store, fire eWef said the blast was ed by accumulated beat: He said the fire apparently smouldered a long time before, flames broke through the window* and| poof of the 2-iitpPy building. It sprPad to the top floqr of the 3-story building from the roof of the 2-stpry structure. The buildings were loon ted on South First and Lufkin Avo., the busiest corner in thip EH*t Texas city- ; 11/! !; .. • ! SPECIAL CLEARANCE! j/j! j • j . j ' j ’ I | j! •; ,. . I (j on ETON SUITS ;! i[j. '. •; ! ! , 1. -[j ■■ • ’ jl 1 J |^- ,/. 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It/ White roplif<j: / “He expre*sed dotormlnatiori^to go straight through with It.”/ A reporter] noted that thofv has bOen talk in Congress of xVorl ing mit n compromise that .might be satisfactory to the preiHtejnt. It was then that White said! he had seen no signs /f ctntproibise in discussing the matter with Mr. Truman. L / White Said the presdent told him he was obligated to no one. - 1 / '-.w- Okie A&M First In Crop Judgi: | f/et CHICAGO, No’- Oklahoma;A&M Cr' v.’o-i the crop judging contes held vdth the Internbtibnal Livies ock E> po sition here last night, edging Tex as Tech. I The Oklahoma Aggief got 54)55 points out of a possible 5,400. Tech scored 5,018.2 points.; Ibxas A&M Was third with. 4,951 p<ints Oklahoma A&M’s Rolsrt Wright was top individual and vas follbw ed by Allen C. Elliot, a; teammate Robbie E. 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