- L 1 ECA HEAD SAYS AID WILL CONTINUE SHANGHAI, p|c. Hoffman, economic fin H ti; CHINA KH Jl r.'. s : g - U -UP, Paul cooperation ad ministration* chief, said Monday the ECA would- continue to aid China under a different govem- ment-*if that government preserv ed the freedom of! the Chinese. Hoffman was asked at a news conference whether ECA aid. to China would continue if the Chi nese •Communists or a coalition government should overt h f o w Chiang Kai-Shek and his kuomin- tang governing party, j Hoffman said that rehabilitation projects already approved are con tinuing where possible in China, but that no long range projects can_bc added until the situation clarifies. ' \[}l \ He added that if the present government holds on until spring, he would recoimpend continuation of ECA in China for the second quarter of 1949. The present pro gram is tj|pe to expir^j April 1,1949. TEXAS CITY BBA * TRAFFIC IS HEAVY i . BROWNSVILLE, Tax. Dec. 14- Wi- Despite- the ; 1945 explosion that destroyed Texus City's dock wrea^that port averaged a million tons per nmnlli la bulk liquid car- goes and sea train IrNffic, This was- Aiumumied here today v W, II, l«nqb#f|i of Texas City I a meeilnjr itf Uie Texas Ikirts asocial tun,, Hltmlhm'tri prea dehl Vol Itulldlhg Moimlon, saUi tiavlgatlon disl.rlul now has uiu I 1948. j| ' « 25 NEW ! V H _i i. AIR FORCES DENY EMERGENCY STATE fort Worth, £>ce. 14 —(a>)_ An Air Force official said today that the 8th Air Fojrce, i^Ith head quarters here^Jtoill! remain' on a ‘readiness alerWIuring the'Christ mas holidays. However, he denied there was anything iunusual in the situation.' ,. • J Col. John A. Roberts, Jr., acting chief of staff for the 8th; said "We've been an ‘alert’ outfit since we were reactivate*! after the war and the UberaL Christmas leave judiCy for 2B ! ihimld lie proi V . . f-1. 7 t of personnel - • r we're hot too much owieefnwl," He gdded that the instructions to personnel taking holiday leave were that they ho available to re turn lb their luises within 25 hours If needed "is entirely customary." NEGOTIATIONS I EHLMEI) IN HW HELL WALKOUT • ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14 —(A*)^. Ne- gotwthms were n i si|m4d yesterday in nn' effort to OVrtrt a strike hy 50,(100 union enirilbyes of. the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. There was no indication of an early agreement. ; Officials ;©f the' company and Southwestern Dlvisibn 20, commun ications worker of America (Ind), met with a federaf conciliator at 10::i0 a. m. er«(ary, M Ghaolar of (he National Fomulrjmitn'n Nnclaiy ar« Nlmwu from Ml In rlkhli ('. HprakKlHN. ireMnreri Ihibhy D. Hlona, vice president i j, A, Whllaare, prteldanl and V. t’, lUnkell, 4- VeTnon Hallny, P<>it dlVj^tor said the llmrls^' rim nt coiisCruetlon a $1,750,ooo dock that will carry three railroad tracks. - Duane Oh*. (Ilstrldt. engineer for Ihe Corpus Christ! navigation dln- trlct, said the CorpOs (ihrlsti port will handle 22 nlillion tons during Horticulture Display Shows Texas Fruit Development RRC BEGINS ‘SHOW CAUSE* ACTIONS AUSTIN, Dee.' Id -UPi_ The railroad commission Monday or dered oil operators in 25 addition al fields to show .cause Jan. 26 why they should not cease flaring 177 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. ; j ; . The order was the same type which preceded recent commission i directives closing in 15 fields for alleged wasteful flaring of gas ' produced incidentally with oil. Under commission: procedure, op erators are first directed to show cause why they should ; hot halt gas waste. If they do not, to the com- ' mission’s satisfactidh, shut in or ders may follow. The first batch close down ord ers resulted in filing .of 19 suits against the commission enjoining enforcement. | By CHARLEY PUCKETT The A&M Horticulture Show has on exhibit a variety of fruits and vegetables rang- i|ig from inedible cityus from Which our present-day grape-, fruit and oranges developed to the most luscious oif the present season’s crop. ' j The | show opened yesterday morning and closes this afternoon at 5. Exhibits from fruit gpowerp from points all over Texas are fea- tured. ; 1 :j : With the advancement pf horti cultural science and fruit-growing as its chief purpose, the show is ah annual affair sponsored by the AA M HortLculjture Club. The study of diseases is also stressed* \ There are many varieties -of cit rus on display including the orange grapefruit, and tangelo, which are important commercially and also some varieties which are only im portant as rootstocks. The tangelo is a hybrid between the grapefruit and the tangerine. According to Dr; H. T. Black- V A- A# If ; WEATHER • East Texas — Cloudy and mild, scattered showers : tni.s afternoon, tojaight and Wed- indsday. Cooler northwest poii- tHpn Wedp afternoon. Mo itrkte to f southeast and south wind* on >gieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1948 v , j ; Student Life Votes To Hav / •■■'/I y H] / Election On ‘Annual’ • ' ' . • . T / / I • I i ; ' ' -w.-, •' •• t: 1 < | N I Senate ^elects A-M Delegates To SW(t Dance Ted Copeland, cadet colonel of the Air Force Group, and Mias Pat Parkeir, Aggie sweet heart, will represent A&M at the Southwest Conference New Years Evd atudent dance held In coniunetlori with the Cotton Bowl festivities Robert Smith chairman of the Stu dent Senate mwlul committee, announced today, Tim Informal tUnor will be held lit Hip HMU.ltudtmt Union Build* log a lid Parkin* (lymnNxium from 11 p, m, to Hlilltt. Tha ‘ ‘ iHdltfglftto hand fram Uaod and a oollVglftUi band fran HMU will providip inuilo for tiv dance Npunaoftd by tha Uottol. Howl AHRoclatlon, Mine* no mmmy I* available to provide e floor show, Hmllh said that each conference school will pre*ent about five minutes en tertainment as part of the pro- ..gram ut tho dance Each conference school will have a representative on the dance plan ning committee ,which will meet at 4 p. m. Fridajf, December 31, in the SMU Student Union Building, Smith said. Lutheran Students Christmas Party Set for Wednesday Nl I I " I . j-*. The Lutheran Students Associa tion’s annual Christmas party will be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Lutheran student center, Richard Wornat; Association pres ident, announced Monday. The party will include a shower for the student center kitchen, each member bringing a. kitchen utensil selected from the group on display at the center, Wornat said. A short program, including the opening of the present^ and the singing of carols, is planned for the party. \ \ A Special par<(y for married stu/ theii - families will be dents and held Thursday light Wornat said. NTAC ixes Plan : I ChriMtinaH Dinner Scheduled Tonight Chrlatmna dinner for the Cadet Corn* will bo aerved In Duncan Hall tonight L. H. Moon Htoward, announced iodny, The (llnuor will bo nearly the *nmo a* the Thanksgiving dinner, turkey, dre**lng, and cranberry *uuce Inclu led, Moon said. Kblsu Ha I will kIno nerve Chrl*t- nta* ijinnei'l Moon added. New Year’s Dance . T[ \ . . The North Texas Agricultural College Ex-Students' Association Now Year’s Eve party will be held in the Brazilian Room of the Mel rose Hotel in Dallaa according to Morman E, St. Clulr vice-chairman of the invitation* committee. The charge for reservation*, which Include dinner, U $330 per person, All reservation* are to be sent to Elisabeth Gann, P, 0, Box 272, Arlington, Tex ah, and should Include remittance In the form of cash, money order, or check, not later than December 24, St. Clair said. Committee Will Review ■ l. j .• / • y I. m " J •' • r A' ' I VA- Number A ei 4 /, l . |, j | . t . 2 • :• L , 47 ‘J|i * i Thursday, January 6, was set by the Student Life Committee as the election to decide whether to change or to continue the present nwr' * 1 W. L. Penberthy read the recommendation of the Student Senate plated change to the committee to begin the sessftm. During the discussion following*the reading'.of the Senate re ♦ tiona considered included .these i «i>4(il j j Deadline For Vanity Fair , Entries Jan. 1 The deiulllne FaIp peetlon of htot been pxtmulwl from D IB to Jun, 4, Marl Roh«, Lo horn co* find the source of his news in his office. Finally he finds his informant and, after a three hour wait in the out er office, gets his interview. Then he returns to his faith ful typewriter and tries to think of a novel lead (first sentence to you non-journalists). This rocess seldom takes over two for the More experienced writers. Finally the story is written and sent “down-stairs." A month later it appear* on the ith the lead rewrit- J I A j] ■Mi ( [ A / The person about whom it is written then sues the paper for HbeL ; 1 y The second type of feature is considerably simpler. The reporter merely takes a story out of some California newspaper or from the AP wire, changes the first and last sentence and runs it with his by line. A variation of this system is the collection of short plagierisms Jn a single story. It is the last kind, that appears the simplest to write. This variety, commonly known as fictional fea tures, is what causes all feature writers to have a glassy stare in their eyes. To illustrate, let’s use the ficticious character variation. In the first place the charac ter must be created. This is ac- . complished at a conference of the feature staff. The troops are unchained from their desks snd led to s comfortably padded room. Here, each of them recall either their latest nlghtmsrs or tha characters conjured hi their ’ bind during their last with Demon Rum. If ideas are not rapidly forth' encounter coming, an artificial stimulus is and water. After the character has been created, the trooper who wobbles the straightest » appointed to write the story. I : After several hours of deep thought, he hunts up a copy.of the last fictional feature he wrote and copies the desired with from that. Finally, after two packages of ci garettes, ten visits to the editorial room, five cokes, and a cold shower or two, he presents the finished article to be proofed. / The feature editor shoves aside hia box of pick-up-sticks, reads the story, grimaces, writes a head for it, seals it in an odor-proof con tainer and ships it to the print- shop. The maid sweeps away the kernels from the feature depart ment floor and the troops retire for the night I would toll you Mpiriuif jour nalists how thp feature editors write those heads, but I must now. I have an appointment my psychiatrist i ! A 4 ■ .i i! A >•' , /;( (i XA r included should write-ins be allowed oi ballots ? should thh sugg changes be limited to oply 10/tiam es ? and should the list be derided Howard ami seconded Xpy Jerry Butherland was accepted un«(nlm* nuriy by the committee after being added to by Chuck $(b*nt**, j The motion fol that the hullot "lid Ui th> Nt$mv , iiv wiphj MnfHN have two parte. Tht upper pari shill canteto a vote fur ur alnat the changing of the name the yeitebook. The lower part *11 Inchide all ulf the mm ini'* suggested and turned to to the editor Of The LonghorN.l'he fol* lowing stotetnent will ippeetf on the lower part of- the hullot, above the namest 7tf a change la to be made, merit your selec tion on the list of hew names." If more than oho half of the votes favor u change ,the change will be made. If on* of the pew •r*—•••—f ’ A blink for students for. submitting posilble names Is on Page Ip to June annual •Til names receive a majority of the votes (over 50%) it ^flil be chosen. If no name has received a majbrity a run-off list will be composed of the three names which poll the highest number of votes plus any other names which poll as much as 20% of the votes. < If no name receives a majority in the first run-off election, thie top 2 names will be vbted on ,in a third election. Name suggestions must be in by 6 p. m., Tuesday, January 4. The election will b«f held on Thursday, Januaily 6, iijj the usual manner. ’ . S 1 A recommendation by the;Stu dent Senate that the water tower be painted was presented to the group. Doyle Avant explained the background of the water tower problem and credited Colonel of the Corps Don McClure with the painting idea. Ray Hdlbrook moved that the tower be painted aril his motion was seconded; by Avarit. The motion which passed (ana- miously called for ipainting the tower maroon and allver With the outfit symbols!’attpund '■ the bottom and “Welcome io Affoie- l*nd” around the rides. A letter of gratitude front the family of M. H. Slothman express ing appreciation for flowerri sent to hia funeral was read. On the request of Rennie 2inn, Penberthy appointed a committee composed of ine Corps member* of the Student Life Coipthittee io in vestigate possible changes ift the requirements for the Qsorge Moore Trophy. Appointed t(( the cotomit- tee headed by Zinn were Doi) Me- dura, Don Kasper, poyle Avant Ted Copeland, Tom irCarter, i an Jack Qulrey. '4 The u*e of $110 fyom the fund ,• Vi Redded that production." This film had i been rented at $10 per Week by the YMCA for showing^ on the mam- pus to the past After being: pur chased, It will be available without charge for showings by college or ganizations. - The committee r bills of the Student Activities Office for more thin $100 ehall be subject to the approval Student Welfare and I Hon Committee before bei cepted. This commlttM wil port to the Student , Life mittoe each month on the approved and disapproved, i An intensive discussion was held by the committee cerning the advisab changes in the presei ulations, particular!; taining to ; parking thy is to investig of making changes ah controlling the advif advisability of makir srs ; con- Lof making traffic reg- lities reasons / Or Ini- the changes. -—A-— New Time Set For p , . * ■ “ 1 :' Near u: registered rent en the tioa are a . the Chemistry 7 p.m., W< \y i \ i't c Ax : i:j v ’v . j.li ^ 1 ij. % for a student AiM yearbook, ig toe contem- Arr i : ! ' i , I • il on, the quea- Li i Iv , ■- htt« ttti|ioun$i mont. ij62.(H RHdlilf.|)61 llvllltf Iri eo will bo Decomlwr <(!1) oxcluddd) aiW of Jaiiijary. BiudetAs who? do y Wcdi fliuil 1m id Htmit>ai«r a&Fi Dot*. IB, , oomptrol «r, Tho InNUII- frir corpM men j I4k< fe«f|%’ , ■ „ . , . $1 per diy fotj 4acli day that they are late ji in thefr payment, Holi- non-oorn* men dorm II orlei. Mmuimler of rljilmnd holiday f|or the month • . j I ; •( not pay Ihelr , cdne vlalv will be fined any studOhts 41 feOs wifi!)to five the new col- «unn ,7ia FolLw U. nr I rantl office will Ills the names of o not pay their lys from Wed nesday.!! • j/| Holzminn advised students go ing home for Itqe iholidays to pay their feed before lehving since next Tuesday,;: Decemjato 21, «* line for paymei iAAu 1 the dead* tf Cori On A riinn ize curing met Contrary to mery in Tulia of ,fhe Dairy meht. !wf* icesc Now at A&M Jr 4'i- ■ it a temperature „ | normal 60-60 de may revolution- I previous theor- s’ ies, this ipremiisi was advanced by Henry Teube effthe Swisher Crea- ments to prbfd theory. Several j pieces are beipf cure*!; at a temperature i Moore ^said tjmt pieces will be a every 3 i month for ri ,nd a ere k tabjutot )f the Hr$z w Mm gonorrh* thewee^kU AA In Dir. A. V. Moore usbandry Depart- isbandry." Depart- The Diiry , meht has; begun In series of experi- or disprove the of cheese fate of about one Each piece will sness by a chemi- isto test aa it ia mperature curing | su(ice*sfui‘ it will a to cure cheeae re quickly, Mourd Diarrhea,Measles Top Clf Hinrases fl I mhastea and Influenaa held the- top ifMitlun among ten dlmsss repot ted in the College ,h * iw ” k mriiriea^* lisss w casei 4 aijid 21 infiuenif in the weekly 0a County Health ase* of syphilis and four casi* wiere reported for e Bryan krea. illMeet Tonight of the AAUP 8 in the As- e YMCA, the announced, vrill discuss t A&M." In ad- of the . of the UP and Associa te Dallas and said, f in San Class- AssocktiML arton of North era College has t Of thi* 'I | IT chert Associa SHOWS \; Dee. 14 nut down two iters at the. which des- ( to the W Am