NEWS
In Brief
COMMITTEE APPRVES
FILIBUSTER RULING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 —OP)
Senator Lodge (R-Mass.) said
Wednesday the Senate Rules Com
mittee approved an anti-filibuster
rule by a 10 to 3 vote.
Leaving a closed-door session of
the committee, Lodge said the vote
■was for an amendment to the Sen
ate rules so that two-thirds of
senators voting could apply a gag
to debate at any time.
Lodge said the three opposing
votes were cast by senators Sten-
nis (D-Miss), Long (D-La) and
Hunt (D-Wyo.).
The committee action merely
sends the proposal on to the Senate
itself.
In the Senate, the matter can be
called up at any time but it is
subject to debate.
Southern senators already have
threatened to filibuster, or keep
debate going indefinitely, in order
to prevent the senate from voting
to adopt such a rule.
B-36 COMPLETES LONG
RANGE, HIGH SPEED RUN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 —CP)—
A giant B-36 bomber flew here
from Fort Worth, Texas yesterday
at an average speed of 338 miles
an hour, covering the 1,218 miles
in three hours and 36 minutes.
The Air Force reported this af
ter the six-engine plane, the worlds
largest and longest range warplane
arrived at Andrews Airbase, Md.,
for next Tuesday’s congressional
air show.
The plane is attached to the
Seventh Bomb Wing of the Eighth
Air Force of the Strategic Air
Command, Carswell Airbase, near
Fort Worth.
MARINES LEAVE CHINA
FOR PORT SAN DIEGO
TSINGTAO, China, Feb. 10 —
(A*)—Two troop transports with
1,600 U. S. Marines aboard left
this North China port Tuesday,
with at least some of them bound
for San Diego.
Departure of these Marines a-
board the transports Enrico and
Renefield reduces the number of
leathernecks remaining in Tsing-
tao to one battalion which will
stay in billets afloat in case they
are needed by the 70 Americans
remaining in Tsingtao.
(This would indicate that some
Marines already have been with
drawn from Tsingtao. Originally
there was one battalion there.
These were reinforced by approx
imately 3,000 Marines from Guam
last November.
(Six hundred Marines subse
quently were shifted to Shanghai,
where they are now stationed a-
float. Yesterday’s withdrawal of
1,600 leaves about 800 unaccounted
foi’. Presumably, these have been
withdrawn in small groups to some
other Pacific base.)
BERSERK GUNMAN SHOOTS
UP DALLAS INTERSECTION
DALLAS, Feb. 10 —CP)—A ber
serk gunman poured pistol fire
into a downtown intersection for
20 minutes here yestei’day, criti
cally wounding a postman and hit
ting a Negro boy. Police captured
him after firing two shots into
the YMCA room where he had
barricaded himself.
Theodore Thornton, 40-year-old
postman was shot through the
temple and Willie Henry Rainbolt,
16-year-old negro delivery boy was
shot through the leg as he crossed
the intersection on his bicycle.
Police identified the man as
Charles A. Gordon, 28, of Madera,
Calif., employe in Dallas of the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com
pany. Capt. Will Fritz of the po
lice depai’tment said Gordon iden
tified himself as a University of
California, Los Angeles, graduate
and a naval veteran but refused to
answer any questions concerning
the shooting.
Fritz said the man used a .22
automatic pistol and that 625
rounds of long-range ammunition
were found in his room.
COAST GUARD AWAITS
REPORT FROM CUTTER
CORPUS CHRISTI, Feb. 10 —
(A*)—The Corpus Christi Naval Air
Station announced yesterday it
was asking a report from the coast
guard cutter Triton, engaged in a
search for a missing vessel in the
Gulf of Mexico.
At mid-morning, Commander W.
A. Dean at the naval station said
a radio message was being drafted
to ask a report from the Triton.
The cutter is searching an area
50 or 60 miles east of Corpus
Christi in an attempt to locate the
San Salvador, a vessel believed by
the navy to be a Latin-American
banana boat. From this area Sun
day, the San Salvador sent a fran
tic distress call: “Hole in Hull.
God help us.”
A navy plane sighted no sur
vivors, I'afts or lifeboats. The tri
ton was ordered to proceed to the
oil patch and presumably reached
it Tuesday.
MITCHUM RECEIVES
60 DAY SENTENCE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 —<A>)
Robert Mitchum, rugged film hero,
yesterday was sentenced to 60 days
in jail on a charge of conspiracy to
possess marijuana cigarettes.
Actress Lila Leeds, convicted
with Mitchum on the marihuana
possession charges, also was given
a 60-day term.
Superior Judge Clement D. Nye
first announced a jail sentence of
one year, then said it would be
suspended. He placed Mitchum, 31,
and the blonde Miss Leeds, who
gives her age as 20, on probation
for two years, with the provision
that they spend the first 60 days in
jail.
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48 — — " COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949 Number 121
THE MOONMAIDS, beautiful singers from North Texas State Teachers College, will appear
at the Vaughn Monroe concert Saturday night in Guion Hall.
Question of the Week
Students Stiy Communism
Agrees With Webster
Senate Traffic Group Finds
System Of Rules Inadequate
mf.i. p ii Committee Asks Complete Revision of Rules;
Military oaii r; , c . i . i\t_i • t* tr*
Plans Nearing
Final Stage
Final plans are nearing
completion for the Military-
Ball to be held February 12.
Preceding the Ball, a full
dress review of the cadet
corps will be held on the main
drill field at 4:30 Saturday
afternoon.
That evening Vaughn Monroe
will give a concert at Guion Hall
in conjunction with his regular
“Camel Caravan” radio program
which will be broadcast from the
Guion stage.
The formal Military Ball will
begin at 9 p. m. Saturday, and
many guests of honor will attend.
Chancellor and Mi’s. Gibb Gil
christ, President and Mrs. F. C.
Bolton, the members of the Board
of Directors an,d their wives, have
all accepted invitations to the Ball.
Dignitai'ies who will attend are
Governor Beauford Jester, Cong
ressman Olin Teague, film star and
war hero Audie Murphy-most dec
orated soldier of World War II,
and Major General Harry Vaughn
military aide to President Truman
and others.
Guests of honor will dine in
Sbisa Hall at 6:30 with the cadet
corps.
By C. C. MUNROE
What is communism? Webster
defines it as “any theory or system
of social organization involving
common ownership of the agents
of production, and some approach
to equality in the distribution of
the products of industry; unformu
lated socialism.”
That’s Webster’s approach. The
approach of Aggies, while not as
concise as Noah’s, shows that
communism is being thought about
on the campus more than many
people x’ealize.
To determine just what the av
erage student’s conception of com
munism is, a survey was conducted
on the campus yesterday after
noon. Of 40 people questioned, only
one had no comment or admitted
that they didn’t know. The other
31 ventured their opinions.
In answer to the query, “What
is Communism?” B. G. Lang
ford, a junior architecture major
from Mount Enterprise, came up
with this definition. “It is a form
of social government where a
man works according to his
ability and receives according to
his needs.”
“Communism is government by
the state with all enterprise sub-
Cadet Painters
Being Queried
Two of the students reportedly
responsible for the rash of yellow
figure “30’s” which has broken out
on the campus were, apprehended
by college officials this morning.
No names have been released.
The yellow scourge first appeax*-
ed Tuesday when the figure “30”
was noticed painted on dormitory
doors. Later it spread to automo
bile windows, the YMCA, and even
on the patrol car of the campus
security.
The investigation of the matter
is being handled by the Military
Department.
Trotter Will Talk
At Austin Meeting
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, director of
the Extension Service, will speak
at the morning session of the Tex
as Dirt Farmers Congress’ annual
meeting in Austin, February 18.
Trotter will speak on the sub
ject, “Texas Agriculture in World
Trade.”
ject to state supervision.” That
was the comment of T. J. Mul-
downey, a senior from Houston.
C. V. Erck, company command
er of E Veterans who is majoring
in business had this to say. “Com
munism is a form of government
whereby individual persons are
gainfully employed. The products
which they produce are govern
ment owned with the primary pro-
ducei’s getting compensated on a
salary scale directed by the state
and detei'mined by what the state
thinks the producers need.”
A different slant on Commun
ism was put forth by A. D.
Auld, a junior business major
from Kerriville. “Communism?
That’s anything that a person
doesn’t like. At least that’s the
way most people use it now.”
A junior in D Field, K. D. Cook
from New Orleans commented,
“Communism is a form of gov
ernment where man works for the
state in return for the necessities
of life.”
“Theoretically, communism is a
‘perfect’ democi’acy.” said Tom
Golden, a business major from
Dallas in B Veterans Company.
“But, as the Russians work it, it
is strictly a police state.” he quali
fied.
A member of the corps staff, J.
B. Templeton, junior engineering-
major from Dallas, defined com
munism as the “Equal distribution
of wealth throughout the land re
gardless of the wox-k involved. With
it thei'e is no incentive to be en
terprising or industrious.”
Pete Booker, a senior Ag Eco
major fx-om Del Rio defined a
communist country as a place
“Where people are forced to
work for the government and
support the views of that gov
ernment whether or not those
views coincide with their own.
Individual freedoms must be
given up under communism.”
Another out of state student, M.
W. Parse, a sophomox-e fx-om Tulsa,
Oklahoma majoring in Civil Engi
neering defined communism as a
“socialistic form of government
run by a dictator where all private
agencies ax-e controlled by the gov
ernment.”
One of the shortest defini
tions of communism was given
by R. W. Smythe, a junior archi
tectural construction major from
El Paso. “Communism is duress
and intimidation of the civilian Management Club
Engineering Essay
Contest Will Open
Here February 15
“Why I Want to Be An Engi-
neei',” a freshman engineering es
say contest to be sponsored by the
Student Engineers Council and the
A&M Engineer, was announced at
the regular meeting of the Coun
cil Monday, February 7. The con
test will open February 15 and
close March 20. It is open to any
first tern or second term fresh
man engineering student.
First pi'ize is $10, second prize
$6, and the third prize is a pipe.
Information may be obtained
thx-ough the February issue of The
Engineer. The purpose is to find
editorial talent for the Engineer.
The Council approved the pro
posal to change “All College Day”
to “A&M Open House Day” upon
the recommendation of the Com
mittee composed of Carter Phil
lips, president of the Council, J.
W. Andrew and J. T. Goodwyn,
Jr.
K. A. Manning, president of the
Student Agricultural Council, was
a guest and spoke briefly of the
work of the Agricultural Council.
Barton Will Lead
A&M Rifle Team Sets Match
With UT, NTAC Here March 5
By CLAYTON SELPH
A shoulder to shoulder match
of rifle teams from the University
of Texas, North Texas Agricultur
al College and A&M is scheduled
here for March 5, accox-ding to an
announcemexxt by the Military De
partment.
Only six men from each college
will participate in the match. Men
who will represent A&M are
Cloyde Buchanan, James McCulley
Hershel Shelby, George S. Kent,
Clifford A. Tayloi', and Cornelius
Duyf, who will be the alternate in
case one is necessax-y.
NTAC boasts several excellent
riflemen who are expected to give
the Aggies sonxe stiff competition.
The top men are John L. Kelly and
Brian Lowry. Kelly has distinguis
hed himself by firing in the Na
tional Rifle Association matches.
His shooting ability placed him
eighth in the Association last De-
cembei'.
The rifle team at A&M has just
completed firing its Fourth Army
Intercollegiate and Interscholastic
Rifle match. It was carried on by
mail and consequently the results
are not yet known.
Ten men from A&M participated
in the match. Out of a possible in
dividual score of 800, the men at
A&M fired as follows: Cloyde
Buchanan 768, Clifford Taylor 758
James McCulley 750, George S.
population by the government.”
The conception that communism
was the control of a large number
of people by a few highly placed
people' was expressed by many of
the students questioned. On the
whole, the survey showed that the
general idea of communism is cen
tered ax-ound govex-nment by force,
suppression of liberty, and lack of
free enterprise.
Agronomists Name
Nominating Group
Delegates who will go to Den
ton in March to select the Cotton
Pageant queen and her court were
elected at a meeting of the Agro
nomy Society Tuesday night, Ger
ald Darby, reporter, announced to
day.
Among the seven men chosen
are Willie A. Kelling, Ax-ch Jacob
son, Bill Townsend, James E. Tro-
ublefield, Conrad C. Onlendorf,
Roy Cook, and George W. Kunze.
Winfred S. Darby was elected
representative for the Agricultur
al Council, Darby said.
Kent 741, Hershel Shelby 740,
Philip H. DuVal 737, Joseph F.
Bi’avnec 731, Wayne M. Allen 731,
Corneluis Dyf 725, and Harry W.
Hilton 693. The scores show that
the Aggies filled 7374 points out
The same men listed above are
now firing on the William Ran
dolph Hearst ROTC Rifle Match
which will be completed this Sat
urday. A&M took second place last
year.
of a possible 8000. All ROTC
schools in the Fourth Army Area
participated in this match.
To date A&M has fired eight
matchess by mail. It has won all
of these with the exception of two
which were with the New Mexico
Military Institute and the U. S.
Military Academy. Mail matches
scheduled for next week ai’e with
the U. S. Military Academy, Utah
State College and with Duquesne
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ten nxen fire in all matches cai’-
ried on by mail but only the scores
of the five highest men are used.
Members of Range
Department Make
Colorado Meeting
Dr. O. E. Sperry, Range and
Foresti’y Department, presented a
technical paper titled, “The Con
trol of Bitterweed on Texas Range
Lands,” at the second annual meet
ing of the American Society _ of
Range Management. The meeting
was held in Denveiv
Other persons attending from
the Range and Forestry Depart
ment included Doctors Vernon A.
Young, Harold F. Heady, and R. A.
Darrow.
Since the organization of the
society, Di\ Heady has served as
secretary-treasurer. Present mem
bership is xxow in excess of 750
persons from various parts of the
United States.
Dr. Young, head of the Range
and Forestry Department, took ac
tive part in the executive meet
ings.
Tom Barton and Joe Reuss were
elected president and vice presi
dent, respectively, of the Society
for The Advancement of Manage
ment at the society meeting Mon
day night.
Other officers elected include C.
S. Goodwin, seci’etai’y; R. L. Wat-
ex*s, treasurer; and Joe Adams,
Engineer reporter.
Class Dismissal
Hours Announced
Classes will be dismissed at the
following houi’s during Religious
Emphasis week of February 14th
to 18 th in order that both students
and staff membei’s may attend the
services in Guion Hall:
Monday, Feb. 14—10 to 11 a. m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14—10 to 11 a. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 16—11 to 12
a. m.
Thursday, Feb. 17—11 to 12
a. m.
Friday, Feb. 18—9 to 10 a. m.
Di\ Cliffoi'd E. Barbour, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church
and Dean of the School of Reli
gion at the University of Tennes
see is to be the speaker. It is ui’ged
that all will take advantage of
this opportunity to attend the sex*-
vices, Dean M. T. Han'ington said.
Truth Tried By Winner
Of Tall Tales Contest
By FRANK CUSHING
Since the closing of the Batt Tall Tales Contest an ex
tensive search has been carried on in an attempt to locate
one Buford J. Manning third place winner. Manning,
through the use of his imagination in concocting a fable
about the Chinese inflation, had earned himself a pipe.
Although the pipe wasn’t the most expensive one to be
found on the market today, it was a good one and, more im
portant, free. Surely, thought the Batt staff, Manning will
make an immediate appearance and claim his prize. Much to
the amazement of all concerned,’ nothing happened.
In a further attempt to locate the lost one, letters were
written and different sources contacted- All these efforts
proved in vain. Finally the decision was reached that Man
ning had forsaken Aggieland for far Greener pastures.
Recently, however, the whereabouts of Buford came to
light in a somewhat roundabout manner. The following ad
vertisement was clipped from the help wanted section of the
Dallas Morning News.
“Ex-Aggie—Recently busted out. Managed to learn
7iothing in 2^ years of college. Likes to shoot the bull.
Will ivork at rare intervals. Ex-Navy, age 23, Going to
highest bidder. Please hurry. 52-20 about to play out.
Call B. J. Manning.”
Evidently Manning has switched to the truth in at
tempting to keep the wolf away from the door.
Finds Students Need Vote in Traffic Control
By CHUCK CABANISS
The report of the Student Campus Security Committee was the highlight of the
Senate meeting held last night at the Bryan Field Annex. Basing its report on an
investigation conducted by committee members since January 5, 1949, the group found
that “there has been a gross neglect by (the) traffic committee to provide new rules
with the changing of times, s . . This could be a reason why so many unwritten policies
exist. . . . This is all the more rea
son for a complete revision of
the rules. . .”
Although ten committee reports
were made during the session, the
Campus Security Committee’s re
port was the most detailed matter
discussed by the Senators. After
George Edwards, committee chair
man, had read the six-page re
port, the Senate voted to accept
the findings of the group and to
send the report to President Bol
ton with a recommendation that
he consider the proposals within
the papei’.
The coxxxmittee reported that it
had met with a number of indU
vidual students besides interview
ing Bob Murray, W .G. Brea-
zeale, Col. H. L. Boatner, Fred
Hickman, and Dean W. L. Pen-
berthy during the investigation of
the manner in which the Campus
Security Office functions. It was
stated in the report that a com
plete survey of all parking areas
and traffic regulations had been
made within the last 30 days.
Committee findings were covered
in six sections.
“1. The whole system of rules
and regulations are inadequate,
entirely too flexible, and as a
whole unsatisfactory for a college
of this size.
“2. The students as a whole are
not well informed as to the exist
ing regulations, car owners and
non-car owners alike.
“3. The parking areas as pro
vided are not adequate for the
nuxnber of cars assigned to the
area, especially that area serving
Dorms 1, 3, and 5.
“4. There is a need of 15 min
ute parking zones at what may be
termed as ‘strategic areas,’ name
ly, the Administration Building,
Campus Corner, Bizzell Hall,
Goodwin Hall, and the Exchange
Store.
“5. The college has a Traffic
Committee composed of six mem
bers, namely, Fi’ed Hickman,
President Bolton, Col. Boatner,
Dean Penberthy, and two others;
howevei’, this committee had not
met in so long a tixne Mr. Hick
man could not recall, at the mo-
xxxent, who the other two members
were.
“It is the duty of this commit
tee to decide the necessary changes
pertaining to traffic rules and reg
ulations. Apparently there has
been a gross neglect by this traf
fic committee to provide new rules
with the changing of times and
Mr. Hickman has had to improvise
without the help and cooi’dination
of other college officials on this
committee.
“This could be a reason why so
many unwritten policies exist and
why these policies are construed
as one man sees fit. This is all
the more reason for a complete
revision of the rules so that they
will clearly define the limitations
and privileges of the car owners.
“6. There is apparent conflict
between unwritten policies and
state law in regard to the liability
of the operator of a vehicle. The
state law of Texas states that the
operator of a vehicle will be held
liable for the proper operation of
the vehicle unless he is acting as
an agent of the owner, yet on^ this
campus the owner is held liable
regardless. At the very outset of
the present imles and regulations
it is stated in section 1. that, “The
Texas laws governing the driver,
the vehicle, and the streets are ef
fective on the campus at Texas
A&M and will be enforced.”
Seven recommendations for re
visions concerning the traffic sit
uation included in the report were:
“1. That the student body be
allowed representation on the ex
isting College Traffic Committee.
“2. That this new College Traf
fic Committee study and revise
all existing traffic rules and reg
ulations.
“3. That this new College Traf
fic Committee have regular month
ly meetings so that A&M may
keep abreast of the times and con
ditions in traffic matters that are
changing constantly.
“4. That a system of regular
publication of the rules and regu
lations be established so that car
owner and non-car owners alike
may know at all times when they
are violating said rules and regu
lations.
“5. That the College Traffic
Committee act immediately on the
following proposals to relieve the
pressing traffic problem:
A. That fifteen minute parking
(See SENATE, Page 6)
JIM KIRKLAND misses in an attempt to score for the Aggies
in last night’s game against SMU. Watching are MARVIN MAR
TIN, (13), and JOHN DEWITT, (11), of the Aggies, and BOB
PREWITT, (24), of the Mustangs. An unidentified Pony behind
Kirkland blocked the shot.