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T
Sends
'■ ’ '' ' ' ' Sim i ' i - L •
Controversial Public
nsurance BUI to Congress
Preside
reaching h<
introduced
The bill (
aurance to
pital and
120,000,000
sor-estimai
S6,000,000,
istra'
ipto efect all
Mr. Trumain'
Those incli
medical edui
struction, \
and reaearc
orizen an e
tedcral aid
operatlyea.
A aponao
panying
,, Hen, Rlbei
chairman ot
Puollc Ve
Honator* Mu
m (D-Ni
,. T^Iop MD*
, 81), *i\\
scrL ^
Not a aihRie H
' was on tha Ipt iojf
Uopobl leans
•* Detnocrata
* presideht's
anc.e progr
cine.” The
annual cost
plan at ai
year, mbit
•< from three {per qejntj
rolls, split
employers.
naitia
. ■pnvs
as veil ae some
havii h anded the
atiomi hi aith maur*
-"IDcliiaed Medl-
iko ‘s ei tlmated the
f the. leal h insurance
. ut ll 6,00)0(000,000 a
it Iwli ch Would come
health insuj
not go inti
1951. Best
the {bill
>etwf|<)h |
bit I
-v on pay-
irkcrs and
national
would
July 1,
irance plan,
.edi'ttfif, states tot
existing schools )f medicine, den
tistry, nursing, jiublicj health and
sanitary ei^irteenhg.| | t
2. Federal aid for expansion of
such school^ and construction of
new ones. [ I j J Ur.
3 Scholirships for students at
such schoolp. j I’ ;i
.' j4. Broaii authority for the Uni
ted States surgeon gejneral to car
ry out research]in siuih fields as
poliomyelitjik, diabetes, arthritis
and rheumjatismi i multiple sclero
sis, cerebral palsy aid epilepsy.
6. A program of: grants and
loans desiiped to encourage doc
tors, nurses, ddhtistfi and other
trained pej-sohnfd toT practice in
niral or otler shortage are2is, and
for tie coibtrucllori df clinics and
other facil||.ics ii. sucn area^
7. A fi^je-yeafr prqgram of fed
eral aid tif fariiftrs’ experimental
health cooperatjyek. I
8. An jtjncreaise *i grants. for
expansion jpf stite and local pub
lic health |erVic|ei. | [ J !
0. A. nkwl program of federal
grants foil research! projects "re
lating to the dej<!lopi(''L‘iit of child
ren and tp* commuj tty apects of
child llfe.f j 11||
10, Ah fnereuke ijrt jme present
child haftlift and( <or ( tippled child*
pen’s services,, | | i j
i' j *t4"
if Til"™
Plan Dinplay
or it P |k,;
The Itjiultrjy Sfliencp CI u b
will hpotisorj U baby chick,
loult abid egg iHovy here on
ay, May 6 and
orUd by Jack Wish);
Robert OUeS; Patsy
•lit Betty Bledsoe.
: and Dorothy Wll-
Wlrta.
Germ Warfare LoOtiis As
Definite Threat Soys Prof
Pt
Open Htjmse
7
The cl
tion
Judging
e club is i Sing jth
type]iishow Which
ing if all entries
!)!> classifica-
jpermits the
ijigk; against a
standard j or Ideal rather than
■Sie eiftrly): ugainst anoth-
]tbe krtie Value of each
, ' k.idi)
be detenhihed ;and
In this; show thr;e classes will
be recognized; m\d awarded the
approprlaito ribbon. First-quality
entries rec4tve. a j blue ribbon.
Those oft a slightly lower quality
will receive a hed HI'
Judging
er.T Thus
entry of (jiHlck JpddUaj or eggs may
•.and recognized.
of averaige toi jgoop quality will
■.receive aTWhi'
blue-ribbbrt wi
ted the tfrand
each diVfsio
fintriej
ing farrty;
mercial
.About
show.
Bacteriological Warfare has die-
veloped in Die few years since its
conception into a force capable of
crippling a nation in its most Vun-
erable spot, the home-front. This
is the warning of Dr. L(ynn L.
Gee, instructor In AAM's Biology
Department, who assisted in re
search along: I this line during
World War | IJC.I
The use of germs as a destruc
tive force by any aggressor is
such a grisly ipossibllity that, ac
cording to Dr. Gee, “We as a
country owe it to ourselves to In
vestigate all possibilities, i-
Pathological organisms as a
weapon of war can be used in two
ways—as a means of introducing
plant and animal diseases and con
sequently running food-stuffs, or
as actual gases attacking people
directly.
To illustrate the possibility of
germ-warfare, Dr. Gee'pointed out
that such tactics were employed
by Japan in World War II. Luck
ily enough, Japanese attempts to
Introduce a plague Into China wtere
not too successful.
One of the , greatest dangers of
this recent j method of destruction
is the fact^that it can be easily
carried ou|t within a country
through fifth column activity,
At the present time, however;-
our country has apparently ade
quate protective'measures against
any such underground activity, re
assure* Gee,
These protective method* have
been in operation for year*, not as
checks against bacteriological
warfare, but a* routine national
health measure*. An undue prev*
altnuie of any type of disease Is
immediately investigated by our
National Health Service and other
agencies,
A possible trace of this new
weapon, says Oee, la faced with
several problems. In the first
place, an aggresnr would hesitate
to ruin the koll of another land
If he later expected to use that
land for his own productive pro
gram.
Another problem arises from
time . limitations. Many of the
germ warfare possibilities would
take time to be jput into effect.
Lhers, however, |are a* swift as
they are destructive.
Gas warfare would probably be
the most effective this latter
class. Numerous germ-laden gas
es could be dropped from planes in
a concerted air assault. These
gbses would cause come fast-
working, comparatively incurable
disease. .
Dr. Gee has a word of consola
tion concerning attenipts to start
any type of plague in this coun
try. Our nation has proven it
self fairly immune to plague in
the vast portion, of the country
west of the ROckies, he says.
During his two years with the
Chemic& Warfare Service in the
second World War, Gee worked
entirely on our nation’s germ-War-
fare project.
< On this work he bases his warn
ing thajt the use of germs as a
weapon! of war stands second only
to the atomic bomb as mankind’s
greatest threat.
House Red-Hunters Continue
.T •, | ■ J] * r
Probes for Communist Agents
gress and ClO-Unlted Electrical
Workers Union
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, April 25, UP>.
The House Un-American Activities
Committee bundled a key witness
in secrecy today in its search for
Communist agents. It concentra
ted oh the American Slav Con-
United
Hie Committee took this tnm
after releasing, over the week-end,
copies of documents and sworn
testimony that the Polish embassy
here was used for Communist spy
ing. f , . j rt.
A committee official said it was
necessary to withhold any advance
identification of one of three
"friendly" witneases in order to
protect him. Thia witness was
said to have turned on the Com
munist party after having once
bean a card-carrying member.
These are the first hearing the
committee has staged since the
gist Congress opened for business
under Democratic control In Jan
uary, They were expected to be
opened to the public later on -
maybe today, maybe tomorrow,
The first phase is expected to put
the emphasis on the Mlav Congress
nnd allied organlxstions.
New Mexico Wool
Is Scoured Here
The Wool Scouring Plant recent-
f )bon and those
bon.
From the
11 be selec-
>jjon entry of
irtiiiX from breed-
iferie*!, and* com-
farms in Texas.
4|cfe:d:ed for this
1 (onjLest will be
.yiL Draper and
ei Poultry Hus-
Joint Seminar Is
Held at Texas U.
t Y I,:'
A joint seminar was held by bot
anists of tht University of Texas
and A&M in Austin. April 13. Dr/
R. G. Reeves of A&M was the
principal speaker, addressing the
group on "Impressions of the Peo
ple and Plants of Central America."
The visiting botanists were con
ducted through the botanical lab
oratories of the University of Tex
as, inspecting various items such
as research apparatus.
Those attending from A&M were
Felix Collatld, Jack Hubbard, C. C.
Hsieh, H; C. Mohr, C. M. Rowell,
R. B. Greene, H. D. Thiers, E. F.
McFarland,; W. A. McKenzie, Di
C. C. Do*k, Dr. Ri G. Reeves, Dr.
E. M. Hih
LaMotto.
ildebrand, and Dr. Charles
wool
Mexico, accordi
Fort Wingate, New
ly scoured 5,500 pounds of Navajo
from For
, t , :n £
caid, wool technologist.
V ingate,
to P. D. Kin
wwi v^viiiivravglSt*
The Southwest Range and Sheep
Breeding Laboratory at Fort Win
gate is obtaining the scouring re
port to use in connection with their
sheep breeding and selection pro
gram. They are interested in main
taining a breed that will produce
the type wool adapted to the spin-
innp and weaving processes of the
Navajo Indians.
A coarse type fiber is Used in
making their rugs.
Co nfeoiiflated Choir
Performed Suhday
The A Capella Choir of A&M
Consolidated sang at the morning
worship of the First Methodist
Church of Bryaq Suhday.
The choir was directed by Bill
Guthrie. The songs which they pre
sented were Mozart’s "Savior
Source of Every Blessing,” Chris
tiansen’s ’'Beautiful Savior,” and
Humperdinck’s "Prayer from Han
sel and Gretel’’ arranged by Tre-
ftaibe. , , ......
But ithere Will be la build-up for
shifting the ijnquiry later to the
ue. T:
The committee called in Judge
Blair F. Gunfcher of the Common
Pleas Court ,ojf Pittsburgh to give
it a hajijd in investigating the Slav
Congress. Gunther was one of its
early eaders but dropped out in
1944 after word began getting a
round that Reds had Infiltrated the
organfzatk
John j Sherman, ja lawyer for
several UE local unions in Pitts
burgh! was listed as the third
friendly witness.
Committee publications say the
Slav Congress has been cited by
Attoriioy General Clark as sub
versive and CommUnist and that
"Communists are tjtiU in the sad
dle" |n the UE.
One report on Communism and
labor says that m the event of
war, njany Importlant plsnts are
at the fneroy rtf the Union
The jnatrt purpose or the rejMiil
was to prksenl rople* of docu
ments and testimony about spying
from the Polish erjibassy.
Mrtlh the doouti 1 erjts and testi-
mqnjy uame from Celt, Iiyador Ru
dolf Modelskl. Diiring the war
he was underBeert)t«ry of tyar In
the exiled Polish government.
THE BATTALION
ige 4 TUBS;, APRIL 26, 1949
Hester Goes On
Trial for Death
Of TCU Dean
CLEBURNE, Texas. April 26.
(JP)—Arthur Clayton Hester, hand
some, erratic, 18-year-old youth,
went on trial for murder , yester
day hi the slaying of his guardian,
ah elderly dean of Texas Christian
University. •
The state will attempt to prove,
in 18th District Court, that Hester
used a metal rod to fatally blud
geon Dr. John Lord, 70, at Lord’s
secluded farm home five miles
southeast of Burleson, Texas, on
March 8.
A venire of 150 men has been
called by District Judge Penn
Jackson.
Hester was arrested in Los An
geles, four days after the sensa
tional slaying. He made a con
fession to officers.
Lord, graduate school dean of
TCU, was considered an authority
on constitutional government snd
was one of the ablest lecturers on
the University’s campus,
He became Hester's* ward In
1945, after the youtly ran away
from the state orphtu/age at Cor
sicana, Hester left the orphanage
after becoming Involved in minor
trouble Ithere.
Later Hester joined the navy.
He was dishonorably discharged
in December, 1948, ami went back
to Lorili
The state accuses Hester m hid
ing In a closet, awaiting the return
of Dr. Lord. It will try to show
that the elderly educator was
struck niine times with a metal
rod in a surprise attack. Lord's
wedding band and some money
were taken, and also his automo
bile.
Hester fled westward. The bru
tally beaten body was discovered
March 10 by TCU students who
went to Lord’s home. The auto
mobile broke down during Hester’s
flight—he abandoned it and re
sorted to hitch-hiking. But offi
cers tracked him grimly.
They trapped him pn March 12,
at the home of a sister in Los
Angeles. He offered no resistance.
418 N. MAIN
PICK-UP SHOP
BRYAN
Finhlng Ticldo Boxoa — Amy folding CoU
Bod Rolls & MAttresaea — Fatigue* Jackets
. I V' ,
Pints and Coverall* — Original Amy Kha
ki Pants Ind Shlrta — Ball Cap*.
ii
pro
Mrs. Dorothy Yeary will repre
sent ;the local AVMA at the
Cotton Pageant and Ball. She will
be escorted by her husband. Bob
Yeary.
I
Beaumont Aggies
Hear Harrington
M
rington, dean ] of
rts and Sciences
».
g-
bfv M. T.
the School
akd acting
spoketat the
gle Muster
in Btiaumonti Thursday, April 21.
Btresaing the need for graduates
ok ahead to the
Jncas us in the
of A&M to "1<
chi.lunge that
grov'jtl and advancement of our
loti," • Dr. Hknington empha
«d the importance of "the
>wth of the j whole person In
ly, mind and spirit."
Aphtiklmsfeiy 100 Aggie ax**
*re present *t thtf muster which
wprsiprgaent
wjaa spensored
AAM Club, f
INaumont
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HstrhalUtr Is excitgl over the package
given her by Mrs. lijiogene Carvl* at !m>
Gift and T<M Shop, Her mother, Mrs. 0. R.
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Great Clans o|
Little Tb Hein
MMH ALjRA JOYCE TIMM
Will mpresent the laivat'u Coun
ty Chin at the Cofton Unll, Mhe
will he eseortod by Wilton A.
HriM’lr, I , / j
Grass and Timbers
Show Planned By
R. and F. Students
An exhibit of fifty growing
range grasses and timber seedlings
will be shown by the Range And
Forestry Department during the
Agricultural-Engineering Day pro
gram .on May 7, A. H. Walker, Ex
tension Range Specialist, a n-
noUnced today.
The exhibit will consist of
growing grasses sent to the de
partment by former students.
A map showing the principle
areas of grow’th will be placed by
each grass. The exhibit will be
staged in the Range and Forestry
seminar room in the rear of the
Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
A student committee composed
of members of the Range and For
estry Club is headed by Donald
Huss and includes Carrol F. Kiser,
John Classen, Glen Green, Jack
Megason, and Don Powell.
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK, ^UP)— I hpve a
confession to make, now thatt Ire
land is physically tree. |
Or at least the 17,146,793 acres
of its 26 southern counties are free.
And anyone who knows the Irish
will understand that— in .God’s
good time—the remaining 3,$53,251
acres in the six northern counties
will be separated from the British
Crown, too.
After all, it has taken the Irish
only 780 years to reach |t»e point
they are today. They don’t feel it
will take another 780 years to
gather in Ulster, the six-county
northern part where Ire Fa n d s
wealth and industry centers.
And now I must break
and make my confession.
There is joy in the tribe of O’-
Kolly. Delight dwells among the
Houses of Parnell and Collias anc
O’Neil. The Pearses, the Homihans
the O’Sullivans, tjhe O’Reillys, the
Emmets, the Casements, the Mac-
Neills, and the i O’Connells—they
are proud families this week.
For by word and deed they
struck great blows for Ireland's
freedom.
But the grand clans of Boyle
and Gavagan, what did they d<|>?
As far as I can find—s-h-h-h!—
all they did to help Ireland was
to emigrate from ner. But, first,
let’s have some background: j
How many know, that buck in
1841 the population of Ireland was
8,175,124. almost double its popu
lation today? How many know tfwt
In the potato famine of a century
ago- 1,1)00,000 Irishman (lied, ami
(many died on the wharves wateh-I
Ing their small crops being loaded!
on ships bound for England?
In Hie ten years after 1847 xniml
l,hoo,non Irishmen had to emigrate.
And other millions later had to
leave.
Among the Irish who (mine to
this t'otitHry Was my utnhdlSttlier.
He worked In the com mines. In
his cups gtundpn Hoyle tried to
hint darkly of Ills wttr with
#r
Imagination.
Jjt
One of ^ his teh ijd
married my ihothM,
Gavagam who had] cpnf e|^i| Ei
ther to till the aina(l
m County Mayo.
I grew up, as
generation Irish-A
come a semi-professi
Row could you help
bid folks began wde
rdark land” undcVEt
I went to London d
(expecting to . dislike
intensely, When I cm:
•the war was over, m(j
me what I thought |j
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Final Banquet To
Honor Graduates
Members of the' Winsome Class
of the First Baptist Church, Col
lege Station, their husbands, and
guests, will attend a banquet Sat
urday evening, April 30, at the
church.
This banquet, which Is given In
honor of those graduating and
leaving, has become an annual af
fair. ! according to Mrs. R. L.
Brovfin, teacher.
Miss Eula Mae Henderson of
Dallas, w'ho is Executive Secre
tary of the Texaij W.M.U. organ
ization, will be the guest speak
er, Mr*. G. N. Thomas, president
of the Hass, will be master of
ceremonies, and will present the
new officers who will serve dur
ing thr summer months.
Decorations will carry out th*
buhquet theme, "April Snowier*”.
Mr* C. K, Smith and Mr*. J. 8
Clrtnihger. arrompanled by Mr*.
will pi ovule special
empire. Much, 1 am safe, was pure
Warning thal
son U “just aro
cautionary measu
by those in cha
during itheepjdem
which usually
from May thr.
October, reaching
peak during the
mid-summer mon
The fiv«j easy-to-
low health rules
children are;: >;
1. 'Avoid crowds
places wherr <
coni set with other
2. Avoid ov*r-f
too active pla^
regular hours.
.1. Avoid aKlm
water, Use only
pools declared s*f#
aiithorlUes, ' V I i
. 4. Avoid sudden
wet shoes and riot|i
keep exits hlxnkfl* iaiwi .
rlotnlitff handy for widddii
change*. ' ill It f II
more cobfagJ
acte* IthAn any peopld os
of thi earth, I told heq
(vh* What 1 felt. <
r latched.
know,:; I’ve lever told yol
a tid. "But (you
-.avagun never
pjafrt itf ’the i rjeh fn
4nt. He liked the Englf
the fjalnily secret’s out Tt
American warsj-Bu
say Wje shtd anything fc
excqjit tea s, or did
ore than,ma 1 ;i little njc
the 7ears.
IONS
PARENTS
ili J .
■ and safe from i
, Ga bage shoul I
i* L If &•* d
#r Ihitoni, .It
A nGH'lf
1 IXCAN lll.l
e.t.sA» >Kit<
.-.ea at
ness
fever,
/am
Ear y
men L
of to i jrireveptiserio is crippling th
Nato|nh| Fat lulution pointed out,
emphsi ii
jndatio^ also
symptom^ ot
infaptlHe parklysis: headache, nau
bpset stomacli, muscle
i st iff niess, «nd uneXpla nc
Rboigd! polio strike in your
calhSl doctn immediately
iagnqsis an I prompt tie
Ik qualMled m|odical poraob
5. Observe the llo
elsanlin a*.
personal
)n
|tn|d smlety should,
i(ijintuni. A/calm, cmft.l
I* Is cot duciv* to ht althl
|f', I'grants, It faldfl
Tit .
that ftisr
held u ft
dent rOM
ftnd rwov,,,
slim 11 i umkjuber |hat of *|| t uiitl
sti n Hun, 00- Pur cent or nun i it> j
eov«|r 4<*m|iltifely, while intithir II
. .. r wjth onJy |||ghl
ally dlftgn^ed
IP
ft »l
b m:* left
m«
tluj rlittptdi'
‘ ‘k foi 1 Infantile
iy uifttn
of thd Na loir
! yom community,
pay that part o
i
ojf cM'jt and treatmeitt
hi m’family cannot Meet.
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