The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 25, 1949, Image 2
5'; ' i ). n i\ s v •■''T ' ' : ;!•• i K •W W- m l 5v !: b? b, .. j} I •p • i- ' til Battalion Editorials [i ■‘•■Wf ■ 'NDAjYy JULY 25, 1 N In a hand- The ‘Outs’ Want to Be Invited ‘In Pttggy,'cigar smoking, V-£or-victa y i] war levela could be ittaioed. IBignajliiTig Winston Churchill gave an al- ful of different ways, he said the Labor mress bi Durham, Englfmd, last Fridiy Party had made^a botch of things in that was reminiscent of Thomas (Me-too) : Britain. Dewey’s ^speeches during this country’s So had was their botch of nationaliza- last presidential campaign. . Both min vtion of the coal and" railroad industry that, | Were speaking for their own Conservative! even if restored to power, the Conserva- liartics and both men were "outs” wanting! j lives would not deni tionalize them. That "in.” . - ! : is one clever way of keeping natiom “ The tactics ol the two men were almost lion while condemn ng It, and not 1 identical. On the one hand, everything face. 1/ tfieVartMkrtr had done was wrong, jLg , ln ce the .lection, in mis, the 2 h! S th^;rtv', r „ 0 rj > r a Z C ri ^ Conaervatlve Party haa been addled and anyth i g bu , t . bUn ? rt Dewey and hia Republicana loat their cam- as ITis,'church- ^natives can digreas from their present ^ ^ ows ^ thoUgh * l * . “ f campaigning methods, their fafe will be M ConaervaUves are getting to the same as their counterparts in this country. V';. , -j Churchill, though <|ne of the greatest vyar-time leadere ariy hation has ever pro duced, failed to mention that any govern- ment in postwar 43jritain would have a long, hard road before recovery to pre-] T ' '' i; : ! - k ' •'] There Is No Joy in Being an ■ 1 ' t i \ ■' ‘•'H i.ld-'' I ' ■ ' i ' ' 1 Never let it be said that getting out Besides the late It • By HAL their feet. •j •t ■ -I ! \ ' Wf ■ "f •u K; . Of St ' i ' I X t. Symbol of 29th breaching the Na*i line there - sieve to all France—don’t WTO vholc an tier the s they h a ditch t NEW YORK—(iPt-Five years ago this week many thousands of \ Americans went for a cross-coun- every field they made them a yeas older. FT It happened on another contl- ' nent at a place calledl Bt Lo In a thing called a war. In that long time afo the world Mil tried to solve ita troubles through warfare. The men ijVho took part in 3. jjJ , il i <4- ■i ■ . •}. •iv' 'f 1 ■ ! • • i4Tf MB etn her the whole area so well. fThei recall better the rough bark feel of a tree they hugged. They re member a ditch they crawled inU and hated to leave, In those days there was nt such thing as a landscape. Ther war the world of the h side was Battalion Crossword m •S: IS. Ob Unless a more constructive and more convincing platform can be produced, next year’s elections will present the Conserva tive Party with five more years to think up better ways to defeat the Labor Gov ernment in 1955. ! ‘52*20’ wavy Tonight j for 650,(KM) Veterans $ c* line 49. the Batt is a picnic, hours arid the low grades resulting from ouir’association with it, there are multifar ious controversiesj in which we. catch hell from both sides. 4-J 1 . The only thing we’ve come near to steering clear of was the “Dog Difficul ty.’’ We almost made it.fthen we got ciught inja misquote. V We have to try to please everybody and the result is that we sometimes please no- body. - ■; , - ■ p j; , If we print jokes, people say We are silly. - If wo stick close to the office all day, we ought to bo out digging up news, jf we go out and try to find something. m:. -. . j ^ ' Washington, July 25—i^P»—The <, 52-20” program dies tonight, but thousands of veterans may be eli gible for its benefits for years to. come. week starting after Monday. Possibly ten per cent of the 650,000 may remain longer on the rolls. They are: Veterans who have been dis- Sr (; i IF 23. TW» ’& LlffiS « : 30. Beseech bled U ps * iiaon uiirap puu HHpfi vvu uunu uram odu nHL.cii-:i \ □aanpu u□c.. , SohbiUuuH QBua eas BHunu um muz\ Eincmijuui UL’ILi IJDBUUU ubBkuu luiEE ! HUU mm 0aOD □idu ayuS amu UlM CDDO HOOD □EG □DOG CCiDG Solution Mrthdfy. /Ho tbok * t herd then, ife for r - i . i in tl >mR» D. ield has a hundred ■; Eve»y man forward was &a it Wte trddod hia fame. or of Sli. Ld.”- e of the Staunton Uryi Academy, commen- a battalion of the 20th tn- vt the end of a conference of ataff rffleera planning the attack. It meant* the dhdalon't rallying cry -“••d Vow In St. Lo.” j;- ■ TM MUdr didn’t make li- alive, htrtnjg an enchty bombardtnent he •fttimd jhaibroi taking cover him- lelf to M|ki that hla man mrjl iding., l a-th young H> >14 wieh. HIh flng-dn ty otfder of hi 'ml. wa* In a ware burst caught him [pule gain- 'oody pla«g;, B& ft P of Yesterday’* puzrle : “-“sLL;'' Editor • • -Tho program since its beginning charged from the armed services in September 1941, has funneled since July 25, 1947, following a then we ought to be in the office on the job. ' J- ' ! • | ; i ' ilf we don’t print contributions, we don’t appreciate genius. And if! we do print them, the paper is filled witfh tripe. If we edit some other guy’s write-up, we’re too critical; if we don’t w’re laying down on the job. If we cUp sofnething from another paper, we are too lazy to do our writing. If we don’t, we are stuck on our owp stuff. Now like as not, some guy will sair. that we swipedi even this from some other hewtfpaper. We did. We’re just joking; if we didn’t like it, wd wouldn’t be here. I The End of A Rope Is Nowhere to Dance . . s ; specific i mention 1 1 I the anti- 1 Texas mobs just eanft stning-up people lactivity. anymore. Not Hin?e last Friday when Without speeme i Governor Allan Shivers signed the nntlf- lynching bill also is ah intelligent move In lynching bill iwissed by the legislature 1 the direction of civil rights legislation, earlier this year. . ty' Over the past half century, the greater ! The Ihw defines a mob as “any iCollec- jiercent of mob murders have been mobs | \ tion of persons assembled without author- - of white men torturing and killing accused jity of law foif the purpose of committing itegro prisoners. The right of trial by an assault.” * If the mob commits any act jury is af precept of our Americah dhmoc- of violence causing death, it is guilty of fa£y; lynchings and other mob murders lynching.] Any person’ helping form the violate that precept, mob would -be subject to prosecution and Though mobs bent on murder are not a death penalty if convicted. frequent in Texas, the new law is neces- This statute is historic in Texas legis- sary and a good one to have. The law lative and sociological history!. It faces Again defines the right of the individual $3,600,0*0,000 into the pockets of some 8,770,000 World War II vet erans'during their periods ef urn- employment. ] j By contrast, state unemployment agencies, functioning for 13 years for the benefit of the whole public, have paid out $8,000,000,00Q. The 52-20 benefits i paid through May were (1) $3,0(51,958,059 in unemployment allowances which allow a maximum, of $20 a .week up to a total of 52 weeks, and (2) $570,882,765 (M) in self-em ployment allowanjcea. The latter include $100 a^month for not more than ten andf two-fifths months for unemployed agricultural work-/ ers and others r workjing for them selves who earn less than $100 a month.. • ' [ ; Despite the amounts paid and the number sharing^ only 839,737 veterans had exhausted their full benefits.. The World! War II vet eran population at the end of May was 15,163,000, all of whom were ontltledjto unemployment aid. 8eveh llilis Defeated At UiAitt seven bills were sub mitted In the 81st! Congress to extend the, expiring! program for ‘ from one to five years and in some 5 cases to increase weekly payments [ to $30 to $25 wjith $5 week ad- * ditionnll for bach dependent. No action was itakeii on them. The neatVHt nphronjch was a un period of war service. Their ben- ifits were to continue for two years from the date of discharge or the official end of hostilities, whichever was the latest. . jl j Veterans who fcnlisted or recn- listed under the Voluntary Re cruitment Act, between Oct. 1945, and Oct. 6, 1946, and whose benefits continue for two years from the date - of expiration of the period of enlistment. Some of thew: veterans signed up for as lorjg as six years. Auto Industry Predicts Loss Defroit, July 23—4i?P)—-The auto industry expects a l|et down irt sales late this yeir. / It isn’t making any secret of 1 that expectation. A decline in sal es is customary In the h/uto industry during the winter ntwi|i t h B * None of the company heads-will venture! a gubss as to how much of a droll m? is to be expected, Bjlost of - thnn.^ Say, however, that: H should not j)u kny grehterithan' has th(‘ jtlecl ne tixpendneed last yoaf. ■«’ But that did noiic of the' car makers any harm. It ran into / T~ r* ar- 8 FI 5~ r r- w 0 tl 7JT i , r m w IP 4 7J~ % i: ( t m' 1 | T—— j L 1 ; ■ —— 1 IT iT P i r j. P w 24 ,T f T • I Ts 2U 8 a? i S 8 3» w i ■ , i 1 ii W P 3T j 5T s '' ' J % J 42 IT 44 IT 4T P 4T W l§ ~5o~ St (r j. JT 54 7” It JfT 2 \i ■ w 1 1 i n W ui ' w I 1 -A DOWN L Rhyming Gac**H 2. AUeVlaUoB h. r^x% % 5. Bcurce at heat f. ?8SS“;| ?. CooKlnr! vessel 9. Beseem 10. Oood-k il: 20. Performi 22. Contrad 24. Insect ,, 28. Plowerleje plant 27. Excellenbe 29. Corpulent 31. IteciUleT one’* r ( j, , «rSln 14. Type of muslcal 38. Ocean 39. SocUl fUne- 41 . tk>p* • 41. 44. Jock 46. ReBiird' int fed. Z2. hlet 33. Board Furnish Iwhat It dcelr«|‘ Frtghtcm Arrow polaon KXcept TT Chatter ! y own; A moi landing. Bi 4 hi I ■■■■■ i! contmandilnf g*n- lead vehld" of the ir*t tank force to fight ts way nto Rt Lo. And they 1814 hint everenUy in the rubble ot) a ruin- 1 raped body, nndlljfi d church., i' '.j •’It’s foolish to take nto i battle,’’ iald » ioughboy. ‘‘It doesn't makt sen**." But it! did. It made or r 1 — a d< ad man a 1 ardened nan-a 1 rKlHy i UU'ri’ US H. pronw uunc v/» ‘theiMajor'.df St. Lo.” before that church, and, the French, deck it Vith. flowers. It stands not alohe Nm- MajoftiHowl for .1,818 other division who los mor! hot aloi Howie. It alsb sUnds ier men of Itia own lost their Uvea there for how many Uoiisanjtto To Canadian Z. Boanblossom. cjxtiension marketlr will leave iv ci e brave legend and a symbol. Today there la a bronze bust M Jq o* 1'- Bban! pou|try | ^tahketlng speeipl st ^ of Ouqlph, Chnada, to ai We*k for’ the an nual meetlrtg of the Touhijy, Scl*> encq Association, acbrdin^ Id 4in ector G. O. Gibson of the Tcxai Extension Sonic*. 'T'f:' Be an blossom has ; served at chajirman of the Poultry Selene* ttwnj/l 1 Extension Award Committee fo/j Un " the past yrof and this rdmmitte* s: ,T„r;L'sk j, live an,a sociological history:. It taces upiueo un la,- deals with a state ppoblem that is To trial by jury. better solved OR a state by state basis than l This democracy should not coddle or by federal decree. However, when states turn its back upon those'who would take j make no effort in correcting undemocratic the law into their own hands and willfully practice of mob-dealt justice (not always kill without judicial sanction. Those per- ! justice), the federal government should sons are traitors to democracy and should mnployhu'nt bcnofitiT'for » ybar, but to di’op the sblf-hmploymkint provisions. Members of the com- mittws .said that hbijse bf\ the pro gram hail been abufted. The bill was believed to .hjavu little chance of passing the Senate. Meanwhile, Rep. Kunkin (D-Miss), hfi.s bottled up ai sipnllhr measure the House in nisi veterans com- liittec. Rankin isl sljrongly opposed extension of thei program, and lias urgril adoptioii iof a bonus in stead. ; (iatt.iMio |d| Rolls As the program;!i nters its final IhtlUul’y analysts to predict kintls of upsets before the end of f94fl. They professed to fore lee major price reductions and eveiji a prUssi war by mlrbyear. Yet the demand for new c|ars Agricultural Education Faculty Wilj Attend Dallas Convention Staff members of the Agrleult-ijtwccn' vocational agricullturv' and urnl Etiucatlon Department 44111 Iclllxenship, and tho Influence of attend the annual eonforonee of ijvoeutionul agriculture art faun Vocational Agriculture tonehers in family life. A look to tHje future Dallas this Week. 1 of vocational education in ngricUl- K. R Alexander, head of the Itim 1 will, be diveuastd from the dopartni'iit, j;will attend several viewpoint of changing world prob- bounced back sharply late in Match Waltpn kill j assist newspaper and apd has carried well beyond the radio! man in interpreting the com L u r * fcrenlee jdevwopments. point where same-inducing price i-eductioHs Werej predicted. Vith ope (or two exceptions there hive been no major price cuts. Certainly there hasn’t beejn any price var; therd isn’t likely to be one this ydari f P|ricc cuts of dominal proportions arc expected before the year’s end. hours, some 65(|,09b veterans art Thcjy probably will be annour ced bn its rolls. j j) j new models, are introducedIt l v i ■ » 1 J I ^ . / i step in and protect'Americans from mob not be protected. *" ■ * 1 ’i ; r”- :!' r ■*' y 1 • • j •» „ ★ ■ / • • ■ * j i-j• • H i 1 -i '' - -T • ’ ' ' ■ r ' ‘ ! ‘ : hv a, Dixie court recently, a witness, “Just * what I said,” the. wit neea re- oii being asked ‘‘Which side of Walnut plied, “either side. When you’re going Street ,4© you live on?” made the re- north, it’s on the right; hut when you’re markable statement, “Either side.” going south* it’s on the left.” “Either side!” barked the questioning , “The witness is excused!” the lawyer ‘What do you mean by that?” The Veterans Administration said would take a 'lot of courage [for the majority of them would draw their final, checks at the end of this week. Some! states operate on a bi-weekly basis, and will issue their checks in August. In the case of most veteran^, (Haims will not conferences On soil and water con servation. Hthry Rom, urea super visor, vtill feprosent the depart ment at the .State Stuff Confer ence,! apd Associate Prof. E.; V 730 tv Attend r 1: r. The \y ittalion, off! )llcgc Station, The Battalion I "SnlditTi Statetnian. Ktdtrlitlv Getitlevun 1 ' r Soldieri Statesman, Knightly Gentleman’ j' } ' I 'i " ; UL *] - |l • t • ! j I * i * 1 JLatvrdice Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions Agricultural and Mechanical College of Tfcxos and Die . ;Clty of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through .Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. During the summer The But- talitm is published trl-weekly b y<al> Aavertislng rates furnished on request. The Associated Press i ISO per school < •( 1 , iption .The Associated Press isj entitled exclusively to the use for ^publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not othCnvl.se credited in the paper ifed local news ojf spontaneous origin publish- cd Ire rein, Rights of rcpjihlicatipn of all other matter herein are also reserved. A kU any Car makel to put out a ievV! model right now with ; i;i hi^hcrj pricej tag. ( ' , ! Thje more conservative of the earf induspy’s analysts believe sales wijl taper off this winter jusl as l>c allowed on tiny | unemployment i they did last year and then bo»mcc back again. They do not believe j at this time that the expected de cline will be great enough to ma terially affect production schedules. ■Myi " 1 '■ ^ : ; Timm Leav es For Chicago Ag Parley t!. R. Tilmm. extension ccorpm- i.st imd ptolessor of agricultural economics of Texas A.j&M. College, left yesterday for Chicago to| at- iendi and participate in the initial meeijihg of tho National Commit- tee on Agricultural Policy of the\ Farm Foundation, Director 0. G. PibsjoK of the Texas Extcr sion Seijviice said today. lo Farm Foundation is Inter ested in stimulating Efforts being made to increase farmers’ ur dcr? stafiding of public p6|icy prob lems and the committee : rcprescy tirg extension specialists is meeting to eortMlder ways and means of ad- AH Department Buys 2 Hercfords A two-yearJold Hereford bull and a fivc-year-old Hertford cow have just been purchased by the Animal Husbandry Department, according to Associate Prof. John R. .Riggs. Both animals Were purchased from Robert A. Horne of Cojeman. The bull, Thij; Square, wajs; sired Did and his dam by Expectation | was Royal Dom|no jsixtoentn. i rue Square’s progeny Should be better than the aydrage jhiUkera' because his parents arc both from strains of good milkyrs,: according to Riggs, who puryhaiud the animals for the department. . The cow hqs n jBovcn-month-old calf sired by Expectation and ro- bred to the same bull. Approximately 750 vocational agricultiiro teachers and staff mennberajiwiil mtet for their anmial cohferoncc itt the Hotel Adolphus vrith Robert A. Manire presiding. Man ire i| sujxTvisor of the Agri cultural Education Division of the .State Bdardi.for Vocational Edu cation, Auat|n. ; y will Present Awards j!" Highlights of the convention will be tho. presentation of awards to men who hqvc seen 130 years of service in the program. Awards also will lx* made to men who have served for 110, 15, and 20 years as leaders in the field of vocational agriculture. Program Topics ■ ; j I. Topic? to! be’ covered in the three-day conference include co- operatiop between vocntional ag riculture teachers and soil conser vation districts, cooperatnon with farm radio editors, tjhe {tie-in bc- f. T l; . ■. PALACE Bryan Z'S§7^ : r y'. "■ sto.;: won. TUKS. TY V Entered •• wcond-«kp auit Office At College Station, Te Uttt; Act of ConsrcM of March r.ht Port under mo. Mcmbcr.!()f, The Associate l Press ' J lUipreecntcd hetlonelly hr National Ad- vcrtUinir Sen ice Inc., at New York Cltri Ckiafcco, Lea Angela*, and San Franciieo. Official Notice [•TTf ; lid Gibspn. College A pabllc twapni Au.unt t. at t:3 station City 11*11 { BW- will b« hrtd Thursday, 1 !p. n>. In the College 11; to d acusti the city, bud- News coni jodwin Hall. Ice, Rooto MARVIN BRO> i Charlie Kirkhaia ..I l,tWl» Burton, Ott, tributions mav be made by telephone (1-5444) or at tile editorial offttKj, Room 201, Cb“°“icdid,m^Pla«dVt.l e ,W(4.o^l) or “tthe Student A™viU«. 208, Gooduiu Hull. / ' F” ITkTTf;; ; ■ !, - TTF Tl AYMDN'D ROOEI City Manager III -.4 !.i..,..:..:.!!....M*n*ging fiditolw j v -rX-f- - Lewis Burton, Fny%» Fandey, Lou**v June*. Henry La^oUW;' ij ! liooie ’tjew, Bruoo Ncwtttn, Burri dmltU, Uqbcrt puas L.. /staff I'.uporu Williams w. k Colvin,' 1 i Bill rbtt*..,ij?/RH’4 BUi : Halle, DUi Thornton ’L. Uelr’B)')-;'.!.. „ Jj. Ulnitf Holnitu, Hardy koss, kth MaralL^. I .....,,i,—. Go-Editors SporuYditot Sport* tVrtten ore——-* • . • hj’* • 8j — - —- Staff • 1 4.1 y : ■ * 1 vr _ I . ' Ail.:, . ^ i 1' ki t sV »• Vj j. t • i T:-i. NOTH'K Ot \i4*o UK.UU.Nti The City Council hJ considering a pro- i»osul to rctono thje Kjle l“«arson tract of Wed on Inch (fay 6 South of the aprlngp Boad in the It. Carter rom the'|CxU|tnK Btotrlct No. .{3,. load located on Sufpliur sprl Survey from Aj-urtmcut Bouse ll'tstirict, to District Nt». Second Unsinev*! nyrtet. 1 All of tlwoe: thjat Wc ,affected by the I'Mi^cd'chus^a } lo Ik pMicti? ioj th City Council'4t iji tliii zonuiit tire linvltS 1 —'it audi pro ties ts 1 vanclng this work, Tfimm will return tion on July 29. 1 ' i Mtie Sea Port Girl Struts Blue Hair Fad Berlin —i^)— “Corfi-flowor- 1 due” is u popular Gcrmgn exp re ision to tloscribe intoxication. But there'y corn-flower-blue hair, The fad was started by giri in Kiel, the Baltic S< ! Ai newspaper described the color las ’‘by tip means a blue, as sometimes appears in nn blue-black hail*, but n brigiit a?.- • ^ 1 A.» A now too. - 1 a ytoung Sea Pqrt. new such total blue held la the City {Haiti at 7:30 1 Thureday, Augiuit >4 1919. t 1|; l./i caru-iloweri” •J. . i M*u WdtWM,! .Staff Boportcm Mtwfe Itevirm tii he ZTiL* roLrred tii the fte F. nturir WXtnr |J |:<Mi,ltr|Hi.ln TkJcrteV; Adcfididhj.' lt<i'rorcntntive* held In the OHy at 7:30 pTm. on ^ ^ n0 ■ ' lemit. Two of thc featurt'd spebiker* will bisl Dr. R. H. Montgomery, pro ft k i»or of oconomlcg at jiho Uhi vers it; Sni*pperd, Gladewater at past president of the U,j Chamber of Ccjmnicfrce. Association Gffi Ralph Sanders (of GHriaud. is president of the Texas Vjocational Agricultural Teachers Association. H. W. Williams of (riadj-water is vice-president. Cecil Jones of San Augustine is socretary-ircaaurer, and Lewis B. Taylor isj executive secretary. 'i jM eriBg thill yea Extension Award. He wlH also preu-,..-,.. , - fort: the marketing sectioh of th* mating. 1 'j-, V . r i' v •it':-. 1 Beanblos^oim Will return tb Col lege Ntatlon on August 8. Observatory Nftwlf Strand'of ifelffcfc The Mlrdisnwa i.» atory In Japan gent H|a nation of dark- T* NOW SHOWING .Y,.TTY; IT . VMVEiuiwntiunoMi STARTS ww«NniHMaPui rtiiTT* mi tft tou'ifj: a; t _ illtldt' Glwor- tj out a eall In halrol people today for a at rand wf bio id* hair. iliiat ahy hair won'i do, pb rtl<: larly Jananese half Which tbnda hu : ( l oarw. The oba^nt* ry’a hj grometeij-tun'd In moaat ring the | degree ofi moisture In th' asmos- q| phero needs a delicate tyjie for scnalvity. . f The list (Ime the obiervatory / gdt a strand of hair from 4 French wmuUL That was 15 ycirs ago. TTr ■f r- . t I I 1 , V — . ■[■ TODAY & TVESDA 1 ITR8T RUN I-'!;.] ! J V •) yj rAKTOON — NKttK -f ■ ---Feature* klu-L-,, 1;^0 - 3:20 - ft:00 k M0 8:20 - 10:00 i : j 'J-; THUptS. y. Mtppen Agai 'ill A,: B I C; & JerjT' «nny Bu oous 4 Y ! ■ti- 7r ' : I' ■ ■ r j • ■