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,/tdea during from ai|y ideological differences with SUir
iajture. Being Spangled Sam; our objection is a point
Sam Hapna g60f bright/
the last session of the LegisU
a politician great enough to j get elected of principle. We flon't thinlt the oath will
the House of Representatives from Dal- Weed oijrt any Cdtnmunists, so Samj hasn't
thing td protect us. In fact, Com-
ie more subtle, and
tnunisM will now become more subjtl
their efforts will fee more indirect and con-
las County, he decided that what Ithis done ar
state needed was a firm loyalty oath for / munisti
allV.the students and employees of state ML
supported universities and college^. I ; 1 tsequentily morej dangerous.
When Sam’s bill was introduced there We will sign Sam’s -qiths every day in
was;a lot of neyvs and talk going around the yeaf if hie wants us to. We feel that
that Communists and Communist sympa- ;jj a loyalty oath: to the United States never
thtiers were in this country. Even one, hurt any good American, But Americans
great big, bad fellow in a state university who aien't jfood (and Communists) will
claimed before the Legislature that he was sign Si m’s oaths, too. So what good does
it the idea the pat i do? j
Another'thing, Sam (or his friends in
the leg slature); didn't propose that legis
lators fee required to sign an oath similar
a Communist. Sam must have got the idea
that our colleges were hot beds of bud
ding Communists.
'*• In a few days after Sam got the idea,;
he introduced-a bill (H. B. 837) in tie to the one tljey whipped up for us. Maybe
House to eliminate these admitted Com-] they fed exempt;hut, like we said, a loyal-
mtfpists and also show his jconstituen s ty .oatli never hurt any good American,
how true-blue American he was. The bill We’d like for pur legislators to put their
passed both/Houses of the state legislature names right down orr the dotted line,
ithout a ..dissenting vote. In fact ve: We don’t feel that they suspect us of
iidn’t hear/a peep out of anyone opposir g; being subversive, but they just want us
tfee'bjli bn any. grounds; it just wasn’t on reccrd claiming loyalty. We don’t sus-
good political sense to object (we jail hate i ‘* “ - ,jkSL - L i a ^
CopimunisU) . / L,: r - Jr - ■ - , j:
. Our objections to H.B. 837 are hot
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Has \®als 5 Also Gal! *.
Home of Brave ’
pect them, either; but, just for the books,
we’d like to see their names right down
alongside outs, j )
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One half million Communist soldiers; control, The cause of the NationiUist gov-
are marching cn Canton, Chinese Nation- eijnmeilt is lost, and soon all China will be
alist capitol now under martial law and Cpmmilnist controlled, the report, conclud-^ theatres,
only 250 miles from Communist grasp. r ^ ' : ■ ! ' ! >1! ii Handle
By HERMAN C OOLLOB
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Home of the Brave (Screen
ArttetH Inc.) fltarrtng Jame* Ed
wards (Palace).
"Home of the Brive," the film
which strident pit ilicity blurbs
have blatantly announced as un
mistakable evidence; that Holly
wood has "guts" fetw awaits the
nocially-cohscious ni<Megoer at the
Palace, Dealing with the racial
problem, "Home. . " not only has
guts, but considerable gall, to boot.
An extremely deli, ate undertak
ing it is. this treatment of the na
tion's most compourd social frac
ture on the silver Screens of its*
M/iiai
.T.The important Nationalist city of What happened over the past few
Chansha faljs to Red forces (after thd years b'hen tfee I pendulum of power has
.Nationalist commander and his 90,000
trpops change sides). Reports fr6m the
southern front tell of Nationalist army
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: Poised to the jnorth, another/150,000
j ears V'hen
swung from thd Nationalist position to
the Communist position is explained by
the report, jlhe Rationalist’s leader’s lack
of gaining support of the people and the
leader’s coiinlptipn and inability toi grasp
Handled without c ignity and re,
straint, the picture dealing with
racial issues , is hardly more than
brash, vehement, and idealistic
.soapbox oratory which is not only
absurd :
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Communist troops; await d.rdei^ to tun). tho situation in China and seek to effect
their border skirmishes into battles And granges rt^cOmfeiended by the United
roll against demoralized Nationalist arm* States are the paramount reasons for the
ieis barely hanging on. Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalistic defeats and their hopeless
jsgfely ensconced on formidable Formosa, future.
isj feverously working to draw the Philipp This waiting off of a friendly China to
pjnes and other Pacific nations into ah the Reds cijdis for a new American policy
afeti-Oommunist pact, j v-toward Chinja. ye cannot abandon China
- JThese are currmt hews reports from completely, if we ever hope to encourage
China; these are result^ of former events her people to change to more democratic
apd policies by Chinese factions and the ideals and establish a policy moire friend-
A'merican governmfent over the past blind- ly toward us. Our rble now is to sit tight,
rAd years. An explanation of what is hap- court every opportunity to develop a
behave accordingly.!
Such a sacharrine conclusion can
hardly be expected to draw more
than a derisory guffaw. This de
partment recognizes the fact that
there should be no distinction be
tween white and Mack, yet we are
not so blind that we cannot clearly
see the gap which does 1 ex 1st be
tween the two, a giap Which has
been wide since Biblical days as
the result of .ignorance and fear,
and which cannot, as our flaming
idealists and 4 Irrational zealots
would have us believe, be shut by
snapping the fingers and shouting
“Close, sesame.”
To be sure, this social abyss Is v
1 closing, bat the proeess has been
’jland must continue to he slow
and deliberate. .Statute law alone
cannot procure the Negro the
paradise of equality and toler-
anee.
One cannot merely legislate a-
gainst prejudice; he must educate
against if as well. And to inculcate
in the minds of the white the
idea that all men are created equal
requires time and patience, sen
sibility instead of idealism, fore-
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ahd empty, but tircsbme
apd offensive as Well.
Such hs the case with “Home"
in which .Messrs. Stanley Kramer
aind Mark Robson, the producer
and director responsible for the
Virile and Realistic "Champion,? —_
have tossed rationality and per- * ; bearance instead of impetuosity,
'wption to the winds, *0 belabors j Otherwise, tolerance will be for-
Ihg their ridiculous point that it j ever an iridescent dream, not a
' seems as ijf they apO trying to tangible reality,
knock It into the heads of the [ Technically, ‘Home of the Brave'
moVkgolnd pnMfe. U above average. Performances
Reduced to simple terms, it is the are all of a high caliber, with the
crack-up of the Negro Moss, an exception pf Jeff Corey, who is
a’rmy surveyor. The lone negro imiscast as Jhe psychiatrist,
among.. flvs . volunteers sent t& In the tltlei rob* of Moss, Negro
scout a Jap infested'island.. Moss is star James Edwards, perform-
L:,
ppning now, aiuLwiy it is hhpiiPiiing thus breach betwieen the Communists of China
and the Communist
The example of Tito’s break Vi-ith Rus-
aifld so, is contained in a two-flich-thick and the Commuhisjts of Russia.
.“vi'hite paper” ,on China released Friday
by the-American; State Department. -t sia should give us encouragement that a
The State Departments report gives similar split ecjuld; occur between Chinese
little hope for a China free of Communist leaders and the government of .Moscow.
greeted writh open resentment by
all except Mingo, a cynical, wise
cracking sergeant, and Finch, a
true and trustworthy friend with;
whom Moss w-ent to school.
When Finch is captured and,
killed by the Japs, Moss feels re-
• sponsible and completely goes toj
pieces. The psychiatrist in charge
discovers I he underlying cause to
' be a feeling of inferiority engend
ered by the intolerance for the
negro; raci. He convinces MOss
that there; is no difference between
b|ack andjivhite, and tells him tpi
fatg. on the .screen for the first
time, gives an intelligent and
sensitive account of himself
^vken he is not n'qulred to be-
havc with the melodramatic his-
irionics of ah Af Jolson sobbing
Dimitri Tiomkin’s musical score |
is appropriately stirring, and cam
era work Is vigorous throughout,
j! We commend "Home [ of the
Brave” for its admirable purpose
in speaking out against intoler
ance, but cannot help but find fault
with its proposed solution.
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itowbrow, Middlebrow, Highbrow.
/ i /Lowbrowr middlebrow, and highbrow ha? released his conclusion after 1 fourteen
likes and dislikes jiave been widely dis- years of study, “Interest in Burlesque is
cpssed since Life magazine carried an not confined to. so-called lowbrows . . . .
— article several weeks ago on what |it Many Senators, governmental officials and
thought was the criteria for classification even Supreme 1 C<j>urt justices have been
ijn one.of-ithese divisions. found to be regular burlesque-goers.”
We ho)>e the professor realizes his con-
Texas Expects largest Cotton
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iirapirin^^Tnmbrowi/raiddicbroX. «•>«««*> uMky tKrotfgh hte enlighten-
ajid highbrows if we are to believe Pro- . in S and ^tisfying conclusions.
oct time we’re in one of the larg-
^ ? ^timng siich entertainment as a
•• Lje has been hard at research for the past good old time burlesque, well not cover
riant determi- our heads arid duck inside half scared
But Life wasn’t; the first to think of
- iesscr Stuyvesant Van Veen. According The next
, tp this 'City College! of New york educator, £ r cities fea
Austin, Tex., Aug 10—kP)—The
largest Texas cotton.harvest sinefc
1037 was in prospect today.
The crop reporting board of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
estimated Texas production this
year to bring 4,150,000 bales of
500 pounds gross ' ^weight each,
based on conditions us of Aug. t.
It would ' be tha largest yieljl
since the 5,154,000 bales harvested
12 years' igo.
Ijfljst year's productlfh was
fourteen years on the important determi
nation of whether interest iri burl^que is someone we know Will see us. We will hold
lowbrow, middlebrcttV or highbrow. - ! ‘ ; our heads high, and give a sneer of con-
j? T ' i /l j! ■ tempt to those who do not fancy such a
, i Van Veen, an assbeiate professor of ifert, highbrdw pastime.
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150,000 bales and the 10-ycar
10^-47) average] is 2,722,000
lys.
he, indicated lint yield of 210
pounds per acre is above any year
since 1912 when the yield was also
21Q pounds. Ljast year’s yield was
176 pounds. ]|
The unusually good Texas cot
ton crop, the United States Depart
ment of/Agriculture said, results
from very favorable growing con
ditions .in all areas of the state.
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The crop was seeded under fav
orable moisture conditions and
near perfect stands were realized.
Continued, plentiful supplies of
moisture brought rigorous plant
growtjh and heavy fruiting.
Faitly heavy infestation of in-
a-
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Services Monday
John VVeinzettlo, lOPl East 25th . . . - , - .. , t .
Street. Bryart. died Sunday mom- ^cts m mapy areas have been pf*
ing In a Bryan hospital Mr, Wein- fcctiyely combatted, LSD A said,
zettle was born In Germany on Production promises to exceed
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Citjr of Ck>11e^ Static
newspaper^of tho Agricultural and Mechanic
Texas, ii puBlished five times a Wock ant
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ption vate
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Entered U lecond-cliM sta*
!fk« at Coltese Station, 11
otter at
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Act of ConsreM of Mar ;h 8, 1870,
may be
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• rin Hall. Classified ads
t Office, Rodin 209, Goodwin Hall.]
i marvin Bro\W, ciLayton sel m.
Clmrlto KlrHlmtn •>..........
i.iuij liurion, Otto Kuitzu,
X.tolie- Orirduli', I'ttyicvFftjijkj. I/niiM Jo:
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Production promises to exceed
all past records in the important
High Plains area, in the Lower
Valley and in the Trans-Pecos ir
rigated area. Above average pro
duction Is indicated for all areas.
and the
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San Vtaselaeo.
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August 2$,
Interment was niadle Monday in
Mt. Calvary cemetery with six
nephews serving as pall bearers.
H|e came to’ the United States
as a child and had been a residdnl-, .. , . ,, , ,
of the community,for 75 years, r , Tho: final upturn of the-crop,
He is survived by-two daugh- however, is still highly dependent
ters, Mta. F. J. Vitopil and Mrs, upon climatic conditions 'during
Mary Sustella, both of Bryan, one remainder of the season, LSDA
son F. J. Weinzettle 6f* Kansas said. .
City, one sister, Mrs. Joe Holick,
SMSlfflSrM Champion Holstein
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Rio Vista,
rand, San
state pro
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Hiller Furieriill chapel on Sunday
evening with Msgr. J.
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Jjviv,'—CAfTY year ‘ mnA
INEW YORK,- t/Pt - Every year
of so a l: niari opehs his morning
mail andi finds a pleasant surprise
—or ft rtal opportunity. [ j !
That's^tow’ lucky t ftm todAy.
I've got ft chance to take ft free
ride to Mars!
' I would be suspicious that some
body Waft just pulhngjny leg ex-
made the off
been thehc himself. So it must be
the 24 kftrat McCoy.
The invitation came in a letter
: from a gentleman in Missouri. J '
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Mars, and I had a .
he wrote. He explained he vt
me to accompany him on his sec
ond trip, because he wished! the
people of earth to have a word pic
ture of life on Mars. He said that
as a professional writer 1 would be
able to do this better Own hft.
The voyage certainly sounded at
tractive as he outlined it j /
"#* wtD lie gone only ft few
days” he wrote, "For the
icg «sx-
thing—the mail who
t said he had already
omo back from
wonderful trip,”
lained he Wanted
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The National Institute of
Health hria awarded grants
totaling $54,326 to five Texas
colleges for the continuation
of medical and allied
projects. ;
The Biochemistry Department of
A&M received a grant of <12,000.
This grant wiR be used by Dr.
j. R. Couch, who is working dn a
research project concerning the
nutritional requirements of the
cotton ! r*(. The project has
been going on for approximately
two years. Dr. Couch is presently
on vacation, but will be bicH,- ip
another week.
The Tcxfta awards wcrei among
the 217 granted to 94 institutions
in the nation.
The projects include studfes of
deafness and'speech defects, beptic
ulcers, the common cold ami the
relation of the endocrine glands
to aging, i .! m I
leaves the atmosphere,
travel about as fast m ugm. • j "There u no work to
! What is Mars like? Hfre’s what |Everything that man
the man says:
"ITl not go much Into details Of
the conditions that I found there,
because It was more wonderful
vocal
growing oft bushes. There
rain except Just an the sun
up In the morning.
than my vocabulary la capable of
tailing you]
“The planet revolves as ours
does] but in place of having a
magnetic pole, It also revolves
north to south, which makes the
temperature uniform the year
round. ! /-- ; !i, j
"There are no seasons. It is all
just one glorious temperature
They have no pests, such as flies;
ftMjUjkft, . .'j/]j,l,
The fowl grows on trees. They
have Innerspring mattresses
right there at his hand,
that come out of the
which they call mountal
a flavor with an intoxi
feet.” ’ j |
Well; at first I felt te
go. But I decided It wo
great a strain on my
If I got to Mars and
growing on thft trees andjj
bubbling out of the
wouldn’t want to come
advertise the place. Thnt’d emptj,
California overnight, depopulat
Texas—and crowd Mara.'
No, if ifars was like
stake my claim—and t
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The engagement of Mis* Eliza
beth Holmes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Htdmes of- Bryan, to
Stanley A. Wykes, assoointc prr>-
Thc wedding will take place Sep
tember 1.
Wykes! is a graduate of ftinn-
sylvania State College, having re
ceived his BS degree there in 1940.
He received an MS degree from
Virginia Polytechnic Institulj
1940. He has been yvith the
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Chicago- —«.T) - Lines of auto-
mobiles werc snarled in a jrush
hour jafli at the edge of UteiLoop.
Impaticit drivers kept blowing
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corner was almost but not quite
- at wit’s end. He blew hla whistle
raised his hands a la Toscanini and
bellowed above the dirt:
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