::v.C; II; ■ i i Battalion Editori Page 2 r.- ■ • r '■ .. • Storm Warnings Hoisted Over Bryan The Or and Jury All is not well in neighboring Bryan The city fathers were told Tuesday that a shortage has been discovered in the ac counts of the Chamber of Commerce. To add to the confusion, the audit which re vealed the shortage has not yet been com pleted. An outgrowth of the Bryan C of C, the Bryan Industrial Foundation, is also tc| have its accounts investigated by an audit committee. Along with the report of the chamber account shortages, two formep members - of the chamber alleged that they had been “declared off” the chamber before thier terms had expired. A third chamberman confirmed a report that an attempt had been made to declare him “off” the cham ber hut he had protested and remained a member. . 1 1t 7 ; ’!• p . - ; ~7 ( Once Caught, Every Man for Himself . Robert Vogeler, American citizen, - faced a'Hungarian people’s court earlier this 1 week and received a prison sentence of 15 years after his jconfession of having participated in sabotage and spy activities in that country. ' ' Our State Department has been no tably silent in commenting or protecting this case involving an American. Vpgeler | seems to have made his bed, and now he must lie in it. He has admitted (perhaps after coer cion) the treasonous acts charged to him. He is appealing his case to a higher court. This case raises in our minds: What if Vogeler is guilty of the Hungarian govern- 9 ment’s charges that he and others sought to find out Hungarian'economiiC, r military and industrial seorets for American intel ligence? They are also charged with cut ting the productive capacity of an electri cal power plant recently nationalized by Hungary to injure the : nation’s economy THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1950 r has indicated that will review the situation. The County At torneyi promised to prosecute the case io the limit if the Grand Jury returns an in dictment. The foreman of the Grand Jury said the matter will be “thoroughly” in vestigated. ./ It will be interesting to learn the re sults of the curreat investigations into Bryan Chamber ol Commerce accounts. These results shou d be forthcoming be fore long, too, for the directors of the chamber have set : 0 a. m., Feb. 28, as a deadline by which they wish to know the why’s and wherefore’s of the missing funds. If they don’t know by then, they promise to resort to civil action. We can’t help wondering what such ac tion might reveal. whose activities ih business also serve American intelligence? If he is, and his confessions admit that he is, then what should be this government’s attitude to ward that man when he is caught. ? Apparently Vogeler is left to his fate; he is strictly on hi$ own. In this chaotic world where each nation watches and suspects every other nation, a vast foreign intelligence network is ne cessary. Not only [intelligence agents but also men who reta tage the efforts of rd and passively sabo- this hation’s advisaries are important. Audi mpo who do what Vogeler is charged with, have (flone serv ice to that functioh, ! arie part P and to sabotage deliveries of goods going to Russia and other satellite countries. Can Vogeler be one of those men we certainly must have throughout the world t 15 years he will Hungary is the p ting caught. Theyj gives to his countr if Vogeler’s adivjjfcies in Hut on behalf of the United States, is a traitor to Hungary, he is of the United States Under the circumstances, this nation can do nothing to k elp Robert Vt geler. The robably spend in jail in ce he must pja> ofj kt y for get- ;he life he By Legislative Resolution, Texas Exes Pay . . ♦ On the 15th day of this month, R. E. (Peppy, Voice of the People) Blount of- , fered the following resolution to the state ’ legislature: Whereas, The students of the Univer sity of Texas, meet each year throughout the world wherever they may be on March Sind in observance of the anniversary of the* signing of the unanimous declaration of independence made .by the delegates of the people of Texas and general conven tion at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March, 1836; and Whereas, This custom dates back to ' 1898 When junior law students cut classes en masse to celebrate Texas Independence Day; and the following year requests for a legal holiday on March 2nd being re fused, moved a cannon to the campus from the capitol grounds and prepared to greet the day with cannon fire; and President G. Y. Winston h; heard the gun |fiiting grounds—now Clark Field gary were though he a patriot ihg Stopped) this, on tjie atl [—ojxlereC later hletic the. lered cannons back to thet campus apd declared a holiday and nq glasses were held on March 2nd until 19ci5; and » (Here, three more “whereqjs’ ”) Resolved, That the Housejj of Repre- senfatives, the Senate CDncurri|ig, do here by commend Texas Exes everywhere for their fine spirit in continuing! the tradi tion of March 2nd| by meeting together on that day each ypar and may the deter mined spirit thal) jpaided the signefs of the Texas Declaration of Independence live forever in the hearts of men. House Journal, F Well, bully for thdm. l.Ffl ‘Co; hasn’t heard of April 21 when ter together in observance of dence that was wjon. 4rse Peppy gies mus- !he indepen- r-'-’k The Battalion "Solder, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for ropublicatibn of inn a-acao in vuvativu credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news oj cd herein. Rights of repubTication of all other matter herein are also of all newt ntaneous origin The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanii City of College Station, Texas, a published five times a week and cf Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. anica! irctili Dui 1 College o: dated every urings the b. 15, 1950. tches bilab ial ion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate Advertising rates,-furnished on request. y’.ar. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial Uoodwin Rail. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) hr at the Stui Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall: ; ! Bat- school 201. ivities Entered u ■fcond-daM matter at Peat Office at ColleaV Station. Tezai, unddr the Act of Conflrreaa of March S, 1370. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally hr Nauooai u.m- vertialna Service Inc, at New York City. Chieefo, Los Ancdeo. and San >HwiioImOi BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE Clayton L. Seiph ... —i — i.. DcLvp Coslett ...a 4. r ..— —.... Chubk Cabaniss — - John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt, Dean Reed, Otto Kunze. “Ti —)., Dave Coslett •Jerry Zuber Chuck Cabaniss.. Today’s Issue George Charlton - ...Assistant Feature Editor Herman Gollo|> Amusements Editor Bld Abernathy, Emil Bunjes," Jr. Bob Lane. Chea ter CrltcUfleld. Marvin Matusek, B.-F. Roland, . John Taplrjr. BUI Thompson, “Rip” Torn. t f John Whitmore, Ray williams. Bob Young. i .... Charles Ktrkham.,' J,..',. Frank E. Simmon. Jr ' Roger Coslett. Curtis Edwards. Jerry Zuj_ \tcrx Oliver./. Ralph Gorman. Jerky Houser. Frank Mah- tME W1..L.I Itaaa. Dean Reed. Frank Sii Jack Brandt. Jack Stanshury. Alex Munroe cartoonists Fontaine, Bob Hantjock. Bill Hltci..pboto Enfrarm News «nd Feature Writers .Circulation Masasar /" •J •' 1 fi ' sews Editor •tr • !'t IT on INTO A LOT OF MISCHIEF A Comm ■ i • " !* T* " ' 1 ’ ' f ! 1 , Seventy- Year-Old Tyl nd •KtMjr invest- The Twelfth Man get a delayed premium on its ment in sportsmanship in Jt letter received by The Battalion co-edi tors jlaat week. The letter and a ived Han- ifee- emU- of the newspaper clipping were from 70-year-old Mrs. C. cock of Tyler, mother of sor C. K. Hancock of the The text try department. Th letter is as follows: Dear Editor: . May I have a few of your valuable time? haps this note will be a surprise to you, bat I hope not. I am -enclosing part of an editorial from The San Marcos Record of Feb. 10. It was writ ten by a Mr. Leslie A. Cooper of San Marcos. I hope you and all Aggie sup porters will appreciate the clip ping as much as 1 do, I am a loyal supporter of all Aggies ’ Loyal sr the : ga their t< beaten. especially hull games of kind, despite raf ; seventy of living. I listen to all icet all football games. II Mrs. C. N. Hancock 1214 N. Holmes Tyler, Texas The clipping was from an edi torial urging teen-agers to sup port theif team by staying to th« end of every game. It read, in pert (quote) I am sure teen-agers do so thoughtlessly, but it always lookr bad 1 to .see fans at an athletic contest get up and leave before the game is over, just because team is getting soundly It is almost as bad as a groom walking off and leaving a bride at the alter. If the players who are getting trounced can take the fan* surely ought to to take it. Suppose the should refuse to finish a Co-Editors • Editor Editor Editor iws Editors Feature Editor Britons Aye Voting Today on Socialism London, Feb. 23—•hT’l—The case of! British So Legislature Gives TaxRate Breakdown Austin, Tex., Feb. 22 —(/Pi— 000; and beer, J,950,000. / Socialism—staunchly dcjfpnded and bitterly attacked—- gpes to a jury of 34,0()0,000 vot ers today. ilt will be Britain’s first gene r rail parliamentary election since the Socialist Labor Party of Piime Minister Clement AUlep won power July 5, 1945. j Generally mild weather is ex|- ppeted to draw h record-breaking vite. | They began marking their ehoil. c j Scant hours before the polls Official Notice I'ioiice to Candidates for Graduate (Degrc^H iij June or July. 1950: | Your attention is called to the Gjraduate School regulation requiring that youjr the*;!* proposal must, be filed at. least four weeks pHof to the beginning of the semester or fiimmer session in which a student expects t^> receive a graduate degree. I This requirement has been overlooked in a ! niumber of cases. Your attention is cMl;l4d to the regulation In hopes that you nigy immediately check ypur record in youjr major department and in! the office of thic raduate School to be sure you are con- jrming to this requirement. ^ Idte P. Trotter Dean Ifo all Graduate Students: The attention of all graduate students, especially those who have enrolled in tijc graduate School for thte first time this Sjennest^r, is called to Uje following 1 a t,: on: j Before the end of the eighth week ef t)he first semester a committee of not ie«s than three nor more tt^an five composed df those rejected by the student. supplemen tal by appointments by the head of the department, with the .approval ojf the Graduate Dean, shall outline in consultation With the.student a complete course of study iW the degree. The committee shall Iti- tjlude: (1) As chairman^ the faculty mekn- bejr under whom the thesis research nhr- nally would be done; <2) a representative jrpm the minor or supporting department; hd *3) the advisor of !the major depakt- ffit. 1 A written report of the committee stiltII oe made to the Deanj of Ute Graduate Aol|ool hot later than I he eikhlh week pf (he firal eemeeter of Kreiluute work [ Prompt attention ehpuld be given to mthmlttln* the material railed for V half rtf t ha I i jlhce nearly half of the alch't woaka pe?^t tuui panned. Ide. P. Trotter. I>ean fc Stop the ... Simmen. Jr,..t Sparta wntarx Alex Munroe. i • J. .Cartoonists “GRIME WAVE” IK) YOU KNOW . . . • That dirt killb more people than bullets? • That harmful germs are more potent than the atom bomb? Yes, It’s True! 7 • We are sto GRIME \ Let us pping the WAVE now. do a bit of ‘Cleaning out” for you. • jf . ){ ■ Park Q eaners South Gate Phone 4-8954 “We ghe you a dean deal” were to open, Laborites and con servatives were running close to gether, according to opinion polls. A final gallup poll of public opinion gave the labor party a slight advantage. The poll said labor was preferred by 45i per cent and the conservatice party by 43V& per cent. Lord Beaverbrook’s pro-conser vative Daily Press gave the con servatives 46 per cent, labor 44 , /4. Both Confident Conservative and labor leaders predicted victory. Churchill said: “I call upon all who have the lasting welfare of our country and the empire at heart to give a sin cere and effective vote for the Conservative, Unionists and Na tional Liberal candidates in to morrow’s momentous electibn. “Thus alone can we regain our position in the world, preserve our freedom, and revive the pros perity and true progress of the British nation.” | Attlee was silent, but Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, in his final appeal to the nation declared: | “There are not many hours to go. The well being and fate of our country largely depends on what you—the active labor work er—do with those hours. “Today do please help with the final canvas?. That is vital.” Socialism Entrenched Labor’s program of health and social services, controlled prices and cradle-to-the-grave benefits has taken firm root in the nation al way of life. ^ The Conservatives say they will not tamper with its innards, ex cept to oil the machinery and cut down waste to make it run more , effectively. The chief issues have been em ployment, housing, taxes, food, cost of living and the nationaliza tion of industry. In. the closing nhases of the campaign, Churchill took up for eign affairs with a proposal for high-level talks with Prime Min ister Stalin to check the cold war and provide for atomic controls. Though a late starter,' it threat ened to overshadow many of the domestic issues. Bible Verse And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one an other. even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. . —Ephesians 4: 32 StifeA JL oiverA AGGIES JOHN STILES ’48 Can FUl Your Contage Need* . ... Beautiful i Orchids • Gardenias • Cametlias STILES’ Flowers 1903 So. College WE DELIVER CAMPUS BRYAN ANNEX We Can FUl Late Orders Promptly \ CALL 3-1003 DAY OR 8-1032 NITE .2 per ritli a Austin, You’ve been reading abopt pro posed increases in the state om nibus and cigarette tax rates to raise nioney for better Texas hos pitals. How much are the j present rates? What things are taxed? How much revenue does each item now yield? How much more will be raided by the increase? Here’s a breakdown: First, the things taxed, jthe pre sent rates, and the estimated yield 18-month basis as calculated by legislative members. | Crude oil bears a levy [of 4.125 per cept. of the market value. If production follows the trend anti cipated, that rate would! pull in $110,500,000 in 18 monthk Natural gas is taxed at| I cent of the market value minimum level of eleven-hne hun dred fiftieths of one cent per 1,000 cubic feet. Prospective ! yield— $12,750,000. Sulphur producers pay the state $1,272 per long ton. Revenue for 18 moiiths—$6,066,000. Telephone companies contribute 1V4 per cent of gross receipts in cities of less than 2,500,. per cent in cities of 2,500 to 10)000 and 2.275 per cent in cities qver 10,000. Tax yield—$2,830;000. Utilities (Gas, electrijc light, power) and water works)] pay tax rates varying froln fbrty-four one hundredths of 1 petr cent of gross receipts tp cities [of 7,000f* to 2,500 to 1.5) 125 perj cent in cities over 10,000. Eighteen-month revenue—$2,550,000. , I An [automobile sales jax of 1 percept of the total value would bring in approximately $14,166,000 in the next 18 months. Liquor, wine, ale and ; beer tax rates as follow: $1.28 per gallon on distilled spirit*; 10 cents per gallon on wine containing not more than 14 per cent of alcohol by volume; 20 cents; on wine containing more than 14 per cent but pot more that 24 per cent of alcohol; 25 cents on each gallon of artifically carbonated and natural sparkling wine; 50 cents on each gallon of wine containing more thiat 24 per cent of alcohol; 15 cents on each gallon of malt liquor (beer and ale) containing amohol in excess of 4 per cent by weight) Liqpor would bring irj $12,042,- 000 in taxes over thej next 18 months; wine $708,000; Ale, $142,- Permits to sell liquor, wine and beer would add $1,430,000. The franchise tak bate on cor porations is $1 per $1,000 on cap ital applied to Texas business Roughly, this would bring the state 1 $14500,000 from March 1, 1950 to jBept. 1, 1951. A 2 per cent sales tax on radios and cosinetics, and each pack of plpying cards carries a luxury tax of 5 cents. These three items wopld add $750,000 to state cbf- feift. .V 1 j j I ! Li “Class A” carbon black is taxed omi hundred twenty i two twelve hundredths of one per pent -per popmd. \yhen the market value is 4 cents per pound r lead than 1.1 pejr cent of the value 1 if it exceeds 4 Cents per pound.' I'ClasH B” carbon black is t«ix- (pee TAX HATES. Page 4) TODAY thru SATURDAY 1|] FIRST RUN » Today's Features Start— liSls - 3:35 - 5:40 ?:50 - 10:00 Friday Features Start- ri45 - 3:35 - 5:30 - 7:20 * 9:10 FRED McicMURRAY CLAIRE TREVOR PLUS: CARTOON in I- NEWS _ 4- r l^all THURSDAY ti FRIDAY FRIDAY PREVjUlS 11:00 P. [ —-Feature 11:30 P.M.— BITA HAYWORTH GENIS KELLY “COVER GIRL” a= Technicolor { Plus Cartoon “CHIP A DALE” News SATURDAY PREVUE 11:00 F.Mj SUN. thru WED. —Prevur Feature 11:30 P.M.- ONE OF THE FIRST TEXAS SHOWINGS IMMMwni CLARK GABLE-Y « just because beaten. Hiey wo get [ a lot of criticism, doubt, a part of that would come % from' fans serted them before the finiahadri. , j At College Station last 3 giving Day, I sat as and saw the Texas the worst drubbing from as Longhorns that were justly .nd, no ritlcism \o de- ie was TThanks- tor get Tex- ever ■ I seeh the Farmers take from any club in all the 40 year period I have been watching thrtwj play. I sat there with a sad p«»rt ami would have wept bitter tears had I thought it would havq helped •lie Aggies. But did anj? Aggies or Aggie supporters leijve that stadium before the gaum was- over? If there were any, I'failed to see! them. Furthermore, ihp instant the contest ended, a gj-oun of cadets rushed on the field, lifted Longhorn end. ProcterJ jivho had played a sterling game, ;to their shoulders and carried hiip to the dressing room. That, Jrt^ies and gentlemen, was good sportsman ship. It is fine to support a ball team that is winning. Ik is firjer still to sit tight to Jhe ; end apd yell for a club tpat is losing. , (ettyl quote) We appreciate a great 'deal not mly the editorial by Mr; Cooper, iut the thoughtfulness [ipf Mrs. incOck in sending it to jis. We hope that we nev^r forget il obligations in team- support a|td sportsmanship to either, you or any of our teams.—THp Eds. “1—k ”F-.* . ! 44 PALACE Brtjsn 2'$$79 TODAY thru SATURDAY - 10WAWL | .! snAuonhoouction itsdNiunJOl t- —(——r—rt ——; «==■ PREVUE FRIDAY P. M. — QUEEN LAST DAY! FRIDAY - SATURDAY Maumui O’Hqira In “BAGDAI 1 ..... L'-lr iMiwm * nuMK -. I •J !*.’ r t [L : V -i il- WMK:.-.. i.zjer.. inwAMwaMM PALACE Pi FRIDAY 11) } I J || EVLE ). M. , j j! j - ' i ! - i j : Ni ; ; jf |