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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1950)
/ -f Edi Page 2 7 ^ ■ ' i .j. To the Voters, to the Candidates y- , . In keeping with the greater awakening of interest in class elections and cam paigning. The Battalion is attempting-a larger-than-usual public service campaign to acquaint voters with their would-be class officers. .*• If space permits, we will run a small picture of each candidate for what we consider the most important officerships in the two ranking classes for next year. In this way their classmates'may see who each candidate is, see what grounds he proposes to-help run class affairs on, and then, we hope, vote intelligently on • ■ the men of their choice. 1 • ’ * 2 , We wish we could run all candidates ! for everp position on the slate, but with the large^fields entered this year, that ; would require about twice o.ur number; of ; pages. • —- ; We were prompted to try this more • complete method of acquainting voters AY, 1050 ! r t tes this year by several re- our better-financed candi- ads on with cam quests fi dates to nin up to quarter-page j behald of tlieir candidacy. Holding, as we do, to the time-honored theory that A&M is a poor Hoy’s college where no one is denied any more opportunities than ne cessary bemuse of economic shortages, we are refiising all such ads, thus giving Everybody an even start in The Battalion. This way vei feel every iclass will come nearer to getting its best possible leader ship. To the liahdidates we say; “Check to day’s front page and -get your pictures and platforms in before deadline.” To the voters, our charge is this, “Look over the office-seekers when they appear in qur columns. Pick the men you . think will be the most Valuable to you, your class, jand the A&M College of Texas, and then Vote for them. If you do that, you’ve done your best foriA&M’s future.” • For All That Texas Has Given, Third Place I Like old time prize fighters;who snap I on guard then (they hearl a bell sounded, ! Texans leap to defense of their superiority • and good name whenever and wherever it • ii challenged. / I Pollster CMorge Callup's recent survey | across the country has provided Texans ; an occasion ,to stand up In defense of their | State. When asked "If you had to move ! away from this state, to what state would j you M0$T like to go? Texas placed a ; weak third. What is even more humitia- ; ting, California and Florida ranked above 1 us. ; California gained approximately twice ; as many mentions as the next state, Flor- -ida. J ' f ; - ! What Texans can do about this regret- • table ignorance on the part of the people ’ encountered by the pollsters is not readily ! apparent. We can’t convert them over- ; night. But they are people who need our : help. ' . /• For generations Texans have been • telling the world (and Americana in par- • ticular) abbut the glorious superiorities of Texas. The history of this nation is recounted in the namis and deeds of Texans. The ecojpomy of this nation is built up on materia|s,; goods and services provided by Texas, jj Hongwrltcrs find morb to sing about in Ttxaa-thah In any other state. > Now why should Texas be so affront ed by relegation to third place? Califorijiiu ballyhoo has hornswaggleti Americansj to believe that the pretty girls from Texai who make their movies inter esting are'Californians. And, as Texans consume the choice citrus; fruits this state produces aind ships; out its culls, Ameri cans have been deceived into believing that Florida grapefruits taste good. Here it is, Texas is supplying more than half ihis nation’s oil and gas, about 85% of tie world’s-sulfpr, most of the nation’s wool,.its helium, its carbon black, and 100% jof the Texans. All these fine things, and we get third! Oh, what can we (Texans) do when they (Americans) listen, and won’t be lieve? From Disc Jockeys, Small Talk and Drivel “. . . . and here’s another letter from today’s mail, listeners. It reads, ‘Dear Disc Jockey’ .... hmmmm, the person doesn’t know my name . . . . T listen to your program regularly and likq it very, much.’ That’s good. T just wanted you Jo know I get all my friends to listen, too. “‘Please play for Squeeky, Dot, Bess, Doris, Alice, Mike, Jim, Slew Foot, Bottle Heads, Rags, Blackie, Algernon, and the ■gang Spike Jones’ arrangement of ‘Third J/lan Theme,’ signed Egg Head.’ Egg •Head, wc don’t have Spike Jones’ ‘Third -Man Theme’, but we do have Eddie Ar nold’s ‘Mother Of Mine* and I’ll just play that. But before I do I just>want to read another card. This one is from .... .” «M» < . ■ Like snakes, flys, hazards, and spiders, 3Uhc jockeys seem to bo with us, and with us to stay. They gloat about their mail which sounds like the product of frustra ted two-year-olds. 17 i But like heads of states, their proc lamations must be heard, and we, listen ers are dupes enough to hang on to hear a record we like. ,j. Instead of mixing chit-chat with good music, and some disc jockey programs don’t even have good music, Why not spe cial musicless disc jockey programs sched uled so the few who write hi their simple cards may get theni read over the air and the disc jockey can; make his stupid small tell<? Then full muftic programs with straight announcements and a few commercials could be presented for the majority of radio listeners. We can’t imagine anything less inter esting than disc jockey small talk. " « ' — J ! " '■■■g ~ The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use .credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and •ed herein. Ritchts of republication of all other matter * — The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural City of College Station, Texas, ia published five times a Friday afternoon, except during holiday^ and examination talion ia published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Fi y.’ar. Advertising rates furnished on request. repub)ication of all newt dispatches news of spontaneous origin publish- also reserved.: echanieal ' circulated Subscript Durings the scription rate _ Texas and the T Monday through summer The Bat- school per News contributions may be made by telephone (4-6444) or at the editorial office, Room 201. (Godwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Stuudent Activities Office, Room 209. Goodwin Hall. ' ' ' Entered a* eecond-elaia matter at Peat ^ Pfflee at College Station, Tezaa. nndar the Act at Consreaa of Hareh I. 1S70. Member of The Associated Preu atlonallr br WaMimal AS- r Berric* Ine., at New Talk City, Lot . BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE- Clayton L. Selph Dave Coslett.. Chuck Cabaniss - John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt, Dean Reed, Otto Kunze- ——1 Dave Coslett . .jFrank ft. Manillas.. Sid Abernathy ....... Today's Issue .. Acting Copy Editors Chester Hicks, Bob Curtis Edwards... \.,...Clty Editor Bidi Abernathy, Ken Bernhardt. Jerry Zuber. ...... BUI Barber. Bob Boyd. _—. . „ / Hughson. Marvm Matusek. George Me Bee, | Tom Rountree. Raymond Rushing. Walter Tanamachi. John Tapley. ••Rip” Torn, I Kenneth Wiggins Naws Staff Jeff Cheek. Cheater Crltchfleld. Wayne Davl», / Bill Thompson, Ray William* Vesture staff Dudley Hughes, BUI Mebaue, Charles Sebaala.... City Desk ■ • ■ I Charles Oaorga ( Herman - Frank Roger. er. Jack Brandt? :r Co-Editors Managing Editor Feature Editor Editor liton Editor -ilporto News Editor Copy Editor Flank Mamtzas, Dean Reel, George eta. Frank Slmmen, Jr........ L Sports Staff Unary...... t .staff Photographer HoUlngahead, Tommy Hancock. Bill Hitca.... Russell Hagen*. Advertising Repreeeotattve* Jack stanebury, Alax Hunioa Cartoonists .Chief Editorialist TWO’S COMPANY; I ^ ‘Marsh; App< Plan at Last s to be Worl By BIGRIp <E Aaabrst since Ameri- putting out hall Plan it It may had two moti pe defeat its c to get; Euroj Lookin’ Back Health Service Studies Waste From the Battalion Files of 15 Years Ago A snuff-dipping contest was held on the campus in February 1935 between two infantrymen from A Company. To eliminate any chance of handicaps, the two men dipped from the same can. i •' i ' ‘ The Aggieland Orchestra jfur- nished musieul oritertninment in the spring of 11|35 when Or, jand Mis. T. 0. Walton formally! re ceived at their home menibeiH of the Henlor (!las», latroduclinf j at the roeeptloa were l' , i'it* Wehner, president of the rlass, Joe jMc- llniiey, eadet ■ colonel, and i Ifid Mears, captain, li, (Jo, Infantry, The three cadets had, the same day, been among five men elect ed the most popular on the cam pus. The largest headlines ever jused In The Battalion Were run March 11, 1936. In an Kxtra, The jBuU urged sudents to request their parents to petition the legislature to defeat a 'bill which would hilse fees to $150 per student. The bill was defeated in Com mittee Within the next two wet-ks. Bible \Ver8e Follow peace with all men,; and holiness, without which no [man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 12: 11 Official Notice \ A special examination for students in C.E. 300S will be given Saturday. May <>. J950, for aJl students who have author ization to take the examination. J. A. Orr. Civil Engineering Depti. A jeommittee on industrial waste known as the National Technical Task Committee on Industrial Waste is being or ganized by the United States Public,* Health Service as a part of thje pollution abatement j pro gram it administers.; J A The committee will act as co ordinating agency fur a number of major Industrial groups. I fuller Its auspices, 160 to 'ilw of the; host lechnlcal minds in th» country will he brought to bear on the problems of Industrial pidlutium and abate ment, In tjhe meantime) tjiouse ReMlu- tlon 60H(t proposing gn Income tax. cut fpr companies j eonstrujctlhg waste treatment plants,, Is pend ing In the House Ways and Means Committee. This proposal Would give Industry an incentive to con struct treatment plants for pollu tion abatement, ' T [i An incentive for municipalities to clean up "running sores” is contained in Senate Bill 282a. In troduced by Senator 'Herbert Leh man j(D., N. Y.), this bill Jseeks to Implement the Water Pollu tion Act by doubling the at|io;unt of money appropriated in the pri- .ginal law. This would increase ,tyie funds of waste treatment plants in municipalities from $22 .million to $50 million. AP Foreign Affi For the first ti: can taxpayers money for the begins to look as work. This is half way of the pro gram. The U. S. has helped its western European i nations for about two years and proposes to help them for another two years. Roughly, America sent Europe $5,000,000,000 the first year and $4,000,000,000 the second. This com ing year it . will be $3,°OOJ)OOJK)Q. Two * The U. S. had to help Europe ists and (2) _ tions back on their could again swap ly enough to pay But when the started out every world wanted had too little of here. In 1947 the U. $11,000,000,000 worth of goods over what it bough! American world trade experts believe that U. S. dollars can’t win their battle abroad until the U. S. buys, about the same amount that it sells. For many, many months now the U. S. has been shipping out goods worth about $5,000,000,000 more than it wanted to buy. This was called the “dollar gdp.” Cut Gap to Zero What American economists want to do is to cut that gap down to motives: (1) commun- pean na- feet so they goods even- bills. 1 Plan in - the goods and was wanted shipped out NsM has lost tees .- Now the National City York reports that dropped suddenly. In the three months of 1949 it fell to 500JI)00»000. • • L : j Largely this was because thol Eu ropeans cheapened their September. Their good ty Bank of it the gap In (he last to *3,- ho E mon Is : m ey now they’re cost Americans less, so buying more. ‘ The bank also reports other healthy signs. It-says several na tions-—outside Europe—are ac tually earning more here than they arc spending. Says the bank; “This is especially true of our ons with Latin America, as a whole is earning g dollar surplus in direct t the United States for time since the end of Poultrymen PI Third at Memp The Texas A AM Poultry J Team placed third in the em Collegiate Poultry Ji Contest in Memphis, Tenn lb. j Second high individual in contest was Karl F. Feyers, agri culture major from Canyon Ijand third man in the contest was Dick Taylor, poultry major from Muk- shoe. Members of the team making the trip were James Y. Penix, Taj Meyers, and alternate, Jack J. >veU. They were accompanied team coach Cecil B. Ryan. the FlKtfr RtTf -Feature'-Sterta 1:30 - 8:16 - 4:65 - 6:85 • -Friday Feature Starts— 1:30 - 3:26 - 7:26 - 9:20 MflSOK • TORE* • |Um$ SE _ i LUS CARTOON ATEST NEWS FRIDAY PREVUE 11:00 P.M. ; vrS ’—Feature 11:30 P.M. 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