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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1950)
1 . ~ ■ t Battalion Page 2 WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1M» I *M McDonald and the Straight Ticket .. . J. E. McDonald, for t*n term* Tr***’ comminnuter of agncultvr*. wm handed a *harp rfbuke Monday when the State Democrat* Executive (ommittee voted uitanimoualy to strike hit name from the July 22 primary ballot The committee read Melkmald otit of the party on charfee of "conairtant infidelity.’* (auae for the action «a« McDonald * ♦Jpen Nupport for Republican landMate* for the preaidency and vice preaidency in the 1M0. IM4, and 1^4lt national election* and for what the committee termed hi* givinf "aid and comfort to the Republican candidate for CaptreM," Hen Guill GuiH wa* elected re cently a* the first G<)P conirre**man fr»nn Texa* in 30 yeam McDonald testily announced he woukt fight the ruling In court *TII get a man- damu*. you l»et your Iniota, and my name will lie on the ballot.' McDonald said He had previdUalv ru*he«l to the committee'* chambers to testify he wa* a life-long Democrat who had not "broken faith '* The almost perennial commiwuoner of agriculture *aid he felt free to *upport R«*j»ui»lican candidate* for national office becfUae he con*idere<l hi* Democrat* jiar- Our Debt to the World's Even to mind* partially hardoped to re|»ort«< of wartime atn«citie* in dictator* controlled countries, the recenf announce ment of the latest Soviet purge in the Haltic state* i* shocking According to a dispatch fmm ('openhhgen, more than one million (lerson* from Lithuania. Ia- • tvui ami Estonia have lieen expelle<i from their homeland*. Baltk' delegate* to the International Socialist ('ongfese re|*irt the majority of the deportees were sent into forced labor in the g<4d mine* of Siberia and m secret armament plants in the l rals. Even Soviet puppat* in the gov* erntnents of the three BaFtic states have not been imnHine The president of the supreme soviet in Estonia and the Eston ian minister of security have tieen arte*, ted and earned off by police of the MVD. It is difficult for American* to cotv asve of such treatment To know that in these *uppn«fdly enlightemsi tim«‘* whole INVfiulation* are auhject to brutal treat ment with no opportunity for mires* is almost incomprehensible However, there are too manv reports from reliable sour ce* to discount what we hear. New York Times correspondent Ihma Adams Schmidt recently cabled an ac count of hi* exjiertence* »n (Vechoslovu- kia He was among a large nurnhtf of de- fendsnts accusod of planning an armed revolt against the communist government Dormitory Dilemma . . . Should the Biology ivpartmrnt need g|Kx.imens for a few slides on imccU. we know where they can obtain t^em first hand Along with the advent of the summer terms" have qoUM hundreda of nocturnal peats mosquitoes, flyw June bugs and an awvirtetl galaxy of their cohorts in crime They fly through the open dormitory doors nightly, seeking prey The prey th«*y locate is m the form of a tired stu dent. trying to sleep after an equally try ing day. The Battalion "SmUnf, Suuhmsb, Kmgbtl y GtmttmmT Lawrence Sullivan Row, Founder of Aggie Th* AxsocmhH Pros* is rntithd 4>ehisiwflf to tho ww for rvfNiMlcaUan of all now* dMaalrkr* rrodito* t« S of wot «*thfrwiar embtort is the i>ai«r snd lorsl sow* *f spontsnowtt* anfin pubhsk- t4 horam Right* of rrsshheadae of sil othor watfor horns ai» also rosorvr* TV Rattaiioa, ofbcial nowspapor nf U < ity of Col logo StsUnW. Trxas. is puM «h ihg thr sun mor. The Rsttal w is puhltshod nm vesiivm m min* < pry wiswei wwry i throagf Friday afternoon. Sukumption rato* $tM per summer. Aiivrrtisgif rate* funusVJ on re- N«ws con Mi hut ion* may he made hy Goodwif Hsl Oa»* fied ad* may he pti Offuc. Room 2»*, Coodwia Hail. telephone ( — of at the i 4-Mfl) or at tV Stuudent Arthntios ■a,,—.— — Kotor** M wrrwS flsw at f«t I upSa a flute* smUm. tw “- Tke At Adi ift l» kVfi DEAN HERD. L a T1EDT M AViwatky 'rank MauMiaa i pws, —4— Joel AuetfR *-♦.—• -.-4—• BsM) 4M PsWer . . .mm mmt . M-P—* ••'woollr *> a* iwiiWue arr>w> lar >• S»« York Car. (WosUs Lai Ai s«lw wm4 Sm »r«» »r» Co-Htitors Foaturs Editor - RpapM MMMc Cit> Editor . VMf '■ :-7:- . ■ 1/ * M, tjf pledge Mnding onljf to state nominees of the party. Ht said he voted for Jack I^irter flnr Texas senator in 1P4R "because there wa* a eontrovemy about the Demo cratic nominees and who would he »«‘ate4i." i . 1 TT • ’ We lope the court upholds McDonald’s position. And. even if it doesn’t, we imagine kv will make good bis boast that *7. E. UrDuiakt wiH be the nexf Tom- misotoner of AfrtraRtgw whether you (the commit tag) leave my-name off or not " I’rohahly a man tatting the party pledge should be expected to support per ty candidates for sMRs offices althmigh tlst might even he PUhjort for dehnte But g is unreaeonablo to require a candi date to relinquish hie right to vote for whom he pleases in a national tdertion in order to become eligible for a place an the liallot in the state primarv Voting a atnhfht tieitet—be it Dem«>- cratic. Republican, or Vegetarian—i* ridi culous unless a man it convinced that the party for which he votes offer* all the I met men for election Mo man should pledge himwelf to vote against hi* better judgment. (litizcns . . . it (’xeohoalovakla Sharing the indictment with Schmidt were fermcr leader* of the National Socialist party Western diplo mats. uffieiala and <lner newsjiaper cor respondents. Thirteen of the defendent* were called Into Prarfhe's I'ankrac prison cr>urtroom in the biggest of all "treason trial*" yet held in rjtefhowlovakia Schmidt «ncaird with hi* wifgto Frankfort before he couM be arrested. We hear of these tnal> and purge* It is not unreasonable to s**ume that there are many mpre of which we do not hear ths!* where justice i* unknown, purges where dignify is ignored, where suffering of innocent penwn* i* pmatted for but which shall ermtiaue, unrecordeii and un warranted. These are the things which thi* nation ha* pledged itself to fight A* human l*»- ibg* we cannot stand by and allow such treatment to he accorded to our fejlow- gisn We .anrmt jiermit additional million* of people In come under the domination of the ('ommuatst* where all are subprt to the demand* of a dictatorship which |now* no rea*»»o, respect* no human righf*. Our role is demanding It calls for sacri fice, material and personal But we have go other choice We must continue to car- fv on the fight for the remaining free peAplee <»f the eertfi. We owe that to our- *elve* and to a suff^rniK humanity. The student is usually left with only two chmres. He ran shut the door to his mom leaving him sunrepoble to heat proa- tratum or he can leave the doer open Risking himself subject to mosquito frus tration If the BlrCU department could take ste|« to remedy this situation by placing Screens on the dormitory portals, the de partment could make life-long friends of Some men who now spend more time swat ting insects st nigh! than they do sleep- mg | 4 1 50 Degree Heat • . . Aren’t Fah To Fearless Correspondent My ART HOW All? (M. mU: This is the sere a* la S aerim «t reparta frsai \n NeWsrR, Battalia*! Alaska* ear- 'T: warhlag a* AetaaUy. ■■’•St vta aar first IvH fra* Ha. New South Opens Doors to Industry Rv JtKM PR It Y Tki. artirl# I* tk* first in S srrirs .Ml tlw ( hsngn>K saulh I# hr rarriad k> the (tallalitfii ) Atlanta- There is a terrific f*V- rarnt in thr *<>uth bsiav Thousand* have keen displaced from thr lam) to crowd into the citM-s, while nthrr thousarMls hav** fl.wkod to th» went and mid. »*t In search of tho opportunity they couldn't fmo at hoWir The NagXn »nd th. white m*n arc rlaahinr with in< rrasmg blt- tcrnran over th» »o*th a traditioifal maatrr-sarvant rrlationship H<nrath this pyramid of tar- sion* ht industrial and eronontir i hang*-* which, a hen virwad a* a whole arrn early staggering On th* one entreaw sr* the <|i- han intellectual yroup* denisn<ii|««r overnight change, while on the other *r* those who not .»nly wogld maintain the status quo. but . h n really veouM ps-efer to go back a fe. year* IMpart Sea ( rends There are w*rl«1 pre««ur»« Vthk h have wnecke<t the gotlon econofiy of the deep south And there are wofM pressure* in which tie south fipd* itself hel-1 up as ardegamfle of a nation which talk* democracy but refuses t*> grant fbll rtti*enshtp nphts to nearly Ifl.SSO.RtS) people Throughout the region stand great islands of |>overty and m*ss ignorance, marked In the erties hy almost uniy ltevatdg. er.sle.| l*i d and unkempt farms This foe* hand lr hand with an ever rising leuel of income f<*r all the south’s people and » consequent pressure for imprmement Into the region with its vg*t mineral, human and agr..uIIiIthI re*oiirees have paired millions of industrial dollar* f<>r new plabts and imyroll* A* a matter of self preservation, the region has set out with c4»n- •rinwa v\#*r to ramake its ag«i rultural establishment upon diler- sified line* The net result of all these j ti*«- sure», internal and external ha* been for a .hanging south; a pro gre**ing south if yPu like Tragedy of I It vision <>ne of the great tragedies of this rhangrng **>uth has been the division of ite pmrple somet.lne* uneonsctously, ovar the role the Negro is U> have ill the new * pth There is division between W kite and \sgro, betwaen White and White, and hetwae., Negro and Neg One of the great sorrow* of the south, said so«-tolagi»t t»r IV*-*’ ton Valn-n of f .alt I niversitg at Nashville, has i<acn the lack, of understanding between Whites tend Dclaplane Attends Delaware Meelin" Dr Walter H. tMapiarw, Head of the Economics Department, will leave Thursday fur Wilmington. Delaware .here hr will atteigi s • hus ness stmboaiam preaent**! by th< E 1 Duf'ont ( opipany. ‘Th< DuPont (Tampany has ar ranged ten a senes «»f lertureg by its offieiai* on the operating .and reaearrh problems nf a large busi ness its relations with the gnvVm ment, and its activities and mrtk <sis of growth in * foreign r*un try," Dr. th lapiars said Plana haw nean made for the group, which is onmpuaed of re preacatatives from 4.1 follef''• »nd univerdtees. to vktet DuPonTs, re- aearch plant in Wilmington, and electrocwamicw! plant st N.Agra Fslis, aMd a dye plane at Deep Water. New Jersey. Dr Dels ■N He said Hr is aspected to return July 7. Me- than the |n’t s ques- meal in just wsnt* Negroes Dr Vslien in ^ interview pointed ouf that hy smt Isrgi the White south* rm-r hsp i><> contact *.th the N eg is i sav* 1 on a work telatthn, thus the Wide simply .« hi no pieition to knop of the Neg- fo’s intimate home iRb, ht* fears, his want*, his hoja-s |nd hi* »•n , - hit ions. The reverse is equpBy true Division tmong Nrgr(»es At Tuakegee ln#tllutr. Ala., Krm-st Neal, director ef the Rural Life Conference, leiRgrked that, St i* very difficult t" get the problem* of the Negipe* together. "The iiitelleetual Hpgro." Neal said, 'has pa**ed eVffy test for first t-lat* citiienship. Ifi* problem po longer is a hou*4. clothes and money First class (tyzenship is aln.ut »l ! he is intefmRcd in "But for the mas| ef Negroea, the problem still is gnbugh f >od. a place to live and elptijiing "The advanrest Negro i« move fonmious of segregi ina»f To the mass it lion of whether he I. W hite n stauiant a meal , “Th« ptohlem is pk develop a K ijrch'dogy on the Mrt of egroes to help find «]|olution and P'tt just sit down 4*t complain t>f injustices "We've all got te ‘feal.ra- that the same thing thtel keep* th. N.-gro fiom making gsonev is th. same thing that keef» the poor White from making nplney "The difference helRten th» pool White and the Neg#4 •* I see H, is that the White ha* nobody to fight h I* nattles ( He Kl( I'rohh m "Fvuidanientally, the basic prob lem of the south is too many peo ple and not enough Joh* W hy all this ltdiVgoil in the south* The i*W fcgaiuel Chile* Mitchell professor of hisCny at- the I’niversity id Richmond, jait tt thi* way "The UHh Centusy had three dominant Idea* hlkRty. industry and democracy Thr ante-bellum south early m that rgktury set its face against sll thfan "Not liberty; slgvpgy' Not in dustry plantation agairuftuic' Not damsrracy, a contrfrgd system nf ansUwratic rule ' And in pursuit of these false ideals, the south lost the tiatter part «if ■ hundred years The ferment in Rtg south today is the race to catch up. ard, h«t it waa daiayad. making M ssrsasary for as ta print Ms sveand letter first) It is now over five week* sumc I hit l^dd Field and Fairbanks Alaska, in the frvsrn north Bat 1 am not a Sourdough yet. The n-quirements for that nth- are rather ragged (Kd. Note Na. I - regairements deleted- We're all t4w > oaag i. (Quarters up here couldn't be Iwttrr—they are something like the new dorm* st AAM but have legs room*, less noise, and only two floors. Hut they do have a tile tsathroom for every two rooms, large window*, and good lights. In the Iwsement we have ping l«>ng tables, washing aiachmea, and storage lockers Our meaahall la nearby, and serve* good food tt rra-sonahir prise*.. (H»e of our three dorms ha* a snack bar romplrle with slot machines and table*. Nearby i* a colony of girla most I. sin gle and apt to remain so Iasi Saturday I was standing i*n a creek bank fishing, when something shook th*- earth I though it was cither the borlh disposal crew working or the new by ( hena River had gone out. Hut it happem-d to be a mBd i-artlt- quake Hut I did have lurk with iay fishing, and caught nine grayling* wry *imdar to trout My fimt night her*- I wgs lucky ta meet gn electrical engineer We play Ca nasta with two other fellows al most every night. House (ommittee In Ta\ Re\ ision Washington. June li.-'rA*'. Thr Mouse Ways and Means < om mittee voted Unlay to apply regsi lar corporation meune Uses to income derived from busmekse* of orgamtatinna now fully tax-ete- empA. Religious otganiiations would I con On lie to he exempt. The ta* I w*ndn be anpiied te the humnass 1 income of educational, rharitable, j lalmr ard other orgariwtions not now »ubiert to the levy An example would he thnt of! a university owning a inaiarom | factory The income from the fa* tory would la* subject u» the tax would yield about IKkl.OOO.niXI each yeai Anyway, this fellow juet bought a 4S Hudson, so 1 will Kaye trmns- (sirtatimi this summer to go af ter thr big fish. The pay here ta vary gwud With the 24% ceat of living, I am making over M.Md haae pay, awfl nwt ef that I clear almwat I.1M a month My quarters cost only eight bucks s month And if 1 keep out of the bars and night rlpbe ip f-airbank* I will be do* ng ainght 1 have been doing drafting and estimating work-making sketching of proposed alternations to huild- uig* and such, then computing the though it paid over Iki.iXHi a pear. Theie are co a tractors in lawn who are really making money off »f this base on impair jobs and small buddings. Talkint about ( nnaata, we really have a wicknri tenrwtMwe, with tww alternate players. Iasi Sunday we played all aftrrwwon and late at night. Not much is happantng here, except that exeryoo*- |« wmitmg for the ice to go out. 1rher» nn- two big rives pools, one for tin- ('hena and one for the Tangftte. Each one of them are worth over one-hundrvd thousand *m*rii- Wher’fellow here >• leaving "J, An f. m * ^ to get hi. Master * and offeml w,n ^ "S?*?*** to try to get me hi. yd* te.ch.ng "• rm '~ thrr ,5 ° elaaewe at night- atgebre, history ^ ;‘ ,e , r runn ? ,r W **' * and general bull. . j for » ***- j . ^ . But I had to turn it dowr,. even . Senate Desires D&Q l*ar«;er Pension. Wdllts StKial Seeuritv'KINGS Washington, June 14— (A F') — The Senate atarted de bate yeuteniay on a jdan ty bring 10,000,OtN) more perwomt under Social Security and |»ay bigger old age j»et)*ion* Senator (>eorge (D-(*a), chair man of the Finance (ommitte* which has approved the measure, opened the drive Increased benefit* to meeL*ns- mg coat* of living are long over due, he told the senate, and the millions now without retirement income protection are a drain on public relief agencies The hill, a big item in the ad- miniktmtion'* program, i* a re vised Version of one the House passed in October Senate lead era hope u> get it through by early nfxt week Th* two big change* the would make are A, Extension of coverage or* compulsory basis to about K.A00, 000 person* and on a voluntary basis to about 1,(10(1,000 more Reguiaily employed farm and domestic workers, plus many »elf employed people, would make up most of that addition to the 3S,- immiihk) now under old age and survivors insurance H. Raising hy an average of Ho to '.M» per cent the monthly benefits to the 2,SM*iMKX1 |>ersons now receiving old age rend sur vivor* insurance payments The a vet age payment to retired work ers, now IT* woud go up to more than >4H MEN r^ tor Father's Giv# vour fathwr K.i, j* Men lor fathwr's Day the ana <jdt that says In sap book. Dad you ara th# m*n who commands .Ja's Hnast" .. r«OM If ST *1 - II L A C K ’ S F II \ K M A C Y . Kant Gate — Cufkge Station r . . . Other new rule* would about .xiHTimrnt Matioli double, for person* retiring Jn the ■ 'future, the bcnefH* of th# pre- Hf*|)Ortln on I OllliltO M ‘ nt P ljlfl >* •wsiar A'r rdd The Texas A giiculturyi Expepi in.mt Station has issm-d a prehtn inary report on s study of Ri< production and marketing of spnpg greenwrap tomatoe* m the lower wo « W <^ott«ue er person* to nnaltfy foh bane fits The present payroll tax. IS per cent of the first tl.OOO of an nuel pay fot both employee and until Rto (irande Valley I'n acfiting some of tjie pi *da f tion and marketing report is issued aa M face I la nodus Publication .'M Authors sre 0 A Bonner, k A Kugett, H M Mayes and (J M Morgan, all of the Agricultural Economics and Sociology Department. Ibid After that the rontnbuttun hy earh would g<* up hy stages rjblema, Che to H maximum of .1 1 4 (ter rent One question is whether to go sl«ng with a provision in the Mouse bill raising the wage base of the plan to IX.(MX), with ac companying higher benefits at the top of the scale PALACE Bryan Z’SS79 NOW SHOWING - TODAY thro SAT. FIRST RtN —Features fRfcrt— 1:15 - S » - h lO -• 45 - 8:20 )0;OR SCOTT ^ was i-TKiMROtOX 1 MOMELFsrfl IKE SBWt Flamingo Lounge Preamt* Patti Tubs at the Piano lo Play Y our Lavorit#* Son^s r Appearing Mghlly i 4 Block* Eaat. Highway 6 on Sulphur Spnnga Road Collefc Station — UX VB.-tEK H.n* W> Os A*Wi - QUEEN !Jk«T DAT ^1 aKes of a 11 Rental f*anrer** •mrRs. — m — hat. Havnd B> h Hair ChMtefp <4^ Linda I-no Auley's Incycle rolled acmg _ •idesraik and under a truck The three year old girl crawled After it. Mre. Stella Gw Unsky figured through g wtwjtew of a rtyirhy grocery. She saw thr truck Ikrgui U> mov«, Th* noiaan ran out drab- bed ttea child ty the YnAi sad pulled her te waa cruahad. i ty i MMty. The trilycta