Battalion Editorials
Page 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1950
GIVING HIM HIS LUMPS
Behind the Scenes . . .
Atomic Warfare’s Double Dangers . .
All major cities would do well to set up
a civilian defense system patterned after
the one now being established in Wash
ington, D.C. Congress has appropriated
$300,000 to enable Brig. Gen. Gordon R.
Young to take the first steps in his pro
gressive plan to prepare the capitol for a
sneak atomic attack. Gen. Young is the
Army member of the District of Columbia
Board of Commissioners.
, This program was initiated after the
publication of a guidebook on civilian de
fense by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Gen. Young said his program would be
gin with five basic steps:
“1. Appoint a full-time civil defense .
staff.
2. Designate emergency duties of
key citiy agencies such as t h e
poilice, fire, and water depart
ments.
3. Establish a civil defense head
quarters with the best commu
nications.
4. Set up a warning system
against air raids.
5. Prepare an education campaign
to advise citizens of the plan
and enlist their cooperation.”
Civilians were advised to ‘‘take cover
quickly—the best cover you can, of course,
but above all, get there quickly.” The
double danger from blast and radiation
make this action imperative.
Defense measures cannot be expected
to stop a surprise attack by planes, sub
marines, or enemy agents within our
country. An adequate civilian defense
program, however, can reduce the effec
tiveness of such an attack. Until war and
atomic weapons are outlawed, we believe
that everyone should be informed with re
gard to the dangers peculiar to this new
weapon.
VJ Day, and Five Years of ‘Peace’
Five years ago yesterday, the end of
World War II was marked by the sur
render of Japan. The world was presum
ably safe for democracy and everyone felt
secure in Roosevelt’s belief that Stalin
was really in favor of world peace. The
universal cry was “it’s over—let’s go
home!” The Russian grand strategy of
political and military conquest was not ob
vious.
The irony of the situation is quite
clear in retrospect, but the responsibilities
of our position as a major world power
are slowly being defined. Political dis
cussions now include re-armament, uni
versal military training, arming the Atlan
tic Pact nations, stockpiling of strategic
materials, support of the United Nations,
and outlawing aggression by force.
' The future of the world depends upon
our ability to recognize the requirements,
and fulfill the obligations of this position.
We have made mistakes in the past as a
result of our political naivete, but exper
ience, is in truth, a great teacher.
We know now that the old idea of war
or peace is obsolete. The present concept
is that military war is just one phase of a
continual political or ideological war. This
has come as a shock to many complacent
Americans, who had hoped to see many
years of peace and security based on the
idea that “we can get along with the Rus
sians.”
We believe, however, .that the Ameri
can people will make whatever sacrifices
are required to maintain the freedom and
integrity of all nations that have joined
in the fight against aggression.
Additional Power for the President . . .
Last week, the House of Representa
tives approved a bill, the “Defense Pro
duction Act of 1950,” which would give
the President additional authority to take
measures for the security and economic
stabilization of the nation. The bill is
now waiting for Senate approval.
Under the provisions of the bill, the
President would be given the right to give
contracts or orders which he deems neces
sary for national defense priority over
other contracts. He would also be given
the power to establish a ceiling on prices,
rentals, commissions, margins, rates, fee
charges, or allowances, as well as on
wages, salaries and other compensations.
Other subtitles of the bill gives the
President the authority to requisition
equipment, expedite production and deliv
eries, and to prescribe regulations with re
spect to consumer and real estate credit.
» Members of the House of Representa
tives have deemed it necessary that the
Why shouldn’t professional humorists
be sad looking fellows with radio come-
President receive the extra powers for the
preservation of national defense. Wheth
er the Senatorial body will view them
with the same attitude is yet to be seen.
If the upper congressional group ap
proves the provisions passed by the Rep
resentatives, the bill will be sent to the
President for his approval, and the as
pects of the bill will go into effect imme
diately.
However, if the Senate refuses to ac
cept the bill as it is, it must be sent to a
committee composed of members of both
houses to attempt to reach a compromise.
The revised editions of the bill must then
be approved by the House and the Senate.
A democratic nation would not ordi
narily be as lenient with the powers allo
cated for the President’s use unless emer
gency conditions existed. With the pres
ent conditions in foreign countries, we
feel that this is an emergency, and that the
President should be given full control
powers.
dians waiting around to steal the gags
they haven’t thought of yet.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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‘Furies’ Utilizes All Known
Techniques But Falls Short
By FRED WALKER
(“The Furies”—at.the Campus,
Sunday through Wednesday;
starring Walter Huston, Bar
bara Stanwyck, Judith Anderson,
Wendell Corey, Thomas Gomez,
Gilbert Roland, Albert Dekker,
Paramourit.)
Hal B. Wallis’ production of
Niven Busch’s novel about a New
Mexican land barony in the final
decade of the last century inclines
to epic dimensions.
A broad canvas, a difusive nar
rative, a sturdy cast and liberal
footage testify to that. But
throughout the unfolding of this
rawboned account of the greed that
flowed in the veins of cattle king
Walter Huston and his headstrong'
daughter, Barbara Stanwyck, pulls
the “orneryness” that stood out
in the characters of virtually all
with whom they came in contact,
there is unmistakeable evidence
that the producer yielded to the
temptation to make an epic out of
what was fundamentally a routine
Western drama.
The evidence is over-stretched
episodes, drawn-out sequences, a
constant and obvious striving for
sharp character outlines and sub
ordination of physical action to
dialogue.
Portrayals Scarce
And all the effort put into char-
acter delineation notwithstanding,
there is barely a performance in
“The Furies” that is clothed in
solid conviction. It seems that what
could have been a 70-minute bang-
up Western emerges as a somewhat
ponderous saga whose inherent
entertainment values are relatively
few and wide apart.
(See MOVIE, Page 4)
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LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
Reds Were Allies
Just 5 Years Ago
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
Five years ago, on Aug. 14, the
war with Japan came to an end.
The smoke of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki had hardly settled. Rus
sia had become America’s ally in
that war only a few days before,
and would remain so only for a
few days more, when it would be
come apparent, in the stripped in
dustrial plants of Manchuria and
the rearmed Chinese Communist
armies, why she had been so will
ing to join in.
Americans celebrated in the
streets as word flashed across the
nation that Hirohito had ordered
the cease fire.
They were oblivious to the fact
that Aug. 14 also was the anni
versary of another American mil
itary victory in Asia, one that
occurred 50 years ago, but which
had much to do with out ultimate
involvement in all the affairs of
the Orient.
The United States had become
involved in Asia through the force
ful opening of Japanese ports to
our trade, and through the war
with Spain which puts us in the
Philippines. Her interest in China
traced to the days and ways of the
Clipper captains. But not until the
ending of the Boxer rebellion by
the capture of Peking on Aug. 14,
1900, did American policy play any
great role among the German,
British, French, Russian and Jap
anese exploiters of Asia. U. S.
troops joined the others in sup
pressing the anti-foreign boxers.
The United States, in those days,
was teetering between the' advo
cates of imperialism and the pro
ponents of morality in foreign af
fairs who were destined to capture
the state department during World
War I. In 1900 some Americans
were' stilL talking about using Alas
ka as the springboard for war in
Siberia and the establishment of
hegemony over all the Pacific area.
John Ha;y’s proposal for an
“open door” in China was com-
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pounded of America’s desire for
an even break with other coun
tries in exploiting China as well
as of consideration for China’s
integrity—which in itself was an
essential to such an even break.
But altruism gradually got the up
per hand, reparations for the Box
er Rebellion were gradually re
mitted and finally renounced, and
as China moved toward Republican
ism the American attitude verged
closely on sponsorship. For 25
year's the Americans were not
quite such “foreign devils” in
oriental eyes as were the other
western powers. Her imperialism
had been that of a fledging power,
not seriously pushed.
The United States also moved to
protect her Pacific interests in the
settlement of the Russo-Japanese
war, and was active in compound
ing the felony which turned Korea
over to the Japanese at that time.
In Asia, the years are short and
history is extremely long. It is
Kjust as well to remember some of
"this background as we once more
get up to their ears in their poli
tics.
Williams Named
C of C Chairman
Appointment of R. I. Bernath of
Bryan, and D. W. Williams of Col
lege Station, as community chair
men for the East Texas Chamber
of Commerce in Brazos County has
been announced by Paul Carring-
• ton of Dallas, president of the
regional chamber.
Selection of these men to serve
in this capacity was made upon the
recommendation of Mrs. Lee J.
Rountree, Bryan, county chairman
for Brazos County, and with the
approval of H. E. Burgess of Col
lege Station, a director.
“The appointment of these com
munity chairmen will aid our or
ganization in direct contacts with
Brazos County people and will
keep our organization advised of
their wishes in our practical pro
gram at the local level,” Hubert
M. Harrison, general manager,
said.
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NOTICE TO NEW STUDENTS
AH undergraduate students who enrolled
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this summer and who expect to continue
in A. and M. College during the 1950-51
long session must obtain clearance from
the Registrar before registering for the.
Fall semester. This should be done imme
diately and can only be accomplished by
the individual concerned reporting in per
son to the Registrar’s Office.
H. L. HEATON, Registrar
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