• # • Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950 Russia Used Tactics, Why Not Us? . . . The United States and the 52 other United Nations members associated with us in the defense of the Republic of Korea are gaining very little through this month’s session of the Security Council. Jakob Malik, conductor of the Russian filibuster and president of council for the month of August, has been successful in carrying out the Soviet nations plans to tie up the council with matters the Rus sians would like to see passed. As presiding officer, Malik refuses to rule upon the questions that have been , long proposed for settlement by the coun cil. So long as he refrains from taking a step either way, no one will be able to do more than debate on the matters, without having the record show a reversal of Sov iet contentions. We must admit that up to the present time Malik has been more effective in pre senting his propagandized information than the United States has in presenting its case. The other democratic members . .began the month by being overly nice, a condition which has never existed in the Communist delegation. Recently, how ever, Warren Austin, American delegate, and Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British delegate, have taken matters in hand with blunt statements that Moscow engineered and conducted the Korean invasion. Regardless, the lies Malik is repeating in deliberately trying to create distrust be tween the Western World and the Asiatic peoples are not helping our cause. The only means to remedy this situation is for the United Nations to hold no more meet ings during the month of August. Noth ing prevents President Malik from calling meetings, but there is also nothing which prevents the majority of the members of the council from voting adjournments or space out sessions to constrict to the Sov iet delegation’s actions. Fortunately, actions which the United Nations needed to meet the Korean sit uation were taken before the Russians realized the mistake they had made in walking out of the Security Council. We then have nothing to lose and considerably mcj-e to gain by suspending all United Nab^sis sessions until September 1. Our Melting Pot Includes Communists . . . The House of Representatives has voted to bring action against 56 witnesses who refused to answer questions concern ing their affiliations with the Communist party by the House un-American activi ties committee. Conviction of the mute witnesses, judging from past cases, will be almost automatic. A stiff fine and a jail sentence of one year faces the defendants. The action of the House is entirely justified and called for, though it might be considered an encroachment of consti tutional rights if loyal citizens were con cerned. It is only just that those who seek with every means within their power to destroy the constitution of the United States and what it stands for should not be able to set up their defense behind the Bill of Rights. Possibly this case may be a precedent in cleaning out the Communist and their sympathizers, who refuse to answer Con gress concerning their party membership. Heretofore the Moscow inspired sympa- In Passing . . . The word is warming up but no one seems to know why or how long it will danger, there is enough water stored in the polar ice caps to submerge New York, Tokyo, and London. Evidence to support ■ this fact was presented at the 1950 meet ing of the American Meteorological So- . ciety. The rainmakers say that the average temperature of Boston and Washington • has risen three or four degrees in the past century, the growing season in Iowa has increased 20 days in the last 40 years, and thizers have considered it no crime to defy Congress in its performance of its duty. A year in prison will give the gentlemen time to reconsider. Lee Pressman, former CIO general counsel who was ousted from the group for Communist leanings, Natan Witt and John J. Abt, all three former New Deal officials, refused to answer questions con cerning their Communist affiliations be fore the un-American activities committee in 1948. Evidence showed that the three former leaders know more about the Red party than they told. Pressman, Witt, and Abt may not see the error of their ways while in confine ment but at least they will be safely out of the picture and unable to hinder security measures. It is pleasing to know that our govern ment is at last realizing that all inhabi tants of the United States are not neces sarily loyal. Further decisive action should and must be taken to prevent undermining of our democratic ideals. the oceans are rising at the rate of one foot in 300 years. William J. Humphries, late president of the Society, estimated that 15,000 years would be required to melt Greenland’s 4,000,000 cubic miles of water. It would appear that posterity will not suffer from a water shortage, but the problem of distribution could be serious. After all, what benefit would the water enclosed in Artie ice be to inhabitants of South America. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published five times a week during the regular school year. 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Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of Represented nationally by National Ad- The Associated Press vertising Service Inc., at New York City. Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. SID ABERNATHY, DEAN REED Co-Editors L. O. Tiedt ^ Feature Editor Frank Manitzas Sports Editor Joel Austin City Editor Betty Ann Potter Society Editor Fred Walker Amusements Editor Bill Hites Photographer Bob Hancock. BUI Hites. John Hollingshead. James Lancaster Photo Engravers Frank Davis, Bert Hardaway, Bob Hugheon, Louise Jones, Bill Mebane, B. F. Roland, Dale Walston Staff Reporters Carter A. Phillips Editorial Assistant IN THIS CORNER- For Lieutenant Governor India Has Suggestion For Quieting Council By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst India’s latest suggestion for quieting the raucous United Na tions security council seems to be a move on her part to get back on the right side after a series of bumbling steps which have in terfered with U. N. policy in Ko rea. In advocating a smail-nation sub committee to which the Korean case might be referred, Sir Sene gal Rau gets away from the Nehru- Stalin idea of tying in the ad mission of Communist China to U. N. membership. He also empha sizes the U. S.-U. N. policy of un conditional withdrawal of com munist forces to their own terri tory before a settlement can be discussed. Center of Problem Thus the Indian pendulum, which Nehru has swung from the “im partial” extremes of condemning Communism one day and western policy the next, seems to be set tling down to a more restricted swing, nearer the center of the problem. The significance of the commit tee idea as it applies to Indian policy may perhaps be emphasized, also, by the fact that it is not original, but had already been dis cussed in American circles. Under the plan, which India will probably make formal by a motion Thursday, all of the big powers would be frozen out of the discussions, which would be car ried on by the six non-permanent members of the council, three of whom have recognized Communist China and three of whom have not. The committee would be empowered to hear such witnesses at it de sires—north or south Korean or what not—and would permit India to assume a role of leadership for Rodeo Arena Plans Formulated Being Plans have been started for a rodeo arena to be located in the neighborhood of the dairy hus bandry barns, west of the railroad switchtower across from the ball park, according to Dr. Jack C. Miller, head of the Animal Hus bandry Department. Materials for the arena were ordered last month and are ex pected to arrive by September. The project is hoped to be completed by Oct. 1 in time for the annual Intercollegiate Rodeo, tentatively set for the weekend of Oct. 21, Dr. Miller said. The arena will be constructed of w r ood treated with pentschloro- phenol, a wood preservative, and number nine diamond meshed wire six feet high. After completion, the arena will be used for rodeos sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club and the Rodeo Club. It will also be used for the annual 4-H and FFA Judg ing Contest and the Little South western Fat Stock Show. WTA W Radio Program 1150 Kilocycles Wednesday afternoon 12:15—Big League Baseball 2:55—Scoreboard 3:00—Musical Scoreboard 3:30—Bingo 5:00—United Nations 5:15—Requestfully Yours 5:45—Tommy Dorsey 6:00—Family Worship Hour 6:15—Supper Club 7:30—Sign Off Thursday 6:00—Texas Farm & Home 6:15—W-TAW Roundup 7:00—Coffee Club 7:15—Rotary Club 7:30—News of Aggieland 7:45—Hebrew Christian Hour 8:00—Morning Special 9:00—Ray Bloch 9:30—Homemaker Harmonies 9:45—Carmen Cavallaro 10:00—Church Women 10:15—Music for Thursday 10:30—Morning Matinee 11:00—Bryan News 11:10—Chuckwagon 12:00—Texas Farm and Home 12:15—Big League Baseball 2:55—Scoreboard 3:00—Musical Scoreboard 3:30—Bingo 5:00—Requestfully Yours 5:45—Navy Band 6:00—Guest Star 6:15—Supper Club 7:30—Sign Off which she has been angling des perately but amateurishly. Might Do Good The committee could no no harm on the main issue of the Korean war, and might do some good. But of course it isn’t apt to be es tablished, because it would coun ter two Russian policies. It would accept the legality of the security council ruling of June 25 that North Korea is the ag gressor. It would vivitate Russia’s main reason for returning to the council—the need for a propaganda sounding board in an effort to build up Asiatic resentment of western intervention. On the basis of precedent, too, Russia always opposes placing is sues in the hands of the small na tions, or in any way relaxing her hold on them. Ag Experiment Station Gets $40,000 Check A check for $40,000 was given the Agricultural Ex periment Station, by the Southwestern Peanut Grow ers Association on Aug. 10, according to R. D. Lewis, director of the experiment station. This money will be used during the next two to four years on re search projects plaujidd jointly by the Association and Experiment Station. Research on more efficient methods of production, harvesting, storage and marketing of peanuts will be some of the projects deve loped. The research-aid fund became available from the participation of peanut growers in the 1942 dis tribution of profits from the sale of quota excess peanuts under the Production and Marketing Admin istration programs of that year. After individual participants in the program had received profits amounting to $10 and $14.35 a ton, respectively, in the southwestern and southeastern peanut-growing areas, an additional profit re mained with the Commodity Credit Corporation. The additional profit of $75,000 belonging to members of the South western Peanut Growers Associa tion could be used in cooperate re search programs with the agricul tural experiment stations of the respective states. The A&M station will provide personnel, land, and office and laboratory space for conducting studies pertaining to the peanut industry. The Experiment Station will analyze and interpret the research data obtained, and publish it for the benefit of the peanut growers of the state, Lewis said. Official Notice NOTICE TO NEW STUDENTS All undergraduate students who enrolled as “new students” at A. and M. College this surnmer 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 Ramsey, Who Never Lost, Is 2nd Primary Candidate (Editors Note: One of a series of biographical sketches on ma jor candidates in the Aug. 26 second Texas Democratic Pri mary.) By TIM PARKER Associated Press Staff Truman Asks Allowance For Service Families first successful campaign for of- is a great deal of respect foi Rain- f tt^ran fo/state representa- sey. Fellow . lepslafip demon, t ve in 1930 and won. He ran strated this m 1947 when they again and won. Then he returned elected him president pro-tempore to private practice for six years, of the senate. They like hus lack of- In 1940 he ran for the state senate rancor, his ready wit, and his will- and won. He held his senate seat ingness to work with others. Of the two candidates for lieu- for eight years and then returned Th angular lawmaker is active tenant governor in the Aug. 26 f° private life ag' . „ in all community aiJans in his second primary, one has never lost Former Seci eta y home town. He s been a member V and election and one has never The quiet, draw S ’ J P P 0 f San Augustine s Methodist won _ ped into public eye again in Jan- a l mo st all his life. He’s Ben Ramsey of San Augustine is ^ary, 1949, when (mv. ^ or a j g0 a leader in his town’s busi- the man who has never lost. ff- J® 8 ! 61 ’ appointe ^ . ness life and is a former national Lincolnesque in appearance, the of state. He c ^ q, • president of the Junior Chamber of tall and lanky East Texas lawyer ^e post under Gov^ Allen Shivers Commerce . . has some of the Civil War presi- after Jestei died. t • Hobbies’ None except nartici nfhm-affritmfpq Hid wif is he resigned. Three months latei HoDDies . inoik cxccpi partici S„or OUn “ d t0r lieUtenant £0V - lability! ^compose 6 the”differ- C ^en among Ms opponents there ernment and the Methodist Chp^ ences of warring factions. Ramsey’s opponent is Pierce Brooks, Dallas insurance executive who has tried often for major pub lic office but never made it. Ram sey ran second to Brooks in the July 22 first primary. Quiet and Studious A quiet and studious man, Ram- Washington All 0 '. 16 UP)— ®ame as the armed services com- £Ld a p S latfo. i m U He a d!d,S“eVto: PresidentTruman asked Con- mittece of both the Senate and the Most Texans know what he has gress yesterday to begin ben- House moved to draft legislation done, and what he stands for. It efit payments this month to as quickly as possible in response shapes up like this: dependent families of Ameri- to reports that some families of • Soil Conservation and Improve- can servicemen, with a top limit of servicemen have already begun toy ment. He early recognized the ser- $150 a month for any family. suffer financial hardship, musness of soil and forest conserv- suiiti xmanuax iicuu&m.y. ation and worked har in the Texas This would include deductions Legislature to solve the problem, from the service men’s pay as well jr (Mocc fjQ Make His own farm near his native San as government payments. ’ ' ' , , m ft Justine is a model of soil con- Mr Truman sent the adm i nistra _ HOUStOIl *ield Ifip • t m-w ’ t nK/,,. mile. ti