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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1950
Indian Givers Within Army Circles
The aggressive action of North Korean
troops against the Republic of South Ko
rea, and the corresponding action of the
United States, as well as Russia’s silent
smirking, has been used to the fullest ex
tent by most of the nation’s metropolitan
newspapers to increase circulation. And
increased circulation it has. Since our
troops moved into Korea several weeks
ago, readership has risen tremendously.
To supply the public’s demand for in
formation from the war front, the news
services as well as several of the larger
newspapers, magazines, and newspaper
chains have sent correspondents to the
war' front.
No army regulations were imposed up
on the newsmen, other than a request that
they not write stories which would divulge
valuable information to the enemy. Oth
erwise, the correspondents had to use in
dividual opinion as to what was and was
not informative to the army of the ag
gressor.
Considerable difference of opinion has
arisen between key officers of the Korean
Command and those in Tokyo as well as
between General MacArthur’s command
and Washington authorities. Of all these,
Washington has been most lenient on dis
closing matters which officials have con
sidered secret.
Since the first dispatches began arriv
ing from the battle front, several corres
pondents have been chastized for their
writings. At one time, two of them were
ordered to leave the front, but the order
was rescinded a few days later by a higher
authority.
To prevent reporters from divulging
secret information in the future, authori
ties have made their first attempt to de
fine military security for news correspon
dents. Most of the new stipulations have
already been observed, but correspondents
are still without knowledge of how much
they can write without fear of being order
ed from their posts.
When reading war stories which you
believe are not in their entirety, be sym
pathetic with the writer for he could not
write all you wish to read. After all, how
much would he be able to write about the
war if he were sent back to the states?
An unfortunate condition, but it prevails.
And, even though top officials can’t agree
on degrees of censorship, a certain amount
is necessary for security purposes.
America and the Irony of War
The full impact of the Korean war on
public opinion is shown by the latest Gal
lup survey. The acute manpower shortage
of the United States and the Western de
mocracies is the basis for the three ques
tions in the poll.
The first question concerns universal
military training:
“In the future, do you think every
able-bodied young man (who has not
already been in the armed forces)
should be required to take military
or naval training for one year?”
This question has appeared on nine
previous surveys, and 78 percent of the
people now favor the establishment of
such a program as compared to 66 percent
in 1942.
The second question concerns the re
armament of Western Germany:
“The eastern zone of Germany,
which Russia controls, is-now build
ing up an army. Do you think the
United States should or should not
help the Western Germans now to
build up an army of equal size?”
Seventy-one percent of the people ap-
From Penthouses To Gopherdom . . .
The new design for living in this
atomic age has been revealed by L. R. Ash
more, who specializes in building under
ground homes, businesses, and storage
rooms. His latest patent covers a five
room subsurface cottage which will cost
around $5,500. Friends and neighbors
would have to get accustomed to the new
mode of living because they would literally
have to “drop in for a visit.”
Ashmore explained that there were
many other advantages besides relative
immunity to atomic blasts. Lighting and
ventilation are already artificial in most
modern buildings, and under ground build-
parently favor re-arming our former ene
my, and 16 percent are opposed to such an
army.
The third question concerns the organ
ization of a Japanese Army:
“Do you think the United States
should take steps now to build up an
army of Japanese soldiers to be ready
to fight the .Communists if Japan is
attacked?”
Seventy-two percent of the people fa
vor this policy, and 17 percent are op
posed.
Present estimates indicate that Russia
has 175 divisions available for immediate
action. In the face of this threat, uni
versal military training is unquestionably
advisable.
The re-armament of Germany and Ja
pan, however, should be undertaken only
under control and surveillance by Ameri
can military authorities.
We believe that any attempt to match
Russia on a man to man basis is doomed
to failure. If the efforts of the United
Nations fail to stop overt aggression, it
might be advisable to consider an atomic
war ultimatum.
ings require no heat. There is no exterior
upkeep, and the lot can be used for park
ing or gardening.
Those who want peace and quiet will
appreciate the noiselessness of the con
crete, bell-shaped rooms. Peacetime pro
tection against fire, windstorms, lightning,
and hail, according to Ashmore, will as
sure a ready market.
When the new excavating machine is
completed, the Ashmore Corporation will
take your order for a really-new house.
Most of the pending orders, however, are
for storage facilities and bomb shelters.
What will they think of next?
The Battalion
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Eight Full Colonels
To Head Regiments
(Continued from Page 1)
scholastic officer; Donald R.
Reeves, first sergeant; Wylie L.
Brisco, athletic sergeant; Clare
E. G. Bailey, squad leader.
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E Air Force
Lieutenants, James Cruz, execu
tive; Burney F. Benner, platoon
leader; Martin B. Olson, athletic
officer.
F Air Force
Captain Walter C. Robertson,
commander; Lieutenants, Wiley J.
S. Smith, executive; Frederick F.
Nye, platoon leader; Richard L.
Battin, athletic officer; Jerry C.
Waggoner, platoon sergeant;
James D. McCrady, athletic ser
geant; Haydon E. Hatcher, supply
sergeant; Grafton E. Connally,
squad leader.
2nd Air Force Group Hq.
Colonel Dake K. Keelan, com
mander; Lt. Col. Stanley G. South-
worth, executive; Majors, Joseph
A. Bodine; Milan F. Thurman, in
telligence officer; Joseph T. Lena-
mon, supply officer; John D. Hard
wick, sergeant major; Donald C.
Owen, supply sergeant; Jack E.
Leonard, communications sergeant;
Judge E. Sandusky, transportation
sergeant.
Third Squadron Hq.
Lt. Col. Kenzy D. Hallmark,
commander; Major Weldon D.
Gardner, executive; Captains, Gor
don C. Edgar, adjutant, Donald N.
Kahn, intelligence officer; Jerry
W. Grader, supply officer; 0. B.
Taylor, supply sergeant.
G Air Force
Captain James S. Boroughs, com
mander; Lieutenants, Thomas W.
McAshon Jr., platoon leader; David
Robertson, athletic officer; Allen
M. Burton, first sergeant; James
C. Smith, William R. Moore, pla
toon sergeants.
H Air Force
Captain Douglas D. Hearne,
commander; Lieutenants, Lloyd M.
Pape, executive; Edwin R. Ber
nard Jr., Leroy D. Lockhart, pla
toon leaders; Joseph W. Steede,
platoon sergeant; Carroll W. Keese,
scholastic sergeant; J. W. Taylor,
athletic sergenat; Allen N. Weaver,
platoon guide; Gerald W. King, I.
C. Trauth, Sam K. Hendler, Tho
mas A. Munnerlyn, squad leaders.
I Air Force
Captain James B. Harrison, com
mander; Lieutenant Curtis L. Wil
son Jr., scholastic officer; Alvin
C. Burkhalter Jr., first sergeant;
Paul R. Woolett, staff sergeant.
Fourth Squadron Hq.
Lt. Col. Robert L. Sturdivant,
commander; Captains, Donald M.
Forney, adjutant; Cloyd J. Dowl
ing, intelligence officer; Major
Frank D. Frasier, operations offi
cer; Captain John D. Mayfield,
supply officer; Billy B. Phillips,
supply sergeant.
K Air Force
Lieutenant Louis E. Englebrecht,
platoon leader; Lieutenant Harold
E. Necessary, scholastic officer;
John B. Flume, first sergeant.
L Air Force
Captain B. H. Gibbs, commander;
Jack L. Morris, first sergeant; Gil
bert G. Blackmon, platoon ser
geant.
M Air Fofce
Captain Carter G. Taylor, com
mander; Edgar D. Miller, first ser
geant; Billy W. Henderson, platoon
sergeant.
Armor-Engineer Regiment Hq.
Col. Herbert G. Mills, clom-
mander; Lt. Col. Melvin W. Parse,
executive officer; Majors, Leslie
R. Hagans, adjutant; James T.
Brown, intelligence officer; Daniel
D. Lee, operations officer, Jerry
L. Williams, supply officer, Jes
D. Mclver, information officer;
Robert I. Bradford, sergeant ma
jor; Granville D. Edwards, sup
ply sergenat; David D. Leahy, com
munications sergeant; Charles H.
Nelson, transportation sergeant.
Armor Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Jack A. Tanner, com
mander; Majors, Autry W. Fred
erick, executive officer; Richard
H. VanCourt, operations officer;
Captains David J. Ryan, adjutant;
John E. Conner, intelligence offi
cer; Edword F. Heusinger, sup
ply officer; Richard A Ingles, ser
geant major.
A Armor
Captain John R. McFall, com
mander, First Lieutenants, Douglas
L. Simmons, platoon leader, Char
les M. Kitchell, scholastic officer;
first sergeant, John W. Coolidge,
William P. Moon, platoon sergeant;
Charles H. Kone, scholastic ser
geant, Anton J. Bockholt, supply
sergeant, Frankie C. Prochaska,
platoon guide, and Lonald K. Rein-
inger, squad leader.
B Armor
Captain Noble N. Clark, com
mander, first lieutenants James P.
Stribling, executive officer; Baker
Davis, platoon leader; Marion S.
Potter, platoon leader; Thomas N.
Shuflet, scholastic officer; Tom B.
Williams, troop information offi
cer; William A. Luker, first ser
geant; William H. Scott, scholas
tic sergeant.
C Armor
Captain Milton R. Patterson,
commander; Lieutenants, Clark B.
Smith, platoon leader; Richai’d E.
Allen, athletic officer; Ralph E.
Gorman, troop information offi
cer; Joseph E. Sick, III, first ser
geant; Billy R. Trimmier, platoon
sergeant; Clinton B. Fawcett, pla
toon sergeant; Charles R. Smith,
Jr., scholastic sergeant; John C.
Peteway, supply sergeant; squad
leaders, Elmore R. Torn, II, Sidney
R. Allen, Eugene A. Duke.
Headquarters Engineer Battalion
Lt. Col. Albert U. Rollins, com
mander; Majors Ishmael G. Callo-
v T ay. executive officer; Marvin A.
Mutasek, operations officer; Cap
tains, Stanley W. Cogan, adjutant,
Russel C. Wright, intelligence offi
cer; Reid H. Rogers, supply offi
cer; Robert R. Barman, troop in
formation officer; sergeant major,
James E. Julse; Teddy James
Hirsh, supply sergeant.
A Engineers
Captain Thomas E. Fulkinger,
commander; first lieutenants,
James W. Porter, executive offi
cer; Charles B. Ferguson, platoon
leader; James M. Hurst, scholas
tic officer; Andrew J. Craig, first
sergeant; Eugene C. Urban, ath
letic sergeant.
B Engineers
Captain Robert W. McDaniel,
commander;' Lieutenants Martiner
M. Sullivan, executive officer;
Audry F. Harvey Jr., platoon lead
er; Allen M. Wilson, platoon lead
er; James M. Rylander, scholas
tic officer; Francis M. Rozelle,
platoon sergeant; Ernest T. Cavitt,
platoon guide.
B Seniors
Captain James M. Kilpatrick,
commander; lieutenants John R.
Knox, executive officer; James B.
Newton, platoon leader.
Composite Regiment Hq.
Col. Raymond J. Kunze, Com
mander; Lt. Col. James O. Kadel,
executive officer; Major Bryan E.
(See ‘Basic,’ Page 4)
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NOTICE TO NEW STUDENTS
All undergraduate students who enrolled
as “new students” at A. and M. College
this summer and who expect to continue
in A. and M. College during the 1950-51
long session must obtain clearance from
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Fall semester. This should be done imme
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the individual concerned reporting in per
son to the Registrar’s Office.
H. L. HEATON, Registrar
Pierce Brooks Still Awaits
First Win in State Politics
(Editor’s Note: One of a ser
ies cf biographical sketches on
major candidates in the Aug. 26
second Texas Democratic pri-
’ mary.)
By TIM PARKER
Associated Press Staff
Pierce Brooks surprised many
seasoned political observers when
he came out on top in the 12-man
race for lieutenant governor in the
July 22 Texas Democratic Primary
election.
But the balding Dallas insurance
executive and safety man wasn’t
surprised. He’s convinced he and
the people of Texas think alike on
several questions—especially on eli
mination of “waste and extrava
gance in government.
That, and opposition to new
taxes, is the crux of Brook’s plat
form. Now he is carrying his ap
peal to the people again in the
campaign which leads up to the
Aug. 26 second primary.
Brook’s opponent in the Aug. 26
balloting—the man who ran second-
best in the first primary—is a sage
political veteran, Ben Ramsey of
San Augustine. Ramsey got his po
litical know-how in office. Brooks
got his running for office.
Trying Since Middle 30’s
The chunky businessman with
the round face and thinning red
hair has been trying for public
office since the middle 1930’s. All
this time he has preached economy
in spending the tax dollar, stream
lining governmental machinery and
elimination of waste. He’s also for
more paved rural roads, more rural
telephones, and opposes socialized
medicine and nationalization of nat
ural resources.
Brooks now 49, was born on an
Alabama farm in 1900 and attend
ed school there. Soon after the
First World War he and his fam
ily moved to Tyler in East Texas.
While in his early twenties he
moved to Dallas.
As a youth Brooks was a news
boy, grocery clerk, waiter, oil well
driller and farm helper. He won a
certificate for not missing Sunday
school for ten years.
In Dallas, his energy and re
sourcefulness soon won him a place.
He organzed an insurance company,
founded the Texas Safety Council
(of which he is president) went
into the real estate business and
got interested in politics.
Campaigned for Amendment
He first stumped the state in
1934. He wasn’t seeking public
office then. He campaigned at his
own expense in behalf of a con
stitutional amendment calling for
old age pensions, aid for the needy
blind, the destitute children and
participation in the teachers’ re
tirement fund.
Then he decided the only way
to gain his objectives was to get
in public office. In 1936 he ran
for governor—and lost. In 1938 he
ran for lieutenant governor—and
lost. He led Coke Stephenson
in the first primary but lost the
second primary after a freak whirl
wind upset his campaign trailer
and severely injured his back.) In
1940 he ran for railroad commis
sioner—and lost. The same thing)
happened in 1942.
• “Smartest Loser”
This won him the reputation of
being the smartest Texas politician
who ever lost a race.
One of the things he learned was
that prospective voters like to be
enterained. He was the only candi
date in the first primary to set
his campaign to music. Singers and
musicians—versed in popular, hill
billy and religious songs—were a
part of his caravan.
But when the music died Brooks
became deadly serious:
“The state is overspending its
prospective income at the rate of
$6,000,000 a month. I believe
through the elimination of waste
and extravagance, by spending the
tax dollar spent, the state can buy
all needed supplies and equipment,
pay adequate salaries to all es
sential employes, take care of the
old folks and provide all essen
tial services without any new
taxes.”
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