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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950
‘Eyes Right’ to Retain Respect
In the past year, the opinion of A&M has
risen greatly in the minds of students and
alumni of other colleges and universities
throughtout the state. With what might
prove to be a winning team to remove this
school from its almost habitual cellar posi
tion, added admiration for the continued
spirit backing given the team by the student
body has been voiced.
The spirit of the “Twelfth Man” in back
ing the team through the long lean years of
varsity football has been looked upon by
some as being more of a farce than school
spirit when the team was outscored on Sat
urday afternoons. This year, the team is
rated in positions other than the cellar, and
spectators are quizzical as to the outcome of
the Southwest Conference title, never for
getting the possibilities of an upset.
The renewed admiration for A&M is
probably well fixed in the minds of many.
Others are still wondering whether the
school, the team, and the student body, is
worthy of it. The team, as it has in the past,
will do all in its power to retain and gain
more consideration from the spectators and
followers. It is the student body, the
Twelfth Man, who will also be viewed with
added respect.
Whether the student body retains that
respect depends upon the students them
selves. Their actions, on the campus and
more so when before the vigilant eyes of the
public, will play a large part in deciding for
those followers who might remember sev
eral unfortunate incidences in the past
whether the school and its students merits
any respect.
Therefore, it is up to the students to
conduct themselves in a manner to alleviate
any question in the minds of others. When
out before the public in the Aggie uniform,
a student of A&M is no longer considered an
individual. He is looked upon as a represen
tative of the school and as an example of
all other students here. Any conduct, un
becoming of an Aggie and a cadet, will re
flect upon the entire school.
We have but one alternative—to conduct
ourselves in a gentlemanly manner worthy
of the privilege of wearing the Aggie uni
form and being a representative of this
school.
To Cross the Thirty-Eighth, or No?. .
The most popular topic for discussion
this week for syndicated columnists and ed
itorial writers has been the question: should
the United Nations forces in Korea advance
past the thirty-eighth parallel ? Wednesday,
Canada’s minister for external affairs, Les
ter B. Pearson, set the stage for the final an
swer to that question.
“It is our hope,” Pearson said to the U.N.
Assembly, “that the people of Northern Ko
rea, having been forced into a perilous and
disastrous venture by their Communist rul
ers, will now themselves repudiate these rul
ers and cooperate with the United Nations
in bringing to Korea the freedom and unity
which its people desire. This is the time for
the aggressors to cease fire, to admit defeat.
“If they do, it may not be necessary for
United Nations forces to advance far beyond
their present positions. The United Nations
must, however, leave its forces free to do
what is practicable to make certain that the
Communist aggressors are not permitted to
re-establish some new base from which they
could sally forth again upon a peaceful peo
ple.”
If the rest of the U.N. will endorse Pear
son’s speech, the United States will be saved
from two embarassing problems. Although
we have not wanted it so, from the first, the
Korean war has been chiefly in the hands of
Americans. If Canada takes the lead in
peace negotiations, the Korean war will have
the significance it deserves, a United Nations
police action.
Pearson gave the responsibility for ad
vancement beyond the thirty-eighth parallel
to the United Nations. While asking for
peace, he did not weaken on the determina
tion to protect a free democracy. If the
U.N. army carries the fight on up into North
Korea, the United States cannot now be ac
cused of aggression. ,
The democratic nations in the U.N. must
now strive to cooperate in the establishment
of a fair peace just as they have worked to
gether to stop the spread of Communist ag
gression in the East.
Less Taxes for More Votes . . .
Members of the House of Representatives
and the Senate at last seem to be retrogress
ing from their former narrow minded view
points and actually giving consideration on
bills where consideration is due. But then
election time is nearing and congressmen are
dressing up their activities for the November
elections.
This past June a bill was placed on the
House docket which would have been good
for thousands of votes had not activity in
Korea picked up soon thereafter. This de
stroyed the well planed basis for electioneer
ing topics and tax reduction. The bill was
to have reduced taxes on luxury items and
other tax cuts would have involved a net loss
of revenue of some 910 million dollars. How
ever, the bill was passed by the House.
It was apparent to the ‘open minded’ sen
ators that the type of bill was no longer
appropriate and an immediate turn about on
the bill was necessary. Amended, the bill
is now revenue producing.
Congressional tax experts are now at
work on a separate bill to impose excess prof
its taxes on both corporation and individual
tax rates.
To boost their status in the coming elec
tions, many congressmen are favoring
“slight” ta*x increases to take care of the in
evitable increase in defense spending. At
the present time, we are still attempting to
dissolve debts incurred during the first
World War.
Imagine the position and financial obli
gation of this nation in years to come if we
continue to shrug distainfully when the mat
ter of money is mentioned. For this reason,
we must resolve to accept our position as
taxpayers if we hope to continue the pres
ent rate of spending.
Loopholes In
‘Commie" Bill
Stifle Its Use
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Sept. 29—(2P)—Al
though it may take several years
for some parts of the new anti-
Communist law to work, the gov
ernment still has protection against
Communists.
For example, one part of the
new law makes it a crime for a
Communist or member of a Com
munist front (even though the lat
ter was an innocent dupe) to hold
a government job.
But, even though the law went
into effect Saturday, Sept. 23, it
isn’t a crime for either of them
to hold a government job now.
And it may be three or four
years before it would be a crime?
Why? Because there may be a
long court fight and, until the
question is finally settled, it won’t
be a crime.
Loyalty Program
In the meantime the government
has its own program for keeping
them out of government jobs: The
loyalty program.
Under that program, it is not
a crime for a Communist or Com
munist fronter to hold a govern
ment job.
But the purpose of it is to root
out Communists or sympathizers in
the government and fire them.
And a number of them have
been ousted. But, since it is still
not yet a crime for a Communist
to work in the government, Pone
of those fired has been jailed.
Then there’s the problem of
keeping Communists out of defense
plants. The new law says it’s a
crime for a Communist to work
in a defense plant.
Still, that’s not a crime now and
won’t be, perhaps for several years,
until this whole question has been
settled in court.
Nevertheless, the government,
through the FBI, can check on peo
ple working in any plant doing
important work for the govern
ment. And this has been done.
Notices Postable
The new law says, further, when
ever the secretary of defense wants
to, he can post a notice that a Com
munist must stay out of such and
such a plant, under penalty of go
ing to jail.
(This, too, won’t go into effect
until the whole point has been set
tled in court.)
But, the law says, when the sec
retary posts such a notice, he must
make the fact public. There’s been
some concern, expressed by the
President, that this would tip off
Communists on secret plants.
But—even if the law were in ef;
feet how ori that point, the' secre
tary wouldn’t have to post such a
notice if he didn’t want to, he could
still rely on the FBI and military
intelligence to try to keep Com
munists out.
Still, this part of the law would
help the government in this way:
For example, say the government
wanted to keep Communists out of
jobs on the railroads, which haul
stuff for the government.
There’s nothing secret about
railroad work but, in time of emer
gency, a Communist on the railroad
could do a lot of damage and it’s
questionable whether the FBI has
been able to check on every rail
road worker.
So, if the secretary could post a
notice making it a crime for Com
munists to hold railroad jobs, the
work of the government and the
FBI would be made just a little ea
sier although threat of jail would
not keep out a fanatic Communist
who was assigned a job of sabotage.
HEY, FELLOWS, THIS MATCH AIN'T FIXED I The Night Owl
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From the City Desk . . .
Your Indulgence-
All That We Ask
. . By Joel Austin
This semester marks the second consecutive term that
this paper has had a City Department as such. Through the
title “Official Publication of College Station” which The Bat
talion .claimed at the time our predecessor, Curtis Edwards,
was appointed, this department has grown to one of the reg
ular functioning departments with a full staff of editors and
reporters.
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front page, it is noted that The Battalion is circulated to 9G
percent of the residents of College Staion. In nearly all
cases, however, the subscription for people in residential
areas has been without any charge whatsoever.
The emphasis placed on the city news in our paper this
year has largely been due to the acceptance by local people
of this service. It has been their comments and criticisms;
as well as regular readership that has helped this department
and the paper to expand.
And it will be through the continued co-operation to
bring you news of local happenings as soon as it occurs.
It is our desire and goal that you will want to read this
paper—as citizens of College Station—as any person living
in a town of a comparable size would look to his community
weekly for the town’s ne^s. We offer you this news, pre
pared daily with up to the minute pictures taken by a staff
of competent photographers.
With your co-operation and indulgence we will strive to
make it the paper you can be proud of and look forward to
reading everyday.
In Passing . . .
No one likes to set off a bomb
right in their midst, but if that
is necessary, we won’t run from the
explosion.
Way back in the summer, if
those of you who were around here
then can remember, we Very cas
ually mentioned the fact that a
certain resident in College Station
had planted a shrub and some flow
ers (Zinnias we were told later)
to hide a fire plug which was in the
front yard of this person’s home.
Nothing was mentioned about
the request sent from the Fire
Chief to the City Manager asking
that the tree and flowers be re
moved so firemen could properly
use the plug when fires occur.
Neither was anything mentioned
about the words which were spoken
by several angry firemen after
they finished putting out a fire that
completely destroyed a College
Hills home. They told us to “tell
those people to cut down that tree
so we can get to the fire plug and
turn it on without so much trouble
and wasted time.”
It’s been two months now since
anything has been done.
For S. A. Pilgrims,
Some Suggestions
... By Herman C. Gollob
For the benefit of thost among us who are embarking
this week-end for quaint, colorful, historic old San Antonio
to watch Harry’s boys get in shape for the OU game next
Saturday, we have enlarged our Alamo City section to include
a couple of debauchery dens heretofore omitted from this
receptable of eternal veritis.
Indebted we are to San Antonio Doak Neal, H Flight top-
kick, whose memory made it possible for us to mention the
Anacacho Room.
Let me explain. For several months, Warney Ruhl’s or
chestra has been wed to the Anacacho in what seemed to be
a happy marriage. Recently, however, Warney took his ring
back from the Anacacho and went home to mother, who in
this case happened to be Houston’s Empire Room.
Warney’s replacement is Ken Harris, a guy whose name
had just gone out for lunch when we sat down to pull today’s
column out of our dissipated cerebrum (cerebrum is a part
of the brain) So we called in Neal for questioning.'
Two hours and several injections of truth serum later,
he hit upon Harris’ name. The name hit right back, and it
was necessary for us to step in and break up the fray before
the KK’s could get wind of it. After all, we had what we
needed.
Should you consider our choice of nighteries too weak
for the blood, come see us in person. While interned at Kelly
Field for six weeks this past summer, we memorized the
establishments listed as “Off Limits” on the barracks bulle
tin board.
San Antonio
Kit Kat Klub—3600 Fredericksburg Road. As we’ve repeated over
and over again, the Kit Kat is your best bet for a helluva good time
while in Santone.. Its convival and uninhibited atmosphere is climaxed
by the “Horse Races,” the winners of which are rewarded with cham
pagne. Its music bar is loaded with more than 20,000 records, ranging
from the popular to the classical. If your gal has to stay home with
little brother, tell her to bring him along and deliver him over to the
trained nurse at the Kit Kat’s supervised nursery. Tonight you can
take advantage of the Kit Kat Kollegiate Kard, which entitles you to
dancing and set-ups for 6(ty a couple. Drop by the office and pick
yours up if you don’t already have one.
Club Seven Oaks—5000 Austin Highway. Under new management,
the Seven Oaks has lowered its cover charge. Cliff Gillette and his
orchestra, all graduates of the Julliard Academy (Julliard Academy
of Boilermaking), struggle abortively with assorted woodwinds, reeds,
and brass' much to the displeasure of the patrons.
Shadowland—Blanco Road. Conducive to a good time, Shadowland
still has nothing to distinguish it from the run-of-the-mill nightery.
Trumpeteer Mack Rodgers and band provide the music for dancing
couples, who have paid $1-20 for the privilege.
Anacacho Room—St. Anthony Hotel. Swank and slightly sedate,
the Anacacho is surprisingly economical—$2.50 minimum per couple.
Music by Ken Harris his piano and his orchestra (thank you, Doak.)
Frederick’s—North St. Mary’s. Just a cocktail lounge, no dancing,
plenty of imbibing. Piano player competes with juke box to create
ored gent whose fingers can manipulate the keyboard to produce any-
atmosphere.
Robert’s—Broadway. Same as above, except the pianist is a cob
thing from Mozart to Mercer.
Kelly Field ROTC Club—.Nostalgic flyboy summer campers who
wish to recapture the delights which were theirs for six weeks will
find this old haunt unchanged.
Temple
Sans Souici—609 S. 1st.. Temple’s best night spot, the San Souici
extracts a fifty cent cover charge from each of its patrons. Glass
smooth dance floor, music mostly by juke box, although a band fre
quently drops in to dust off a few sharps and flats.
One on the Aisle . . .
Houston: Music Hall, September 28-29-30—Actor’s Company pre
sents in person Dorothy McGuire and John Ireland in “Summer and
Smoke.” Tickets on sale at Majestic Theatre box office or at Music
Hall.
Dallas: Dallas Ice Arena, October 7-22—“Ice Cycles of 1951”.
Tickets on sale at Sanger Bros., and Bond Clothiers. Send mail orders
to Box 7772, Dallas. Industrial and Oak Lawn, September 29—October
11—Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey Circus. Send mail orders to
Ringling Circus advance Ticket Dept., Dallas.
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Ssientist Says
A-Bomb Use In
Japan l easable
New York, Sept. 29—(AP)
—Dr. Arthur H. Compton,
one of the men who voted to
atom-bomb .Japan, says it
would have been traitorous
not to have used the bomb.
And he would vote again to use
A-bombs if it would help in “de
fending freedom and saving lives,”
the Nobel-prize winning physicist
writes in the American magazine,
Receiving credit for the job were
as told to Edwin T. Connell, is en
titled “God and the Atom.”
Dr. Compton, chancellor of
Washington University, St. Louis,
was one of the atom-bomb scien
tists. He made his decision, he says,
“only after deep soul-searching and
examination of conscience.”
At the request of the secretary
of war, he took a poll of scientists,
and “while the voting was divided,
the majority favored dropping the
bomb.”
He did not express his own opin
ion until specifically asked for it,
he adds. A committee had tried in
vain to think of some way of
demonstrating to Japan the power
of the bomb, without destroying
lives, he says.
“In the hope of bringing the war
to a quick close, and thus of sav
ing perhaps millions of lives, I be
came convinced that the bombs
should be used against Japan, and
so cast by vote.
“Humanity’s greatest need was
a decisive weapon. We who had
atomic power in our hands would
have been traitors to mankind if
we had not built the weapons and
used them as we did with tem
pered blows.”
News About the City .
® In speaking of the Kiwanis
Club Wednesday, we failed to men
tion the fact that several ambitious
men 'of that organization exercised
some of their manly abilities last
week by helping out at the Nava-
sota-Consolidated football game in
the official capacities of ticket
salesmen, ticket collectors, and
fence patrolmen.
Receiving credit for the jobs
were Dan Davis, John McNeply,
Johnnie Longley, Doyle Ledbetter,
Duke Henson, Roy Wingren, Jim
O’Brien, Flop Colson, Gordon Gay,
and Joe Motheral.
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