Battalion Editorials
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950
Time and Increased MSC Efficiency
The personnel and staff of the Memorial
Student Center are to be commended for the
superb manner in which they served the
needs of the exceptionally large weekend
crowd, utilizing several “tricks of the trade”
to entertain the waiting customers.
As usual during rush periods, several
derogatory remarks were made by some who
did not realize the teriffic pressure members
of the staff were working under. Foresight-
ed members of the MSC staff provided en
tertainment in the form of a musical trio
during the rush period, as well as providing
juke box dancing on the terrace.
The MSC is not completely furnished.
And it won’t be for several months yet. This
slight, but important fact should be kept in
mind by those who are presently disappoint
ed with the building’s services. Many fix
tures, which would do much to increase ef
ficiency in the Center, have been ordered,
but because of delays, are yet to be received
and installed. As a result, the MSC staff
now has to make the best use of what uten
sils, stoves, and other necessities they have
received in small quantities or salvaged from
The Cave and Campus Corner.
A large amount of the personnel is new,
and lacks the experience necessary to effi
cient service.
But with time, a little consideration and
aid from the student body, and a complete
store of equipment, services of the Center
will rise to the high level its staff is working
to attain.
Eisenhower: Can He Be Convinced? . . .
Many Republican aspirants to the United
States presidency had their hopes dashed-
last Saturday when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
gave the nod to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In a New York television interview, Gov.
Dewey announced that he will not seek the
presidency in 1952 and will activly support
Gen. Eisenhower. Dewey’s statement came
at a time when an Eisenhower boom again
appeared imminent. In 1948, a “Draft Eisen
hower for President” campaign began to gain
great momentum when the general himself
put a stop to it. At that time, Eisenhower
made it positive that he had no desire for
high political office. Four years, though,
can see a great change in a man’s political
ambitions. Especially when there are so
many optimistic reports of the general’s po
litical popularity.
In a Gallop poll released about two weeks
ago, it was found that Eisenhower was the
man most often selected by Republican vot
ers to lead their party in 1952. Second on
the list was Gov. Dewey. With Dewey lend-
A Great Leader Speaks . .
Winston Churchill has echoed to views
of SecTetary dT Defense Marshall. In a re
cent address to a mass meeting of the Con
servative party, of which he is the head,
“Winnie” warned the west not to get too
involved in Asia. 'In his opinion the danger
in Europe is far greater.
He further stated that he did not be
lieve that war was inevitable, and he de
scribed Western Europe as: “The famous
and ancient states and races who have no
thought or aim not to dwell in peace—and
who, at present, are protected from Soviet
Communist ambitions only by vast American
superiority in the atomic bomb.”
His statement regarding Korea carried
a warning. “Hopes of reaching a peaceful
ing his support, Eisenhower’s political lead
will greatly increase.
Two other names figuring prominently in
presidential speculation so far are Taft and
Stassen. Recent events may serve to lessen
their popularity with Republican party lead
ers. Most observers seem to think that Stas-
sen’s invitation for a peace talk with Stalin
have hurt his political chances. It seems
that the American voter wants a completely
non-political foreign policy. And most party
leaders fear that Taft’s nomination would
completely alienate the labor vote.
Although Eisenhower’s prospects look
very promising, the Republican party has
not yet endorsed him. Sen. Brewster, chair
man of the Senate GOP campaign committee,
said only that “the General is a very out
standing figure and undoubtedly will be one
of those considered.”
But after all, how can you expect much
fanfare when the GOP is not yet sure that
Eisenhower even wants to be president.
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settlement with Russia have been improved
"By what US'S happened in Korea. The Soviet
onslaught upon South Korea has caused
many people to realize the perils which men
ace us. . . . But successful military action in
Korea must not lull us into a false sense of
security.
Containing Russia has been England’s
objective for many years, but selfish reasons
will not account entirely for this effort to
call our attention to Europe. Churchill is
eloquent and his insight into world power
politics is the source of his greatness. With
past performance as a standard we will ac
cept Churchill’s opinion as a fundamental
truth.
Yank Forces
In Far East
To Be Built
Tokyo, Oct. 17 — UP) —
American forces in the Far
East will be strengthened
considerably as a result of
agreement between President
Truman and General MacArthur
at Wake Island, informed sources
reported today.
They said Mr. Truman expressed
agreement with MacArthur’s out
line of the Asiatic situation and his
insistence that any further Com
munist thrusts must be blocked
with military power.
The U.S. Eighth Army, normal
ly stationed in Japan, and Far
Eastern naval and air forces will
be maintained at much greater
strength than before the Korean
campaign, the sources said.
They reported the major em
phasis of the Wake conference was
on methods of building up Ameri
can strength in Asia.
The informants indicated that
some of the three American divi
sions sent to the Korean campaign
from the United States might be
retained in the Orient. Blit they
did not disclose plans for their
deployment.
The conferees agreed to remove
American troops from Korea as
quickly as possible, entrusting se
curity problems to the South Ko
rean army. The reason is to
avoid irritating the sensitive Ko
reans and not necessary to re
duce available forces in Asia.
They added there was no discus
sion of cutting down Far Eastern
forces in order to build up Ameri
can strength in Europe.
MacArthur told the President
that, having won the Korean bat
tle, the United States could not af
ford to allow the Communists to
conquer other and richer areas
such as Indochina. The sources
said Mr. Truman agreed.
The General discussed both Indo
china and Formosa in general
terms during his outline of the
Asiatic situation. He repeated his
previous contention that Formosa
in unfriendly hands would serious
ly threaten the American defense
line in the Far East.
The sources said Mr. Truman
then outlined the administration
policy concerning Formosa and the
political complexities surrounding
it. Their was no voiced disagree
ment over this debatable island, the
informants added, but it was not
clear here whether its discussion
would produce a change in Ameri
can policy.
FIFTH "COLUMNIST
tH-CPR/Z/S.
' Seems early one morning the youthful
bunch removed from its concrete supports
a bench claimed by the Senior class. When
asked why the bench had been removed, close
lipped freshmen would only comment “It
didn’t look good. Besides, it’s not blocking
traffic anywhere.”
If everything goes well, and the upper
classmen behave, the bench might be re
turned, in a somewhat altered form.
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ROK fill Take
UN Directives
Seoul, Tuesday, Oct. 17 —
UP) — President Syngman
Rhee told his first news con
ference in liberated Seoul to
day his Republic of Korea
government will accept, any direc
tives from the United Nations.
But, the President added, he
hopes the U.N. will "observe and
advise” elections for-North Korea
rather than conduct them.
Thus the 75-year-old Rhee
switched to a conciliatory attitude
on the matter of his government’s
jurisdiction when the Korean Com
munists are defeated.
Previously he had expressed in
dignation over a U.N. move to re
strict his South Korean govern
ment to power below the 38th Par
allel.
A seven-nation U. N. commission
on Korea decided last Thursday to
limit the authority of Rhee’s gov
ernment to South Korea and put
General MacArthur in charge of
North Korea.
This action was taken under an
Australian proposal advocating
new general elections for all Ko
rea. Rhee had protested.
Rhee. said today elections in the
north could be held in about a
month after military defeat of the
Communists.
He asked correspondents to as
certain the facts for themselves
"so you can tell the people of the
world the truth.”
A U.N. representative here in
dicated elections in North Korea
may be held before Christmas.
The President declared there
were some United Nations officials
w T ho felt his government was not
popular.
“Our troops have been welcomed
in the north,” he said, “and there
have been no signs of opposition
from the civilians. And in all
those dark days there was no sign
of sabotage against the government
in the south. It will be the same
in the north. Mark my word.”
Board Authorizes
But the aggressive and ruthless
policies of Communism make it
impossible to use such machinery in
North Korea.
MacArthur is well aware of that.
It is to be noted; that when he is
sued his first surrender demand
Oct. 1 it was addressed to the mili
tary commander of the North Ko-
rean military forces, Marshal Choi
Yung Kun, and not to the heacj of
the Communist government, Pre
mier Kim II Sung.
In this, MacArthur appeared to
be following to some extent the
precedent set in the World War
II collapse of Germany. There is
was the Nazi generals and admir
als who signed the capitulation
documents. Hitler’s government
4
The United Nations interim com
mittee on Korea subscribed Friday
to the policy that there just isn’t
any North Korean government. In
its resolution outlining the occupa
tion program, the committee' said
there is “no government that is
recognized by the United Nations
as having legal and effective con
trol” over North Korea.
But in eliminating the Commun
ist regime from the picture, the
committee also limited the repub
lic of South Korea’s authority to
the area below the 38th parallel
until a free, Korean-wide election
can be held.
The free election, like the matter
4
This must have called for some
of Mr. Truman’s most persuasive
efforts.
No general ever believes he has
enough men. This isn’t necessarily
“empire building.” Generals just
like to play safe.
On top of that natural and tra
ditional feeling of all commanders
is MacArthur’s own deep convic
tion about the danger in the Far
East. He is an exponent of a
“strong line” of defense against
Communist aggression in the
Orient.
•
Because of the enemy’s expressed
determination to keep on fighting,
there is no reason to believe that
the question of redeployment of
American forces from Korea is one
to be acted upon immediately.
Indeed, there are indications that
new, major offensives by United
Nations forces may be in the mak
ing. There has been a peculiar
silence for days concerning the
whereabouts or activity of any
American division except for the
1st Cavalry.
Child-Loving Nightclub Man
Succombs to Heart Illness
Complex Problems
Face Mac In Korea:
By Elton C. Fay
AP Military Affairs Reporter
Washington, Oct. 17 —(AP)— Some unprecedented and
complex situations are involved in the “steps necessary to
bring peace and security” to Korea which President Truman
says he and Gen. Douglas MacArthur discussed at their Wake
Island meeting.
For the first time, a segment of the Communist empire
is being removed from the Soviet grasp. The procedure fol
lowed in North Korea may become a pattern should the
fringes of the Russian empire start crumbling elsewhere.
MacArthur is going to have some problems he hasn’t
faced before. He can’t use his experience in ending World
War II as a guide for his steps in Korea.
When victory came in the Pacific, there was an organ
ized Japanese government to sign the surrender. In the clos
ing days of the war, the allies encouraged the Japanese to re
tain the government of Emperor Hirohito. This facilitated
the surrender and the eventual reconstitution of the Japan
ese government.
Dallas, Oct 17—bT)— Louis W.
Bovis, nightclub owner who loved
children so much he built a special
housing project for married GIs
with babies, died yesterday.
Bovis, 58, had suffered from
heart trouble for more than a year.
He had been hospitalized since the
middle of September.
Bovis, a native of Philadelphia,
had lived here and been in the en
tertainment business since 1936. He
was the owner of Louanns Night
club.
He got nationwide attention with
his housing project, named Preg
nant Valley, which he started in
1945.
Bovis thought every couple ought
to have five children. His small
daughter by his first wife died and
Wentreck Recalled
By Armed Services
Ernest A. Wentreck, chief clerk,
for the Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service, has received his
orders to report to Camp Polk,
La., October 26.
Wentreck was drafted in 1946
as a typist clerk for the admin
istrative branch of the Army Medi
cal Corps. At the time of his dis
charge in 1947, he was a chief
clerk.
He was employed by the Texas
Engineering Service to be trained
as a chief clerk under the G. I.
Bill of Rights, “On the Job Train-
ipg.”
the two children of a brother-in-
law, whom he thought of as his
own, were killed in a fire.
So Bovis and his second wife
adopted two children, Tony, now
6, and Rachel, 5. Then one of the
happiest moments of his life oc
curred three years ago, when a
son was born to Ann, his widow.
In 1945, the year the couple
adopted the two children, Bovis
bought 18 acres north of Dallas.
I( had plenty of room for children
to play.
About that time a friend asked
him to rent a spare house on the
acreage to an ex-GI who was hav
ing a hard time finding a place to
live because he had two children.
Bovis decided to build more
houses on his land and rent them
only to couples with children. That
project became Pregnant Valley,
and it is still in operation. Its
main street is called Maternity
Row.
Funeral services were held
here today.
Besides his widow and three chil
dren, Bovis is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Nettie Sonsin, and a brother,
Jack N. Bovis, both of Philadelphia.
LAST DAY
had disintegrated with the report
ed suicide of the leader.
But there is little likelihood that
either Choi Yung Kun or Kim II
Sung will sign any formal surren
der documents—for several rea
sons. In the first place, Choi has
ignored MacArthur’s surrender de
mand and the premier has retort
ed angrily that “the peoples’ army
and partisans will fight un'til'the"
day ’of victory:”' Secondly, they
would be marked men in the fan
atical Communist world should
they deviate from doctrine and
capitulate to the “capitalistic”
world. And they quite possibly also
would be men marked for execution
as war criminals if they fell into
United Nations hands.
of surrender, is unprecedented.
Never before has a free election
been held in a former Soviet
Satellite country.
The surrender and occupation
problems in Korea are only some of
those which President Truman pre
sumably laid in MacArthur’s lap
during the few hours the two men
talked on Wake Island.
Apparently the President im
pressed upon the Far Eastern com
mander the necessity for plans to
shift some of the military power
built up for the Korean war to the
United States and to the menac
ing situation in Europe.
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The United States now has what
seems to be the equivalent of.about
eight divisions in Korea— the 1st
Cavalry, 24th, 25th, 3rd and 7th
Army Divisions, 1st Marine Divi
sion, a regimental combat team of
the 11th Airborne Division and
elements of various other organ
izations.
These are combat units. Eight
divisions at full strength would ac
count for about 136,000 combat
men. This would not include other
military personnel used for ser
vice and support.
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An authorization to purchase a
school bus was given to Superin
tendent Les Richardson by the
Consolidated Board of Trustees. It
was given at their October meet
ing, and stipulates the bus is to
be purchased from the State Board
of Control, Richardson said.
The bus will probably be used
for daily runs through College
Hills and College Park, transport
ing students to and from school.
Another use to winch it will prob
ably be pint, Rjchard^on said, is
for transporting the teams and
band tp football and basketball
games.