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Mobilization Program Moves
To Date Outlined, Explained
Skirt Tales
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Oct. 31—(A 3 )—The
defense program here at home—
called the mobilization program—
has been under way a little more
than a month.
But the odds are that by now
you’re pretty foggy on a lot of it.
And no wonder. A lot of stuff
has been pouring out of here every
day.
A new step here, a new agency
there, a new agency head. After
a while it gets too piled up for
any newspaper reader to keep the
whole picture clear.
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Present Program
So, just as a refresher, here’s a
quick run-down on the way the
program had been put in motion
so far.
On Spt. 1 Congress passed the
Defense Production Act to give the
government power to set up rules
for avoiding inflation while at the
same time getting arms produced
without weakening the civilian
economy.
On Sept. 8 President Truman
signed the act into law. Since then
he has followed two major lines:
© In most cases he has depended
on the regular government depart
ments or agencies, already in exis
tence, to handle the different parts
of the problem.
® He created one important new
Mr. Truman has appointed the
chairman of this board—but so far
none of the other eight members.
The chairman is Cyrus Ching, for
mer head of the government’s me
diation service.
© Price stabilization board. This
board is to serve in the price field
the same advisory job to Valentine
as Ching’s board. So far no di
rector has been named for this.
The rest of the jobs were under
taken by existing agencies.
Here’s the top lineup:
® Commerce department: Its
job is to tell industry certain things
it must and musn’t do. For in
stance, it has told manufacturers
who get contracts from the mili
tary services that defense orders
get priority over any peacetime
production.
Two Interior Agencies
® The Interior department’s reg
ular job anyway is in the fields of
oil, gas, minerals, mining electric
power. Secretary of the Interior
Chapman has set up two agencies
in his department:
(1) The Petroleum Administra
tion for Defense (PAD) and (2)
the Minerals and Energy Division
(MED). They’re to handle defense
problems connected with oil, gas,
minerals, electric power.
• The Agriculture Department’s
regular field is farmers, farming,
and food. In the defense program
it will have control over food, farm
equipment and fertilizer. Secretary
of Agriculture Brannan has set
up two agencies within his depart
ment for this work in defense:
(1) The Office of Requirements
and Allocations (ORA) to channel
foods and (2) Office of Materials
and Facilities (OMF) to help farm
ers get materials and fertilizer.
For instance, to see that farmers
get enough farm machinery OMF
will go to NPA (See No. 1 above)
which has charge of steel produc
tion so steel will be set aside for
farm equipment.
Transportation Agency
® Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Its regular job is transpor
tation, such as railroads. To han
dle the defense needs in the trans
portation field, the ICC has created
the Defense Transportation Admin
istration (DTA).
• Manpower—or, rather, labor-
problems—are the field of the La
bor department under Secretary
Tobin." In his department he’s
created an Office of Defense Man
power (ODMi to help out on man
power problems.
In addition, other regular gov
ernment agencies are in the pic
ture. For example, the Federal
Reserve Board, which already had
cracked down on installment-buy
ing, and the Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency which, together with
the reserve board, has cracked
down on easy home buying, all
intended to curb inflation.
Letters to The Editor
More Comments on the Baylor Situation
Editor, The Battalion:
„ . c , , ... ,. I saw the Aggies play Saturday
agency ^ Economic Stabilization f or ^he first time this year and
Agency (ESA)—to handle^ price though I arrived in the middle of
and wage controls, if they become
necessary.
Symington Is Head
And over all this as a kind of
combination soothsayer-t rouble-
shooter-and Mr.-fixit he has
Editor, The Battalion:
presentation, SMU mustered
An incident occurred this week- enough spirit to yell louder than
our Aggie Band can play, we would
be pretty upset.
This is over now, and feelings
will heal; but in the future the use
of a little common decency on the
part of our yell leaders would do
end that demands mention, at least.
It happened during the regular
the fii’st quarter, I don’t recall that half-time activities of the A&M-
the Aggie War Hymn was sung Baylor game. The candidates for
once. Usually this spirit filled the Baylor Homecoming Queen
song is sung several times during were parading into the stadium;
a game. What’s the matter, ole everyone was breathlessly waiting. much toward better relations with
army? Have more traditions fall- to see whom the judges had chosen other schools.
ap " en by the wayside? as the lucky girl. Tommy Carlisle, ’52
Another point of interest: while
pointed W. Stuait Symington. Anorner point ox interest: wnue Then fbnt fio-btino- Tevn*? Ao-cnV
Symington, chairman of the Na- driving through the Baylor cam- m ^ en *”ig A. e ^. as e
tional Security Resources Board, pus^ after the game I noticed"^a ? h ?dre^
a V nd S iron'ou? conflilte'among III T^ ngi ?f/T ^ri^Ttb ^'b them our ^ Baders. The band Editor, The Battalion:
various departments and agfndes Snatehlrs ’’ I thought R humorous P^yed, ( wildcast and Aggie yells I would like to congratulate Bud-
bandlintr HpfpnciP nrnblpmc P i LrK,u <=nt it numerous were glven unt ,i a twirler from dy Freeman and Frank Mamtzas
Take ESA first To head this f b f ause Baylor really kicked us on the B lor band had to ask our f *, their fine appraisal of the si t-
lake E.S.A. first, to head this the gridiron Saturday afternoon. ,, i eaders to au i e ten the corns nation at Ravlor last Saturday
Mr. Truman named Dr. Alan Va- The incident of cub snatching lea >^ S t0 quie W? 1 H 1 . 6 c °i P j uation at Baylor last Saturday.
lentine, educator and member of brought considerable adverse pub- th^ceremonv 011186 18 dlSrupted We, with the aid of our Yell
the board of directors of several Hcity and talk about the school and . ■ V ' Leaders, exhibited shameful sports-
corporations. is a definite reflection on the Friday night I went to the pep manship, and a lack of decency to
E.S.A. has two main parts: sportsmanship of the Aggies. rally and bonfire on the Baylor the whole audience. It seems to
® A wage stabilization board of 1 think the exes feel the same campus (in uniform) and everyone be a habit for the Yell Leaders
nine men. It will be the job of wa y * d 0 i n summing up the game I saw went out of his way to be to call a yell in the middle of im-
this board to advise Valentine on Saturday with Baylor. Evex-ything friendly to me. Then Saturday, to portant announcements over the
how the government should hold was fine except the score. We are repay this kindness, we make so loudspeakers. Sure, I yelled; I’m
down wages if wage and price con- proud of the conduct of the Corps, much noise during their Queen an Aggie! There was no excuse
trols become necessary. It will ^he Aggie Band, and the outstand- crowning ceremony that we drown for disturbing the Baylor ceremo
also have the job then of trying i n fT pl a y the Aggies,
peacefully to settle labor-manage- Beat the hell out of Arkansas
ment disputes. John D. Shoemaker ’49
America’s Greatest Threat
out the announcer.
This may seem a trivial matter,
but if during the Aggie sweetheart
China War Imminent
Bv THOMAS M. FONTAINE
of that other one on the fateful conquered.
Sunday in 1941. But wake up to • For four years—1937 to 1941
quiet little state- —Japan, the most powerful and
-that
mes, and due apology should be
forthcoming.
I was a Fish here in 1940 and I
also had Wildcatting at the snap
drilled into me very forcibly. Not
once Saturday did the referees have
to call for quiet from the Aggie
stands! That is an absolute dis
grace. I heard the “War Hymn”
as I was entering the stadium, but
due to ticket difficulties—no birth
certificate, smallpox vaccination, or
something—I didn’t get to share
the enjoyment of that grand piece,
nor did I throughout the whole
game. Why ? Why ?
As for the people who left early,
don’t mistake them for Aggies;
December 7, 1941—a calm peace- tujc f nr ,x
ful SmAy afternoon. Then like mc S nt Ss ^FtheWreatea wSSlileS ScS'ihSw Aggies don’t do that. The boVe on
a lightening bolt which completely the United States has ever had'to everything they had at a Chines^ the road to Dallas, well maybe they
shocked America from its compla- f ace eveiyxm g tney naa at a eminese dldn >t bave the Moola fora ticket;
cent isolationist attitude came the T he Japanese attack may be help from outsTde sources ^aUd let ’ s hope that was the reason -
had'made history’s most infanmus Ha^fhftting 0 very^^ainfuT^^' withw( ; a P on ^ whi f h Let ’ s ? et in back of 0U1 ; team
“cnoat-aHnrrt ” Tn rvn Q ni™, Baia-nitting, veiy painful, ex- became obsolete about 1900. The once again, and make up what we
bad demnlinhpd Hip TTnitpd tremely, (but obviously), danger- Japanese conquered less than half can. Aggies, we have a first ten
Siflc fleeT For S 0US< The . a <*ident, though, requir- 0 f China. team, let’s show them we think so.
“ e bp ed first ald until the doctor arrived - ^ Get back on the Ball, and BEAT
in nisLory, xne unueo orates was Stop^-gap measures, conventional • China s population: 500,000,- THE HELL OUT OF ARKANSAS
in great danger of foreign inva- treatment, could be used until 000; United States population:
S1 °n u n on inrn it • America could throw its military 150,000,000. And in China, evefy-
Uctober 30, 1950 the United and economic power into high gear, one is a potential fighter.
Nations peace force only lacked
“mopping up” operations to com- Like a Cancer Abandon Old Methods
plete the first successful interna- ^• , , . . .,
R a entrance into the The first aid measures used in
Vance R. Bowman ’53
tional police action against armed xenv^r, x • Ti.Tr ^ , , , , ,
asrirression Then in an ordinarv Korean conflict is a cancer. It Korea must be abandoned at once.
dispatch from the war front came ponve^Hn^Tt^’^ 0 ’ e , ffi(dent ’ f un : ca ^, not h °l )e to defeat China
the news—not so startling, not so ^™ess tment ' FirSt ^ ° d conventlonal m€thods
Thanks Aggies
Editor, The Battalion:
Speaking for myself
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
Page 2
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1950
, imiiuj ■« j.l.hil. j u i. - => --- —. and ' the
unsuspected as in 1941 “There is 10 cancer is not in- warfare. Tanks, artillery, bazoo- TSCW radio studios, WCST, I
no longer any doubt that Chinese CU1 , e > it requires early diagnosis kas, and the infantry must give would like to express very deep
Reds are across the border in and I )ro P 1 Pt action. way to atomic bombs and a supe- appreciation for the courtesy shown
f orce » " ”‘W 1S the Chinese intervention rior air force. Otherwise, we will to our Production Manager, Zella
Not So Stunning compared to cancer? Check these funnel all our American men into Maxwell; our Station Manager,
rj-M ■ • , , facts: a situation that will so weaken us Wanda Jean Kercheval, and myself
+ • 1 fn C n mul l ique f oe s not con- ® Despite the many attempts, that we will be an open invitation during our last weekend’s record-
tam the stunning, numbing force China has never been completely to invasion. ing session at A&M.
— "— — As you might know, our visit
was for the purpose of gathering
authentic material to be used on
Zella’s program “Salute to Aggie-
land,” broadcast each Saturday
night from 6:45 to 7 p.m. over
KDNT AM-FM and WCST. We
are more than satisfied that the
Twelfth Man yelled its best; the
Aggie team played its best; and
the Aggieland Orchestra was at its
best—because the material we have
to show now is also of the best!
The interviews, yells, music, and
all the wonderful Aggie Spirit will
be used on the program “Salute to
Aggieland.”
We should like to extend specific
thanks to Davq Coslett, co-editor
of the Battalion; Fred B. Walker
Jr., sports writer; and Sammy Mo-
linary, staff photographer. We are
indebted also to Dub King of Sta
tion WTAW; to Don Joseph and the
other yell leaders who enabled us
to to record and made the quality
of our recording finer than we
could have hoped for. In fact, our
thanks to a Smith named Harris
and, through him, to the entire
Aggie Corps who made a business
trip a decided pleasure.
I firmly believe we’re off to a
magnificent start, and have great
hopes for continued excellent rela
tions between our two schools, par
ticularly since, after the TCU game,
every Tessie knows that you Ag
gies are going to win the South
west Conference.
Very cordially yours,
Audrey Caughey
Supervisor, WCST
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Corn Huskin ’Bee,
Prom Successful;
Exchange Is Next
By JEAN “STORMY” CLOUD
Daily Lass-0 Friday Editor
TSCW, Denton, Oct. 31—The big question of the day,
in fact of the week, is “Who is the Aggie Sweetheart?” All
weekend the nominees and Aggie judges” wined and dined.”
Then the judges left Saturday, taking the big secret with
them. The name of the lucky girl who is sweetheart of the
Cadets will be announced sometime this week.
The twelve-man Aggie committee included Wilman
Barnes, George Charlton, Thomas Flukinger, Dare Keelan,
A. D. Martin, Carl Meyers, Bill Parse and Ken Schaake, corps
members.
Bob Allen, Allan Eubank, Roy Nance and Joe Fuller were
non-corps members.
Sweetheart Nominees
Nominees who entertained the group were Carrie Fen-
chis, Dorothy Mangum, Carole Perkins, Marianne Souders,
Martha Gill, Ina Hubbard, Johnnie Lois Neal, Charlotte Wil
liams, Nancy Coolidge, Nan Hassler, Betty Jo Slaughter and
Betty Ann Timmerman.
* Friday night the campus and guests went “country” for
the annual Corn Huskin’ Bee. Straw hats, bonnets, frayed
overalls, corn cob pipes, boots and beards appeared, and hay
seed flew free.
A special event featuring an Aggie-Tessie Bee was sched
uled since the judges were on the campus. For you Aggies
who have never attended a TSCW Corn Huskin’ Bee, let us
urge you to mark a day in next October on your calendar and
be sure to attend.
The terrace by the Union Building becomes a barnyard
complete with wagons, hay and tall corn, a fit setting for the
chicken, husband and hog calling, corn husking, singsongs,
square dancing and apple cider. Four Aggies served as
judges for the contests.
Climax of weekend activity was our first class co-spon-
scored all-college dance, Pigskin Prom, held Saturday night
in the UB Ballroom complete with goal posts.
Aggie uniforms with shiny boots, and others without
the shiny boots, made up the majority of the male popula
tion. Tessies and dates stepped on toes to the music of Jerry
Fullenwider and his orchestra.
53 Candidates File
For Soph Offices
Mademoiselle
We’re pretty proud of our campus newspaper, the Daily
Lass-O, right about now. An illustrated article in the No
vember issue of Mademoiselle magazine describes the daily
schedule for publishing the paper and features the fact that
it’s the only woman’s college daily in the country.
Says the article, “Whether or not Texas has the tallest
men, the most beautiful women or the finest cattle in the US
is open to question, but one fact about the Lone Star State
is absolutely indisputable. Texas does have the only wom
an’s college in the nation that publishes a daily newspaper.”
Among other things, the article tells of the staff ex
change between the Daily Lass-0 and the Battalion. Our
part of the exchange, incidentally, is planned for this week
end. * ■ *■ %$!'♦•
Monday’s Battalion will bear the woman’s touch, as it
will be written and edited by the Daily Lass-0 staff. This
practice was an annual thing before the war. Last year it
started all over again. Last year both visits were in the
spring. Aggies covered teas and forgot who poured, and
Tessies covered agricultural exhibits and found that milk
doesn’t come from bottles.
Another feature of this year’s Concert and Drama Se
ries was world-famous author-correspondent Vincent Sheean.
He appeared Monday night in the Main Auditorium. Mr.
Sheean is the author of such noted works as “Lead,Kindly
Light,” “Not Peace But a Sword,” “This House Against
This House,” and “A Certain Rich Man.”
Plans for Annual Corps Trip
Corps trip plans are getting underway. Rumor has it
that all hotels in Dallas have been full up for months, but
some wise Tessies have had theirs since last spring.
There ain’t nothing going on this weekend here in Tessie-
land. After the piles of parties, dances, pledge week and all
the rest lately, we’re going to take a rest. Of course, there
will be many who won’t. Aggies and Tessies will still get to
gether for parties and to cheer that fightin’ Aggie team to
more and bigger scores.
Eleven on the team, the twelfth man and girl, and thir
teenth rating in the nation. Not bad for a beginning score.
That’s 30 from the college of beautiful women to the
college of handsome men. Long may they rave.
Filing for positions on the bal
lot to elect Sophomore Class offi
cers reached a high pace yesterday
afternoon with 53 applications hav
ing been received in the Student
Activities office as the doors closed
at 5 p. m.
With a few nominees still to
be named before a 12 noon deadline
today, the list showed a decisive
interest for the offices of presi
dent, vice-president, and non-vot
ing members to the Student Sen
ate.
The election is scheduled to take
place tomorrow night in the As
sembly Hall at 7 p. m., where bal
lots will be distributed only to
Sophomores who come to the elec
tion meeting.
Grady Elms, assistant manager
of Student Activities, said mem
bers of the Class ’53 will not be
allowed to vote in their dormitor
ies since tabulations can be made
much quicker if all ballots are
turned in at one time.
Run-Off Slated
A run-off election is scheduled
to take place next Monday night in
the Assembly Hall with the three
top candidates for each office
to be included on the run-off bal
lot.
Presidential aspirants tallied the
largest number of candidates with
thirteen on file late yesterday after
noon. Included in the running are
as follows: Don Buchner, B Field,
Willie East, A Signal; Bruch Gib
son, F Squadron; O. C. (Putter)
Jarvis, C Inf.; Jimmie Ledlow,
C Field; Billy Ray Miller, B Squad
ron; Burl Purvis, E Inf; Pat Rich-
man, B QMC; William Thornton, A
Transportation; Robert Travis,
White Band; Dick VanTyne, A Sig
nal; Richard Wheat, A Chemical
OK to Taste, No Steal
Newport News, Va.—(A 5 )—The
growing field of public relations
has spread to ‘ the Illicut whisky
industry.
Warwick County officers said
they found nailed to a tree near a
moonshine still they seized a neat
ly-lettered sign which read:
“Mash-still. Drink all you want,
but please don’t carry it away.”
Corps; and W. K. Zimmerman, C
Inf.
Sophomores filing for vice pres
ident include: Edward Adams, Air
Force; Joel Austin, A QMC; Mar
vin Beck, B Transportation; W. A.
(Tinkey) Dunn, E Inf.; Jack Fitts,
A Inf.; Bob Johnson, B Field, Don v ‘
Newman, A Transportation; Max
Newsom, C Armor; Gerald Staffel,
Maroon Band; and James Sykora,
A Chemical Corps.
Candidates for secretary are
Morgan Anderson, A Inf.; John _
Haas, B Armor; A1 Higgins, B ‘
Transportation, Danny Howell, Ma
roon Band; Pat LcBlanc, A Chem
ical Corps; and John Yantis, A
QMC.
Treasurer Candidates
Listed for treasurer are Joe Blan- '
chette, A Transportation; T. L.
Hui’ta, A Inf.; R. A. Newman, K
Squadron; Charles Scott, B Field;
and Richard Tanner, L Squadron. 1
W. B. Hamlin of E Inf. was the
lone candidate for Sophomore Class
social secretary.
Candidates for Sergeant-at-arms
included Shelton Black, B Trans
portation; Bill Hegmann, A Ord
nance; and William Minturn, B
Inf. . f
The three men who had filed for
parliamentarian were William
Moses, D Inf.; Perry Shepard, A
Inf.; and James Uptmore, A QMC,
With twelve candidates for the,
three non-voting memberships to
the student senate, the list in
cluded; John Brown, C Armor;
Don R. Fleath, C Inf.; Harold Huds
peth; A Inf.; Thomas Kelly, H
Squadron, Joe Mattei, B Field;
Jerry Mugg, A Chemical Corps;
Elwood Schmidt; A Chemical
Crops; Luke Senior, A QMC; K
L. Shanahan, B Transportation;
Wayne Showers, H Squadron; Gene
Steed, H Squadron; and Berthold
Weller, A Chemical Corps.
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