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Freedom of Speech Is on Trial. PUT YOURSELF IN THIS PICTURE A theatre manager in the little East Tex as town of Marshall promises to be the key Preparedness Cost Prevention Is Worth WHETHER we like it or not, a mad scram ble seems to be under way to separate the world into two armed camps. Russian "gains in this respect began when they took the offensive in World War II, and the gains would have continued if the Korean conquest had not made their designs so obvious. Con tinued peace—we use the term loosely—ap parently depends on the old “balance of pow er” concept. The immediate plan seems to be primar ily a line of demarcation in the Pacific main tained by the U. N. “police force”. This should result in the assured independence of Korea, and a feeling of security in any other country menaced by the Soviet protection plan. The implications of the invasion of Tibet, however, are still obscure. The ques tion is whether we will concede this The ocracy as being of no importance, or attempt to send aid. The long range plan involves the mobili zation of all the Atlantic Pact nations un der a mutual aid program that will insure a united front against Communism. German manpower is definitely needed, but the French are against any large scale German re-armament. The United States and Brit ain have suggested and guaranteed controls, but the French Defense Minister, Jules Moch, has not given his approval as yet. Along with these plans, of course, goes the race for technological and productive superiority. Until the U. N. comes through with a workable plan, we have no other al ternative than to take every possible coun ter measure to hold down the Soviet advant age. The American objective still is preven tion of World War III, and we must agree that such prevention is worth the cost of pre paredness. figure in proving that the movie industry has come' of age. For a long time now, the movie industry, guided, by Eric Johnston, has been seeking equal rights with news papers. Pointing out the fact that through newsreels and movies of current affairs it has tremendous value in influencing public opinion, the industry has fought attempts at local censorship. The case of the theatre manager in Marshall may bring the problem of local censorship before the United States Supreme Court. When Marshall’s censorship board ban ned “Pinky,” a movie of a “half-white” Ne gro in the South, W. L. Gelling, manager of the Paramount Theatre, openly defied the board and showed the picture for three days. He was also kept in jail until he could ob tain bail for his release. And if you listen to Johnston, president of the motion pitcure Association of; Amer ica, you will believe that Gelling may be the John Peter Zenger of the movie industry. A jury’s acquital of Zenger, charged with be littling a representative of the British Brown back in 1735, was the first great step in establishing the freedom of the press in this country. Several timefe before, the industry has at tempted to get a test case before the Su preme Court. Attempted test cases in At lanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee, have met with no success thus far. Since this case is such a clear cut attempt at cen sorship for local prejudice and since it ap pears that Gelling will be defeated in the Court of Criminal Appeals ,the motion pic ture industry has a better chance this time. If the movie people are successful in their fight, the motion picture will take its right ful place alongside the newspaper and mag azine as a powerful weapon for truth. When partners hate to watch each other the partnership, regardless of legal forms, is over. 42,000,000 Expected To Visit Polls By JAMES MARLOW In the House the Republicans tor Joseph T. Ferguson, from un- Washington, Nov. 7—(^(—Here’s controf 9 To°do thisTheTmust keep Except for President Truman, the a quick run-down on today’s na- their present strength of 169, fill political big shot cam PS tional elections. their own three vacant seats, and have been pretty ^cautious^ with About 42,000,000 people are ex- pick up 46 from the Democrats. tb e . u forecasts, a 1 g th sides pected to vke. If they do, they’ll P A P + . ^ ■ ht no w * :la ™ vlctory bef ° re the Votin & set a record for a non-presidential u ^ 1 ^ on ^ tl( j. S 3 m-- nnt-num ^ ar ^ S- election. the Democratic governors outnum With the exce ption of one two- Thirty-six of the 96 Senate seats ber the Republicans, 29 to 19. year period—1947 and 1948—when and all 435 House seats are at In the 33 governorships being the Republicans had control of Con- stake. filled this year, the Democrats hold gress, the Democrats have had a And this year the people of 33 17 posts, the Republicans 16. majority in both House and Senate states have to elect governors. ^ t since 1933, with a Democratic pres- (Maine has already elected a gov- 0 * p ‘ ident in the White House now for ernor and three House members). Vjln three southern states the Re- 47 unbroken years. Democrats and Republicans have publicans have offered no candi- both spent around $1,000,000 each dates against Governors Herman E. in this year’s campaigns. Talmadge, Georgia; Gordon Brown- Republicans Outnumbered ^ Tennessee; and candidate James F. Byrnes, South Carolina.) At this moment in the Senate the „ r> • ^ +i, fl ,.r. To a Russian Communist there to choose between any of the Demo cratic and Republican candidates. Democrats outnumber the Republi- , ,, ., ,, , . cans. 54 to 42, or 12 more. The probably wouldpt seem^much Republicans need a net gain of sev en to get control. Keep Dairy Award Will Be Presented Letters to The Editor But to the people of this coun- The annual Herman F. Keep Awards in Dairy Husbandry will be for Senate seat. Taft Opponent In Ohio, Republican Senator Rob- Only Dairy Husbandry majors are eligible for these scholarships. Adoption of a new and broader constitution for the club will also be covered in the meeting at 7:30 in Room 3D of the Memorial Stu dent Center. try, where the big fights are al- ^aTSpaSy SelA n s d q uta ""<> “ T “«^. a wide difference, since they seem ' ' , . . to take the campaigns seriously . The sophomore, junior and sen- Editor, The Battalion: I agree with the writers when ter referred to today, and I’m sorry enough. record of hisclassfor the preceding The leading letter in today’s they, say that A&M “has always... because I didn’t sign it but they This year the Republicans are ear will r e C eive $100 00 and the (Friday’s) “Letters to the Editor” fad the tradition of turning out the only expressed, in possibly a poor putting up a ding-dong battle all ‘ ext whest man of each class eets column advocates more thought bes t men m the world. However, way, any Aggie senior’s concern ove r the country, two of the tough- $cq qq ^ 8 before writing a letter but proceeds if ,that is so, how was this accom- over the rights or authority that es t fights being in Ohio and Cali- ' P to show that they fail to practice plished in the past when a more is due him. I use the term “Ag- fornia. what they preach. rigid form of class distinction was gie senior” to mean one who wants T • u m . c In their rush to condemn the practiced than is now? That is men, who have gone through the Hnimo—TTplpn Pabap-an Don- Aggie seniors who wrote a pre- tbe purpose of class distinction, of orientation needed to make good , ripmnnvai ami Picb n-ri M vious letter, they put forth what rigid rules on underclassmen, and officers and civilians, to graduate v ’ n™” ,Kiipnn_l a n t iling seemed to be the first thing that of the more or less hard life they from this college and not boys. Nixon,^Republican are battling came to their minds. Rad—to weed out the boys who M f • They state, “Class distinction are not yet willing to submit to the ... ^ f in tbe y ?, S pf ff 1 ® at A&M is one of the oldest and hardships of responsibility. If the k ^ J Tbr^ininn ef i^elf S most revered traditions of this college is more interested in the T school,” but go on to say, in effect, quality of its graduates instead of man y otneifa > 01 aj^iasses. that it doesn’t make a damn what the quantity of them, they will a senior or upperclassmen thinks continue class distinction more so or says. According to the writers, than now. it is more or less a freshman’s or Seniors do not set themselves up an underclassman’s duty to tell the as “gods,” but as leaders who above classes what he thinks of should have the respect due to lead- his upperclassmen’s ideas. Speak- c rs - If this right of being obeyed ing of traditions, this is contrary is n °t present what has a cadet to all A&M traditions. Surely the entering A&M to look forward to letter writers will agree that after except a nice quiet college life 3 years in the corps a senior should which he could just as well get at have the say as to what the under- an y other school in this state. We classmen say, do, wear and go. don’t want to be like other schools, They should also concede the fact we want to be better! that before a man can become a I was not one of the seniors who All Dairy majors are urged to come, for the recipients of the ert A. Taft is trying to keep his scholarships will not be named until Allan M. Wilson, ’51 Democratic opponent, State Audi- meeting time. UN Action Awaits Of Chinese Intent Revelation in Korea By J. M. ROBERTS JR. AP Foreign Affairs Anaylst government. Reds Maintain Tactical Force . . . USAF 9 Russian AF Compared on the Chinese people to support A suggestion reportedly consid- “volunteer” aid for North Korean , ,, , , ered in Washington, that China forces. This may be the tipoff on . , „ ... . . + The world’s diplomats waited to- continU g to p ait icipa)te in thg the official attitude. good officer, he should learn to signed the totally ill-founded let- day for a clearer revelation of hydroelectric operations after Ko- .. , T take orders as well as give them. Communist China’s intent in Ko- rea is unified, was considered more May N<>t ’ 00 defeated This practice of orienting fresh- New War Hymn rea, and for United Nations I’eac- agreeabje, although there were That the Communists may not Vprse Sllffcested tlon ’.‘a.I-h 6 ® eai 'ch tor clues to the doubts about Washington’s alter- yet be resigned to defeat in Korea Editor Tho RntYnbon- possibility of a new general war. native, which was to destroy the was indicated by Russian Deputy a out the Oifficul- A r hTs'“ «*■"' * ”> ties ovei- the Aggie Wat H ym „ and esc invention to .Jew the '““lost ^ Bulganin praised Red China said men ofifeers is followed not only here at A&M but at West Point and Annapolis. True, students come here to in crease their ability of thinking, By MAX BOYD Washington, Nov. 7—CPI—The Navy said today that the authoried operating strength of Russia’s Air Force is estimated conservatively at 14,000 combat planes. It added that this estimate does not include Russian naval aviation, transport planes or trainers. A Navy spokesman gave that explanation of a statement appearing in “Naval Aviation News,” magaizzne of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics. Exactly how much of such “authorizzed” strength has been achieved, the Navy official did not attempt to say. Russia Has 14,000 Aircraft The magazine, which is an official publication, put the Russian picture this way: “The Soviet Union today is said to have an air force of upwards of 14,000 operational aircraft, in cluding some jet fighters and TU-4 (B-29 type) medium bombers. “It’s strategic, (long-range) bombing force is relatively small, although this arm appears to have been stressed in the Soviet post-war program. “Naval aviation is land-based, having no air craft carriers from which to operate.” Built to Back Up Ground Force “Naval Aviation News” said the Soviet concept of air power is clouded by censorship, propaganda, and frequent reorganiation. But because Russia is .a land power, the magazine expressed belief that the primary purpose of Russian air power will prob ably be to back up the Russian army by tactical operations, which usually are of short or medium range. Comparison of the newly zpublished estimate with the operational combat strength of the U. S. Air Force is difficult. Since early i. nthe Korean conflict, the American Air Force has stopped re leasing figurzes on the total number of combat planes it operates. Howevex - , last June 30 it was officially disclosed to be opei'ating 3,200, with an additional 4,600 in stoi’age. (Operational refers to planes in active service, as against those in storage or otherwise classed as non-opei’ational.) U. S. Air Force Comparative Figures On June 30 the total number of planes available in the U. S. Air Force the Air Force Reseiwe, the Air Notional Guard and the Civil Air Patrol was 20,800. Howevex-, in addition to the non-operational combat planes, this total included 9,100 Air Fox-ce utility planes—transports, trainers and other types not in the combat category covei'ed by the estimate of Russian strength. This total also included a number of tx-ansports, trainer's and other non-combat planes in the Air Guard, Reseiwe and Civil Air Pa trol. As to'Naval aviation, which is outside the esti mate of Russian Air Fox-ce strength, the U. S. Navy and Marines had on June 30 approximately 6,000 active planes, including transports and trainers as well as combat types. Admix-al Forrest P. Shex-man, the chief of nawal operations, has disclosed that the Navy and Mai’ines hope to raise the number of active combat and non-combat planes to about 7,100 by the end of next June. The tradition that a fi'eshman does Ihe fact that it is not xeally suit- Korean wax* took px-ecedence ovei* not think and keeps his opinions able except at the Texas A&M ver- all other business at Lake Sue- There also were early doubts „ to himself isn’t followed merely to sus Texas game—I have written cess. But U. N. wheels will not about the implied request in Gen- i '- oiea earned the banner ot all make “yes men” out of them. It a new vers e (which even though begin to turn until tomoirow, when eral MacArthur’s report, for auth- 0 PP 1,es sed peoples and that a mea ls one of A&’M’s ways of orienting n .°I as S 00 ^ more suitable for- all the matter will.he presented to the ority to bomb the. air and land ® l _L re . defeat had been suffered, them to the life of a iunior officex- times) which I thought you might Security Council. Since no effective bases of the intervening forces in . ut ’ he added, “there are r]o - of the intervening forces in The Battalion Page 2 Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions ’’Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1950 The Battalion, official newspaper of thh Agricultural a,nd Mechanical College of Texas, is published five times a week during the regular school year. Du ring the summer terms, Tlxe Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods; twice a. week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 pen month. Advertising rates furnished on request. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not othenvise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. DAVE COSLETT, CLAYTON L. SELPH Co-Editors John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt Managing Editors Sid Abernathy, Jerry Zuber Campus News Editor Frank N. Manitzas Sports Editor Joel Austin City News Editor Today’s Issue John Whitmore Managing Editor Bob Hughson Campus News Editor Fred Walker Sports News Editor Joel Austin City News Editor T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists Ralph Gorman, Ray Holbrook, Harold Gann, Jos Blanchette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy Curtis, Chuck Neighbors, Fred Walker Sports Writers Emmett Trant, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry Cartoonists Ray Williams, Roger Coslett Special Assignments Bob Hughson, George Charlton, Tom Rountree, Leon McClellan, Raymond Rushing, Wayne Davis, Robert Venable, Herb O’Connell, Norman Blahuta, John Hildebrand, Jerry Fontaine, Jack Fontaine News and Feature Writers Russians Planning Cheap Television Berlin—6T)—The Russian zone government was reported building a dirt cheap television set to pipe Communism into millions of Ger man homes. A West Berlin film and radio agency said the Communist I’egime would be ready to deliver televi sion sets “at the latest” in 1952 and at a price of 600 east mai'ks ($28.56). At this price, the industry ob viously would have to be subsi dized by the state. The Berlin agency said the Rus sian zone erected its television plant out of the ashes of Nazi re search which had made considex-able strides befox-e it was knocked out by the war. In a letter to the West Berlin city government, the agency ux-ged a counter project. The film-radio group said West- ex-n technicians and ai'tists are available for television. Dr. Her bert Antoine, radio i-epresentative for the city government, said the px-oject would be worthy and inter esting but that the city lacks funds. Marines Fight Best with Food —Or For It San Francisco, Nov. 7—(A 1 )— Marines in Nox-theast Korea have added a little variation to that famed statement about an army fighting best on a full stomach. They’ve appended—’“or for one.” The Navy told about it today in a dispatch from the Marine Corps Air Base at Wonsan. Recently, the dispatch related, a transport plane pax-achuted food for men of the First Marine Divi sion near Kato, Northwest of Ham- hung. Air currents caused the ’chutes to drift into Communist- held teri'itory. The next morning a Marine from the ground unit came back from the front and encountered a member of the drop crew. “We were sorry to see that food dx*op go over in the Red lines,” the Marine air sergeant apologized. “I suppose someone had to go hungry last night.” “We did like hell,” exclaimed the Maxine. “The company commander bi'oke us out of our foxholes and made us capture that sector to get our chow back. We all ate.” sity” to evei'y one we play—but before the Genei’al Assembly, bring this matter to a head quickly. Gr ' c an action in Korea) and ho\V didn’t think anyone would be in- which X’ecently decided to take into MacArthur, of coui’se, already Ihose wars ended in the total de« terested in changing it until I read its own hands the power of action has authority to bomb the dams on feat o:f the interventionists.” what the Head Yell-leader had to in such cases whei'e the Security the Korean side of the Hydx-o de- He might have been referring to say in Wednesday’s paper. I sup- Council is deadlocked. velopment if that will help his as- the whole Korean thing as one bat- pose you are the best one to send Chinese Withdrawal signnient, which is to clear Korea, tie in the long-term world revolu- this to— ,, , . . , So far, China’s motives seem to tion. Or he might have been predict- Halabalu and etc. Observers would not be surprised be to occupy the hydro area and to ing ultimate victory in the current Goodbye to (what ever team be- if the U. N. s first action were to prolong, the war. Korean fighting, which would mean ing played) University _ call for the Chmese to withdraw. A new propaganda line issuing greater and greater Communist So long to all teams the Aggies I he possibility that Russia her- from Pieping, however, is calling intervention fight self would proffer some sort of — J Good luck to the dear ole Texas cease fire proposal was not ignored. Aggies She might suggest stopping the They are the team who’ll win war where it is now and negotiat- tonight ing a settlement. That would leave The eyes of Texas are upon us China in possession of the Yalu And we’ll fight so long and well River hydroelectric development They’ll shout like hell! which was believed a major incen- d So goodbye to all who play tive for her intervention, and would £ against, us leave the Reds a stidp of Korean $ We’re gonna beat you all to territory in which the North Ko- y Chig-a-rig-a-rim, Chig - a - rig-a- rean puppet government could sit. g rim Such a proposal was expected to Rough stuff, real stuff, Texas receive little consideration among W A&M U. N. members already committed Jf Mrs. Pee Wee Smith to clearing the Reds out of all M Bryan, Texas Koi'ea and establishing a unified Jg COFFEE CUM MODE See the NEW 1951 Royal Portable Typewriters At The Bryan Business Machine Co. SALES — SERVICE — RENTALS — SUPPLIES 209 N. Main St. Bryan, Texas Dial 2-1328 rightihis minute...roaster fresh / Boning up? 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