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. CC ^cY^^ oe^ eT Co^ eb i. v\.e^° r .. W 30 3 Cop' 1 * es ./ ■’f, <.$■ J Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition »•' tr: «"• fcO^* 77ie Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition Number 43. Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS ; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1950 Price Five Cents Telephone Service Striking Operators Picket Hy ASSOCIATED PRESS “while many of our employes have As The Colors Pass By . . . c An estimated 23,000 Southwest ern. Roll Telephone workers in 15 Texas cities were idled yesterday hy the Western Electric strike. The estimate came from R. W. Staley of the CIO Communications Workers Southwestern Division in Dallas. There were no instances of vio lence. Nor was the federal or Texas law tigainst secondary boycotts in voked as it was in an Arkansas city. Directly affected are Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Abilene, Lubbock, Sweetwater, Amarillo, Borger, Midland, Odessa, Wichita Falls, Houston, San Antonio, Aus tin and Corpus Christi. Midland and Odessa Western Electric employes are equipment workers. But their picket lines kept Bid! workers from their jobs. *'n cities with dial phones there was little or no interruption in ‘local service. Emergency Calls Only Citizens in non-truck cities found long distance calls to struck cities were possible only on an emergency basis. Supervisory employes attempted to replace the operators who re fused to cross picket lines. Western Electric is the manu- . facturing and installing arm of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, parent company of Southwestern Bell. ‘ In Dallas, Southwestern \BclPs general manager W. L. Prehn said 'Nuclear Option Offered to ChEs An option in the field of nuclear engineering is being created in the chemical engineering curriculum at A&M, H. W. Barlow, dean of the School of Engineering, hasl an-' jounced. Although other schools in the country have announced courses in nuclear engineering, A&M is the first in the South to have an option in the subject available, Dean Bar- low said. Work will be given primarily on the senior and graduate levels. According to Dean Barlow, Nu- “clear Engineering involves the ex traction and preparation of mater ial suitable for nuclear reactors as well as the design and operation •of the reactors themselves. It in cludes the engineering applications of the use of atomic or nuclear en ergy. “Although nuclear reactions re ceived their first use in military operations, their peacetime appli cations are becoming more and more important,” Barlow said. Handicraft Group To Meet in YMCA reported for work despitfc the picket lines, the number of people on duty is well below normal.” Prehn called attention to laws against secondary boycotts “which interfere with the freedom of em ployes or another company to work and which, in turn, impair service to the public.” His statement, is sued in the morning, was not im- j mediately followed by a company | request that the laws be invoked. Dial Phones Unaffected “The company will continue to do everything in its power to meet its obligations to furnish telephone service to its customers. However, it will not be possible to handle other than emergency long distance calls, and telephone users are be ing asked to limit all calls requir ing the service of an operator. Dial service is not affected.” Unaccountably, Western Electric workers at Beaumont and Port Ar thur joined in the strike but did not immediately throw up picket lines. As a result Bell workers in those two cities were at their posts dur ing the day. A chill wind pushing along a newly-arrived Texas norther made picket-line walking an arduous chore. In most cities the number of actual pickets was low. At Fort Worth, 50 union members were re presented in the morning by three pickets, who kept 1,300 Bell em ployes from their jobs. 1800 Strikers Dallas had more strikers—450 than any other Texas city. The number of Bell workers affected at the strike’s start was about 1,800. Division Manager J. B. Patterson at Houston said the picketing there was effective, and that he had only a few people to replace the 4,000 Bell workers who refused to cross picket lines. In Texas citfes not affected at the start, union officials said they would honor any picket lines which Western Electric might install. In other words, Western Electric pick- Allied Fighters Hasten Retreat Of China Reds Seoul, Nov. 10—'A 5 !—Allied air.Yalu River border in Communist power pounded today at Chinese ; Manchuria was revised upward to Communist forces pulling back in-J 800,000 by the spokesman. to far North Korea’s wooded moun tains and smashed again at supply ines athwart the Yalu River. The lull in the ground continued. Only on the west-cen tral front did patrols make con tact with the Reds. A U. S. Eighth Army spokes man reported the Chinese appear ed to be establishing a defense line in the mountains. He added that they had taken considerable losses from aerial and artillery fire. An estimate of some 60,000 Chi nese Red troops just across thc v General MacArthur’s spokesman estimated Thursday 60,000 Chinese and about that many organized action!North Koreans faced United Na tions forces south of the Yalu in Korea. Communist China radio broad casts called the Chinese troops “volunteers.” . Cadet Colonel of the Corps A. D. Martin and Honor Guest General Dwight D. Eisenhower stand to President M. T. Harrington’s right as the Cadet Corps marched hy in its first review of the year in winter uniform. To Harrington’s right is Lt. General Leroy Lutes, Presented By Consolidated Students Fourth Army Commander; General Ike Ashburn, former A&M commandant; Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, and C. C. Krueger, Roy C. Potts and Tyree Bell, members of the A&M Board of Directors. First Variety Show Termed ‘Success By LEON McCLELLAN The first Variety Show produced by .A&M Consolidated was well liked by the large audience at tending its presentation last night in the school gymnasium. The show, scheduled for 7:30 p. m. got under way on time, but ran two minutes longer' than expected, Director C. K. Esten said. Without the help of Mrs. D. W. Fleming,. Mrs. C. W. Landiss, and the teachers at Consolidated, the Variety Show could not have been produced, the director added. Tumblers Open Show “Professor Dowell’s Tumblers” ets might be transferred to still were the first of 24 numbers pre- other cities to spread the strike, sented. “The Basket House”, a play presented by the Dulaney Chorus, was made up entirely of second graders. Ann Jarvi performed a ballet solo entitled “Little Ballerina”. She was accompanied by Mrs. Dorothy Evans on the piano. Turning to classical music the program next featured Mary Varvel in a piano solo of Beethoven’s “For Eloise.” Eight members of the “Dawson Chorus’ gave their version of a Czechoslovakian Folk Dance. A four"? girl tap dance team accom panied by Mrs. Jamie Dawson fol lowed. Linda Potts did a solo number on the harp by playing “Brahm’s Lul laby” and then “Home on the Range.” She did not have a cello accompanist as scheduled. Ann A Misunderstanding, But ‘Worthless’ Army Surplus Nets Texan $59,000 Profit Washington, Nov. 10—<7P)—How an East Texas farmer bought $1,209,600 worth of surplus mili tary equipment for $6.89 and sold it back ' to the government for $63,000 was revealed here today by the Senate Defense Investigat ing Committee. Mrs. Gordon Gay, program chair- The story was released through yum for the Handicraft Group, has office of Senator Lyndon B ‘tnnounced the group will meet lues. Nov. 14 at 9:30 a. m. in the Labinet Room of the YMCA. Program for the morning will be i on Metalcraft. Mrs. Sue Sanders Lowe, and Mrs. George Summey Jr. are in charge of the program. Johnson, who is in Texas. He is committee chairman. The farmer, who Johnson’s of fice declined to identify, acquired the property through a misunder standing. This is the story Johnson told: The Farmer, a former naval of ficer in World War II, saw air craft computers listed for sale as surplus. He thought they were cardboard devices which would be useful in calculating the area of farms. He bid less than 5 cents each for the 168 items. Bid Accepted When he learned his bid had been accepted, he asked surplus dispos al authorities to send them parcel post. Back came a letter saying the computers covered an acre of his property. He hustled to San Antonio to find out what kind of white ele phants he had purchased. He found them to be complicated mechanisms which cost the government $7,200 each. Hardly had he gotten the item crated and shipped to the'farm— at a $4,000 cost—before Wright Field officials showed up. They gladly paid him $63,000 for the lot. Wrote the Texan to the Senator: “The thing may be summed up by saying that the disposal agency was delighted to unload what they thought was a heap of junk on an unsuspecting country boy.” Complex Devices The computers apparently are more accurately described as air craft fire control computers. These devices are extremely complex and are used for auto matically working out problems concerned with coordinating the fire of guns in different turrets and with figuring such problems as angle of deflection and cor rection for wind and aircraft speed. System Men Slated On Meetin» Plan Twelve members of the Texas A&M System will participate in the first Texas Livestock and Range Conference in San Antonio Nov. 13 and 14. Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Ani mal Husbandry Department, will preside over a portion of the con ference. C. E. Fisher, Superintendent of the Spur Agricultural Experiment Station, will discuss “Brush Con trol.” Dr. V. A. Young of the Range & Forestry Deptartment will lead a panel discussion on this subject. Dr. Harold F. Heady, associate professor in the Range & Forestry Department, C. E. Fisher, and A. „ . . . , , , Walker, Extension Range Special- Such devices were developed ist xvi)1 pai . ticip;lle on the panel, dm mg mid War II foi the B_9 j ^ j ones professor of Ani- | Superfortress, the first bomber to 1 Fleming second harpist of the night, was accompanied by Matha Terrell on the cello in their rendi tion of Robinson’s “Theme.” A vocal duet entitled “I Said My Pajamas and Put on My Prayers”, was performed by Claire Rogers and Jean Ann Smith, both bedecked in pajamas. They were accompanied on the piano by Margaret Berry. Fourth Graders Perform At this point a skit was present ed by David McNeely and Johnnv Turner. Eugenia Rush performed a solo tap-dance entitled “Little Buttercup.” Mrs. Holzman’s Clowns are a group of fourth graders who did a skit featuring a cat. The au dience cooperated readily with the “cheer-leaders,” boys dressed as girls, who led a school yell. Russell Adams, a young magi cian, gave an individual perform ance using- a chair as a table. Two unscheduled performers sang in the musical number entitled “Cra dle Song,” with original score and lyric by Mary Margaret Watson who played the piano. Singers were Claire Rogers and Jean Ann Smith. Singing Sextet Six high school girls, the “FHA Sextet,” sang “Harbor Lights” and Winter Wonderland.” Michael Luth er played “The Italian Song,” a piano solo. • Martha Terrell followed with an other piano solo. The audience also participated by singing “When You Wore A Tulip,” one of Martha’s mal Husbandry, and Dr. Robert Potts, associate professor of Ag ronomy will participate in a panel discussion “More Livestock Pro ducts.” I have central •fire control system similar to that on battleships. The computers have been adapted to other bombers, including the BSC, and to jet fighters to help the pilot solve problems quickly in aerial combat. Commercial Value The Air Force information offi cer said there would he no com ment on the story about the sur plus sale because it is a matter | wiU ad(]i . ess the Business Society pending before the congressional Business Society To Hear Bickley J. H. Bickley, Financial and Man agement Consultant, from Houston, committee. here Tuesday night, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Chapel. A general services administra- I Bickley’s subject will be “Evaluat- tion spokesman said he believed the i ing Management Operations.” sale of the computers had been , Bickley is a graduate of the handled entirely hy the Air Force several years ago and not by War Assets Administration (WAA), Wharton School of Finance and at one time was a professor of fi nance at Lehigh University. He General “Ike” Eisenhower and President Har rington leave the Memorial Student Center with ‘ehillecl’ looks on their faces before reviewing the corps of cadets during Inauguration Cere monies yesterday. They are followed by Lt. Gen. Leroy Lutes and Col. H. L. Boatner. Flanking (he group are members of the Ross Volunteers who served as escorts. which handled surplus items. This ! has been connected with the Fed- official said he believed the com-j eral Trade Commission as public puters were classed with items re- ! utilities expert, the Federal Com- garded as having no commercial munication Commission as econo value and so were left to Air mist and the Wisconsin, Pennsyl- Force disposal rather than turned vania and Maryland Public Serv- over to WAA for commercial use. ice Commissions. three numbers. Frances Nemec played the guitar as she yodled and sang “Goodbye Ole Pal,” the only western number in the show. “Blue Danube” was played as a piano duet by Ann Cleland and Elaine Johnson. Terry Curran danced a graceful ballet number to the tune of the “Merry Widow Waltz.” Sally Puddy gave a version of “Lecture on English Literature” in Which she humorously por trayed tea society. Justin Kidd grimaced and added animated ges tures as he recited his original script entitled “Murder on the Movie Set.” Mexican Dance Ruth Ann Fudge performed a piano solo entitled “Warrior’s Song” in the next-to-last act of the show. A Mexican Dance Med ley featured Susie and Johnny Mar tinez who danced the “Mexican Hat Dance.” Susie then danced another Mexican folk dance entitled “Chap- anecas.” A bull-fight, closing presentation of the Variety Show, featured John ny, John, and Manuel Martinez. John was the “matador, and Johnny and Manuel the bull. Common opinion was expressed by one member of the audience who said “there should be more variety shows in the future.” This comment was substantiated by Director Esten who said that talent will be. found when commun ity interest is established. Airmen Form New Command For Supporters Washington, Nov. 10— (AP)—TheAir Force disclos ed last night that it is elevat ing ground support aviation to the status of a separate major command. It announced that the present Continental Air Command will be split on Dec. 1 into three equal major air commands: © The Tactical Air Command, is responsible for close coopera tion with the Army. Previously an operational headquarters under the Continental Air Command, it will maintain its present headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, Hamp ton, Va. • An i air defense command re sponsible for defense of the United State against air attack. Its head quarters will be established tem porarily at Mitchell Air Force Base, New York. # The Continental Air Command, which will retain its responsibil ities for administering and training civilian parts of the Air Force. Its headquarters will continue to be at Mitchell Air Force Base, New York. TAG will be commanded by Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon when he re turns from his present post as Air Force commander in Europe. Un til then, it will be commanded by Major General W. R. Wolfinbarger. The Air Defense Command will be commanded by Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead, now commander of the Continental Air Command. Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale, now commander of the First Air Force at Mitchell Air Force Base, will become commander of the Contin ental Air Command. Faith Plus Rearming Needed—Acheson Washington, Nov. 10—DPI—Secre tary of State Acheson said last night that “inadequate” arming of the free nations against the dan ger of aggression could be “catas trophic.” He emphasized that the purpose of the great rearmament drive now under way is to “maintain the peace” and warned anew against talk of preventive war. “Only among those who have lost sight of our goals (of peace and preservation of Democratic values) can there seem to be wis dom in self-destructive hysteria,” Acheson said. His address was prepared for the world organization for broth erhood of the National Conference of Christians and Jews meeting here. His main appeal was for a weld ing together of moral purpose and physical power. “It is only by a fusion of these two elements within ourselves,” he declared, “that we shall have the integrity, as a nation, to give leadership to the people of the world.” At another point. Acheson said: “We cannot afford to neglect eith er half of the prescription to ‘put our faith in the Lord and keep our powder dry.’ ” One of the major tasks before the free nations,” he said, “is that we shall build our military strength quickly enough, and substantially enough, to protect ourselves against the possibility of aggression. “The threat is a grave one. The consequence of an inadequate re sponse to it may easily be catas trophic. “But in responding to this threat, World Waits The world anxiously awaited the U. N. Security Council’s action on a resolution demanding that Red China withdraw its troops. The U. S., Britain and France were among the resolution’s sponsors. The U. S. State Department di rected that visas be issued to nine Chinese Communist representatives en route to Lake Success for dis cussions of Red charges of Ameri- | can aggression against Formosa. However, the U. S. asked that | charges of China’s intervention in j the Korean conflict be taken up | Friday—ahead of the Chinese del|| gation’s arrival. MacArthur’s intelligence spokes man in Tokyo said the Chinese are continuing to cross the boundary in large numbers. American F-80 jet fighter-bomb ers struck heavily at a major cross ing point—a rail-highway bridge spanning the Yalu at bomb-rubbl ed Sinuiju in extreme northwest Korea. The U. S. Fifth Air Force re ported a direct hit on the bridge with a 1,000-pound general purpose bomb. Targets Demolished No mention was made of any hits on a newer railway bridge across the Yalu at Sinuiju. Both spans were targets in Wednesday’s massive B-29 raid that virtually vvipeij ou t Sinuiju. U. S. Navy carrier planes made a follow-up attack on the two bridges Thurs day and reported direct hits. No Red fighter plane opposition was reported at Sinuiju, but Ameri can B-29s were attacked ten miles to the northeast in a raid on Uiju, on the south bank of the Yalu. MacArthur’s spokesman said the Neyv | big bombers met fighter opposi tion and “violent” anti-aircrgft fire. But he had no report 'on whether any of the B-29s—a flight of 12—were knocked down. Nor did he say whether the Red fighters Were jets. Outposts Hit Uiju, desccribed as a command post and supply center, was hit with 96 tons of bombs. Also: hit by the superforts was Chongjip, east coast city 60 air miles sotitlf- west of the Soviet Siberian borddr. The spokesman said Red fighter planes strafed U. N. troops/'six and a half miles west of Kunu, near the Chonchon bridgehead in northwest Korea. He had no fur ther details. Russian-made jet planes in rela tively small numbers have ' been harvassing Allied forces for sev eral weeks. MacArthur’s spokes man said Friday there are no known bases in North Korea ca pable of handling jets except 'a we must never allow ourselves to i dirt strip at Sinuiju, which might forget the purpose of our efforts ; have been rendered useless in the to build our military strength. | heavy B-29 raid Wednesday. “Unless we have a constant j Estimates of total Chinese Coin- awareness that our purpose is to numist air power, he added, are maintain the peace so that the! obscure—but the best available is democratic values we cherish may I between 200 and 300 military continue their fruitation, we run i planes. He said about two-thirds the risk of allowing power to be- of those are fighters, including come an end in itself. ' jots. SSI : agr NiTsP '■ 'jwSss* ' : : . AN • ■ •- G.' , tV/*; j. fesD'i’ . ZJt, % Gen. Dwight Eisenhower President Harrington, left, and General Eisenhower are all smiles just previous to the inaugural ceremonies on Kyle Field yester day. General Eisenhower was principal speaker for the occasion.