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ba ...I; SM Vffii i ; e<?i l hav the Fri I Battalion Editorials Page 2 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1950 With Boyle In Korea MAKING IT TOUGHER FOR HJMSELF Approaching Perfection... Terrific Tank Battle Fought, No Y anks Lost H OW NEAR perfect can a Corps trip get ? Not much nearer than the one we have just had. Yes, this was the one-in-a-million adven ture that Aggies dream about as Fish and experience before they graduate—if they’re Some wives are like fishermen. They think the best got away. Let Them Mind Their Own Affairs A ND if my ways are not as theirs Let them mind their own affairs. Their deeds I judge and much condemn, Yet when did I make laws for them? Please yourselves, say I, and they Need only look the other way. But no, they will not; they must still Wrest their neighbour to their will. — A. E. Housman One of the outstanding points to be gained from the study of history is the re alization of man’s constant fight for control of others. The United States owes its ex istence to people who fled this control by man. But the pitiful fact is that these same pilgrims who fled to the New World to gain religious freedom were at the same time religious bigots. Their seemingly inborn love of oppression far outweighed any sympathy they might have had for others who were denied religious freedom. At this very time, our nation is engaged in a war to help preserve democracy, the rights of the individual. But while thous ands of young Americans are giving their lives in the fight for the preservation of per sonal freedom, some of our leaders at home are waging a fight to limit these rights. In the past few weeks, Dallas pastors have sought to force the closing of grocery stores on Sunday. The campaign was begun by the Dallas Retail Grocers Association. To give an air of sanctity to the drive, they asked the help of Dallas religious leaders. And the pastors responded eagerly. As yet, they have not been successful but they give no indication that they are ready to give up'' the fight. Service stations, theatres, and restau rants have not yet been attacked. (Perhaps too many people enjoy “eating out” after church on Sunday morning.) The attack has been concentrated at the small “cash and carry” neighborhood groceries that supply that quart of milk or loaf of bread you for got to buy on Saturday. Ours is not to judge the ethics or morals of Sunday trade. We just think it is an in dividual matter to be decided by the grocer. The men who wrote our constitution obvious ly thought so too. The first provision of the first amendment in the Bill of Rights—Con gress shall make no law respecting an estab lishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. as lucky as we are. Beginning with Tessieland’s “starting gun” dance and continuing through the long ride home yesterday afternoon, this trip was truly the best yet. We heard more complimentary remarks directed toward A&M and the Aggies than we ever have heard before, anywhere. Most numerous of these praised our sportsmanlike conduct, off the football field as well as on. . It goes without saying that the game was one of the cleanest, hardest fought contests in many years, but it may have gone unno ticed by some that the same spirit was evi dent throughout the weekend. Most noticeable was the feeling of friend ly competition among the more than 70,000 shivering, yelling, and excited fans. Not one fight did we see. There may have been some, but they were kept under cover. SMU students and fans were sad at the loss, but they readily acknowledged losing to a team that fought for everything it received. We hope it would have been the same, h$d the score been the other way. Discounting that it was the most thrilling contest run-off in many football seasons, the game was letter perfect in every aspect. Oth er than being a little cool on the Cotton Bowl’s shady side, the Dallas weather was “ready-made” for football playing. Add to that a full stadium and half-time activities so elaborate as to be a complete show in themselves. Now, pre-view all that with a two-school main street parade complete with military units from both, and a convoy of beautiful floats adorned with SMU’s top feminine love liness. Follow this with Sunday morning news papers telling the world that A&M DOES have a football team and that Bob Smith IS an All-American player. Even the Dallas papers admitted it. We had wondered when they would. Yes, it was a wonderful weekend. We have a right to be happy, and, we think, to pat ourselves on the back. We proved to any doubters that we knew the meaning of the words “good sportsmanship,” and that we can put them into practice. Such a dis play won’t soon be forgotten. People from over the nation went back to their homes with the words “A&M” and “Aggies” tast ing pleasant on their lips. Words from a hundred publicity men’s typewriters could never duplicate what the Aggies accom plished in Dallas this weekend. We feel mighty good today as a result of it all. We hope you do too. Like we said, how near perfect can a Corps trip get? By HAL BOYLE saici Capt Norman Brown, Woods- tank fired it was like a big orange With U. S. 24th Division, Korea, Nov. 13—<A > )—Without the death of a single American soldier, a U. S. battalion trailed a retreating en emy column by the sound of its clanking track treads and destroyed it in a three-hour night battle fought at point-blank range. It was a dramatic cowboy-and- Indian type chase in darkness and moonlight fought on the escape road to Manchuria. After being pursued 13-miles the fleeing Red column of seven tanks and 500 North Korean infantrymen turned and tried an Indian am bush. They employed small arms fire which two veteran officers said was “the heaviest we have seen in two wars.” But the Americans defeated it by throwing their own artillery and mortars into action in record time. And dawn revealed this box score: ville, N. H. “But we decided to let him go It was better to keep rolling and a ]j bounced off.” ball coming our way. They made several hits on our tanks—but they catch the main force, recalled Er- Within 10 minutes the American nest D. MacDonald, 118 N. Dakota mortars were in position and firing, St., Vermillion, S. D. That battalion wheeled into Kwaksan and caught a North Korean tank crew and officer who said they were going back to help this, tank stuck in the woods. Two miles beyond Kwaksan the battalion killed two North Koreans and captured two more. The bat- within 34 minutes the artillery at the end of the column pulled back of Kwaksan, got into place and was firing. “Without bragging,” said the quiet Perez, “we feel that is bet ter than the book says you can do in a night action. “At daylight we found the ene my had scattered. “He took his talion staff and the regimental wounded with him—about a hun- commander, CoL Richard W. Steph- (] rec i—^ u (- left behind 50 dead plus ens, Pierre, S. D., moved up to the five knocked-out tanks; one self head of the column to question the propelled gun and seven anti-tank prisoners. They were told seven tanks but no infantry were ahead. “We decided we had trailed them far enough and were about to mount everything and go after them at 20 miles an hour” said Pe rez. “Then the roof fell in.” guns. Reds—five tanks destroyed and the other two missing. Fifty dead infantrymen, at least 100 estimated wounded, and the rest dispersed and running. The Americans—24 men wound ed, none seriously, and none killed. The battle—One of the larger night actions of the Korean cam The long straight road sudden ly turned into a lacework of flame. The two prisoners had lied. Seven enemy tanks had turned in an ambush. And they were supported by 500 enemy in fantrymen in the hills. Stephens, who has been through, ambushes before, hit the ditch with Juvenile Offenders Now Get Break, ’ Better Treatment By MILTON KELLY Washington, Nov. 13—VP)—One of the nation’s newest laws arms paign- took place Oct 31 The his battalion staff and they crawled the b ederal Courts with broad pow- ■tOOK pidCe UCC. Ol. ine , • J .. . ors to sppIc and +nv In p.ivo linn 24th Division’s 21st regiment was and ran back to their radio jeeps on a breakthrough drive that took to direct the fight, it within 14 air miles of the Man- It turned out to be a battle for churian border before it was or- text booksi on night combat, dered back after the appearance “As soon as they hit we started of Chinese Communist troops on its hitting them,” said Perez. “The right flank. The story of the Hallowe’en engagement—the enemy produc ed everything but witches on ers to seek and try to cure the causes of juvenile delinquency. job will be to try to find out what made a boy or girl go wrong, and try to figure out how to get the youngster back on the right track. The judge can accept or reject any part or all of this advice. It v/j. 1 u. V UCJUUU UCIl^V. n i • j • i.* ’ The federal judges asked for it alI ° WS ^ t0 r f°8' m f emotional -enough of them, at least, to and , mental upset short of insanity convince Congress at the session a, } d , tu ™ t he over to spec- ended in September. lalists for treatment. f , , . . . They contended they were ad- ' ^ can ’ lf . J 0 chao f? s - + hel P to telephone wires were singing like ministeri something far short ^ the lad a job, send him to some harps overhead as the bullets hit f • .• 6 , - - - -- - cpUppI tn iptn-n •> i-vqUp m- f,nri i-mn them. We fired flash for flash. ^ broomsticks—was told for the first time today by a group of battalion officers relaxing on cots in an abandoned Korean peasant home. “Their lead tank was only 300 yards away. And every time a justice to youthful offenders, and that it was high time to amend the laws and give the wayward kids a better break. Backed by Justice Dept. A wintry wind seeped through cracks in the yellow clay walls as they talked. “We passed through Chongju just at dark,” said Lt. Col. Gines Perez, battalion commander, of San Antonio, Tex. “The British had Who’s Who Lists Hill and Williams John W. Hill and E. L. Williams, The Justice Department backed them, contending seven of every 10 youngsters sent to corrective in stitutions come out as “hardened criminals,” and that the old proba tion laws were of little benefit. The American Bar Association, American Legion groups and Su preme Court justices threw support school to learn a trade or find him a better home—do any of a var iety of things—while requiring long-term, skilled supervision so that different type of help may be substituted if the first guess was wrong. Parole Board Changed The measure reorganizes the federal parole board, shifting auth- youth over to the corrections divi sion for four years of “supervision and treatment;” keep him under specially supervised probation for periods up to 10 years even after the lad passes the age of 21, or at any time revoke this order and commit him to an institution if probation produces no results. Or, he could pronounce a sentence to a prison, reformatory or training school, without relying on the new law. Chief Judge Bolitha J. L^ws, of the District of Columbia Fede ral Court endorsing the change, had told a Senate committee on Oct. 5; “On Friday of this week, I have 17 sentences to impose. Many of them have pleaded guilty before me. I have spent no time with them; I have seen some for 30 sec- ority to appoint members from ^the on( ] S) perhaps. 1 have to pass upon matter that effects their entire career, using a short report of a just taken the town but houses on are P,. in Tn , e 'TTl TV™ m 10 tne ' ^ linaily passea, draw, both sides of the road were burn- Veterans of Safety. Hill is mg small attention m the pre-ad ing. And the enemy on the hills the director of^Woikeis Compen- journment^rush were still mortaring it.” Attorney General to the President and requiring Senate approval of his selections. It increases the probation officer obtained within a week, which is totally incomplete and totally inadequate.’’ He said sation here. Williams is the vice- . ,, , director of the Engineering Ex- As the two and a half mile long t ens j on Service. battalion column drove through flaming Chongju it heard the rum ble of withdrawing North Korean tanks. The American column set out in pursuit. Half the doughboys rode in the freezing night on the tanks and artillery vehicles and the other half walked. After a few miles those on foot climbed on the vehicles and the others got off and walked. “We kept healing the enemy tanks ahead of us and every once in . a while they would halt and fire,” said Maj. C. B. Myers, Luf kin, Tex. “Yes, and about midnight we heard one tank that had become stuck in the woods to one side,” The Veterans of Safety is a na tional association which provides contact for people who have de voted 15 years or more of their increases board from five members to eight. Within the board it creates a youth corrections division to take The old laws gave a judge auth- active hold of the program. Various ority to send a guilty youth to members of the Parole Board will some federal institution, or place constitute the division. Aiding the — * , „— hi mon probation for anywhere up division will be an advisory cor- care is taken in deciding to what to a couple of yeafs.'Tt allowed' no ccettons council, composed of a fed- job a man should be .assigned than middle course. ei ‘. a l circuit judge, two U. S. dis- the courts could take under the The new one provides that mid- trict judges, and non-judges to plan old law to determine whether to it hurt his conscience. Comparison Made In some prisons, he, sai,(J, .mote life to the cause of human conser- die course, while preserving also a long time war on juvenile delin- incarcerate a convicted youth. vation. The association tries to further develop and maintain the profes sors of safety engineers and to assist schools of engineering, and trade schools in the teaching of the profession of safety engineer ing. the right to sentence as before. Clinic Analyzes Cases quency and recommend improve- m, T ,. T , ^ , ment of the laws he Justice Department told a It defines a youth offender a S SffsmdlS to make'tS Under it, however, before pro- anyone up to and including the age mo£rram e ff ecti P ’ lost too muc I nouncing sentence the judge can of 21. (The judges wanted it to 3 in cSlv blundSs! send a youngster to a sort of clinic apply to 22 and 23-year-olds, too, it. awaito now HnnototL,!* of the where specialists can take a month but Congress said “no ). or more to analyze the case. Their A judge could simply turn a Here Is What Last Week’s Election Means to Congress It awaits now appointment of the new Parole Board before moving to recruit the doctors and others who will aid in the program. Its next step then will be to set up a “clinic,” properly styled a classification examination. Ulti mately more of these will be set up, the department says. Location of these agencies has not been de termined yet. Tibet Demands People who plan for their future usually succeed better than those who do not, but there is no Imv ivhich requires you to make such plans. Withdrawal Of (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series on the possible effects Tuesdays’ election will have on the nation, on Congress, the president and his cabinet, and on you.) By JAMES MARLOW Chinese Reds The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published five times a week during the regular school year. Du ring the summer terms, The 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 per month. 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Tiedt Managing Editor Bob Hughson Campus News Editor Frank N. Manitzas Sports News Editor Joel Austin City News Editor New Delhi, Nov. 13—(AP) —Tibet was reported yester day to have demanded for- nallv that Communist China leader Mao Tze-Tung pull his invading troops back to the Chin- ese-Tibetan border. The demand was said to have been sent to the Chinese diplomatic representative here by a seven-man Tibetan delegation mow in India. Tibetan Finance Minister Tsepon Shakabpa was quoted as saying the latest telegraphic messages for the government of Tibet’s 16-year-old Dalai Lama reported all was peace ful and life normal in the capital at Lhasa. The Indian government, mean while, is puzzlied by an apparent slowdown in Chinese operations in side Tibet. Since their capture last month of the important caravan center of Chamdo, 40 miles inside Tibet and some 350 air miles from Lhasa, their drive toward the mon- astry capital has shown little pro gress. Unofficial reports say Red troops are still 120 air miles from the capital. An Indian foreign ministry source said his government feels the invaders may have slowed down to regroup for drives through the snow'-bound 14,000-foot mountain Washington, Nov. 13 — (TP) — If you’re wondering what Tuesday’s elections mean in Congress, here’s a brief fill-in. The Congress due back here this month is the 81st—elected in 1948 —and not the 82nd, which you vot ed for Tuesday. The two-year term of the 81st, which began at noon, Jan. 3, 1949, ends just before noon, Jan. 3, 1951. And at noon next Jan. 3 the 82nd Congress begins its two-year term. These committees, of course, are of the utmost importance since it’s in them that new laws get their start. For example: If the 82nd Congress raises in come taxes, committees will first cxaminq the whole problem. And,if the full Congress votes an increase, the size and details will be pretty much what the commit tees decide they should be. posal for compulsory health insur ance. In the 81st Congress, where the Democrats majority was larger, this health program got exactly no where because too many Democrats joined with too many Republicans in opposing it. Now it will have even less chance. Letters Senior Opposed To War Hymn Change ‘Catch’ For President Keep Majority In the 81st the Democrats had a majority over the Republicans. They’ll keep it in the 82nd, but slimmer, as a result of this week’s elections. This majority gives the Demo crats a position of power. But be cause it’s slim, they won’t be able to ram through any legislation they please. For example—because they’re in a majority, the Democrats will have a majority on all committees. And all committee chairmen will be Democrats. But for President Truman and his followers there’s a catch in all this: for instance, take the Senate in the 82nd Congress. There the Democrats will out number the Republicans only 49 to 47. Any time the Republicans show up in full strength and the Democrats are minus three votes, the Republicans’ vote will be de cisive. But more than that: it’s seldom that Democrats and Republicans line up solidly and vote solidly as a party. And the narrower the margin be tween Democrats and Republicans at the start of a vote, the worse the chance for Mr. Truman’s ideas to get through since a few switches by the Democrats will help the Re publicans. Affect on Issues You can see what that means in something like Mr. Truman’s pro- And on some issues, like civil rights, there’ll be even smaller chance for the Trumanites to do anything. On civil rights the southern Dem ocrats break away from the Tru man Democrats. Any time they do that, the Trumanites wind up in a minority. And on foreign affairs the Re publicans — because of the slim margin between them and the Dem ocrats are in a stronger position now ta have a hand in what’s done. You can see why: Mr. Truman’s advisers, in the de fense and state departments, may come up with a program in the foreign field. But almost any program costs money which has to be voted by Congress. This means Congress can put strong limits on any such program. Being more powerful than they were in the 81st Congress, the Re- publicans can pretty much vote a stop or go-ahead signal in the 82nd. Editor, The Battalion: I think Mrs. Pee Wee Smith’} suggested change to the “Aggk War Hymn” stinks! I don’t agre* with anybody who thinks the “War Hymn” ought to be altered or re vamped. The Aggie team (football or otherwise) should have enough intelligence to know that regardless of the verse about T.U., the “War Hymn” puts emphasis on the game they are playing when it is sung by the Corps. It is a war hymn, and regardless of the wqi'ds, should serve to put fire and renewed strength into both the team and the corps, especially when they are be hind. The “War Hymn” has served this purpose for many years. I like tradition! Wc changed the name of our annual and day by day someone tries to stamp out another long - standing Aggie tradition. Shall they all die? Let’s put a screaming halt to this talk about changing the “Aggie War Hymn”! Beat the hell outa Rice! . . • Robert E. “Rip” Martin ’51 U’L ABNER Dis is Hard to Believe By AJ Capp ■//V DEEPEST BROOKLYN T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists Bob Hnsrhson, 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 Ray Williams. Roger Coslett Rose Maris Zuber ^ ■ Special- Assignments Socjsty Editor Emmett Trant, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry Cartoonists Sid Abernathy Campus News Editor Sam Molinary Chief Fhotographel Herman C, Gollob Amusements Editoi Ralph Gorman, Ray Holbrook, Harold Gann, Joe Blanchette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy Curtis, Chuck Neighbors. Fred Walker Sports Writers Bob Hancock, John Hollingshead, Tnmmv Fontaine. James Lancaster. . Photo Engravers Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager Russell Hagens, Frank Thurmond.. Advertising Representatives passes. There is also the possibility that Peiping may have changed its plans in the face of India’s second note of protest against the armed inva sion of Tibet. Tibet was reported to have dis patched an urgent request that the United Nations intervene, but a foreign office source here said nothing was known about the whereabouts of that note. U. N. ofieials 'say they have not received it. YES, DIS IS FLEAGLE’S OFFICE- EVIL-EVE. 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