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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950
Some Are Willing to Work...
6&r]|nHE WORLD is full of willing people.
J. Some are willing to work—and the
others are willing to let them.”
Current trends are beginning to convince
"Us that more and more people are content to
be classified in the second category. Na
tionally the trend appears to be away from
the ‘‘Horatio Alger” story—from rags to
riches by personal effort and perseverance.
Instead, we are looking for security. The
tremendous rise in the power of our federal
government, and consequent loss of person
al freedom, can be traced directly to this
trend in American attitude. To gain social
security, agricultural security, and trade se
curity, we have been willing to sacrifice per
sonal rights for which our American fore
fathers fought and died. Instead of being
willing to work and fight for a better living,
for economic superiority, we, as a nation, are
more willing to let the government take the
responsibility of guaranteeing us a minimum
economic standard.
Do you know why our attitude is differ
ent? It is a bitter thing to admit, but the
reason is this—we are afraid. We are scared
to depend on personal effort because a per
sonal effort, truly capitalistic, system car
ries this provision—if we do not qualify for
•better things, we must bear the consequence.
Let’s examine the situation closer to
home. It is pathetic that in this institution
Of higher learning, which is supposedly pre
paring leaders, here are so many who are
content to sit back and ‘‘let somebody else
do it.” Most of the student work and re
sponsibility in this school is performed by
a small minority group. Did this small
group gain control of student body functions
by some slick political maneuver ? No ! This
group is doing the work because no one else
will. Instead, many students just “don’t
have the time.” Let’s examine a specific
case—■
Student government—As soon as elec
tions are over, the average person loses all
contact with his representative. Sure, he’ll
get in “bull sessions” and “bleed” about the
way things are being done—but he is never
willing to put forth the effort necessary to
effect a change. If his “sack time” and
“bull session” time were spent in talking
to and influencing his student representative,
he would more likely be successful in seeing
the realization of his ideas.
Student Clubs—Except in very few cases,
we have never seen a club run on more than
one “spark plug.” There is always one indi
vidual who is the organization’s pusher. He
is willing to work; the rest are willing to
let him.
This same “willing to let him” group, how
ever, does not settle back passively allowing
an active person to get the job done. They
are the gripers, the ever-complaining critics
of any effort. There is only one way to throt
tle their criticism—by asking them to help.
This unwillingness to work in student af
fairs can be traced to the same reason caus
ing the gradual breakdown of capitalism —
personal fear. Fear of lost grade points,
fear of differing from the ordinary, fear of
having to explain personal convictions.
The future leaders produced by Texas
A&M will be those men who are willing to
work now, who are willing to risk their per
sonal feelings to further their beliefs, not
those who are willing to let them do it.
Income Tax Cut? Not If New
Foreign A id Report Followed
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Nov. 14—(A?)—A re
port made public last night by
President Truman must be a jolt
for anyone who, wanting his in
come tax cut, hoped this country
might soon stop pumping help into
Europe.
This report was given the Presi
dent by Gordon Gray, former sec
retary of the Army and now presi
dent of the University of North
Carolina.
Last March 31 the President ask
ed Gray to study, and then recom
mend to him, what course this
country should follow in giving eco
nomic help abroad in the future.
Gray’s report is the result of this
request.
Sum Up
It can be summed up briefly: It
calls for spending a lot of money
for some years to come. Billions,
in fact. But, of course, whether
Congress will go along with this
is something else. Here is the
background:
The Marshall Plan for helping
Europe was started in 1948 and
was supposed to end June 30, 1952.
Its purpose: To help Europe get
on its feet economically and so pre
vent a collapse which would open
the dooi's to Communism. In this
way the plan was to be of benefit
to the United States, too.
But since this country started
putting billions into Europe in
1948, relations with Russia have
gone from bad to worse.
So much worse, in fact, that this
country joined the North Atlantic
Military Alliance with Western Eu
rope against Russia.
So, in addition to the Marshall
Plan economic aid, this country
started giving Europe military aid,
too, and that cost more money.
Then in June, 1950, war broke
out in Korea. In this fighting the
U. S. realized how poorly equipped
it was for a major war. So it be
gan its great defense program.
More cost. Taxes went up.
This defense program called for
the U. S. allies in the Atlantic pact
to rush their own defense pro
grams—with U. S. help. More mon
ey-
So here was the Marshall Plan,
with two years still to go, and the
defense program added to it. And
a new question arose:
Marshall Plan Continuance
If Europe, getting on its feet,
now has to turn some of its produc
tion from civilian goods to weap
ons., will its economy be damaged
all over again? And to make up
for the damage, will the Marshall
Plan or some aid program like it
have to be continued after June 80,
1962 when the Marshall Plan is
lue to end?
This is where Gray’s report
comes in: He ses ahead for us a
three or four year program of con
tinued help, economic and military.
For instance, he thinks we’ll have
to continue giving some kind of
economic help when the Marshall 1
Plan ends two years from now, and
he thinks military help will have
to be given, too.
He suggests western Europe
might have been able to become
economically healthy, by the time
the Marshall Plan is due to end if
this new crisis with Russia hadn’t
arisen. But, with European facto
ries turning to armaments, he
thinks the economic aid will have
to be continued.
Help Underdeveloped Areas
In addition, Gray Suggests this
country must help the underdevel
oped areas of the world in South
ern Asia, Africa and Latin Ameri
ca for a double purpose:
(A) To raise living standards
there, which would be a block to
Communism; and (B) to step up in
those backward areas the produc
tion of raw material which can be
used in Western rearmament.
These are just some of the sug
gestions he made in his report. He
had the help of many government
agencies and officials in putting it
together.
Although President Truman may
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Effects of Tuesday's Election .
• Evidence Indicates
Rough Fight Expected China Intervention
J 0 1 Caused by kussia
On mg i H oreign issues
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER and small, may be harder to ob- Western European
(Editor’s Note: This is the
second in a series on the effects
of last Tuesday’s elections on
Congress, the president and his
cabinet and on the voters.)
tain. And Acheson’s personal rela- program which he has criticized in
tions with Congress seem certain the past. He said it had been de-
to be far more difficult than be- veloped in secrecy and is not un-
fore because of the new power his derstood by the people.
convince the Chinese that the gov
ernment is acting in their interests
primarily. ‘
The belief that Communist China The rest of the evidence, how-
rearmament is acting primarily at the instiga- ever, and particularly the reply to
Republican foes will be able to ex-
Washington, Nov. 14—(IP)—De- The Republican post-election at-
spite the Topeful official position tack on administration foreign poli-
taken by Secretary of State Ache- cy has in fact already begun.
son, State Department leaders are
digging in for a long hard fight on
major foreign issues as a result of
Tuesday’s election.
Republican Senate victories
greatly strengthened Congressional
critics of the Truman administra
tion foreign policy.
Money for foreign projects, great
“No-Confidence Vote’’
tion of Soviet Russia in the Korean the United Nations, points to a re
affair has been strengthened by luctant and belated Chinese entry
her most recent propaganda broad- into the Korean war at the behest
casts and her attitude toward the 0 f Soviet Russia.
United Nations. The Chinese agree to discuss be
lt begins to appear more and fore the Security Council, which in
yvxLvj, cx xcxxg^ vxx more that Peiping has intervened every other respect they maintain
their criticism prior to the election, for the purpose of keeping Amer- is ^ eir c aig f. s a ^ alns ^ the
remains to he. seen. ica/s war effort centered on Korea United states icgarc ing I onnosa.
to the detriment of the European But they lefuse to answei General
Rearmament Program. MacArthur’s Korean intervention
... . charge against them unless the
This is not to minimize the im- whole j s thrown open for dis-
portance of China s interest in the cuss j on —which is exactly what the ^
Yale River Hydroelectric Sys cm, jj uss j ans SOU ght to obtain and
What the Republicans will pro
pose to do about changing the Far
Eastern policy, a prime target of
Re-Establish China Relations
Harold E. Stassen, a stalwart of .
the GOP campaign and a presiden- But it appears certain they will
tial possibility for 1952, construed Press the administration harder
the election result as a no-confi- than ever before to re-establish . xr xv a • xiuoo.ano
dence vote for Acheson. He said close relations with Generalissimo nor the importance of the Amen- c oimc ji voted down,
the secretary should resign. Chiang Kai-Shek of the Chinese can failure to reassure her about
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) called for Nationalists and further secure its ultimate control before, instead
a sweeping re-examination of the Formosa against any possible Com- of after, the intervention.
Must Be Russians
INFORMATION. PlEASE!
munist attack.
The European Recovery Pro
gram, for which more funds will
be sought by the administration;
the allied rearmament program
just getting under way, and the
Truman Point-Four Plan for aid
to under-developed countries are
expected to encounter rougher go
ing in Congress.
In general, therefore, the U. S.
is entering a period of uncertainty
U. S. Had Warning
There is evidence that the United
States had warning that China
would not take foreign occupation
of the North Korean part of the
power development lying down.
Reassurances on continued power
service might have cut part of the
foundation out from under
Nobody could act so much like
the Russians except the Russians
themselves. That Peiping’s whole
course of action is being directed
from Moscow seems certain.
The U. S. delegation at Lake
Success took the Chinese reply in
cagey silence. Whether it will press
for immediate consideration of its
the withdrawal resolution before the
Chinese case if made suffidently Peiping delegation arrives, on the
early. But the Russians, also in- founds that the Communist re-
terested in the power for some of fusal to participate makes dejay
their Manchurian installations, unnecessary,
was not clear. The
as to just what it will be able to ^ uld not have let it g0 at that , U. S. was handicapped in one re-
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do in detail in foreign affairs
Acheson Confident
anyway.
The Chinese, however, are mak-
Egypt was getting tired of having
the long-standing Palestine issue
, : - • 1 uie iuna-staiiuniK x. aieawiiu issue
And even though such officials could ^their wav’of approaching pushed back on the agenda by three
Acheson appear confident that Thpir broad- °. ther matters ’ As t ! lls . was w . ritt . en >
Congress Runs It.. .
City Citizens
Want Own Government
Washington, Nov. 14—CP)—The
nation’s voters may not have
thought much about it at the time,
but last week they elected Wash
ington’s city council.
For, among many other things,
that’s what Congress is: City coun
cil for 800,000 voteless people who
live in the District of Columbia.
A lot of citizens living here ob
ject to this, and they’re busy try
ing to convince Congress that it
should give up the job.
Advocates of home rule have put
out a news release in which they
say:
It costs $80,000 a day to run
Congress. So Congress should be
fretting over something more im
portant than how to regulate prices
in local barber shops.
The home rulers dredged up a
few dates to bolster their point.
On Aug. 14, U. S., forces in
Korea launched their first coun
ter attack. The House considered
a bill to “regulate the running
at large of goats in the District
of Columbia.”
On Sept. 11, Congress had before
it the question of an anti-subver
sive bill. The House found time
to pass a bill “regulating the dis
posal of dead human bodies in the
District of Columbia.”
On Sept. 13, President Truman
asked for “early and favorable” ac
tion on a bill that would make Gen.
George C. Marshall eligible to be
secretary of defense. The Senate
passed a bill to presrve the archi
tectural flavor of the Georgetown
section of Washington.
Under the present setup, Con
gress makes Washington’s laws.
Commissioners appointed by the
ITS THE
President have the ^responsibility
of seeing they’re enforced.
Washington citizens don’t even
name their own — if John L.
Lewis will excuse the expression
—dogcatcher.
Under the proposed setup, Con
gress would delegate its authority
to an elected district council.
A home rule bill has passed the
Senate. It has been bottled up in
the House, but a petition has been
circulated in an attempt to get ac
tion.
So fax’, 196 members have signed
it. That’s 22 shy of the 218 needed
to force the legislation out on the
floor for debate.
No one can say whether enough
signatui-es can be secured. And if
the required number do sign, that’s
still no guarantee there will be
time enough left for the bill to be
passed before this Congress folds
up next month, when all unpassed
bills die.
j Still, the home rulers are opti
mistic. The present form of gov
ernment began in 1874, and they
say this is the closest the District
has got to the ballot box in 75
years.
Chimes Are Nice,
But Mighty Early
Editor, The Battalion:
The chimes in the MSC are nice,
they sound good, but NOT AT
4:15 in the morning. I think 7:30
is not too late to start them and
others may agree that it is still too
early.
You may not know how to stop
them, but maybe you will know who
can.
Jack T. Medlin
Bizzell Hall
as Acneson appear
major changes are not to be ex
pected, this is the kind of circum
stance that normally causes some
degree of uneasiness among Ameri
ca’s allies until the probable lines
of development are clarified by
events.
In addition to fighting for the
kind of foreign program they want,
State Department officials expect
to have to continue to defend the
Department against charges like
the ones by Senator McCarthy (R-
Wis) that it has failed to rid itself
completely of Communist influ
ences.
Acheson told a news conference
yesterday that he did not con
sider the election results a repu
diation of U. S. foreign policy. He
said he hoped .and believed they
would not have any effect on the
conduct of foreign affair's.
“People Understand”
He said he was sure the Ameri
can people and their representa
tives understand the perilous na
ture of the present times .and.will
close ranks accordingly.
But some of his associates pri
vately seem not to share his public
and official optimism and believe
at best there may be a pulling and
hauling over foreign issues unpre
cedented in the last few years.
One hope held by some officials
is that Senator Vandenberg (R-
Mich), who has been ill for many
months, will recover sufficiently
to return actively to the Senate in
January. He was a powerful in
fluence during former sessions in
shaping arid putting through the
European Recovery Program and
the North Atlantic Treaty.
Acheson said of his own personal
position that he has no intention
whatever of resigning. However,
many people in Washington feel
that he might reconsider if his re
lations with Republicans in Con
gress ever threaten to interfere
with legislation and appropriations
needed in the administration for
eign programs.
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At any rate, it appears certain
now that the Peiping delegation is
coming here under the direct coach
ing of Moscow, for a propaganda
field day in the U. N. while their
troops continue to prolong war in t
Korea.
Senators Want
U.S.to Cease
European Gilts
Houston, Nov. 13 — (IP) —
Three members of Congress
agreed here today Uncle Sam
should stop being Santa Claus
in Europe and become an old-
fashioned country banker.
They are Senators Tom Conal-
ly (D-Tex) and Allen J. Ellender
(D-La), and Rep. Albert Thomas
(D-Tex).
Ellender and Thomas, said an
“All-year Christmas” is over as
far as the rehabilitation of Euro
pean nations is concerned.
Connally told reporters he be
lieves Congress will curb Euro
pean relief funds.
“We should put strings on the
money we send to Europe,” Thomas
said. “Their cartels kill all com
petition and that’s the reason they
can’t produce at the cheap cost we
Americans do. We just can’t keep
on and on giving them money.”
Ellender and Thomas said West
ern Europe and Germany must be
made strong so as to resist Rus
sian aggression. They said any
money sent to Europe should be
used for that purpose.
Connally said he is in favor of
Europeans using their own funds
and men for the job of building
armies to repell any Red attack.
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