Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1950)
Har Wh Air ram A a T b q The Hin like Loe for A FA Siir mei Bill wel A Sen A wai pt/i ma the .Tor B i ( fin the I B . Rei air l)a< g ly, as SCO .1 .sla for Jai lie’ his 6 i St. wi ler ' | th. Ri ID! sh le] l0! V II w ti tl P li S K ej P R. tl h v 1 Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950 The Johnson Grass Club Will Meet. . . T HE BATT is interested in your story. We don’t care how small or how large it is, if it’s newsworthy, then we’re glad to pub lish it. But every now and then we slip up in our job. Some story you want on the front • Isn’t it funny that ice never miss the moon until ice can’t see it? We Must Go One Way Or The Other ENATOR Lyndon Johnson has reduced the isolationist philosophy to its funda mental result. “Where we have been bold and courageous and have stood up like free men ought to, we have avoided war. But, when we behaved like isolationists, we have 'become involved in two wars.” The present ^situation leaves the United States with two alternatives, the Senator continued. One course is a continuation of our pres ent state of semi-mobilization. This policy according to Johnson would bleed us white in another 15 or 20 years suppressing Rus sian provoked uprisings. The other course of action is immediate and full mobilization- of all our manpower and equipment. This would be followed by an ultimatum to the one great enemy of Democracy to the effect that we do not cov- .et her lands, but we will not tolerate aggres sion—stop aggression or else! These remarks were part of Senator Johnson’s speech to the student body of Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas. The occasion was the dedication of the Lois Perkins Chapel. This three story semi-Gothic Church is a gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Perkins of Wichita Falls, Texas. page ends up on the back. Or, worse still, it goes on page five the day we have only a four page paper. We’re sorry this happens, but don’t feel that you are alone. In the course of a year there isn’t a club on the campus we don’t manage to slight at least once and usually more times. Some of this failure to print your story is our fault. We occasionally lose your news item. For that we apologize. Then, at other times, you hand us a three page story which, if it gets printed at all, ends up on the bottom of the back page, usually about one inch deep. Again, we apologize. We know your news story is, to you, the most important thing in the paper. If it doesn’t get printed, and printed correctly, it can mess up your activities in fine style. We try to prevent this, but many times we can’t. One of the big reasons we often fail to publish a story is lack of space. We have only so much room in any paper and a good portion of that must be devoted to advertis ing or else we wouldn’t have a paper at all. The space that remains after advertising is put in must serve in the best way we know how. You may wonder why the Milking Society gets their story in the paper when your own Egg'Gathering Association news item does n’t. Probably it is because the Milking So ciety story was just the right length to fill a vacant spot at the bottom of a column. Remember, we can’t stretch a page and if your story is just a few lines too long for a particular spot it will probably spend the night in the print shop instead of in the paper. So the next time your news item on the Square-angle Discussion, Debate, and March ing Society is left out of the paper, don’t feel too badly about it. If you want, come up and see us and we’ll try to help you out. For Cold Korea Weather . . . Troops Need Winter Uniforms By DON WHITEHEAD On the Chongchon River Front, Korea, Nov. 15—(A 3 )—A bitterly cold winter is closing in on the American army in North Korea, and the troops are not fully equip ped for it. There is an icy touch to the North wind; the temperature at night is falling well below freez ing; but a great many troops still are wearing cotton fatigues over long underwear. Some army supply men say cold- weather equipment is in Korea and is being distributed to frontline units. Yet along the roads and windswept fields there are more men in thin cotton garments than in, woolens. One officer said each soldier should have: • A pair of shoepacs with thick felt lining and at least two pairs of woolen socks. • Long woolen underwear. ® Woolen trousers and shirts and sweater. • W'indbreaker trousers slipped t>ver the woolen trousers. • A padded lining to wear under a cotton combat jacket. ® Wool-lined gloves or mittens and a warm cap with ear flaps. This equipment may have been distributed to some units, but I have yet to see a soldier with all of it, and the days and nights are growing colder. “Six Below in January” In January the temperature av erages about six degrees Fahren heit below zero. This means that many days and nights will be much colder than that, bringing the ex treme danger of frozen hands, feet and faces. In Italy and Germany during the last war winter clothing and equip ment was slow in arriving. The winter of 1943-44 in Italy caught troops without adequate clothing. They shivered the mountains for weeks. In the Belgian Battle of the Bulge the Americans likewise were unprepared for fighting in a snow-covered land. In Europe, many troops found shelter in sturdy buildings. In North Korea they must live for the most part in foxholes or tents, there are few villages and towns with houses suitable for army use. Must Build Bonfires The troops now' are chopping down trees and ripping timbers from destroyed buildings for bon fires to keep themselves warm. These fires dot the countryside and can be seen at night for miles across the valleys. Combat units, of course, cannot even have the comfort of camp fires, lest they disclose troop posi tions. This little luxury is only for those far enough behind the lines to be reasonably safe from observation. Some officers say privately that winter clothes and equipment are slow in arriving because of the general belief three weeks ago that the war in Korea was ending. “Apparently our wheels stopped turning when it looked like the war was over,” one officer said. “Now they have to crank things up again.” In the meantime, a lot of Ameri can troops are going to be very cold and uncomfortable until they receive winter gear. “Clothes Were Shipped” The army said in Washington that ample supplies of winter cloth ing and equipment were shipped to the Far East command many weeks ago and should be available to the troops fighting in Korea. A spokesman explained that the winter combat program was start ed in July, when American forces were hanging on to the Pusan beachhead. He said that there was no let-up in either planning or shipment of winter equipment after the sudden change in the outlook for U. N. forces immediately fol lowing the capture of Seoul in Sep tember. 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. During 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. Advertising rates furnished on request. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise 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 Frank N. Manitzas Jerry Zuber Joel Austin ... .Managing Editors Sports Editor Campus Editor City Editor L. O. Tiedt Jerry Zuber Frank N. Manitzas Joel Austin Today’s Issue Managing Editor Campus News Editor Sports News Editor .: City News Editor T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists 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 Ray Williams. Reger Coslett Special Assignments Rose Marie Zuber Society Editor Emmett Trant, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry .1 Cartoonists Sid Abernathy \ Campus News Editor Sam Molinary Chief Photographei Herman C. Gollob; Amusements Editor Ralph Gorman, Ray Holbrook, Harold Gann. Joe Blanchette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy Curtis, Chuck Neighbors. Fred Walker Sports Writers Bob Hancock, John Hollingshead, Tommy Fontaine, James Lancaster Photo Engravers Aut?ey Frederick Advertising Manager Russell Hagens, Frank Thurmond.. Advertising Representatives A FINE TIME TO BE ARGUING Strong Foes Unseated . . . Tidelands Fight Aided by Election (Editor’s Note: This is the third in a scries on the effects of last Tuesday’s elections.) By MAC ROY RASOR Austin, Tex.,, Nov. 15—(A 3 )— Chances for a Texas victory in the Congressional fight for its tide- lands were helped rather than hurt in Tuesday’s elections, Attorney General Price Daniel said. “At least, all strong advocates for state ownership were returned to Congress and several of the strongest foes were unseated,” the state’s chief attorney told the As sociated Press. “We are now within 10 votes of a two-thirds majority in the Sen ate with 19 votes still undecided. We lost three foes in the House,” he said. Two-Thirds Majority The two-thirds majority would be necessary to override a presiden tial veto of legislation recognizing state ownership of tidelands. Such a veto is considered certain. Daniel said the tidelands issue has never followed party lines strictly, and therefore chances for a Texas victory would not.rise or fall strictly on the party in power. “I am certainly not gloating over any Republican victories,” he said. “The Democrats refused to put Federal control for tidelands into their political platform just as the Republicans put state ownership in theirs.” Changes in the Senate, Daniel said, assured a net gain of four votes in the State’s favor. They are James Duff (R) of Pennsyl vania, E. M. Dirksen (R) of Illi nois, Wallace F. Bennett (R) of Utah and George A. Smathers (D) of Florida. California Vote Stays Victory for Richard M. Nixon (R) in California assui’ed the state of holding a favorable vote there. Mrs. Helen Douglas, Nixon’s oppo nent, had been an outspoken foe of state-owned tidelands. It was an issue in their campaign. One of the arch foes of State- owned tidelands in the Senate, Sen ator Forrest Donnell (R) of Mis souri, was defeated. Daniel said Donnell was responsible for a 17- day filibuster against the bill in committee two years ago. “His defeat means one of the strongest foes is out,” Daniel said. All 30 of the senators who are co-authors of the state ownership bill were returning, he noted. Three House Opponents In the House, at least three big opponents of the state’s stand are not returning. They were Reps. Hobbs of Alabama, who did not seek re-election; Mrs. Douglas, who was defeated in her state race; and Biemueller of Wisconsin. Four new governors were also viewed as adding possible strength to the state case. Daniel listed them as Charles Russell of Neva da; Dan Thornton, a former Texan, of Colorado; Sigurd Anderson of South Dakota and Ed Arn of Kan sas. Anderson and Arn, as attor neys general in their respective states, were both members of the Submerged Lands Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General. Issue Really In Congress “Of course, the major importance of the election in the tidelands issue was in Congress,” the attorney gen eral said. Following repeated de cisions from the U. S. Supreme Court upholding Federal claim to the oil-rich submerged lands, the state’s fight was swung back to Congress where it was originated by the National Association of At torneys General before the present suits were filed. The association has continuously sponsored state ownership legisla tion since 1945, Daniel said. In Texas, revenues from the lands have gone to the permanent school fund. They have brought more than 8 million dollars in the past two years. Letters Traditions Good, If Not Outdated Editor, The Battalion: I think that the letter which appeared in yesterday’s Battalion by Bob Martin reached the height of stupidity. I like traditions my self, but only when they serve their purpose better than new ideas. I think that students are just as intelligent now as they were when most of our traditions were formed, and times have certainly changed, so if we think we can make something better, then let’s go ahead. I think the change in name of the annual was a big improvement and that a change in the “War Hymn” would be too. The head coach and head yell leader have expressed their opinions, so why not find out what the students think? If the majority favor a change, then let’s find a way to change it. Let’s not let tradition stand in the way of improvement. L. K. Berry P. S. Although I don’t exactly like Mrs. Smith’s verse, I think she should be congratulated for trying. It seems she is more inter ested in the school than some Ag gies. Thank You, Mr. Editor Editor, The Battalion: One week ago (Nov. 7) I was very angry because I had been awakened two hours ahead of time by the MSC chimes. I wrote a letter to you complaining. The next morning I failed to hear the chimes and thinking I had made a mistake I requested that my letter not be published. The letter did not appear —until today (Nov. 14). I have heard the chimes at 4:15 only once since I wrote to you, so this letter is intended as a retrac tion of my complaint, and to thank you for being so prompt in not publishing my letter. Thank You, Again Jack T. Medlin (Editor’s Note: Mr. Medlin, we apologize. But, by way of explan ation, we should like to point out an error that not only you, but other letter writers have made. (“Letters to the Editor” mean “to the editor,” not to just anyone on The Battalion staff. Your let ters should be delivered to one of* 1 the co-editors by mail, or by leav ing it in their box in the Batt of fice. (The same goes for “requests not to publish.” We had not been given your message, hence we published your letter. (We do not know to whom you delivered your letter, but we did not find it until Monday evening. It was on our desk. Assuming that it had ben delivered during the day, we checked your name for authenticity and scheduled the let ter for Tuesday’s paper. (Sorry to have inconvenienced you.) From the City Desk Committee Sees No Action Yet Strong Navy on Ogsolete Ideas London, Nov. 13—AP—An unofficial British survey of the World’s armed forces said yesterday Russia is rapidly building up a strong Navy based on ideas other nations fear to be outmoded. The survey, “Brassey’s 1950 An nual,” said other Navies general ly are awaiting a satisfactory ans wer to the destructive potential of the Atom bomb, the guided mis sile and the fast submarine. The annual, which has been pub lished here for 64 yearsj said Rus sia has completed two 35,000-ton battleships this year and has more under construction. It said the bat- tlewagons mount nine 16-inch guns and can make 29 knots. The survey said the Soviet Un ion also has commissioned one or two aircraft carriers this year. It gave Russia’s present submarine strength as 360 and said she plans to expand her underwater fleet to 1,000 by the end of 1951. “There is an impression of un reality about this Russian naval expansion, if only because it seems to be based on a faulty conception of modern naval requirements,” Brassey’s said. Similar reports of Russia’s big naval building program have been printed in the authorative “Jane’s Fighting Ships” and in Swedish newspapers. What Does Your Car Need ? • SEAT COVERS ? • FLOOR MATS ? • A NEW TOP? • RE-UPHOLSTERING ? — See Us for Complete Service — J. B. COVINGTON Seat Covers — Awnings — Convertible Tops 107 N. Parker Bryan Phone 2-7146 “Serving the Aggies and their Families” State Wo-SJ ULTRA MODERN CABINS (for the end of a perfect day) North of Sulphur Springs Rd. on Hwy. 6 South Rt. 3, Bryan, Texas Phone 6-2024 LI’L ABNER Farewell Armor . . . By Joel Austin Last Friday’s meeting of the Citizens Committee for Fire Protection brought about little or no results as far as the committee’s work is concerned. According to reports we received concerning the meet ing, the only thing accomplished was a general organization of the group and agreement of the committee to hold an other meeting in the near future. Some investigations have to be made by the committee, although we doubt that the committee will find very many things that can be added to College Station’s method of fire < protection that will not cost more than this city is capable of financing. , But those people, whose job it is to look into the situa tion may come up with some solution which will do enough for the city to justify their job. Giving a little credit where credit is due, we might men tion committeemen’s names: L. P. Gabbard, chairman; E. E. McQuillen, E. E. Vezey, C. F. Rainwater, T. R. Holleman, L. D. Smith, B. B. Brown, L. E. McCall, J. H. Sorrels, C. W. Crawford, and C. J. Keese. Streets Ready for Rains City Manager Raymond Rogers tells us that he and his maintenance crews have been busy the past few weeks re pairing streets and bridges and getting everything in shape before the winter rains begin. He said the project should be completed within a week or so. Included in the work was the cleaning of ditch open ings, patching of holes in pavement, and various other main tenance work. Hot-topping several streets has been the work which has kept his men occupied for the last few days. New City Policemen College Station now has ten new policemen, but their duties will be primarily limited to the college campus. These men are all melhbers of the college’s Campus Security force and are to be commissioned special College Station police. The City Council agreed to give the campus policemen the authority to investigate anything which they thought necessary during their regular college duty hours. As members of the campus police, the men are deputy sheriffs of Brazos County, and now, with added authority- lawbreakers beware! Chest Tabulations Incomplete Dr. H. G. Johnson, chairman of the 1950 Community Chest campaign said last night that all indications point to ward reaching the chest goal of $11,000. Although some of the various departments of the col lege were slow in turning in their donations, he said the committee’^ request of college employees to give one day’ll salary will do much to help the goal over the top. ■ Secretary of the Committee Johnny Longly mentioned the fact that contributions of businessmen in the city will constitute a substantial amount of this year’s fund. No money has been counted yet, but Longly said the committee expects to have some figures ready by the end of the week. SKY BOUND styling..., Bostonian STRAT0-M0C The Strato-Moo The Strato-Moc is beamed to men’s comfort giving apparel. Extra miles of wear. A big plus of sure-fit and lasting comfort! All in the Bostonian Strato-Moc because of a flair for styling and a keen eye for finest leathers. Husky briar browu veal or brown Scotch grain. CONWAY & COMPANY 103 N. MAIN “Your Clothing Store” BRYAN By A1 Capp LOOK 'EJiZ. r . r - I KNOWS YOU'RE. TH' 1DEOUS APPARITION OF THE ORIGINAL EARL OF ’OTFOOT -BUT YOU GOT NO RIGHT TO 'ORRIFY NOBODY TILL MIDNIGHT/’/'