Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950 DAWN COMES UP LIKE THUNDER Worth the Extra Steps . T ODAY begins a campaign, which if prop erly promoted and allowed to encompass other campus “eye sores,” may result in a vastly more beautiful campus in years to come. We are referring to the campus beauti fication campaign sponsored by the Senior Class, which today opened its “don’t walk on the grass drive” in an effort to get grass planted in several unsightly areas on the campus. The beautification campaign is being’ car ried on in co-operation with the College Grounds Maintenance Department, which has planned a re-seeding program for the en tire campus later this year. The Grounds Department recognized ear ly that their work would be of little value if student and college staff co-operation were not obtained in keeping walkers and bicy cle riders off the grass. The Senior Class campus beautification committee was created to obtain that needed co-operation. Signs, appeals in The Bat talion, and announcements in the dining halls are all a part of a concerted campaign this week to bring the beautification effort to the attention of students and the college saff. We think chairman Bob Sturdivant and his committee have a big job on their hands, but a very worthwhile one. If this campaign is successful other efforts to correct unsight ly sections of the campus will be in order. The Battalion appeals to you on behalf of the student body to give your attention to making this initial campaign a success by confining your walking to sidewalks only in the areas designated. If the campaign is successful, we feel that the resulting greener, more attractive appearance of the campus will be reward enough for the few extra steps we will have taken in carrying it out. What’s Behind China Intervention? . . C HESS is the national pastime of Russia, and the “move and counter move” in trigue in Korea indicates that international politics is just another variation. The Chi nese Red intervention caught our strategists napping, and the full implication is not yet obvious. Speculation centers - around three possible objectives. The most startling of these is the “war of attrition” concept which has shattered our hopes of an immediate and successful conclusion of the whole affair. Winter is definitely on the Red’s side in this respect, and there are more than enough Red troops to tie up all our forces for the entire winter. Indeed, a handful of men striking at random from behind the border sanctuary could tie up a large U.N. force indefinitely. The second possibility is the possible at tempt to use this intervention to force U.N. recognition of Red China. Admittedly, the bargaining power of some 500,000 troops is considerable. In any case this. Soviet in spired bid for recognition should end any ideas that they are “agrarian communists” Operation Santa Clans 0 0 0 Shopping by Remote Control By ANNE HUTH Tokyo, Nov. 21 — kT’) — In the pafckage was a pair of corduroys^ size one. The message that went with the parcel said: “Never having seen you, I just hope this fits. Love, daddy.” Another parcel contained a stuff ed toy and this note: “Hope some day we can get ac quainted, son.” These were Christmas gifts from U. S. soldiers fighting in Korea. The soldiers never saw the presents they were sending home. Nor did they write the cards that carry their greetings to loved ones. The shopping and card waiting is being done by some 300 American women, volunteer workers with the Red Cross. They call it “operation Santa Claus.” It’s remote control shopping; a special service enabling GIs in war- torn Korea to send home Christmas rememberances from well stocked stores in Japan. “Operation Santa Claus” started late in October. It was evident then the Korean war wasn’t almost over after all. U. S. ti’oops would not be home by Christmas. Chairman of the shopping organ ization ' set up by the American women in Japan is Mrs. Anthony F. Story of Los Angeles. She’s the wife of: General MacArthur’s per sonal pilot. Operations began in Tokyo and its great port city of Yokohama. About 100 orders a day are being handled. In most of Korea soldiers were given a list of gifts available. All they had to do was fill out an order blank. It was impossible, however, to get order blanks to some forward units. They were advised to write “Operation Santa Claus,” enclosing whatever they wished to spend and a description of the person who would receive the gifts, In Japan the women volunteers make out customs declarations, complete other necessary formali ties and scour the shops to find what the soldiers ordered. Most popular gift? Noritake China. More than 250 (See CHRISTMAS, Page 4) 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 tei’ms, 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 ai’e also reseiwed. 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John Rogge, a hefty man with a hog-caller voice, once did a wreck ing job on the Huey Long machine. Later he prosecuted 30 persons in a fantastic mass sedition trial in Washington. Still later he became associated It was not the first time that Rogge had criticized Russia in such meetings, but he had never gone so far befroe. Not everybody booed. Some delegates from non- Communist countries applauded. There could be no doubt that the Soviet propaganda drive had been dealt a blow months of courtroom nightmare, the judge died and a mistrial was declared. • Until the sedition case, Rogge had seemed utterly oblivious to po litical considerations or ideologies. Turning Point In 1946 came a turning point in arm later ne uecame associaieu Ro g„ e ’s career, so bewildering to his life. He went to Europe to with numerous “peace undertak- mogt Americans, parallels that of gather evidence for a resumption of mgs under Communist sponsorship tt n . Wallace in some respects. the sedition case, and collected a lot here and abroad. _ , . , , . of material on American mscists. This week he went behind the _ Both men were kicked out ol t came back zealous and full of iron curtain and stuck pins in the Truman administration m the fall fight _ Stalinists and made them furious. Denounces Aggression In Warsaw, Poland, at one of of 1946. Worked With Wallace Both came to believe that it was fight. Rogge made a report to Attorney General Tom Clark. Clark didn’t publish it. Rogge began making See Second Editorial ,1 |, v ’ oan > ‘V ont ‘. possible to work with Communists speeches about his findings. Clark those world peace meetings that { ° objective of peace. They fired him on the ground of violat- the. Communists are forever spon- ™ , J u . s . wa 1 s handling ing regulations. day 11 an^dramaticaUv ^denounced the international situation all Rogge entered private practice in Communist au^Son and Com wrong. They worked together in New York and continued his anti- miinis 111S rcdfJious 1 anaticLni^ the Progressive party, which put fascist speeches. The American left which he called a roadblock to hu- Walace U P for President m 1948 wing cheered him. Left-wingers man progress, rific. The booing was tex-- Republicans to Back Truman ForeignPolicyOn ‘Condition Now both men have become dis- brought him law cases. He became illusioned about the peaceful in- a crusader for civil rights. He tentions of world Communism, plunged into peace movements, and Wallace has quit the progressive went to Paris, London, Prague, party. Rogge stayed in the party Stockholm, Mexico City, and other to try to persuade it to stop blam- places to speak at conferences, ing the U. S. for the Kox’ean war. L as t spring he became a regis- (So far he has made no headway.) tered lobbyist for the Yugoslav Rogge also tried to change the government, which is Communist Communist-sponsored “Stockholm but anti-Moscow. Peace Appeal” and, failing, re nounced his support of it. to be considered different from the Moscow variety. The remaining possibility is the attempt to establish a so-called “buffer zone” to in sure the security of certain border installa tions. Their military moves seem to bear this out because the Reds have made no at tempt to launch a concerted drive to run us off the peninsula. Such a drive would no doubt subject the major cities of China to retaliatory bombardment, and this may be one thing they would like to avoid as long as possible. Many people believe that World War III is already here. If this is not true, we can safely say that possibilities were never bet ter for a worldwide conflict. It is obvious that our foreign policy leaves,much to be desired, but the situation calls for definite action and long range think ing. We cannot handle serious and unan ticipated foreign complications to advantage, and we cannot permit the Reds to continue their advantage in this respect. By JACK BELL Washington, Nov. 21—(A > )—Sen ator Ives (R-NY) said today Pi’esi- dent Truman will have to take Re publicans into his confidence if he wants their backing on foreign poli- ey. Blaming the President for a breakdown in bipartisan coopera tion, Ives told reporters the Re publicans have not been consulted in the past on the formation of many major decisions. “I am a sti’ong advocate of the bipartisan foreign policy but we are never going to have any effec tive cooperation until Republican spokesmen are consulted in the formation of policies,” he said. Not Republican Fault “Where the bipartisan policy has fallen down, it has not been the Republicans’ fault. Basically, it has been the President’s fault and there must be a change in attitude on his part.” Ives, a strong backer of Senator Vandenbei-g (R-Mich) in the lat ter’s i’ole as GOP foi’eign policy spokesman, added his voice to those who have been urging that Secre tary of State Acheson be x-eplaced. The President has said AcheSon is staying and Acheson said he had no plans to resign. “As one of those who supported From Where I Sit . . . Argosy’s ‘‘Rio Grande Same Stagnant Water ... By Herman C. Gollob If it weren’t for the fact that dear old Mom imbued us from early age with manners befitting a gentleman and scholar, we would have some pretty nasty things to say about Republic’s “Rio Grande,” which is coursing through Thurs day at the Campus. But this saga extolling the U. S. Cavalry for its facility in exterminating our red brothers happens to stem from a lot of work on the part of our future trio of guests—director John Ford, stars John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara—and mater’s stern teachings forbade us to speak disparingly about “company.” So we must close our eyes to the glaring fact that Mr. Ford is wallowing in an obvious rut, which seems to be the result of his maudlin affection for the former glories of the horse troops. Three Westerns, Two About Cavalry Since the beginning of his asso ciation with Merian Coopex’ in Ar gosy Pictures, Ford has co-pro duced, and dh’ected three westerns, two of which venerated the jocks. This repetition of subject matter might be overlooked had the films varied any in theme, content, and cast. Howevei’, Ford has let the same water flow under the bi’idge until it has stagnated to a point beyond olfactory endurance. It is becoming tiresofne to see a doughty company of cavalrymen, lope across the scenic western countryside to pi’ovide director Ford an opportunity for some arty carnei’a work, while the Sons of the Pioneers sing appropx’iately to stirring music in the background. It is becoming disgusting to sec the same actors cavorting gleefully in the same i-oles. One can x’est assured that the status quo never changes in a Ford western. Tough, weatherbeaten, gargantuan Irish Master Sei’geant Victor McLaglen always has an amiable bellow for his wards; easy-going, bucolic Ben Johnson always drawls placidly and shoots straight; and Head Shogun John Wayne always hides a kind heart under the tough, un bending demeanor he believes es sential to a good soldier, while he makes it tough on awkward, but eager recruit. and voted for Mr. Acheson’s con- firmation, I have been extremely disappointed in his actions as Sec retary of State,” Ives said. “Mistakes of Judgment” He said he was not questioning Acheson’s integrity but believed the seex-etary had made mistakes of judgment. He joined Senator Taft (R-Ohio) in urging a reexamination of ad- ministi'ation international policies. Acheson has called such lawmakers “re-examinists,” saying they are not much different from isolation ists. “I think it is high time that the whole foi’eign policy be re-exam ined,’ Ives said. He added that he thinks it will be, when the new Congress gets underway. Investigation Stopped At the same time, Deputy Sec retary of Defense Robert A. Lov ett appeai’ed to have headed off a threatened investigation of the re ported lack of winter clothing by American troops in Korea. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) had written Secretary of Defense Mar shall about these reports. The Mi chigan senator had ^suggested, that they might i-equire a congresipnal investigation, and he said he still wants more information. Lovett replied that except for a few isolated cases Amei’ican troops had been equipped with winter clothing in Korea, despite “formid able difficulties” in getting supplies to them. Lovett said that in a few cases combat units outran their supplies but he believed it likely that all of their needs now had been met. Bad Routing Conditions “Conditions for x’outing supplies in Korea have been most difficult,’’' Lovett wrote Ferguson. “Mapy supply routes have been and still are infested with guerrillas, ele ments of the by-passed enemy. “Most of the roads beyond Seoul ax*e toi’n, gutted, and hardly goat tracks by Amei’ican standai’ds. The railroads which took a temfic pounding during combat operations with resultant destruction o f bridges, roling stock and equipment are not yet able to carry their loads. Notable Student Record Rogge (pronounced Roggy) is 46 yeai’s old. He was boi’ii on a farm in Illinois, of German immigration phxents. He made a notable rec ord at the University of Illinois and the Harvard law school. As a young Chicago laywer he was called into the government from time to time to prosecute toug-h cases for the I’econstruction finance corporation, securities and exchange commission, and treasury department. In 1939 he joined the Justice de partment as assistant attoi’ney gen eral in charge of the criminal divi sion. He spent eight months in Louisiana, spreading alarm and prison sentences among political, heirs of Huey Long, who had been assassinated in 1935. Rogge left the department at the end of 1940, but was brought back in 1943 to prosecute the famous mass sedition case. After seven Letters Martin Reaffirms Disapproval Stand Editor, The Battalion: Perhaps I was a little brusque in my statement about Mrs. Smith’s suggested change to the “War Hymn,” but I was trying to state forcibly my disapproval of a change. I’ll put it this way. In my opinion, Mrs. Smith would starve to death as a song writer. I hope that sounds nicer to Mrs. Wood, class of ’52, and although my letter was not directed at any specific person or group, I will try to x’efi’ain from mentally har assing” the ladies as well as the “fish’ in the futui’e. I do not, how ever, retract any other statement I made in my letter. Robt. E. “Rip” Martin ’51 That didn’t endear him to the Stalinists of the world. But even befox-e this, he was speaking his mind with increasing frankness at the “peace” meetings. Finally, he has let ’em have it between the eyes. State Legislator Refuses Judgeship Austin, Tex., Nov. 21 — (A*) — State Representative A. J. Vale to day made official his i-efusal of the 75th District judgeship to which he was elected by write-in in the gen eral election. Vale, also re-elected state rep resentative in the same election, wired the governor, attorney gen* eral and the secretary of State. “The returns that have been re' poi’ted to me indicate that I hav< been elected to the respective of* flee of district judge, 79th Judi cial District and that of State representative, 74th District, and 1 hereby decline the electidii t< the office of district judge, 70th Judicial District. “Please do not issue a certificate for my election to the office of district judge, 79th District, be cause I have refused to accept it. Letter of ccnfirmation follows.” The three state officials to whom the wires were addressed meet here Wednesday to tabulate offi cially the county I’eturas in the election. TODAY ytamerBrosy TODAY & WEDNESDAY SAMUEL GOIDWYN present* Characters Are Not Consistent Parker Neal Roman lovdot utr Eak»$o* • wriucn by MARTIN.RACKIN... GINA KAUS “lE’UraSlESPIWSMooJ Again, we might forgive Ford for maintaing the same characters if he was consistent about it. Al though he gives them the same names and pei’sonalities, Ford changes important facts about their lives which results in con fusion. In “She Wox-e A Yellow Ribbon,” for example, Wayne had no wife, and Johnson was a cor poral. In “Rio Grande,” Wayne Is married and has a kid, and John son is a rookie seeking haven in the army from a manslaughter chai’ge. Their names remain the same in both films. Commission Passes On Water Injection Austin, Tex., Nov. 20—CP>—The Raili-oad Commission yesterday is sued the Lion Oil Company a per mit to carry on a six-month exper imental water injection program di rected at maintaining reservoir pressure of Scui’ry County’s Dia mond “M” Canyon lime field. The commission said evidence at an Oct. 17 public hearing indicated the canyon lime reservoir energy must be supplemented to maintain the field’s pressure. Lion Oil Company was author ized to inject salt water below a subsea depth of 4,484 feet through its Strom No. 18 well. We must keep our mouth shut about this, and temporarily adopt a benevolent attitude towax’d the Ai’gosy abortions. Who knows? If we’re nice enough, Ford might add our favorite screen moppet, Margaret O’Brien, to the list of visiting dignitaxies. TODAY thru THURSDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:28 - 3:36 - 5:54 - 7:57 - 10:00 rnciuuidi starring JOHN WAYNE * MAUREEN O’HARA A REPUBLIC PICTURE Robert Ryan “THE SECRET FURY” $ Sign the Book $ NEWS — CARTOON —^ £ / PIAL 1 «r2l5&