Battalion Editorials
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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)
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Rogge Denounces Reds.
Gets Terrific Booing
By MAX HALL
Washington, Nov. 21 — GP) — 0.
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.
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Characters Are Not Consistent
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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.
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