Battalion Editorials
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1950
A Twentieth Century Fable . . .
O NCE upon a time, back in the “year 8 of
fear” of the twentieth century, there
lived in the city of Dallas, Texas, a preacher
named Dr. W. A. Criswell. Like all heroes of
“morality” stories, Dr. Criswell was an
idealistic, kind, Christian man. When he
read in the Bible that “Thou shall not kill,”
he believed it. Being a kind, Christian man,
he saw no reason to modify the command
ment. Universal military training was ob
viously for the purpose of training to kill or
support those who killed. Therefore, he
preached against it.
Dr. Criswell also taught and preached,
“love thy neighbor.” Even if the Russian
and Chinese Communists were half a world
away, they were neighbors. And UMT was
not meant to be training in love of fellow
man. So UMT failed on another count.
Then one day, Dr. Criswell got a chance
to travel. For three and a half months he
visited and observed these Communist fel
low men all over the world. He saw at first
hand the actions of these people. While in
Hong Kong, he read an address made by
Mao Tao Tung, head of the Communist gov
ernment in China, in which he said Ameri
ca is “China’s greatest enemy—we will de
stroy America.” Time after time, he saw
proof that one of the principal aims of the
Communists was to destroy America and
eventually Christianity. He saw that ap
peals to kindness brought no answer but
more aggression and cruelty from the Reds.
Dr. Criswell was a true Christian. His
essential ideals and principles were not
changed. He still believed in “love thy
neighbor”. Unchanged were his dreams^ of
spreading Christianity throughout all the
world. But now he also considered ideas
such as George Washington’s “To be pre
pared for war is one of the most effectual
means of preserving peace.”
Dr. Criswell began to preach support of
Universal Military Training.
They Voted Against Human Life .
A NY TIME you begin to feel too optimistic
about the increasing intelligence of the
people of the United States, the best anti
dote is a study of the anti-vivisectionist
movement in this country. That such overly
sentimental, unrealistic people should have
enough power to cause special elections will
cause you to wonder how we ever came to
do without the village witch-doctor.
When you were a kid, did you ever read
Albert Terhune’s stories of the wonder
ful dogs which were more intelligent than
most human beings and daily performed such
functions as rescuing little children from on
coming automobiles ? In one of his books he
said, “There will be a special place in Hell
reserved for the vivisectionists.” If this be
the case, it is our considered opinion that the
very next reserved seats will be for their
foes.
In Baltimore and Los Angeles last week,
the people were called upon to vote to deny
to medical schools the strays in the dog
pounds. The anti-vivisectionists got busy
with their usual sickening propaganda which
denounced medical researchers as fiends,'
ghouls, sadists, and murderers. Luckily,
most voters did a little thinking and remem
bered the many medical advances made pos
sible by experiments on dogs. The famed
“blue baby” operations were first performed
on dogs at John Hopkins Hospital in Balti
more. Insulin and penicillin were first tested
and retested on animals.
The fact that impressed us most about
the elections was not that the anti-vivisec
tionists were defeated. That was to be ex
pected. After all, the majority of the Amer
ican people aren’t completely stupid. What
was astounding was that there were so many
people who were so unthinking as to vote to
hamper medical progress. Thirty,- eight
thousand four hundred forty-five people in
Baltimore and 261,699 in Los Angeles judg
ed the lives of stray dogs more important
than research which might have saved untold
numbers of human lives.
Wonder when the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to the Housefly
will be organized? There probably will be
a waiting list of applicants for membership.
Rayburn Defends Democrats
Electra, Tex., Nov. 22—OP)—Rep.
Sam Rayburn, Democratic speaker
of the House, declared here last
night that charges that the Demo
crats were pushing this nation into
bankruptcy and into socialism were
false.
"There are always some sob
brothers who always think that al
though the sun shines this morning
it will rain and storm this after
noon,” he said. “These storms
have not come.”
The congressman from Bonham,
Tex., spoke at the annual banquet
of the Electra Chamber of Com
merce.
As for the bankruptcy charges,
he said that in 1933 this country
had 14’ million unemployed,
57,070 banks closed and a nation
al income of 39 billion dollars.
In 1946, he said, we had a na
tional income of 176 billion dollars;
in 1947, 200 billion; in 1948, over
220 billion and in 1950, beyond 250
billion.
“Instead of fourteen million un
employed,’ he said, “we have 62%
million gainfully employed.
“If this is the kind of bank
ruptcy we have, then you will
agree with me that this is better
than the kind of economy we had
in the early 30’s.”
As for socialism — people talk
about what we have been doing to
the people, he said.
“I say it has been done for the
people.
“We told them there would be
no forgotten people in the United
States of America, and we have
lived up to that 100 per cent.”
Rep. Ed Gossett of Wichita Falls
introduced Rayburn.
Before the banquet, the folks of
Electra gave Rayburn a Palomino
horse to use to ride herd on the
lame duck session of Congress.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Letters
Batt Editors Cause
Student Dissension
Editor, The Battalion:
For a few years now I have
watched with disturbed silence as
previous editors followed the paths
which they believed providence had
chosen for them to lead us for a
greater and glorious A&M. Few
of these projects came to any good
while most of them caused way too
much dissension among the troops.
Very seldom did I agree with
them; but they received no “Letters
to the Editors” because letters are
just “good copy” to which the edi
tors can tag their editor’s note and
cause more dissension.
But never before have any of
these notes contained such a sharp
note to an Aggie Mother as was
made to Mrs. York’s letter today.
We accept for what it’s worth
the opinions of these editors, but
there is no reason that even they
can’t show due respect to an Aggie
Mother who is concerned enough to
write and let her opinions be
known.
Also in this note, the editors
were so careless as to say that the
War Hymn was of “so little im
portance” to A&M’s history. It is
indeed a sad day when student
leaders think so little of their
school songs that they make such
a statement.
As an added note, I am sure that
the editors will be sorry to learn
that their pet project is not an
original one. The subject for hav
ing different words to the War
Hymn first came to light when
Coach Stiteler first came here. He
made the proposal at a Senior-
meeting of the class of ’49. After-
due discussion the proposal was
voted down by an almost unani
mous vote. Harry accepted this
vote and no more of it was heard
until this season.
Here’s hoping the editors brush
up on their manners and we hear
no more about changing the War
Hymn.
Bob Shepherd ’49
Batt Editors Are
Wasting Time Here
Editor, The Battalion:
We believe that you are wasting
your time and talents here. They
could be put to much better use at
Texas U. You attend A&M, but we
don’t see how you can call yourself
an Aggie.
The Star-Spangled B a n n e r’s
words have been unchanged for
ever one hundred years. The Ag-
■gie War Hymn, with its present
words, is dear to the heart of every
Aggie.
One can secure a comparable ed
ucation at any school, but there is
only one Texas A&M. What do
you want Texas A&M to be ? Just
another place to get an education ?
We also believe that Mrs. York,
a lady, and your elder, deserves an
apology for your caustic remarks.
Bill Vehon ’50
Michael L. Hart ’50
Lady Wants
‘Yell’ Information
Editor, The Battalion:
This isn’t a letter to gripe. I only
want to ask a question that I’ve
been asking for a couple of years
and I get mixed answers.
I’m a loyal Texas Aggie and I
always will be. I know all the yells
as well as I know my name, but,
I’m puzzled. At the end of “Ladies”
is the “lady” supposed to hump it
or remain standing?
I will appreciate an answer very
much and until then I will continue
to hump it.
Sincerely,
C. B. J.
(Editors Note: Our head yell
leader should be able to give you
the cox-rect answer to this one.
(Our opinion is that “Ladies” is
given in honor of ladies present at
the yell practice. For that reason,
we feel that she should neither
participate in the yell, nor “hump”
when the boys do. Ax-e we right?)
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Acheson Favors
Congress Inquiry
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Washington, Nov. 22—(TP)—Some
of Secx-etary of State Acheson’s
critics are now being told by the
State Depai-tment that Acheson
fully favors congressional review
of all his policies and programs.
That assurance, it was learned
today, is being given to members
of Congress who criticized the sec-
x-etary’s attack on the proposal by
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) to re-ex
amine the European aid program.
That cx-iticism followed Ache-
son’s Friday night speech in which
he said that because of the need
for the U. S. to follow consistent
policy lines in cooperation with
friendly foreign nations it does
not “make sense” to want to i-e-
examine Amex-icah progi*ams, as
Taft has demanded.
Acheson has been under attack
by some Republican senators and
from other quarters on the point
that he appeared to be opposed to
congressional inquix-y.
The reply which Acheson’s aides
are now making—in letters to in
terested members of Congress and
orally to inquiring repox-ters—is
that Acheson did not mean that at
all. Acheson himself has an oppor
tunity to clarify his position at a
news conference today.
In his speech Acheson said he
had x-ead that the “isolationist” in
this country is dead. Taft had told
reporters, a few days before, that
there ax-e no isolationists anymore.
Acheson also said he had noted the
emergence on the American scene
of the “re-examinist”—ah obvious
reference to Taft’s call for a re
examination of policy. Acheson
asked what that meant.
In one paragraph of his speech
he said that if it meant “to go be
fore the Congx-ess and explain eve
ry single item of every policy and
every program and justify evex-y
dollar for which we ask tlxe Con
gress” then there is nothing new
about it.
“We all belong to that school and
we all re-examine our progx-ess,”
Acheson said.
From that point Acheson went
on for many paragraphs to picture
“something different” which he
said i-e-examination might mean—
that is, a probing into basic policy
with the question, “I want to look
at this all over again to see wheth
er we should have stax-ted on it?”
“Is that the x-ole that a leader
in these troublesome times, these
dangerous times, wishes to take in
the world today?” Acheson asked.
“I think your answer is that it is
not.”
Taft Not Named
Acheson never mentioned Taft
by name, but he suggested that a
“re-examinist” is the same as an
“isolationist” and wants to uproot
present policies by the pi-oeess of
i-e-examination. Taft had no conx-
ment.
Acheson’s deliberate attack on
the Ohioan appax-ently started a
fight which he intends to carry on
into the new Congress next year.
Aides said today that there is no
intention on Acheson’s part of
backing down from his opposition'
to the kind of re,-examination which
he believes Taft wants.
At the same time, they said, they
think it essential that Acheson’s
suppoi’t for what he considers the
normal process of congi-essional re
view should be emphasized to crit
ics of his Taft speech on the ground
that a misunderstanding of Iris po
sition can cause unnecessary
trouble.
The Nov. 30 edition of The Battalion will be printed pri
marily for College Station residents, since students will be
dismissed for Thanksgiving holidays.
To help fill this edition of the paper with items of in
terest to local people, plans have been made to print a list
of people and their addresses who have moved away from
College Station recently.
The idea is to help local people obtain addresses of peo
ple to whom they would like to send Christmas Cards.
The list will require aid from all College Station people,
for through our city readers we hope to gather the names
and addresses. The outcome of this undertaking is up to our
readers who are interested in the success of such a project.
We believe this might be made an annual affair if the
response is great enough. The length of the list is depend
ent entirely on the number,of addresses submitted to us by
the deadline.
Inserted in all papers delivered to College Station resi
dents yesterday was a letter explaining this brainstorm. Here
is all that we ask regarding your participation in the pro
ject.
Jot down , on a piece of paper the names and addresses
of people you know who have moved away from this area
in the last year or so. If you know of only one, it,is just as
important to us as a dozen from someone else.
Mail your list to us in care of The Battalion, Campus.
If dropped in the campus mail slot in the Academic Building,
no postage will be required. Deadline for submitting the
addresses has been set at 5 p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 28.
This list may be helpful to you and many other people,
but its usefulness depends solely on the number of readers
we hear from.
Big; Plans for March of Dimes
County March of Dimes Chairman H. T. Blackhurst
was in Houston last week attending a “kick-off” meeting
concerning the March of Dimes campaign which is scheduled
for the first of January.
As its first project of community interest, the newly
organized Lions Club appears to be making big plans for
the drive.
Committee chairmen for the various departments of the
March of Dimes campaign are as follows: general county
chairman, H. T. Blackhurst; publicity director, R. F. Cain;
advanced special gifts,committee, O. D. Butler; schools and
colleges, R. B. Halpin; and March of Dimes cards, A. A.
Price.
Other committee chairmen appointed were W. E. Paul
son, special and sports events committee; A. H. Krezdorn,
radio and motion picture committee; and women’s commit
tee, Lawrence Brown.
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Chest Drive Outcome Still Unknown
We are still awaiting the outcome of the College Sta
tion Community Chest campaign which appeal’s to have
fallen below the $11,000 mark which was set as the 1950 goal.
Chest chairman, Dr. S. G. Johnston said early this week
he has no report on the amount of money collected in the
campaign which was extended three days in an effort to meet
the lagging goal.
Dr. Johnston said the campaign secretary, Johnny Long-
ly has been out of town and will not be back until tomorrow.
Until he returns, we will have to wait to see what the out
come of the drive is.
The drive closed after a three day extension last Sat
urday.
Senate Attacks Federal "Give Away’
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Britain and I S
Argue Charges
Made by China
Lake Success, Nov. 22 —
UP)—Britain and the United
States lined up in opposite
camps again today on the
question of investiyating Na
tionalist China’s charges of Rus
sian aggression.
The U.N. Assembly’s 60-nation
political committee, x'esuming de
bate on the issue (10:45 a.m.
EST), may decide it before tlxe day
is over.
Nationalist China’s T. F. Tsiang
presented his case yesterday. He
chai’ged that the Kremlin not only
engineered the Chinese Civil War
but now has 45,000 agents in Chi
na controlling all political, econom
ic and cultux’al life.
Tsiang px-oposed that the U.N.
set up a fact-finding commission
to look into the situation and re
port back to the Assembly next
Fall. His plan found little support
except from the United States,
which agreed the problem should
be studied by some sort of com
mission.
Russia demanded that the entire
question be thrown out as unfit
for discussion. Soviet delegate
Jacob A. Malik said Nationalist
China already is headed for the
“historic scrap heap.”
By ROGER D. GREENE
Washington, Nov. 22 — (A 5 ) — A
Senate watchdog committee today
accused federal agencies of failure
to match performance to their “pa
per-work preparedness” against the
threat of World War III. Military
“surplus” disposal and the govern
ment rubber program wei’e the
main tai’gets.
The committee, headed by Sen.
Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex), specifi
cally criticized the sale of multi-
million-dollar defense plants for a
fi’action, of their original cost—
even after the outbreak of the Ko
rean war.
Noting the disposal of such so-
called “surplus” properties as avia
tion gasoline and alcohol plants—
the latter needed for the produc
tion of synthetic x’ubber—the com-
mittee declared sharply:
Little Prudence
“It ill becomes government offi
cials to conduct the public business
with less pnidence than they would
display in operating a charity ba
zaar, but that has happened.”
And again:
“Government officials should
cease to x’egard the surplus dis
posal program as a compulsory
give-away.
“Progress in paper work—of
which there has been considerable—
is no substitute for progress in
performance.”
Thx-oughout the 37-page report,
the committee lashed government
officials with such wox'ds • as the
following:
“Negligence . . . extremely poor
judgment . . . major blunder . . .
administrative laxity ... blind
leading the blind . . . lack of fore
sight . . . costly to the American
taxpayer.”
Only Scratched Surface
Chaii’man Johnson said his com
mittee has only scratched the sur
face, so far, in its investigation of
the nation’s preparedness.
Reports will be out soon, he said,
on steel supplies, farm commodity
stockpiling and Alaskan defenses.
“Policies that look good on paper
aren’t enough,” Johnson comment
ed. “Wars aren’t won with memo
randa.”
The report singled out the Muni
tions Boai’d, the Commei’ce Depai’t-
ment, the General Services Adxxxin-
istration (GSA) and the Air Force
for major criticism, and it admon
ished:
“Close cboi'dination is imperative
within the federal agexicies, our
pi'eparedness must be measured by
perfottnance, not by paper work.”
The report was issued by a Sen
ate Armed Services subcommittee
set up as a watchdog over the re
armament program.
The committee noted that the
disposal program has cleared away
all but $400,000,000 worth of prop
erty out of a surplus backlog that
originally cost $27,200,000,000.
“Obviously, the crossing of thf
38th Parallel in Korea by the So-
viet-ti'ained, Soviet-equipped Com
munist armies of North Korea end’
ed the justification for demobiliza'
tion,” the repoi’t said, and added:
“Until this subcommittee begar
inquiring into the practices of GSA
Munitions Board and other agen
cies administering the surplus pi’o,
gi’am, however, surplus disposal:
were continuing.
“Our reserve industx-ial strengtl
was being demobilized.”
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