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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950
One Purpose Government Needed NOW...
E
i YEN his severest critics will admit that
Senator Robert Taft, “Mr. Republican,”
is. a clear-thinking and conservative fellow 7 .
He doesn’t go in for loud political attacks.
When some of his Republican colleagues in
Drive like hell and you’ll yet there.
Defending Democracy
Costs A Little Freedom
i IDEALIZATION is beginning to dawn on
l\ most Americans that some pretty drastic
changes in the general “behavior pattern”
ate in order. Americans are peace loving,
independent, and firm believers in the fund
amental freedoms, but all these things that
have been a part of our lives are now being
u^ed against us. Survival, however, will re
quire mobilization of civil, military, and in
dustrial strength.
Congress is now considering a three bil
lion dollar program to get civilian defense
set up to handle the ever present possibility
of an enemy atomic blow at our vulnerable
cities. For the present generation, war has
bejen something that happens overseas, and
this new concept base been considered but
not acted upon.
While our military program is in better
shape than the civil, there is also need for
some new ideas. There is no security in the
signature of a gangster, and this implies that
a 'military force must be maintained rather
than improvised when we have received the
first blow from an aggressor.
Both of these programs will require
equipment, and we can’t presume that our
production will remain beyond the reach of
enemy attack. Some factories have under
ground facilities, but a security and decen
tralization program should be under way by
now.
In a few years it probably will appear
that democratic freedoms have been serious
ly! curtailed. The federal government will
be more powerful and centralized, and every
one will be “told what to do” for efficiency
in the overall plain. It won’t be pleasant,
but we can’t escape the impending show
down with Russia.
Congress began to attack the administration
for failure to allow the GOP any voice in
foreign affairs, many attributed it to pol
itics. But when Senator Taft joined in the
attack people knew that this was more than
politics.
Though we American people often think
ourselves superior to the rest of the world,
this is one time we can learn a lesson from
Great Britain. Not the Britain of today, but
the Britain that single-handedly stalled
Hitler’s power march long enough for us to
get ready.
When the going really got tough, Brit
ain scrapped their petty political battles.
Winston Churchill formed a coalition govern
ment of all England’s political parties. Their
government followed the rest of the nation
in consecrating themselves to one goal—to
fight the war against Germany. England
saved itself by uniting in the “blood, sweat,
and tears” defense. You didn’t hear of the
Conservative administration — it was the
British government.
America, today faces almost the same
desperate fight as England did in those sad
days. It’s time we quit talking and think
ing Democratic administration—it should
be the United States government. A gov
ernment with only one purpose—defense of
America from defeat by Communism.
Don’t day dream while driving . . .
it may turn into a nightmare.
Not Really Ours!
The Harvard Lampoon, campus humor
magazine, finds itself in a very unfunny po
sition. A state police lieutenant was recently
assigned to investigate the “filthy, obscene
and licentious” magazine which was confis
cated by Massachusetts police. A district
judge described the magazine as “not fit”
to be taken into homes, where there were
mothers, fathers or sisters. The content of
the magazine, according to its editor, a col
lection of cartoons and jokes from other col
lege magazines.
From the Woman’s Point of View . . .
Batt Columnist
Gets Mumps, Sees
TU Game Anyway
Americans Debate
How to Handle Reds
By Vivian Castleberry
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Americans debated with increas
ed urgency today how best to deal
with Communist aggression in the
Far East.
Arguments ranged from using
the atomic bomb and risking all
out war to seeking a truce to
save the United Nations forces in
Korea.
The tickets were bought.... the bags were packed. Our f ,£ eId0 n an , 1S3ue kf* 11 U ore
daughter had been shipped to Grandmother almost a week j a i columns letters to^the' 1 editors"
before. Classes had closed. Vacation was upon us. The time pleas to the President, on streets!
was last Wednesday night. And nothing stood in the way of in homes and from the floors of
the long-awaited Austin trip for my Texas Aggie and Me. meetings.
I made a last minute check of electrical appliances, pull- !^ c n
ed down the kitchen window and was humming a tune when Connecticut showed the widely
it struck me! There was a tender sore spot behind my left varying views of Americans facing
ear. My eyes grew wider as the old fighting spirit approached a great crisis in their history
the zero level. I don’t think I ever entertained a doubt. I
walked back into the bedroom and made my announcement.
“Curt, I have the mumps.”
Those fine little words had the impact of an earthquake. We
laughed and we cried. We steamed and we consoled. Curt was (and
still is, fortunately) as mumpsless as I. The last thing I remember
him saying as we drifted off to sleep was something to the effect of—
“All these years you have to get the mumps, but you insist
on having them for the A&M-Texas game!
I didn’t reply. Just to keep the record straight, I didn’t insist
on having mumps. I still don’t.
But came Thursday, clean, cool, and exciteable. I hopped out of
bed. No swelling yet. I assured myself it had been a false alarm,
routed the master of the house and insisted we go to the game. My
persuasion coupled with his eagerness soon set us on the course for
Austin
We stopped in Austin for lunch and were at the stadium by 11:30
a.m. We saw Mary and Charles Reager. Most of the folks were won
dering just what they would have to present to get in the gate, but
Charles didn’t seem to be worried. He claimed he had his tickets, I.D.
card, ticket stubs, birth certificate, marriage license and army dis
charge. But when I said I had the mumps they sidled off, unfriendly
like.
Then wc saw Dorothy Copeland. She just laughed when I
admitted my malady and stayed to cl\at a bit. If she hasn’t had
these things, she’ll be so-rr-ry.
, So we got in—finally wc latched on to scats way up high be
tween the 35 and 40 yard lines.
Did you every try to watch a football game with mumps? I
hope not! I stood. And I sat. I yelled. Then I doaned. I was amused
as some of our neighbors behind us remarked on “some people’s lack
of enthusiasm.” I wanted to turn around and say “Listen, sonny, I’ll
bet I've yelled my head off and med my eyes out over more Aggie
games than you have ” But I didn’t. I just sat there, looking stupid.
I did notice two of the Manitzas down front—brother and sister
of Frank. If he holds out, that “kid brother” of Frank’s will be the
best Aggie of them all. His pep was constant and contagious. And
their pretty sister! Surely Frank hasn’t been holding out on his bud
dies. Come to think of it, an Aggie did seem to be doing escorting
honors.
I think they had a halftime show down at Austin. Frankly,
I don’t remember much that happened, but somewhere about the
beginning of the last quarter, Curt started running interference
to get me to the exit. I feel confident that the procedure was as
tough as what was taking place on field. I’ve never seen people
packed so tight.
We drove 200 miles with me in various states of sympathy for
myself. My husband, a realist to the end, even threw that old “I told
you so ... . line at me.
Mother took one look, whisked me off to bed. Here, four nights
and a lopsided balloon-like jaw later, I’m trying to explain why there
is no colum this week. Before I burned out, I did pick up a few mor
sels.
Send Resolution
Rotarians at Tecumseh and
Shawnee sent President Truman a
resolution urging use of the atomic
bomb and “stronger weapons” if
necessary to “pursue the undeclar
ed war to a successful conclusion.”
The Waterbury (Conn.) Repub
lican, urging a negotiated settle
ment, said:
“If the negotiations require
some status for Red China that we
Americans have been totally un
willing heretofore to accept, we
shall probably have to be more
open-minded about it.”
New Yorkers’ Opinion
While some voices clamored for
a method to avoid war, the New
Y'ork World-Telegram and Sun
commented:
“The world situation would not
seem so confusing if people would
quit speculating- about the ‘grave
risk’ of war and accept the fact
that war began on June 27, when
the United Nations moved against
Red aggression. ,
The Los Angeles County Young
Republican Clubs approved a res
olution demanding that Gen. Mac-
Arthur be authorized to use “any
weapon he has at his disposal.”
But a statement signed by 127
persons, including clex-gymen ed
ucators and attorneys in the Buf
falo, N. Y, ax-ea urged “speedy ac
tion to terminate the Korean con
flict by negotiating a settlement,”
and strongly opposed use of the
A-bomb.
Houstonian Speaks
The Houston Chronicle said “this
countx-y is fighting Red China
while maintaining the fiction that
it is not.” It said the proper way
to fight Red China was to help
the Chinese Nationalists.
“The thought of evacuating Ko-
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But Will Reds Wait Til We Do?
We Must Arm Ourselves
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington, Dec. 7 —WP)—On
Friday, Nov. 24, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur ordered a “general as
sault” by the United Nations fox'-
ces, in Kox*ea.
He said he expected the assault
to 'end the war, if it was success
ful. But it wasn’t successful.
No matter who’s to blame, this
assault was undertaken Without
knowing how many Chinese troops
were massed and waiting.
They struck back, about 1,000,000
of them against 200,000 U. N.
troops. The Chinese now are chas
ing the Americans and other U. N.
troops in a catastrophic rout down
through Korea.
No one can. predict what they’ll
do. They may drive the U. N.
troops into the sea and off the
continent of Asia.
This is the worst disaster that
has ovei'taken the United States
sixxce the Japanese attacked Peai'l
Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, nine years ago
today.
The size of the disaster is re
flected in the mood of the people
you meet around Washington :
darkly gloomy, sometimes be
wildered.
The feeling seems to be: “Could
this happen to us?” It’s happened.
If the disaster serves no oth ex-
good, at least it may do this
much :
Shake Americans out of their
complacency. For five years since
World War II they’ve watched
Communism overrun eastern Eu
rope, most of Asia.
By they is meant practically
everyone: government officials,
members of Congress, and the peo
ple at large.
They talked of life as usual, bus
iness as usual, cutting taxes,
which meant cutting defense.
They seemed unable to under
stand what should have been
clear: that the Communists are
in earnest and are on the march.
Now at last in this dark time,
they may undex-stand that when
survival is the problem, money is
seeondai-y, since without survival
money has no meaning.
The mistake made in Korea—
in attacking without really
knowing what was being attack
ed, the massed Chinese—is no
greater than the mistake made
here at home for five years in
not being px-epared.
Already there seems to be some
division among the western allies.
The Europeans, closest to Russia,
don’t want this. country or them-
selves involved in a fnll war with
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Mike and Melanie Foreman,
youngsters of Mary and Jay,
probably found life a little dull
around college when they came
home Sunday. They spent the
week with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hutchin
son in Orange.
Janet and Bill Kelley’s small
moppet, Suzanne celebrated her
fourth birthday Monday with a
small party in her College View
home. Sharing honors with her
were her sister, Lynn and hex-
brother, Stephen, who helped her
greet and entcx'tain the neighbox*-
hood children. . . . Being two yeax-s
old on Saturday didn’t impress
Sharron Dianne Little vex-y much,
but the movie that mom and dad,
Ellen and Jack treated her to is
still the topic for much prattle from
the brown-eyed toddler.
Over from San Angelo fox- a
visit with friends hex-e before the
Austin game were Johnnie and
Andy Andi'ews and master Lee,
who at Tuesday night’s bonfire was
pi'oudly showing off his new ma
roon T sweater as he humped for
Old Anny. Andy, who dropped
out of school during the summer,
plans to eni-oll again in January.
Ethel and Fred Allison have
a special reason to be thankful
this season. Ethel is just out of
the hospital. The two went to
Fort Worth to visit with their
families over the weekend and
then came back to school where
Ethel works in the Horticulture
Department.
Probably one of the most ap
preciated, but least mentioned fel
lows around here is the man with
the camera you see clicking away
wherever news is being made. His
name is Sammy Molinary and he
came to A&M three years ago from
Santux-ce, Puerto Rico. Sammy, a
civil engineering student, has gain
ed remarkable proficiency with
the shutter-box since he became
a photography enthusiast two years
ago. When he finishes school in
June ’52, Sammy plans to go back
home and “build houses—until I
find something that really appeals
to me.” His first love, he says,
is airplanes.
Who's Who Group
Selects Aggie-Ex
Dr. S. B Reel, ex-student of A&M'
has been included in the 1950
edition of “Who’s Who in the
South and Southwest.”
Red, associate professor of psy
chology at tho University of Hous
ton received his master's degree
from Texas University.
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