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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1951
Dangerous Crossing. . .
M EMO to all who walk on the campus:
Attention: Traffic Committee, Student
Senate,
Up to now, there have been no accidents,
either critical or fatal, on the streets sur
rounding the Memorial Student Center. The
fact is something for which the student body
and the college community may feel proud.
Full realization of what might have hap
pened, or may happen now, is evident after
a little thought about the traffic hazards ex
isting thereabouts.
In the early morning, traffic from Vet
Village and College Park converges on Hous
ton Street, immediately northeast of the
MSC. To that add the constant flow of stu
dents going to the Center for coffee or a
check for early morning mail.
This produces a concentration of students
and automobiles at the intersection East of
New Congress May
Be Headache to HST
P RESIDENT Harry S. Truman’s post-elec
tion happiness at the reelection of a
Democratic Congress seemed a little faded
when the new Eighty-second Congress began
to organize. Ever since the Fall elections,
writers have speculated as to the extent of
the Republican-Southern Democrat coalition.
Only Truman still considered the Eighty-
second a Democratic Congress.
The informal, but smooth acting, coalition
seized control of both House and Senate the
first day. Conservative Democrats were pick
ed to head both houses. But probably the
most important action taken the first day
was the restoration to power pf the House
rules committee. The rule change will allow
the rules committee to block legislation from
the floor with no recourse except by a major
ity of House members signing a petition to
release a bottled-up bill. Southerners on the
House rules committee will now be able to
align with Republican members to clear or
stop all measures, and they have the votes
to do it.
With the conservatives in power, Fresi-
dent Truman’s domestic Fair Deal program
stands no chance of succeeding. FEPC, soc
ialized medicine, and like legislation will nev
er be allowed to reach the floor.
Which really puts our beloved president
in a political quandry. He can’t name this
a “do-nothing” Congress as he did the
Eightieth—after all, theoretically the Demo
crats are in control.
the MSC, the East (bowling alley) entrance
to the building, and the double Houston- La
mar intersection. This condition lasts
throughout the morning and into the after
noon at the latter intersection when students
and faculty walk to the MSC between class
es. Traffic has dwindled by that time, but
conditions remain hazardous.
Nothing has been done thus far to elim-
iinate the existing danger. For the contin
ued welfare and safety of pedestrians and
drivers, some corrective measures should be
taken promptly.
The Battalion therefore suggests:
• Placement of stop signs and pedestrian
lanes at the double interesection East of the
MSC.
• Marking a no-parking zone across the
street from the Northeast (bowling alley)
sidewalk wide enough to permit unhampered
vision in either direction.
• Patroling this area to insure that these
measures are observed.
These precautions, if judiciously observ
ed, would greatly reduce the accident poten
tial in the MSC area.
From the City Desk . . .
Little Concern Shown
Toward Bond Election
. . . By Joel Austin
What has become of the man who
believed everything he saw in print?
Misguided Patriot
T HERE was tense drama in putting on the
air in Austria the voice of its dead Pres*
ident, Karl Renner, to plead for ending the
occupation of his country. But there is a
starker tragedy than the fact that the 80-
year-old Renner died after recording his
New Year plea.
Karl Renner was a fine man, an honest
man. To the day of his death he must have
riot? Let the question mark stand.
For Renner doomed Austria as surely as
its foes. Credit Renner’s honest socialism.
From early maturity, he worked to social
ize his country. He fought to do that in par
liament, and as Chancellor. With the social
ist workers, he rose against the Dollfuss
regime in 1934. He could not see that he had
paved the way Tor Hitler, but he had.
We have our own Renners—thousands
of them, honest, devoted patriot who would
not willingly risk the safety of their country.
They plead for the dubious blessings of
paternalism and would in good faith destroy
the principles that made the United States
of America what it is. If they succeed and if
we fall, they die like Karl Renner, uncon
scious that they have destroyed us.—The
Dallas Morning News.
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The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
There doesn’t seem to be much concern among College
Station residents regarding the up-coming $200,000 utility
bond election scheduled Monday.
But then, most people like to just sit back and let other
people take care of running things, at least, until they wake
up to the fact that an individual voice can make a difference
in the outcome of an important question.
Take the election of city council members last Spring.
A man won his race by only a single vote. Had his opponent
received the ballot of just one man and his wife the office
would have been his.
Incident Could Happen Monday
This same incident could happen in the balloting Mon
day and we know of a lot of people who will be greatly bene-
fitted by the money which could come from the passage of
this bond issue.
Take for instance those people living in College Hills
who are paying much higher rates for electric power than
residents of other areas of College Station who receive their
power from the City of College Station.
Of the $70,000 earmarked for electrical expansion, $60,-
000 would go to purchase and improve these power facil
ities in College Hills now owned by the City of Bryan and the
Rural Electrification Association.
If you don’t live in College Hills, just compare your
electric bill with someone who consumes a comparable
amount of power in that section of town and see what the
difference is.
There will still be $10,000 left for future improvements,
extensions, and maintenance jobs.
The largest figure for any single utility is the $110,444
which is to go for the eventual construction of a sewage dis
posal plant. City officials stress the fact that such a unit
Would be expensive to construct since the various residential
areas of the city are grouped around the college instead of
in one central spot.
This situation would require the construction of many
additional lines in order to service all parts of the city with
a sewage disposal system.
No Immediate Plans for Construction
We understand that this money is just being asked for
at this time and no immediate plans have been made for con
struction of this plant.
The remaining $20,000 will go for water extensions and
water main maintainence. As the town grows, the city must
furnish an adequate water supply and enough fire plugs to
serve these new areas.
Now comes the question of how the bonds are to be
paid off.
When most people think of revenue bonds, they think
of increased taxes, or at least the use of tax money to pay
off the bonds when payments are due.
The City Council has ruled that only income from water
and sewer revenue will be used to pay off these bonds. BUT,
no more bonds can be issued against the water and sewer in
come until these are done away with.
Seems like a sound proof plan to us, but there is still
one other matter to explain.
Ballots will furnish a place for accepting or rejecting
each of the three divisions of the $200,000. Voters may ap
prove one part and scratch out the other two if not in favor
of the entire issue.
College Station Mayor Ernest Langford stressed the
fact that if one portion of the bond issue fails to pass, by
council ruling, no further bond issues can be made against
water and sewer revenue. That means if one part isn’t passed
it may not receive any money for expansion until these bonds
are paid off.
Sounds Quite Simple
The whole deal sounds so simple that many people will
not bother to vote thinking there wilUbe few, if any nega
tive votes on the bond issue. The only sure way to insure the
election goes as you want it, is by personally visiting the
polls Monday and casting your ballot.
It requires only a little time and effort to vote with the
three polling places which will be set up at convenient loca
tions about the city.
Vote as you please on this matter, but contribute your
efforts toward making the ballot boxes show a representa
tive attitude of local citizens toward the issue.
Consult the front page of today’s paper for the location
of the voting boxes.
Red Masses Pouring South
Tokyo, Jan. 5 — tfl 3 ) — Chinese
Communist troops speared south
today from captured Seoul toward
a new allied defense line.
A tremendous enemy buildup for
the next blow in the struggle for
Korea was reported. Allied pi
lots said they saw the heaviest
traffic yet observed in Korea be
hind the enemy lines.
The allies in a skillful retreat
yielded Seoul, its air field at Kimpo
and its port of Inchon. Inchon
was left in ruins. United Nations
personnel blew up its docks before
pulling out by sea. The main U.N.
ground force moved on south of
Seoul.
The menace of Red hordes seek
ing to punch down central Korea
and cut the escape roads south
grew hourly.
Roads Crowded
U. S. Fifth Air Force pilots
Thursday night sighted 1,200 ve
hicles clogging the roads of North
Korea.
A U. S. Eighth Army officer said
Red soldiers were pouring down
secondary roads and through val
leys toward Wonju, 55 miles south
east of Seoul.
Once there, the Reds could fan
Aggies Win-
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Davis via the same route four
minutes later.
McDermott wasn’t the only Owl
hampered by the concrete Aggie
defense. Their other two scoring
threats, James Gerhardt and J. D.
White were held to seven and three
points, respectively.
McDowell High Point Man
McDowell gained high point hon
ors for the night in chalking up 18
points—he sank shots from every
position on the court and through
many “Owl-sure” defense. Davis
and Martin followed the all-con
ference guard in scoring, as they
garnered 11 and 10 points, re
spectively.
Charley Tighe led the visitors
scoring bracket with eight points,
as the Owls counted for only 11
two-pointeds in 34 attempts, while
the Cadets found the hoop and net
20 times in their 59 field goal at
tempts.
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out along vital highways cutting
across the line of U.N. retreat to
ward the old Pusan beachhead.
An estimated. 190,000 Chinese
and North Koreans were windiftg
down through the bleak, cold moun-
Voting -
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sue is not approved, while the
other two receive a majority vote,
that particular utility will not be
able to receive any bond money un
til the bonds issued have peen
paid off.
Only $60,000 of the $200,000 is
planned for immediate use by the
city in extending electric service
to the College Hills area which has
been receiving power from the City
of Bryan-REA organization.
Officers for the various voting
places are as follows:
Ward I (City Hall): E. O. Siecke,
judge; Mrs. Ernest Langford, as
sistant; Mi’s. F. G. Anderson and
Mrs. F. R. Brison, clerks.
Ward 2 (Black’s Pharmacy): J.
B. Lauterstein, judge; Mrs. F. L.
Thomas, Sr., assistant; Mrs. A. B.
Stevens and Mrs. P. W. Burns,
clerks.
Ward 3 (Grieser’s Electric
Shop): Lloyd Smith, judge; Mrs.
W. B. Clements, assistant; Mrs.
W. R. Fitch and Mrs. A. P. Boyett,
clerks.
tains of the interior. They could
turn left or right at Wonju and
possibly cut off parts of the allied
forces.
If they turned west, they might
seal off U.N. troops moving south
of Seoul.
Race Desperate
It was a desperate race.
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
U. S. Eighth Army commander,
returned to his headquarters late
in the day after visiting two of
his army corps defending the re
treat.
“Everything is going fine,” he
said.
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Frank N. Mamtzas Sports Editor
Bob Hughson, Jerry Zuber Campus Editors
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WhaCs Cookin’
PHYSICS SOCIETY, Monday,
7:30 p. m. H. D. Hodges will speak
on Air Flow in Buildings. Re
freshments. Freshmen invited.
ENTOMOLOGY SOCIETY,
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m. Room 104 Bio
logical Sciences Building. Film and
refreshments. All Fregfimen invit
ed.
LATIN AMERICAN, Friday, 7
p. m. Rooms 2A and 2B of MSC.
Dr. Carl Thompson will talk on
Paraguay and Peru with films.
Business session.
HILLED FOUNDATION, Fri
day, 7:15 p. m. YMCA Chapel.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE STU
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day, 7:30 p. m, YMCA Assembly
Room.
CAMERA CLUB sponsored
sound film on function of pho
tography in industry, Monday, 7:30
p.m. in MSC rooms 3b and 3c.
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