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r J C< Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951 Bitter Price to Pay . JVIDE and conquer. 'What a simple little well-worn phrase. Heard so often that it has nearly lost its meaning for most of us. And one word gives the clue to defeating that old proverb. Unity. Unity—so hard to achieve among a group of frightened people, or frightened nations. Russia, war lord of world communism, has taken advantage of the frightened na tions. They have divided. They have divided the nations which are afraid, too afraid, for their own safety, from the one nation which still has the national integrity to stand up for the rights of free people. Russia has so scared the frightened na tions that they, led by Great Britain and India, are again yelling, “Peace, Peace.” and in a lower voice, “Peace at any price.” That price will soon be paid. It is a bitter price indeed. That price is the discrediting of the. Uni ted States, and thus democracy, in the eyes of the people of the world. Great Britain and India are ready to give Red China a seat in the United Nations. And to give up strategic Formosa. These are the bribes offered to Red China to bring an end to the Korean War. They also advocate com plete withdrawal of United Nations troops from Korea. And the rest of the frightened Eating betiveen meals ivill, at least, make less important tvhat is put on the table. The end of the world will catch most of the big executives behind with their work. New Category for Military History . . . T O MENTION “The Great” of military his tory brings to mind such names as Na poleon, Robert E. Lee, and other great lead ers. Such men were great strategists and tacticians. Whether or not the Twentieth Century has produced military men as great as they will have to be determined by future historians. But one thing is fairly certain. There is going to have to be a new category added to history’s hall of fame of great mil itary men. The new category will be labeled “Great Organizers”. And Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower will head the list. Eisenhower’s magic touch is being heard from again. Although he’s just getting started, already he’s spurred the French out of their traditional lethargy. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR All loiters ,to the editor must be signed by tlie writer and free from obscene and libelous references. Letter writers wanting their name withheld must make a personal request to the co-editors. No unsigned letters will be published. ‘Give Me* Coffee, Or Give Me .... y Editor The Battalion What is this place coming to? Coffee seven cents a cup! How money-mad can one place get? I am of course referring to t h e announced policy of the MSC to practically double the price of coffee from five cents to seven cents. Never in the long and glor ious history of A&M has anything remotely resembling this outrage been perpetrated upon the student body in regards to that soothing beverage. When I think of the thousands of former students who have sweated and slaved from early morning to late at night with a casual nickel cup of coffee as almost their only solace in life, I shudder to think that there are those on this cam pus who would do away with that grand old tradition. Coffee is not only a warm liquid that we put into our mouths and swallow, it is a means of inter course between student groups and between students and faculty mem bers. It has been said that a stu dent learns as much over a cup of coffee as he doesi in the class room; certainly the advantages de rived from meeting together over a cup of coffee are apparent. If it is absolutely. necessary to raise prices, raise other items. Subsidize coffee if you must, but let’s not do away with this great common denominator of human re lations, the five-cent cup of coffee. Since I do not wish to spend the next five years of my life in the College Station jail, I request that you withhold my name. Yours for better student-faculty relations. George R. Tubbs ’49 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. Du ring the summer terms, 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. 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Campus News Editor Bob Hughson, Andy Anderson, George Charlton, Tom Rountree, Allen Pengelley, Leon McClellan, Wayne Davis, Bob Venable, Bill Streicb, Norman Blahuta, John Hildebrand, Bryan Spencer, Ray Williams, Herb O'Connell, Jim Anderson, Ori James, J. P. Stern, Raymon Swan, Robert Ball, Bert Hardaway, Edward Holder, Richard Ewing News and Feature Writers Curtis Edwards Church Editor Roger Coslett PipeEmoking Contest Manager Jack Fontaine, Jerry Fontaine Special Assignments Russia’s Plan for World Conquest From the City Desk ... Korea War, Russian Action Beeville Polls Prove In UN Decided Long Ago Lack of Voting Power nations will follow Great Britain’s and India’s leads. In a general assembly meeting of the UN, the only major power which would vote against these bribes would be the United States. And if the United Nations paid this price, the people of the world would not remember how the United States voted. They would only remember that we promised to protect Chiang Kai-Shek on the island of Formosa. They would remember that we promised the people of South Korea we would fight with them for the preservation of democracy in that country. What if the United States alone refused to pay the price? What if we said, “We can not repudiate our promises. We must defend our ideals and principles. We refuse to be bound by the United Nations if they will not respect our promises.” Then would die the dream of world gov ernment. For all practical purposes, the Uni ted Nations would be dead. With both Rus sia and the United States refusing to recog nize United Nations decisions, that body would become simply an organization for academic arguments. A bitter price indeed. With today’s installment of parts VII, VIII, and IX, The Battalion concludes its presentation of “Russia’s Plan for World Conquest” written by Jo seph Stalin.* Yesterday’s installment dealt with the commun ist plan for undermining labor unions, citizens, pol itical ^organizations, and even closer to home, the liberal minded youth of the nation. In these final three discussions, Stalin deals with events making headlines in our papers today—the war in the Far East, and the run-around Russia is giving the United States in the United Nations. Section VII says that the communists encourage monopolies and cooperatives under capitalism, be cause they can be socialized easily. Individual free enterprise poses a much greater problem to social ism, or communism, which depends upon organizing everything and bringing it under one head—the State. The few simple words of section VIII explain completely the Russian attitude and actions in the United Nations. Stalin says that the communists are never at rest, are never at peace. They make and sign peace treaties, only to gain strength to fight again. War between Russia and the capitalistic coun tries is inevitable, he says in part IX. The time to strike is when the various elements of capitalist opposition are in a state of confusion and embroil ment with each other, Stalin says. Which brings to mind the gap that has developed, and is growing largely everyday, between the United States and Great Britain. Only yesterday this important friend and ally teamed up with India and other of the smaller countries to demand that the United States make necessary concessions to Red China to end the Korean war. That seems to be the kind of “em broilment” and “state of confusion” that Stalin mentions in part IX. The Red Dictator’s words make at least one thing unmistakably clear; Russia does not now want peace, has not previously wanted peace, nor will she want it in the future. The communists intend to conquer us, or be destroyed in the effort. This doctrine of Stalin’s then, is a must for the man in doubt. (This document was obtained by the editors of Coronet magazine from the Stalin archives of the National War College in Washington, D.C.)—The Editor. . . . By Joel Austin The City, of Beeville, located some 230 miles South of ( College Station, voted on a utility bond issue this week. The* bonds totaled some $815,000 and were to be used for con structing a sewage disposal plant, build new water and sewer lines, and pay oft a bonded indebtedness of $315,000. The election carried by a 7 to 1 margin and we guess the officials of that South Texas city are already making plans for spending the money which their people told them to ob tain. But the tiling that strikes us as being significant is that only 417 votes were cast in that election—350 favoring the bond issue, while 53 opposed it. For the information of those who have no idea as to the size of that city, the Texas Almanac quotes the 1949 estimate at 9,000. College Station People Turned Out By JOSEPH STALIN VII. In Paris, last Monday, he began the dip lomatic work of organizing an international army to defend western Europe. He went at it in his usual snappy, efficient manner. First he had a ten minute talk with Pre mier Rene Pleven. Next, another short talk, this time with Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. Then he drove to the Defense Min istry for a luncheon with Minister Jules Moch, who immediately called in his highest- ranking officers. The French like to take at least two or three hours for such official luncheons, but within forty minutes Eisen hower had them back in the conference room, where a three hour parley followed. And the talks brought results. The French are finally making definite commitments to the European army. T HE MEASURES for strengthening so cialism are: State monopoly of foreign trade, agricultural taxes, State purchase and sale of agricultural production, and an all- embracing plan for nationalization of indus try, transport, and credit. The state and the cooperatives, as well as the capitalists, are “traders,” and when they have learned how to trade, they will get the upper hand over private trade (they are doing so already). Those who cannot understand this are not Leninists but lib erals. Great banks, as Lenin has said, are the State apparatus which we need for realiza tion of socialism, and which we take over ready-made from capitalism. When we do so, a unified State Bank of the most compre hensive kind, with branches in every district and factory, will control production as well as distribution of products. No, we are not liberals. We put the in terest of the Party above the interests of for mal democracy. For us communists, formal democracy is a trifle. cussions, to disintegrate the enemy forces, and to gather strength for an attack on the White Russians. Even the dullest have now come to see that the Peace of Brest-Litovsk was a concession which strengthened us while it wrecked the forces of international capitalism. IX. VIII. We communists create slogans for the masses. Treaties embodying fresh group ings of forces with an eye to war are termed “peace treaties.” The signing of them is al ways effected to the accompaniment of the pipings of “peaceful alliances.” Our prepara tions for a war are conducted under cover of paeans to peace. The opposition will not ac cept our proposals: that shows how “gen uine” is their love of peace. The Peace of Brest-Litovsk is a model in stance of this strategy. This “peace” en abled the party to take advantage of the dis- As Lenin has said, a terrible clash be tween Soviet Russia and the capitalist States must inevitably occur. The forces of united capitalism and all their military technique are a mighty power, a very real power. Therefore we must try to take the enemy by surprise, seize a moment when his forces are dispersed. We may consider that the time is ripe for the decisive struggle when all the class forces arrayed against us are in a state of confusion; when all are sufficiently embroil ed with each other and have been sufficient ly weakened in combats; when all the vacil lating elements have exposed themselves be fore the people and paraded their utter bank ruptcy. The ruling classes must be in the throes of a major government crisis, so that the government is so enfeebled the revolu tionists can speedily overthrow it. It is inconceivable, as Lenin has written, that the Soviet Republic should continue to exist side by side with capitalist States. Ul timately one or the other must conquer. A conflict is inevitable. The main forces of the revolution must, at the decisive moment, be concentrated for an attack on the enemy’s most vulnerable spot, at a moment when conditions are ripe. Always we have a clear and precise aim to wards which we strive, for one of the great merits of communism is that nothing is left to chance. College Station people turned out, some 284 strong to show their support for a somewhat similar utility revenue k bond issue for the sum of $200,000. A comparison of the local populace of some 3,500—not to mention the number of qualified voters—in comparison with that of Beeville, pro vides substance for thought. a A town as large as Beeville could poll only half ag" as many votes as this college town in Brazos County.\J rough estimate of the potential voters of College Station produces a figure of about 500-550. Considering the impor tance, or shall we say, the interest in the outcome of the local polling contest voters hereabout can be proud of themselves for showing such interest in civic affairs. Maybe we were just a little too critical in this column be fore the election in condemning those who like to sit back and let other people do the job—voting included—and then com plain when things don’t go just right. The Beeville voters had much more money at stake than was included in the College Station election. They also were voting bond money to pay off an indebtedness that al ready existed. City Officials Pleased With Outcome City officials were very pleased with the vote of confi dence given them by the voters when they accepted the bond issue with such an overwhelming majority. The City Council lost little time in meeting to canvas the election returns and declare the count official as they got together in a special session Tuesday afternoon. They decided to issue $60,000 of the $200,000 as soon as the money becomes available 30 days from the date of the election. Fourty-eight thousand dollars is planned to be used for securing the College Hills electric facilities now owned by the City of Bryan and the REA. Part of that sum is to go toward repair of the lines and also some maintenance work in other parts of the city. Twelve-thousand dollars will be used to pay for notes held by the College Station State Banl^ for extensions made last summer in College Hills. Not all the money will be ne< cessary for the balances of the notes and the remaining por tion will be used for other water department extensions. In Passing • Don’t forget the March of Dimes which gets start ed in Brazos County and the rest of the nation Monday. Local Committee Chairman H. T. Blackhurst is aiming at a big collection from local people. With a single polio death for 1950 to mar our record, College Station people should not hesitate to contribute to the fighting of this dread disease. ® Joe Sorrels, the newly elected president, says he has big plans for the College Station Chamber of Commerce and Development Association this year. Here’s hoping we can see many good things from that organization in months to come. Rev. Pitts Speaker At 4 Aggie Vespers’ Legislature Asked To Protect Blind Rev. Frank Pitts, former chap- lin and now pastor of the Bryan College Avenue Baptist Church, will speak tonight at 7:15 at the Aggie Vespers in the Baptist Stu dent Center at the North Gate on “An Aggie in the Warring World.” The “Aggie Vespers” are held from 7:15 to 7:45 four nights each week at the Baptist Student Center to help the Aggie in his spiritual and moral thinking and living, said Eddie Apel, chairman of the ves per services. Apel announced that all students are welcomed to attend the meet ings regardless of religious faith. Austin, Jan. 11—(A*)—The blind man who stands on a corner for an hour, trying to get across the street, waiting quietly while cars whiz by without end— Combat Casualties Increase to 42 713 Washington, Jan. 12—UP)—An nounced American combat casual ties in Korea rose to 42,713 yester day. This was an increase of 2,537 since the last weekly report. The new total includes 6,247 killed in action, 29,306 wounded and 7,160 missing in action. DAVE COSLETT, CLAYTON L. SELPH Co-Editors John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt Managing Editors Frank N. Manitzas Sports Editor Bob Plughson, Jerry Zuber Campus Editors Joel Austin City Editor WhaPs Cookin 9 AGGIE SQUARES, Friday, 7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Episcopal Church Parish House. Newcomers wel come. HILLED CLUB, Friday, 7:15 p. m., YMCA Chapel. Religious ser vices to be held. PERMIAN CLUB, Friday, 7:30 p.m.. Room 3C MSC. Picture for Aggieland to be discussed. Ralph Gorman, Fred Walker, Chuck Neighbors, Jimmy Ashlock, Ray Holbrook. Joe Blan chette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy Curtis, Dowell Peterson, and Joe Hollis. .Sports News Staff Sam Molinary Chief Photographer Bob Hancock, John Hollingshead, Tommy Fontaine, James Lancaster Photo Engraven Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager Russell Hagens, Frank Thumond—Advertising Representatiyes Emmett Trant, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry Cartoonist! Herman C. Gollob . Amnsementa Editor Bible Verse Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. —Proverbs 31: 30. The Texas legislature has,been asked to help him. Sen. George Moffett of Chilli- cothe introduced a bill today to make a motorist slow down or stop if necessary for the white cane the blind man raises. It would be a fine up to $25 or ten days in jail if driver failed to heed that raised white cane. A guide dog, or metallic or white cane, or a white cane tipped with red, raised upright would be the stop or slow sign for drivers. 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