Battalion Editorials
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 6, 1951
Board of Directors . . .
■For the U.S. Republic
Needed: An Exceptional President
HTHE A&M SYSTEM Board of Directors
J*- will soon have three new members, sub
ject to State Senate approval.
They are H. L. Winfield, James W. With
erspoon, and Bob Allen. They come from
far-flung areas of Texas, which is what Gov.
Allan Shivers said he wished to accomplish
with his new appointments for all Texas
college boards.
Winfield is a rancher, banker, and former
State Senator from Fort Stockton; Wither
spoon, from Hereford, is a former district
judge, now in private law practice; and Al
len, vegetable grower, shipper and packer of
Raymondville, brings Valley representation
to the board.
Retiring members of the board are John
Newton, vice-president, of Beaumont; Henry
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Before signing any contract, or con
cluding a business deal, look at the
fine print.
Anti-Communist Bill
Needless Repitition
L AST Thursday, Texas’ House of Represen
tatives passed Rep. Marshall Bell’s anti
communist bill with the large majority of
one hundred thirty-four votes.
The bill contains three main provisions:
• Registration by the Department of
Public Safety of all Communist front organ
izations listed by the United States Depart
ment of Justice. Failure to register would
bring a fine of $1,000 to $10,000 or two to ten
years in prison.
• Imprisonment from two to twenty
years for persons convicted of sabotage. A
death penalty would be given a saboteur
causing loss of life.
9 Prohibit Communists and fellow trav
elers from holding any government job in
Texas.
Passage of the law will insure Texas’
right to prosecute and punish treacherous
Communists if the need ever arises. The
bill displays true farsightedness that has of
ten been lacking in similar incidents. Many
times before, on both federal and state level,
laws have had to be passed after the first
crime had gone unpunished.
But we still see no logical reason for the
first provision. The federal government al
ready has a law for the registration of Com
munists. (Whether it is practical or not re
mains to be seen.) And the state govern
ment hardly has an organization to equal
the FBI for the apprehension of subversives.
It has been argued that our legislators
know Communists won’t register, but that
the first provision provides a basis for pros
ecution of Communists apprehended on oth
er charges.
We do not believe in passing laws which
do not expect compliance with their provis
ions.
Reese III of Gonzales, and Roy C. Potts of
Belton.
All of these men whose terms are near
ing completion have contributed much to
A&M’s welfare and that of the entire system.
Particularly would we like to commend the
retiring vice-president, John Newton.
He has been an untiring worker on the
board, with a vast realization of A&M’s
problems. He has used vision and straight
thinking in his actions.
John Newton, we believe, will be sorely
missed on the Board of Directors. To him
and the other two retiring members, we
would like to say “thank you” for a job well
done, on behalf of the students of A&M.
And to the three newly-appointed mem
bers, we feel sure that your interest in the
A&M System must be of a high degree or
you would not accept such demanding duties.
We are looking forward to an A&M Sys
tem which will continue living up to its obli
gations to the people of the State of Texas.
Office-holders ivill always play poli
tics but that does not mean that the
voter has to be a sucker.
Arthritis Not New,
Dinosaurs Had It
O H, MY achin’ back!
The news last Wednesday was concerned
with the same old things—the bickering, di
vided United Nations, the hardships and
fighting of the Korean War, the weather,
and politics. We scanned the front page and
were on our way to Pogo and the sexy pic
tures in the women’s section when whamo!
—there was the most amazing story we’d
seen in ages.
Did you know that dinosaurs, the big
shots of the Reptiallian Era millions of years
ago, had arthritis?
That’s the straight poop, Joe. Dr. T.
Dale Stewart, an anthropologist for the
Smithsonian Institution says so. He said
the institution has a dinosaur whose skele
ton shows bone defects strikingly similar to
those observed in humans known to be suf
fering from a “degenerative arthritis” some
times accompanying old age. This type of
arthritis is believed to be due to just the
wear and tear of living.
This story touched our hearts.
We shed silent tears for the pool old din
osaurs.
But after our sentimental binge, we be
gan to re-examine the situation.
That dinosaur had to face arthritis, an
ailment of old age.
No TNT. No biological warfare. No
Communism. No taxes. No atomic bomb.
To hell with you, Mr. Dinosaur. You
never had it so good.
By THOMAS M. FONTAINE
1 788: THE AMERICAN colonies need a
strong, dynamic man who can, by his
personal popularity and intelligence, unite
the “states” and mold them into a nation.
Entrance cue for George Washington.
1860: The United States, split by sec
tional differences, is about to begin the
Civil War. Needed: a man to hold our
country together, and discourage foreign
countries from taking advantage of us dur
ing those crucial years. Entrance cue for
Abraham Lincoln.
1952: The United States faces the most
serious double threat of its nearly two-
hundred-year’s history—the vicious threat
of foreign Communist invasion, and the
more insidious threat of conversion of our
country to a “Welfare Status.” Entrance
cue for . . . . ?
That blank spot is going to have to be
filled by the Republican party. The “some
thing for nothing” Democratic Party is sure
to re-nominate that great common man,
Harry S. Truman.
And if there ever was a time when this
country needed an uncommon, extra-special-
ly intelligent man, it is now.
Must Appeal to Citizens
This man nominated by the Republican
Party must be a man who will appeal to the
American citizen on a personal intelligence
plane. He must not be a conventional party
man. On the other hand, he must not be
one of the familiar GOP “me too, but bet
ter” politicians. And he can not depend on
appeals to organized minority groups.
The organized minorities have already
selected their man. Just recently the CIO’s
Political Action Committee and the AFL’s
League for Political Education have an
nounced plans for the 1952 presidential
campaign. These organizations make a
surface show of political nonpartisanship
but it becomes increasingly clear upon study
of their actions that they are really a branch
of the campaign machinery of the national
Democratic party.
The National Association For the Ad
vancement of Colored People has already
indicated that it will support Truman. It’s
easy to see why. Without considering the
ill-feeling and the possible set-back it will
cause Negroes, Truman promises his FEPC
bill to win the votes of such Negro organ
izations.
Must Circumvent Pressure Groups
To combat these economically powerful
pressure groups, the Republican candidate
must circumvent them by appealing to the
people they control.
The Democratic administration has won
the farmers vote by buying him with Fed
eral funds. With money that doesn’t exist
except on paper. Merely examine our na
tional debt and you’ll understand where the
funds are coming from. But the GOP can
didate will have a hard time winning these
votes against the powerful argument of sub
sidized crops.
The GOP candidate must appeal to the
farmer’s sense of justice to the coming gen
erations. He must show that the money
the farmer is now receiving for plowing un
der crops will be payed for by the farmer’s
children and grandchildren and great-grand
children.
But our candidate can’t offer to abandon
the farmer and expect to gain his vote. In
stead of offering him money, he should
point the way to real prosperity for agri
culture. The federal government, by up-to-
date news of new advances in the science of
agriculture, and information of world need
and markets, can show the farmer what
crops to grow to receive a ready market.
Only by actually adding to the national
stockpile of goods and services does the
farmer benefit both himself and country.
The money we are now paying for non-
existant crops must come out of the pockets
of the producing people. It won’t just
materialize.
Must Balance Labor, Capital
This unknown, but hoped for, candidate
must show the worker that capital has its
rights too. He must convince him that a
balance must be obtained between labor and
management to lead to the profit of both.
Despite what the labor union leaders and
labor union racketeers (there is a differ
ence, Mr. Pegler.) tell him, the worker must
come to realize that the Taft-Hartley Law
protects the individual worker as well as
the rights of management.
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On an overall scale, the candidate must
appeal to the American people’s intelli
gence and sense of justice. He must pledge
a foreign policy that will be dictated by
what’s best for the United States, not
what’s best for his political future. Coup
led with his promises must be the explana
tion of the hardships and hard work his
plans will require of everyone.
Are American People Ready?
And that’s where the biggest question
of the campaign will arise. Are the Ameri
can people ready to discard their Santa
Claus complex? Are they ready to accept
the fact that every person must work to
insure his own personal happiness and se
curity? For years now, the Democrats have
preached of the “rights” of the individual.
It’s hard to decide if the American people
are yet adult enough to realize that besides
his rights he has corresponding responsi
bilities.
Maybe we’re just diehard optimists, but
we like to believe that certain events of
the last few years, high-lighted by the Ko
rean War, (Damned right we said war; ask
the boys who have been there,) have awak
ened America to the vast job that she must
accomplish, both nationally and individually,
in the coming years.
To hell with you, Russia, and you too,
disguised Socialists. Give us an aroused,
hard-working American people and we
know that the republic of the United States
of America is here to stay.
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The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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Texas Educators Differ
On Proposed UMT Plan
By WILBUR MARTIN
Associated Press Staff
Texas colleges face a big prob
lem: Universal Military Service.
It poses many problems, many
questions, draws divided answers.
Educators surveyed by the As
sociated Press are united in their
beliefs the safety of the United
States is paramount. They differ
—some bitterly—with the idea uni
versal military seiwice guarantees
it.
Some are not so much concerned
with how it will affect
schools, but what it me*
broader scope.
The debate over universal mili
tary training still races. To Texas
colleges the drafting of 18-year-
old males for 27 or 30 months ser
vice means nearly three years of
freshmen classes mostly of girls.
How will it affect the state’s B. F. Masters, president of Kil-
150 odd senior and junior colleges? gore Junior College, believes there
It will cut college revenues. would not necessarily be a shun-
It will mean reduced enrollment, ning of the “arts” by these men
smaller faculties, curtailed sports starting life after service,
programs. There was general opinion that
What will it mean when the first most students would concentrate on
to go begin to return to civilian technical and professional courses.
Hfe-and college? Woul d Hurt Sports
A big “if” prefaces most re
plies. The first years of universal mil-
W. B. Guerrant, president of itary training would hurt collegiate
Austin College at Sherman, thinks
many will never go to college un
less there is some form of govern
their ment aid, such as the “GI Bill of logical Colleg
3 in Rights” given World War II veter
ans.
Sees 50% Drop
sports badly.
“In the main,” said D. M. Wig
gins, president of Texas Techno-
at Lubbock, “We
Filipino President Pledges
Full Backing Aga inst Reds
believe the larger institutions
would reinstitute athletic pro
grams. Abandonment of major
, _ _ „ ., „ sports might, however, set a pre-
Dr. M. E. Sadler, president of cedent which would be altogether
TCU, sees half the men going to acceptable to some smaller col-
collego as would if- they could en- ] e gcs.”
roll at 18. _ Opinion was divided on what
Sadler Is alarmed at universal UMT would do to faculties when
military training’s broader mean- there were few male students.
mg.
“If we are in a world emergency
we should have all-out mobiliza
tion which should include every in
dividual within the land. If we are
not in an immediate emergency wc
should not take this distributing
occasion to fasten upon our nation
Some saw professors and in
structors turning to other fields.
Other saw minor change.
And there were split views
whether there should be a “speed
up” of college programs if UMS
does become effective and fresh-
classes start averaging
By FRANK L. WHITE
Manila, Feb. 6—GP)—A state
ment by President Elpidio Quirino
of the Philippines that the island
republic will back the United
a system which almost certainly y e “ a ;, s ofafee, with graduation ag^
not adopt any other position.” ted Nations with the Arab-Asian wo , u ^ c '. lia , I1 . 8 ’ e „ the wll0 * c tone our around 25.
There was no doubt in anyone’s group that favors a go-easy ap- "X™ , 1 s e emester re!r i s trations 3 Aear Programs
mind that the statement made to proach in handling the spread of second semestei resnstrauons
Indonesian reporters resulted from Soviet-style communism.
Second semester registrations
shqw reduced enrollment in many
Dr. Sadler believes there will
uneasiness among Philippines offi-
-, . , , , , cials over what they regard as a led Hukbalahaps have been defy- , j,
States m the struggle between complacent attitude by the Indon- ing the government for nearly five ou L to ^ 011 l, th ® arm , ed / 01CCS '
Communism and western democra- esian group toward communism. years. lhe dratt threat has ™
cies reflects I ihpinos growing Soekarno and his secretary gen- At onetime, Quirino was crit-
In the Philippines, Communist- s 1 ch ! )oIs - Som f registrars blame the have to be accelerated programs so
- - - - decline on students who dropped a y 0 ung person could graduate in
s- three years.
caused Students will tend to get only
many to do this to choose their those courses that are technical
branch of service.
fear of Red aggression. era i 0 f n formation, Roeslan Abdul- icized by many Filipinos for what
Seeing off President Soekarno gani, both had been less direct they called his “soft” attitude to-
of Indonesia at the Manila airport when questioned at a news con- ward the terror-spreading armed
Saturday after a state visit Quir- ference. peasants and his belief that the
ino told Indonesian newsmen: Soekarno repeated his declara- Huks could be weaned from their - , , ,, i * ~ 0 —
“America gave us freedom, and tion of a year ago that if the maj- ways through amnesty and reset- , ou . n ^ ea up , on , 1 116 neeas 0 ® in ’ of an intelligent citizenry.’
we are ready to lose that freedom ority of Indonesians wanted com- tlement on other lands. society ana tney must ne tne Perhaps only those students
munism in their country, he would In recent weeks, especially since cu J ricula “lieges and umver- highl y endowed could successfully
not oppose it. the Chinese Reds showed their hand sitl ® s ™ Ubt . change foi the social com pi e te the speeded up training,
Abdulgani admitted that com- in Korea, a change has become !L 0od '.. In ; „ t ! 11S . pa ^ 1C _ U .\ r _, 1 ^ ta I‘i :e .! with many students with lesser
apparent in the attitude at Mala-
canan Palace—the Philippines
Indonesia has stood in the Uni- White House.
with America if necessary.
“The world has divided into two
camps and the Philippines has
openly sided with democracy,” munists have some influence in In-
Quirino continued. “We cannot stay donesian government circles,
in the middle of the road. We can-
or highly specialized in a parti-
Dr. James G. Gee, president of C ul a r field to the neglect of cour-
East Texas State College at Com- ses i n general education, those
merce, sees changed curriculum: courses which help bring an “un-
“If educational institutions are derstanding of the responsibilities
the curriculum will probably offer capabilities not able to keep pace,
more extensive technica courses In every instance, these cduca-
for the training of^specialists, par- tors were concerned with the
Play-by-PlayAction in Korea
ticularly in the sciences.”
But most educators feel there
will be little need to coddle men
needs of the country and the wel
fare of the individual.
± „ They see college education as as *
with elaborate ‘refresher’ cour- advantage to both.
By JIM BECKER
and pry out of their holes the
Chinese who were left.
The foot soldiers—tiny figures
against the four hills—crept up
ward. Each group carried a bright
colored panel so it could be spotted
by friendly artillery and aircraft.
Only the tanks continued to
The infantrymen raked the way
ahead with a steady fire of auto
matic weapons. They got an equally
steady answer.
The men with the panels went up
the hills erratically. Sometimes
Hills Blasted
When a panel seemed stalled the hill again.
Suwon, Korea, Feb. 6—CP)—Four
hilltops smouldered. For each hill
a battle raged.
Four United Nations units were
in action. There was a hill for each
to take.
From the fifth of these razoi'-
back hills 10 miles northeast of
the destroyed walled city of Su
won this panorama of battle un
folded:
To the left were twin peaks
thrusting about 1,300 feet high. In
front was a taller hill. On the
right the most forbidding of the they didn’t move for a long time,
four, a moody sharp-pointed mass.
Tanks in Action
U. S. tanks reared back and
pumped their lethal loads into the
Chinese crouched in well-prepared
holes.
There was the high-pitched
whine of the mortars. And the
whistle of the artillery shells.
Pock marks appeared on the hills
and then the sound of the blasts
carried across the valley.
The light bombers droned in.
They left strings of death along the
ridges.
The awe-inspiring display of tre
mendous allied firepower was the
first phase. It was laid on to kill
as many Reds as possible in their
elaborately camouflaged holes and
trenches.
Then it was the Infantry’s turn
—the American Doughboys, the
Turks, the South Koreans. Their
job was to climb the steep hills
up, blasting the way up the hills.
Then the panel inched forward
again.
Over and over this tortuous pro
cess was repeated. One after an
other the four groups neared the
summits.
Then the allied troops began to
pound the hills now. They aimed appear against the skyline of each
just ahead of the advancing troops, hill
ses when they return from ser
vice.
“Our experience,” said Gibb
Gilchrist, chancellor of the A&M
System, “has shown that no re
fresher courses are needed for
veterans. As a rule they are
older and more inclined to study
and have no difficulty in getting
right into a scholastic tempo
which is higher than that usually
Defer Some
Many suggestions have been
made about how College Education *
could be obtained under UMT. De
ferment of a certain percentage
of 18-year-old youths is one.
Monroe S. Carroll, clean of Bay
lor University, said: t
“We must not defer men for
military service solely because they
are college men. We must defer
prevailed in normal times.”
The experience they have had them with the idea that the human*
The U. N. offensive had taken with veterans caused many of. the resource is our most valuable re-
another stride to the north. educators to comment on the ser- source arid that we need to train
The walking wounded began iousness' which they gave their manpowfci" for the professions,
drifting'back, their blood-stained studies. such as medicine, dentistry, engin-
While many believed that some eering. Since our hope for winning
frivolity of college life might dis- the war is predicated on our scien-
appear, T. S. Painter, president of tific achievement, we must continue
the University of Texas, says: at an even faster pace to prepare^.
“Boys will be boys, and I doubt if superior men for all phases of vital*
college life will be affected.” civilian and military service.”
uniforms whipping in the chill
afternoon breeze.
And on stretchers came the ser
iously wounded—and a few U. N.
soldiers who would never climb a
LI’LABNER •
Too Many Coo-Coos Spoil The Brawl
By A1 Capp