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Page D D Ra Core Good A&M the Co ter of i can I Miss ter of will b 1 i M H1 Ch< Dei if: shouli Tourr for tl at thi ial S Satuij Ev< three awai-i fee is Th but tl bo if it al< USE BUY, xac i sectio all cl office dent day STE1 cell p.n 2m sleet A&M. 2n told sake) wouli Sn I'enie gesti: last me i a pa .In manj Sil nami .In I bo Rusk didn! • a mi He t Who, instil foxh (lkln : ,sr him I wi sayil abotj on ti him insui whal Why four sera' .In Smit that eyes: ab pr Hi Battalion Editorials Page 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1951 Marlow Discusses Bull Session Big and Little Presidents... M ANY, MANY years ago today a squalling newcomer to life began a career that led him to the first presidency of this na tion and, consequently, to reknown as the “Father of His Country.” George Washington—the .soldier, states man and renowned executive. People still debate his greatness. Some contend his fame is strictly circumstantial, others that he would have taken top billing at any phase in our history. Forgetting the man and the arguments, though, let’s consider the job in which he set the pattern. In those days—and that, in a sense, wasn’t too long ago—the Presi dent of these United States had a rather delicate task. Those who had provided the job and named him to it were not looking for a driv- From the “About Town” column of the Kansas City (Kan.) Times: “Now, with Haile Selassie returned to the thrown, Ethiopia is making a bid for 7iational attention by en couraging tourist travel.” Where Does Bureauracy End? W HEN James C. O’Brien, associate direc tor of the Manpower Division of the National Security Resources Board, conduc ted a question and answer session for the Great Issues class last Tuesday morning, he made some very revealing explanations as to how our federal government operates. One of the students, confused by the many alphabetical agencies of the executive branch of the government, asked Mr. O’Brien to draw a schematic diagram of the various agencies and asked him to outline the paths of authority. When O’Brien was through he had drawn a diagram that covered the blackboard, and yet he said he had listed only the major de partments. “This is a bird’s eye view of the organization,” said O’Brien. And then commenting philosophically, “And it would sure take some bird to view it!” The lines of command criss-crossed, zig zagged, and, as far as we could tell, some just petered out. The agencies overlapped, and sometimes duplicated jobs. The greatest example of duplication of effort is Charles E. Wilson’s newly organized' war mobilization command. According to O’Brien, there was already a complete set up to plan and coordinate the war effort, but “there was such a demand for a' big name and a separate agency” that Wilson’s organization was originated. Which just goes to show you the road our government has taken. Bureaucracy which breeds more bureaucracy. Where will it stop? er of our nation’s destiny. They wanted, and provided, a co-director of this business of a country. That man was to be a powerful and trust ed personality, but one who neither cared to nor was able to guide the ship of state unrestrained. His outstanding qualities were to be more diplomatic than anything else. The job has since then gone to many men, thirty-two to be exact. And changing circumstances as well as the attitude and strength of these men have made that job a far cry, indeed, from what it was when Father George was top man. No longer is Mr. President a power-shy diplomat. Nor does he enjoy the trusting faith of his employers. The years have made of his job a big undertaking, calling for a big man in more respects than one. Washington’s contemporaries would probably be quite shocked to find what has come of that carefully defined position. But then they would be shocked at many things about our present age. We wish, though, that they could have foreseen the ultimate bigness of the job. These wise planners of the Union might have, if they had known, devised a source of supply of bigger men to fill the job. Furthermore, they might have devised some means to keep little men out. Uncle Sam Makes Loss Look Like Gain W HEN the income tax smoke clears in a few months, many people will get what appears to be a substantial refund due to ex cessive withholdings. Whatever the amount, most people will greet the check with much joy and gladness since it is money they had not counted on receiving—a gift from the great white father so to speak. On closer examination, however, it be comes obvious that there is an additional loss to the recipient of said check. The in flation bugaboo rears its ugly head again. In the beginning of the fiscal year the dollar that was withheld was worth a cer tain amount. At the end of the fiscal period the dollar in question had been reduced through twelve months of inflation to a cor respondingly lower value. In other words, the check which returns excess withholdings would have bought con siderably more if the dollars had been spent when they were made rather than at the end of the earning period. This discrepancy particularly hurts those with dependents— the greater the refund the greater the loss. With this in mind, you can now cash your refund check with greater sympathy for the poet who wrote about the “saddest words of tongue or pen . . U. S. Strength Buildup InReprospect,Prospect By JAMES MARLOW W ASHINGTON, Feb. 22—<#)— Some top government officials are saying privately they don’t think the Russians will be ready to start a war for another two years or so. Nice, if time. It will give this country another two years to get ready for the worst, if it comes. Meanwhile this country, after suf fering bewilderment and a couple of shocks, seems to be entering a period of grim determination. An army has to be built, our allies are going to be helped, and weapons must be turned out. All this means sacrifices. And every one now seems reconciled to that, more or less. All this can’t be done in a week or months but will need years, as some officials recently have point ed out. So a kind of prolonged de termination is needed. This will be fine—if the deter mination doesn’t turn into compla- cency for then we’ll be better pre pared for any future shocks that may lie around the comer al though not now in sight. We were cocky before Korea— at least, we certainly were un prepared—thanks in part to the statements by some officials we could lick our weight in wildcats. The only trouble with that was this: We were away under weight. And now we’re trying to catch up. This is a run-down on what hap pened to us and may lie ahead: The first shock came in the sum mer in Korea when we suddenly found how poorly equipped we were with men and weapons to fight any kind of war, even against the North Koreans. Then came the months when General MacArthur’s troops mash ed the North Koreans and Amer ican spirits, which had fallen from the roof to the cellar, soared. In the Fall the Chinese came in and kicked our brains out. Amer ican spirits fell into the cellar again. How could this happen to IF FATHER COULD SEE US NOW v. {„\\ V" \ T‘» C " • ".A .V>Si c tory V* w ?t jg ,ue ° f Big £ Si Sss^tSIl .lolinufritt T?. TJ* • ^4^ /V & ■#4: Sil Johnston Expects Rise in r ° Midsummer, Then a 11^ - Bottleneck i„ 4 Nabbed as 390%^s&t Loan Sharks to & ' ■ 'A'.' ^ us? What next? Where were we going? What to do? Talk of quitting Korea snow balled. Now the tide has turned a bit. The Chinese are beginning to look bad. There’s a more con fident spirit in this country. And it’s just possible that the Chinese Communist leaders will get enough of setting their own Chinese up as cannon fodder while the Russians, without risking a man, stand to gain by any United Nations defeat. And the Russians are having a little internal trouble in Europe where some Communists in other countries are breaking away from the Russian philosophy of “all good Communists will die for Moscow.” And General Eisenhower seemed to spread confidence that our Western allies would work to de fend themselves, without depending entirely on this country. Meanwhile, the defense pro gram has started rolling a bit, but nothing like the flood it should reach a year from now. True, there were weeks of shrill excitement, wondering when price and wage controls would come. They finally came, almost a month ago, although the govern ment still is fouled up in work ing out the controls. Since this was expected, it hasn’t caused gloom. And although President Truman has asked for much higher taxes, Congress is taking its time on that. So all in all—with better news from abroad and the defense pro gram rolling—things are looking up a bit and no one has been crush- ingly hurt in prices or Wages. At least, the full pressure of the con trols hasn’t been widely felt, yet. All these things add to a feel ing of comfort. And—if we’re lucky—we may be able to go on for quite a while, maybe inde finitely, building up strength and not suffering any real hardships. It’s also possible that the pic ture may not continue so peace ful. It’s just possible the Chinese may throw a great force into Korea in a big try to win. It’s also possible the Russians may not sit on their hands, parti cularly since they have already a great force in Europe—in spite of the pleasant hopes of the un named government officials men tioned at the beginning of this story. Problems Stand in Way Four More European Nations Considered for Atlantic Pact 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. During 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. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwin Hall. 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HIGHTOWER Washington, Feb. 22—(A 5 )—Care ful consideration is being given here to the possibility of tying Spain, Yugoslavia, Greece and Tur key more closely to the Atlantic treaty defense setup in Europe. Of ficials said today, however, that extremely difficult problems stand in the way. The possibility of action along this line -was pointed up by a brief exchange last week during Secre tary of Defense Marshall’s testi mony before the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees. Marshall was asked what he thought about bringing such na tions as Spain and Turkey into the defense system.' He replied that “any acquisition of battle-worthy troops would be tremendously help ful at a time like this.” Interpretation Informed officials do not inter pret Marshall’s remark as mean ing the U. S. would like to see troops from Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey added at some future time to the allied forces under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The positions they hold in their own countries are of too great strategic importance in relation both to the eastern Mediterranean and the southern flang of West ern Europe. What is considered desirable here is some kind of an arrangement which would associate those coun tries more closely with the At lantic defense setup to strengthen the solid front against possible Soviet military threat in the Eu ropean area and to improve mili- expectation of many highly placed officials is that sooner or later Spain should find a place in the Atlanic Treaty organization but that this cannot come about until all 12 of the Atlantic treaty powers are fully agreed that is desirable. Spain is understood to have about 30 equipped divisions, com pared with 32 in Marshal Tito’s Yugoslavia. Turkey has about 300,- 000 men under arms and Greece about 125,000. Two Problems Two general problems which arise in connection with any consid eration of taking in new Atlantic treaty members are these: • Those countries would have an obligation to join in building up defenses of the Atlantic area but the present 12 members, including the United States, would undertake a reciprocal obligation to join in repelling any attack on the new members. # At present the United States as the principal supplier of wea pons for the Atlantic treaty na tions has more opportunities to arm troops than it has arms to provide. Equipment is being dis tributed under a system of prior ities, which must also take into ac count the needs of other world areas including, first of all, Korea. Spain has extensive requirements for equipment. Specific Problems There are also several specific problems growing out of the cir cumstances of geography and poli tics involving each of the four countries. State Department officials say there is a strong and long-standing- labor union antagonism toward Franco Spain in Western Europe and there is no possibility of bring ing that country into the Atlantic Pact until there is some change of opinion in this respect in Britain and France. Even so Spain’s position in the western world has recently alter ed considerably with the lifting of the United Natiions ban against ambassadors at Madrid. Yugoslavia Yugoslavia presents problems of a different sort. Marshall Tito is still pursuing an independent, non- Soviet Communism line and con ceives of his nation as holding a kind of third position between Rus sia and the western bloc. While he has sought and received food aid from the west he has thus far been unwilling to ask for military equipment openly. Besides, Yugo- clavia is in south central rather than western Europe. This latter consideration also ap plies to Greece and Turkey. Both nations, particularly the Turks, have made known to the western governments they would like At lantic treaty membership. One possibility seen here as a long range development is the for mation of some kind of eastern Mediterranean alliance as an al ternative to an extension of the Atlantic treaty. New Column Asks For Your Ideas By THOMAS M. FONTAINE Battalion Staff Writer A S A REWARD for suffering the “slings and arrows of out rageous fortune” — vituperative letters from outraged Democrat sophomores—the editors of this magnificent jour nal (Editors, please note and remember adjective when mak ing payroll) have given me the dubious privilege of writing a weekly column. In the spirit of that old Aggie custom of brotherhood, “If you have a buddy, loyal and true ...”, I—being essentially a modest and self-deprecating soul—have decided to share the honor with you. Some of my more literate, but lazy, acquaintances have mentioned to me at various times that they would like to express their ideas in print—but only once in a while. Here’s that chance. Write, type, or engrave on a stone your ideas and send them to me. • Perhaps you’re wondering what subjects we’ll consider in our Bull Session. Well, you dorm philosophers have very few limits to your ponderous debates—neither shall this column. Of course, our discussions of sex must pass the moral censorship of the College Station Ministerial Alliance—but they’re pretty broad, minded fellows. At some time during this semester, we’ll surely want to discuss religion. We—unlike our recent Religious Emphasis Week speaker—shall not attempt conversion to any faith. Any of you who want to spread your "mes sage” are urged to contribute. Politics always enter a Bull Session sooner or later. If you’re disgusted with our present federal government, or if you love it, and want to souncl off, you’ll have a larger audience to impress here than in your room. You Republicans, Democrats, Social! ts, Marxists, Ooglyists (Believe it or not, there is a cult of Ooglyists on this cam pus), can use Bull Session as a literary soapbox. I’ll even go so far as to extend a special invitation to my old friends, the B Engineers—that egotistical outfit of technical “brains" and sociological nitwits. To sound off, address your glowing epistles to Bull Session, The Battalion, College Station, Texas. Save mailing costs by dropping them in the Faculty Exchange, or by bringing them to The Battalion office. Prescription for Mental Exercise In this age of the two-bit dollar, it is very gratifying to purchase anything which is worth the money exchanged for it. But I’ve found it and want to pass the information on to you. For the somewhat measly sum of thirty-five cents, you can become the owner of a novel which is classed by those who should know as one of the most accom plished U. S. writings of this century. Tender Is the Night, (345 pp., Bantam Books), by F. Scott Fitz gerald is the intense gripping story of a strange but real marriage and the documentation of a man’s degeneration caused by wealth and women. F. Scott Fitzgerald is the symbol and documentor of th.- "Jazz Age,” that period of national insanity in which our parents partici pated. He was the one who coined the name for a time which is still unsurpassed for gaudy living. And he and his wife set. the pace ba the Roarin’ Twenties. But despite his personal life, two of his novels, The Great Gatsby and Tender Is The Night, show the human insight of a genius. Although Fitzgerald’s writings suffered an eclipse from about 1930 until just recently, they are today more popular than ever before. Two recent books about Fitzgerald, The Disenchanted, fiction, by Budd Schulberg and The Far Side of Paradise, biography, by Arthur Mize- ner, demonstrate the renewed interest in Fitzgerald and his books. The following passage quoted from Tender Is the Night, may in spire you to read it or convince you to leave it alone, depending os your philosophical inclinations— “The American Woman, aroused, stood over him; the clean-sweeping irrational temper that had broken the moral back of a race and made a nursery out of a con tinent, was too much for him.” That’s a pretty severe indictment of American women. Read Tender Is the Night to see if Fitzgerald makes a good case of hia' accusation. . V: v'< : . • -VV.I • V'* Start preparing today with th» COLLEGE OUTLINE SERIES WM&iU OH .... ACCOUNTING, Elomenlory $1.00 .... ALGEBRA, Collage 1,00 .... ANCIENT HISTORY 75 ANC., MED., and MOD. HIST........ I.2S ... 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Johnny Lancaster, Joe Gray Charles McCullough Photo Engravers Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager KUssell Hagens, Bob Haysie Advertising Representatives A ND GOD said, Let us make man our image, after our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth. —Genesis 1:26