Battalion Editorials
Page 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1951
Let the People Elect. . .
President’s Term Limit
Becomes ‘Law of Land’
lanriWSOOP HANDS
1VFO PRESIDENT CAN now serve more than
’ two terms in the White House. That’s
the law.
The Twenty-Second Amendment to the
Constitution became a reality last night
when Utah and Nevada became the thirty-
fifth and thirty-sixth states to ratify the
proposal.
Now there exists only one major flaw in
the Constitution’s requirements for the
presidency. The rules and regulations of the
politics game still insist that the president
be chosen by vote of the Electoral College—
a group which is as obsolete as mustache
wax and about as useful in this age as a
musket in Korea.
The Electoral College was established in
1804 under the Twelfth Amendment to the
Constitution. That was 147 years ago.
Times have changed in nearly a century
and a half. Among the reasons given for es
tablishing an electoral body then were lack
of communications—the voters themselves
Old Hero Emerges
New—the Artillery
A NEW HERO has emerged from the
smoke of Korea.
Credit for canceling the vast enemy sup
eriority in manpower goes largely to the ar
tilleryman and his constantly available fire
power.
The new artilleryman goes with the
troops into enemy territory, and his usual
station is closer to the fighting than the old
textbooks recommend. Guns are usually
grouped in a circle, and perimeter defense
goes along with the usual duties of providing
support upon request.
A determined enemy attack must be
turned back when it happens, and the delay
involved in calling for air support is often
excessive. Artillery shells, on the other hand,
can be on the way in a matter of seconds,
in any kind of weather, and it is this avail
ability that wins the confidence of the front
line troops.
Some of the individual types of guns that
are used are the 105 howitzer, the 155 how
itzer, the 90 mm. anti-aircraft gun, and the
twin 40 mm. cannon.
The success of the so called “killer” raids
is largely due to the mobility of this fire
power, and the coordination with mosquito
(piper cub) spotting planes. Caves and tun
nels become enpmy death traps, and our loss
es are correspondingly reduced. By the time
the last shells burst on enemy positions, our
troops are ready to charge into the positions
to take advantage of the stunning effect of
concentrated and accurate fire.
For the time being, a good 155 battery
on the other end of a field telephone is more
valuable to the infantryman than several
hundred “push button” missiles in the blue
print stage.
When the final chapter of this police ac
tion is written, the man behind the big gun
will deserve a large share of the glory.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—UP)
™ The 22nd amendment, barring
T r n future presidents from serving
couldn t know the candidates; the U. S. was m0 j- e than two elective terms or
hibition. It became effective Dec.
5, 1933. Utah was the 36th state
an infant nation and perhaps couldn’t trust more than 10 years in the White to ratify that one.
outright election to its only partially-educat- sc n ight. anu th ° law ° f the land
Utah and Nevada—the 35th and
The last amendment to the con- precedent set by G'eorge Washing-
stitution—the 21st—repealed pro- ton.
In recent weeks Democrat-con
trolled states have been among
those voting for ratification.
ed populace and many others.
But those reasons no longer exist. With
television, radio, and the press continually
bringing every action of a presidential-tim
ber citizen to the eyes and ears of the public,
Rush To Ratify
The amendment has been around
Texas Vote One-Sided
The vote in the Texas Senate
36th states to approve the amend- state legislatures since March 1947, was 25 to 4 for ratification,
ment—voted for ratification.
It has three fourths majority of
36 states needed to make the
amendment effective.
It will not apply to President
each candidate is quite well-known to the Truman, specifically exempted the last few weeks have been
when Congress submitted the pro- Texas, Indiana, Montana, Idaho, ratified the amendment, with the
posed amendment to the states in New Mexico, Wyoming, Arkansas, years they voted:
but only 24 states had voted to
ratify until late last month.
Ratification was completed with
a rush.
Other states voting to ratify in
Rep. Max Smith of San Marcos,
Tex., said “the unpopularity of
some of Mr. Truman’s policies
boosted the demand” for such a
law.
The other 24 states that have
interested voter.
Texas—or at least a Texan—has been
leading the fight to abolish the Electoral
College for many years. The man is Repre
sentative Ed Gossett of Wichita Falls, whose
bill last year was stopped by a Senate bound
by tradition and perhaps afraid of the pub
lic vote
1947.
Soviets Facing
Deep Problem
Actually the public vote determines the IVTilf
’tnrifil vrvfp fnr nil nrartirnl rmrnnsps All ifiM. 1/^1. J-dXij
Georgia, Tennessee and North
Carolina.
The amend reads:
Maine, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas,
New Hampshire, Oregon, Illinois,
Delaware, Vermont, California,
‘Section 1. No person shall be New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ohio,
elected to the office of the presi- Colorado, Pennsylvania, Nebraska,
dent more than twice and no per- Missouri, Connecticut (1947); New
son who has held the office of York, Virginia, Mississippi (1948);
president, or acted as president, North Dakota, South Dakota
electorial vote, for all practical purposes.
Only a few times in recent elections has an
elector stepped “out of line” and cast his
ballot for a candidate who didn't receive his
state’s majority of votes.
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
The Soviet Union is run-
for more than two years of
term to which some other person
was elected president shall be elect
ed to the office of the president
more than once.
Won’t Get Truman
“But this article shall not ap
ply to any person holding the of-
(1949); and Louisiana (1950).
Tests Thursday Night
ning into serious trouble in fice of president when this article
Army Trying to Develop
V-2 Rockets as Weapons
Thp FJprtnrinl GnlWp m nnlv annthpr branches of its heavy indus- was proposed by the Congress, and
ine Jbiectorial UOliege IS only anotner nno^hlv hprmiqp nf an sha11 not prevent any person who
means of contributing to “smoke-filled American clamodown on shin- may be holdin s the office of P r . es '
room” elections for it is not a vote of the Am f ncan Ciampaown on smp jdent, or acting as president, during
room elections, ror it is not a vote or tne pent of strategic materials to the term within which this arfcicle
people. And the people have progressed iron curtain countries. Shakeups becomes operative from holding the WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—(A 1 )— known way of getting needed data. Sands for both its own and Air
enough in 147 years that we believe them f n nd ^T^lndustriaffield IttSt office , °f J pre . side i t ° r ac . tiag aS , ,n The Army says it has finished “Concentration is now on devel- Force and Navy research projects.
r , . / o ^ f 1 g fiA industrial neia attest president during the remainder of its untra-high altitude experiments opment of rockets as weapons.” The Air Force said the instru-
capauie or electing & presiaenL. 0 11S * such term. -with multi-stage rockets and now The rocket scheduled for firing menta are for study of the composi-
We should clean the dust from our Con- There have been a number of “Section 2. This article shall be is concentrating on development of Thursday night if the weather tion of the atmosphere, “to mea-
„ ro > r o rlnino- it cn'-ira tLo s ‘ ia , u PS m Soviet ministries re- inoperative unless it shall have rockets as weapons. , doesn’t delay it will carry a war- sure two types of radiation and*
’ ’ fc> > t> cently. One ot the niost intriguing been ratified as an amendment to Scheduled for Thursday night is ^ ead P ac ^ e( ^measuring instru- analyze artificial and natural air-
people a chance to elect the man or men has just come to light: the constitution by the legislatures the 57th of a series of V-2 tests at me nts sent to White Sands by the g i ow » at high altitude.
The supreme Soviet’s presidium of three fourths of the several White Sands, N. M. This one will Upper Atmosphere Laboratory of These sub j ects although seom-
approved a shift in the admims- states within seven years from the be a single V-2 rocket, not the the Air Foi ' ce > a P art of the Cam ' ingly related to pure science 'ire
tration of the metallurigcal in- date of its submission to the “bumper” style combination of a bridge Mass research laboratory (/importance to men bent on (in
dustry. 3he ministry has been split states by the Congress.” i big and small rocket which two USAF signing intercontinental guided
into two ministries—one for fer- Outside the legal phraseology, years ago attained a. record height Ihe Army fires V-2 s at White m f 8sil * which ^ attain * es
here s what the amendment pio- 0 f over 250 miles. ± i> 4- ^ ousands °f miles, would have •
V1 n^i S A -j j. i That firing was. with a combina- TU Stlldeilt PlllS to go perhaps hundreds of miles
Top Man Removed + Tha t a president may serve only tioin of a v . 2 and a smaller mis _ w • v aloft.
two elected terms. A man who ,, ,, “WAP rn.-nm-nl ” The III Verbti .
The former head of the overall served up to two years of another , ’ , , , . P , I _ U> a ® was indicated last week,
ministry has been demoted. A. N. president’s unexpired term could nf C< fVi 0 1 ir </ n” tli 1 "v*? Udit°r, fhe Battalion: the time is approaching when,
Kuzmin now is assistant minister s tiU serve an additional eight £ * V I • j v j We a11 kll0w tha t Aggies win atomic power will be used for man-
of ferrous metallurgy, and the years. ^ r , eac L hed maxialam s P eed aad out over ‘sips when it comes to ned and unmanned aircraft and
chief of that new department is . . shoved the corporal to a speed of competing for females of the op- large rockets, high altitude condi-
qtrinp<? von qpp arlnrninp- thp sIppvp^ nf our I yan F - Tevosyan. This talented Limits Succession over 5,000 miles an hour. posite sex. Perhaps some of the tions may have major bearing.
’ 1 ° ' Armenian once held the job of But a vice president suceeding . In answer to a reporter’s ques- troops wonder how a ‘sip reacts The radiation studies of which
ROSS Hall non-coms Will soon be anotner minister of the combined metallur- to the presidency and serving more tions, an Army ordnance spokes- when confronted with the afore- the Air Force speaks presumably
phase in military history. gical industry. than two years before the term ex- nian said “research in the bumper mentioned fact. include further measurements of
Rpnlnnino-thp email phpvrnn« will hp +hp But in the now-famous departure pired would be eligible for elec- phase of the rocket study has been Here is the honest-to-goodness the extent and intensity of cosmic
P ^ _ _ to Olympus of the big shots of the tion only once. _ _ concluded. reaction of one particular ‘sip in rays up above the earth’s atmos-
old standby, the big stripes which our junior politburo, Tevosyan left the post Early legislative action on rati- “The idea was to learn some one particular instance, from out phere. The atmosphere acts as a
padpf nnn-pnrrm ^till wpar nn thp pammic: and devoted himself principally to fication usually followed party facts in the field of high altitude his tea-soaked jowls rolled the fol- filter and allows only a fraction
Cdaei non corns sun wear on me campus. being a vice premie] . and member lines—Republicans for and Demo- flight,” he said. “This information lowing poem. of thc radiation lo reac]l tho eart h
The miniature rank-msigmas beckme 0 f the council of ministers. He is crats against. was ascertained and the project is ** 0 de to the Princess”
part of the Army the same time the “re- one of the few members of the Opponents said they regarded thus completed. Information had to ftr
1 -i-.t T 1 mu J -1. ± 1 i, u council who is not also a politburo the proposal as a slap at President be obtained by these (multistage)
Cruit did. The recruit was to replace the Old member. Roosevelt who broke the two-term shoots because it was the only
who can shape their destiny.
•
The Army’s Still
Changing It’s Mind
^ELL, THE Army’s done it again. Chang-
rous metallurgy and one for non-
ferrous.
IS.
“Why I’m Transferring to A&M”
but far aloft it is of high inten
sity.
Seek Atom Power
buck private, the small stripes to replace
the big ones. Now both are gone.
“Recruit” was adopted in the big non-
com rank re-shuffle a couple of years back.
It was changed only a few weeks ago—to
private again. This change was made, the tubing for 1950 under the five-
Army said, for several reasons, one of which ycar I)Ian '
was to “raise the morale” of our low-ranking
Tevosyan was not back in ac
tive control for a week before he
knocked off a letter to Stalin, not
ing that the ministry of ferrous
metallurgy reported fulfillment of
its production program for iron,
steel and rolled metal and iron
Soldiers of 15 Nations
Fighting Korean War
Would that I could take my stand
Beside the Prince of Aggie-
land.
Keeping Things Quiet
But nothing is said of the other
Tokyo, Feb. 27—(A 5 )—The mili- teams; tanks,
tary forces of 15 nations are fight- Thailand — infantry combat
ing the Communists in Korea. teams two corvettes and a navy •
troons I3Ul ' auuuxiB ls Baiu V 1 uut; . Ul ' ut:r The United Nations committee transport.
F ‘ . half of the metallurgical picture, f or the unification and rehabilita- Turkey—infantrymen,
why the small stripes were used, we the non-ferrous ministry. tion of Korea (Uncurk) today gave Union of South Africa —air
don’t know. Perhaps to save material. They We are fairly sure that the Sov- the listing as of Jan. 12. fighter squadron.
• • , , -re iet Union is suffering shortages of Actually, there are at least 16 United Kingdom — substantial
came in one size, two colors. If you were a things as uranium ore, non- nations represented by fighting ground and naval forces,
combat man, you got black stripes on a gold ferrous metals, seamless pipe and forces. Recently ground troops ar- The Republic of Korea and the
hnpWrnnnrl ■ fnr tho nnn PmnViattinl-a it wqq ot h e r vital materials. Production rived representing Luxembourg United States—Uncurk did not spe-
° ’ ata lS ’ 11 WaS of aluminum is apparently far be- and Belgium, the latter previously cify their very large commitments.
low demand. represented by air transports. Military offers by these five
Nickel, copper, cobalt and other The listings by Uncurk: other nations have been deferred
non-ferrous metals are apparently Australia — one air squadron; for various reasons:
short. three naval vessels and ground Bolivia—30 officers.
As a result of all this there like- forces. Nationalist China—three infan-
Armv fiYfuroQ ininino- +h h , ly will be more shakeups in the Belgium — air transports (Bel- try divisions and 20 bombers,
Army nxtures, joining tne norse cavalry, Soviet ministeries—not because the gian ground forces arrived after Costa Rica, El Salvador and Pan-
the Campaign hat, riding boots, and the ministries will be to blame if they Jan. 12.) ama—volunteers.
cannot get enough of these mater- Canada—three destroyers; one Medical assistance has been pro-
ials, but because the politburo must transport squadron; ground forces, vided by many countries. Cuba
have scapegoats. It all adds up to Colombia—a frigate; an infantry has a pending offer of human plas-
one thing: The American embargo battalion. ma. Denmark is sending a hospital
vice-versa.
Now these two great articles of war-
the recruit and the shrunk stripes—are obso
lete. They have gone the way of all good
caissons.
They have all gone to their great re
ward. We weep.
is hurting.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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France—an infantry battalion. ship and medical supplies. India
Greece — six transport planes; sent a field ambulance unit. Israel
ground forces. offered medical supplies. Italy will
Netherlands—a destroyer; three send a hospital unit,
infantry companies. Nicaragua has offered 5,000
• New Zealand—two frigates; a quarts of alcohol. Paraguay has
combat unit enroute. offered medical supplies. Sweden
Philippines — regimental combat sent a field hospital.
Rocketeers, looking to the possi
bility of atomic power for long
T ,, range missiles, want to know what
In uniform he s quite the guy, such cosmic ray bombardment
“ my time ’ 1 know not mi & ht d ? to the atomic power plant
t, ,, c . , . , or atomic warhead of a missile. »
Wb^ ? ^,m y r? at f dayi l lg - h ^ The Air Force’s passing refer-
liirht ■ ^ t0 6ee bn ® b ence to “airglow” study also seem- ’
ThniYiMs’t ed re i atcf i to missile operation.
TheZhMn LS 1 V* “Airglow” is a scientist's fancy.
m g y cyes lsn t f° r name for what mariners long have
Rut sonn tw, -u, * • kno '™ as “St. Elmo’s fire,” tho ‘
But, soon, bir Tom with sword m tordi-likc ghostly glow of static
Will leave to defend tho native ‘ l thc c " <ls <lt a shil, ' ! '
land, t ' . . ,
And inavo no ,.,;n u' i i , ln rocent years, airmen have
p rayer b bis ' ad y s found the same effect is produced
Ah! Such a Ladv_r..,™i,™ t. ■ al , 0ng ^ he ed ^ es of a Plan's wings
Lady Carolvn * air ’ wben ^ Uies through a charged
Leave this war-mnn™/ tbcC cloud. But now rocketeers have dis-
me ‘Si come to covered that missiles, flying far be-
(damn that sip!) ‘SlS- SPCed ° f pr °f h®
We both dn want iii , airglow even without static
cease; WarS to charged douds.
He fiirhts with t „ Among other instruments used
peace S ’ I ghtWlth for fo ! lowin e the flight of V-2’s
But this lieutenant as™ w • at Wllitc Sands is onc which can
g adei ’ yon bn- measure the location of a speeding
Is loved bv vour familv hn n n l is . sil ? to within virtually a matter
it made Y ’ he has of inches a .t ranges up to 60 miles.
So Carolvn swont r .. . the information on a rocket
stand ’ 1 yidd my firin S ™st be obtained in a fevs
To Thomas, Prince of Aggieland a rockct is in , fHg t ht-
—Newt McSnoot ’sin tW^i ‘ Tests can k be run every day be-
aconootjSip first class, cause missiles cost between $50,000
J nomas Royder and $500,000
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