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Battalion Editorials Page 2 MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1951 School Days—1951 Style rpHE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE—it ranks with the “Little Brown Church” as a synonym for pleasant memories and asso ciations. Today, and for the rest of this week, the citizens of Texas pay tribute to that schoolhouse and to the people in it. The recent years have seen amazing changes that have made the familiar phrase more and more figurative. That “little red” schoolhouse has given away to modern build ings and modern methods of teaching. The “readin’, ritin’ and ’rithmetic” educa tion of yore has been replaced with special ized training for a specialized way of life. College seniors of today, for instance, look Some Facts About Crime Investigation HTHE REPORT of the 10 month Congres- sional investigation should dispel any doubts that crime is now “big game,” and anything less than a permanent Congres sional Committee would be undergunned in an attempt to make a kill. Here are some facts out of the 35 page preliminary report of the Kefapver Com mittee : The “take” from gambling and other op erations is around $20,000,000,000. The Czar of the “underworld govern ment” is Lucky Luciano—recently deported from New York. Methods involve the full repertoire of crime—murder, bombing, and payoffs. The scope of operations includes many legitimate “fronts;” political and legal cor ruption at all levels; two exclusive and dis tinct areas of operations; two correspond ing “syndicates;” and enough power to con stitute a definite menace to the United States .(under subversive direction). Some of the names mentioned in connec tion with the syndicates are Frank Costello of New York, Tony Accardo of the old Cap- one syndicate in Chicago, the Fischetti broth ers, Jake Guzik, and the head man Luciano in Italy. The Committee also implied that Govern ors Fuller Warren of Florida and Forrest Smith of Missouri were aided in their elec tion campaigns with money contributed by gamblers. Apparently any individual big enough to help or hinder these operations will be “paid off” one way or another—depending on the nature of his performance. The annual take will undoubtedly buy lots of protection and influence. The big question is—what will happen if this goes unchecked ? The second question is how can it be checked by a Congressional Committee? Do the present laws restrict the FBI, or do the syndicates make or control our laws? The details of this report might indicate what action should be taken to get to the head of this organized octopus of crime. Soviets Wo Longer Invincible ’ Yugoslav Leaders Say Free People Can Win ‘Accurate’ Reporting Best Informed’ Are Misinformed By DAVE COSLETT in wonder at how the younger generation learns to read. “It wasn’t like that in my BELGRADE, March 5—(A 5 )—-Two public Square in the campaign J ,, of Premier Marshal Tito’s top for the Serbian parliamentary lieutenants warned Moscow yester- election. The crowd was estimat- Even high-schools have changed in the day that the Soviet Union is “no ed unofficially at about 70,000. few short years these recent graduates have lo ? ger invincible.” If Russia in- The black-mustached general, ^ ' ° cites an attack on Yugoslavia, they himself a candidate for parliament, been gone. The Gilmer-Aiken Bill has said, the invaders “will retreat declared: ' wrought many startling things. wi ^? smashed heads.” “The Soviet Union is no longer . ° The speakers were Gen. Koca Po- invincible. No power which strives That IS Why it IS SO important that every povic, Chief of Staff of the Yugo- to conquer the world can prove it- citizen of today pause to investigate the slav Army, and Mosha Pijade, self invincible.” I'ttl H hi raem ' :)er ’fu® politboro and Titos These words came from a man little red senool political adviser. whose leaders once hailed the They addressed a demonstra- Red Army as unbeatable before tion massed in Belgrade’s Re- Tito’s break with the cominform. G OOD AFTERNOON, fellow Draft Dodgers. Excuse the title, please. I was just going by, as Will “The masses of the people are R 0 g ers once sa i<j ) “What I read in the newspapers.” plpo* assorted! S S e no amSt Yesterday I read that we seemed to fall in that class!- of guns and modern arms can fication—I read it in the newspaper that is “Read by the substitute for the moral-political Best Informed People in this area.” modern version of the house.” Keep your memories of spit-ball fights and after-school “conduct sessions.” Cher ish the days in which you learned those fun damentals of life. But realize that those days are gone— they exist only in memory. Today’s schools are doing a better job than was dreamed of in those days of memory. They can do a still better one with your interest, cooperation and understanding. Lead to an Associated Press story as it was reecived in Grand Forks, N. D.: “Congress has been asked to hurray its actmi ... on the 200 million dollar Oahe dame.” Gen. Clay Favors ‘Troops to Europe" fTHE “TROOPS TO EUROPE” question is back in the news with a new supporter. General Lucius D. Clay, former director of our forces in the “battle of Berlin,” was DANGER SPOT strength of a people. The world cannot be conquered by aggressive war.” He declared that Moscow had failed in its aim to isolate Yugo slavia. Pijade dwelt upon the concern with which Western nations are viewing Yugoslavia’s security against the threat of its comin form neighbors. He reiterated recent statements by Tito and other spokesmen that Yugosla via would join no bloc or pact but would rely on United Nations’ assistance. “This does not mean that Yugo slavia is isolated,” he said, “be- _ _ cause if the people of the world rupted education.” are prepared to fight aggression they are going to do it without any written or oral pact. Pijade sternly warned Yugosla via’s cominform neighbors — not able Hungary, Bulgaria and Ro mania—that if they attacked this Now pride prompts me to consider my self in the last classification. But, for some reason or another, the name Draft Dodger does not appeal to me. And it gets me to wondering about several things. Here’s what’s behind it all. The Bryan News proclaimed in a head line yesterday “Join College ROTC to es cape Draft, Bowden Advises High School Seniors.” Naturally, I read the story. The stofry began with this paragraph— “Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, assistant command ant at Texas A&M, yesterday advised high school seniors to attend college and enroll in an ROTC program to escape the draft and obtain an uninter- Coslett ‘Escape’ Equals Draft-Dodging That word “escape” spelled draft-dodging to me, so, with considerable help, I started some checking. I found out several things. In the first place, The Bryan News didn’t have a reporter at the country they might become another meeting where Colonel Bowden gave his speech. Their story, then, Korea. was second-hand, based on a standard news release from the Depart- Then he declared: merit of Information. “Any invader of Yugoslavia will With that I find no fault. But it seems that the Bryan News retreat from this country after story could at least have said the same thing as the release. That he has sown the land with the release—and we have a copy of it, too—starts off by saying that bodies of his dead and with smash- Colonel Bowden “advised high school seniors Saturday to attend col lege an^l enroll in an ROTC program if they want to get a college edu cation without interruption by the draft, under the present law.” This original wording presents quite a different picture. No men tion is made of escaping anything. The true idea is carried across—’ the idea that the government encourages enrollment in ROTC by qual ified students who can, while they get a college education, train ade quately to assume leadership in our armed forces. ed heads of forlorn glory.” College ‘Prank’ Victim Missing Since Thursday Injustice by Implication called to testify before the Senate Foreign LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Relations Committee and the Armed Serv- RE Week Speaker Sends 1 hank-You ices Committee with regard to Senator Wherry’s resolution. This resolution op poses the sending of troops to Europe until Congress decides on a policy. est and thorough job is being done I would like to express through on an y school campus. The Battalion my very sincere ap- Again, let me thank the admin- _ . _ nreciation of the manv courtesies hstration, faculty and students for Friends took him to Lover s Lane General Clay favors troops to Europe extemle^to me during vourReU- the privilege of being on your to meet a ficticious date. Another 1 hardly think that Colonel connected with it the butt of Bowden would be one to. speak of cheap attempts to sensational- escaping service to our country, ize? He has two Purple Hearts that No matter how you look at it, it ^^^H^^^^^^^^I^^^^^^Hgraphically illustrate his ser- doesn’t make sense. A vast major- Natchitoches, La., March 5 vice to our country. ity of its readers, either direct- —(iP) — Searchers combed a I do think that he has been 'y 01 ' indirectly, make their living 30-mile stretch of Red River done an injustice with the impli- because of that college. Every stu- cation of the Bryan News headline (lent 18 a customer to the people I think w bo advertise in its columns, injustice. Have they forgotten a basic So have you. rule of newspaperdom—you must That’s what makes me wonder. Why does The Bryan News—this story is only one instance of sev eral recent cases—persistently make A&M College and those yesterday in a vain effort to , „ , find some trace of a missing ■v-r ., , r.. i /—t ,i !• i that I ve been done an Northwestern State College fresh man. The student, 18-year-old Allan Kaplan of Chelsea, Mass., was the victim of a prank last Thursday. Friends took him to “Lover’s Lane” have advertising to support a newspaper. Those advertisers might just wake up to the fact that they are supporting the very thing that drives business away. us and I believe that the students at A&M College are coming to grips with fundamental things in a very sincere way. I wish to commend all who shar- extended to me during your Reli- without limit. In his opinion, an all out pro- gious Emphasis Week. I have nev- gram should make the price of European er experienced a more cordial re- conquest too high for Russia to consider. i ng . This state of preparedness, he added, could These are crucial days for all of be reached in a year. This conclusion is the opposite of one ex pressed by former President Herbert Hoov er. Gen. Clay particularly opposes the Hoover view that increasing our forces will goad Russia into a premature attack. Clay said “The Soviet masters would have pre cipitated war by now if they were ready.” In addition to his statements regarding grp »- * our buildup, the General also advocated ad- MXi)yCl It y tolOHO ditional aid to Spain, Turkey, and Greece. He also favors the admission of Germany into the family of free Western nations and the North Atlantic Pact. campus and sharing in a fine Re ligious Emphasis program. W. M. Elliott, Jr. ‘Keep Off Grass’ Should Be Tradition Editor, The Battalion: When I first came to A&M If They Must Be Sensational ed in the planning and execution was surprised to hear things like of this Religious Emphasis Week I do not believe that a more earn- Texan Offers To British Goldthwaite, Tex., March 5—UP) A Texan bent on replacing Brit- ... In view of General Clay’s association with ain’s missing stone of scone fin- ready taken positive steps to save Western Germany, and the Russians in par- ish f d h j s chiseling this week. In the grass with the Bizzell Hall i spite of polite rejections, he was radio “grass guard” mentioned in ticular, we are inclined to attach consider- planning to ship his replica of the Friday’s Battalion.) able weight to his views. ancient symbol of British Kings in on the prank waited at the ap pointed place and acted the part of an “outraged husband.’ If our colleagues in Bryan must I’ll just include myself out of this The “husband” fired a shotgun find something unusual and differ- “best informed” category. Someone into' the air and Kaplan disappear- ent to sell their papers to “The told me once that a newspaper had ed into the woods. Best Informed People in this duties to perform for a community Authorities feared he may h&V6 Ai J ea,”"'«'hy'don’t they 1 say some- and that one of those duties was fallen over steep bluffs and- into—thing-abowt'' an-Air 'Forcie Base to present news accurately. Red River. bought at the cost of $50,000? Read The Battalion front page J. W. French, public relations Though the details are common today to find out the full story of director at Northwestern State, knowledge, it seems to me that the speech to visiting high-school said two motor boats and a group a town doesn’t spend money like seniors and tell me whether or “Howdy,” “Beat the hell out of 0 f men on horseback took part in that every day—at least not for not the word “escape” is in any ” and all the rest. today’s hunt. They found no trace military installations that are sup- way accurate. Or, better yet, ask I am still surprised, but I am of Kaplan after hunting along the posed to be located impartially. yourself if you are trying to escape convinced that these simple words river and the woodlands bounding are some of the many traditions the stream. that make A&M great. French said the search would I suggest that we add one more continue today. tradition—“off the grass.” . I believe that these three words will make that unfortunate grass to grow and help A&M to be greater still. Ally Lasheen (Editor’s Uote: Lasheen, A&M’s only student from Egypt, has al- Or why not. serialize the “Kin- the draft, sey Report?” That would sell As for me, I’ll just stick to comic papers, too. books—they don’t promise any- Much as I dislike it, I’m afraid thing. , ‘If They Could Speak’ What Do Satellites Think Of Red Trice Reductions?’ The chance that preparedness might de- across the Atlantic. But first E. B. Adams, secretary- ter Russian aggression and World War III treasurer of the Monument Build- is a goal worthy of pursuit. What’s Cookin 9 By U. L. RYAN AP Foreign Affairs Analyst The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” ers of the Southwest, Inc., wants Texans to see his work. The dup licate now is at his monument AG, HONOR SOCIETY, Mon day 7:15 p. m. Room 3-D, MSC. sugar, already rationed. anything they can manufacture What, in fact, do the Czechos- They know about the trade treat- lavaks think of it? On the same ies imposed upon them. X'HOSE Czechoslovaks able to fay they read that the price of The International Confederation AGGIELAND STAFF, Monday , stomach their Prague radio eggs in their country was reduced 0 f F re e Trade Unions recently works on Highway 16, just south 7:15 p. m„ Aggieland Office, Good- ~ t0 (14 Cents) /° r com P iled a Picture of the food and of here. win Hall. i, c r Jbem this the other day. The 0 ne egg, bought from wages far, ration situation in East Germany. Adams, who wears an old felt AIChE, Tuesday, 7:15 p. m. Lee- A. cst was 80 stunned^ by the Sov- far less than those of American Food has been developed by the hat and chews tobacco, snorted ture room of the Chemistry Build- ’+ P ?r Ce workers - communists into a political instru- when informed by Sir Oliver ing. Soph. Chem. majors are in- p 19118 ^ c 091 ™ r even get ii What would the Romanians think ment of great potency. Franks that Britain had previously vited. this of it ’ when the avera ^ e Romanian Here is what the ICFTU’ found declined an offer of a stone of CAMPUS STUDY CLUB, Tues- Maybe tomorrow, said this W orker has to spend three months out; scone replica made from Indiana day, 3 p, m. South Solarium of the y salary if he wants a suit of cloth- There is a “standard” ration,' „ r ^TT-j : TUT-; limestone. YMCA. Dr. J. M. Geppert will commented u!,on it ” ing? that the avcra Rc East German The Battalion official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is pubhshed “Limestone! Why, everybody speak on better health for every- ^ SH hT rlst;np- What would the Last Germans can hope for. It includes less than five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms The Battalion is published knows the stone of scone is made day living. tn.LdS.f, think of it? They know only too a pound of meat a week per person, four times a week and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week Days of publication are 0 f sandstone. And that’s what mine PERMIAN BASIN CLUB, o well you live miserably unless you and often none is available. It- Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, is ma de of-good Mills County Tuesday, 7 p. m. Lounge of the ° , p i ./ " fnfvin? carry a Communist party card- includes a half pound of all fats and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscription rates $6.00 per year sandstone.” The . British demurred YMCA. Important plans for the sateUltc countries about the Soviet and somctimes even then including butter and margarine or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. l ast we ek at accepting the stone. Aggieland picture. a "” nnT ’ " w News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred r . „ ited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein, with nre to the^White House.’ Rights of republication of all otlier matter herein are also reserved. A man in Kansas City offered SENIOR CLASS, Monday, 7:15 to take Adam’s stone to the White p. m. Assembly Hall. House. “Give it to me,” the man SPANISH CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 wrote. “I’m going to be president p. m. A film will be shown, “Span- someday and I’ll take the stone ish Influence on the United States.” VETERINARY WIVES ’53 Know Where Food Goes per week. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press CLAYTON L. SELPH, DAVE COSLETT Co-Editors John Whitmore, Dean Reed Managing Editors Andy Anderson, Bob Hughson Campus Editors Ralph Gorman Sports Editor Fred Walker Associate Sports Editor Joel Austin City Editor Subscription rates J v _ I A announcement, if the shackles were off. Hungarian Ration What would all , these p eoplc say Potatoes Scar<:c What would a Hungarian news- about it, if free to speak their Even the ration of potatoes, for 1 man—not a communist official pos- minds? They are not unaware of years the plentiful German staple, ing as one—write about the Sov- the cause of their misery; they is scant. iet announcement? The day before know that the Soviet Union is A bribe is held out to “heavy A drunk in Dallas got Adams out CLUB, Monday, 8 p. m. South Sol- the Hungarians read the Soviet an- draining them steadily with its workers.” It is a promise of extra’ : : of bed with a telephone call. “Give arium of YMCA. Canasta games. nouncement in their Communist rigged ruble. They know where rations. They seldom, if ever, get Represented nationally by National Ad- jj; me jf t] ie British don’t want WILLIAMS COUNTY CLUB, press, they read that soap and their food is going, and at what them, vertising Service Inc., at New York City, jf. ; ” ^ )r , an pl ea ded through the Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 105 Aca- fats were added to the Hungarian a fantastically low price. They For the intcllecturals—the writ- Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. f umes 0 f a crying jag. demic Building. ration list, along with flour and know what country siphons off (See RATIONS, Page 6) But Adams declined all offers— —’ ; > 1 |—ra |—is and this week was waiting to hear what “his Majesty’s pleasure” would be. LI’L ABNER And Into The Trees By A1 ICapp John Whitmore Andy Anderson... Ralph Gorman.... Allen Pengelly . Today’s Issue Managing Editor Campus News Editor .. Sports News Editor City News Editor MSC Music Room To Serve Students T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists Alien Pengelly Assistant City Editor Leon McClellan, Norman Blatiuta, Jack Fontaine, Ed Holder, Bryan Spencer, John Tapley, Bob Venable, Bill Streich, George Charlton, Bob Selleclt, Dale Walston. Bee Landrum, Frank Davis, Phil Snyder, Art Glese. Christy Orth, James Fuller, Leo Wallace, VV. H. Dickens, Fig Newton. Joe Price, Pat Hermann, Ed Holder, Wesley M4soa......... .News and Feature StatJ Dick Kelly Club Publicity Co-ordinator The music room of the MSC will be opened in a few days says the music room committee. Closed since the MSC was first opened because the record player Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor would not work, room and records "TSJfnswsi SrtSk % 33S8: ' vi “ ^ .KW t ” l stucteiits *» soon Doweii Peterson. sports News staff as repairs can be made. Curtis Edwards church News Editor Students who enjoy listening to Roger Coslett Pipe Smoking Contest Manager i • , • u i in Tom Fantaine, Johnny Lancaster, Joe Gray, classical music may check out the Charles McCullough. —. Photo Engravers key to the room at the Browsing Sid Abernathy. Make-up Editor Library from 8 to 12 a m from Russell Hagens, Bob Hayme Advertising Representatives 1 to 6 p. M, and from 7 to 10 p.in. 111.