Battalion Editorials
Page 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951
To Prohibit Prohibition . . .
From the City Desk
Do You Qualify As
Full-TimeCitizen5
... By Joel Austin
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DACK TO SPEAKEASIES, bootlegging,
" and a large loss of pctential state rev
enue. That seems to be what Legislator
Milton Wilkinson, state representative of Pa-
troon, is advocationg.
Of course Wilkinson, the WCTU, and the
United Texas Drys claim prohibition would
be a God-send for Texas, and we’d all be
better off.
To quote a famous general, “Nuts!”
Wilkinson has filed the proposed consti
tutional amendment for prohibition of sales
of all whiskey, beer, wine, or ale—except
that used for medical purposes.
We expect an influx of ailments needing
liquor for cures.
The proposed amendment calls for a
statewide election in November, 1952. At
that time we will have paid our first poll tax
(we’ve got an exemption this year) and will
gladly vote—against any form of total pro
hibition.
Let’s look around us to see the effects of
prohibition. We don’t have to look far—
just one state to the North, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma’s tax burden could be easily
be decreased if liquor trade was legal and
taxed. As a “dry” state, our neighbor is
just as “wet” as any we’ve seen. Last year
Oklahoma City schools were threatened with
a premature closing date. Why? Because
the State was unable to appropriate suffi
cient funds for operation.
The people of Texas are broad-minded,
and we don’t believe they can be led to pro
hibition. The drys might term us “corrup
ted, misguided,” or just “heathenish,” but
we prefer to think we’re broadminded.
Come the Fall of 1952 and we believe a
campaign for prohibition.
sufficient number of other Texans will join C0 '-
us in defeating an antiquated, platitudinous ing The S p eaker , in Ms efforts to point out the duties that go va “ d us *2
unobserved by citizens every year, passed out a questionnaire velopment of the college will be
for the audience to answer. inclined in the exhibit.
We think this list of questions might be helpful to many „ A . photostatic copy of the first
of our readers. You may find, to your surprise, that you degree g . iven by this c b ollege to
could have been a better citizen in 1950. Walter Wipprecht, ’85 will be
These questions were prepared by the American Citi- shown,
zenship Committee of the State Bar of Texas for you to test , A photostatic copy of the only
yourself and find out if you were a “Full-Time Citizen in ^“aSc wdi’af/o “"spray-
1950. j ed.
Consider only the questions which are applicable to you. Uniforms dating from 1876 to
The highest possible score is 130. You may type your citizen- the present, which have been worn
Vision Week.” The aim or goal is to stress ship according to the following scores: Uo-lisO, superior; W A&M cadets will alwbeen dis-
it: i„ 95-r09, good; 10-49 average; 50-69, fair; and below 49, poor, fe °™ rf w Xt e tTSU af
Save Your Vision
It May Save Life
TiHE American Optometric Association has
designated March 4-10 as “Save-Your-
eye care by reference to its importance in
three general fields—industrial, school, and
highway safety fields. ^
The main industrial problem is eye care
and protection on some of the newer and
more complex jobs.
In regard to education, emphasis is
placed on the indirect effects of faulty vis
ion. Poor school work, inability to read pro- 3
perly, truancy, rebellion, and even juvenile
delinquency are traceable to faulty eyesight.
It is known that the vision requirements 4.
for automobile licenses are in general much
too low. That this is a major cause of ac
cidents is a matter of record. Indeed, this
fault ranks with excessive speed and drunk-
eness as the “big three’ causes. Uniform
standards for the 48 states is one of the
goals. §
The Better Vision Institute points out
that Americans have access to the best eye 6.
care in the world at a cost that is relatively 7.
small in relation to its importance.
We endorse this program in the hope
that dissemination of these facts will pre
vent injuries, accidents, and vision failures
caused by ignorance and neglect.
Without Bargain Basements
Re-Arming U.S. Like
Female Buying Spree
This is the I bird of a four-
part series surveying the U.S.
mobilization scene—The Editor.
And that, roughly, is the great steering assemblies, fly wheels, hy-
problem for the thousands of pro- draulic hoist assemblies, pistons
curement officers and buyers, who and even fire extinguishers. Each
have been charged with the task is an expert in his particular ar-
of getting all the equipment neces- tide.
sary to supply the armed forces $3 Billion in Contracts
this country is building. 1 They have let out contracts for
They have to know, or quickly more than $3 billion in the past six
discover, where to look for an arti- months. And in the last three
. ,, . . . , cle, which plant makes what, or months more than 11,000 manu-
_lt is a, problem ot plain shop- cou ici make it, and how fast and facturers’ representatives have
ping, not for the big machines p or example, 1,116 factories been in to see them,
and weapons—only a relatively are supplying different parts and Some were summoned, told about
few plants can make those but units for a certain type of tank to- the army’s needs, and asked if they
day. They are not big, nationally- could help.
known firms. On the contrary, 80 Others came in looking for de-
per cent of them employ fewer fense contracts, either because their
than 100 people. normal civilian work has been cur
tailed for lack of vital materials,
By RELMAN MORIN
AP Special Correspondent
The hardest part of rearming
America is a job that only a
housewife could love.
10.
11.
12.
Were You a Full-Time Citizen
Did you pay your Poll Tax in 1950? (5 points) -
Did you vote
a. In the July Primary? (5 points)
b. In the August Primary? (5 points)
c. In the General Election (10 points)
d. In your City Election? (5 points)
e. In your School Election? (5 points)
Did you make a conscientious effort to find out
something about all the candidates on the ballot
each time you voted? ,(10 points),
Did you attend:
a. The precinct or County Convention of the
party of your choice? (5 points)
b. A meeting of you City Council during the
year? (8 points)
c. A meeting of. your school board during the
year? (3 points)
d. A meeting of your Commissioner’s Court?
(2 points)
Did you do any work in your party in 1950? (5
points)
Did you serve on a jury in 1950? (7 points)
Do you know?
a. Who the two U. S. Senators from Texas are ?
(1 point each)
b. Who your U. S. Congressman is (2 points)
c. Who your State Representative and Senator
are? (1 point each)
d. Who the State Governor is? (1 point)
e. Who the Speaker of the State House is? (1
point)
f. How your U. S. Congressman voted on any
major bill during the last session of the Legis
lature? (5 points)
g. How your State Representative or Senator
voted on any major bill during the last session
of the Legislature? (5 points)
Did you write to your Federal or State Repre
sentative or Senator on any issue during 1950?
(10 points)
Are you active in a civic group such as the Cham
ber of' Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Jay-
cees, American Legion, VFW, study or business
club, P-TA, League of Women Voters? (5 points
for each with a maximum of (10 points) —
Do you keep well informed on current public is
sues? (5 points) -
Can you list the Bill of Rights? (1 point for
each) -
Did you contribute to a worthwhile charity dur
ing the year? (2 points) —
longing to Walter D. Adams of
Forney, Texas, was worn on the
day that Governor Ross was in
augurated as president of A&M in
the Fall of 1891.
Photostatic pictures of the cam
pus will show the growth and de
velopment of A&M from its early
stages to the present.
Anyone who would be willing to
donate or has information concern
ing new items for the exhibit are
requested to see Wayne Stark,
MSC director or Bill Parse, 7-302.
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for an immense number of small
articles, parts and gadgets, each
a tiny segment in the vast mosaic
of the defense picture.
Suppose, madame, that you had
to equip every home in a city of
three million people with every
thing from a door knob to a bath
tub, plus food and clothing for the
family and spare parts for the fam
ily car.
You’ve Got To Be Good!
They have “Sources” , ,, „ ., ., ,,
or because they are afraid it would
These are the “sources” for the be.
“Good Connections”
ters. The buyers say this is a typi
cal scene:
tank builder. Every big industry
in the country has its own source-
files—and, procurement officers
say, these files are jealously guard
ed.
You get a closeup of the prob- . J . XT , , ,
Suppose, futher, that your in- lem at the tank-automotive ord- mto business. Now what do you
structions were to get the best nance center in Detroit. ” f ‘ f ’
article, at the cheapest price, and There some 500 men are buy-
,^at the shortest rate of delivery, ing or trying to buy the parts for
Lady, you would have to know your everything on wheels that the
way around! armed forces need — generators,
Survey Taken
To Determine
Powerline Cost
A survey is being taken in
the College Hills area of Col-
Still others are strictly promo- lege Station to determine the
cost of building auxiliary
electrical power lines for that
Bryan
“Four or five of us have gone gection of the dt
rrv Kn oinncjc! (xlrvur xirnar /irv ir/Yn at i ^ i • n i
At the regular meeting of the
city council Monday, March 12, the
need
“P! wo TXS; anything IXST Wi “ ■" ^
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
''Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
before the council
Should the outcome of the sur
vey be favorable, the City would
gain control of the electrical util
ity. To do this, the city will pur
chase the power lines presently
owned by the City of Bryan and
the Rural Electrification Associa
tion.
The REA, furnishing electricity
for the southern part of the coun-
rapidly buildlng'up a”f ile^ of'sources try, consented to the sale of the
Entered as second-class
matter at Post Office at
College Staton, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, L870.
Member of
The Associated Press
Represented nationally
by National Advertising
service Inc., at New York
City, Chicago, Los An
geles, and San Francisco.
yet, but-
“Where’s your plant?”
“We haven’t got a plant yet. But
We’ve got good connections in
Washington, and we’ll get the
money to build a plant. All we
need is some contracts.”
File Increases
Out of these thousands of in
terviews, the automotive center is
rapidly building up a file of sources ,, ., ., , ...
(and non-sources). But the problem Lnes only if the city would build
doesn’t end there new lines > lcavin £ the REA lines
Not all firms want to go into th ? onl y ones remaining on the
defense production. Their objec- P oles<
tions are that it costs money to - ^
convert a plant, production for MajOF Attains oGIlt
customer orders is reduced, and
“there’s too much red
to a primary contract
wait for a sub-contract.” Major B. J. Adams ’41, has been
Another factor has appeared, assigned to the plans and training
ct^dXtS To German Post
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 complicating the problem for the section, S-3 of the Seventh Army
Joel Austin City Editor government buyer—the location of Headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany.
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor a factory. Most military men be- Adams got his commission at
lieve that, in another war, the Uni- A&M in the Field Artillery in
eted States will be bombed, either 1941. He played three years on the
by airplanes or guided missiles. Aggie basketball squad from ’37
Therefore, the master plan is to i 0 ’40.
keep production dispersed through Go ^ g overseas with the 414th
widely-separated factories so that Armored Field Artillery Battalion
a single big raid would not knock of the 20th Armored Division, he
out the whole chain of contributors spent six months in the European
Today's Issue
John Whitmore..
Bob Hughson......
Ralph Gorman...
Allen Pengelly...
Managing Editor
.Campus News Editor
...Sports News Editor
.......City News Editor
T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips —Editorialists
Allen Pengelly Assistant City Editor
Leon McClellan, Jack Fontaine, Ed Holder, Bryan Spencer, Bob Venable, Dale
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Dick Kelly - Club Publicity Co-ordinator
Sid Abernathy........... - Page Make-up
R. D. Witter.... Photo Engravers
Joe Gray Photo Engraving Shop Manager
Aattesr Frederick Advertising Manager
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to a given weapon
WW II Vintage ,
That process began in World
War II. Plans were moved from
the coasts into the mid-west.
As a result, some states in mid
dle America have become, to an
increasing degree, a happy-hunt
ing-ground for buyers and procure
ment officers. Scores of industries
have moved to Iowa, for example.
Theater, returning to the states
with that command.
His wife, Irelene and their two
children, Jack Lynn and Patricia
are in Germany and will reside
in the American community in
Stuttgart.
Bible Verse
I asked an engineer at the solar F’OME unto me, all ye that labour
ircraft plant iu Des Moines if and are heavy laden, and I
aircraft p!
he had any manpower problems, wall give you rest.
(See MIDWEST, Page 4)
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