Battalion Editorials
Page 2 * WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1951
Might Get More Done
W hat if Congressional
To Even Greater Heights... Sessions Were on TV
A&M ENDED its most successful South-
west Conference basketball season in
many years last night as they sneered at the
Gregory Gymn jinx and cinched travel plans
to the Kansas City NCAA Tournament. Well-
deserved wild-cats sounded from every cor
ner of the campus as the closing seconds
found the Maroon and White besting the
co-champion Longhorns.
The 1950-51 Cadet cagemen will go down
in the Conference annals as the team that
just wouldn’t quit until it came out on top.
Though they only share the championship
officially, the team members can rightfully
claim that rating of tops.
Fe$-, if any people expected Coach Floyd
to produce that caliber of team. He came to
A&M, unknown to most of us, and manu
factured a winning ball club.
•
Little Evita,
CharmingandBrave:
jT’VA PERON visits Europe.
^ Time, Quick, and Newsweek vie for the
“honor” of writing the most flattering story
of her fashionable clothes, her wit and in
telligence, her body, and the attention she
aroused.
Eva Peron hints that she will be a candi
date for the vice presidency in Argentina’s
election next February.
Immeditely, our newspapers flood us with
the Horatio Alger story of her climb from
boarding house keeper’s daughter to first
lady of the land.
They praise her political accomplish
ments.
Because she forced Juan Domingo, an
army colonel, to stand on the observation
platform of a train and hand out campaign
literature in the face of pot shots from the
opposition, they laud her great courage.
Our journalists even attempt, by failing
to point out that she is wife of the dictator,
to show that her political zeal alone practical
ly assures her election next Spring.
And yet in the same issue, we read that
La Prensa, one of the most outspoken, inde
pendent, and influential newspapers in South
America, is losing its fight for an Argentine
free press. For eighty-one years, La Prensa
has waged a Courageous fight for democracy
and clean government.
But now Dictator Peron and his beauti
ful wife, Eva, have decided that a free press
is not very kind to their filthy fascist gov
ernment. So they called in their gang of
thugs, the General Confederation of Labor,
and told them to ruin La Prensa. They are
doing a good job of it.
Charming, beautiful, brave little Evita!
By JAMES MARLOW
Floyd’s contract, we believe, will prob
ably be extended long beyond its present
three-year duration, if on the merits of this WASHINGTON, March 14—-(/?)—
, .. .. Would you like to be able to
year s squad alone. And you can bet now that s { t a t home and watch, on your
the Aggie basketballers will be heard from TV screen, the full Congress at
, j .li. , work in the House and Senate
next year and the year after that. They re chambers?
not through being heard from this year. i guess a lot of people would,
We don’t believe we could be blamed with J ' udg ’ ln f, fron ? i ^1? thousands who
. pour through Washington every
favoritism now when we claim the Aggies year, wanting a look at Congress
owned the best in the conference this year. [ n actl0n ; But the day when it
Even beyond the facts and figures of the 0 ff.
won-lost column looms that pure talent that With few exceptions, Congress
,, , , , , . . , , . wont even let news photographers
isn’t too hard to recognize. And we had that t a k e pictures now inside the House
talent. and Senate chambers. The excep-
T ’ • o a , . tions are times when someone like
It came in the form of a hard-working,
hard-playing team Each member of that p City Desk
squad—from the stars to those who sel-
dom saw action—has contributed much to
A&M’s general welfare.
Sports is certainly not a primary pur
pose of our college, but it is undeniably an
important secondary one.
To the team—thanks for bringing us our
first share of conference championship in 28
years.
To the coach—you’ve performed a minor
miracle this year; we’ll be anxiously await
ing next year’s cage season.
And to the student body—you’ve shown
remarkable control throughout
President Truman addresses a
joint session.
(Pictures are permitted in
public committee hearings but
as for the regular day-in-and-
day-out sessions on the floor of
House and Senate—no pictures
of any kind by anybody.)
Of course, there might be quite
an improvement in both Houses if
the people back home were watch
ing them on TV, although there’s
another side to this argument, as
you’ll see in a minute.
Senator so-and-so, who never
learned how to attach a period to
the end of a sentence, might learn
pretty quickly he was boring the
daylights out of his constitutents
Eating Places Get
Top Health Rate
By Joel Austin
WELL DESERVED “congratulations” is due the 17
eating establishments in College Station each of which House doings be televised.
with those long-winded talks of
his.
Now, with no one listening ex
cept maybe a handful of people in
the gallery and less than half a
dozen senators on the floor, he
will talk for hours, even though it’s
only to impress himself.
In the House—which has 435
members, all pretty good talkers,
while the Senate has only 96—all
speeches have short limites, so
there’s not much room for mara
thons.
And maybe even attendance on
the House and Senate floors
would pick up if the folks back
home were watching TV to see if
the members were on the job
every day.
Time, a member of Congress may
be working like a beaver on con
gressional business somewhere else
—in a committee meeting or in
vestigation—without poking his
nose inside the House or Senate
chamber doors.
But he’d hardly forget, certain
ly around election time, to get his
face in focus on. TV pretty often.
There was a great lack of cheer
ing when one member of the
House— Rep. Javits, elected from
New York on the Republican-Lib
eral party ticket—suggested the
contributed in getting a rating of 96.17 for this city from the
U S Public Health Service.
The story behind the rating College Station received is
a season rather interesting in that state officials hesitated in releas-
filled with high-pressure games. Only a few f ig ure because it was so high.
dark marks have blighted our conduct, and . Last October the city council was interested in finding
out just how the local eating places were complying with
state health regulations for cleanliness.
those, we believe, were minor.
Our congratulations to the tri-champs—
He thinks it’s a good idea,
pointing to the “highly success
ful” TV coverage of the United
Nation’s debates in the Security
Council and General Assembly.
That’s all just a kind of optimis
tic notion about what might come
of televising Congress. The Wash
ington Post recently raised anoth-
Soine Things Considered
What Does MSC
Council Do; Who
Are Its Members?
By CLAYTON SELPH
J UST WHAT do men on the MSC council do?
That is a question some of you may be pondering, who
noticed in The Battalion last week and again Monday that
there is to be a student-body-wide election for two at-large
members to next year’s Council.
Before they were removed Monday, that
question could have been answered to some
extent by a clever series of display panels in
the MSC East lobby picturing activities of
the MSC Council and Directorate and the
various clubs and committees sponsored
there.
But since the display is gone, let’s in
vestigate the Council’s organization, its re
sponsibilities and the program it is charged
with carrying out.
Organized somewhat like the Student
Life Committee, the Council depends upon
three main sources for its membership—the student body,
the faculty and college staff, and former students.
From the student body come eight of the 15 members on
the Council.
Four of these are selected from the Council and Direct
orate (club presidents and committee chairmen) by the out
going Council. One member is a student senator elected by
the Student Senate. And the co-editors of The Battalion
share a vote as one member. The remaining two are selected
from the student body in the election already mentioned.
Appointed by the president of the college, five members
are named from the faculty and college staff. And the last
two are former students elected by the governing board of
Former Students Association.
Sitting on the Council as a non-voting member and sec
retary-treasurer, is the director of the Center.
What Work Does the Council Do?
Selph
c A 0 M r n r a P f The surve y was ordered by the council and two repre- Revising'coTg^ssfonal committee
Texas A&M College—of Southwest Confer- sentatives from the food and drug inspection service of the investigations regularly. It said:
ence basketball in 1950-51. Our eyes and the State Department of Health were sent to do the job. Both “The regular use of television in
eyes of the nation will be upon you as you men were recognized by the state health office as competent committee investigations would
move even beyond your present greatness. “Rectors. One we are told, has been with the department. g r ^V a "row toteadotlataly
seeking information. Witnesses
likewise would be tempted to re-
Stopping
Dollar Erosion’
for several years.
Cafe Owners Surprised by Inspectors
Surprising owners of the local eating places, the in
spectors gave a thorough going-over of all facilities for
sort to spectacular stunts and col
orful charges.”
That editorial grew out of the
predicament of James J. Carroll,
odds, when he walked out of St.
Louis hearing conducted by the
Senate Kefauver crime investi
gating committee.
He strode out because cameras
were set up in the hearing room
to televise him testifying. He
said this was an invasion of his
privacy and an outrage to his
sense of propriety.
The Post took the position that
witnesses in a coui’troom don’t
If She Helps Other Countries
cooking, cleaning dishes and glass-ware, handling of food, nationally known maker of betting
and the mhny other items checked in the yearly inspection.
Their report went into the state offices and when the
E SHOULD certainly not permit any fur- tabulations were made, no one believed the final figure was
ther erosion of the dollar’s buyin°- pow- accura te. In the meantime, College Station officials were
pr ” ThPSP wplcome words were snoken bv wonderin g what the outcome of the survey was and wrote
er. inese welcome words were spoKen oy Dn George CoX; head of the health department.
K. M. Evans who is a member of the oard When no answer was received by city authorities, Dr.
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. David E. Brown, Brazos County Health Unit director, was in-
This statement seems to be more reason- structed to find out what happened to the local rating. In
able as an immediate objective than Eric answer to Dr. Brown’s inquiries, the health department said _
they had apparently made a mistake and a new inspection havc'Yo face TV cameras and wTt-
team was on its way to make another check. He did, however, nesses before a congressional in-
tell of the 96.17 figure. vestigating committee shouldn’t
yggggj have to, either, against their will.
Officials Contact Health Department The Kefauver committee, very
much put out by Carroll’s per-
College Station officials quickly contacted the depart- formance, wants to test whether a
ment and told them if they could not rely on results from ^ ne o S c ? f n be f ° rce<1 ^ 0 , a i’i’ eai ,° 1 r j
the first inspection, the people of this city would not be sure Senate°to cite him fo/contemot
that any results from a second inspection were valid. if the Post is fight about the
TT ., . ^ . With this thought in mind, the health department made effect of TV cameras on congress-
He added ‘If we permit a further rise Coll station’s rating official. men maybe TV of both Houses
in the cost of living, we will be plowing and a quick check today by City Manager Raymond Rogers SttSidT/betterVfTtm
preparing the field and sowing the seeds of with J. F. Lakey, director of the Bureau of Food and Drugs' like to sec it tried.
socialism or some form of Communistic die- of the U. S. Public Health Service office in Austin, proved
that this city’s rating is the highest ever to be received by a qp ,
municipality of any size in the state of Texas. J lexans to Vote
Lakey said each year an honor roll of outstanding
Now that we know who does the
work, let’s see what kind of work
the Council does.
Fi’om a broad outlook, as stated
in its constitution, the Council has
three primary purposes.
• To provide a social-educational
program for the students and staff
of the college.
® To provide more adequate op
portunity for social and personal
contacts among students, former
students, and faculty and friends of
the college.
© And to foster the social, cul
tural, and spiritual phases of stu
dent life.
The Council busies itself with
carrying out these purposes
through a varied schedule of ac
tivities.
It approves and allocates a year
ly budget of $10,000 that goes for
the operation of MSC clubs and
service committees and implement
ing the social-educational program.
All groups having jurisdiction in
the MSC or using the building are
responsible to the Council for their
activities, programs and conduct,
and the Council sets policies gov
erning the use of rooms and fac
ilities.
New clubs and organizations join*
the MSC only with the approval
of the Council. The group must
consider the organization’s worth
whileness to the student body as a.
whole and to the Center.
To provide for implementation
of its purposes, the Council must
appoint responsible chairmen of
service groups such as the dance,
house, publicity, and music commit
tees.
The entire function of the Coun
cil, then, is to provide a govern
ing voice for those groups using
the Center—the student body, the
college staff, and former students.
Council Must Be Responsible, Wise
Johnston’s hope that the dollar can soon be
restored to a full hundred cents in value.
As a means to this end, Evans advocates
a fiscal program that will pay for the de
fense program as it develops, and a debt
management program that will encourage in
vestors to buy and hold government secur
ities.
A moments thought, here, reveals
that the Council has before it a
considerable challenge—one that
demands a responsible attitude and
the capacity for making wise de
cisions.
Individuals on the Council do
not have to put in a great deal
of time to do their job well, but
they must be alert to what is go
ing on in the Center, to what peo
ple are thinking about the Center,
and to how it can be made more
useful to those it serves. And most
of all, they must be able to assim
ilate all available information and
come up with workable plans and
policies.
Work on the Council, then, boils
down to two elements—keen inter
est and clear thinking.
Councilmen who employ these*
two necessary implements of their
job finish the year with a wealth
of valuable experience as directors
and planners.
Those who are not willing to
(See COUNCIL, Page 4)
tatorship.”
US Will Have to Talk Plain
towns and cities in the US is prepared and he wouldn’t be at Enr IWpw SiPnuirf*
all surprised if College Station topped the list. That’s quite * IlC-w OCIlait/
an achievement which everyone in this area should be proud
of, Rogers said.
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
Austin, March 14—(A*)—Texas
voters under 51 will have a new
experience next year.
They will vote in an entire state
senate. Usually only half the sen-
Last year’s mark of 94.5 is evidence enough that the ate members come up for election
Last Year’s Mark Is Evidence
TF THE United States goes into a
real development program for the President’s international dev-
undeveloped areas of the world elopment advisory board for the
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
''Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
she’s going to have to do some implementation of point four is
plain talking with some of her doomed unless it escapes all the new fjg Ure j s probably correct. Lakey commended local
best friends. appearances of and sympathy with ^ ^
Any plan such as that outlined by colonialism.
in the biennial elections.
The constitution provides that
Entered as second-class
matter at Post Office at
College Staton, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
Member of
The Associated Press
The United States already
has lost face among the under
developed peoples because,
through the urgencies of her con
nections with Britain, France,
Holland and other European
countries, she has been trying to
straddle the fence on this ever
since the war.
Nationalism, the first for inde
pendence, is growing in all of the
so-called colored areas—from the
r „ Southwest Pacific to the Atlantic
by^i^ationat* 1 Advertising shores of Africa. Anti-British and
Service Inc., at New York anti-American feeling is strong
food establishment proprietors for doing such a good job in after each re -districting the entire
their efforts to keep the College Station rating at a continu- senate must be elected. Members
OUS high. draw lots to see who serves two
Mayor Ernest Langford was asked by the city council ye ^ r Y ho sei T es f ? u J.
to write a letter to each of the establishments contributing andUJfo! The far^remstrfeting was
to College Station’s cafe cleanliness record. in 1920.
City, Chicago, Los An
geles, and San Francisco.
throughout the Moslem world
From the western border of Rus
sia to the farthest tips of Asia
Texas Considered
For AF Academy
The Air Force Academy Site Se
lection Board has selected seven
sites that will receive further con
sideration as the most suitable
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 techniques, and some of the in- able on Randolph Air Force Base,
Vivian Castleberry Womens Editor ,i lis t. r inl honpfits. of tho wosi. Tho one of the seven sites, and a de-
the word for westerners is either for the proposed Air Force Aca-
stay out or get out. demy, secretary of the Air Force
The United States proposes to Thomas K. Finletter announced lo
go in. It proposes to send in the day.
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Today’s Issue
John Whitmore..
Andy Anderson..
Fred Walker
Joel Austin
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
Walston, Bee Landrutn, Frank Davis, Phil Snyder, Art Giese, Cristy Orth,
James Fuller, Leo Wallace. W. H. Dickens, Fig Newton, Joe Price, Pete
Hermann, Wesley Mason, B. F. Boland, Ivan Yantis, Sid Ragsdale, Bill
Aabcrg, Ide Trotter, John Hildebrand, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Sclleck, Bill
Strcich, Curtis Edwards. Howard Heard Staff Writers
Jimmy Ashlock, Joe Blanchette, Ray Holbrook, Joe Hollis,
Pat LeBlanc , ....Sports Staff Writers
Sam Molinary, Bob Alderdice Staff Photographers
Sid Abernathy — Page Make-up
Joe Gray. —Photo Engraving Shop Manager
Tom Fontaine, Johnny Lancaster, Charles McCullough, R. R. Peeples,
R. D. Witter — - Photo Engravers
Aubrey Frederick - Advertising Manager
Russell Hagens, Bob Heywe.; Advertising Representatives
Dick Kelly — Club Publicity Co-ordmatof
dustrial benefits, of the west. The one of the seven sites, and a de
government seeks through aid for tailed survey of the location will
increased food production, tax in- not be required,
centives and arrangement of sound The seven selected sites are:
relations with other governments, Camp Beale, California; a site near
to send in western free enterprise. Colorado Springs, Colorado; anoth-
In return it wants stable, non- er site near Madison/Indiana; a
communist political conditions and site near Charlotte, North Carolina;
good customers. one near Grapevine, Tdxas;. anoth-
If the plan succeeds, the U. e1 ’ in Grayson bounty, Texas and
LTL ABNER Love Laughs Last
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By AI Capp
T/» T . -
Randolph Air Force Base.
Congressional approval will be
the final authority for the estab
lishment of the' Air Force Aca
demy.
S. will have to tell France, Brit
ain and the others that, in the
interest of world security, they
must give up all colonial-type
interests as time goes on; that
the U. S. will work for this
whether they agree or not; and
that their actions and agree
ments with submerged peoples
now must be convincing of this
ultimate intent.
This may be hard. Unity is a Lord is the strength of my life; of
vital need among the allies. But whom shall 1 be afraid?
unity without principle cannot win. —Psalm 27: 1.
Bible Verse
r I T HE Lord is my light and my sal-
4 vation; whom shall I fear? The