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— Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1951 Council Post Vote rwixr /-> 'Mel? O Set 1*01’ TllCsdtlV 1 V Crimebuster Encorer... ,.L From the City Desk By Joel Austin Raps College Athletics THHE TELEVISION crime show sponsored by the Senate is all over. The only re maining act of the Kefauver Committee, ac cording to Chairman Kefauver, is to close the doors and write the final report. There is, however, a distinct possibility that a Senate Crime Committee will continue to exist. The surface has indeed only been scratched. The lives of three of the Committee mem bers have been threatened, but no overt at tempt has yet been made. Less pugnacious characters managed to get sick or be out of town in order to avoid the Committee hear ings. Treasury officials were brought under the censure of the probers for laxity in hand ling underworld tax dodgers. Chicago’s Jake Guzik, for example, got away with a $100,000 listing under “miscellaneous.” In the future special treasury department “racketeer squads” will double check gambelrs income tax forms. The public interest aroused by the tele vision show will undoubtedly do much to pro mote a permanent Committee to keep the laws ahead of modern gamblers and crim- iinals. If Congress will not provide the mon ey, television companies might sponsor more hearings. Department store sales dropped about ten per cent during the telecast. The Committee also uncovered the need for more severe laws in regard to interna tional narcotic trading. Chinese Commun ists have, according to reports, put 500 tons of opium up for sale. This amount would supply the world’s * medical needs for one year. From a story in the New York Post about the guilty plea of Frank Erickson, bookmaker: “Among his customers over the years, placing as high as $15,000 daily wagers ivith him, have been some of the town’s top figures, including political lead ers ivith tvhom he robbed elbow's in the National Democratic Club.” We endorse the work of the Committee, YOU PICKED the man to represent you on the and we are in favor of a permanent commit- O College Station City Council for the next two years ? tee with the same objectives. Public inter- That question is not far away; in fact, just six days from W /Am-iTNrTnN ivr -■> oo ( ®)_ est could find no better expression in the now balloting will be in progress to elect three men to the W g ell Fulbri m^Ark) warn- Fulbright Urges Bill Fostering High Ethics By ROBERT E. GREIGER city council. Seven candidates have filed for one each of the three vacancies on the council, and from what we can foresee six days before election time, there is likely to be a hot time in Ward I and II where three men are campaigning for the right to sit at the council table in each district. W. D. Fitch won’t have to shake many hands or pass out cigars to residents of Ward III area. Fitch is unopposed for his position on the council and we expect to see him at the meetings for another two years. Over in Ward I, Homer Adams, H. W. Badgett, and J. W. O’Brien will vie for the right 'to represent the South side people on the council. Badgett is the incumbent from this area and is seeking his third term. In College Hills Ward II, L. G. Berryman, G. W. Black, and Harry Boyer will square off in the showdown election next Tuesday. Black is seeking re-election while Boyer and Writing in the April issue of the Atlantic, Berryman will be striving to replace him on the council. war against organized crime. Robbing College Could Be Red Boon Yale University President A. Whitney Griswold warns that channelling the Nation’s youth into the armed forces instead of col lege may be playing into the hands of the Communists. ight (D-Ark) ed yesterday that this nation could be destroyed by moral laxity such as revealed by investigations of crime and the RFC. What America needs is a prompt return to simple honesty, he told turned up what Senators call evi- the Senate. dence of favoritism, influence ped- Saying the public should become dling and get-rich-quick tactics in- aroused and indignant, he said he volving government money or prop- would introduce tomorrow a reso- erty. lution to create a national commis sion on ethics in public affaii’s. Fulbright heads the investiga tion of the RFC. The probe has Dr. Griswold asserts that Communist aggres sion in Asia is requiring our colleges and uni versities to sacrifice their students, faculties and curricula to military necessity. He adds: “If the long-run objective of Skepticism, Superciliousness Twin Evils Give Negative Results By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst GROWING air of supercilious- In the other election scheduled for Saturday, April 7, two candidates will be running for the three year terms due to be vacated at the end of the month on the A&M Consoli dated Independent School District Board of Trustees. Petitions have been received by Superintendent L. S. n f or names 0 f Henry Allen and Ewing Brown can be done without straining the Communism is to destroy our tree society £ 0 pi ace( j 0 n the ballot. Brown is one of the present mem- nation’s economy, without a real bers of the board whose term is expiring, while Allen is run- “Sf fel tte nmg for the position left open by Ross Bond who announced program is not in balance with re- he is not a candidate for re-election. gard to consumer prices and wages. ness is in the United States to day which, if left unchecked, can produce serious mistakes in the evaluation of her world position. Defense mobilization officials exude confidence that rearmament atomic energy has been truly amaz ing. On the basis of a statement by Peron which obviously was de signed for political purposes, scien tists and political analysts alike have dashed head over heels to caUousnc Classified ad in the Athens (O.) Messenger: “3-room Apartment with bath, man and ivife, one fur nished and one unfurnished, all new, reaso?iable.” Interview with Mary Garden, for mer opera star, in the Portland (Ore.) Oregonian: “Around the throat from which poured song that thrilled millions ivere strand upon strand of pears.” “Attorney Lawrence To Donate Cat To Debaters” — Montpelier (Vt.) Argus over story about gift of a car. at its source, the farther we go toward strip ping our colleges of students, dismissing their teachers and ‘accelerating’ their cur ricula, the nearer the Communists will have got to achieving that objective.” Dr. Griswold admits that such “desperate measures can be justified in the name of na tional survival,” and he says that college students and professors have no desise to escape the fight for “our security and prin ciples.” “But they have a mission in society,” he asserts, “and the question is how much of that mission they can sacrifice without again ‘losing the peace’ and perhaps even losing the war.” Dr. Griswold says that “in the emer gency, we talk of college education as a non- essential and an expendable^” adding: “While we lavish our ingenuity and re sources on the weapons of war, we neglect and even handicap the men who will use them. This is a high price to pay for sur vival. And what price survival if we become a headless monster?” While the United States is neglecting higher education, Russia is making use of it as a strategic asset, he says, citing evidence that medical, scientific and technological in stitutes in Soviet Russia are full and their enrollment increasing. Discussing possible remedial measures, Dr. Griswould points out that it may be nec essary to shorten the time consumed in the eight grades of High school and college. Al though opposing “acceleration,” he says that college students could earn their B. A. de grees in three years provided the standards of secondary education were improved. He suggests matching grants of public and pri- Second Big Fire College Station’s second major fire of the year occurred Sunday evening. Although the blaze, which completely de stroyed the Marion Pugh Lumber Company, was outside the city limits, it attracted hundreds of bystanders. Reports which we were able to obtain concerning the fire reveal that a man riding by the lumberyard noticed the big puffs of black smoke coming out of the building. He headed his car for the fire station and turned the alarm in there. We also understand that after the firemen had arrived to fight the blaze, it was necessary to string one or two hose lines across the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. As time neared for the 6:10 Sunbeam to pull into the local station, a group of men went to the officials at the SP station and asked them to halt the oncoming train so the hose would not be damaged and the water supply curtailed. The railroad men claimed they had no authority to de lay the speedy train which travels between Houston and Dal las. Armed with flares, a College Station policeman and sev eral other people who were ready to help, went down the tracks far enough for the trainmen to see the burning flares and to stop in time to miss the hose. The train was stopped. The hose lines were removed from the tracks long enough for the train to pass, and then the fire fighters continued their work as the train sped on toward Dallas. Refreshing Rains—At Last The long needed rains were certainly a refreshing change to the weather seen in this area in the past few months. Al though precipitation in the form of snow and sleet has been on the ground twice since the first of February, the cool rains which covered most of the State of Texas this week end were warmly welcomed by the farmers of the Brazos Valley who were anxious to add moisture to the parched earth on their farm land. A big ear-to-ear smile was in order for all farmers of the state today, and after the near two inches reported for the College Station-Bryan area yesterday, Spring gardners should be busy for many weeks to come. Red Cross Drive Still in Progress Don’t forget the 1951 Red Cross Drive which ends Defense production is only begin ning to make its impact, despite the fact that Pentagon contracts and pre-contracts authorizations al ready exceed congressional appro priations made with a view to keeping a balance. Recent Survey A recent survey of military pro duction suggests that there is as yet no real basis for evaluation of what will happen when the pro gram is in full swing, and that promises of sweat and tears would give a healthier background now. The State Department recently occurred, cited membership losses of the Communist party as evidence that Moscow is losing its fight for in filtration of Europe. There are good reasons for believing that Communism controls fewer people. Elections show it. Waning ability to conduct serious strikes and other disturbances show it. But party membership is a very poor in dication of party strength. The reaction to Argentina’s an nouncement of delevopments in deny that there is any substance to the report. Scientist Claim It was immediately assumed that the Argentine scientists were claiming to be using millions of degrees of temperature—an impos sibility—because of a reference to the heat of the sun. It seems very likely that the Argentine project has produced something, however small, and the real interest should be in learning about it—not merely trying to throw it down. This recalls the attitude of scien tists and others when the United States was wishing it could tell when Russia attained the atom bomb. Scientists said it was too early for Russia to have the bomb and that erection of a detection system was unnecessary. They fin ally were overruled by civilians. The system was set up not very long before a Russian explosion He said the investigation has un covered evils that are “beyonS reach of the law” but show “moral blindness.” Without tying them directly to the investigation he mentioned: • “Bribed and bribers.” • Lawyers “with a cleverness like the instinct of the rat that knows how to get the bait without getting caught.” • Persons “who under the guise of friendship accept favors which offend the spirit of the law but do not violate its letter.” • Business men employing “knavish lawyers to circumvent the law and enrich themselves at gov ernment expense.” • “False propaganda and the ‘big lie’ of demagogues.” He said scandals are nothing new in government but what does seem new “is the moral blindness or hich allows those in responsible pc practices whi< ‘Must Win’ Doctrine ions to accept the the facts reveal.” Speaking earnestly passionately, he disc and universities thai emphasis on athletic the “cynical, immoral ■, and almost issed colleges place great ?. He blamed doctrine that t all costs” for such bribing basketball In a long hot or cold war, such as this promises to be, supercilli- ousness and skepticism can produce only negative results. one must win scandals as players. iM Fulbright, one time football star himself and later a university pres ident, said: “Our colleges, under extreme pressure from alumni, have become so intent upon winning football and basketball games that they use any means to gain their ends.” Parker Conducts Firemen’s Classes* E. W. Parker, field instructor for the Texas Engineering Ex tension Service, is conducting basic fire training classes in Granbuiy, Hico, and Stephenville for a total of 88 firemen. Bible Verse EXCEPT THE Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. —Psalms 127:1. 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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 Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. 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 .a Associate Sports Editor Joel Austin City Editor Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor in distress. The Brazos County Chapter is asking your help to meet the present crisis due not only to the Korean conflict, but also because of the enlarged fund needed for disaster and flood relief here at home. A telegram received by Mike Barron, chairman of the Brazos County Chapter, from National Chairman David Sar- noff of Washington, D. C. stressed the need for receipts from the 1951 campaign to exceed the goals. The wire read as follows: “To fund chairman from General David Sarnoff. Subject: Red Cross Fund. “Rapidly changing defense developments have greatly increased Red Cross responsibilities since the campaign goal was established. Our job is even more urgent now and demands our maximum effort to ob tain over-subscription of each chapter’s goal. “Corporation and business leaders are showing tangible support of our efforts by their increased contributions. But indications are that average givers are not awake to the heeds of the present situation which includes the urgent requirements of our fighting men. “In view of this year’s early Easter season, aggressive steps will be needed to keep the campaign rolling at high speed until you have achieved maximum possible over-subscription. “I urge you to intensify your campaign tempo and coverage. This is vital if Red Cross is to serve efficiently our armed forces at home and abroad. “Best wishes for successful results. 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News and Feature Staff Pick Kelly Club Publicity Co-ordinator Allen Pengelly Assistant City Editor Jimmy Ashlock, Joe Blanchette, Kay Holbrook, Chuck Neighbors, Joe Hollis, Pat LeBIanc, Dowell Peterson Sports News Staff Bid Abernathy Make-up Editor Koger Coslett Pipe Smoking Contest Manager Tom Fontaine, Johnny Lancaster, Joe Gray Charles McCullough Photo Engravers Autrey Frederick ^.....Advertising Manager Russell Hagens, Bob Bayme Advertising Representatives Former Counselor Will Attend Course Camp Chaffee, Ark., March 27 (Spl.)—Capt. Hugh R. Williams, former counselor at Texas A&M College, will enroll April 1 for the associate infantry officer advanced course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. Upon completion of the course July 26, Williams will return to Camp Chaffee for duty with a 5th Armored Division tank unit. Captain Williams advised stu dents in personal and academic problems at Texas A&M. He is a graduate of the college and of the Smithville, Texas high school. LI’L ABNER I DO A LITTLE HORSE BETTING, ON THE SIDE, SIR-AND I'VE BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH CER TAIN -E/?- BUSINESSMEN WHOSE. BUSINESS IT IS TO GIVE OTHERS THE BUSINESS—IF YOU UNDERSTAND, SIR. It’s A Small World By Al Capp