Battalion Editorials
Page 2
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951
FROM A LITTLE ACORN GROWS A MIGHTY HOAX
Reds in Middle East Too?
|>OTH PARTIES involved in the Israel-
** Syria border dispute have drawn a sharp
State Department rebuke. Steps were also
taken to prevent a new Arab-Jew battle in
a dispute that is far from settled. France
and England have joined this movement by
urging restraint on both sides.
Uncensored facts on Middle East affairs
are rather difficult to obtain, but the tension
"in this area is one fact that is common
knowledge. These disputes are like the Ko
rean police action in that they are manifes
tations of deep seated conflicts.
There is no surface evidence that there
is any Communist influence in this particular
Huleh border area, but “war makes strange
bedfellows” as the saying goes. American
equipment was and probably still is being
used by the Jews. Regardless of legal own
ership technicalities, this is usually interpret
ed by Arabs and other anti-Jewish elements
as direct United States support of Israel.
We cannot, for this reason, dismiss the
possibility that these anti-Jewish elements
would be amenable to Russian assistance.
A powerful ally would in their opinion make
the Arab-Jew issue a fair fight. In other
words, there is a distinct possibility of a col
lective “anti-foreign” challenge in the Mid
dle East not unlike that which we now face
in Asia.
‘End of an Era ?
Silent Jap Crowds
Watch Mac Depart
Interest Usually Gets Results
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“fTHE Texas Senate, for some strange rea-
' son, has done a quick about-face on the
“anti-punchboard bill”. By a 25-0 vote, Sen
ator George Nokes’ bill has been accepted for
consideration.
The bill makes possession, storage, sale,
or exhibit of punchboards a misdemeanor
carrying a possible penalty of one year in
jail, or a fine up to $1,000.
Without this law, operators of slot ma
rines could switch to punchboards—(assum
ing that present anti-slot machine legislation
passed). Nokes introduced the bill after
such action was recommended by District
and ,County Attorneys as a part of the war
on organized crime, sponsored by the Attor
ney General.
Along with this constructive action, there
are dark rumors that it may reflect discredit
on the House. Harris County private clubs
have presumably been “shaken down” by a
member of the House. This member is al
leged to have requested a donation of $25
per machine in return for his influence in
preventing the passage of the anti-slot ma
chine bill.
We re-affirm our belief that expressions
of individual voters should help to forge a
legal weapon fc^r law enforcement officers.
It should not be necessary for churches to
use their funds to outbid gamblers in the
purchase of “influence”.
Dangers of Appeasement
‘Peace at Any Price 9 Idea
Poor Goal for Anti-Reds
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
rpHE GRAVEST danger which
' ^ the democracies face in the con
flict with Bolshevism is, as I see it,
political rather than military.
That is the danger of trying to
achieve peace by appeasement.
Maybe your columnist is a bit
hipped on the subject of appease
ment. If so his excuse is that as
an observer he had the harrowing
experience of following Britain's
Prime Minister Chamberlain
through the latter's fatal efforts
to appease Hitler.
Force for Bullies
You can’t appease an aggressor.
There is only one thing a bully
understands, and that is force or a
threat of force.
So far as America is concerned,
we have the assurance which Presi
dent Truman gave in his broadcast
April 11, explaining the MacArthur
dismissal. Referring to the Korean
war the chief executive said:
“We are ready at any time to ne
gotiate for a restoration of peace
in the area. But we will not en
gage in appeasement. We are only
interested in real peace.”
That is a categorical statement:
The United States will have no
part in trying to avoid trouble by
appeasement.
However, there are other coun
tries which are not so fortunately
situated as our own. They are
Asiatic countries which lie in the
path of Bolshevist aggression, or
Western nations which have ter
ritorial interests in the Far East.
The Russ o-Chinese alliance
makes a powerful combination
which towers over the rest of Asia
like a colossus. It is a power
which a neighboring country—like
India, for example—cannot regard
lightly. And it is a power which
a Western nation like Britain, with
important Asiatic colonial inter
ests, cannot treat cavalierly.
Red Recognition Not Strange
Thus it perhaps isn’t strange to
see Britain and India recognizing
the Chinese Communist govern
ment which is waging war against
democracy.
One doesn’t hold these recogni
tions up as striking examples, but
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as reminders that people who live
at the base of precipitous moun
tains have to watch out for land
slides.
The question of appeasement is
of particular importance now be
cause it is quite clear that the Com
munists don’t want peace in Asia.
Their strategy is to weaken the
democracies by keeping them in
volved in military operations like
the Korean war.
Such a harrowing situation is
calculated to inspire concessions
from countries which are endan
gered. Eveiy concession to force
is a loss of ground for the princi
ples for which the United States
stands.
N. Y. Times ‘Policy’
I like the way the New York
Times summed up the position in
an editorial on the “Policy for Ko
rea.” Said the Times:
“The United States and the Unit
ed Nations want peace in Korea.
They want no part of any general
war. The Chinese Communists and
their Russian suppliers obviously
do not want peace in Korea and
may or may not want a general
war.
“It is the business of this country
and the United Nations to get the
issues straight, to honor the com
mitments that have been made, and
to stand firmly against rewards
for aggression and against peace
at any price.”
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John Whitmore, Dean Reed Managing Editors
Andy Anderson, Bob Hughson Campus Editors
Fred Walker Sports Editor
Joel Austin City Editor
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor
Today’s Issue
Dean Reed Managing Editor
Bob Hughson Campus 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 Landrum, 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. Roland, Ivan Yantis, Sid Ragsdale, Bill
Aaberg, Ide Trotter, John Hildebrand, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Selleck, Bill
Streich, 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
Bid Abernathy Page Make-up
Joe Gray —Photo Engraving Shop Manager
Tom Fontaine, Johnny Lancaster, Charles McCullough, R. R. Peeples,
R. D. Witter .Photo Engravers
Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager
Russell Hagens, Bob Haynie Advertising Representatives
Dick Kelly —Club Publicity Co-ordinator
Five Grants Given
Ag Experimenters
Five grants-in-aid totaling $6,825
have been made available recently
to the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station to further its re
search, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director,
has announced,
J. S. Abercombrie of Houston has
contributed $1,875 to the Station’s
study of pinkeye in cattle.
A grant-in-aid of $1,500 was
made available by the Velsicol
Corporation, Chicago, for use in
evaluating heptachlor for control
of cotton insects.
The Chemagro Corporation, New
York, contributed $1,200 for eval
uating Potosan, E-838 and a methyl
ester of E-838 for cotton insect con
trol.
The Chipman Chemical Company,
Bound Brook, N. J., sent a check
for $250 for use in cotton defol
iation studies at the Temple sub
station.
Commercial Solvents Corpora
tion, Terre Haute, Ind., contributed
$2,000 for investigating the use of
antibotics and vitamin B12 pro
ducts.
Bible Verse
T ET your light so shine before
^ men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Fa
ther which is m heaven.
—Matthew 5:16.
The Battalion,
Home of Warped Minds
Editor, The Battalion:
For the nearly four years we
have attended A&M, we have
grown more and more amused at
the operations of The Battalion.
Obviously, it is written as a farce
to be taken lightly, with tongue
in cheek.
This past year, however, has
been little short of hilarious. It has
been inevitably true that when
something was definitely right The
Battalion earnestly declared it
otherwise, and vice-versa.
For instance, the movie revues
were quite funny. If one read The
Battalion and went to the shows it
declared terrible, one always saw a
good movie.
This system was infallible. The
run-down of “Samson and Delilah”
was particularly amusing. It amaz
ed us to see that a student here
actually had the gall to publicly
admit his stupidity by saying such
things about so magnificent a pro
duction.
Another sure laugh-provoker is
the unceasing effort of The Bat
talion staff to show the shortcom
ings of the entire world and how
they should be remedied.
We have to' admit it is quite a
joke, though a sordid one, to have
students who cannot even make
passing grades and graduate with
their classmates finding fault with
our top government officials and
diplomats who had thirty-odd years
of experience.
It is truly a pity there are no
rational beings with The Battalion
but we presume the shame connect
ed with it has grown so great no
one with any ability will take the
step.
As a classic example to prove
our point, we quote the second line
of Thomas M. Fontaine’s column
in the April 12 edition.
“If, unfortunately, you are one
of those not uncommon college-ed
ucated illiterates—go on to LiT
Abner.”
That is the best advice ever
given out by The Battalion. Tnie,
:his column might have afforded
a few laughs, but actually would
not have been worth the time spent
to read it (typical of all Battalion
editorials), while Li’l Abner is
much funnier. As for the illiterate
part, that really is a joke. Just
why is it taking you so long to
graduate, Tommy?
The only logical remedy to this sad
situation is to persuade someone
with an unwarped mind and with
out the weight of the world on
his shoulders to become Battalion
editor. Until that time, however,
we shall go on doing as we have in
the past—using The Battalion
largely for sink wipers and out
house equipment.
Phocipn S. Park’ 51
John R. Knox, ’51
Batt, Senate Wrong
Editor, The Battalion:
An “opinion poll” of a goodly
number of the residents of Mitch
ell, Milner, and Hart Halls was
taken by this individual Thursday
night. The concensus of opinion is
that the election committee of the
Student Senate has one helluva
lot of nerve in arbitrarily killing
our vote on the question of having
a Student Body President.
Since when has it been the priv
ilege of any election committee to
decide AFTER the election that the
results should be thrown out be
cause the electorate was not prop
erly informed on the issue?
I was under the impression that,
in the United States since 1776,
the post-election duties of an elec
tion committee were to (1) ascer
tain the correctness of each in
dividual ballot, (2) count the votes,
(3) record the vote, and (4) to
report the results of the election.
As to your elaborately-explained
contention that this is NOT an
election, but an opinion poll I
quote you the announcement which
appeared on the front page of The
Battalion on Wednesday, April 11,
1951.
“Referendum Vote Scheduled To-
nite.”
“The question of whether or not
A&M will have a Student Body
President will be decided tonight in
a campus-wide election. The bal
lots will'be distributed through the
first sergeants and dormitory sen
ators.
“The President of the Student
Body would automatically become
the President of the Student Sen
ate, if the proposal passes.” Un
quote!!
Thig act of “throwing out” an
electio^ for no justifiable reason is
a major disaster for the Student
Senate and its reputation as a dem
ocratic form of government. I con
tend that the only way the Senate
can retain its prestige is to have
an immediate called meeting, re
pudiate this treasonous act of the
election committee, and accept the
verdict rendered by the election.
Now is the time to prove that
you are men, ready to abide by
majority vote and not just a snotty-
nosed bunch of kids who’re going
to have their own way regardless.
David M. Elston
By OLEN CLEMENTS
''FOKYO, Monday, April 16—(A 5 )—
General Douglas MacArthur
started the long journey home to
day with a hero’s farewell from
the Japanese to whom he came as
a conqueror five years and seven
months ago.
From the moment he left home
in the American Embassy at 6:28
a. m. until his sliyery Constella
tion, the “Bataan” took off at 7:21
a. m. (5:21 p. m. EST Sunday), the
general’s departure was a brilliant
pageant.
It was replete with military
pomp and protocol, with honor
guards and blaring bands, swish
ing jet planes, saluting officers and
cheering, bowing and gaping Jap
anese by the hundreds and hun
dreds of thousands.
The 71-year old soldier states
man was relieved from all his com
mand April 11 by President Tru
man because of a disagreement
over how to fight the Korean war
and how to contain Communist ag
gression in the Far East.
Now he is homeward bound, to
great public welcomes in Honolulu,
San Francisco and New York, and
probably to address a joint ses
sion of Congress on his policy
views. He reached Honolulu about
midnight Sunday, Honolulu time (5
a.m. Monday, EST), but the re
mainder of his schedule was not
definite as to time.
Since the dismissal, MacArthur
had kept himself secluded from the
public until this morning, when
he took his place in a waiting
black limousine beside his devoted
wife, Jean, and 13-year-old son,
Arthur.
Stiffly erect and without a flick
er, he saluted the 30-man honor
guard representing all branches
of the U. S. armed forces as his
car rolled from the embassy
grounds onto the rutted, Tokyo
streets where an estimated 500,000
to 1,000,000 Japanese awaited.
His staff members and domestic
staff who accompanied him follow
ed in six other cars while 10,000
Japanese police lined the proces
sional route—not for security, they
said, but asv a goodbye tribute to
the man who has been their acting
emperor since Sept. 2, 1945.
One braided cap American offi
cer standing in the line along
streets quoted freely from Shakes
peare’s Othello as the limousine
sped by:
“The moor has done his work,
now the moor must go.”
Notables At Airport
At Haneda Airport, the occu
pation hierarchy was assembled.
Wives lined one side of the runway.
The military, the diplomats and
Jananese officials were arrayed in
strict order of precedence.
The general arrived at the air
port at 6:55 a. m., right on time.
The solemnly spaced boom of
19-guns roared in salute.
The general’s pilot, Lt. Col. An
thony Story, opened the door of
his limousine as it halted.
The general was the first out,
lie graciously helped his wife and
son from the machine.
Ridgway Says Goodbye
MacArthur’s successor, Lt. Gen,
Matthew B. Ridgeway stepped
forward and saluted.
As MacArthur’s aide had predict
ed, it was MacArthur’s finest hour
in a life that has known many fine
ones.
The wind was a bit heavy and it
was cold. The general’s breath was
frosty.
An honor guard lined the way in
side the airport.
Inspects Honor Guard
MacArthur, old soldier that he is,
inspected it.
Diplomats, his staff, members
of the Japanese Diet, all were im
pressed with MacArthur’s bearing
and presence. He took care to shake
each by the hand.
The sun broke through the clouds
as the general strode into the air
field.
He appeared in a hurry to leave,'i*
As he walked the 100-yards to8
his plane, a military band played
“The General’s March.”
Mrs. MacArthur preceded him to *
the plane. Her progress was so
rapid that she outdistanced him. t
She stopped and asked an aide:
“Have I lost the general?” '
Then she spotted her husband 25
feet behind, laughed and contin
ued to the Bataan.
At the to
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