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Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951 THE JUDGE Tell Us When, Coach ’. A FTER a long search, A&M finally has a •^head football coach. And, the irony of it all is, that he came from our own backyard. Ray George will be entering his first job as a college head coach with as much enthus iasm as a sophomore playing his first var sity game, we believe. The man will be be hind the eight-ball in several ways, but we’re convinced he’ll be able to weather any storm. The new coach is not an ex-student of the College. We have never believed that the coach need be, although certain advantages are gained by being a graduate. A good coach must be a strategist, a public rela tions expert, and a number of other things, Crime Commission Long Overdue ‘TklSCLOSURES of the Kefauver Crime ^ Committee may bring about the estab lishment of a permanent Federal Crime Com mission. Such a resolution has been intro duced by Senators O’Connor (D-Md), Hunt, <D-Md), and Kefauver (D-Tenn). The Commission would be headed by three presidential appointees (with Senate approval) for six-year terms, and $15,000 per year salary. A budget for the Commis- sion provides up to $150,000 per year to carry on the national'crusade against crime. T- The objectives will include the investiga tion of gambling, distribution and sale of narcotics, prostitution, and other known fields of criminal activity. Every effort would be made to deny interstate commun ication facilities to organized criminals. All evidence indicates that crime has in deed outgrown old laws and enforcement agencies. Such a commission, therefore, ap pears to be long overdue. Individual Thought: Now Needed Badly A S WE have pointed out in connection with •‘'the Truman-MacArthur controversy, there are not enough facts available to per mit the public to draw reasonable conclu sions. This has been explained partially in the report of the directors of the Associated Press to its membership. The free flow of information, according to their report, has been hampered by military censorship, and the difficulty of getting information through the iron curtain. Ironically, individual thought is made al most impossible at a time when it is need ed above all else. The individual is left only to place confidence in another individual or a political party. To seek the truth is almost a hopeless task. in addition to regular gridiron duties which call for a master tactician. For once, we believe The Battalion can speak for the student body when we say, “Welcome, Ray George.” The man didn’t get much of a welcome when he first came, for he was on a lower rung of the coaching lad der. The welcome may be a bit belated, Ray, but it’s here and it’s sincere. There have been few coaches that the A&M student body hasn’t stood behind. This may or not be a rational way to act, but at least it relieves the coach of yet another minor burden—keeping “on the good side” of the students themselves. How the switch in the coaching staff will affect A&M’s 1951 football record will never be known. No one will be able to truthfully say whether we could have had a better season or not, even after the sche dule is completed. Ray George and his staff will be doing their utmost to see that A&M will have a fine football season. But just like he has said, “If fhe Good Lord gives us the breaks ...” So, for better or for worse, we’re diving into the biggest intercollegiate thrill of ’em all—football. And Ray, when your team takes the field this Fall, the students won’t be ex pecting you to have National Champs . . . they’ll be with you—win, lose, or die trying. Quotation in the Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram: “We hold these truths self-evident, that all men are crated equal.” ‘Under-the-Table ’ Aid to Communists OEPORTS from Manila say that our Mili- tary Intelligence agents have discovered some 55-gallon drums filled with small arms near a Chinese-owned cigar factory. These automatic weapons were packed in cosmo- line, and they were not assembled. In itself, this fact is not too important, but the fact that Communists are ready, will ing and able to supply guns to any group willing to use them against us is a substan tial problem. It is known, for example, that Russian submarines have been sending guns to the Huckbalhaps in the Philippines since 1945. We do not know that the above shipment was part of such a program, but if one wish ed to send weapons from submarine to shore —55-gallon drums would be quite helpful. Treaties and other agreements might de fine overt acts of aggression, but there is nothing to combat this “under the table” military aid to Communist sympathizers. Here, again, we have a problem that will not clear up overnight. Sixth District Anti-Truman, If Fulton Lewis is Correct '-mz&s*—- The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” From the City Desk Let’s Work To Make it Pretty . . . By Joel Austin I T’S SPRING again and as the warm days take over in the absence of Jack Frost, the proverbial Spring house clean ing chores are in order once more. We saw the janitors labor for hours last evening as they scrubbed and waxed the floors of the hallowed halls of The Battalion office. It was a not-too-often done job, but right on schedule, however, for the Spring cleaning. Speaking of Spring cleaning, we are wondering what progress has been made on plans for the annual College Sta tion i Spring clean-up campaign. Last summer we were assured that such a project would be started as soon as the warm months arrived. It may be time for such a campaign 1 now. College Station is progressive enough to keep a neat, clean-looking town the year round. But no matter how hard some people strive to keep things clean, there’s always a little dust that gathers in the back corners that must be mop ped up sometime. And there may be a fence' or porch that could stand a new coat of paint to bring that luster which stands out and distinguishes a dirty, dingy surrounding from a clean one. Wouldn’t a Clean-up—Paint-up campaign be just the thing to put the homes and business of College Station in A-l condition? Drive Not Too Successful Last I summer the Chamber of Commerce directors in formed us they sponsored such a clean-up campaign last Spring, although the results failed to prove the drive was successful. We have also been told that a similar clean-up effort throughout the city was held two years ago and worked very effectively. Officials at the City Hall told us earlier this year they would be glad to supply trucks and other equipment to haul all rubbish discarded by local people who take part in the clean-up drive. The only problem appears to be in getting someone to sponsor this clean-up campaign. / Bryan C of C Takes Wise Move Bill Parse, president of the Student Senate, attended a meeting of the Bryan t Chamber of Commerce directors in the Varisco Building yesterday. Parse was the official representative of the A&M stu dent body to sit in on The meeting of the neighboring town’s leaders. We would like to compliment these men for this pro gressive step that provides'for a voice of the students in their planning sessions. If more groups like the Bryan Chamber of Commerce could realize the importance of fostering better relations between i themselves and the students of A&M, a solution to the problems which have continuously conflicted between them could be gained. Olin E. Teague, representa tive to Congress from the Sixth District of Texas, has sent The Battalion a report on activities in his Washington office for the past week. We believe the poll he tells of will be interesting and possibly amusing to the readers—The Editor. Washington, April 25—This past w^ek, my office has been flooded with postcard replies as well as completed questionnaires to the Fulton Lewis Poll of April 9. I know that the people of the Sixth District would like to learn of the results due to the active interest they took in the poll. Be low is the recapitulation: • As of today would you vote for Harry Truman for President? Yes: 4; No: 226. • Should President Truman be allowed to continue to receive the $50,000 tax exempt salary recent ly voted him by Congress? Yes: 29; No. 200. • Do you believe that Congress should continue investigations such as the one into RFC loans and the Kefauver crime hearings and ex tend those investigations into other activities of the government? Yes: 227; No 4. • Are you in favor of keeping Dean Acheson as Secretary of State? Yes: 8; No: 200. • Do you favor the UN being in final control of US Troops in Ko rea or elsewhere? Yes: 20; No: 207. • Should Chiang Kai-Shek be permitted to send his Nationalist Armies against the Chinese Com munists? Yes: 216; No.: 132. LETTERS All letters to the editor must be signed by the writer and free from obscene and libelous references. Letter writers wanting their name withheld must make a personal request to the co-editors. No unsigned letters will be published. Quotation And Explanation Editor, The Battalion: This excerpt is from the Sun day issue of the Houston Post. “A. and M. President M. T. Har rington, who spoke briefly at the ceremony said Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist was the one man most re sponsible for the completion of the swank Student Center.” I do not remember that state ment being made at the Muster or Dedication ceremony. If President Harrington was correctly quoted, would someone please clarify the nature of the Chancellor’s contri bution. Lloyd Thornton ’47 (President Harrington did make a statement at the MSC dedication ceremony similar to that above, but the Houston Post quote is somewhat inaccurate: The president did say, “Mr. Gibb Gilchrist, through his continuous efforts, is the one person most re sponsible for seeing to the fulfill ing of this dream of ours.” (It was during Chancellor Gil christ’s tenure as president that the Memorial Student Center evolv ed from a dream into a working project. (It was he who appointed the first committee to study the pos sibilities and make plans for build ing a Student Center at A&M. (President Gilchrist worked on plans for financing*the building, okeyed the necessary expenditures and employed J. Wayne Stark, MSC director, to begin building an or ganization to carry out the pur poses of the structure. Stark was employed before ground was ever- broken for the building. (President Harrington explained to The Battalion yesterday after noon that it was these things to which his statement had reference. —The Editor) • Do you feel confident Europe will fight to the end against Com munism? Yes: 24; No: 199. • Do you approve of the pro posed continuation of economic along with military, aid to the North Atlantic Pact Nations? Yes: 92; No: 132. • Would you favor a require ment that nations receiving mili tary or economic aid from us must agree to stop trading with Rus sia, Communist China or any other Iron Curtain country? Yes: 221; No: 6. ® Do you believe President Tru man’s statement that all Com munists and Communist sympathi zers have been weeded out of the government? Yes: 3; No: 228. • Are you in favor of a per manent peacetime program of UMT? Yes: 141; No. 88. • Do you believe President Tru man is making a sincere effort to cut out unnecessary government spending? Yes: 1); No: 223. • Should wages be controlled along with prices? Yes: 200; No: 28. AH Club to Show Color Films Tonite Students and staff members of the Animal Husbandry Department will be shown a color film on Brahman cattle operations at 7:30 tonight in the lecture room of the Animal Husbandry Building, ac cording to F. I. Dahlberg of the AH department. Guests of the meeting will be cattlemen from the Houston and South Texas area who are enroute to a field day at Bluebonnet Farm tomorrow. The film will be narrated by Harry P. Gayden, executive secre tary of the American Brahman Breeders Association and Edgar Hudgins, premier breeder of Brah man cattle. All local cattlemen, staff, stu dents and interested parties arc in vited to attend the meeting, Dahl berg said. Math Prof Has Article Published Jack T. Kent, professor of math ematics is the author of an article published recently in the Astrono mical Journal, official publication of the American Astronomical Soc iety, of which he is; a member. • Should the government pre vent strikes in time of war emer gency? Yes: 219; No: 9. • Are you in favor of calling Gen. MacArthur home for a re port to the Congress on the Far Eastern situation? Yes: 200; No. 25. • Are you in favor of impeach ing President Truman? Yes: 145; No: 10. The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. News contributions may be mad© 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. 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D, Witter Photo Engravers Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager Russell Kagens, Bob Hayme Advertising Representatives Traveling Students Deferred Local draft boards are authorized to issue young men of draft age a permit to leave the United States to go abroad this summer, accord- ing§to the Washington headquar ters of the Selective Service. The Selective Service regulation permitting young men to leave the United States reads as follows: “Permit to leave the United States—Local boards are author ized to issue to registrant a Per mit of the Local Board of Regis trant To Depart from the United States (SSS Form No. 300) and should issue the permit unless it is found that the registrant’s ab sence is likely to interfere with the performance of his obligations under the Selective Service Act of 1948. “Before determining whether a permit should be issued, the board may require the registrant to com plete and file his Classification Questionnaire (SSS Form No 100) and such forms and information as may be necessary to complete classification. The local board may thereupon classify the registrant if it appears necessary to a deter mination of the advisability of is suing the permit.” A New Arrival at ... . Henry A. Miller Co. A complete stock of these beautiful pat terns. 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