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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1951
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe...
STUDENTS once more get to practice one
of the most cherished of democratic rights
during the coming two weeks. The annual
Spring elections have put politics in the
lime-light and voters in a quandry as to
which names to mark on the ballots.
The privilege of voting has been paraded
before citizens and students, too, for many
years—since they were first old enough to
know what a vote was. And the duties of a
voter have been extolled, too. Negligence in
these duties, however, remain on our campus
as it is in practically every city and state of
the union—far too prevalent.
The negligence in these duties can be laid
to many factors. Voters are prejudiced . . .
they’re misinformed . . . they’re not inform
ed .. . they’re too lazy to become informed.
The latter is probably the most inexcusable
act of a citizen in any society, campus or
otherwise.
Story in the Waterbury (Conn.)
Republicaii: “President Truman is
considering ordering all-out mobili
zation because of the Korean girls.”
(A later edition changed “girls”
to “crisis.”)
From Differences
Arise New Policies
DOTH Democrats and Republicans seem to
^ agree that the public should have the
facts on foreign and military policies.
Chairman Taft of the Republican Policy
Committee is in, favor of a full airing of the
world policies of the Truman administra
tion, and we may expect the resolution of
the Committee to embody this idea.
Senator McFarland (D-Ariz) doesn’t care
about the method as long as the people get
the facts. Senators McMahon (D-Conn.),
Kerr (D-Okla.), and Gillette (D-Iowa), on
the other hand, fear that the Democratic
defense may take the form of an attack on
the Republican-MacArthur theory that Asia
is the key battleground.
The wide breach between MacArthur and
those who subscribe to the theory that Eu
rope holds the key indicates possible merit
on both sides.
This divergence of thought could and
should lead to the creation of a new foreign
policy which will include all facts that are
brought to light. If this fails do happen, then
the American system of formulating policy
will have failed.
That MacArthur would oppose Truman,
Marshall, Bradley, and Churchill without
any basis in fact is almost preporterous.
Any author can tell you that writing
is easy. The hard job is to get
somebody to read the stuff.
The most distinctive characteristics of
the American have always been a deep pride
in what he considers his inalienable rights
and a deep distaste for leisure and wanton
laziness. For reference, check any authority
on national traits of the U. S. citizen. Why
else should we find it so hard to accept the
“hereditary legislation’’ of the English plan
of government or the leisure classes to be
found in countries all over the world?
Why, then, do students and citizens con
stantly display this laziness when it comes
.to s the performance of one of their dearest
rights ?
The duties of a voter are these:
Know the qualifications of the candidates
for whom you are voting.
Base your judgment of the candidates on
these qualifications—not on popularity or
biased party (in our case, outfit) ideas.
Then, be sure you vote.
When you have fulfilled these duties of
an intelligent voter and have helped to see
that others follow your example, you’ll have
earned the right to criticize the actions of
YOUR elected representatives.
i Steel in Their Eyes'
Silent, Weary GFs
Slog Toward South
(Editor’s Note: The following
dispatch was relayed to the As
sociated Press in Washington
from Korea by the State Depart
ment. It confirms withdrawal
of some allied troops to Hong-
chon, 15 air miles southeast of
the hub city of Chunchon on
South Korea. Loss of Chunchon
was acknowledged only yester
day.)
By JIM BECKER
with dust that vehicles use head
lights in the daytime, a truck
can make the trip in half a
day.
It took these foot soldiers four
days to slog over the torturous
mountain trail that leads from the
knew they had not been beaten.
Some had heard that their flanks
had given way and that was why
they were heading the wrong way.
Whatever the reason they did ’
not like it.
Most of the men stared at the
Van Fleet Sees
Red Push Tuesday
On i Vital 9 Seoul
(CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, April
^*29—hP)—There was almost no
sound as they plodded. Just the
steady plump, plump, plump of
boots being planted in the dust,
raised and planted again.
They were a pitiful sight but
there was also grandeur in those
dragging steps, and there was
steel in their eyes.
It takes about three minutes for
a jet plane to streak from Hwachon a piano mover,
to Hongchon. They did not
one battered collection of mud huts packs of the man in front at the
to the other. raincoats and sleeping bag and on*
The troops took six hours out to trenching tool and grenades and
sleep and another night to fight, weapons of the man ahead.
The rest of the time they walked. Tney were bent under their bur-
The Marines were indescribab- dens,
ly filthy because there has been Sweat streamei
faces and mingl
no time to wash. They were un
shaven and unkempt. Their cloth
es were caked with mud.
One night it had rained. Mixed
with the sharp odor of days old
sweat was the musty stench of
wool that has been soaked and
then not quite dried,
freely from their
d with the dirt
and black beard stubble to form
filthy droplets.
But the things you noticed
most were the eyes.
There was steel in them and
there was nothing phony about it.
It was the hardness of men who
They walked up roads that would have lived with death and watched
have tried a mountain goat, under their friends fall bleeding to the
loads that would have staggered ground.
And as I looked into their
know why they eyes I thought they said:
Even on roads so crammed were walking south because they (See WEARY GI’s, Page ■!)
Contrary to most shining examples,
it is possible for an individual to be
healthy, wealthy and wise.
Chest X-rays:
Needed by All
Editors Note: Frank II.
King, Associated Press gen
eral executive for the South
west Headquarters in Dallas,
is in the Far East on special
assignment. This is his first
report from the Korean, front.
By FRANK H. KING
j [ S. EIGHTH Army Headquar-
^ ters, Korea, April 29—t®—
United Nations forces will stand in
battle before Seoul and try to an
(Van Fleet thus did not com
mit himself to any street-by-street
defense of Seoul if the Reds should
make a penetration. The Reds
themselves have twice won and
twice lost Seoul since invading
south Korea last June. Most mili
tary men agree that the city’s
geography does not lend itself to
a successful defense once an ene
my has entered it.)
Van Fleet said that with his
ground forces in good positions and
nihilate the human sea of Chinese care f u lly coordinated aid of
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Communists north of the Han
River, Lt. Gen. James A. Van
Fleet declared late today.
Already, the Eighth Army Com-
|NLY ONE positive way has been found mander said, the Reds have suf-
trv pVippIc tiihPTvnlnm" 5 : thp dreaded dis- teied an estimated 70,000 casual-
to cnecK tuDercuiosis - tne areaaea ais tjes in their current 0 ffe ns j V e and
ease which is rapidly coming' under control have been thwarted in their aim
nvpr tbp nation Ttiaf To discover the scoring a rictory by May Day,
over tne nation, mat way. to aiscover tne the wol . ldwidc communist holi-
disease before it is too late. day.
Free chest X-rays are now available
daily in the basement of the YMCA, through
the courtesy of the National Anti-Tubercu
losis Association. Any man, woman, or child
above 15 years of age can be checked for
signs of tuberculosis, and it won’t cost a
cent.
Last year, 13,024 people in Brazos
County were X-raysd. Of this number, 6,836
came from the A&M campus. Lung defects
were found in 108 cases.
We feel sure most of those 108 received
the chest pictures in time to prevent bad boweverthat American and other
^ f. United Nations forces will not be
effects of the disease. Again this year we sacrificed unnecessarily.
have the opportunity.
President M. T. Harrington, Dean of TEES Training 129
Men W.jL. Penberthy, and other college of- D
ficials have requested the student body and Jn ClclSSCS
college employees to have X-rays made.
It’s free, it’s painless, and it’s plenty
worthwhile.
Another big Red push may be
expected by Tuesday, he forecast.
Van Fleet issued a formal state
ment and also held a news confer
ence after spending most of the
past week inspecting the front.
He said the defense before Seoul
was not due to any military value
of the city but because it has
some prestige as the historic capi
tal of Korea.
‘Vital and Strategic’
At the same time he said the
Seoul area and the line of the Han
River, which flows just south of
Seoul, were “vital and strategic.”
It can be stated with authority,
air and sea power, U. N. strategy
was to stand before Seoul.
300,000 Reds Committed
The Allied field commander de
clared that since the Red offen
sive began the night of April 22,
the enemy had thrown in 300,000 of
the estimated 600,000 men they had
available in the battle zone.
These, he said, outnumbered the
combined defense forces many
times, but he praised the “comsum-
mate skill and vigor” of the mobile
defense.
The pullback tactics in the face
of the Red waves prevented en
circlement and at the same time
inflicted an estimated 70,000 cas
ualties on the Communists, he as
serted.
The big, loose-limbed general
said the Chinese Communist bid
was for allout victory, with May
Day set for the climax of the
drive against Seoul. Ultimate goal
of the attack is to destroy United
Nations forces in Korea or drive
them into the sea.
No Surprise
Van Fleet said today neither
the weight of the attack, the di
rection of the main effort, nor the
approximate date were surprises.
If the folks back home want
specific evidence for encourage
ment about Korea, he remarked,
it is that allied intelligence con-
twenty-nine tinues to improve. He considered
present
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municipal employees of 24 Texas the present action as conclusive
towns and cities are enrolled in Proof of that,
training classes being conducted . Some factors could not be anti-
by f/ield instructors for the Texas cl P&ted, such as the collapse of a
Engineering Extension Service. u - N - uni t, which required unex-
C. A. Sanders is conducting Unit pe ^ ed employment of reserve units.
I of the Water Works Operation Van Fleet was emphatic in say-
and Maintenance course in Odessa that dui ’ in £ th e first week of
for fifty-five water plant opera- ^ Present offensive, the enemy
tors from Stanton, Wink, Odessa, fmled to accomplish his plan. The
Midland, Monahans,, Crane, An- Present lul is a natural conse-
drews, Lamesa, Wickett, Gold- quence of the need of reorgamza-
smith, Emperial, Pyote and Grand f |( ? n °f enemy forces. This may
The Battalion
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"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Falls.
take several days. Another big
W. A. Bandy is giving Unit I in a a ^ n S' fhe U.^N. Jtront can
Abilene for 18 water plant operat
ors from Baird, Merkel, Abilene
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Wake Village, Texarkana and At
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Different Supply System
The new wave of attacks by
Chinese hordes will depend upon
their supply system, which is
totally unlike anything employed
by armies of the western world.
Instead of sending supplies up
to the frontline fighters, Chinese
Wallace D. Beasley is conducting carry their own When their am-
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CLAYTON L. SELPH, DAVE COSLETT Co-Editors
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
: Sgt. John Tenery
Joins AF Group
Today’s Issue
Dean Reed
Fred Walker..
Joel Austin .
Managing Editor
Sports News Editor
_ City News Editor
T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists
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, Iran Yantis, Sid Ragsdale, Bill
Aaberg, Ide Trotter, John Hildebrand, Chuck Neigh
bors, Bob Selleek, Bill Streich, Curtis Edwards, ,
Howard Heard .Staff Writers
Dick Kelly Club Publicity Co-ordma.tor
M/Sgt. John W. Tenery has re
cently joined the Air Force De
tachment here.
Tenery came here from Walters blue" badge.
AFB, Mineral Wells. He entered
military service in June, 1941, at
Kelly AFB on duty with the 15th
Air Force.
He served overseas with the 15th
fi-om December, 1943 to July, 1945
when he returned to a civilian job
of managing a department store.
While overseas he saw action in
Italy, Africa and France.
He was recalled to active duty
in August of last year.
Sgt. and Mrs. Tenery and their
children, Nancy Ann, John Jr., and
Michael live at Second and Cherry
small rations of rice consumed,
the soldiers themselves go to the
rear if they can get there, while
fresh troops move up.
Talking to correspondents about
his frontline tours, Van Fleet com
mented that “one look is worth a
hundred reports.”
In combaT uniform and with his
well-used ivory-handled pistol at
his hip, he exuded confidence.
His only decoration was the high
ly prized combat infantryman’s
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