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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951
‘God, Give Us Men!
r<OD, give us men! A time like this demands
^ Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demogogue
Austin Declares
‘No Policy Vacuum ’
AMERICAN Delegate, Warren R. Austin
has brought the U. N. back into the
limelight. This makes the present conflict
a three cornered affair—Truman, MacAr-
thur, and Austin.
Austin took offense to Mac Arthur’s ‘‘pol
icy vacuum” statement, and his recent
speech to the Grand Lodge of the Chinese
Communists on the side of the North Ko
reans.
Austin said that the contributions of the
members of the U. N. have not been poured
into a “policy vacuum.” He added, “the pol
icy of the U. N. in regard to Korea is clear,
positive and consistent.” Here is his sum
mary of the U. N. objectives:
Militarily—The objective is to repel the ag
gression and restore international peace and
security in the area.
Politically—The objective is to establish a
unified, independent and democratic govern
ment in the sovereign state of Korea.
If these issues involving the U. N., State
Department, and General MacArthur can be
reconciled, the unity of the West will be en
hanced. For the present, however, we should
prepare to get to the root of the trouble by
force if diplomacy continues to fail.
A war may be required to get a world
wide majority opinion in favor of peace.
And damn his treacherous flatteries
without winking;
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the
fog
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the rabble with their thumb-worn
creeds,
Their large profession and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice
sleeps.
—Josiah Gilbert Holland
Needed:
Loyalty Meter
W/E HEAR quite a bit about Communists
today, but we have to define “Commun
ist” before we can legitimately tie this label
on suspected individuals. In addition, the
Supreme Court is now insisting that said
suspects be given an opportunity to make a
statement.
This problem came up when President
Truman created the Government Loyalty
Program by executive order in March of
1947. Membership in any so-called “subver
sive” organization was almost a certain cause
for dismissal. Actually, 308 employees have
been fired under this order, and 3,103 left of
their own accord while under investigation.
Justices Douglas and Black have ruled that
this entire program is unconstitutional.
The government now lists about 159 or
ganizations as “subversive” without due pro
cess of law. Three accused organizations ap
pealed to the Courts, and were turned down.
The Supreme Court, however, has ruled that
they are entitled to a hearing.
We can only echo Justice Douglas’ opin
ion that the issue is “one of the gravest of
our generation.”
MacArthur-Truman Fight
Records at Wake Released
WASHINGTON, M a y 3 —(/P>—
” The MacArthur-Truman dis
pute blew wide open again yester
day with the release of a secret
report on the Wake Island meet
ing and a Republican drive to
force an open hearing for General
MacArthur’s explanation of his
Asian policies.
Developments came in rapid or
der:
GOP senators fought to strip
the secrecy from MacArthur’s test
imony today before the Senate
Armed Services and Foreign Rela
tions Committee. Democrats tried
to block the Republican move and
keep the hearing behind closed
doors.
A report from the joint chiefs
of staff quoted MacArthur as
telling President Truman last
October at Wake Island he did
not believe the Chinese Reds
would enter the Korean War.
The general also was represented
as saying Russia had no ground
troops available for Korea but
could put 100 planes into combat.
The secret report was released
by the Senate Armed Services and
Foreign Relations Committees. It
was labelled as the “substance of
statements made at Wake Island
conference.” MacArthur also was
quoted as saying “no commander in
the history of war ever had more
complete and adequate support
from all agencies in Washington
than I have.”
A story telling about the report
was published recently by the New
York Times. Senator Russell (D-
Ga.), who is presiding at today’s
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hearing subsequently asked for the
report and requested Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs, of Staff, to tell how it was
compiled.
Gen. MacArthur had said no
stenographic record was made of
the YVake Island conference, but
Bradley said a stenographer in
an adjoining room took down
part of the conversation. Other
parts of the report, he said, were
based on longhand notes made by
officials who participated in the
conference.
Bradley—who was at Wake—
said five copies of the report were
sent to MacArthur 12 days after
the Wake meeting.
Bradley said in a letter to Rus
sell: ‘To my knowledge, since that
time we have received no informa
tion from General MacArthur or
his headquarters that would indi
cate any non-concurrence with the
record of the conference.”
Before this, Secretary of State
Acheson stoutly backed the Ad
ministration’s defense moves in
pre-war Korea. He asserted the
government had carried out all
but one of the recommendations
made in 1947 by Lt. Gen. Albert
C. Wedemeyer.
This single exception, he said,
was the creation of a South Ko
rean Scout force staffed with
American officers. Instead, a U. S.
military mission helped the South
Koreans set up their own force.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska,
Senate Republican leader, said,
however: “The administration pol
icy seems to be just the opposite
of the Wedemeyer report and that
report seems to conform pretty
well with the recommendations of
MacArthur.”
Senator Bridges (R-NH) said
that if Wedemeyer’s recommenda
tions “for arming South Koreans
had been followed it is extremely
unlikely that American boys would
be dying in Korea today.” ,
LETTERS
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What and Why
Is a Poet?
By DANNY CHITWOOD
(A Reader Contribution)
pOETS can be roughly
(I mean gently) divided into
two kinds
Male and Female.
They can be easily distinguished
from each other because
The male wears his hair long
And the female wears hers short.
During his working hours
And I use the word working
loosely
A poet is usually found out in
the woods
Communing with nature.
There, regardless of the season,
He is writing a poem on Spring.
Science has not yet been able to
determine
How old a poet must be before the
Spring goes out of him.
Poets often grow up and marry
The same as human beings.
They are quite docile in matrimony
And can stand heat, cold, and
privation.
In fact, they can stand almost
anything
Except an attack upon one of
their poems.
A poet or poetess, however,
Has a great advantage over the
rest of the world
In the matter of marriage.
It is simply impossible for one
of them to make a
Really unhappy marriage.
For example, if they don’t get
along,
He suffers.
And no one can haul off and
Suffer like a poet •
Nor enjoy it more.
The more he suffers
The better poetry he writes,
And as he finds himself becoming
a better poet,
He’s happy.
So he’s happy in either case.
Female poets should marry
Bricklayers, plumbers, and iron-
molders.
Male poets should marry
Lady bricklayers, plumbers, and
iron-molders.
This is in order to assure them of
at least
One or two meals a day.
If a poet and a poetess marry,
The two simply,
“Walk away into the sunset”
And quietly starve to death.
A case of such starvation,
Recently reported in the press,
Told how the young couple,
In their final desparate efforts
to get food out of
Anything,
Had spent their last hours trying
to split an infinitive.
To those extroverts
Who feel the poets have no place
in the busy,
Matter-of-fact world of today,
I say;
“Fie, on you!”
If it were not for poets,
How would we know about
The birds and bees?
And then what would we tell our
children
When they ask those embarrass
ing questions?
And if it were not for poets,
How in the world would we know
When it was Spring?
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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
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor LFrOneiTIcUl oeleCtCfl
As Awards Judge
Chris H. Groneman, head of In
dustrial Education, has been invit
ed by Ford Motor Company to
serve as one of eight members
to set up a national judging criteria
for the Ford Motor Company In
dustrial Arts Awards Program.
The group will meet at the Hotel
New Yorker in New York City on
May 2nd, at which time a system
of rating will be determined to
cover the areas of woodworking,
drafting, architectural drawing, art
metal, plastic, printing, electricity
and radio.
While in New York, Dr. Grone
man will also attend the annual
conference of the American Indus
trial Arts Association which con
venes throughout the week.
Today’s Issue
John Whitmore. Managing Editor
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Joel Austin .City News Editor
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Walston, Bee Landrum, Frank Davis, Phil Snyder. Art Giese, Cristy Orth,
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Proud of A&M
To the Student Body:
We have just listened to the
A&M Muster Program. It was
inspirational. A&M has a heritage
of which you boys are justly proud.
We are proud that Texas has such
a college.
You are doing much to build the
mind, character and body of your
boys.
We enjoyed the program im
mensely and will be looking for
ward to next year’s program.
Mr. and Mrs. A: I. Holloman
Dallas, Texas
Keep Six Pups;
Begin Tradition
Editor, The Battalion:
Keep the six orphan pups at
A&M. Give them the distinction
of being the only coeds in the
school.
The legend of Reveille began in
much the same way. Perhaps here
we have begun another.
James R. Schwenke ’49
Houston
Bible Verse
^THEN spake Jesus again un
JL them, saying, “I am the light
unto
of
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shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.”
—John 8-: 12;
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