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Battalion Editorials HORN OF plenty-MORE-WHERF-THaT-came-FRoM ' Becomes Prisoner of War Page 2 TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1951 Profs, Where Were You?... pROFS and other members of the A&M *■ staff apparently are not as interested in how and what their students think as they often say they are. Student government discussions, with all the related aspects of student life that creep into them, offer to the prof an excellent op portunity to observe and better understand the thinking and attitudes of their students. Profs and staff members were invited to just such a discussion last Wednesday night. Two attended. And one of those was previously invited to serve as panel moderator. Breaking down the now existing barriers between student and prof at A&M calls for positive effort on the part of profs as well as students. Two student groups, one with faculty membership, are trying to improve student- faculty relations. They are the Student Sen ate and Student Life Committee. Loafing becomes respectable ivhen the doctor tells you it is necessary. Something For the Future pEFECTIVE and praiseworthy. ^ Those two words very definitely apply to the panel on student government held in the MSC last Wednesday night. Open to students and profs alike, it was the first effort here in several years to open to cool and constructive, organized discus sion a problem much in the thoughts of stu dent leaders. Attended by some twenty students and one prof, the audience and panel leaders nev er lacked enthusiasm, yet they never became boisterous, discourteous or angered. Panel Moderator Bennie Zinn encounter ed only one problem—deciding which man had put his hand up first. Nearly every stu dent present spoke during the meeting. Discussion by both panel leaders and speakers from the floor reflected their in terest and the fact that they had done con siderable previous thinking on the problem. The Battalion regrets that there were not more students, particularly underclassmen, and profs present. We know there are more who are interested. Student Senate President Bill Parse and Senator Wilman “Pusher” Barnes deserve a student body thanks for conceiving and pro moting the panel. Juniors and sophomores present seemed impressed with what could be accomplished in such a meeting. We hope that they will promote more such panels next year to cover any and all kinds of student problems. Such panels will eliminate a great amount of confusion in student thinking and provide an avenue for progressive improvement in student affairs. But on a questionnaire distributed to A&M profs and staff members this year, only a small number of them indicated that “out of classroom life” had very much to do with classroom efficiency. Conflicting directly with this are the numerous comments we’ve heard profs make these past few years that they wish there were better means for them to get to know thoroughly the individual and group think ing of their students. This knowledge, these profs say, would help greatly in getting class room work “over” to the student. We wonder where those profs were when the student government panel was held last Wednesday night? They passed up a fine op portunity. Current student attitude toward profs and the college staff is definitely harmful and should be of great concern to thinking individuals in both groups And those high in college administrative circles should be pursuing an active program toward inspiring positive thinking and action on the problem. Those few now interested and working on the problem cannot hope to solve it alone. The answer lies only in the concerted thinking and work of a much greater number of profs and students. It is nothing short of remarkable, hoiv the candidates recommend themselves. Problem for Prexy, Athletic Council TVHERE needs to be some definite clarifica- tion as to what amount of funds are available for minor sports at A&M, and what agency shall provide them. Under present organization, these sports rightfully fall under the jurisdiction of the Athletic Council. That means the same group should finance them. Facing their second request by a minor sport organization this year, the Student Life Committee debated long and loud yes terday on what should be'done. It was generally agreed that some defin ite policies should be established and that no more money should come from Exchange Store funds administered by the Student Life Committee. Unless some definite policies are estab lished, minor sports will be in for a beating at A&M The Battalion recommends this problem to the attention of the Athletic Council and the college president. Never berate a politician; he could not stay in office without the sup port of his people. GI Carries Enemy Soldier To German First Aid Unit The following story sent to us by the Fort Lewis public information officer relates such an unusual tale that we thought our readers would be interested. We’ve never heard anything like it.—The Editor. l^ORT LEWIS, Wash., May 22— ^ i r\ -v*/i tin 1 ■P /-v T /I/a vn *1 4" 1 VI 4" rl n Army, had fought the Americans several times and on Oct. 12, 1944, he was returning small arm fire with the unidentified Texan when they met face-to-face in close combat in Hurtgen Forest near the Belgium and German border. He gave these examples: “Our combat team of 1,400 men went,* into battle against the Americans * at 7:30 o’clock one morning and two hours later we retreated. Only 170 men survived . . . The Ameri cans were good sports as far f as good sports could be in war. Wllen , oo men were injured, it seemed-as if i Martin, who wears two scars as W( , u | ( j stop firing until the The result of close combat in the me mentos of his service m the woun d e d were evacuated.” battle of Hurtgen Forest during German Army and has unlimited Then he continued the st f World War II gave Pfc. Robert E. me mories of his youth with Hitlers ^ Texan- Martin his strangest experience in movements, feels that his life was <, In the battle of Hurtgen For. life thanks to a Texan. saved by the American soldier from eg ^ j j ia( j captured several Ameri- Pfc. Martin, a former German Texas. He also attributes his be- can ’ s _ Then ano ther American shot sergeant, today would like to find ing in this country to the iexans at me> The b u n e t ZO omed ove/my the Texan who saved his life in attitude on the field of battle where an( j j the dirt. Seven more the thick of battle and influenced men killed to survive. g^g weve fi rec [ and a ll seven his coming to America. “This soldier’s humane attitude lande(i in my batt } e geaV- j cra ^ led The unknown Texan was 28 is responsible tor my desire to under the brush and got behind the years old in 1944, a farmer prior come here,’ Pfc. Martin said, ai- American. I tapped him with my to military service, a member of though an enemy on the battletieiu, ba y one t a nd he surrendered, the First Army, and a prisoner of he was a great friend when my nie “tyhen I got on my feet, an Pfc. Martin, now of the U. S. No Agreement in Sight On Jap Peace Treaty was at stake.’ : This is the story Pfc. Martin told: “We were fighting the advanc ing Americans on Oct. 12, 1944 almost seven years when I was wounded in close combat. “The battleground — Hurtgen Forest—was a mass of splintered other American shot me in the head. The last American I cap tured—the Texan—took my hel met off and gave me first aid. When I came to, he asked me the location of the German First Aid station. “I told him it was to the rear about a half a mile. He told me' By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER W/ASHINGTON, tt riTM-for! Si May 22—UP)— The United States and Russia have reached a parting of the ways over preparation of a peace treaty for Japan. The spread of their differences was spotlighted by an American charge that Moscow is “conniving at aggression” by proposing to deny to Japan adequate post-treaty defense arrangements. An American note published Sunday night made it clear this country is determined to go through with its plan of using American forces to help protect Japan against any threat of Com munist aggression from Asia. The note was handed to Soviet Ambassador Alexander S. Pan- yushkin Saturday. It replied to a May 7 Russian set of proposals on preparation of a Japanese peace treaty. Meeting in June, July Moscow asked for a meeting in June or July of the foreign min isters of the United States, China, Britain and Russia to start work on a treaty and bring it to a “speedy conclusion.” The U. S. rejected this proposi tion outright on the ground that misuse of the veto power by Rus sia in such a four-nation meeting actually would work against early conclusion of a treaty and also would give “a secondary role” to nations “which bore a greater bur den of the Pacific war than did the Soviet Union.” The note pointed out that Russia was at war with Japan for only six days. Convicted Aggressor The U. S. also declared that as far as Red China is concerned, this country “does not seek guid ance from a convicted aggressor” —a reference to Communist Chi na’s activities in Korea—and made plain that it has no intention of do ing so. The heart of the 3,500-word American reply, however, was not so much concerned with the Rus sian proposal to scrap all that this country, Britain and a dozen other nations have already done on a smack into each other. It was a Japanese Treaty and start over. It ‘dog-eat-dog’ battle. trees and brush. Artillery and mor- j needed immediate attention tar tire had irmde it into a jungle. an( j ba( j ^ be j- a ^ en ;U1 a j d s ^ a . I rees were beaten to the giound 3 ecause 0 f heavy fire in the anc } we had to crawl under brush d j rec G on 0 f the American First and fight from tree-stump to tiee- gt a ti 0 n, he took me to the Ger- ^ .. ,, ... man Station. By doing this, he A i lot of tunes you d run right ] cnew bc wou i d become a prisoner was concerned more with the de fense of Japan after Japanese inde pendence is restored. Limit Jap Troops Russia had proposed that Japan’s armed forces should be limited in the treaty to those needed for “self-defense.” It had also pro posed that all occupation troops should be withdrawn from Japan within a year after the treaty be- ... , , , • , came effective. Thereafter “no f sp f k , ers ’ foreign state will have troops or a " d f£ at . e leaders will head- line the Sixth Annual Church Con- The Americans were great fighters and good sports about fighting wars,” according to Martin. Church Conference Slated for June military bases in Japan,” the Rus sians proposed. That was a key point for two reasons. First, the U. S. has made ference to be held here June 18-20. Speakers include Dr. Arthur Draper of the USD A, a widely no secret it intends to sign simul- known authority on rural life in taneously with the peace treaty a America; Dr. Earl Brewer of defense agreement with Japan to Emory University, noted authority U K1 w ^ s , c station its forces in and around on ii 10 vnvai no,, JNovemper. Japanese territory. Second, the U. S. has also made no secret of its of war. “Later, I learned he was from Texas. I got his age, 28 at the time. He was a farmer before en tering the Army and he was a sergeant in the First Amy. “Now I would like to locate him and personally thank hinl for what he did for me on the battlefield. After that experi ence, I wanted to come to the United Slates and become a part of a society with ideals such as the Texan displayed there in combat. “I hope I can find him one day.” Pfc. Martin served with the Al lied Intelligence Office in Ger many after the war and applied for admission to this country in 1948. He arrived in the States last May and was drafted in the Armf in Iran Seems Complacent About Russian Threat the rural church; the Rev. prior ^ entering the servicC) he uarland Hendricks of Dripping employed by the Washington Springs, N. C., who was picked by ^ , .• j wav, belief that Russia’s ultimate aim the Christian Century as the out- Std ^ oicstiy and h\ d in ,hn «,,«* in «, «... standing rural minister of America, AmSat May to S Dr. C. Clement French, dean of had three brothers in the United the college; Chas. N. Shepardson, States. In renlv to Mnspnw’q nvrmn«nl d ean ^e School of Agriculture; Pfc. Martin is now stationed at the U. S. said it “seems to assume P 1 '-Jde. P. Trotter, dean of the Fort Lewis with the 24th Ordnanct in the far east is to gain control over Japan. Depend On Own Army By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst A NGLO-IRANIAN relations ap- L ^pear to. have reached a crisis, with the Nationalists of the oil- rich and people-poor little country- taking an almost incredible atti- ture of complacency toward the possibility of falling into the arms of Russia. The Iranian government has re- that Japan will have to depend for defense solely on its own armed forces; and that its requirements in this respect can now be measur ed definitely for all time.” “But the charter of the United Nations recognizes the inherent right of collective as well as in dividual self-defense.” The U. S. note then continued. “The present suggestions of the Soviet government that Japan shall Graduate School; G. G. Gibson, di- Medium Maintenance Company, rector of the Extension Service; He says he likes the United J. D. Prewitt, Extension Service; States Army. “We can show initia- E. C. Martin, state agricultural tive here and be commended and leader; Miss Louise Mason, foods soldiers arc treated as individuals and nutrition specialist. in a big team, not a mere number.’ The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Entered aa second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under he 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. 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. 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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 ment of fact which constituted an obvious threat. So here we have extreme nation alism in the Middle East going even farther than it has in the Far Nationalism in India, its deter- b ave armed forces as required for mination to reject British rule at its self-defense, coupled with the any cost, resulted in the division further Soviet proposal that there of the great country. Ever since, ca11 t> e no other troops in Japan, divided into Hindu and Moslem fac- s ^ en i 1 . s , a reversion to the principle tion?, Nationalism has threatened °* w*- Japan defend itself’ and jected the AngfoTranian Oil Com- war between the two new parts. pany’s offer to arbitrate the pro- Iran is trying to break a contract - on , „ ’ s g?ies- posed nationalization of the oil by unilateral action which it had wells, and has indicated similar re- agreed not to break except by mu- jection of a direct British govern- tual agreement. The contract may J}’1.1 1/ ment move to negotiate through a be unfair and breakable as HI DIG r GFSG commission. “against the public interest.” You A government spokesman told can’t pass on that without an ex- A ND LET us not be weary in the Iranian parliament that British pert knowledge of its entire phy- well doing: for in due season and American opposition to nation- sical and social aspects. we shall reap, if we faint not, alization was pushing the country R oil From Russia toward Russia, a simulated state- — * Even if the contract is exploi tation, the British have agreed to negotiate on it, and there is a strong public interest to balance the scales. That is the interest of the whole free world in keeping Russia away from Iranian oil with which to grease the wheels of war. Iran is weak, and lacks the tech nical ability for operation of the wells. Some outsider is going to do it. With America and Britain out, it would be Russia, for it is a commonplace that no vacuum can exist in such an area. No matter how she may hate the British, it is hard to see how Iran could look complacency at such a prospect. -Galatians 6:9. 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. Osborne Pleases NTSC ‘Indians’ Editor, The Battalion: We would like to say congratu lations to whoever is responsible for the fact that Will Osborne is to play for the Ring Dance. We think he is great and we’ve really looked forward to hearing him play down at Aggieland May 19. Naturally, the Aggies are going to like Martha Tilton (we do too!) but we are so satisfied that Will Osborne has been selected. Sincerely yours, The Ten Little Indians NTSC Research Grant Given By Pennsylvania Salt The Pennsylvania Salt Company of Bryan, has again contributed $600 to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. R. D, Lewis, director of the station, says. The money will be used “in sup port of research on cotton insect (Editor’s Note: Signed by ten control under the supervision of NTSC girls, the names were with- Dr. J. G. Gaines of the Department held by request.) of Entomology,” Dr. Lewis says. \ US THE GRILL for Real Taste TREATS • Home Made Chili • Delicious Malts • Bar-B-Q Sandwiches • Friendly Service BAB GRILL NORTH GATE -ATTENTION- army and AIR FORCE GRADUATES! We now have in stock the NEW OFFICER’S GUIDE. This new volume brings up to date the val uable features of its predecessors, and constitutes a treasure chest of helpful information and guidance. 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After the election Maxie Over- street gave the club a report on the showing of the team members at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo. After Overstreet’s report Dor. Tabb,' the new president, adjourn ed the club until next year. LI’L ABNER The Hucksters NO SENSE DISTURBIN' TH'OTHER PASSENGE WIEOUR LI'L FAMBLY TROUBLES- WE'LL. MERELY DISCONNECT TH'CAR DAISY MAE IS tN— H-HOW DID I GET INTO THIS^ MESS? ALL I BID WAS ASK 'EM WHERE NORTH PLOOGLE WAS. NEXT THING I KNEW, I'D By AI Capp