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Page 2
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1951
0i U. S. Shifts Stand on Mao
TWO speeches delivered at the China Insti-
tute dinner in New York on the night of
May 18 have not been noted so widely as
they deserve to be.
The speakers were John Foster Dulles,
Republican adviser to the Department of
State, and Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary
of State for Far Eastern Affairs.
The two speeches fitted together so close
ly that they obviously were written in col
laboration—and obviously reflected a new
policy line at the Department of State.
The two speeches stated the American
policy view of events in the Far East in
terms of the proposition that:
1. Mao Tze-tung, leader of the Chinese
Communist regime, is a puppet of Moscow;
2. The actions of the Mao regime are
dictated by Moscow and arise from considera
tions of Russian interest, not from considera
tions of Chinese interest;
3. The people of China are being victim
ized by their present leaders;
4. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek more
nearly reflects the urge of China for inte
grity and independence than does Mao;
5. The United States stands ready to
help all true Chinese who seek to throw off
the “creature of the Moscow politburo” and
seek to revive the territorial integrity and
independence of China.
These propositions express a positive
philosophy about the present regime in China
and also project a positive course of action.
Plainly the period of indecision and of “let
ting the dust settle” over China policy is at
an end..
Previously the State Department was just
as ready to try to drive a vertical wedge be
tween the Mao regime and Moscow as it was
to try to drive a horizontal wedge between
the Chinese people and the regime. That is
to say: Until these speeches were delivered
the State Department had talked and acted
on the theory that Mao some day might turn
out to be more Chinese than Communist.
Openly and officially, that possibility has
been thrown away. Mao is branded a puppet
of Moscow. The Chinese people are told that
Mao is selling out China to Russian imperial
ism. Under this new approach to the China
problem, the only wedge that can be driven
is the horizontal wedge between the people
and their present Communist regime.
Plainly, this readjustment of theory about
China paves the way for much more vigorous
action against Communist China.
The men in Mao’s offices in Peiping
would be wise to read carefully the text of
these two speeches and ponder their mean
ing. That meaning is clear enough. A grand
offensive of the free world against Mao is
being shaped. So far, there has been only de
fensive military action in Korea itself. Only
recently has anything like a general economic
offensive been taken in hand. So far, there
has been no real diplomatic offensive.
Now the picture is changing. Our Euro
pean Allies were unwilling to join in vigor
ous economic measures so long as General
MacArthur remained in command in the Far
East. Now these Allies are willing to mount
the economic offensive. They also are willing
to consider revising their political views.
What was impossible before—a common
front of the alliance against Mao—has be
come possible. The common front is taking
shape.
It may never be launched. That depends
on events. What Mr. Dulles and Mr. Rusk also
were saying to the men in Peiping is that
the time has arrived for them to prove by
their actions whether they serve Moscow.
They still can disprove it by agreeing to a
fair settlement of the Korean war. But the
time for such a settlement is at hand.
If it does not come, then, obviously, the
alliance must move on a broad front against
the Peiping regime—and that means diplo
matic as well as military action.
The issue with Communist China is ap
proaching a decisive phase.—The Christian
Science Monitor.
Bert H. Gibbs
To Be Wed In
Fort Worth
Bert H. Gibbs, senior in Animal
Husbandry, will marry Miss Kath
ryn Houseworth on June 16 in the
Oakhurst Methodist Church, Ft.
Worth.
Bert is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Gibbs of Justin. His bride-
to-be’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Houseworth of Fort Worth.
The couple will be married at
8 p. m. in a double ring ceremony.
Gibbs was active in Future
Farmer work in Justin High
School, of which he is a graduate.
He was Area Star Farmer, State
Parliamentarian, won the state
Farm Mechanics award and placed
third in the national meet. He rep
resented his area in the national
convention in Kansas City.
Entering A&M in September
1947, Gibbs continued his active
participation in agriculture. He is
a member of the Saddle and Sir
loin Club, a member of Alpha Zeta,
a member of the Junior and Senior
Livestock Judging Teams and the
Senior Wool Judging team.
In A&M he has been a distin
guished student and commander
of L Squadron Air Force.
Miss Houseworth was graduated
from Amon Carter-Riverside High
School in Fort Worth, attended
North Texas State College and is
now a student at Arlington State
where she is a major in elementary
education and a member of the
band.
Walter Dyer will be best man in
the wedding. Ushers will be Bill
Bryson, Denton; Leland Moncrief,
Justin, and J. Bennett Howard,
Fort Worth.
The bride-elect’s attendants will
include Miss Wanda Beth Gibbs,
the bride groom’s sister; Miss El
len Cline, Fort Worth; and Miss
Mary Beth Waggoner and Miss
Elaine Waggoner of Houston.
Following their marriage the
couple will be at home in Justin
until he goes into the Air Force
this summer.
Scott-Haley Vows
Planned for MSC
Picnics, Parties, Dances Fete
Graduating Seniors of CHS
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Not Many Buyers ’ in Berlin
Boatner Named
To Phi Eta Sigma
Col. H. L. Boatner became an
honorary member of Phi Eta Sigma
when he was initiated into the
scholastic society recently.
Officers of the chapter who were
present for the ceremony were Lyle
A. Wolfskill, president; Joe B.
Mattei, vice-president; Johnny C.
Diebel, treasurer; and Jimmy E.
Curtis, secretary and historian.
Col. Boatner was scheduled to be
come an honorary member on May
7 but was unable to attend the ini
tiation because of an unexpected
trip to Washington, D. C.
West German Reds Told
Soviet Attack Imminent
FRANKFURT, Germany, May 25
—hP)—U. S. High Commission
er John J. McCloy said recently that
Communist leaders in western Ger
many are “indicating” to the par
ty’s inner circle that a Soviet.at
tack may come any time “This
year or next or the year after.”
“When Red troops move west
ward, the faithful are told, party
workers must be ready to perform
allotted tasks of sabotage, erect
road blocks, conduct partisan war
fare and spot targets,” McCloy
said in his quarterly report to the
State Department.
“Communist party leaders in
western Germany are intent upon
imparting a sense of immediacy to
trusted party workers,” he added.
McCloy said that in recent
months the major Communist pro
paganda effort has come into clear
focus:
“It is to undermine West Ger
mans’ will to resist aggression
from the East and predispose them
to accept Communist rule.”
Three Themes
Communist propagandists, Mc
Cloy said, have chosen three
themes understandably close to the
hearts of all Germans—peace, Ger-
man unity and an early end to the
occupation.
“The threat is made that German
participation in western self-de
fense must mean war, not peace,
and the spirit of neutralism is' ac
tively fostered to impede such
participation on the one hand, and
all out peace on the other,” he ex
plained.
The Reds “also maintain that
the (West German) federal re
public’s participation in West Eu
ropean defense would cost the West
Germans money, which is true, and
allege that this burden would crush
the German economy and standard
of living, which it would not.”
Propaganda Tricks Unsalable
McCloy added that it appears un
likely that these propaganda tricks
“would find many buyers in the
western zones and least of all in
Berlin, where Communist harrass-
ment continued but failed to slow
down the gradual rehabilitation
of its courageous people.”
Communist influence is rejected
by the bulk of the West German
people anywhere it can be identi
fied, he said. But in many cases
sources are unidentified and in
some cases a Communist “line”
may be adopted, “particularly if
it takes a non-sympathetic atti
tude toward the occupation pow
ers.”
The high commissioner said the
Soviet Union is “gravely alarmed”
at West Germany’s economic re
covery and “at the prospect it
might be assimilated to the West
to strengthen the community of
free nations now banded together
to resist Soviet aggression.”
Soviet strategy, he declared, is
to “make every effort to thwart
the integration of Germany into
the West.”
USSR Using Conference as Guise
The preliminary talks of the
four-power deputies at Paris,
which still are under way, “made
it obvious that the U. S. S. R. was
intent upon using a four-power
conference to thwart further inte
gration of the federal republic into
the West and thus promote Com
munist intrigue and influence
throughout the whole of Germany,”
McCloy said. He went on, “Their
Soviet masters are interested in
German unification only as a de
vice for strengthening Soviet dom
ination in Germany and extending
it to the western zones under spec
ious pleas of peace and unity.”
McCloy reported that in West
Germany the idea of neutralism
has lost some of its appeal.
Vincent to Head
, 51-’52 Ag Eco Club
The Agricultural Economics Club
named officers for next year at
their last meeting of the year in
the MSC, Monday.
Jack R. Vincent was named pres
ident, Clyde Arrington was elected
vice-president, Harry Williams was
selected secretary and treasurer,
Dick Rowland was appointed to
the Agricultural Council, and Hugh
Winn was elected social secretary.
Bible Verse
J ESUS SAID unto him, “If thou
wilt be perfect, go and sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
and come and follow me.”
—Matthew 19:21.
A&M’s Memorial Student Cen
ter will be the setting on Saturday
at 5 p. m. for the marriage of
Hugh M. Scott and Miss Mary
Ruth Haley. The ceremony will be
read by the Rev. A. D. Lemmons,
pastor of the Methodist Temple,
Port Arthur.
Miss Haley is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Haley of Port
Arthur and her husband-to-be is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Scott, also of Port Arthur.
Hugh is a graduating senior at
A&M in Aeronautical Engineering.
During his senior year he has been
a first lieutenant in the White
Band.
His bride-to-be is a student at
Thomas Jefferson High School,
Port Arthur, where she has been
Miss Johnson,
T. G. Carroll
Plan Wedding
Miss Mary Kathryn Johnson,
secretary to Vice-Chancellor of
Agriculture D. W. Williams, and T.
G. Carroll, senior veterinary medi
cine student, will be married June
9.
The engagement was announced
Tuesday evening at a dessert
bridge and canasta party given by
the bride-elect’s mother Mrs. W.
B. Johnson, and sister, Mrs*. C. L.
Spacek of Rails.
The bride-elect’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson, live in Bryan. The
groom-to-be’s mother is Mrs. R.
H. Carroll of Center. /
Miss Johnson was graduated
from Cleburne High School and
Arlington State College. She has
been with the college for some
time, first with the Athletic De
partment and since June ’49 as
William’s secretary.
Carroll is a member of the vet
erinary class of ’52. After their
wedding the couple will remain
at A&M until he completes the
work toward his degree.
The couple will be married at
Miss Johnson’s home. Their at
tendants will be Mrs. Spacek as
matron of honor and Mr. Carroll’s
brother as best man.
The future wedding was revealed
when eight close friends of the
bride gathered at her home.
A miniature bride and groom en
circled by Spring flowers in the
shape of a heart centered the re
freshment table. Ribbon streamers
attached to the central decoration
announced “June 9.”
Mrs. Ross Dean presided at the
punch bowl and Mrs. Johnson
served pink cake squares to the
guests.
a member of the Girl’s Choir and
the Repertoire Players. Her fi
ance was graduated from Thomas
Jefferson, where he was a band
member for three years.
The couple will pledge their
vows before an improvised altar
in the MSC Assembly Room. Mem
bers of the families and close
friends, including all the boys in
the groom’s outfit, the White Band,
have been invited.
Music will be furnished by Mrs.
Paul Hensarling of Port Arthur
and by Miss Alene Gager of Beau
mont.
Honor attendants for the couple
will be Miss Gager, the bride-
elect’s cousin, as maid of honor and
F. L. Stainback, Hugh’s roommate,
as best man. Ushers will be Char
les H. Neeley and Eddie Rodriguez.
The bride will be given in mar
riage by her father. She will
wear a white ballerina length
wedding dress and a short white
veil. Her flower will be a white
orchid on a white Bible which she
will carry.
Immediately after the ceremony,
a reception will be held in Rooms
2C and 2D MSC. Assisting in re
ceiving will be Misses Susie Mitch
ell, Jo Ann Ralls and Marilyn
Reiney, the groom’s cousin from
Houston.
After a wedding trip to Central
and South Texas the couple will
return to A&M where Hugh will
receive his degree next Friday
evening. The newlyweds will then
make their home in Fort Worth
where he has accepted a position
with Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Corp.
Graduating seniors at Consolida
ted High School have been feted
during the past weeks with picnics,
parties and dances.
Sunday night after baccalau
reate, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Orr and
Mr. and Mrs. Othel Chafin enter
tained all the seniors, the room
mothers, the superintendent and
principal and their wives at a re
freshment party.
The party was held at the Orr
home, 1116 Puryear East.
Mrs. Les Richardson, Mrs. L.
E. Boze, Mrs. J. H. Southern and
Mrs. Fred Weick assisted the host
esses in serving strawberry short
cake to guests.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Leonard
Walker, Mrs. E. W. Napier and
Mrs. Fred Smith entertained in
the latter’s home, 205 Pershing,
with a party honoring graduates
Helene Boatner and Barbara Belch
er.
The lawn party featured a pic
nic supper. The lawn was decorated
with rustic lanterns among the
blooming flowers.
Thirty-five guests, including all
the seniors, the class sponsors, Col.
and Mrs. H. L. Boatner and Mr.
and Mrs. Dallas L. Belcher were
present. Entertainment was fur
nished by Bob Zentner with accord
ion and song selections.
Mrs. Henry G. Jones and her
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Parsons ar£
Mrs. Jack Nusbaum were hostesses
for a picnic supper honoring then'
son and brother, Roland Jones
Wednesday evening. ^
The party was given at the home
of Mrs. Parsons. A picnic supper
featuring sandwiches, salads, cold
drings and cookies was served on
the terrace at G:30.
Mrs. Nusbaum, of Oklahoma
City, has been a visitor in the
home of her parents.
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‘Juniors are not authorized to go
out of uniform until May 28, when
the entire Corps goes out of uni
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sistant commandant, told The Bat
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wear civilian clothing because of
the early date which their uniforms
were due to be turned in, the Col
onel said.
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allowed to wear civilian clothing
after retreat earlier this year be
cause of their high military pro
ficiency this year.
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