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~?$V ASS'N FORMER STUDENTS 4 copies f. e. College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Near East Policy Hearing See Story, Page 2 Number 171: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1951 Price Five Cents Mac Blasts US Policy In Texas Speech Tour Houston, June 14 — (TP) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur brought his anti-administration stand to the South’s largest city yesterday after drawing a record crowd at a Houston welcome parade. His speech last night (8 p.m. CST) in a 70,000 seat football stadium gave the de posed Far Eastern commander an opportun ity to develop these arguments he voiced on < arriving in Texas yesterday: • U.S. policy makers are guilty of ap- i; peasement in Korea—appeasement that could lead to war with Russia. ( • The administration is guilty of “moral weakness” in talking of a peace settlement. MacArthur made his appease- I ment accusation from the steps of ! I Ate State Capital in Austin. About .^000 Texans listened as the 71- 'Vear-old general declared Amer- !•: ica’s first line of defense is on the Yalu river at the Manchurian bor der and not the Elbe River in Eu rope. “The policies of appeasement on which we are now embarked carry : within themselves the very incita- v tion to a war against us,” he said. “If the Soviet does strike, it will be because of the weakness we now display rather than the strength we of right should dis- play.” He blamed the moral weakness ; of the free world”—not Soviet mil- ( ; itary strength — for Russian ad- I vances. f T i i “Weakness Causes” is a weakness which has “It is a caused many free nations to suc cumb to and embrace the false tenets of Communist propoganda. It is a weakness which has caused our own policy makers, after com mitting America’s sons to battle, to leave them to the continuous slaughter of an indecisive cam paign by imposing arbitrary res traints upon the support we might otherwise provide them through maximum employment of our sci entific superiority, which alone of fers hopes of an early victory. “It is a weakness which now causes those in authority to strong ly hint at a, settlement of the Ko rean conflict under conditions short of the objectives our soldiers were led to believe were theirs to attain and for which so many yielded their lives.” Crowd Three Deep The crowd which stood three and four-deep along Houston’s main street to see the Pacific war hero was patient and orderly. Confetti and torn paper billowed from many skyscraper windows. Many waved at the General, some cheered. A few spectators waved confederate flags. But solemn faces predominated. They brightened when the Amer ican Legion band swung into “Old (See NEVER DIE page 4) Dean Presents Poultry Course Certificates Forty-one of the 44 persons who attended the 14th annual poultry short course at A&M last week have been awarded ^ certificates o f completion 1 by Dean C. N. Shepardson of the {School of Agriculture, j E. D. Parnell, poultry husbandry professor, was in charge of the v course, which was designed primar ily for agents who do flock select ing and pullorum testing for Texas hatcheries. A staff of 15 speakers, mainly members of the poultry husbandry staff, conducted the course. T. A. Hensarling, executive secretary of the Texas Poulty Improvement As sociation, and Roy McDonald, Dal las hatcheryman were guest speak ers. Dr. John Delaplane, head of the Veterinary Bacteriology and Hy giene Department, spoke on res piratory diseases of poultry, and Dr. L. C. Grumbles of the same department discussed pullorum, typhoir and coccidiosis. A feature of the short course was a special broiler day, during which McDonald led a discussion on producing quality broiler chicks, stressing the need for key hatch ery supply flocks that are pullorum clean and which will produce fast growing, rapid-feathering birds with light colored plumage. A similar training course of turkey selecting agents is planned for the second week in September at A&M. At the Grove Tonight Movie, “The Outriders” with Joel McCrea and Arlene Dahl— g p.m. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Scorns Administration Policy Repair Firms Must File Price List by June 15 All businesses offering re tail services to the public— from auto repairs to zither repairs—must file a list ‘of ceiling prices before June 15, the Houston District Office of Price Stabilization announced. On the same date, lists of ceil ing prices must be posted where customers can plainly see them, OPS said. These requirements are - called for by Ceiling Price Regulation 34. It applies to all service trades —barbers, dry cleaners, laundries, washaterias, shoe repair shops, beauty shops, service stations, parking lots, etc. Operators of such businesses need only to write down a list of the highest prices charged for each service between Dec. 19, 1950 and Jan. 25, 1951. They must mail one copy to, the Distinct Office of Price Stabiliza tion, 517 La Branch Street, Hous ton and display another copy in the place of business. Houston, June 14 — (TP) — This City gave General MacArthur the biggest wel come in its history last night. The big crowd lined along a 23-block downtown parade route was restrained. There were few of the tumultuous cheers which marked the Pacific war hero’s eastern appearances. Police Chief L. D. Morrison estimated half a million people watched as the 71-year- old general waved from an open convertible. The General’s plane touched Houston’s Municipal Airport at 5:49 p.m. (CST), three hours after he addressed the Texas Legisla ture at Austin. The crowd began gathering on the parade route hours before par ade time. As the General’s party, with American Legion and high school bands, moved along, he waved, sometimes lifting his fa mous sweat-stained hat. Torn up newspapers billowed from downtown buildings. Confet ti looked like a light snow on the heads of parade watchers. Cheers swelled up twice—when the American Legion broke into “Old Soldiers Never Die” and again into “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.” The latter won more applause. But there was a solemn, thought ful air about the crowd, as they saw the man embroiled in bitter dispute with the administration. Attendance 44,000 Mayor Oscar Holcombe, who sat next to MacArthur in the lead car, estimated the crowd at around 440,000. Also riding with the General in the first car were Maj. Gen. Court ney Whitney, the General’s spokes man; Glenn McCarthy, Houston oilman and H. R. Cullen, Houston oilman and philanthropist. In the next car were Mrs. Mac Arthur and son Arthur. They, too, waved back when the crowd cheer ed. As the General stepped from his four engine plane he first almost passed by veterans of the Rainbow Division of World War I drawn up to receive him. Halfway down their line he said suddenly: “Oh, wait a minute.” He then turned and shook hands with each of the men he lead in Europe in the first great war. Over the heads of the crowds came snatches . . . “It’s been a long time—yes, more than 30 years ... it was long ago.” Mac Recognizes Driver Mfp a Wildlife Grads On Field Trip To Mexico Three graduate students of the Department of Wildlife Management, Robert J. Rus sell, John E. Woods, and Paul Parmalle, are on a field trip to Morelos, Mexico, to study the mammals of that state. The purpose of this trip is to complete previous studies made in 1949-50 of the mammals of More los and to try to map the ecologic types in the state according to Dr. W. B. Davis head of the Wildlife Department. This survey is being made by the Department of Wild life Management in cooperation with the Direction Forestal y de Caza of Mexico. Russell and his associates plan to camp at a new location each night. By doing this they hope to cover as much of the state as possible. Wildlife undergraduate students have participated in this survey by collecting specimens in Morelos on the summer wildlife field trips made there during the summers of 1949-50. Russell, Woods, and Parmallee left on June 2 and plan to return to College Station, June 18. Cast Filled For Summer Grove Show Female and male leads for this summer’s musical production, “H. M. S. Pinafore,” have been awarded to Sue Shannon and Tommy Butler. Mrs. Shannon, blonde librarian in the MSG browsing room, will play the part of Josephine while Ralph Rackstraw will be played by Butler. Cast in supporting roles is La Rue Brown as Cousin Hebe. Jean Marie Edge as Buttercup, Hairy Gooding in the part of Captain Corcoran, Don Forney as Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. with Dick Deadeye being played by Robert Langford. The Boatswain’s Mate and the Carpenter’s Mate will be played by Dick Adams, and Ben Blankenship respectively. Members of the mixed chorus are Jerry Armstrong, Robert Ash ley, Betsy Burchard, John Hilde brand, John Vernon King, Rosa lie Kobetz, Bill Lawshae, Ed Lee- man, Barbara Miller, Martha Mil ler, Alice Moore, Judy Oden Bill Pirtle, John Richardson, Wanda Rohr, Nancy Stephens, Barbara Van Tassel, Ken Van Tassel, Dick Van Tyne, and Bill Young. Betty Goodman is the accompanist. M. C. (Pete) Carson is stage production manager of all phases of the operetta. Carson is assist ed by Alice Burke, Elizabeth Coop er, Mary E. Vaden, and Don Damke. Ags Drop First NCAA Tourney Contest 5-1 Tears came to the eyes of Virgil Brady, MacArthur’s chauffeur in World War I, when the Pacific war hei’o recognized him. Brady, now a Houston garageman, was a (See CHAUFFEUR page 4) Board Okehs Research Funds The board of trustees of the A&M Research Foundation will be asked Thursday to ap prove eight new research con tracts totaling $120,000. At its 8 p. m. meeting in the MSC, the board will also hear a request by Dr. A. A. Jakkula, exe cutive director, for permission to accept renewals on existing con tracts of $113,000. Dr. Jakkula will report to the board on the status of administra tive funds, pointing out that cast reserve funds of $53,439.62 are in vested in various building and loan associations over the “state. Councilors of the Research Foun dation will meet Friday at 9 a. m. in the student center. The group will elect trustees to replace five \yhose terms are expiring. Those whose terms are expiring are W. W. Cardwell of Luling, D. B. Harris and C. M. Malone of Houston, C. M. Gaines of San An tonio and Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the A&M System. Houze Announces Library Hours The librai-y schedule for sum mer semesters will be slightly changed, according to Robert A. Houze, librarian. The library will be open daily from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., Monday through Friday. On Saturday the doors will be open from 8 a. m. to 12 noon, and on Sunday from 6 p. m. to 10 p. m. Students entering A&M for the first time will be interested in the checking out policy, Houze said. Reseive books may be checked out over night from 9 p. m. to 9 a. m. but may be used in the library only at all other hours. Regular books may be checked out from the second floor desk for a two weeks period, but over-due books carry a fine of 10 cents per day, re minded Houze. 4 /• % f! Karow’s Buckeyes Next Farmer Foe By ANDY ANDERSON Battalion Sports Editor It will be former A&M baseball coach Marty Karow’s Ohio State Buckeye’s against the Texas Aggies in the second game of this afternoons double-header as the Aggies were beaten last night in the last game of the evening double- header 5-1 by Springfield (Mass.) College. It was too much Nordberg as the Aggies were limited to three hits, two by Yale Lary and the other by Joe Ecrette, in the contest. The Cadets tallied their only score in the third inning as Wallace walked and was pushed around by another walk, a fielders choice, an error and was driven home on Lary’s first hit of the game—a single and the first for the Aggies. In the eighth inning, with one out, Ecrette and Lary singled, but the Farmers failed to score as A1 Ogletree bounced into a double-play. Box Score Bob Tankersley Aggie pitcher with a (5-1) record for full-season play, Tankersley was the choice of Beau Bell for this afternoon’s game with for mer A&M baseball coach Marty Karow’s Ohio State Buckeyes. Game time is 2:30. Five A&M Profs Approved! For Ford Foundation Award By DAVE COSLETT Battalios News Staff Five A&M professors are wait ing approval of a national selection committee to lay plans for a year’s work under the Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship Program. Names of the five men and two al ternates were released by Dr. C. C. French, Dean of the College, this morning. The young professors were chos en from a list of 28 applicants by the Executive Committee of the College. They are Richard A. Bart lett Department of History; Rob ert N. Craig, Department of Ag ricultural Engineering; Durward E. Newsome, Department of Jour nalism; Travis J. Parker, Depart ment of Geology and Richard B. Rypma, Department of Bioligy. Selected as alternates were Jack T. Kent, Department of Mathe matics and James C. Wilhoit, Jr., Depaikment of Mechanical Engin eering. Weather Yesterday College Station fared “as well as could be expected” Wednesday while the mercury reached a high of 91 degrees. Lowest recorded for the period from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. was 64. One-tenth of an inch of rain fell during the day. Nurserymen’s Course Session Ended Today Speakers at the opening session of the Nurserymen’s short course, which got under way Tuesday afternoon at A&M, included How ard Locks, New Braunfels; Cam eron Verhalen, Scottsville; John Mackey, Stephenville; Robert Mos- ty, Center Point; J. L. Rainey, San Angelo; Di\ L. C. Chadwick, Ohio State University; Tom Denman, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Stephenville; Dr. W. C. Hall, Department of Plant Physi ology and Pathology, A&M. Locke, Verhalen, Mackey, Mosty and Rainey talked on methods which are proving successful in .the propagation of magnolias, hol lies, peaches, junipers pecans. Chadwick discussed promising new ornamentals and promising new fruit varieties were discussed by Denman; Dr. Hall discussed the use of plant hormones. The short course committee is chaired by F. R. Brison of the Horticulture and Landscape Archi tecture; Carl Ferguson, and Dial Martin of the Department of Ag ronomy and W. J. Mclllrath of the Department of Plant Physiol ogy and Pathology, all of A&M. The course is sponsored by A&M and the Texas Association of Nur serymen. Robert Mosty is chairman of the Texas Association and the other officers are Oscar Gray Jr., Ar lington and Raymond Hill of Vic toria. The short course, being held at the Memorial Student Center, lasts through Thursday, June 14. The Fellowship Program, operat ing under a fund of $2,280,000, was instituted this year for the ex press purpose of increasing the teaching skill of younger college instructors while reducing the shock of mobilization to college and university faculties. A&M has an assigned quota of' five of the 500 fellowships that may be awarded for the 1951-52 academic year. Clarence H. Faust, president of the Fund for the Advancement of Education lists two principal ob jectives of the program: • “To make constructive use of the present emergency period by enabling a large number of young er teachers to increase their com petence in undergraduate instruc tion. • ”To assist colleges in keeping a substantial number of promising young teachers who might other wise be lost to academic life be cause of the potential curtailment of college operations by mobiliza tion.” Directed by Presidents and Deans The nation-wide program is di rected by a committee of adminis tration of 16 colleges and uni versity presidents and deans. Fellowship awards will approx imately equal the recipient’s pre sent earning level, plus trayel and tuition allowances where these are necessary to the plan proposed by the applicant. Student applications, by those graduating this academic year, were also submitted to the committee. The Boai - d of the Fund has de scribed its general intent in the following way: Slayton, Arnold Teach Education Two out of town instructors are teaching education this summer, according to G. B. Wilcox, head of the education and psychology de partment. R. E. Slayton, superintendent of Alice public schools, is teaching education 426 and 610. Education 426 deals with tests and measure ments. Education 610 is the study of pupil accounting. R. W. Arnold vice-principal of Thomas Jefferson Senior High School, San Antonio, is teaching education 321, secondary school methods, and education 607, the study ef programs and procedures in supervision. “Each applicant will submit a plan for increasing his effective ness in undergraduate instruction. Plans may differ from field to field and individual to individual. Individual Plans “They may involve the explora tion of fields of study related to the instructor’s major field; re search investigations relating to instructional problems; the analy sis of secondary school problems as they relate to collegiate instruc tion ; or internship under appro priate supervision in promising programs of undergraduate educa tion.’ The program is not intended simply to provide for doctorate study or research investigation at the post-doctoral level. And each applicant’s application is accom panied by a commitment by the dea,n or president of his institution to employ him for the 1952-53 academic year.” A & M AB R H O A Wallace, ss 4 1 0 0 0 Ecrette, 2b 2 0 1 3 3 Lary, If 4 0 2 3 0 Ogletree, c 3 0 0 8 2 Candelari, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 DeWitt, cf 3 0 0 2 0 Baker, rf 3 0 0 0 0 Munnerlyn, lb 3 0 0 8 1 Hubert, p 2 0 0 0 4 Totals 28 1 3 24 10 Springfield AB R H O A Maetozo, 2b 3 0 0 3 4 Di’Agostino, ss 3‘ 1 0 3 2 Kinney, If Redmond, lb 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 Peatfield, rf 1 1 0 0 1 Flood, 3b 3 0 1 1 0 Simos, cf 4 0 1 1 0 Smith, c 4 0 0 13 0 Nordberg, p 3 0 1 0 3 Totals 28 5 5 27 11 A&M 001 000 000- -1 3 4 Springfield 300 001 Olx— -5 5 1 E—Wallace, Ecrette, Candelari 2, Nordberg. RBI—Lary, Kinney, Si- mos, Flood. 3B—Kinney. SB—Wal lace, Peatfield, Flood, Redmond. S—Flood, Maetozo, Peatfield. DP— Di’Agostino, Maetozo and Red mond. Left—Texas A&M 8, Spring- field 6. BB—Nordberg 7, Hubert 3.' SO—Nordberg 11, Hubert 7. HBP—Nordberg (Ecrette), Hubert (Peatfield). U—Duffy, Alvarez. T—2:09. A—3,547. Ray to Represent A&M at ‘Y’ Meet C. L. Ray, President of the A&M YMCA Cabinet, was acting co- chairman of the recent regional YMCA conference at Camp Par- thenia, Okla. Ray was elected to the National Council of the YMCA Students that will meet at Eastham Col lege Ind. He will be the first re presentative from A&M to attend a National YMCA Council. The meeting will be held from August 20 through September 1, 1951. Nordberg weakened in the ninth, when after fanning the first two men to face him, Hank Candelari and John DeWitt, he issued free tickets to Hollis Baker and Bill Munnerlyn but got pitcher Pat Hubert on strikes to end the game. Springfield opened up with three runs on two hits, including a triple by Sherman Kinney, Spring- field left fielder. Kinney stole home for‘one of the runs. Springfield Adds Two The Maroons of Springfield add ed two more in the inning on a walk an infield hit and another stolen base, this one by Bill Peat field, who had singled. Springfield added an insurance run in the sixth when Ed Redmond, the District 1 representative’s first sacker got on via a two-hgse error. He advanced to third on another error and then stole home. They added their final run in the eighth when Redmond singled, ad vanced on Peatfield’s infield out and scored on Tom Simos’ single. Nordberg shut the door in the Aggies’ face after the third as far as the run-scoring was concemed. It was three up and three down in the fourth. In the fifth, Hubert walked with one out, but Guy Wallace and Ecrette failed to come through. It was another fourth inning in the sixth as three men faced the Maroon pitcher and three men promptly went back to the dugout without threatening. Nordberg — Stingy Nordberg was stingy again in the seventh as he faced only four men. The extra man was issued a walk but died on first as the in ning was finished. According to the Associated Press, Hubert might have won his start. He walked only three and struck out seven men in giving up five hits. Weak hitting and poor fielding—four errors—hurt the Ag gie mainstays chances of notching his initial start in the NCAA tour ney. The tournament drew a total of 17,085 fans last year. The two double-headers yesterday drew 5,- (See ATTENDANCE page 3) Allies Chase Reds Deep Into Bomb-Ruined Pyonggang Area Tokyo, June 14 —(A*)— Giant allied tanks loaded with riflemen pursued Chinese Reds deep into North Korea today after sweeping over bomb-ruined Pyonggang in the heart of the peninsula. Communist troops were reported withdrawing along most of the front. Chinese were seen fleeing north ward in groups of 500 or more from their fallen “Iron Triangle.” Front dispatches said they were making a mass withdrawal from the central front. They poured out of the Chokkun mountains southeast of the triangle and through the hills east to the Sea of Japan under cover of de laying actions. Small Red Bands Only small Red bands fired at allied patrols probing for miles beyond the U. N. lines west of the triangle. Two United Nations tank col umns completed the wipeout of the triangle Wednesday. They rumbled into deserted Pyonggang at its northern apex and combed the area to the north. They withdrew Wed nesday night. They met little opposition any where along their sweeps from Chorwon and Kumhwa up the val ley roads which form the sides of the triangle. More than 100 tanks were in the column. Infantrymen clung to the sides of the tanks as they lumbered awk wardly into Pyonggang, 28 miles north of the 38th parallel. No Buildings Left Not a building was left standing in the once bustling road junction. Infantrymen searched it for Chi nese. Then the tank patrols swept out over the flatlands to the north, under cover of self-propelled ar tillery. Only opposition was from a few pockets of Chinese south of Pyong gang. They were wiped out. U. S. officers said they were amazed at the complete Chinese withdrawal. Intelligence observers said there were few indications the Chinese planned to make a stand anywhere in the triangle from which they mounted two great spring offen sives against the United Nations. AP Correspondent Jim Becker, who watched the tank columns from the air, said “they turned the vaunted Iron Triangle into a United Nations village square.” U. N. officers hinted the main line would move up cautiously. W T e must be in firm position when the rains hit hard,” they said. June is a wet month in Korea. July is wet ter, turning roads into quagmires. The Reds appeared to be with drawing to Kumsong in the east and behind the Imjin River on the west. Kumsong is a road junction on highways leading from the tri angle to Wonsan on the east coast. Wonsan is 50 miles north of Pyong gang, at the head of fertile Pyong gang Valley. Kumsong guards re maining tortuous escape routes for North Koreans in the east. The Imjin River runs along the western flank of the U. N. advance. Roads west of the Imjin are still open to the Reds. The Communists still have ac cess to two highways running from Pyongyang, the Red capital 95 miles northwest of Pyonggang to points below the allied advance. They may try a counter-offensive in the future from this sector, hit ting the U. N. west flank.