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Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1951 Tlie Last Word College Station Financial Review Peace: End of an Episode... ‘A rmy ’Wife Has Complex Problems More Money in Circulation As Prices Skyrocket Here A FAINT suggestion of the dove of Peace looms in the indistinct future and already there are sighs of relief and urgings to re duce the defense program. Just how foolish can people be? Hopes for peace are, at the most, very tentative. And, should peace in Korea come, 9 Who Wants Prices Rolled Back? I ET’S roll back prices and stop the infla- tionary trend. And we can use any means possible—as long as it doesn’t hit home to someone. How human it is to want to reform every one but yourself. Thus, while everyone calls for price slashes, the same voices scream just as loudly when cut-backs happen to hit them. It has been charged that one of the weak-, nesses of a democracy is the fact that an especially vocal minority can secure benefits at the expense of a passive majority. Mr. John Q. Public sits by and hopes things will get better while some businessman pulls strings to make sure that things will get better—for the businessman, that is. Let the OPS cut the price on a given pro duct and the manufacturer of that product immediately lets out a howl that carries far and wide. That howl is heard by a Congress man. And, in his usual eager desire to make sure he doesn’t lose a vote, the Congressman steps in to sooth this voice of discontent. What’s the answer? It will be hard to find one as long as the average tax-payer refrains from exerting the energy necessary to voice his and the majority’s opinion. Un til then, vote hungry politicians will continue to heed the only voice they hear. that will mea,n but one thing—the only “hot” episode of the Cold War has come to an end. Few Americans would deny that they want peace. Few other countries want war. By VIVIAN CASTLEBERRY Battalion Women’s Editor By FRANK DAVIS Battalion News Staff stort reported that men didn’t give a five dollar pipe a second glance. JUST MAKING SURE IT ISN’T LOADED For the past two weeks and a half we have been busy trying to adjust ourselves to the idea of running a house prices rose during without a husband, pur husband, along with several hundred the Bank re-’ But, as long as one country—and that a other Aggie cadets, is away at summer ROTC training camp. p 0rt ed that local deposits re- strong country-shows any promise of ag- Fortunately most of the cadets are not married^We say for- mained about constant session there can be no Deace World Deace t ™ a i teI }' fo1 ' the « lr l s "i 10 W ™M, !» 'e** behind. This business !„ certai „ instances b rs be . g ’ ’ , 1 De 110 P eace - u bp- of playing army wife is something you never get used to; came more price conscious. A drug is not an attitude m your mind that bades y 0U j us t try to work out whatever problems you have as you disregard ominous warnings from they arise. abroad. course, ours is only for another month. We number among our friends, girls whose husbands are with the armed forces “indef- The only real world peace is a harmony initely.” We know that our separation could also take on an “indefin- in world affairs, shown by unstrained rela- ite ” status at any moment - That adds td the P™ blem s- tions between the major powers of the world. Any barriers that bar exchange of thought, goods, and, above all, good will, is a sign that world peace does not exist. To wish for peace and to work for peace are entirely different aims. In the world of today, real efforts toward peace come only from logical preparations to resist a breach of that peace. Any peace of today must be bought at the expense of armed might. That does not mean that force must al ways be the only road to harmonious rela tions. Quite to the contrary, a peace bought at the cost of fear and force, could never endure. But, until the existing evils spawned by terrorist governments and rule by oppres sion cease to exist, an enforced peace seems to be the only answer. When the coal-miners of Pennsylvania and the miners of Siberia can openly discuss mutual questions, when a man can be assur ed of a just trial in all corners of the earth, and when foreign ministers can meet to calmly discuss the conduct of world affairs, citizens may well talk of peace and the lux uries that accompany it. Until that time, peace will remain as an ideal toward which all right-thinking people must diligently work. But when a family of three per- considerably during the last six sons paid 15 dollars more for months. A penny here and there on groceries during June than at the drug articles added up at the end beginning of the year, the question, of the month, the bills indicated, “Where did the money come although prescription prices re- from?” arises. Examining the conditions, the following facts were revealed: Al though the general price of canned goods remained about the same, such items as meat, vegetables, butter, and eggs skyrocketed. The price of clothing increased Dewey Calls for World Peace in Tokyo Speech You can read hundreds of articles, prepare yourself emo tionally for days in advance, tell yourself emphatically that you can spend the time in one of a hundred thousand ways, and still you aren’t “ready.” You still end up just making the best of the situation. The worst part of any separation between husband and wife is the loneliness. You can be a part of a party, surrounded by people you really like, and still you never have been before so utterly alone. Ci The great anecdote for loneliness is, of course, work. We’ve been told that so many times that it’s become a part of our very make-up and we believe it emphatically. But it doesn’t tell the whole story. Stay as busy as you can. Do as many things as possible for as many people as possible. Visit. Go to shows. Clean house until your bones ache. Get busy with your church work, and delve into civic projects. There will still be times when you’ll be so all alone that you’ll want to scream or sob or just throw in the towel. But you don’t. That isn’t the answer to your problem. Besides the loneliness, you never have imagined that there was so much to running a home. No matter how much your husband left everything to your own judgment, you find that he was the ever present assistant when something had to be done. Now, besides holding a regular job, eight hours per day, you run all the errands—not just to the grocery store and cleaners, but to the service station, the hardware store, the bank and the post office. The latter you visit, not once a day as was your habit, but three or four times a day. There is never a moment that at least forty things aren’t stacked up demanding your attention. You get the car greased and the oil changed and you remember you for got to have the brakes checked. So tomorrow, besides the groceries and the cleaners and the variety store, you have to go back to the garage. You never realized before how much fun there was in little things. The walk around the block that used to be a family outing no longer h.ns any significance, and the Fourth of July Picnio is only something to do. ® \ You never realized before, either, how Society is set up in couples. At places where you once were a welcome pair, r „ Tjr „ .... , , T , you find you no longer fit m. Certainly, there is no place tor 1 6_(^)_ T pp Tnfornpnv.Ai Gmni you at a dance. Bridge parties and most other game parties mained about the same. If bank deposits did not diminish, more money must have come into circulation. Loans granted by the College Station bank increased 10 percent during 1951 over the first six months in 1950, according to Harold Sullivan, bank vice-presi dent. These loans were made most ly for agriculture and construction, Sullivan said. A certain amount of the money created by bank loans reached the hands of the consumer through wages. Some housewives found jobs to supplement the family income. Part time work was secured by other people. By this and other ways the rising cost of living was met by the people of College S.ta- tiion without undue strain. The outlook for the future seems to be that clothing prices will con- tine to rise with consumers possi bly substituting for less expensive fabrics. With one exception, no short ages are expected by local mer chants. A grocer said if the ef forts of Price Stabilizer Michael DiSalle to roll-back meat prices succeeded, farmers would refuse to market their beef, creating shortages. < Seniors! Democracy needs well informed citizens. Post Graduation Studies. “Learning is like rowing up stream; not to advance is to drop back.” Post Graduation Studies. :i— Court Urges flritain-fraii Agreement NOW SHOWING TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start—• 1:28 - 3:26 - 5:24 - 7:22 - 9:20 npOKYO, July 6—(A>)_Gov. Tho- A mas E. Dewey called today for a world peace based on a buildup of strength by free nations and “not a mere peace; of surrender or appeasement.” Dewey declared the United States was not afraid of the “con tinuing threat of warlike Commun ist aggression” because of its vast industrial might. He said that through unity and a buildup of “overwhelming strength” the free world may look forward to the “gradual exhaustion and disintegration of the Commun ist forces of slavery and aggres sion.” Speech In Japan In a speech befoi’e the America- Japan Society and for broadcast to the United States. Dewey assert ed that the U. S. “will never be the one to start a war in any conceiv able set of circumstances.” “The people of America and of the free world,” he said, “are building their strength for the sole and exclusive purpose of pre venting war. “It must be a peace of strength •—not a mere peace of surrender or appeasement.” Dewey’s speech was his first on his six-weeks 29,000-mile tour of nine countries of the Far East for a first-hand survey of problems of the Pacific nations. He told his audience “I am not a member of the national govern ment of my country nor do I speak for it in any way whatsoever. On the contrary, I am an active member of the party of the opposi tion.” Dewey made no direct referehce to the. imminent Korean war cease fire talks. “We ai’e acutely aware,” Dewey said, “of the menace of Communist aggression both internal and ex ternal. Not Hampered By Fear “But we are not hampered by fear nor do we have the slightest doubt of the final outcome. We are serenly confident of our capacity to deal with treason at home. “We are equally unafraid of the continuing threat of external war like Communist aggression, because in America alone we have over whelming industrial power. “Solely by reason of the threat to peace by imperialistic aggres sors we are proceeding to harness this tremendous industrial plant in order to produce weapons the ag gressors will not dare to challenge. “Even as the Japanese peace treaty progresses,” the New York The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, onder the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. 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Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. governor said, “we are already dis cussing arrangements for mutual defense in order to; assure the lib erty and progress of the free peo ples of the Pacific. “As the security of the free world beconies increasingly firm, we may expect the threats of ag gression and the alarms of civil disturbance will subside. Subscribe to Objectives Dewey made clear that he sub scribed fully to the declaration of U. S. objectives set forth in a joint statement by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Re lations Committees following con troversial hearings into the issues of arms for western Europe and the dismissal of General MacAr- thur. “Out of these hearings,” he de clared, “came a notable and his toric document. Let me emphasize that the statement was unanimous and that every Republican and every Democrat joined in it.” The statement said the people of the U. S. “are unshaken in our de termination to defend ourselves and to cooperate to the limit of our capabilities with all of those free nations determined to survive in freedom.” “Countrymen Want No Territory” Dewey declared, “my countrymen want no territory, no subject peo ples, no denomination of any other people.” “Our records prove it.” “Did any nation/’ he asked, “ever win a bitter war and then pay more than two billion dollars to feed and clothe and succor the fallen as America has done in the case of Germany? “Did any nation ever win a bit ter war and then pay more than two billion dollars to feed and clothe and succor the fallen as America has done in the case of Japan ? “We are fated to live in times of 'great change and peril,” Dewey asserted. “In such a fateful period, there can be no neutrality between good and evil, between freedom and slavery, between aggressive war and peace. call for couples. Eating out hasn’t the old festive air you remember, and even the movies have lost their zip. If there are children, the problems are multiplied. You cannot, you must not, substitute all the loneliness and love you feel onto them, yet you must play the role of both mother and daddy as nearly as possible. You never discipline a child without wondering if you are doing the right thing. It would be so much easier if Daddy were there to discuss the problem with before taking action. You take the child to the play park in the evening and watch with your own| parental pride as th<I small one enjoys the “horsies” and the “cars.” But you cannot help, no matter how hard you try, being a little envious of the young couples who wait together for the small fry to finish their rides and trot enthusiastically to the next one. 9 Worst of all is the problem of waiting atone when sickness comes to your baby. You hustle him into his clothes and, anxious though you are, assure him that everything is fine. Then you bundle up the hot little creature and drive him to the doctor’s. Mostly, your fears are relieved immed iately by the family physician, but if the fever hangs on for a few days you find that yours is an especial kind of loneliness that cannot be alleviated by relatives or friends, no matter how close they are nor how hard they try. O Mostly'the children are old enough to miss “Daddy,” but not old enough to explain anything to. So they ask you a thousand times a day, “Where’s Daddy?” and you tell them and they still are not satisfied. Who, with a small child, does not remember the time he blew kisses at Daddy’s picture and the time he got out Daddy’s shoes and put them on his own small feet and looked up to remark with ail the wisdom in his small head: “Daddy’s, Mommy?” Sometimes you wait for days for pared you quite for the role that News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office. Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209. Goodwin Hall. JOEL AUSTIN Editor Andy Anderson Associate Editor and Sports Editor Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor William Dickens Feature Editor Dave Coslett Editorial Assistant James Fuller Church News Editor J. R. Alderdice Staff Photographer R. D. Witter, Charles McCullough Photo Engravers Autry Fredricks, Ed Moses Advertising Representatives John W. Thomas, B. F. Roland. Dave Coslett. James Fuller, Exhaustion of Communists Forces William Dickens. Frank Davis. Ray Rushing. Tom Rountree. Ray Holbrook. Owen Lee, Calvin Janak Staff News tyriters Sports News Writers cumulation “But with unity and the develop ment of overwhelming strength in the free world we may look for ward to the gradual exhaustion and disintegration of the Communist forces of slavery and aggression. One day the victims of these forces will discover the eternal truth of personal liberty and religious free dom and will wrest those freedoms from their masters. “Then we can look with confi dence- to the final abolition of wgr and the instruments of war.” a letter with a familiar handwrit ing, but more often than not that letter doesn’t come. The Amy keeps men pretty busy, whether they’re going thrqugh basic training, whether they are seasoned soldiers, taking officer’s training or “mere ly” at ROTC Summer Camp. There are times when you feel terribly sorry for yourself, but this period is always followed with one of shame and humility. You know that you are only a small part of a great big scheme of things and that this is a vital period you’re traveling through. So you assuage your conscience by baking a batch of cookies and getting them into the mails im mediately for your own special soldier. You feel a very special kinship with all other women you know whose husbands are a part of the Armed Forces. With them you feel a very special pride in the part your husband is playing in national defense, and even though your own husband is only taking ROTC ti'ain- ing, you know that you will be better prepared if, and when, the time comes that he really goes into the Army. It is a part of liv ing, 1951, and while it is not your choice of an ideal life, you are willing to fill your own small niche in the pattern. One thing you’ve learned for sure, as long as possible, until the Army puts an ocean between you, you’ll follow your husband. A home, is after all^ the sum total of a husband and wife’s shared responsibilities, and you’ll keep sharing as long as humanly possible. You have read many books and many articles and ’ talked with m^riy people, but nothing has pre modern times has called on you to perform. In the meantime, you can only hope and pray, in this world that we inherited, that “Peace on Earth” will come again. 6—CP)—The International Court of Justice urged Britain and Iran yesterday to agree on an interim plan for keeping Iranian oil flow ing until the court can reach a decision in the hitter dispute. Iran quickly rejected the court proposals. British officials hailed the pro posals as “very welcome to us.” The British indicated that if Iran, kept on refusing to agree, Britain, might put the oil case before the U. N. Security Council. But Iran clung to I.-e 1 ; uncompro mising determination to seize full control of the huge Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s wells and refineries. Hoosein Navab, Iranian minis ter to the Hague, declared: “We did not recognize the competence of the court, and neither do we recognize the court’s decision of today.” Britain had asked the court to pr-opcse interim measures as a matter of greatest urgency to stave off the threatened complete shutdown of her Iranian oil opera tions. Britain also accused Iran of vio lating international law in national izing the British-owned company and asked for an injunction against its seizure by the Iranian govern ment. The court apparently will decide on the charges and the re quest for an injunction after it determines whether it has jui’isdic- tion in the case. The U. N.-sponsored court re jected an Iranian request that it declare outright that it had no jurisdiction. SATURDAY NITE PREVUE LADD BLASTS A MILLION DOLLAR ROBBERY AS U.S. AGENT/ v: NEWS — CARTOON PREVUE TONIGHT 11 P.M. FIRST RUN i * u AlORG™ 1 Great Dmk NEWS — CARTOON NEWS — CARTOON PREVUE SATURDAY 11 P.M. 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