Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THURSDAY, JULY 12,1951
Fear of the Truth . . .
Ij'EAR of the truth-^in those four words
lies the sole excuse for the recent Czech
oslovakian imprisonment of William Oatis,
Associated Press correspondent.
Oatis, convicted on charges of espionage
against the Czech government, was sen
tenced July 4, to ten years in prison. The
sentence will be “commuted” to five years
with good behavior.
In a recent broadcast, the Voice of
America referred to the conviction as “an
awful crime” perpetrated by “Czech stooges
of the Kremlin.” The charges against Oatis
were based on his activities as head of the
AP Prague bureau.
What in democratic countries is known
as good, objective reporting falls in the
inent figures have pointed out the reason
why such a government would interpret
these activities thusly. It boils down to the
basic fear of the truth.
The reason for a government like Czech
oslovakia to fear the truth is plain enough.
How can the tripe dished out from behind
the Iron Curtain stand a chance when set
up against accurate news?
And, what’s more important, the out
ward flow of accurate news always leaves
at least a chance that truth might seep back
into these suppressed countries. That would
be disastrous to the devotees of the Kremlin.
The only mind that Communism can con
trol is one hamstrung by ignorance.
Should the mass of people in the USSR
Is 11-36 Bomber Obsolete?
Committee Seeks Answer
WASHINGTON, July 12—•05’)—
’’ Because of recent develop
ments in atomic weapons, the ques
tion is being raised in the House
Armed Services Committee as to
whether the Air Force’s global
B-36 bomber is obsolete.
It was reliably learned yesterday
that the Air Force told the com
mittee that it has only 87 of the
Giant inter-continental bombers
ready to go into action.
Several committee members were
described as “utterly amazed”
since it had been believed the Air
Force had several hundred.
Bombers “Modernized”
An Air Force representative is
reported further to have told the
committee that another 65 of the
huge bombers are in the process
of being modernized with “jet-
assists.”
The Air Force said it had or
dered or received delivery of a
total of 170 B-36s. Deliveries were
halted for a while to change over
from all-piston type engines to a
combinatiion of four jet and six
piston engines.
In addition, the Air Force has
ordered two new B-36s with swept-
back wings.
The committee in closed session
is considering the Defense De
partment’s $6,561,262,000 military
construction program for installa
tions at home and abroad.
Of this the Air Force is seeking
$3,580,000,000 and Secretary of the
Air Force Finletter indicated that
the plan calls for huge expansion
of the strategic air command’s
ground installations.
Number is Secret
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) said in
formation as to the number of
B-36s in the Strategic Air Com
mand is “highly secret.”
Several weeks ago when Vinson
said that Defense Department rep
resentatives would be called be
fore the committee shortly to relate
progress in rearmament, Rep. Gav
in (R-Penn) demanded that the in
quiry include the B-36 program.
Today on the House floor Gavin
charged that production at the
B-36 plants in Texas has not been
good.
He commented during House dis
cussion on a proposal in the de
fense production bill that would
give the President authority to lo
cate or relocate defense plants.
He said the B-36 plant had been
“put down in the heart of the cat
tle and cow country” where it was
difficult to get at needed raw
materials and where necessary per
sonnel trained for the work was
not readily available. ^
1950 Defense Act
Extended for Year
Extension of the Defense Produc
tion Act of 1950 for another: year
in its present form has been urged
by the National American Whole
sale Grocers Association, the Hous
ton District Office of Price Stabil
ization has been informed.
The telegraphed request for the
extension has been sent to Con
gress.
category of spying under Czech law.
The radio program and nationally prom-
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The man who tries to work all day
and all night, too, is ?wt always the
fellow who gets the most work done.
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Scientific Advances
Bring Uncertainty
/^NE OF the often-debated questions of to-
” day concerns the ultimate product that
scientific advance can offer the world. Most
especially in these days of uncertainty-when
threats of atomic bombings and all-out war
on a hitherto unequaled scale offer gloomy
possibilities for the future, it helps every
now : and then to sound a note of hope.
Such a note can be found in the words
written recently by Bertrand Russell. His
words contain, moreover, a basic insight into
the only real solution to world conditions of
unrest.
Science, says Russell, is capable of of
fering mankind a greater well-being than
has ever been known if three conditions are
met: war must be abolished, ultimate power
must be evenly distributed and the growth of
the population must be limited.
It is in the method of accomplishing
these ends that we find Russell’s words
particularly apt. He says.
“The root of the matter is a very simple
and old-fashioned thing, a thing so simple
I am almost ashamed to mention it, for fear
of the derisive smile with which the wise
critic will greet my words.
“The thing I mean—please forgive me
for mentioning it—is love, Christian love, or
compassion. If you feel this you have a mo
tive for existence, a guide for action, a rea
son for courage, an imperative necessity for
intellectual honesty.”
or any of its satellites find out what free
dom is. enjoyed elsewhere in the world, no
force could keep them suppressed.
Well might the powers of Communism
fear the truth—it will probably be the wea
pon with which they are to be eventually
destroyed.
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Even the Russians, we suppose,
must be right some of the time, but
they certainly go to great le7igths
to keep it concealed.
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Okies Convert
A Texan
T’HE “OKIES” are feeling smug today.
They have accomplished the impossible—
they have converted a Texan.
The convert—we wouldn’t do him the in
justice of referring to him by name—had
gone to those hinterlands to our north with
all good intentions. Though residing in Ok
lahoma he flew the Lone-Star flag over his
house and issued crying-towels to Okla
homans preceding the OU-TU grid-iron
battle..
His wife, though, worried about losing
friends and prevailed on hubby to curb his
natural pride. His submission became com
plete when Oklahoma Governor Johnston
Murray issued final Oklahoma citizenship
papers the other day.
It breaks our faith in our fellow man.
We’re afraid to look for fear that we might
even find “Pinky” Downs humming the
strains to “Texas Fight.”
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The income of many people is high
er than ever before. This invites
careful persons to save something
for the day ivhen incomes drop.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor, The Battalion:
With reference to the letter
from Rex E. Hall in your “Letters
to the Editor” column: evidently,
■Mr. Hall is a single, immatui’e boy
or man ( ?) who cannot possibly
conceive of the relationship of a
man and wife,
True, the part a woman plays
at home in the drama of war is
greatly discussed, perhaps magni
fied, but no amount of writing or
talking can express the deep empti
ness one feels when your spouse is
away.
Some may welcome the free
moments but those whp have
chosen in seriousness and deep love,
a partner for life, will only feel
loneliness and disillusionment. Mr.
Hall may think an article depict
ing “a woman without a man” a
sentimental sob story but if he were
mature enough to know real love
and not egoism, he would realize
Mrs. Castleberry’s story is much
too ti-ue.
The sadness of the story in
creases even more when you wait
the long months filling your time
as best you can, temporarily liv
ing with hopes for a better fu
ture, praying, yes . . . but after all
of the empty hours, the dreaded
word comes that those hours will
only increase and the sustained
vision of “his” return must be
abruptly discarded.
May you, Mr. Hall, never have
a wife that must live with only
memories of a marriage. My hus
band was killed in Korea.
You may add my story to your
collection of sad, sad stories.
Name Withheld by Request
P. S. The Battalion offers some
fine articles for “Men”; why not
read those and leave the “Wo
men’s Column” for us girls?
M. E. Professors
Working at Boeing
Eight Mechanical Engineering
Professors have been employed this
summer by The Boeing Aircraft
Corporation, Seattle, Wash., ac
cording to C. W. Crawford, head
of the Mechanical Engineering De
partment.
L. P. Thompson, L. G. Berryman,
R. L. Acres, J. H. Caddess, War
ren Rice, J. C. Wilhoit, R. H.
Fletcher, and J. V. Perry will work
in the corporation’s engineering de
partment.
The men will receive an expense-
paid round trip by first class air
liner, salaries, and a bonus for
work done while on leave from the
college.
All of the instructors, except
Fletcher and Perry, are acoompan-
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