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ASS 1 N FOIiMEflcSTUDEKTS 4 copies f,e. Published by Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 193: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951 Oldest Continuously Published College Newspaper In Texas Price Five Cents CottonCoiigres80pens;Five-Point Agenda Agreed Research Spotlighted 0u R UN _ Red Negotiators By WILLIAM DICKENS Battalion Feature Editor The Twelfth Annual Cotton Con gress got under-way this morning as several hundred delegates ar rived on the campus to see what Texas is doing with its top rank ing cash crop and to observe cot ton research in action. Tours of research laboratories and fields, speaking programs and exhibits compose the three-day program for the agricultural leaders of the Cotton Belt, repre sentative of nationwide manufac turing concerns and cotton farm ers who are interested in cotton production, manufacturing and cot ton’s by-products industries. Register in MSC After registration in the MSC Ballroom this morning, the dele gates attended the first of three speaking programs. The remain ing speaking programs will be held 'in the MSC tomorrow afternoon and part of Saturday morning. “Keynote of This Congress’ was the opening address by Burris C. Jackson, general chairman of the State-Wide Cotton Committee of Texas, in the MSC Ballroom at 9:30 this morning. “We would indeed be remiss in opening this Twelfth Annual Cot ton Research Congress if we ne glected to recognize at the outset the great achievements in many fields including cotton research which in three-quarters of a cen tury have emanated from the in stitution which is host of this meeting,” Jackson said in opening his speech. “Lifeblood of Economy” In detail, Jackson explained that in Texas, the greatest of all cotton producing states, cotton is the very lifeblood of economy, and millions of Americans are depen dent upon cotton. “As we dedicate ourselves to the task of expanding and A&M Journalists Publish Articles Two A&M journalism students *re represented in the July issue of the Texas Outlook, monthly publication of the Texas State Teachers Association. William A. Streich is the author of one of the featured articles. A senior from Houston, Streich.. is working this summer on the Tem ple Daily Telegram on one of the internships sponsored by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. His Texas Outlook article is' a detailed report of the Public School Week observance at A&M Consolidated school, College Station." Also in this issue of the maga zine is an article by George Charl ton, 1951 journalism graduate from Dallas, summarizing his research study on journalism'education' in Texas high schools. strengthening research for cotton, we are working for the best inter ests of our country,” Jackson said. “Research in Action in Texas” was the theme for the remainder of the morning session where leading cotton authorities conducted dis cussions of world-wide cotton stud ies. Research In Action Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, spoke on “Cotton Research in Action—Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station.” “Textile Re search in Texas” was the subject discussed by Dr. Dysart E. Hol comb, dean of engineering at Texas Technological College. Dr. A. W. Melloh, vice-director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, spoke on “Cottonseed Processing Research in Texas.” Dr. A. B. Cox, professor of cot ton marketing at the University of Texas, spoke on “Cotton Merchan dising in Texas.” The second session of the Con gress will begin at 2 p. m. today when delegates will tour cotton ex periments both on and off the campus. Tours will be made of agricultural and engineering activ ities on the ca,mpus, the Main Sta tion Farm, and the Brazos Valley Laboratory. MSC Reception The Texas Cotton Association, in recognition of A&M’s 75th anni versary, will honor Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist and President M. T. Har rington with a reception in the MSC Ballroom at 8 tonight. Tomorrow’s session will open I with a field tour at 8:15 a. m. I During the tour the delegates will Concluding the morning session, (See PRODUCTION Page 4) Clean-Up Drive Suggestions Told Plans and suggestions for a community-wide clean-up campaign were outlined today by J. B. Baty, chairman of the Chamber of Com- merce Public Health Committee. The clean-up drive, to be spon sored jointly by the City of Col lege Station and the College Sta tion Development Association and Chamber of Commerce will get underway July 30. Urged Participation Baty urged residents and busi ness people of the city to do the following: 1. Clean-up all trash about the premises and pile it where city trucks can easily pick it up. • 2. Cut all weeds and high grass which may serve as harboring places for rats and mosquitoes, and to prevent fires during this dry season. 3. Scrub and disinfect the inter ior and exterior of garbage cans frequently. Replace worn out gar bage cans with new ones having tight fitting covers. 4. Clean and spray the stand or areas where garbage cans or dinarily are kept. 5. Spray around doors, windows or other places where insects may enter the building, with a good in secticide. 6. Empty or drain all outside receptacles which hold water, every few days. (Even in the driest sea son mosquitoes are frequently found breeding in a very small container of water cai’elessly left about the premises. The two city organizations are sponsoring the drive to; stamp out unsanitary conditions and dirty spots within the city. .... No house-to-house inspection is planned for the drive, but an ef- He likes the wide open spaces, up where the telephone line grows. And by the time A&M undergraduate Norman M. Naughn of Saginaw completes the six-weeks course at Signal Corps’ ROTC Summer encampment at Fort Monmouth, N. J., he’ll know plenty about every phase of Army communications. He and 1300 other college stuudents from all over the country are shooting for Signal Corps commissions. fort will be made to reach each citizen of College Station to vol untarily aid the drive, Baty said. Tracks will be available for cai’- rying off trash and debris from the residential areas and plans have been made to operate control mea sures for mosquitoes and other germ-carrying pests. The city of College Station pro vides regular and systematic col lection of garbage and other refuse from practically all business and residence premises under the sup ervision of City Manager Raymond Rogers. Disposal of the material is by burning and covering at a dump jointly operated by the col lege and city. Proper attention is given to the prevention of rat and fly breeding in the vicinity of the dump which is located at a suffi cient distance to avoid objectionable odors in the city. In recently annexed areas where regular garbage and trash collec tion service has not been inaugu rated, the city has had special clean-up measures in operation for several weeks this summer, in a cooperation program with the resi dents of those particular areas. Mowing Machines Busy All summer the city has kept its mowing machines busy cutting grass and weeds on vacant private lots, as well as on city property. In a cooperative program the city and the college carry out regu lar monthly inspection of local eating and drinking establishments. At least once a year inspections are made by a representative from the State Health Department. Col lege Station has received the high est rating for any city or town in Texas for the past three years. ? Tt is believed that on the whole the residents and business people in this community do as good a job in keeping their premises clean, neat and attractive in ap pearance as will be found any where. A general survey reveals little that might be considered really objectionable. A little special effort now and then, however, is (See CLEAN-UP Page 4) U.N. Advance Headquarters, Korea, July 26—UP)—The United Nations and Communists agreed today on exactly what they will talk about in full scale negotiations to end the shooting in Korea. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway’s headquarters said negoti ators agreed on a five point agenda (list of subjects to be debated.) It includes: • Adoption of the agenda. • Establishing a buffer zone between opposing armies. • Definite arrangements to end the shooting and super vise the truce. • Arrangements for exchanging prisoners of war. • “Recommendations to the governments of the coun tries concerned on both sides.” (This presumably is a rec- ♦ommendation for subsequent dis cussion of withdrawing foreign troops from Korea.) Negotiators agreed on the agen da in the shortest session they have yet held. It lasted only b's minutes. “Preliminary discussions began immediately after the agreement on the agenda,” Ridgeway’s head quarters announced. They wil go into it more deeply in the 11th session scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow (6 p.m. CST to day). First Step For Goal Col. Meyers Appointed To PMS&T Post You’re on the air—and Cadet Bob Chapman pre pares to send a message over a Signal Corps radio relay set while fellow A&M undergrad Robert A. Bradshaw punches the right buttons. The boys, both Houston natives, are becoming spec ialists in Army communications at ROTC Sum mer encampment at Fort Monmouth, N. J. They’re also pulling their share of such old mil itary standbys as guard duty, and—naturally— K. P. Gen. Mac Arthur Changes Plans for "Fading Away’ Washington, July 26—UP)—Gen eral MacArthur apparently has changed his mind about just fad ing away, as he told Congress he would when he addressed it last April. Last night, in a talk to the Mass achusetts Legislature in Boston, he said: “I shall raise my voice as loud and as often as I believe it to be in the interest of the Amer ican people. “I shall dedicate all of my ener gies to restoring the American life those immutable principles and ideals which your forebears and mine handed down to us in sacred trust.” Attacks HST’s Policies He made a blazing attack on the Truman Administration which stripped him of his command in the Korean war. Although he told the legislators he was talking with “neither partisan affiliation • or political purpose,” his attack could hardly fail to please the Republi cans. His criticism of the Truman Ad ministration followed the line tak en by many Republican critics, ac cusing it of taxing and spending too much and not having a foreign policy. And in one place he employed Magazine Features Research Program “Farmers and Fighters . . . The Aggies of Texas,” was the title of a feature story in the July 1951 issue of the Harvester World, In ternational Harvester Company publication. Nineteen pictures of A&M made up a five page spread in the maga zine. The cover carried a picture of an Aggie freshman walking up the front steps of the Administra tion Building. The article depicted briefly the broad aims of A&M and the activ ities of research, teaching and extension. Emphasis was placed on those particular phases of research which have been in the spotlight recently. the identical word used by Senator Taft of Ohio, most frequently men tioned as the Republican presi- dental candidate in 1952. Since the cease-fire talks began in Korea Taft has described the Korean war as “useless.” Last night the General spoke of the “uselessness” of the Korean war. Attacked Truman Previously When he first returned here last Spring and later in June, in five speeches in Texas, the General confined himself to condemning the Truman foreign policy and handling of the Korean fighting, urging his own solution for the war, a solution with which the Joint Chiefs of Staff disagreed. But in his sixth Texas speech on June 18 the General suddenly shif ted his attack and condemned the administration’s domestic policies, too, thus getting into the field of economics. So his attack on the Trumanites last night across the board.—on all fronts, foreign and domestic—was the second such criticism he had offered. Col. Shelley P. Meyers has been named professor of mili tary science and tactics at A&M. He has been with the military department at the college since May 6, 1949, serving as senior artillery-anti-aircraft in structor. Filling the position formerly held by Col. H. L. Boatner, who was also commandant, Col. Meyers will rank equally with the PAS&T. The new PMS&T is a native of Eutawville, S. C. and a graduate of The Citadel, in 1930 with a BS. He is a graduate of the command and general staff at Fort Leaven worth, 1941 and a 1945 graduate-of the Triple A. school at Fort Bliss. Col. Meyers was integrated into the regular army in July 1946 and was upped to the rank of colonel in June, 1951. Following his graduation from The Citadel in 1930 he was com missioned a second lieutenant, ORC. In 1940 he was called to ac tive duty. Col. Meyers spent 32 months overseas" in the European and Far East theaters. He holds the expert infantry badge, American Theater, Army of Occupation of Germany, ribbons and the American Defense and World War II medals. Col. and Mrs. Meyers are the parents of five children. At the Grove Tonight Thursday, July 26—Movie, “The Crisis” with Cary Grant and Jose Ferrer—8 p.m. The announcement emphasized that agreement on the agenda “is merely the initial step for the final goal of a military armistice and resultant cease-fire.” The second and third points list ed on the agenda offered the big gest hurdles that negotiators will have to overcome. The first point, adoption of the agenda, is a routine matter simi lar to approval of minutes of a preceding session. Setting a buffer zone raises the question of whether it is to be. along the present battle lines in North Korea, as the U.N. wishes, or along the 38th Parallel as the Reds want. These two possible demarcation lines are 20 or 30 miles apart it "some places. To Outline Positions In setting this single point, ne* gotiators will outline the exact position to be asumed by each army “so as to establish a demili tarized zone as the basic condition for cessation of hostilities in Ko rea.” The third point is the most com plex and reaches to the heart of Communist sensitiveness to any foreign groups acting as supervis ing agents in territory they control. Officially point three was listed as: “Concrete arrangements for the realization of cease-fire and armis tice in Korea, including the compo sition, authority and functions of a supervising organization for carry ing out the terms of a cease-fire and armistice.” (See AGENDA Page 4) Specialized Training in Communications Signal Corps Aggies Get Training Army Bivouac Style at Ft. Monmouth Fort Monmouth, N. J., July 21 the rigors of Army life, includ- Robert L. Peurifoy, Jr. (Delayed)— Signal Corps training ing K. P., guard duty, and firing Oak St. in Army bivouac style is next on on the range. the schedule for twenty-nine stu- Representing Houston at the Texas towns include Kenneth D. dents of A&M who are on six- New Jersey Army installation are weeks duty with the Reserve Of- Robert Chapman of 2104 Shea St.; ficers’ Training Corps at Fort Mon- John A. Beyer of 2019 Dunstan Rd.; mouth, N. J. and Robert A. Bradshaw of 6611 Under individual guidance the Capital St., Joseph D. Guidry lives past month, the Aggie cadets are at 500 9th St., Port Arthur, and -A *- & & A CAi. tAV A/V/vy Oil l.J V. J A. vy AV AA.AVA1VAAJ AAAAVA ^ V-.AXV. » T • A A V. i. 11 10 vyx A'tAiAV^J.Aj AW a A CA 1 VJ. now in the second phase of the en- Emil E. Richers is from Bay City. W. O’Neal of Lampasas; Gary S. campment which includes a full week of bivouac in five field areas, putting to practical use their pre vious training, as teams in the em ployment, installation and opera tion of signal equipment. While in the field, each cadet of a 1300 record enrollment from 73 colleges aiming for a future Army commission, will engage daily in five major activities. They are wire construction and operation, radio communication, communication center operation and radio relay and carrier operation. of 402-A knowledge gained during the course of academic instruction in college Aggie undergrads from other plus the learning incorporated into ^ the first five weeks of camp. As a finale, the ROTC camp will formally close on July 26 with a garrison review, at which time commissions and other award will be presented to the cadets. Just as the camp buzzed with Bishop of Kirbyville; John D. Car ter of 1209 8th St., Ballinger; John W. Devine of 1104 Furman Ave., Corpus Christi; John C. England of 4213-Memphis St., El Paso; Eu gene W. Helms of Jarrell; Richard Aggies from San Antonio at the Signal Corps Center include Larry D. Dotson of 124 McMul- lin St.; John D. Gee of 1143 Kayton Ave.; David P. Howell of 805 Chicago Blvd. and William F. Reichert of 1139 Hammond Ave. From nearby Hondo is Alex G. Wendland, Jr. Neinast of 900 Silas St., Sweet- opening processing in mid-June, water and James E. Zemanek of Mumford. The final two members of the contingent are from other states. Henry L. Foster, Jr., lives at 1126 Alton St., Wilmington, Calif., and Roy T. Brashear hails from Watova, Okla. the cadets will then be busy for the next two days “deprocessing” for return to their respective home towns. This year’s ROTC unit which more than doubles the 1950 camp, is broken down into ten companies of five platoons each. Operating on a five and one-half day week, activity in the ROTC Field problems will not end after Dallas natives are Owen B. Neff this second phase, of 5122 Goodwin Ave.; Nick R. The 29 Texas Aggie students areas the past month buzzed from Dragha of 1842 Huntington St., and will then be ready for 42 hours of reveille call at 5:15 a. m., until Samuel M. White, Jr.; Ben S. Skinner lives at 626 E. Elm. St. in Under simulated tactical condi tions the two cadet battalions will Hillsboro; Norman W. Naugle is from Saginaw; Dossey T. Weldon maneuvers in the sixth and final formal retreat late in the after- week of their training. noon. When the encampment concludes comes from 119 Russell St., Fort be organized into 1 staffs and operat- on July 28, the A&M undergrads Worth, and William Graves is from will have specialized with the most Mesquite. modem in communication equip- Bryan has two natives at the ment under technical and tactical Signal Corps Center namely Joe ing personnel representing signal and communication organizations of five Infantry Divisions. As the third phase the cadets conditions, in addition to sampling Pace of 107 Williamson Dr., and will put into actual practice their Mass calisthentics followed breakfast and convoys then car ried the cadets to various train ing areas around Camp Wood, a sub-post of Fort Monmouth, and other sites in the Jersey Shore vicinity. (See TOUR Page 4) Miles and miles of wire—even with latest improvements in radio, Cadets Marting White of Dallas (in truck) Alex G. Wendland Jr., of Hondo (left) and James E. Zemanek of Mumford find the Army still depends on wire to “Get the message through.” Cadets, all from A&M are part of record enrollment attending Signal Corp’s ROTC encampment at Fort Monmouth, N. J.