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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
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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.