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1 I 1 9: Pi N' th \v S( E: n( of af at E b ? vi L: w Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1951 Housewives Rebel Taxes... W/HEN an enraged group of housewives ^ rebel, it is time the menfolk rears back and takes notice. The feminine mind is gifted with a par ticular ability to see through much of the false armor of men. It matters not to what feminine characteristics we attribute this flare of ingenuity. The sagacity of women could be due to intuition, a more subtle in telligence, or to the fact that women—in this modern age of ours with all it house- The day tvill never' arrive when rears ivill be fought without trained men or won by yielding to one’s foes. TU Regents Battle Legislature T'HE traditional annual fued between Texas University and A&M on the football field is not the only rivalry of the “College of the Capitol.” TU’s Board of Regents (or part of it) and the Texas Legislature are scrapping again. This scrap is a continuation of one that began some thirty years ago. Regent Chairman Dudley Woodward Jr. of Dallas is leading the fight of who is go ing to run the University—the board or the Legislature. The controversial battle revolves around the question, “How much money Texas Uni versity should receive to educate some 15,000 students each year?” Woodward tried to throw the legislature for a loss when he charged political interference. The legislature thinks that colleges have not been making the best use of the dollars given them in past years. Woodward fanned the fire by asking an Attorney General’s ruling on whether a new loyalty oath enact ed by the Fifty-second Legislature is con stitutional. The regents split in favor of Woodward 5 to 4 on whether to make this request. Dissention was reported on the Regent’s team as Tom Sealy, minority leader from Midland, said the decision was a bad one from a “public relations” viewpoint. However, Woodward bases his attitude on the statutory definition of the powers of the fcoard of regents which gives unquestionable authority to the board to govern the Univer sity as it sees fit. ; I [What Woodward will accomplish by bucking” the legislature is unpredictable. iThe legislature holds the purse strings and fcofild deal the University much sharper blows than it did this year. I There is one thing that seems certain in Woodward’s favor. A Board of Regents should be better qualified to direct the ex penditures of the University than a group of “lawmakers.” Minorities that organize for power, political or economic, should not ob ject if the majority does the same. U It’s an awful hard job to exercise common sense. keeping innovations including certain soap- powder which gets dishes clean without wip ing—have more time for cerebral stimula tion. Notwithstanding the fact that for all practical purposes women are better equip ped intellectually to solve the mysteries of life, we must raise a voice of protest against the Marshall, Texas housewives who have taken upon themselves the task of proving that the U. S. government is erroneous in demanding the housewife to collect and sub mit Social Security taxes from her domestic help. Recently the Government issued war rants and threatened to seize the property of 18 Marshall housewives who refused to collect Social Security taxes for the U. S. Treasury Department. The women claim the household amendment to the Social Security law is unconstitutional. This amendment states that the employer must collect and submit to the Treasury Department 3% of the wages paid to the domestic help. The employer must pay at least 1.5% of such taxes. The Marshall women came up with the legal term, “involuntary servitude,” as a basis for their refusal to comply with that law. A legal dictionary defines involutary servitude thusly: “Control, by which the personal service of one man (or in this case, woman) is deposed of or coerced for anoth er’s benefit; slavery, of whatever name and form and all its badges and incidents; in short, enforced labor.” Not only do we question the invincible dexterity of the women, but we flatly say that women, in remotely isolated cases,, can be wrong. The Marshall housewives claim the U. S. government is trying to enslave them. These women view the laborious task of filling out a tax return on the meager salary paid to their servant as being a stupendious job for which they, the housewives, should get gov ernmental reimbursement. Their position seems more absurd when we realize that ever since the Social Se curity Act went into effect, the employer of industrial and commercial labor has ful filled the requirements of the Treasury De partment by sending in the necessary taxes for his employees. In most cases these em ployers have had many employees and the efforts required to fill out the forms are tremendous. Undoubtedly, these employers realized that in effect they were being paid for this duty because in the event the gov ernment had to hire tax-collectors on a sal ary, the taxpayer would bear the additional cost of such collectors. If this is involuntary servitude, mankind has enslaved himself without complaining, and to the best of our knowledge, the housewife has stood silently by and watched the proceedings. No matter how shapely their real legs, it looks as if the Marshall housewives do not have a legal leg to stand on. The same law that compels others to collect and submit Social Security taxes will also apply to the womenfolk. Army Warns Congressmen Of Rising Mobilization Costs WASHINGTON, July 31—<£>)— 1 " Military chiefs have warned Congress the danger of all-out war is increasing and the Army alone plans to call up 430,000 men —possibly more—within the next 12 months. Also, they plan to add billions more to the $60,679,000,000 mili tary budget already proposed for this year. The 430,000 new men will be needed simply to replace others, mostly reservists, who will be re leased from active duty during 1952 despite the mounting defense buildup. A hike in total manpower would increase the draft rate. Committee Testimony All this was disclosed in testi mony by Defense Secretary Marsh all, Army Secretary Pace and oth ers to a House Military Appropria tions Subcommittee. Their views, given secretly in recent weeks, were released to day after the record was censored for security reasons. The proposed $60,679,000,000 budget for the year which began July 1 would be 15 times the mili tary budget of only two years ago. the budget for the year ending June 30 was $48,222,000,000. Highlights in the 2,000 pages of testimony. ® Marshall was asked, in view of the huge budget, whether the likelihood of global war still is being considered. “From the viewpoint of the ene my’s buildup, it is increasing,” he replied. His elaboration was cen sored. @ Army Secretary Pace said the 60 billion dollar budget doesn’t in clude anything for replacements in Korea or troops in Japan or Ger many, because those amounts can’t be fixed yet. If war continues in Korea, $7,- 000,000,000 will be needed for that, he said. And even if peace comes, the Army will need several billions Polio Cases Decrease in 25 States American War on Polio-1951 Civilization has about reached the stage whfere children are not so sure that their parents know as much as their parents think. 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Picture File Clerk (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories by Asso ciated Press Science Editor Howard M. Blankeslee on the fight the United States is wag ing against the dread disease of polio. 1VEW YORK, July 31—Polio ^ ’ is ballooning again, just as it has at the end of July for the last five years. The disease is following its us ual pattern, wandering around everywhere, breaking out in new places, usually only a few cases, hut always carrying a threat to sweep each area. New Increases Many increases are where there has not been very much polio. Cases are dropping where there New York, July 31—UP)—Clip this out and keep it within reach until the end of October. This tells you what to look for, and what to do, for the peak of the Polio keason, which is the next three months. The first sign is an under-the- weather feeling, in yourself or any child of yours. Of course this is the sign of scores of other things, but in this season you never know until you stop, look and listen. Watch for headaches, upset stomachs, sore throats, stiff mus- scles in back and neck. Dizzi ness. Fever. Tired eyes. If there is trouble about breathing or swallowing, call a doctor. At any of these signs, put a child to bed to rest, or take other measures to keep him quiet. Rest yourself if you are the one. Fever does not need to be high. A slight fever is a sign that needs careful watching. If you can’t call a doctor, get in touch with your local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Keep children out of crowds when possible. Don’t stop them from playing with their usual friends. Don’t stop a normal life. Swimming is OK. Chilling is bad. So is fatigue. A chilled or a tired person is more susceptible to a bad polio case. have been many. But neither the increase nor the drops follow any fixed procedure. The total count for the nation is a little under last year at this Sen. Connally Protests Plans For Foreign Aid WASHINGTON, July 31—hP)— Senator Tom Connally of Texas, veteran democratic leader, thundered out a protest against ad ministration foreign aid plans yes terday, charging that officials are trying to “cover the earth” with money squeezed from American taxpayers. “The United States cannot sub sist itself, cannot preserve its own economy and its own freedoms, if we have got to take care of the whole world,” he stormed at Wil liam C. Foster, chief of the Eco nomic Cooperation Administration (EGA). Foster replied he was doing only what Congress had ordered in pro- i posing economic aid for Asiatic' countries—which Connally said were getting primary attention “when our main problem is Eu-.' rope.” Connally’s protest attracted wide] attention, especially in view ofj the fact that as chairman of thel Senate Foreign Relations Commit-I tee he has been the leader in put-J ting through past administration! foreign aid programs. His standi was firm notice that he believes! administration officials are goingj too far. time." Last year was the second largest epidemic. The total now is very close to the average of the last five years, a period in which polio, for reasons unknown, has entered new high brackets. The National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis and the U. S. Public Health Service, say it is too early to predict for this year. Aug ust, September and even October may run to high polio peaks. On the hopeful side is the fact that every month up to August the totals this year were a little under those of last year. On the less- favorable side is what you see when you break down these figures into areas. In 25 states the polio is less. It i§ even in two, greater in 21. The balance is very close by this state count, but it is absqlutely a tie when you count those states in which polio doctors say there are “significant” increases of de creases. Insignificant means a high per centage, either way, but high per centage does not always involve a large number of cases. The “sig nificant” polio increases are record ed in 11 states, the “significant” drops in 11 other states. Decrease in Texas ’ Polio Is Puzzling A USTIN, July 31—:—Unpredict-polio pounding. Neuces and Harris ^ able polio has state health of- counties were among the high tolls, ficials puzzled again. Neuces has had totaled 103 cases. The dread disease this year ip Harris has had 106. Texas is running less than half For the one week ending July last year’s record-smashing inci- 21 there were 88 cases. Most in- dence. As of July 21, 594 cases had cidence was scattered widely with been reported. There had been one and two cases to a county. 1,288 cases in that period in 195(1. Exceptions were Neuces with 10, Why? Harris and Dallas with 9 each. “Don’t Know Why” The peak last year came during State Health Officer George W. the week ending Aug. 12, when an Cox frankly admits: “We don’t a 9time weekly total of 131 cases know.” were reported. Before the year end, The long-time health counselor 2,778 victims had been counted, for the state speculated with cau- P a 9as, Harris and Tarrant coun- tion on the incidence pattern of t' 63 , wer e the year’s major victims, the disease. eac * 1 W1 th more than 200 cases. “Polio is the most unpredictable More than 200 deaths also were disease in the world,” he said. “It reported. climbs to new high, as it has done in Texas for the past three years, and we wonder why. Then it drops Texans Contribute Despite this year’s drop, Texans way down, and again we wonder continued to try to do something why.” about the disease. They contributed “We just never know what it’s ^>950,632 to the March of Dimes a 25 per cent increase over last going to do next.” Some communities this year y eai '’ s contributions. Studies were might be reaping rewards of clean- ™^c rw , a ^ a ^ University of Texas up campaigns during the bad polio Medical ^Laboratories m search of years, he conjectured. “Some haven’t cleaned up enough.” more information about the polio virus. But Dr. Cox insisted one thing So far this year, the Gulf Coast more could be done-by everybody. If you consider the nation by the nine sections into which the National Foundation divides its polio map, you find that six sec tions are up in. number of cases and two are down. Last year there were five states with more than one hundred cases each. Three of these are up this year, and two are down. Decrease In Texas A startling fact is that the national decrease, to date, is due to just one state, Texas. For sev eral years Texas has been one of the hardest hit. Now Texas polio apparently is starting to take a holiday. Last year at this time Texas had more than 1,000 cases. Now it has less than 500. Less than 500 cases is about the dif ference between the nation last year and today. Three states in mid-July report ed zero cases. These were New Hampshire with one at this time last year, Rhode Island with four and Nevada with 121. But Alaska, which all last year had none, al ready has 12 this year. Polio’s erratic wanderings are ex plained because human beings are the main sources. The disease spreads from person to. person. Most of those who get polio and pass it along to others, are not sick enough to know they have the disease. No New Medicines There are no new medicines for polio this year. There really never have been any. But doctors try all sorts of new i v emedies, including the newest drugs, and a year ago there were slight hopes for Aui'eo- mycin. That antibotic was good for some animal diseases resembling polio. It failed for humans. There is one good summertime polio rule. At this season a person we feels .even slightly ill, especially a child, should rest. Even if a child wants to romp it is better to keep him quiet for several days. If fever appears, call a doctor. Fever is not a sure sign of polio, in fact there are no sure signs, but fever and stiffness peed care ful watching. more. The Navy and the Air Force also presumably will seek extra billions—especially the Air Force, with talk of jumping from 95 groups to 150. Also the budget doesn’t include $8,500,000,000 proposed for foreign aid and $4,500,000,000 for military construction. ® The 430,000 new men will come from the National Guard, draft or reserves. Actually some 630,000 will be eligible to leave military service duripg 1952, be cause their enlistments or active duty tours expire, but about 200,000 of these are expected to remain. However, these figures apply only to the present military man power goal of 1,500,000. President Truman told Congress last week this goal may be raised. At any rate, plans are to call up only reserve officers—no enlisted reserves. • The new Patton medium-gun tank has scored an 18 to 1 margin of knockouts over the Russian T-34 in direct tank versus tank action in Korea. The largest single item in the Army budget is $4,200,000,- 000 for tanks. A light tank, just getting into production, can fire accurately while still rolling—J something new. J| ® The Korean war has turned the American soldier into a cool, skilled “professional killer”—a much better soldier than the aver age GI of World War II. This view came from Brig. Gen. John H. Michaelis. ® The Army budget Includes $400,000,000 to speed actual pro duction of the first guided missiles for its armament chest.’Until now these secret superweapons have been developed for experimental purposes only. . • Broad military strategy is to take a “calculated risk” of' ion- centrating now on weapons and supplies rather than on the number of men in uniform. More than 45 per cent of the budget is earmarked for “hardware.” ® By using lighter weight mater ials the Army hopes to reduce the packload of the footsoldier by 65 per cent. • Guarded references to other new weapons disclosed an anti tank mine more difficult ■ foi 4 "the enemy to locate; a new locator to search out enemy mortars and place fire on them; a “recovery tank” especially designed to go out on the battlefield and bring back a disabled tank; and a new amphi bious cargo carrier which “floats and swims.” appeared to be getting the heaviest RADIOS «& REPAIRING . Call For and Delivery STUDENT CO-OP “Everybody can clean up,” he said. “That will do no harm and it might do a world of good.” Dr. Carlton R, Lee OPTOMETRIST 203 S. Main Street Call 2-1662 for Appointment jlwmfW ' seoHouv M 1 ■■y- SAFE-T-WAY TAXI Phone 2-1400 McFarland, Jacobs Exchange Jobs Dr. Frank McFarland, who spent the first part of the summer work* ing on an advanced degree at Cot umbia University, New York, N, Y., is now Acting Director of Coun seling for the Basic Division. Dr. McFarland is relieving Dr. Robert Jacobs for the remainder of the summer. Dr. Jacobs is now working at Columbia University. lunein- BOGART BAtJAU-jf '• As asy EVERY MONDAY KORA 8:00 P.M. AMERICAN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS LI’L ABNER Say It Isn’t So By A1 Capp LFL ABNER A Turnip a Day Keeps the Doctor Away CACKtEff-WAIT'LL AH TELLS THET SWEET DOCTOR THET HE DONE WHUT NO HOOMIN BEAN HAS EVAN DONE- NAMELY, UYMvJ MAM UP AOirr'' LI’L ABNER AH GOT A DOLLY FO'EVERY DOGPATCHER. WHUTEVER AH DOES TO ONE O'THEM, HAPPENS TO ITS HOOMIN COUNTERPART.'?'— V ' CACKLEf!- OOGPATCH 2 WRITHES /TONIGHT,^