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Published by Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Oldest Continuously Published College Newspaper In Texas Number 198: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1951 Price Five Cents Easterwood Gets Weather Station From Bryan Field The Inter State Airways Com- '•munieations Station, Civil Aero- Inautics Administration formerly located at Bryan Air Force Base has moved to the college-owned (Easterwood Airport. As a part of the station’s pri- fmary function to maintain radio contact with aircraft in. the area, ithe CAA gives weather data and i provides current information on S airfields and aids to navigation i along the flight route. High, Low Frequencies ^ To facilitate keeping radio con- [ tact with airplanes, the station Rese e Unit Goes to Camp Polk Sunday From all sections of Texas, units of the 22nd Armored Division, Organized Reserve, will converge on Camp Polk, La., Sunday, Aug. 4, to begin two weeks of intensive training, Capt. M. B. Findlay, local ORC instructor, announced today. Local units attending Camp Polk are Hqs, A, B, C, and Service Bat teries of the 352nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion and Hqs, Hqs, and SV and A Companies and the Medical Detachment of the 39th Armored Infantry Battalion. The various units are located in College Station, Bryan, Caldwell, and Huntsville, Texas. Lt. Col. Charley R. Kyle of Madisonville commands the Infantry unit and Major 0. D. Butler of College Station is the Battalion command er for the Artillery units. Movement of the local Reservists frill be by bus convoy originating in Caldwell and moving through College Station and Huntsville and •an to Camp Polk. While the Division is considered primarily a Texas organization, a number of its subordinate units are located in Oklahoma and Lou isiana. These units also will arrive in Camp Polk on Aug. 5. Capt. Findlay stated that the field training this year is expected to be more intensive than that of any previous period. This is due partly to the fact that a greater number of Reservists will be pres ent than at any previous ORC camp. Approximately 150 local Reserv ists will participate in the train ing at Camp Polk, returning to their homes on Sunday, Aug. 19. operates both high frequency and low frequency ranges. The center point for the low frequency radio beams sent out approximately 100 miles in four directions is located near Bryan Air Force Base. The low frequency range is a pai’t of a system of air highways which enable airplanes to travel across the nation without fear of becoming lost or colliding with other aircraft. The Airway Traf fic Conrtol relays information to planes through the communication stations. New Development VOR, visual, aural range is a new development in air travel which enables the pilot flying off the regular air highways to receive in structions such as weather and position almost immediately. The center point for this very high frequency range is located west of College Station on Leonard Road. Twice an hour the station broad casts weather data over a 200 mile radius. Although the station’s primary concern is the direction of aircraft, weather observations are taken once an hour and ti’ansmitted to weather circuits which in turn relay weather data from other re gions to the local station. B. C. McCallum, chief aircraft communicator is in charge of the station. r Experiment Work Gets $1200 Grant The Aluminum Company of New Kensington, Pa., has sent the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station a check for $1,200. The money will be in a renewal of “their grant in support of studies on the utilization of alum- fwium in the poultry industry,” Dr. jJl. D. Lewis, station director, said 'oday. “These funds are used for a /aduate research assistant and /irchasing" essential supplies for hose studies, conducted under the supervision of Dr. J. H. Quisen- berry, head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, in cooperation with the Department of Agricul tural Engineering,” Dr. Lewis said. West Big Three Plug Up Gaps In Defense Line London, Aug. 3—(ZP)—The Western Big Three were re ported yesterday to have agreed on quick action to plug- two wide gaps in their At lantic Defense System—the Middle East and Germany. Official sources said the United States, Britain and France have called for two meetings of Atlantic Pact Foreign and Defense Minis ters in the next 10 days to: Consider and probably approve Turkish and Greek claims for membership of the North Atlantic treaty organization (Nato). Set up a brand new middle East defense board under British com mand to be linked with Nato. Greenlight a military role for Germany in western defense. The U. S., Fiance and Britain have still to agree on the shape of Germany’s future fighting foiae. In general they are expected to accept the ideas which the Ger mans themselves have put for ward: Germany to forgoe all arms pro duction except to the extent re quested by France, most nervous of the western partners. The German manpower contri bution to be limited initially to one in five of the total Atlantic army in Europe. Present plans look to a 250,000-strong German force by 1954. All German land, sea and air forces to be tosed into the French- sponsored European army and through it to Eisenhower. Germany to be represented at all levels on the Atlantic allies’ strategic planning groups in Eu rope. /Adjust Radio Equipment * ' ' . I iilil ■ • : ■ : -•u • . ■ Delegates Order Reds To Keep Troops Away Adjusting the series of transmitters and receiv ers at the CAA Communications Station at Easterwood Airport which enables the station to keep radio contract with airplanes in the area are E. M. Gonzales, standing, and J. W. Philpot. Both are electronic engineers from Fort Worth. Students, Prof, Patrolman Speak Believe Reds Stalling For Time ? Query Reveals By C. T. HUDSON JR. Battalion News Staff A consenus on the A&M campus is that the Communists are stall ing for time to build up their forces and moral to strike the U. N. forces at another point even though the terms of a treaty may be agreed upon. Six persons, including four stu dents, one professor, and Campus Security patrolman were inter viewed and asked the question “What is your opinion concerning the final outcome of the truce- talks in Korea?” These were the opinions, given: Maj. Oden Named Surgeon at BAFB Maj. Lewis H. Oden, Jr., Black- shear Ga., has reported to the Bryan Air Force Base hospital and assumed duties as the Base Sur geon it was announced Saturday by Col. James C. McGehee, BAFB commanding officer. Maj. Oden graduated from the Vanderbilt University Pre-Medi cal School in 1928, and received his MD from the University of Geor gia in 1932. He entered the service in 1933 after practicing in his home town of Blackshear, Georgia for one year. College’s Archives Receives Additions from Dallas People Three gifts have been donated ] "Weekly Brazos Pilot dated June 27, to the college archives by Mrs. 1883. This commencement edition William Deatherage and Mrs. Paul contains a list of the graduates, Taylor, both of Dallas. The first of these gifts is an autobiography of the third presi dent of A&M, Col James Reid Cole. Col. Cole was the father of Mrs. Deatherage and grand father of Mrs. Taylor. Chapters on A&M The book contains two chapters devoted exclusively to A&M, one concerning the chartering of the college and the other telling of Col. Cole’s life here on the campus. Col. Cole was a member of the twelfth legislature which actually granted the charter to the college. Another copy of this historical book was given to the Cushing Memorial Library last year by y Mrs. Taylor’s son, Charles Cole tf; J Taylor, commander of the Ross Volunteers, who graduated last June honor students, promotions in the I Ed Department Adds Guest Prof The regular graduate staff of the Industrial Education Depart ment is being assisted by the addi tion of Dr. Shriver L. Coover as a guest professor for the last six weeks Summer term. Dr. Coover is Director of In dustrial Arts at the State Teachers College in California, Penn. He is an outstanding leader in the field of Industrial Arts Edu cation, a contributor to national professional periodicals, and the author of several textbooks, said C. H. Groneman, head of the In dustrial Education Department. He is the chairman of the National The second of the donations by I Industrial Arts Policy and Plan- Mrs. Deatherage was a copy of The 1 mng Committee. corps, and the valedictory address. It also has reprints of a report from the acting president of the college to the president of the Board of Directors, and reports from the Bernard Sbisa, college steward, humorously tells of the way Aggies complained of their food in those days. Photo of Legislature A picture of the Democratic Members of the House of Represen tatives, twelfth legislature, taken April 18, 1871, shows the men who signed the charter permitting the State to build the first buildings on the A&M campus. Col. Cole was a member of this legislature body. “I wish to publicly thank both Mrs. Deatherage and Mrs. Taylor for their thoughtful contributions to the college archives,” said D. B. Cofer, college archivist. “The college archives is striving to ob tain a thorough report of college activities and it is only through such donations that we may reach our goal,” Cofer added, Ward Vogel, Agronomy major from San Saba, Texas, when asked the question said, “I think the Reds will keep talking to kill time and make us go back to the 38th Parallel and start fighting again unless we give them what they want in the treaty.” Charles Perry, Ag. Ed. Major, from Ft. Worth, answered the question by saying, “The Reds will try to get all of the U. N. troops out of Korea, so they can move theirs in and keep stalling us until they get enough troops in to whip us.” John H. Henry, senior A. H. maj or from Hearne, said in answer to the question “The Reds are stalling for time, and they are using the time to propagandize their people into believing that the Americans are begging for peace. The Reds are 400,000 strong and if they build up their moral they will give us a “hell of a fight,” he said. Glen Butler, business major from Edinburg, said “The Reds are stall ing for time, and the U. N. is foolish enough to sit back and wait for them to get machinery operat ing. Dr. Varvey, professor of psychol- Schools Take 24 New A&M Med Students Twenty-four A&M pre-medical and pre-dental students have been admitted to the freshman class of five professional schools across the state, Dr. George E. Potter, pre-medical-pre-dental adviser an nounced today. The greatest number of students, twenty, are going to medical schools, the other four to schools of denistry. The University of Texas Medical School has accepted ten, Baylor Medical School four, Southwestern Medical School five. Attending the Texas Medical School are Thomas H. Allison, Jul ius J. Burianek, Freddie H. Dunn, Tracy Gage, Richard Lane, Leroy Lockhart, Tom W. Lyles, Charles Schoettlin, Harry E. Smalley, and John H. Walker. Baylor Medical School: Charles Fuller, Billy Ka- row, Leroy Bert Shaw, and Rich ard L. Weatherall. Southwestern Medical School: Don H. Boston, E. A. Elmendorf, Douglas C. Hender son, Robert Lee, Don Warden, and Walter Wilkerson. In Dental school this year will be Pat A. Allesandra and Robert H. Schawe at Texas; Luther| L. Broadus and Fred Maddux at Bay lor. ogy, said “I was surprised to find the UN so anxious to accept the feeler of peace put out by the Reds. A peace agreement for all UN troops to withdraw to the 38th Parallel and remove all foreign troops from Korea would be no victory for the UN. “I also believe that if this agree ment is reached the war might break out elsewhere.” U.N. Advance Headquarters, Ko rea, Aug. 3—b 2 ?)—Allied delegates at deadlocked Korean truce talks denianded today that the Com munists guarantee they will bring in no troops, planes or ships during any armistice. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief United Nations delegate, opened the day’s session on this point. There was no indication that the Reds gave a direct reply during the two hour and 35 minute session. Eighth Meeting It was the eighth meeting de voted to trying to agree on a cease-fire line. It ended like all the rest: No progress. A Communist reply to Joy’s de mand that the present balance of power be maintained could be ex pected, at Saturday’s session, sche duled to start at 11 a.m. (8 p.m. Friday EST). Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, U.N. spokesman, reported that Joy emphasized ground forces aWe do not constitute complete balance of power. Naval and air power must be taken into consideration. Allied warships shelled targets on both coasts Friday and U.N. planes flew nearly 900 sorties. Only three Red planes were sight ed. Admiral Joy, a U.N. communique said, also “emphasized that the United Nations command would not relinquish its present military defensive position to satisfy po litical desires to subdivide Korea.” The Communists are insisting on a buffer zone along the 38th paral lel, old political boundary between North and South Korea. The U.N. demands a cease-fire line along the present front, which follows terrain that can be defended. Closed Friday’s Session Joy closed Friday’s session, the communique said, by posing “sev eral searching questions in an ef fort to establish the general at titude of the Communist delega tion toward a purely military ar mistice and the resultant cease fire.” Red replies were not disclosed. The communique said North Ko rean Lieut. Gen. Nam II, chief Communist delegate, “spoke for nearly two hours attempting to justify his previously expressed view that the military demarcation line should be fixed along a paral lel of Latitude rather than follow ing significant terrain features which are militarily important to the security of the United Nations forces.” This was the first time that an allied communique had specified the exact nature of the deadlock: the Red “political desire to subdi vide Korea . . . along a parallel of Latitude” versus the U.N. demand for “security of United Nations forces” along the “militarily im portant” line they hold along the Imjin River in West Korea and across the high hills of Central and East Korea. U. N. Line The U.N. line runs irregularly from a point in the West about ten miles South of the 38th parallel, Eastward to a point about 30 miles North of the parallel. Most of the actual battle line is ixmghly 30 miles North of 38. Red radios at Peiping and Py ongyang have claimed the allies are demanding a cease-fire line far to the North of the actual battle line. This led to speculation here that the Communists may be preparing themselves to accept the allied de mand, since in their propaganda they could try to make it look like a “Red victory” or a logical com promise. However, Nuckols said he could observe no change in the basic Red position during Nam’s talks today. He said the North Korean gen eral again insisted the demarcation line should be along the parallel instead of along terrain features. He said Nam complained about the wording of a U.N. communique that he said he did not reply direct ly to a question from Admiral Joy. The Admiral had asked if Nam did not think a military commander was responsible for safety of his forces during an armistice. No Direct Answers Nam II said the question did not need a direct answer. Joy asked him the same question again Fri day. Nuckols said, “It was obvious that observations made by one of the Communist pressmen (outside the conference room) also were be ing made inside the conference room by Nam II.” U.N. and Red newsmen usually argue with each other during their time waiting in Kaesong, bub Fri day the Reds kept to themselves. There was a flurry of excite ment for a few seconds after the Communist delegation roared -up to the conference site in jeeps— Russian and American — like a group of “Hot Rods.” Congress to Settle Air-Ground Battle Washington, Aug. 3—GP)—Con gress has been asked to settle what is described by a House member as a critical wrangle in the armed services over air support of ground troops. Rep. Cole (R-NY) proposed yes- terday that the House Armed Ser vices Committee study the problem as soon as possible. He told the House there can be no doubt that there exists very definite inter-service antagonism and basic disagreement on the im portant problem of the role of tac tical air support. Disagreement With AF In fact, he added, there is ser ious disagreement within the Air Force itself. Cole advocated the return of close air support operations to the army. He said that in taking this command from the army and giv ing it to the air force, Congress went too far in its armed forces unification program. This statement recalled an earl ier assertion by Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Ser vices Committee that he had in mind a review of the workings of military unification. In close air support, aircraft use Farm Bureau President Kline Says Controls Will Not Work By Allen Pengelly Battalion News Staff “The effort to control the pres ent inflation by price control will not work, but in reality, impede American production,” said Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation last night. “The longer such an effort is used, the more seriously it will af fect our production,” continued Kline as he addressed the mem bers of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation at a banquet held in the MSC Ballroom. Outline History In his talk, Kline outlined the history of the American Farm Bu reau Federation, giving illustra tions on how the organization in fluences certain legislation help ful to the farmers of this country. Said Kline, “Some think the Bu reau is a powerful, centralized or ganization but in reality it is strongly dependent upon the dis trict and county groups for infor mation on the problems of the far mers.” “The way the Bureau operates, the district groups decide what is their most important need, then forward it to their respective state organizations. The state in turn chooses whatever would be of the most benefit to the whole state and then sends their decision to the national office. The national office takes it from there and does its best to obtain the legislation. Importance of Organizations Throughout his speech, Kline emphasized the importance of or ganizations such as the TFBF that are not controlled by the gov ernment. “Governmental control tends to destroy individual free dom,” said Kline. “There are two important de fences which protect freedom, one is the military program of de fence and the other is the use of full capacity production.” In 1923 Kline began his career as Township Director of the local farm bureau. From his start in Benton County, Iowa, Kline has advanced in his work until now he is president of the largest organ ization of its kind in th'e world. Banquet Served The banquet served as a close to the four day training school sponsored by the Texas Farm Bu reau Federation whose offices are in Waco. The third annual ses sion was presided over by J. Wal ter Hammond, president of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation. Throughout the week, students and delegates have attended classes in eight different subjects, each class instructed by an outstanding- leader in his field selected by the TFBF Board. The class schedule was designed so as to permit each student to attend two of the eight courses offered. Courses Divided The courses were divided into philosophy and policies of farm bureau, membership, acquisition and maintenance, public speaking, county community organizations, techniques for officers, publicity and public relations, recreational activities, and farm bureau service program. Aside from the daily routine of classwork, the students and dele gates were entertained with sev eral parties and dances, a tour of college properties including the Texas Experiment College Plantation. Station and Shapely Redhead Succeeds In Impersonating Officer Austin, Tex., Aug. 3—<A > )— A shapely redhead charged with im personating an officer says she smiled her way to a four-day stay at Bergstrom Air Force Base here. Attractive Medalo Frances Evans (she says she’s 26 but her hus band thinks she’s 22) was jailed by the FBI. Bail was set at $1,000. The 120-pound bundle of glib happiness wired her husband, Sgt. Rufus R. Evans of Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, yesterday to come to her aid. There was no immediate answer. “We wish it hadn’t happened,” said Col. Ben Lichty—not smil ing. He said it was “very em barrassing” that she had been able to spend four days at the base as a WAF officer. Mrs. Evans arrived at the jet fighter training base Monday by an air force plane from Biggs. At Biggs yesterday it was learned she had arrived there by military aircraft also. She slipped up when she went to see Col. Lichty and asked him to help her get a waiver of college credit so she could become a WAF officer. She mentioned the flight from Biggs in an air force plane. Lichty had a check started on her right away. Mrs. Evans explained two rea sons why she wanted to be a WAF officer. If she were a WAF officer, she said, (1), she would be able to keep her ser geant husband from being sent overseas, and (2), she could “knock the pins from under” a certain warrant officer at Las Cruces, N. M. The warrant officer restricted the sergeant to the base the day after the two were married July 23 in Las Cruces. bombs, rockets and guns against the enemy immediately opposing friendly troops. Such operations x*equire great accuracy and other specialized skills. Ground Command “There can be no doubt in the mind of any person that this close air support question can never be successfully resolved until the ground commander is given fulf command over his airborne artil lery in the same manner as hi commands the use of his ground artillery,” Cole declared. He claimed that in Korea, Navy and Marine aircraft are now pro viding one-half of the air strikes. Air Force figures for June, how ever, showed 21,000 sorties by the air force and 8,273 by the Navy and Marines. A sortie is one flight by one aircraft. Many army men are known to favor divisional command over close air support groups. But most air force officers oppose such a system on the ground it would hamper the mobility of the Air Force in meeting overall battle situations as they arise. Critical Situation “The situation has become criti cal,” said Cole. “At all events this problem has reached such propor tions, the world-wide dangers are so serious, the lives of our ground troops are so precious, that we can no longer permit the continuing wrangling and failure to grapple with this problem. Cole’s proposal followed a . re port in the New York Times that Navy-Marine air had cancelled par ticipation in joint training exer cises in North Carolina this month because of differences about the system of air conti’ol to be em ployed. The Navy said in a statement that it had been mutually agreed that Navy-Marine air groups would xxot participate because the Marines would be busy training for Korea and the Navy was shaping up its Atlantic fleet maneuvers. Co-op Directors Meet Here Monday The Boaxd of Directors of the Texas Federation of Cooperatives will hold a quaxtexly meeting at the MSC all day Monday, Aug. 6. Leonard F. Cowden, executive vice-president of Consumers Co- opei'atives Associated, Amarillo, is president of the Fedex'ation. George B. Blair of Dallas is executive sec- retary. One pux-pose of the meeting is to discuss with the Aginculture Ex periment Station officials px’ogress of a project on economic and or ganizational analysis of farmers mai’keting coopei’atives in Texas. At the Grove Tonight Friday, Aug. 3—Dancing, music f/y Aggieland Combo—8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4—Squai’« Danc ing—8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5—Skating—8 p. m. Monday, Aug. 6—Movie, “Kim” with Ex'roll Flynn and Dean Stock- Well—8 p.nx.