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Battalion Editorials /l»mBrF0dLEFBYlHE6LlND'FWfSsr Page 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1951 Induction Test Failures i RECENT survey in the urban metropolis of Houston shows that one-third of all high school graduates of that city are fail ing the Selective Service’s induction exam inations. Here is the official statement: “The fact given at the various recruiting stations of Houston show that one-third of the high school graduates applying or reporting for induction score in the 1 to 10 classification and are therefore ineligible.” Failure of high school graduates to pass the induction exam is not restricted to that or any other region. Reports from over the country tell of an amazing number who have failed. The mass failure of high school grad uates to pass a comparatively simple test is clearly indicative that those graduates are lacking in one of two things—common sense or honesty. The absence of either of those characteristics should render the person in volved useless to the armed service, because common sense and honesty are prime factors in the art of soldiery. All branches of the armed service are well represented by servicemen who went no farther in school than the third or fourth grade. They took and passed the ex aminations. It is hard to believe that a high school graduate should fail to get 10 ans wers out of a possible 100. Bear in mind that the questions all are multiple choice. Some of them show a pile of boxes and ask the men to count them? Anyone failing to score 10 points on such an examination is definitely illiterate or dis honest. stupidity that caused the appli- If it is This Is America SATURDAY afternoon, a dejected 34-year mold truck driver entered a Columbus, Ohio, newspaper office. The man and his wife, after a serious discussion, had decided to put their seven children on the adoption block. His meager salary could not meet the high costs of living. Rather than see the children go hungry, this couple offered to surrender their parental rights to their seven offsprings. The American people responded spontan eously. Two little boys started a local col lection that netted $6, offers of assistance from all over the country poured in, many people offered to just keep the children un til the unfortunate couple could regain their financial feet. But the best of all offers came from a factory owner. Russia should take notice to his fact, be cause Russian propaganda labels the Ameri can businessman as a heartless, cruel, in human monster whose primary purpose is to trample the common man. But here is an American—whom Russia would call an American Imperalistic Wall Street Dictator—who has offered to consol idate the debts of a poverty stricken couple, give the man employment, and provide a place for his destitute family. Concealed in this story are three great aspects of Americanism. First, the couple realized their predicament and had offered their children a chance for a more privileged life. It takes true greatness to offer such a sacrifice. Second, two youths had been so touched by the story that they took up a collection. And third, the American business man offered to finance the children’s covery. Yes, this is America. re cant’s failure, the superintendent who hand ed out the diploma should feel exceptionally proud that he, as an educator, had approved the graduation of a student who could not make 10 points on an exam that “fourth graders” could pass. If it’s dishonesty, the registrant will probably boast that he was not being intelligent. There is one consolation, however. There is absolutely no indication of cribbing on an induction examination. Strikes Show No Favoritism STRIKES show no favoritism when it comes ^to locals. Over in Buffalo, N. Y., the Lackawanna plant of Bethlehem Steel which employs nearly 17,000 workers, started shutting Mouse Passes Supplement Bill; Denies Truman Sought Funds down Sunday after a “sick” walkout by about W House passed a $1,586,387 300 conductors and brakemen of the South supplemental money bill for a „ rpi •, X1 score of government agencies last riculture, labor, and Justice De- .oUItaiO Kan way. Ibe railway serves the night but held firm in denying partments and Federal Security, administration emergency opera ting expenses. $9,640,000 from the Interior, Ag- Sen. McCarran Masts Infiltration of Aliens W/ASHINGTON, Aug. 21—(A 1 )— For instance, McCarran said, his gration restrictions for aliens ” Senator McCarran (D-Nev.) judiciary subcommittee found that threap said yesterday a massive illegal h? 1 , J“ u “ un t J e U ® t '“f“oild niagfont investigators, ilso » toy" 1 ™ ■^toSlv mo^da^: noMelp u^wilh rttine work. plamed of —i»nal ous” than an armed invasion. McCarran’s statement accompan- sion foi aliens ab( ™t to be de- The influx would provide an led a report to the Senate by a Ported. He said he does not know enemy nation “a ready-made fifth subcommittee which he heads in an whether pipssure was brought to column,” McCarran said. investigation of subversive activ- beai on a case he handled in which Secret Testimony ities. rri , . x x . „. . Canada Assembly Points The secret testimony ot immigra- , „ . . ... „ . tion officials, he said in a "State- Another member of the subcom- deportation. Such ment, showed: mittee, Senator O’Conor (D-Md) “certainly hinder tk Aiimic iiincr-ilUr !n ihlc nmin said in a separate statement that end. • Aliens illegally in this coun- W j n j S01 . Ontario, and Cuba are Wilfred W. Wiggins, who heads : nnd mtv CO totafh'-ono Ollf) 6 m ' '° ’ assembly points for aliens seeking the immigration service’s investi- ‘ ® Amomr Ahem •’ire ' “militant ille b ral entl 'y into the U ' S ’ He £ ations section, told of “a tremen- { Communists, Sicilian' bandits and ‘j™* Pj vea7 SiSf. 1 niw nriminiU” in vnsf numhovs irom Mexico total 500,000 a yeai. aliens into the countiy in the last •The irnmieratia^ se-re has Many of these are “wetbacks,” three years and similar increases f mad? only small effort to locate Mexicans who cross the shallow in the numbers of stoways who and deport these unwanted for- Rl « Grande River to look for jobs — eigners because of a variety of fac- as „,A rm oko & - - - - - O Conor said there are some 250,- 000 aliens from Europe now in Cuba and that “many are Com munists, with the result that Cuba is a hot-bed of Communism.” The subcommtittee report quot- se R swamped with a backlog of ji ed C. H. Pennington, chief of the 53,000 uninvestigated cases of ib Immigration Service’s New York legal entry. Only superficial inves-F: investigating staff, as testifying tigations were made, and the back- about rich and powerful alien log was cleared after what one smuggling rings, well organized °f their subordinates, Lee Shan* and aided by high-powered lawyers non > termed “a whitewash” chAM skilled at finding loopholes in the U P:_ _ .. . law. two congressmen, whom he did not name, sponsored bills which he said saved 56 Hungarians from bills, he said the service no tors, including lack of staff and money. ter the country and foreign sea men who desert their ships in U, S. ports and disappear. Service Swamped Wiggins and Pennington told how the service in 1948 found it- most of the funds sought for civil and the housing and home finance tion and employment service pro- tacts whereby they can have bills • 0,1 n 1 . nn defense by President Truman. agencies, which was requested to gram, $19,000,000; for the Interior introduced in Congress as special stream, McCarran said,” any na- cvei in £>aiem, ure., 1,4UU Despite bitter protests from the handle duties in connection with Department, $2,000,000 and the In- legislation for the benefit of the tion with war-like intention toward several firms. Meanwhile, state prison convicts went on strike 5 days Nationaf Civil in protest against the warden. The warden Council the Housecut civildefense ^ . . , ,, funds from $535,000,000 to $65,- Ueorge Alexander, retaliated by issuing an 255,000. order, “no work, no food.” Goes to Senate The convicts have lived so far on candy The measure now goes bars and other edibles which they had stored in their cells. Oregon State Rep. Douglas R. cue stations, $30,650,000; For the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, $16,500,000; Grants to states for administra tion of unemployment compensa- Lawyers Have Contacts Some of these lawyers, Penning- practices. McCarran said the committee “condemned” the practice and has assurances of tighter enforcement ton said, “appeared to have con- “Unless we can round up this rabble and dam this contaminated Defense Advisory tbe defense production administra- dian Bureau $300,000; and for the tion; and Alaska housing program, $3,500,- $52,600,000 fi’om the economic 000. stabilization administration. particular alien involved.” Many bills are introduced Congress every year to save immi- vanguard.” the United States would find ready made fifth column in its Senate. Under Republicart sponsorship two limiting provisions were I’am- the med through to adoption. One, offered by Rep. Smith (R- By a standing vote of 134 to 37, Wis.), would limit to 50 per cent a series of amendments by Rep. the amount of money any agency Yeater Price (D-Ill.) to boost the $65,255,- covered by the bill was tabbed for called for the dismissal of Warden Alexan- ?" a 0 t ed gm ' 8 by $81 ' 676 ' 000 was ^ “felicity and propaganda.” xu/ducu. other sponsored bv JcieD der. The legislator said, “All the recent The House also turned down by Jensen (R-Iowa), prescribes that troubles at the prison stem from the fact T° ic ® f mo ™ ^ fe Ro J le "O salaries in new agencies can be ,, . . . (D-Caht.) to add $40,755,000 for paid in excess of the average sal ine prisoners Will never like and will never civil defense administration for the aries provided in regular appro- co-operate with Alexander as warden.” purpose of matching state funds, priation bills. Which goes to show that no matter who’s bill wa & f ^toTontthH^les^th? striking or why, there are some who will tlie president asked to boost the funds of agencies for fiscal 1952. The House lopped $91,129,000 Teague Considers Possibility Of Aid to Stricken Farmers By OLIN E. TEAGUE Sixth District Representative The situation is bad throughout the Sixth District, however, it “This hot dry weather contin uing to dissipate the moisture will * Left Untouched support the strikers. WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 21— We have been busy this week T . gathering information of crop con- Left untouched were these rcc- (jjtions in the sixth district. For stock-piling strategic and The Department of Agriculture seems to be worse in the southern cause the serious droughty condi counties. I have been furnished tion to spread northward to covel the following report by the United the entire state. This report on States Department of Agriculture: “Reference cotton Sixth Con- conditions of all range and pas ture lands in Texas shows a de- _ _ cline of nine points during July ioration from drought started early P° Sf i'hle reaching of the (M) off the amount recommended critical materials, $790,216,000; can authorize emergency loaps in • sou thern half District sme d in disastrous 1934 season, by the appropriations committee. F 01, the Atomic Energy Com- disaster areas if the situation is 4.:„„ A.. 1. I am reouestine- d French Cabinet Nears Crisis l llw made a $625,304,300 to serious as to warrant emergency coTimied to it atef of weapons and develop reactors, action $260,000,000; For the veterans administration to reimburse national service life $4,000,000 from the immigration l"" 6 . ^ payments to and naturalization service; beneficiaries of Korean casualties, $1,000,000 from the Federal $116,775,000; its own. Other Cuts Other cuts made in the measure N included: I am requesting detailed in- ^ ^ formation from all parts of the erated by 100 degrees plus temper- f'-xth district in order that 1 may When an area has been declared atures each day last two to three iave corn Pl e t e data if the need f or a disaster area by the Secretary week's, of Agriculture, the Interstate Com merce Commission is authorized to Low Conditions FRANCE’S new cabinet, barely in office, is Communications Commission; $2, ir , * »»the eve of a crisis over a very old prob- 2S„ f “ P SS For the selective service system, lem, the payment of state money to support church schools. Rene Pleven’s cabinet sits with the As sembly today in a resumed session. One of the bitterest problems before it is that school is about to begin and there are not enough school rooms for the kids even when all are used and some now are not used be cause of the squabble. In some sections of France, 90 percent of the students are sent by their parents to schools conducted by the Cathodic Church. In these districts there are many empty For the Coast Guard to increase $21,389,000 from general services personnel and add vessels and res- to cattle producing areas. issue permission to the railroads to lower their freight rates on ] ow condition and probably yield livestock, fi-ed, and similar vital Aug. 1 but further deterioration agricultural commodities. This pro- s i nC e in premature opening and vision is of particular importance sharp checking of development emergency action is indicated. I need specific information on cotton prospects and range conditions “All counties reported relatively tblou S bou t the District. Interpreting The News Crop mostly open Brazos bottoms; half to two-thirds open and devel- Aggies to Attend Agronomy Meeting Alton Enloe and Dale Fishgrab Partisian Political Activities Early Tempo Is Misleading opment stopped Robertson, Lime- ^41 represent A&M at the National stone and Freestone; and earlier student Society of Agroriomy crops popping fast Navarro, Ellis, 1 J lee ting to be held at Pennsylvania and Hill counties. All small pre- State College Aug. 27-31. / By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst pre mature bolls necessitating pulling instead of picking. Late cotton northern counties of District fruit ing and would benefit from rains near future. “All crops southern counties of District and earlier two-thirds in northern counties finished except for harvest. Poor yields and some more confusing than usual. a friend of America was beyond ne ; ar C0 ™^? 1 S wRb bes ^ Extremists in some of the argu- the capabilities of any policy at the prospects Ellis and Hill counties.” _ . ments are working largely out- time, and the loudest shouter wins. I have received the following public school rooms and the parents rage at If^OM the quantity and heat of side their party organizations to It will have nothing to do, of report from the State Director of them. They are supported by the state for f“ ‘"e Farine™ Horn, Admimstration: teaching almost no students and the parents t ion was to bc held in three months Issues between parties are being problems in the Far East. ^ ei> rj hnvA hn nnv tVio Li'lla Vot in cUrUfi'm-, instead of fifteen. drawn on many subjects w'hich Few people have the opportunity “The general weather conditions lay i t Dins. let in aaaition, tney Bipartsian foreign policy, such defy definitive solution, so that to study issues for themselves, in Texas, also applicable to Dis- have to support the Catholic schools with di- as it was, flew the coop a long political hay can be made without They listen to the shouting, and trict VI, are very dry right at rect tuition a ^ 0 ’ an< ^ ^ rom now on it is the responsibility of final decision, then decide who sounds most plaus- this time. The overall range and . hardly to be expected that any Nothing can be done, for a time, ible. About the best they can do livestock report, as of Aug. 1, All this is in the laps of the Assembly public issue, national or interna- at least, about China. So you can is remember that vote getting, not states that range and pasture are and it's a big problem because the Socialists ^ ^ ° f ^ .MS 8^3 Making Political Broth and the Radical Socialists are opposed to state support of Church schools. The Popu- Right at thc moment you have lar Republicans are a Catholic party and some Republicans trying to make they want to see the money appropriated £ 5 m 0 e f at t ^ for church schools. MacArthur controversy. Other Re- It is, indeed a huge problem. In some sec- rteTding^thl'torofa c£d tions the public schools are practically empty comet and want no part of it. The while the church schools are overflowing;. JP er a° cr ats, of course, seek to de- . 0 ’ fend wherever attacked, whereas, m other sections the reverse is The matter of appropriating some billions of dollars for Amer- ‘ ica’s allies abroad is deeplv af- Ihe ones most hurt are the youngsters fected by congressional opposition say that preservation of China as for the next 15 months. over the southern two-thirds area. 0 EVERY MONDAY KORA 8:00 P.M. AMERICAN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS tmtmmmrm LI’L ABNER She’s Cornin’ Round the Mountain By A1 Capp who are trying to get an education. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" • Entered aa aecond-clasa matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, tinder he Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of ; The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. 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Quick surveys only allayed part of the fears that the law would leave poor coordina tion between military aid, econo mic aid designed to strengthen al lied rearmament capabilities, and international policy. When that blow fell the depai-t- ment was fretting anew under Senator McCarthy’s latest attacks. With a big and continuous secur ity campaign going against Com munist infiltration, people at the department thought the senator was riding a political horse rough shod over national intei'ests. He said he was merely trying to make them clean up instead of defending themselves. At any rate, assistant Secretary Humelsine admits that department work is being disrupted to some extent. 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