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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1951
Delay The Millionth!
SOMETIME this year, probably about the
^ middle of December, the 1,000,000th traf
fic death will occur in the United States—
unless there is mass determination to post
pone that fateful date.
It is shocking to realize that since the
turn of the century, since the first automo
bile chugged and hissed to the derision and
excitement of a horse-drawn era, the lives of
almost 1,000,000 men, women and children
have been squandered in one of the most
senseless and tragic wastes of modern times.
But even more shocking than the toll is
the fact that few Americans feel any real
personal concern. As their fellows perish
about them, they look on with a detachment
and complacency that is difficult to under
stand and even more difficult to alter.
There rests the keystone of the entire
traffic safety structure—personal concern.
The Basic Conflict
rpiIIS IS THE FIRST time in all history
when every culture, every country, every
people, is in a turmoil, even to the point of
revolution.
• The noble plans and high ideals with
which we ended World War II lie in ruins.
Worst of all, in many parts of the world and
in our own country, there are those who al
ready resign themselves to the inevitability
oT another World War.
~ Some people say it is a conflict between
the United States and Russia. But the con
flict is more than that.
Some say it is a struggle between the
East and West. That is true; but it is deep
er than that.
Some people say it is a struggle between
communism and capitalism or free enter
prise, as two economic or social philosophies;
Hut it is deeper than that.
The struggle is a fundamental conflict
between two distinctly different philosophies
of life, two totally different concepts of the
nature of the universe and the nature of
man, which means two different concepts as
to the nature of God, or whether there is a
God.
The Soviet rulers openly proclaim their
belief that man is an animal with a mind—
period. He is the smartest of the animals,
bflt just an animal. Out of that “theology,”
if'you wish, there inevitably come certain
practices.
“ As those who have visited countries be
hind the Curtain, or as I myself, under the
control of the Chinese Communists for eight
months way back in 1930 know, they have
no more scruples about wiping out human
beings than you or I have about spraying
DjD.T. on some troublesome mosquitoes.
What difference does it make if man is just
ah animal ?
Our civilization is not based on that con
cept. It is based on the concept that there
ig;! a God, that there is a moral order in the
universe, and that while man is an animal
with a mind, he is also something different
because we believe he is the son of God.
Because he is a son of God, he is a part
of God; and because he is a part of God, he
is capable of becoming more and more like
God, just as your son has the capacity to be
come more and more like you, of whom he is
a.part.
It is this—the divine in man—that makes
him different in nature from animals. It is
because of this that our culture has develop
ed its unique values.
h It is those two concepts, those two phil
osophies of life, that are in conflict today—
roprtal conflict.
(By U. S. Rep. Walter H. Judd, Minnesota)
The duty of every responsible citizen is to
strive for traffic safety as a voter, as a vol
unteer worker in whatever capacity his in
terests and abilities direct, and as a driver
and pedestrian. Even the relatively small
percentage of accidents caused by mechanical
failure of motor vehicles could be reduced if
owners would make sure their cars are in
safe condition.
Two years ago the well-loved Margaret
Mitchell was struck down on a street in At
lanta by a driver who, while personally cul
pable, was only the product of his city’s
apathy. The blood of Margaret Mitchell was
on the hands of everyone whose indifference
set the stage for the tragedy. Shocked into
action, Atlanta today is making impressive
strides in accident prevention.
But what will it take to spur the nation
into action ? Will 1,000,000 deaths—the day
of seven-figure reckoning—do it? If so, the
dead will endure to some purpose and memor
ialize a new hope.
One million ’deaths, then, can be more
than a morbid milestone on a road without
ending. It is a place to examine the failures
of the past and to plan for the future.
For more than a decade the techniques of
traffic accident prevention, have been avail
able for application by any city or state.
What hgs been the result?
While most states have a statute requir
ing examination ofr a driver’s license, only
a few administer the law strictly enough to
give it meaning. Thousands of drivers lack
the skills, physical faculties and mental at
titudes for safe driving. Re-examination of
older drivers or those who have been involv
ed in accidents or violations is virtually non
existent.
Enforcement of traffic laws always will
be necessary to curb the irresponsible minor
ity. Yet in most cities far less than the min
imum standard of 25 per cent of the police
power is devoted to traffic.
The finger of accusation has been point
ed repeatedly at the teen-age driver. Yet
only a third of our eligible students are re
ceiving driver education, and far less than
that number are offered behind-the-wheel
instruction.
Only 13 states permit tests of blood al
cohol to be used in court against the worst
motorists—the drunk driver. Yet scientific
tests are the only-sure measurement of in
toxication.
Engineering and road building have fall
en far behind the demands of the motor
age. Lack of funds is the common excuse,
yet billions of dollars in gasoline taxes have
been diverted into channels of political ex
pediency.
Automatic revocation of a driver’s li
cense for serious misconduct is invoked all
too seldom. Jail sentences are few. The
system of fines and penalties throughout the
nation is a hodgepodge of improvisation, the
temper of the court, and the stature and le
gal counsel of the defendant.
Officials can act effectively and decis
ively only within the limits of public sup
port. Only a few states and cities have or
ganized public support groups of influential
citizens who can arouse the interest and
crystallize the opinion of the community.
And many of those that do exist are merely
letterhead donations to the public good.
These are but a few of the more obvious
holes in the dike of traffic safety. They
can be plugged, but only through the aroused
interest and insistent support of people who
care.
A little time remains before the 1,000,-
000th victim is counted. At best, that som
ber date can be pushed into 1952—if 1,000-
000 ghosts are a reproach beyond acceptance.
Are we going to do something about it?
Tempera t ore
Drops to High
Of 99 Degrees
Sputh and southeast breezes
were the contributing factor’s which
lowered temperatures in College
Station to a 99-degree maximum
yesterday. The CAA reported a
low last night of 75-degrees and a
trace of rainfall Wednesday.
Weather roundup for the rest
of the state as reported by the
Associated Press showed Presidio
at the top with 106. Other tem
perature readings / throughout the
state included Dallas, 97 degrees;
Del Rio, Alice, Childress, Salt Flat,
and Mineral Wells had 100 ; Laredo,
101; Cotulla, 102. Houston and
Galveston had 88, and Beaumont,
89.
Greenville,, in North Texas, re
ceived a .95 inch rain between noon
and 1:15 p.m. Rain reports for
a 24-hour period ending at 6:30
p.m. gave Beaumont .17 inch, Gal
veston .13, and Texarkana .27.
Forecast for East Texas is part
ly cloudy today and Friday. Wide
ly scattered afternoon thunder
showers in East portion. No im
portant temperature changes. Mod
erate to locally fresh southerly
winds on the coast.
At San Francisco
Red Tactics Pursue Same
Tiresorn e, Famil ia r Pa Item
Angry Oklahoman
Vents Ire at Hotels
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Dr. Briles Gets
Poultry Award
For Research
Dr. W. E. Briles, poultry re
search scientist, has been given the
$100 research award of the Ameri
can Poultry Science Association.
Dr. Briles received the award at
the association’s annual banquet in
Knoxville, Tenn., Friday, when X>r.
J. R. Couch of A&M was given the
$1,000 award of the National Feed
Manufacturers Association for out
standing research in poultry nutri
tion.
At the same meeting, Dr. J. H.
Quisenberry, head of the Poultry
Husbandry Department, was elect
ed to serve a two-year term as
director of the Poultry Science As
sociation.
The award to Dr. Briles was in
recognition of his doctor’s thesis
on “Multiple Alleles Affecting Cel
lular Antigens in the Chicken” and
for his work in expanding this
study since he became a staff mem
ber of A&M. The thesis was pub
lished in “Genetics,” a national
magazine.
Dr. Briles currently is working
on a study of the effects of irra
diation on reproduction of poultry,
a project sponsored by the Atomic
Energy Commission. His part of
that study is to analyze the ef
fects of irradiation on blood anti
gens. .
Representing the A&M Poultry
Husbandry Department at the
poultry science meeting besides Dr.
Briles, Dr. Quisenberry and Dr.
Couch were F. Z. Beanblossom,
George Draper, D. H. Reid, E. D.
Parnell, George Mountney and L. J.
Atkinson.
Ag Agents Talk
Television Uses
The San Francisco
has opened as scheduled, with the
Russians pursuing tactics along
their usual rut.
The vote on the American-pro
posed rules of procedure suggests
that they aren’t going to get far.
President Truman’s opening ad
dress recognized that while Russia
may not be able to block signing
of the treaty, she may be able to
prevent Japan’s admission to the
United Nations. For that reason,
the treaty binds Japan to act in
every respect as though she were
a member, and binds the other
signers to treat her as such. Japan
is bound to refrain from aggres
sion, settle disputes peacefully and
support U. N. efforts to maintain
peace.
Door Open For Japan
This would seem to leave the
door open for Japan’s participa
tion in the Korean war when she
is able, and if it continues. Ac
tually, however, U. S. interests
at the moment centers around re
creation of Japan’s capacity for
self-defense. The policy is almost
exactly the same as that toward
Chinese Nationalist Formosa.
The President left observers
wondering whether, in his broad
references to Pacific defense, he
considered the treaties with Aus
tralia, New Zealand and the Phil
ippines, and the projected mili
tary treaty between the U. S. and
Japan, .as opening the door to a
general Pacific defense pact com
parable to the Atlantic pact.
He said that if real security is
to be attained in the area the free
nations must work for a “common
defense.” The U. S. is determined
to do its part. He called the new
treaties “initial steps.”
Yet the United States has al
ways expressed caution when the
matter of a general defense pact
arose. One reason for this is a de
sire not to seem to be crowding
southeast Asia, where intense Na
tionalism is antagonistic toward
ties with the West, and India, which
is not directly connected with Pa
cific defense problems, yet whose
19 Offsprings
Not So Bad
You couldn’t do it! Give
birth to 19 offspring, that is.
And all at one time, too.
But that’s what Miss Gold
en, two-year-old Duroc sow,
did this week. It was her third
litter. Six months ago she bore
18 pigs. And her first litter
numbered 12.
But there’s trouble. Miss
Golden is equipped to handle
only 12 of her children at meal
time, so seven will have to be
given to another sow to raise.
A sow which raises 6.4 pigs
per litter is considered aver
age, according to Fred Hale,
professor of animal husbandry.
A sow which raises eight per
litter is highly satisfactory.
What will Miss Golden’s per
formance be?
position regarding it is extremely
important.
At the moment, the important
Conference thing from the American stand
point is to do with Japan for the
defense of the Pacific what is be-
Dallas, Sept. 6—(TP)—An angry
Oklahoman protested yesterday
that Dallas hotels are “trying to
hijack the public” by boosting rates
during the week end of the Oct. 13
Texas-Oklahoma football game.
The accusation was denied by
hotel spokesmen, who said rates
ing done with Western Germany will be unchanged but that guests
for the defense of Europe—within must reserve and pay for rooms
the field of necessity for seeing to for three nights—the Thursday and
it that they are not again placed Friday nights preceding the Satur-
in position to menace their neigh- day game as well as Saturday
bors. night.
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LI’L ABNER
Point of No Return
By A1 Capp
The Battalion
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Pat Morley.„ Women’s Editor
A series of Television Confer
ences for Extension Service agri
culture and home demonstration
agents is now underway with the
first meetings held in Dallas and
Fort Worth this week. Meynard
Speece, television specialist with
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture in Washington, D. C., is assist
ing with the Conferences. Dick
Hickerson and Frances Arnold of
College Station, radio editors with
the Texas Extension Service, have
scheduled the meetings and have
invited all persons interested to at
tend..
Purpose of the Television Confer
ence is to acquaint agricultural
workers with techniques and var
ious uses of television in promot
ing better agricultural and home
economics programs.
Several county Extension agents
will give demonstrations during the
Conferences as a means of finding
out the right and wrong way to
show “how to do it.” From Fort
Worth, the group will go to Hous
ton on September 10 through the
11, then on to San Antonio for
meetings September 13-14.
LI’L ABNER The Rise of the Yokums
By A1 Capp
U. S. Army records show that
one third of its officers and enlist
ed men are married and that the
typical Amy family has one child.
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