Official Paper
Of Texas A&M College
And College Station
Number 38: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
C0LLEGE STATI0N (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1951
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Price Five Cents
Aggie Players
Harry Gooding, right, as General Dennis, “shuts
Phillips, who portrays Senaotr Malcolm.
Carroll
30,000 Due
For A&M-Pony
Game Saturday
A crowd of 30.000 is ex-
I pected to be in Kyle Field
i Saturday afternoon when the
Aggies face the SMU Mus
tangs, Howard Nelson, ticket
sales manager, said Tuesday.
So far, only 400 student guest
tickets have been sold for A&M’s
third home football game of the
I 19i>l season. About 2,600 guest
tickets are still on sale, Kelson
said.
Tickets are being sold from 8
a. m. until 5 p. m. daily. All tick
ets will go off sale Friday at 5
p. m.
Saturday morning, Nelson said,
SMU released its option on 4,500
seats for the game. These tickets
are located in three sections on the
east .side, behind the goal line,
and in one section on the west
side at the extreme south end of
the stadium.
Only three boxes will be set up
along the track, Nelson said. Tick
ets ' in these boxes were sold be
fore the other tickets were made
available.
Tickets for the A&M-Rice game
Nov. 17 in Houston will go on sale
Monday morning at 8, and will re
main on sale through Wednesday.
Monday and Tuesday, sales will
close at 5 p. m., but Wednesday,
tickets will be sold until 0 p. m.
Four A&M Students Jailed
In Fayetteville Saturday
{Accused of Cursing
Fayetteville Sheriff
Ike Refuses to Comment;
Observers Say He ’ll Run
‘Command Decision 9 Shows
Success of Daylight Raids
During World War II, a major
controversy arose in the United
States among authorities over the
advisability of continuing daylight
precision bombardment, or to be
gin night bombardment. The Brit
ish were using night bombardment
and sustaining few losses. Day
light bombardment therefore seem-r
ed to be doomed, due to the high
losses incurred.
“Command Decision”, scheduled
by the Aggie Players for Nov. 12
and 13, presents this controversy
and shows how one Air Force of
fice)', who believed aerial supre-
macy could be maintained with the
continuation of daylight bombani-
ment, endeavored to eliminate the
German Luftwaffe build-up in de
fensive aircraft. Although the tar
Islam Religion
Is Panel Topic
Thursday Night
Islam, the religious philosophy
[aught by the prophet Mohammed,
trill be discussed in an informal
panel Thursday evening by three
(V&M Moslem students.
Meeting in the MSC Assembly
Room at 7:15 p.m., the panel will
be headed by Aly Lasheen, grad
uate student from Cairo, Egypt;
Mazen Abdel-Hadi, graduate stu
dent from Palestine; and Abdullah
Khan of Pakistan, who is also a
graduate student. A question and
answer session will follow the dis
cussion by the three Moslems.
An invitation has been extended
to everyone interested by the MSC
Browsing Library Committee,
sponsors of the panel.
This year’s A&M Moslem stu
dents have recently donated copies
of the Quran, the Moslem holy
book, and three interpretive books
on their religion to the MSC
Browsing Library.
gets around which the drama of
“Command Decision” centers are
fictional, they had their real coun-
terparts in World War II, accord
ing to Colonel E. W. Napier, tech
nical advisor.
Plot In England
The plot of the drama is laid -at'
an American air base in- southern
England.
American courage and airman
ship are vividly portrayed by the
characters of Brig. Gen. K. ’C.
Dennis, played by Harry Goodirig;
Shows How
CS Bowlers
May Attend
Sport Movie
“Fundamentals of Bowling,” al
film demonstrating proper bowl
ing methods, will be shown in the
Ballroom of the MSC at 9 a. nr,
Saturday, according to Elaine Les
ter, manager of bowling and games
at the MSC.
Mrs. Lester said the showing of
the film will be co-sponsored by
the Bowling and Games depart
ment and the A&M Bowling Club.
“All members of the A&M Bowl
ing Club are urged to attend,” re
minded Bemie Hofelmeyer, chair
man of the Bowling Club. “Mem
bers of the junior bowling class,,
as well as staff, students, and the
general public interested in bowl
ing will, I believe, enjoy the mov
ie,” added Hofelmeyer.
The film is shown as a compli
ment of the YMCA.
Col. Ted Martin, played by Bill
Witty; and Lt. Jake Goldberg,
played by John V. King. General
Dennis, who foresaw the danger
spot created by the Germans’ mass
production of fighters, did not dis
obey orders by sending his bombers
beyond friendly fighter cover, but
picked his own targets in the ab
sence of orders from his command
er. His action in this respect che
ated a commotion of political out
cries almost causing daylight pre
cision bombardment to be abandon
ed.
“A true picture of the Air Force
operating unde) - wartime condi
tions is pictured by ‘Command De
cision,” said Colonel Napier. “We,
are sure that no one will be dis
appointed by this drama, and we
urge you to see it NoV. 12 and 13.”
Washington, Nov. 7—•A 5 )—-Gen
eral Eisenhower left himself pro
minently in the presidential picture
today.
Although refusing anew to talk
politics while heading the combin
ed Western European Defense
Force, the general stirred fresh
hope in the Ike-for-President ranks
by declaring:
• “If the time ever comes I feel
that my duty compels me to say
a word of any kind (about politics)
1 will do so positively and defin
itely.”
• If his friends—such as Sena
tor Duff (R-Pa), a leader of the
Eisenhower-for-president drive-—
“believe they know how I would
react, that is their business and
1 never interfere in their busi
ness.”
• He hopes, and has hoped ever
since he accepted the job, that his
European assignment won’t last
“too long”—but he declined to say
how long he expects it will last.
All this was far from a declara
tion of candidacy, or even a state
ment that he’d be willing to run
for President.
But it differed considerably from
his 1948 declarations that he would
not accept a nomination.
Not Counting Himself Out
And it left newsmen who inter
viewed the general with the im
pression that while he may not be
running, he isn’t counting himself
out.
Mr. Truman backed up Eisen
hower’s statement that it was de
fense matters, and not domestic
politics, which brought the general
home for a day and a half of con
ferences with the President and
other defense leaders.
The President said problems of
European economic stability, grow
ing out of. defense effort, were re
sponsible for the trip, adding:
“That is the reason—all the
speculation to the contrary—that is
UN Won’t Consider
‘Trick’ Commie Offer
Engineers Council
Elects Chandler
Harold Chandler, senior petrol
eum engineering student, was
elected president of the Student
Engineers’ Council Monday night
at the council’s first meeting of
the year.
Charles Wacker, senior petrol
eum and mechanical engineering
major, was chosen vice president.
Other officers elected were: Wel
don Kruger, junior petroleum en
gineering student, secretary; and
Don Williford, senior architecture
student, treasurer.
Before the election was held,
Dean Howard W. Barlow of the
School of Engineering discussed
briefly the history of the council
and its functions. The council is
composed of representatives from
each student engineering society
or club.
Members of the council decided
to hold meetings the first Monday
of each month at 7:30 p. m.
MSC Plans Buffet
LuncheonSaturday
The MSC buffet luncheon, insti
tuted the weekend of the A&M-
Baylor football game, will again
be served Saturday, Miss Teresa
Tunnell, MSC food director, said
Tuesday.
Cost of the meal will be $1.50
per person. The buffet will be
served in the Assembly Room , of
the MSC from 11 a. m. until 1 p. m.
Tickets for the meal, which will
consist of cold fried chicken, pota
to salad, baked beans, rolls and
butter, and cup cakes, are on sale
at the front desk in the MSC. They
may also be purchased Saturday
before the meal is served, Miss
Tunnell said.
“The dining room .and coffee
shop are not large enough to ac
comodate the increased crowds
which are on the campus for foot
ball games,” the food director ex
plained. “This plan is for those
people who want more than a box
lunch.”
Miss Tunnell said the plan was
successful when it was used for the
first time two weeks ago and she
is expecting about 400 people to
take advantage of the sendee Sat
urday.
Munsan, Korea, Nov. 7—CP)—
The United Nations command
today refused to consider what it
regarded as a trick Communist
proposal to call off the fighting
in Korea immediately without pro
viding for the exchange of prison
ers or supeiwision of an armistice.
Growing doubt and suspicion
marked the continued deadlock
over where to draw a cease-fire
line across the embattled peninsula.
There was considerable doubt
among observers that any speedy
settlement could be reached.
Nevertheless, Allied and Red
subcommittees scheduled their 36th
meeting for 11 a.m. today (8 p.m.
Wednesday, CST) at Panmunjom.
It was the only hopeful sign in the
protracted negotiations.
Tuesday the U. N. command
indicated it felt the Reds were not
sincerely interested in reaching a
real Korean peace. The Commu
nist propaganda line for months
has hai'ped on the charge that the
Allies were “stalling.”
At Wednesday’s session, Red ne
gotiators called for immediate —
and final—agreement on a cease
fire zone based on the actual line
of contact between the warring
armies. At the same time the
Reds emphasized it would be “bad
faith” for either side to send its
fighting men across that zone once
it was agreed upon.
Red Plan Blasted
The official U. N. spokesman,
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
blasted the Red plan as one that
would give the Communists “all
the advantages of an armistice
without actually having one.” He
added:
“A de-factor cease-fire without
achieving essential conditions for
an armistice, including specific ar
rangements relating to prisoners
of war now in enemy hands, is not
even being considered by the Unit
ed Nations command delegation.”
This is what the Allies saw when
they put the Red plan under a
bright light:
• It would put Communist ar
mies beyond reach of Allied guns
and permit the Reds to build up
their forces for any future assault
they may decide to make.
• It would provide for no imme
diate policing of the cease-fire zone
to prevent violations and incidents.
• It would make no provision
for the return of soldiers now held
prisoners by both sides.
• It would make any future at
tack southward by Red forces
merely an act of bad faith, and
not a violation of any formal
agreement.
Nuckols pointed out that both
sides previously had agreed to con
tinue fighting until full armistice
arangements have been completed.
Previously the Allies had pro
posed that a permanent subcom
mittee take up the cease-fire issue
while the main negotiators went
on to other agenda items. These
issues include the exchange of pris
oners, supervision of the armistice
by neutral teams and recommenda
tions for ultimate withdrawal of
foreign troops from Korea.
The Communist Peiping radio
quoted a Red correspondent, Alan
Winnington, as saying the Allied
proposal would “reduce the whole
talks to a farce.”
Winnington, who frequently re
flects official Red views, claimed
the Allied proposal to delay settle
ment of the buffer zone was a new
“stalling maneuver” while the Al
lies attempted to seize Kaesong by
armed force. Red-held Kaesong,
six miles west of Panmunjom, is a
major stumbling block in the buf
fer zone controversy. Both sides
want it.
the reason General Eisenhower
came to see me.”
Mr. Truman made the statement
at a breakfast of the National
Society of Cartoonists—a group he
praised for its contributions to
defense bond drives and other gov
ernment programs.
Mr. Truman went on to say he
feared “much trouble” as a result
' of Congress’ refusal to vote all the
i anti-inflation powers he has asked
and also its cut in foreign econo
mic aid from $2,250,000,000 to $1,-
440,000,000.
\ As a result of this cut, the chief
executive declared, “the key and
fundamental proposition in the eco
nomic recovery program \vas taken
away from us.”
No Korean Interference
Eisenhower said one of the prob
lems discussed was the sending of
necessary supplies to Europe with
out—he stressed this point—inter
fering with the shipment of any
thing needed for Korea.
The general wanted to talk about
European defenses—making “great
progress,” he said, though adding
nobody should paint too rosy a pic
ture. Newsmen peppered him, how
ever, with questions about poli
tics. Had he, for example, talked
with Senator Duff?
Eisenhower said he’d talked with
his old friend the senator by
phone—but not about politics. A
reporter asked if they didn’t even
mention the “Eisenhower-for Pres
ident boom.” Eisenhower said no.
Then, laughing, he said he didn’t
know it had reached the propor
tions of a boom.
Well, then was anybody author
ized to act for Eisenhower in pol
itical matters?’
“No one,” Eisenhower replied,
“can be authorized to act for any
one. If I have friends that have
been my friends for so long they
believe they know how I would
react, that is their business and I
never interfere with their busi
ness.”
The general said he thought his
European assignment was of tre
mendous importance—that the
building up of Western Europe’s
defenses is absolutely essential if
drastic changes in the American
way of life are to be avoided.
“Is there any person here,” he
demanded, “who would expect me
to express a partisan m-eference
while I am on this job.”
Weekend Highlighted
By Art Mooney Dance
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writbr
Dancing to the music of Art
Mooney “genial Irishman,” and his
orchestra will highlight festiv
ities following the A&M-SMU foot
ball game Saturday.
Prior to the dance, which begins
at 9 p.m. in Sbisa Hall, a concert
will be played by the Mooney band
in Guion Hall. The concert be
gins at 7:30.
For the first time, an orchestra
will appear on the A&M campus
under the direction of a former
linotype operator. Strange as it
seems, Mooney did study the trade
in a technical high school in De
troit.
Funeral Services
Held for Rey es
Funeral services for 2nd Lt.
Carlos Reyes, Jr.; who graduated
from A&M in June, were held in
the Berclair Catholic Church Nov.
3. Interment of the Beeville resi
dent was in Berclair cemetery.
Lt. Reyes was killed instantly
in an airplane crash Oct. 29, when
his plane undershot a concrete
landing strip at the Chickasha,
Okla., airport. A fellow Air Force
officer, Lt. Ale jo Lago of Havana,
Cuba, was killed in the same crash.
Lt. Reyes was a student in pilot
training.
DuffinHouston
Beating Drums
For Eisenhower
Houston, Nov. 7—UP) — A
cocky, confident Sen. James
Duff (R-Pa) came here Tues
day to start a four day “whis
tle stop” tour of Texas to feel
out sentiment for General Eisen
hower as a presidential candidate.
“I’m for Eisenhower for every
thing in the book,” he blandly an
nounced but ducked the big ques
tion: Will Eisenhower run?
“He’ll have to speak for him
self,” Duff said.
In a jolly, rough and tumble ses
sion of question and answer, Duff
talked like a man who was back
ing a winning horse and was sure
the horse would run.
He gave a hint that backed this
( feeling, when he answered this
(question:
“Are you still as enthusiastic
about Eisenhower for President
now after talking to the General
as you were before?”
“If there had been any abate
ment of interest, I wouldn’t be
here,” he replied.
Duff refused to say what he
;and Eisenhower talked about.
“You’ll have to ask him,” he said.
The senator said that he spoke for
himself, but not for the General.
“The General doesn’t need any
body to speak for him,” he said.
’ Declaring that Eisenhower could
be. elected President should he nm,
Duff said “this next time (elec
tion) is the last call to dinner for
(the Republican party.”
He said Eisenhower “unqualified-
jly is the best vote getter the Re
publicans could get” and warned
he thought the Republicans had
better nominate someone who is a
(“certain winner rather than a pos
sible winner.”
Asked if he was sure Eisenhow-
ter was a Republican, Duff indicated
lie was positive.
It was this training, an unfpr-
tunate accident, and a hitch with
Uncle Sam that finally led to
Mooney to'the position of esteem
he now holds in the musical world.
Father Influence
The Irish lad from Lowell, Mass.,
took up the linotype at the insis
tence of his father who wanted
him to learn a sensible trade.
Mooney also studied the saxo
phone on the side.
The MGM recording artist be
came an apprentice on the Detroit
News after his graduation but as
a hobby he began playing with
small dance bands in the Detroit
area.
Art enjoyed substituting his own
name for the names of big name
artists who were due to appeal'.
After one of his switches went
through by mistake knd “Art
Mooney and His Band” received the
advertising originally intended for
the late Glenn Miller, Art’s career
as a newspaper man came to an
abrupt halt.
Leader of Service Band
Mooney was in New York nego
tiating for an engagement when
Uncle Sam backoned. For three
years he was leader of an Air
Force band.
While in the service, he made
“Roll Out the Barrel” and “Bell
Bottom Trousers” new cadence hits.
Returning to civilian life, Art
found he had to build the name
of Mooney. The first booking for
his orchestra was a two week run j
in New York City’s Lincoln Hotel. |
The two weeks stretched out into j
eight months as his style proved
popular with the big city’s dance
fans.
From then on, his climb to the
top has never slowed its 1 pace. He
received invitations for appear
ances at the Capitol, Roxy, and
Strand in New York: the Down
town in Detroit; the Palace in
Columbus and Cleveland, and in ad
dition signed an MGM recording
contract.
Coact to Coast Broadcast
His music has been broadcast
from coast to coast on, NBC, Mu
tual, and CBS. Mooney’s musical
stylings have become nationally
known.
“I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf
Clover,” which he composed, sold
over a million records.
The band successfully combines
danceable music with entertain
ment. Novelty tunes have made
the organization one of the na
tion’s more popular dance groups.
As an admirer of classical music,
Art has utilized several classical
stylings in his choral and vocal
presentations.
Alan Foster’s romantic ballads
and comedy antics by Kerwin Som
erville and Johnny Romano are
featured by the Mooney aggrega
tion.
By JOHN WHITMORE
Battalion Editor
Four A&M students were arrested Saturday night in
Fayetteville, Ark. on “trumped-up” charges of resisting ar
rest, obstructing justice, and use of abusive language.
The men were charged and held overnight in the Fay
etteville jail before being released on bail. The cadets, all
seniors in B Engineers, are Bob Brown, Teddy Hirsch, Jim
Hulse and Bill Hollowed.
Sheriff Bruce Crider of Fayetteville originally filed
charges against Hulse for yelling abusive language to him
from a car window. Later, Brown was added to the charge.
The car windows were rolled up at the time of the alleged
cursing, the accused men said.
Bob Brown, who was charged for use of abusive langu
age, obstructing justice and resisting arrest, said “It all
1 ♦■happened after a party at the
Rockwood Club outside of Fayette
ville. The word got around that
the sheriff was hauling cars off
the parking lot for obstructing
the drive way. We left.”
Harrington Sends
Letter of Protest
President Harrington said this
morning he was sending a letter
of protest on the case to Joe E.
Covington, Provost of the Uni
versity of Arkansas.
In the protest the A&M presi
dent complained of the treatment
the men received by the civil
authorities in Fayetteville.
He said he understood the Uni
versity of Arkansas dean of men
and PAS&T were sending letters
to the college attesting to the
truth of the A&M men’s story.
The president commented on
the fine treatment the U of A
College officials gave the Ag
gies.
Students From
16 Nations
In Grad School
. Twenty-eight-students from 16
foreign countries are enrolled in
the Graduate School this year,
(along with three students from the
U. S. territory of Puerto Rico.
India and Pakistan are represen
ted with the largest number of stu
dents, with'five each. Egypt has
four graduate students, and China
has two studying at A&M.
Other nations with one student
each are Cuba, France, Guatemala,
Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Paraguay,
Peru, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay
and Venezuela.
The foreign graduate students
arc studying a variety of courses,
all in technical fields.
Agronomy leads the list with
seven. Biochemistry and nutrition
is the second most popular subject
with four, while chemistry and
animal, husbandry have three each.
Two students each are majoring
in civil engineering, agricultural
engineering, horticulture and gene
tics.
“You’re Under Arrest”
He continued, “We drove out of
the club area and down on to
the highway. A highway patrol
man (Wayne Hyden) pulled us
over to the side of the road and
announced we were under arrest.”
The officer did not give any rea
son at this time for making the
arrest, Brown said.
Later in court, Monday after
noon, the sheriff pointed the
men reported, to Holiowell
and said, “That’s the man
who called me a sonofa hitch.” Hul
se was charged with calling a
service station attendant a “Dirty
son of a bitch from Arkansas.”
With the men at the time of
the alleged use of obscene langu
age were their dates.'When called
to the stand Monday afternoon the
girls, Misses Peggy Hagley, Mary
Ferguson and Donna Harris, said
this accusation was not true.
After the car was stopped the
patrolman said they were under
arrest. Jim Hulse, who was driv
ing Brown’s car, asked the officer
what the charges were.
Hulse said the officer said “Get
out of that car, or I’ll run every
damn one of you in.” He got out,
“I”ll Blow Your Guts Out”
Brown j owner of the car, got
out of the right rear door of thi
car and approached the officer.
When about mid-way around the
rear end of the car the officer
stepped back pulled his gun out
and said “Stop or I’ll blow your
guts out.”
On the witness stand, Officer
Hyden said when he stopped the
car all four doors flew open and
the men jumped out. Fie said he
pulled his gun in “anticipation.”
As Holiowell said, remembering
what he heard from the witness
(stand, the officer said, ‘When I
got out, all four doors flew open
—all the boys piled out.’
Later on the stand Hyden said
inone of the boys made a direct
move. Hyden said he was anticipat
ing one however.
(See A&M, Page 2)
Instructors
Larry K. Hayes, left, and Leslie L. Palmer have been employed as
instructors in (he Physical Education Department. Hayes, who
graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1949, has had experience as an
air fore physical training instructor and taught history and coach
ed basketball in a Little Rock, Ark. high school 1949-51. Palmer,
an Air Force veteran and former German prisoner of war, holds
both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physical education from
A&M. He taught in the Physical Education Department as a grad
uate assistant last spring. He has played professional baseball
with Odessa of the Longhorn League for the last three seasons.