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Bath ulion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1952 Atclieson’s Job Poor Training For President LATEST LITTLE NUM6IR IN FASHIONS -rf". t-fW ' f ,r • J :V# Truman May Clean House But Don Y Bet On When Aggies Win Fo By JAMES MARLOW War Has Changed fTHE 30-DAY “deadline” on the truce talks at Panmunjom has arrived and, as everyone knows, a completed armistice agreement looks a long way off. The agreement to “freeze” the ceasefire line for a per iod made sense within the limits of the negotiations. The purpose was to free that issue from the ebb and flow of the battle line, so that the men around the bargaining table extensively on Robert E. Lee and could move on to even knottier questions. But it has been unfortunate, though perhaps inescapable, that the deadline ton, writes the foreword to a new was so made to order for suspense stories—all the more so book 011 Acheson. Shows His Position This book—'‘The Pattern of Re- Washington, Jan. 1—(A 5 )—No one knows better than Secretary of State Acheson that his job is not a good one if you want to win a popularity contest. Once upon a time becoming Sec retary of State was like joining a gym to get in shape for the presi dency. But one of our most emi nent historians, Dr. Douglas South- all Freeman, doubts it will happen again. Dr. Freeman, who has written v 7n; !§:' :?‘52S2\ 52 Washington, Jan. 1—(A 5 ) — One tance phone calls—but no action, thing 1952 appears certain to bring As to when there may be action, ’'5b\ $83 because it was connected fortuitously with the Christmas season. Whatever hopes may have been cherished by those who s ? on f b u lllty ’ ~^ ™ ostl y a collection read and hear only the headline briefs are now sadly shat- t h e secretary’s position on our tered. But until and unless some other deadline arrangement main problems. The author is serves the purpose of these hard-bitten negotiations, it may M cG eo ^s e Run< W : , • Dr. Freeman makes no defense, now be easier to see the truce talks m clear perspective. criticism or historical appraisal of And their progress is better measured by the facts which Acheson as Secretary of state but underlie the whole situation than by any mechanical totaling doe ® acknowledge the excellent „ , , , , . n ^ . quality of his mind and the' diffi- ot agreements to date. The latter have a way of snapping cu itj e s of his office. back to some other point along the starting line the mom- Dr. Freeman says: ent the Communists need leverage on the next issue. Since “In the Firmen decades of gov- a full agreement has stalled, drawing the cease-fire line may ei- nment under the constitution of again be up to the fighting men. The exchange of prisoner been secretary of state Ullder some lists marked progress, only to have the Reds’ leverage bear other chief executive, down upon the fulcrum of thousands of hopes, now specific but half fulfilled. The quiet confidence around command headquarters at Taegu and Tokyo and around the Pentagon in Washington that truce agreements will be hammered out within the next couple of months stems rather from facts which say that an armistice serves the needs of both sides better than does continued fighting. Those who steer the grand strategy for the United Na tions know that, having halted aggression, they must keep Korea a holding action while they build strength along more - r is sortie UnUsUal action by Presi dent Truman to throw out any re maining rascals in his administra tion. Don’t bet on when this will hap pen ,however, or on what form it will take—unless you’re strictly a long shot player. It was two weeks ago last Thurs day that the President, his admin istration spattered by the corrup tion in government scandals, told newsmen he planned some action to clean up the situation. He said it might come in a day or so. White House Silent Since then: Rumors, denials, White House conferences, long dis- the White House responds with a frosty silence. Day after day, White House cor respondents have been putting the questio nto Presidential Press Sec retary Joseph Short. Day after day Short has bounced the ques tion right back: “I have no in formation on that,” or, “I’ll let you know when there is some thing.” It has reached the point where the newsmen use a kind of short hand in asking the question. For instance: “Anything today on the announcement we have been wait ing for?”’ Short knows what the reporter means. He says no, the matter will just have to go along on a day to day basis. Yesterday a reporter tried to vary the routine. He asked if anything could be expected on “the Murphy Commission.” Short blink ed, looked annoyed and replied: “If you would rephrase that question, the answer would be a single ‘no comment’.” “The Murphy commission,” of j course, refers to the open secret— never confirmed by the White f House—that Mr. Truman asked ' Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy ' of New York to head a special anti-1 corruption agency. Murphy re-1 portedly was inclined to accept,I then changed his mind and, as l^ie, gossip went, turned the job down! A/g Ath 1951 E B With the comini books of the 1951 se athletic history of A Texans Have Part In Shaping Events New Methods Save Money By Reducing Labor Costs Oil Production’ To Shoot Aheaijj By TEX EASLEY Washington—(A 5 )—Texans in the nation’s capital had a prominent part in the shaping of events in troubled 1951. Because of the nature of the “Since James Buchanan, who times, few of the problems tackled served with Polk, no secretary of were of purely state or even re state has become president, though gjonal interest. Probably of most at least half a dozen have sought, interest. Probably of most inter- and several have won nomination. e st to Texans aside from the ques- “For the future, the probability tion of peace or war was the tide less extended. Numerous Texas farm interests want it modified, with more authority given em ployment officials down at the state and community levels. There’s some agitation here for strength ening immigration laws to pro vide severe penalties against farm ers who hire or harbor “wet backs,” aliens . who have waded the Rio Grande figuratively if not literally to enter the U. S. illegally. Some sharp differences of opin- A Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station progress report says adoption of machine methods has greatly reduced labor requirements of producing peanuts in the West Cross Timbers area of Texas. It concludes that savings gained through mechanization of the pea nut crop increased its compara tive advantage with respect to ■ cotton and other crops grown in the area. About 15 per cent of all U. S. peanuts are grown in Texas and about a third of the state crop comes from the West Cross Tim bers area: the counties of Brown, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hood, is that the office will not have a lands issue. That, too, remains un- i6li among congressmen from the Montague, Parker, Somervell, and corridor leading to the presidency. The unpopular nature of much that a secretary of state must do in an era of inflamed passions may de stroy his political ‘availability.’ Mind Highly Specialized “His duties, in addition, are go- settled. Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bon ham, as presiding officer of the House, was responsible for steer ing national defense legislation through that side of the Capitol. Early this year, incidentally, he the history of the United States various states heated debate. may precipitate The year 1951 saw one change in the line-up of the Texan con gressional delegation. Rep. Frank Ikard of Wichita Falls became the freshman mem- vital fronts. And even an uneasy truce is less costly on every ing to absorb his energies so com- attained the distinction of serving ber of tk® £ rou P when he won a count than continual battles The Communists, on their part, know that, short of all- out Russian aid, they have no hope of throwing the UN out of Korea. So long as they try force of arms they lose men, trained soldiers (a scarcer item), equipment, and face, day by day. It would be too risky to assume they want a true armistice. But it is cheaper right now for them, also, to trans fer the struggle from the battle front to the conference table. This offers at least an avenue toward an armistice nue which the UN must exploit as stubbornly as do the Reds. Will the opposing pressures now move back to the battle front? The fliers and the sailors will say it has never left there. As to ground fighting, much depends on whether the pletely that he will not have time for building fences. More funda mentally, the qualities of mind de manded of a competent secretary of state must be so highly spec ialized that they literally may be a disqualification for the presi dency.” Knowing what has happened to other men in positions of import ance in this country, depending an ave- on how the wind blew, Freeman says Acheson will be made the scapegoat if his efforts for peace mi. But if the “nation escapes that infinite catastrophe,” Dr. Freeman „ ,11 i,, i , ,i says, “Dean Acheson will receive Communists believe they have accumulated enough strength credit from future historians not to attack again with any hope of commensurate gain. It only for what he did in negotiation seems likely, however, they will recognize the fact of balance between the two armies, and agree to freeze the cease-fire line for another period. In looking beyond that point one cannot repeat too often that the battle line across Korea is all of a piece with the Berlin airlift; that the prisoners behind barbed wire near the Qalu play the same part as the four American airmen in Hungary; that the pulling and hauling at Panmunjom has little significance apart from the pulling and hauling at Paris and at UN headquarters in New York. Fought with bullets or with words, it is all one—a kind of war which needs new definition and new understanding. but also for his courage, his wis dom and his patience in adminis tration.” Hollywood Looks For Better Times By BOB THOMAS Hollywood, Jan. 1 as speaker longer than any man in Congress. He surpassed the cen tury-old record of 8 years 4 months and 11 days set by Henry Clay. Connally Presided On the Senate side, Senator Tom Connally presided over the Foreign Relations Committee. The group has much to do with the de termination of international policy. Much in the lime light in re cent weeks have been the delvings of the Senate Armed Preparedness subcommittee headed by Texas’ Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. As for the aidelands contro versy, much discussion and a min imum of action occurred in 1951. The situation basically is as it has been for years. The prospects are not too good that anything definite will be done in 1952. Has Paramount Rights Since the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has “paramount rights and domin ion” over the oil-rich lands be neath the marginal seas a real deadlock has developed. The states no longer can issue leases for development of the off shore property. But, neither can special election called to fill a vacancy created by resignation of Ed. Gossett. The former Wich ita Falls legislator now is a private utility attorney in Dallas. Wise. Within the last 10 years trac tors have practically displaced work stock as a source of farm power in this area. The progress report, by M. N. Williamson, Jr.; A. C. Magee, and Ralph H. Rogers, says most of the 1950 crop (pro bably 90 per cent) was harvested Sociology at the Agricultural Ex periment Station. Rogers is an agricultural economist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Bu- international reau of Agricultural economics. war. They write that the change in the West Cross Timbers area from complete use of stationary thresh ers to general use of combines has taken place in about five years. They find peanuts the section’s pace most important cash crop. The 10- yea,r, 1941-50 average yield in the nine counties was 492 pounds an acre. Spanish type peanuts are grown. They are brought by Salt ers, peanutbutter manufacturers, and candy makers. Some are crush ed for oil. The report says the change from horse-drawn, one-row equipment Philadelphia, Jan. 1—(A 1 )—A member of the petroleum industry predicts that record-breaking pro duction for all of this year-bar ring such a drastic change in the situation as total Robert G. Dunlop, president of Sun Oil Co., said gathering mom entum of the industry’s effort to supply more of the world will carry it beyond last year’s record both in production and consumption. The U. S. Bureau of Mines has predicted a five per cent increase in demand for petroleum products in 1952. Total U. S. consumption in 151 exceeded 100 billion gal lons for the first time in history. That amount is equivalent t^, two gallons a day per man, woman 1 and the general use of combine in stead of stationary threshers for harvesting have affected an avei’- age saving of about 23 hours of man labor per acre,, or about 69 per cent. The total labor required per acre for the usual operations in produc ing peanuts in 1950 was only 10.5 of by combines. Williams and Magee are assort- hours. In addition an average ate professors of the Department of Agricultural Economics and and child, and compares with ap proximately half a pint a day per person for the rest of the world. Expecting increased demand, Dunlop said, the industry has un derstood the most vigorous well drilling campaign in history, so that reserves are running well ahead of the corresponding period last year although the , reserve 5.8 hours of tractor and truck work crude oil capacity still is short was required. of that period to World War II, POGO By Walt Kelly THIS •SOLUTION m/UAP£ pez you— 'iouoorrA\ GMVP , SeeGAZS! whv yoie'ftt&e watom US HI' 01/ FHLLEKS OFJSP flPAPN? Mr OF FELLED W SOTTA WRITS A peesownoN WHAT60NNA s&Moee KJNPMEB TOOA&H tor j POGO By Walt Kelly ~ movie industry faces the New Year The Chnstian Science Monitor w jth more optimism than it has dared in five years. W Bad times beset Hollywood a year after the end of the war. Why worry about the Russians; after all, why can’t the Russians worry about us? Justice is the goal, not necessarily the product, of our courts. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texea, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip tion rates |6.00 per year or $.60 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. The entertainment dollar was cut into by inflation, and the general public appeared apathetic about the quality of movies. After the pro ducers were forced to impr-ove the product, the novelty of television arrived. More and more people began staying home for their en tertainment. Many industry thinkers hopeful ly believe 1951 was the turning point in the motion picture’s for tunes. Film quality was up to its highest point in several years, and the novelty value of TV was pass ing. That thinking appears to be borne out in film company earn ings. Variety reported that the nine major studio and theater cor porations took in a gross of $662,- (A*) — The the federal government unless Con gress passes specific legislation granting such authority. President Truman and his top administration leaders want federal control. Most congressmen favor state ownership. A lot of debate is expected on the issue in forthcoming months, with little or no chance of a permanent solution being reached. At best, and remote too, is the possibility of a compromise to permit develop ment of the submerged lands on a tentative basis with money re ceipts being impounded for dis bursement when a final agreement is effected. Dunlap Cooperative tax scandal probe is The tax scandal probe is not Without Texas angles—though in this case the Lone Star state can take pride. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is John Dunlap of Dallas, He took over the posi tion as the inquiry began and, is cooperating in the drive to weed 100,000 in a nine-month period of out the inefficient and dishonest. Entered as second-class Matter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, under the Act of Con. press of March 3, 1870. Member of THe Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco, The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the nse for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin -Associate Editor Bill Streich Managing Editor Bob Selleck Sports Editor Frank Davis City Editor Pat Morley Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, Benny Holub, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter Edgar Watkins, Carl Possy, Gene Steed, Jerry Bennett, Bert Weller Staff Writers Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Staff Cartoonist Frank Scott Quarterback Club Director Dick Zeek ; Staff Photographer Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Philippus, Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette Ed Holder Sports Staff Writers John Lancaster Chief Photo Engraver Russell Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Hay Hie .Advertising Representative .Circulation Manager Bam Beck, 1951. This was $26,100,000 or four per cent more than in 1950. Last year was the first revei'sal of the downward trend that started in 1947. Every year since then had brought a decline in total movie earnings over the previous year. Heartened by the figures, Holly wood is making optimistic plans for 1952. It is expected that film production will equal and perhaps surpass the 350 pictures made by Hollywood during 1951. Nearly every studio has issued glowing reports of important movies to be made this year. TV also figures in the industry’s plans. More theaters are being equipped with TV, which would bring sporting and political events to massed audiences. Joseph Mc Connell, president of NBC, has es timated that 4,100 theaters will be installed with TV by 1955. He has named Frank W. Lohn, 53, a native of Waldrip, head of the house cleaning program. Another more or less regional problem which arose during the year, and which is of special in terest to Texans, is the importa tion of Mexican farm laborers. Strengthen Laws existing Mexican The existing Mexican labor agreement expires in February un- Official Notice The Fiscal Office will begin taking fees for the Second Semester immediately after the Christmas Holidays, beginning Janu ary 4. In order to hold the rooths they now occupy, for the second semester, students must pay fees and reserve rooms at the Housing Office in Goodwin Hall before January 22. First installment lees lor military stu dents for the second semester are $75.20 and for non-military students. are. $48,80. Fee's for the entire semester for SSilitary students are $244.60; for nob-military, $92.85. finished the se Texas for the chanq: tin rivals in a two right to represent t Meet at Kansas City In track and fit It was strictly a tw< coming out on top e 1 ation over the Uni' meet, triangular mt Sparking the ( shot putter, went th straight times whilt In baseball tl of its conference ( tied for the crowi horns, winning tw( the conference in The Aggie nin becoming an AH-.4 |f the Year.” The only disap son. A&M, picked lack of reserves an the title but came final game of the 3 The Cadets hi] most exciting foot! first victory over A&M graduates pi white. Baylor and T< to come through ac of Wacoland had finished their seas Bowl, first time to of the college. TCU, the favo their first confere: linked the rest of {he Cotton Bowl. 1 Glenn Lippr * season as the le cepted a bid to ] classic. Although hi in a typical Tex the final periol, line and raced 51 Billy Tidwell, liant performance South Bowl battk Playing at t Tidwell also play first times this si down with a con Billy Wade of Va down on the Nor The Rebels 1 the most-lop-side play in the Nort la, Jan. 5. J cracked verteb: Hast college. ga Smith out of the Ej The injury, which received in the A& \#as disclosed by X ter Smith had arriv to train for the Smith’s loss was a team and might ha for a win. He ha upon for conside duty. Loooking back Athletic season, v Bowl New York, , Bowl games, givi probable attendart North-South, Rose Bowl, 1 4 p. m., 100,000. Sugar Bowl, land (9-0-0), 1:41 Cotton Bowl, 2 p. m., 75,349. Orange Bowl 1 p. m., 65,000. Gator Bowl, (7-2-0) 1 p. m., 3: Sun Bowl, 1 (6-4-0), 3:15 p.m ■{ Tangerine B< (8-2), 7 p. m., 1 Salad Bowl, 3 p. m., 21,000. * Oleander Bo Hinds (8-3-0), 1 Steel Bowl, Cookman Junior Prairie Bow A M and N, (6 Rose Bowl.