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Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, January 1, 1952 Ike Backers Feel Confident GOPNomina lion Accepta ble By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITII Washington, Jan. 1 — tT 1 ) — Re publicans backing General Eisen hower for president appeared con fident today there will be a major development shortly to support their contention he is available for the GOP presidential nomination. They indicated announcement of such a development could be ex pected at a news conference to be held here Sunday by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chmpaign man ager of the Ike-for-President Re publican group. Lodge himself responded “indeed yes” when asked whether what he plans to disclose at the conference could be classified as good news for those who would like to see Eisenhower nominated. But Lodge — reached by tele phone last night at his home in Beverly, Mass.—declined to elab orate. He said only that he had 600 Expected ■ At Scout Lunch In Duncan Hall About 600 persons are ex pected to attend the Brazos District annual meeting and Leaders’ Appreciation dinner of the Sam Houston Council, Boy Scouts of America, Wednes day. The dinner will be held at G:30 p. m. in Duncan Hall. Guests will be Explorer, Scout leaders, and friends. „ Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of the School of Engineering, who is the Brazos District Chairman, will welcome the guests, introduce visiting dignitaries, and present the district highlights of 1951. A one-hour program will be opened with music by Jimmy Ray and Company, accompanied by Mrs. Ray. A three-part recognition cere mony will be directed by R. H. Fletcher, district commissioner. Recognition will be given new members and leaders in the round up of 1951, and to Eagle Scouts. Installation of new district com mittee members will be conducted by three Scout workers from Hous ton. They the J. T. Hamblin, president of the Sam Houston Area Council; Minor Huffman, scout ex ecutive of the Sam Houston Coun cil; and Jim Johnson, director of Field Service. The three-year program, future plans for Boy Scout Work, will be given by C. N. Hielscher, the dis trict chairman for 1952. some “factual material” which he thought would be of great interest. Familiar With Plans Senator Duff of Pennsylvania, another Republican backing Eisen hower, indicated he is familiar with Lodge’s plans, but he also refused to discuss them with newsmen. Duff put it. this way : “It certainly won’t be bad news.” Lodge and Duff have been in sisting for weeks that Eisenhower will be available for the Republican presidential nomination, but the General has kept publicly silent. He hasn’t even said whether he is a Republican. Both senators have said they don’t expect Eisenhower will speak out while still in uniform as su preme commander of the North Atlantic defense forces in Europe. And political strategists working here and elsewhere in behalf of Ei senhower reportedly are not look ing for him to doff his khaki until after a February meeting of the defense organization in Portugal, if he does then. So they incline to discount any idea that the Lodge announcement would be anything in the nature of a direct personal statement of availability by the General. Name Entered in Primary There was some speculation that Lodge might be planning a formal announcement that Eisenhower’s name would be entered in New Hampshire’s March 11 presidential primary—the first to be held. Such an announcement in itself wouldn’t clarify the situation much, because supporters of the General have been saying for a long time that he would-he represented in tli at contest. % It would take on important sig nificance; however, if Lodge were to make it clear in advance, for example, that such a move had even the tacit approval of Eisen hower. Under New Hampshire law, a primary entry has 10 days after the filing of a petition in his behalf to ask that his name be withdrawn If he does not make such a re quest, his name is placed on the ballot. The deadline for filing petitions is Jan. 30. Republican Gov. Shennan Adams of New Hampshire, chairman of a state Eisenhower -for- President committee, said yesterday “there will be news within a few days which will be of gi’eat interest” to backers to the General. The fact that Adams addressed his statement to “all New Hamp shire voters anxious to support General Eisenhower” appeared to give weight to reports the Lodge announcement .might concern the primary in that state. A source here who asked not to be named said the announcement would be “really important” and that it “should resolve the doubts in .some, people’s minds” as to whether Eisenhower is available for the Republican nomination. j fu y. ear What can I wish that, this year, may bring to me? Nothing that shall make the world or other poorer, noth ing at the expense of other men; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop with me, but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength: A few friends who understnad me, and yet remain my friends. A work to do which has real value without which the world would feel the poorer. A re turn for such work small enough not to tax unduly ony one who pays. A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed. An understanding heart. A sight of the eternal hills and unresting sea, and of something beautiful the hand of man has made. A sense of humor and the power to laugh. A little leisure with nothing to do. A few moments of quiet, silent mediation. The sense of the presence of God. And the patience to wait for the coming of these things, with the wisdom to know them when they come. —“A Morning Wish,” by W. R. Hunt. A&M Cow Leads Production Record A state production record has been made by a registered Hol- stein-Friesian cow owned by A&M, according to The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Agtex Karmore Ormsby Echo Maid is the new champion, taking the lead for all of Texas’ Holsteins regardless of age milked 2 times daily in the Ten-Months’ Division, with the production of 577 pounds of butterfat from 1(5,010 pounds of milk. Qualifications for the Ten- Months’ Division of the Advanced ■Registry include special calving re quirements in addition to high pro duction records. These require ments are intended to place em phasis on reproductive qualities as well as productive ones. Bowl Games (Continued from Page 3) BOGART in SIROCCO” \|£HTUfc^ American Laundry & Dry Cleaners brings a record of eight wins, one loss to TCU, 21-7, and a tie by A&M, 21-21 into the Miami Classic. Tech boasts an All-American player in Ray Beck, 209 pound guard, while the Bears will field Laughing Larry Isbell, winner of “All” quarterback honors and Bill Athey, who was on the AP second All-American team. Baylor will be making its first appearance in a major bowl game. Tech, first team to play in all four major bowls, holds a 5-2 record in the post season affairs. This may be the swan song of the post-season bowls, as it is anticipated that the NCAA may curtail some of the bowl games in its de-emphasis trend in college sports, if not all of the bowl games. So for what may be the finale to a national hysteria that has spanned two decades, the fans are hoping for a terrific show today, wherever they go. Two West Coast Teams Drop From Football Los Angeles, Jan. 1—(JP)— For financial reasons, two of the West’s major indepen dents — University of San Francisco and Loyola of Los Angeles—have abandoned football indefinitely. By prior agreement, the an nouncements came simultaneously yesterday and brought to 36 the number of schools which have can celed their football programs since the 1950 season. USF, unbeaten and untied this year behind the running of All - America Fullback Ollie Matson, de cided it was “financially impru dent” to continue the sport in the face of world conditions and high operating costs. Loyola, for whom Quarterback Don Klosterman set a national passing record, revealed football has been costing the school up wards of $100,000 a year since 1946. Both Matson and Klosterman were standout performers in last Saturday’s Shrine East-West game in San Francisco. Although Loyola ■won only three of its nine games, its decision came as more of a surprise than San Francisco’s, which had been in the wind since Head Coach Joe Kuh- arich quit to seek employment with a pro team. The withdrawals left Santa Clara as the only one of the Pacific Coast’s Catholic big four still ac tive on the gridiron. St. Mary’s quit last year. The decisions also pointed up the problems which have beset in dependent and smaller schools in the past several years—ballooning costs, over - emphasis, dwindling material and difficulty in drawing crowds. It was evident, too, that the future of other independents would become even more precarious with these two big ones on the side lines. Presumably, USF and Lo yola will continue to field teams in basketball, track, and other sports. Capacity Crowd At Dance In MSC New Year's Eve 1952 was ushered in at the Ball room of the MSC with a formal New Year’s Eve dance. A capac ity crowd attended the affair. As the steam whistle at the pow er plant announced the end of the old year, the lights were dimmed at the dance and the audience sang “Auld Lang Syne”. Music for the ball was provided by a juke box. Refreshments were served throughout the evening. Among those at the serving table were Janice Hildebrand, Betty Bain and Jackie Scott. Congress May Cut Money Appropriated For Military By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST Washington, Jan. 1—(A 1 )—Chair man Cannon (D-Mo) of the House Appropriations Committee said to day “an easing of the tension” might make it possible to reduce military spending in the new year. Cannon, in an interview, would give no estimate of how much Con gress should appropriate for the armed services during the fiscal year starting July 1, but said he believes it may be less than was provided this year—$56,937,808,030. “In any event,” he said, “we are going to more thoroughly scruti nize the requests for money for national defense. Last year it was a case of taking no chances and giving them everything they asked for. There was the possibility then that Russia might strike at any moment, and we just couldn’t afford to take a chance.” Time Favors Claiming that “time mow is in our favor,” Cannon said Congress can at least proceed a little more slowly this year in making mili tary money allotments. “There is a possibility, too,” he said, “that we may be able to re capture some of the money already appropriated but not yet spent.” Last year’s appropriation gave the armed services a balance on hand of about 94 billion dollars, including previous carryovers. Right now, the military budget , is a hot subject between the White House and the Pentagon. President Truman is reported as balking at figures presented by his joint chiefs of staff and as asking for econ omies. As Joseph Short, V/hite House press secretary put • it, there has been “considerable discussion” of the military budget. How much the military wants is a closely guarded secret. Complicating the whole picture is the fact that this is a presiden tial campaign year. Hold Budget Down Chairman Cannon said appro priations committee investigators were looking into the spending pro grams of the defense establishment and every other agency of the gov ernment with a view to holding down. He predicted that Mr. Truman’s overall budget to be sent to Con gress in mid-January will be “tight,” “As evidence of this,” he said, “there have been 100 per cent ap peals to date on budget bureau ac tions with respect to the requests of the departments for money. Usually, theer are few, if any, appeals from reductions imposed by the budget bureau.” The budget bureau, on behalf of the President, passes on money re quests before they are submitted to Congress. Congress, in turn, can increase or reduce the amounts recommended by the bureau. Cannon said ti will be up to the House Appropriations Committee to decide whether all agency re quests will be handled in a single bill this year or in separate meas ures. He is an advocate of the single-bill system, which Congress tried in 1950 but which the appro priations committee junkejl in 1951, “No state or city sfcvernment handles the budget the way'we do it,” he said. “By handling each agency separately, we never know until the last bill is passed just how much money we have appro priated.” Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment SAFE-T-WAY TAXI Phone 2-1400 High Spots FREE DINNER Watch for Your Name in This Space Each Week, The . . Frank T, Scott College View 12th MAN INN Will give away a free dinner to the person whose name appears. • WATCH FOR YOUR NAME • Bring This By - - - - It’s Yours Free (Continued from Page 3) golf at Saucon Valley; the series of upsets leading up to Billy Max well’s victory. ... A visit to Randy Turpin’s Catskill training camp, ■which made you wonder how he ever whipped Ray Robinson. . , Sandy Saddler making Willie Pep quit again in one of the roughest bi-awls you ever saw. . . OCTOBER—Mixing football and baseball on the last hectic week end of the major league season as Jackie Robinson kept the Dodg ers’ hopes alive. . . . The spon taneous scream that went up all over town (we missed that game) when Bobby Thomson’s homer won the National League playoff. . The World Series was an anti climax after that. . . . Michigan State’s football team confirming spring impressions. .. . Princeton’s Dick Kazmaier having his big day against Cornell. NOVEMBER—Concentrating on Kazmaier; neither rain nor snow nor mud, nor Bi’own nor Yale could stop him and there was a heck of a rhubarb when Dartmouth did. DECEMBER—The football sea son fades fast around here when the giants don’t make it. . . . Bas ketball starting again and the coaches appearing to hold their breath in fear more trouble might pop. . . . College bigwigs off on another de-emphasis campaign; there’ll be more politicking next week. . . . Meanwhile those bowl games will be on the air again this afternoon. Do you remember f a "Ay If you’re an adult American you do. They are pictures of Pearl Harbor ten years ago. On December 7,1941, we were caught weak and unprepared in the Pacific, un able to defend our harbors, our ships and sailors, our airfields and airmen, our sol diers and marines. This must not happen again. And we cannot ask the men and women of our armed services to do the defense job alone. We must make defense our job, too. It is our job to build up and main tain America’s economic strength as it is theirs to take care of her military power. Only our job is easier. For we can do it by buying United States Defense Bonds regularly. With bonds and other forms of saving we build up our own personal finan cial security. And it is the financial stabil ity of every one of us that determines the strength of our economy. Remember that strength is doubly important now. Be cause today peace is for the strong. So buy bonds and buy them regularly .. .• through the Payroll Savings Plan where you work or the Bond-A-Month Plan where you bank. Start now! The U. S. Defense Bonds you buy give you personal financial independence Remember that when you’re buying Defense Bonds you’re building a personal reserve of cash savipgs. Money that will some day buy you a house or educate your children, or. support you when you retire. Remember, too, that if you don’t save regularly, you generally don’t save at all. So go to your company’s pay office —now— and sign up to buy United States Defense Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan. Bankers recommend them as one of the safest forms of investment. Don’t forget that bonds are now a better buy than ever. Because now every Series E Bond you own can automatically go on earning interest every year for 20 years from date of purchase instead of 10 as before! This means that the bond you bought for $18.75 can return you not just $25—but as much as $33.33! A $37.50 bond pays $66.66. And so on. For your security, and your country’s, too, buy U. S. Defense Bonds now! Peace is for the strong.,. Buy U.S. Defense Bonds regularly! 57^y, 2. Government doet not pay for this advertising. The Treasury Department . /or patiiotic donation, the Advertising Council and The Battalion