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Number 83: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1952
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Front Line Visit
First Snow of Winter
Falls In A&M Classroom
First show of the winter to be recorded on the campus
was discovered Friday in the halls of a campus building.
The snow came in the form of feathers. Drifts up to
a foot deep were reported by janitors who were rushed to
the distressed area.
This unusual weather phenomena has been attributed
by informed authorities to the failure of an extremely
high percentage of the freshmen enrolled in the depart
ment.
A glassey eyed prof was heard to mumble as he viewed
the scene, “This could only happen at A&M.”
Mac’s Remarks Said
‘Left Handed Slaps’
Mothers Start urive
For Polio Donations
dimes
JANUARY 2.3]
JANUARY
Washington, Jan. 29—(2P)—Sen
ator Tobey (R-NH) today labeled
remarks by Gen. MacArthur a
“left-hand slap” at Gen. Eisenhow
er but said they “won’t keep Ike
from being elected president.”
Senator Brewster (R-ME) inter
preted MacArthur’s remarks as a
strong indication of his support of
Senator Taft of Ohio for the Re-
Two'classmates from Texas A&M were reunited
in Korea when Representative 6lin E. Teague
of College Station, front-line-touring Congress
man, was met at an advanced Fifth Air Force
base in Korea by Lt. Col. Joe Lloyd, personnel
officer for the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing.
Colonel Lloyd’s home is 139 Cromwell Drive,
San Antony). The two officers shown in the
background between (he two classmates are
Col. Kenneth F. Mosher (left), 8th Wing Execu
tive Officer, and Col. Harvery L. Case, 8th Fight
er Bomber group commander. Col. James B.
Tipton, far right, is commanding officer of the
USAF F-80 Shooting Star equipped 8th Fighter
Bomber Wing. (USAF Photo)
‘Progress Being Made ’
Prisoner Exchange Plans
Take Form in Peace Talks
Munsan, Korea, Jan. 29—GP)—
The U.N. command reported “pro
gress. was being made” today to
ward drafting plans for supervis
ing a Korean truce but the Com
munists again rejected the Allied
plan for exchanging prisoners.
The Reds were promptly told
. they “must contribute something”
if the prisoner question is to be
solved.
The progress report referred to
< the work of staff officers who
started outlining agreements and
differences on an 18-page Allied
program for supervising the truce.
There was no hint that a solution
was near.
When Reds balked in an armis
tice subcommittee session at the
Allies “complete solution” for the
prisoner problem, Rear Adm. R. E.
Libby said:
‘You Must Give’
“We have tried every means to
reach agreement. We have come
to the end of our ingenuity. If
we are to make any progress, your
tide must contribute something to
this progress.”
Outside the conference tent, the
U.N. negotiator said the next move
up to the Communists,
w Libby presented the U.N. 14-
point draft Monday. North Ko
rean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho
turned it down today. He objected
primarily to:
A&M Mothers
Hold Tea to
Honor Nurses
The A&M Mothers Club
honored the college hospital
nurses at a tea Thursday in
the YMCA.
The club honors the nurses
with a tea every year. Those hon
ored , included Mesdames Erleene
Vaughan, Pat Murphy, Helen
Pringle, Mary Nygard, Peg Rut
ledge, Margaret Medbery, Barbara
Parmalee, and Rose Sowers.
Mrs. E. L. Williams presided at
the silver service. The hostesses
were Mesdames Don Young, 0. B.
Brigs, H. T. Downward, 0. J. Moss,
and Albin J. Zak.
\ Plans for a game party Feb. 13,
am 7:30 in the Maggie Parker din
ing room were resported by Mrs.
D. W. Williams, chairman of fin
ance committee. The proceeds will
bo applied to the fund for an A&M
scholarship.
The club voted to cooperate with
the Red Cross when the blood mo
bile returns to College Station for
blood donations. This is the project
of the year'for the A&M Mothers
Club.
Mrs. T. W. Leland was appoint
ed vice-chairman of the hospital
committee.
• Voluntary repatriation of pris
oners. The Reds insist all pris
oners of war be exchanged, re
gardless of their individual wishes.
• Visits to POW camps by the
International Committee of the Red
Cross. Lee referred to it as the
“Red Crosses of your side.”
• A parole agreement that pris
oners exchanged for civilians or
not repatriated would not fight
again in the Korean war.
“There is no sign of you giving-
up your unreasonable demands,”
Lee said. “If you don’t give up
Sen. Taft Says
Korean War
Unnecessary
Orlando, Fla., Jan. 29—
(AP)—Sen. Robert A. Taft
called the Korean war last
night “useless,” and “a war
undertaken by mistake.”
The. Ohio Republican candidate
for the presidential nomination,
made that statement on the Ko
rean conflict in an extended crit
icism of the administration’s for
eign policy.
Taft received booming ovations,
probably the loudest in his one-
day whirlwind speaking tour of
Florida.
Taft said “we could have won
the (Korean) war six months ago if
the administration had wanted to
win it.”
The big crowd applauded men
tion of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
and particularly when the Ohio
senator said the general “wanted
to win the war and the adminis
tration did not want to do it.”
He reviewed fighting conditions
in Korea and said “we’d better
make the stalemate peace that
has been proposed.
“The State Department has been
concealing for so long information
they believe the public can not be
trusted with that they have come
to feel that they alone have a
right to make the policy.”
He declared “the only way to
have a sound foreign policy is to
elect a Republican president in
1952.”
Taft said President Truman
dodged the constitution in ordering
American troops to Korea. A mem
ber of the audience asked why
President Truman was not im
peached for doing this. Taft re
plied:
“The reason is we have a. demo
cratic congress.”
The GOP leader referred several
times to the “influence of Commun
ism in the State Department.” He
blamed this for foreign policy de
feats in Manchuria and turning
China over to the Communists.”
these unreasonable and blackmail
ing demands no progress can be
made.
“Generally speaking, in the con
tent of your propbsla there* is 'iY6
basic change because you insist on
a one-for-one exchange, the ex
change of civilians for prisoners
of war, voluntary repatriation, and
the carrying out of parole. There
fore we cannot accept this.”
However, the Communists agreed
in principle to exchanging sick and
wounded prisoners first and to
make the exchange at the Panmun-
jom truce site or other points in
the demilitarized zone if necessary.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U.N. command spokesman, said the
Allied blueprints for exchanging
prisoners and supervising the rtuce
would again be the h as i s °f dis
cussion when subcommittees meet
at 11 a.m. Wednesday (9 p.m.
Tuesday EST).
On the specific problem of Red
Cross visits to prison camps, Lee
proposed that delegations be drawn
jointly from the International Com
mittee of the Red Cross (IRC) and
the Red Crosses of North Korea
and Communist China.
During the day, Communist of
ficers delivered a package of 600
letters from prisoners in North
Korean camps to their families and
friends.
Fall Diplomas
Go to 13 CS,
Bryan Aggies
Thirteen College Station-
Bryan students were among
the 248 students who received
baccalaureate degrees Friday
at mid-term graduation from
A&M. Advanced degrees were
awarded to 10 local students.
The following received baccalau
reate degrees:
College Station: Duane Alexand
er, agricultural education; Eli
Rifchard Burdine, and Walton S.
Daniel Jr., wildlife management;
John Dudley Thomas, ffl'chitfeetu'r-
al design; Amos J. Shiver, civil
engineering; William Arthur Adair
and John Stevenson Lancaster, geo
logy; and William Grant Hatsfield,
mechanical engineering.
Bryan: Gibney Knedrick Jr., ani
mal husbandry; Edward Sherwood
Ryan and Jesse Frank Tucker Jr.,
general business; Robert Lee Smith
Jr., electrical engineering; and
James Cullens Baker, mechanical
engineering.
Advanced degrees awarded in
cluded, Education: L. M. Hovorak
and Wilbur Lee Kutach of College
Station; and Floyd D. Lynch of
Bryan.
Master of Science: David Adair
Anderson of College Station.
Agricultural Economics: Carlton
Johnson Chapman of Bryan.
Plant Physiology and Pathology:
Harry Richard Hudgins, Bryan and
Samuel Park Johnson, College Sta
tion.
Mathematics: Guy Johnson Jr. of
Bryan.
Biochemistry and Nutrition:
Bobby L. Reid of College Station.
Entomology: Read Wipprecht of
College Station.
Second lieutenant’s bars are pinned on Carroll W. McCoy by Miss
Jaunice Reavis during the recent college commissioning exercises.
Both are from Lampasas, Texas.
publican presidential nomination.
Tobey is backing Eisenhower for
the GOP nomination. Brewster is
a Taft supporter.
They commented in separate in
terviews on MacArthur’s statement
yesterday that in selecting a na
tional leader the voters face a de
mand for a man with demonstrated
capability in “the science of civil
government.”
Mac Asks Withdrawal
MacArthur made the statement
in a letter to New Hampshire sup
porters asking that his name be
withdrawn from the state’s March
11 presidential primary, the first
in the nation this year.
J. Wesley Colburn, one of 10
candidates for delegate to the Re
publican national convention who
had filed favorable-to-MacArthur
in. the New Hampshire race, said
he felt the letter made it plain that
MacArthur regards Taft as an
“ideal man for president.”
Eisenhower has said he would
accept the Republican nomination
but won’t seek it. He is entered
officially in the New Hampshire
primary by virtue of his- nonwith-
drawal of his name.
Taft in Again,*
Ted Johnson, a leader of the
Taft forces, said the senator’s
name would be filed in the New
Hampshire race some time today.
Entry by the Ohioan would be a
direct challenge to Eisenhower in
an area where' the general’s backers
feel there is a good deal of Eisen
hower sentiment.
Another challenge there is ex
pected today from Harold E. Stas-
sen, whose friends said they were
ready to enter his name. Stassen,
president-on-leave of the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania, is an announc
ed candidate for the GOP presi
dential nomination.
Deadline Wednesday
Tomorrow is the deadline for fil
ing in the presidential preference
phase of the New Hampshire con
test.
On tlm Democratic side, Senator
Byrd of Virginia predicted that if
President Truman runs for re-elec
tion, “he will be defeated by the
Republican nominee.” And Byrd
said he feels sure'Mr. Truman will
run “if he thinks he can be elected.” of Allied losses.
□OECIESEi
British Arms Get
$300 Million Slice
Washington, Jan. 29—<2B—Dol
lar-short Britain is being given an
emergency 300 million dollar slice
of mutual security funds to prevent
a threatened cutback of its defense
effort.
The grant was announced last
night by Mutual Security Director
W. Averell Harriman, who said
that without it Britain would be
forced to reduce its contribution
to the Western arms buildup by
twice as much.'
The money will' be used up to
July I to, keep “raw materials and
components” which have to be paid
for in dollars. The purchase will
be made largely in the United
States.
Dip Into Funds
For the purpose President Tru
man approved a dip into military
aid funds which otherwise might
have been used for arms and sup-
MIGs - Sabres
Battle Over
Korean Skies
Seoul, Korea, Jan. 29—UP)
American and Communist jets
battled in MIG alley today as
skies cleared over North Ko
rea. One Red MIG was dam
aged.
Twenty - two F-86 Sabre jets
tangled briefly with about 50
MIGs from 30,000 down to 20,000
feet.
A bright sun warmed the snow-
covered battlefront. But only pa
trol action was reported.
Lt. James E. Arnold of Walla
Walla, Wash., reported the dam
aged MIG. There was no report
By PHILIP GOUGLER
Battalion Staff Writer
A porch light or a towel on the mailbox will indicate a
family in the College Station area is ready to donate to the
March of Dimes. This will be a part of a plan being worked
on by the women of the community.
Mrs. John J. Sperry, chairman, announced plans for
the annual Mother’s March on Polio which included these
signals to be displayed by families wanting to make a dona
tion for the drive.
The Mother’s March on Polio is scheduled to be held
Thursday night between 7 and 8 and will cover the entire
College Station Community.
Mrs. Sperry explained this drive in College Station is
just a part of the statewide campaign to be made by over
150,000 mothers throughout the state. The aim of the drive
is to help erase the $5 million debt of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. Excesses will be used in the current
treatment of polio victims in 1952.
Those families in College View
desirinjg to contribute are to tie] a
white'cloth or paper to their mail
boxes. In Vet Village the residents,
wanting to contribute should at
tach a colored cloth or paper to
their outside doorknobs. All other
residents of College Station, who
plan to donate are requested to
turn on their porch lights Mrs.
Sperry commented.
Under Goal
An overall goal of $6,009 has
been set up for the College area.
Of this amount only about $2,000
has been collected.
For the Mother’s March, volun
teer mothers will circulate through
the neighborhoods and call on all
houses displaying the signal.
“In this way,” Mrs. Sperry em
phasized, “Those who do not wish
to donate will not be bothered.”
Eight general areas of the com
munity have been set up and are
under the supervision of a, Mother
Captain. The captain, or captains,
of the area have appointed lieuten
ants and other helpers to assist in
the collections.
College Hills
The captains of the College Hills
area are Mi's. J. C. Miller, Mrs.
Vernon A. Young,, Mrs. H. E.
Hampton, Mrs. M. K. Thornton and
Mrs. E. S. Holdredge.
They will be assisted by Mes
dames J. E. Adams,* Walter Mann
ing, L. S. Dillon, Roy Wingren,
Emma Wilson, Raymond Reiser, E.
C. Holt, Truman Jones, B. C.
Moore, W..B. Dozier, A. H. Kar-
cher, M. B. Findlay, A. H. Walker,
Robert W. Carpenter, R. E. Pat
terson, E. C. Cunningham, George
H. Draper, Walter Delaplane, L. A,
DuBose, J. M. Bevans, A, W,
Groves, C. C. Schaefer, Harry Boy
er, D. A. Anderson, H. E. Weaver,
and Mrs. F. W. Gould.
Student and Campus Areas
Campus and student housing
areas will be captained by Mrs,
Pat Morley, College View; Mrs.
Ida, Adair, Vet Village; Mrs. Rob
erta Inglis; Mrs. Bennie Zinn, cam-
(See POLIO, Page 4)
plies made in this country. The
shift was necessary because Con
gress made no specific provision
for aid to Britain for aid to Brit
ain in the new $7,328,903,976 (B)
arms aid legislation, although
authorizing an emergency trans
fer.
The action came less than two
weeks after Prime Minister
Churchill assured Congress “I have
not come here to ask you for mon
ey.”
Actually, Harriman disclosed, ne
gotiations for assistance were in
progress before Churchill sailed
for the U.S.
Except for an assist of some 30
million dollars last month, the aid
was the first extended the Brit
ish since Britain voluntarily waived
further Marshall Plan help more
than a year ago. That was when
thing's were looking up and British
dollar reserves were rising.
However, in the last half of 1951,
Harriman said, “a very serious
drain” reduced the reserves by
$1,532,000,000 (B) 'to $2,355,00,000
(B) at the end of the year'. He
said it was due in large part to
inflation resulting from the efforts
of the West to shore up defenses
against the threat of Communist
aggression.
The allotment was only half of
what Britain originally sought.
France expects to get some 600
million dollars in direct grants and
in dollars spent by the U.S. there
for military installations and sim
ilar purposes.
Writes Letter
Harriman made a brief an
nouncement of the administration’s
decision. He released at the same
time a letter he wrote Sunday to
Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, and on Jan. 8 to heads of
the Senate and House Foreign Af
fairs, Armed Services and appro-
priatinos committees.
Get Orders Soon
78 Air Force and Army
Cadets Get Commissions
Reserve officers’ commissions the Air Force for a longer period Reserve commissions:
were presented to 45 Air Force of time,” the PAS&T said. Edwin A. Apel, Donald E. Alford,
mid-term graduates and 33 senior “Experience has shown the attri- Thomas C. Alderson Jr., Louis P.
Army cadets at commissioning butes and characteristics that are Amsler Jr., Alan H. Anderson, Leo
exercises held in the YMCA Chapel in the make-up of a successful mil- Birenberg, Glen E. Black, Bruce
itary man are th§ same as those of O. Brown, Robert H. Buchanan,
the successful man of any civilian Louis M. Caplan, Donald C. Garden,
occupation,” Col. Napier stressed. Thaddeus J. Choate, Jr., Wayman
Listed below are those AFROTC K. Corbell, G. Duval Jr., Walter
last week.
Air Force Reserve 2nd Lieuten
ants’ commissions were presented
by Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T,
Thursday morning to the Air Force
group, which included 14 veterans.
Col. Shelly P. Meyers, PMS&T,
welcomed the new officers into the
Army Friday morning. The
PMS&T informally outlined active
duty procedure, covering such as
pects as reporting for duty and
uniform allowances. Col. Myers
pointed out that calls to active
duty could be expected within 45
days of graduation.
Col. Napier pointed out in his
commissioning speech that all
graduates receiving commissions,
with the exception of the 14 vet
erans, would receive active duty or
ders within 90 days.
To Serve 24 Months
“Each officer called to active
duty will remain on active duty
for a period of 24 months, unless
the officer desires to remain in
graduates who received Air Force
(See MID YEAR, Page 4)
Schedule Changes
Listed in Ag School
The School of Agriculture an
nounced three changes in the
spring semester schedule yester
day afternoon.
They are as follows: add AH 413,
horse production (MW11, M 1-3);
change AH 442, advanced livestock
and meats judging (T8, MW 3-5,
S 9-11) to (S8, MW 3-5, S 9-11).
The last change was a notice
that Sections 203 and 204 in AH
409, feeds and feeding, had been
dropped. Sections 595 and 596 (MW
9, W3-5, M 1-5) will be offered, ac
cording to Ben C. Cook, assistant
dean of the school of agriculture.
Army ROTC students take oat of office during
college commissioning exercises held in YMCA
Chapel, Friday. The oath was given by Col.
Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T.