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Number 84: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952-
Price Five Cents
Revenue
Shake-Up
Gets OK
Washington, Jan. 31—(IP)
President* * Truman’s plan to
take the Internal Revenue
Bureau out of politics and re
organize it under a merit sys-
jtem was a long- step closer to
realization today.
It had received the overwhelm
ing approval of the House and,
^unless vetoed by the Senate, will
become effective March 15.
^ House approval of the plan came
STplirectly late yesterday. By voice
-Vote the House killed a resolution
that would have rejected the plan.
One of its major provisions'
would abolish the patronage sys
tem of appointing revenue collec
tors and put them under civil ser
vice.
The plan would abolish the 53
internal revenue collectorships and
authorize up to 14 district commis-
sioners who, with deputies in every
state, would be civil service em
ployes instead of political appoin
tees. All other key bureau em-
poyes, except the commissioner
himself, would be under civil ser
vice.
President Truman sent the pro-
jposal to Congress after disclosures
of scandals in the Internal Reve
nue Bureau. He said it was de
signed to correct organizational
defects that contribute to “ineffi
cient management” and thereby
afford “the opportunity for im
proper conduct.”
Nothing would prevent the pres
ent collectors from keeping their
jobs under the new setup, if they
can qualify.
Some members of Congress don’t
like the plan of revenue commis
sioner John B. Dunlap to rotate
the deputy collectors from one
area to another.
Dunlap told the Senate expendi
tures committee yesterday it is
his intention, if the plan is not re
jected by Congress, to shift the
tax collectors from state to state
so they won’t get too chummy with
tax payers.
Aggie Judging Team Wins
Dairy Cattle Judging Meet
Fort Worth, Jan. 31—UP)—With a score of 1,652 of a
possible 2,100 points, a dairy cattle judging team from Texas
A&M won high honors in senior college judging at the South
western Exposition and Fat Stock Show Wednesday.
Henry Haisier led his team by winning high individual
honors. Charles Browning, Texas Tech, was second high
individual. Browning’s team also placed second in team
scoring while Mississippi State College third and Oklahoma
A&M fourth.
Oklahoma A&M College, however, was top jersey judg
ing team with 743. Texas Tech placed second with 714;
Mississippi State third with 698 and Texas A&M fourth with
695. ■ ^¥3:1 i
Charles Browning took top honors in individual Jersey
judging.
Dimes Benefit Set
By Promenaders
The Promenaders, College Sta-
tion-Bryan square dance club, is
sponsoring a March of Dimes bene
fit square dance at the Bryan
Country Club Saturday night at 8.
No admission will be charged,
but contributions and donations for
refreshments, which are donated
by Promenader members, will go
to the March of Dimes fund.
The general chairman for the
dance is Mrs, Lola Thompson.
Hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Luther, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dela-
plane, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Fol-
weiler, Mrs. Carl Lyman, C. E.
Sandstedt, Mi', and Mrs. D. D.
Burchard, and Mr. and Mrs. Ewing
Brown.
Top Performers
In Rotary Show
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writer
Miss Jqsie Harmon, talented
young pianist, will be one of the
feature attractions of the Rotary
Variety Show Program Feb. 7-8
according to H. W. Barlow, dean
of the school of engineering, who
is in charge of the show.
She was a guest artist with the
Houston Symphony Orchestra in
the summer of 1951 and was also
district winner of the contest spon
sored by the Gulf Sulphur Com
pany, Dean Barlow added.
Last Rites Set
For Fouraker,
Friday 10 a, m.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Friday at the Hillier
Funeral for Leroy L. Fouraker,
59, who died late Wednesday.
He was stricken while playing
golf Wednesday afternoon and was
taken to his home. Fouraker died
at 6 p.m. in his sleep.
“Pappy”, as was fondly called
by his students, had taught at A&M
for the past 31 years. Fouraker
was a graduate! of A&M, Class of
1914. He received both his Bache
lor’s and Master’s degrees of Elec
trical Engineering at A&M.
Fouraker served in World War
I. He was captured by the Germans
and was liberated from a, German
prisoner-of-war camp at the end
of the War. He returned to Ger
many, immediately following World
War II to teach in the Army Uni
versity at Biarritz.
Fouraker was a member of the
American Society of Illuminating
Engineers and the Institute of
Electrical Engineers.
His immediate survivors are his
wife, Laura; a daughter, Linda,
both of Bryan; and a son Lawrence,
Pennsylvania.
Other survivors include a twin
brother, Raymond S. Fouraker,
Raleigh, N. C., and four other bro
thers and four sisters.
Critics have acclaimed her as a
brilliant young pianist and one of
the brightest stars to appear in
this field of music in a long while.
Her technique is coupled with
an equal talent for interpreting
the works of composers with depth
and sensitivness usually accom
plished only by mature artists
Houston critics said.
Top Performance
Her appearance will be one of
the outstanding musical attractions
in this community for 1952, Dean
Barlow said.
“Darwin, thet Magician,” with
his feats of magic, mystification,
and slight-of-hand will also be fea
tured on the show Dean Barlow
pointed out.
Darwin, who now resides in Luf
kin, started his career as a magi
cian in Florida.
In his first year as a magician,
Weatherman
Truce Negotiators Start
Last Round of Talks
^ Wnnean TCnvoo .T«m 31—i/P)— mand for withdrawing foreign graphs covered Thursday. Nuckols
I). I. Eidenmiller
You just spin this and get the humidity, says the weatherman.
• •
! Munsan, Korea, Jan. 31— ( /P)
I The Allies today proposed that
I truce negotiators tackle yet an-
^ other problem, the final clause of a
: Korean armistice.
This is recommendations to bel-
1 ligerent governments, including ul
timate withdrawal of foreign troops
j from Korea. 'The Communists have
; been wanting to talk about it since
j the truce negotiations began.
| If the Reds accept, it would
mean every key armistice problem
would be under discussion simul
taneously in a three-tent perform
ance.
Negotiators have been deadlock
ed for weeks on agenda items three
and four, supervision of a truce
and’ exchange of prisoners. But
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, senior
Alied delegate, suggested simul
taneous negotiations on item five
in an effort to speed the signing
of a truce.
Withdrawal Item
The recommendations section
was included in the conference
agenda to meet a Communist de-
A&M and the Weather
Put Away Your Almanac Pa!
Thar’s a Scientific Way
Citrus growers in the Rio Grande fruit can only stand freezing tem-
Valley have learned it pays to un
derstand the weather, for citrus
AF Commissions Open
To Technical Students
College graduates possessing
scientific or engineering education
are eligible to apply for appojuU
ment as Second Lieutenant in the
Air Force Reserve, Col. E. W. Nap
ier, PAS&T, announced.
Applicants who have completed
at least three and one half years
at an accredited college or univer
sity in courses leading to a bac
calaureate degree and who are
majoring in engineering, mathema
tics, physics, chemistry, or such
other specialties, which may be
required by the Air Force from
time to time, may apply for ap
pointment at the present time. Ap
plicants should have the under
standing that such applicant will
not, even though he is considered
favorably, be tendered an appoint
ment until a final transcript of
scholastic record has been submit
ted showing evidence that appli
cant has been awarded a baccal
aureate degree.
Qualifications and disqualifica
tions other than those mentioned
above are as follows:
• The applicant must be less
thah 27 years of age at time of ap
plication. .•
• Must be medically qualified
for service as a commissioned offi
cer.
® Must possess high moral char
acter and personal qualifications.
® Must be a . citizen of the Unit
ed States.
• Persons in attendance at, or
eliminated for disciplinary reason
from, an officer candidate school,
the Air Force Reserve Officers’
Training Corps, or an aviation
cadet training class, or any other
officer training program normally
leading to a commission in arjy of
the Armed Forces of the United
States, are not eligible. Persons eli
minated for other .reasons may ap
ply. However, appointment may
not be effected until after date of
graduation of the class from which
they were eliminated.
® Persons who have been order
ed to report for processing under
the Selective Service Act are not
eligible to apply.
peratures for about four hours.
This statement was made by D.
I. Eidemiller, who is in charge of
a weather station recently built
by the geography department on
top of the Chemistry Building.
Weather plays an important part
in Texas industry, Eidemiller said.
“Textile mills are concerned with
relative humidity, because if the
moisture content of the air changes
too much f the fibers will break.”
Students Observe Weather
To give students at A&M the
opportunity to observe record,
and understand weather data, the
geography department is offering
this spring a course in climatory,
called Geography 310.
“Although the course deals with
climate, a knowledge of the weath
er is essential in order to under
stand the climate,” Eidemiller
pointed out.
A lack of understanding of the
weather prompts many people to
act as follows, Eidemiller said:
“When the humidity is high, the
water cooler is turned on which
adds more water to the air, and
increases the occupants’ discom
fort.”
Over $750 of equipment is lo
cated inside the white, wooden
weather shelter, and includes such
automatic recording instruments
as the following:
A thermograph used for regis
tering temperatures, a hygrother-
mograph for relative humidity and
temperatures, and a barogi’aph for
variations in atmosphere pressure,
anemometer with a wind vane for
determining wind velocity and di
rection, a rain gauge for measur
ing rain fall, and an assortment of
specialized thermometers.
Former Navy Man
The instructor in the course came
to A&M in the fall of 1949. Eide
miller served in the Navy as an
aerogologist from 1942-46. He re
ceived his BA and MA in geogra
phy from the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley in 1942 and
1948.
troops from Korea. The U.N. re
fused to consider troop withdrawal
as part of an armistice, but final
ly agreed to consider such a recom
mendation to governments involv
ed in the Korean war. The ques
tion then would be settled on a
higher, political level.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
official U.N. spokesman, said he
believes the Reds also plan to pre
sent a recommendation for final
settlement of the Korean question
at a higher level.
He declined to say whether the
Allies would submit recommenda
tions if a third tent is set up at
Panmunjom.
Working Draft
In a letter to North Korean Gen.
Nam II, Joy suggested that if the
Reds are willing to start talking
about item five now, they draw
up a detailed working draft for
the subcommittee to use as a basis
of discussion.
Joy pointed out that the U.N.
already has supplied drafts on
truce supervision and prisoner ex
change, and item five was initiated
by the Communists.
Joy’s letter to Nam II was hand
ed to North Korean Col. Chang
Chun San by Air Force Col. An
drew J. Kinney after a three hour
staff officers’ discussion of truce
supervision terms.
The truce supervision subcom
mittee is in recess while staff
officers try to hammer out an
agreement on all points except the
hotly-contested U.N. proposal for
banning airfield construction dur
ing an armistice.
The officers spent most of
Thursday’s session studying the
Allied proposal for organization
and operation of the military ar
mistice commission.
Move Rapidly
Col. Don O. Darrow told cor
respondents “I think we accom
plished quite a bit.”
He said there was “no major
disagreement” and “we clarified
minor points.”
The Communists made no ob
jections to most of the 18 para-
said changes they suggested were.
minor.
The Reds did not object to a
U.N. proposal to reduce from 15
to five the number of observer
teams which would police the 2%
mile wide buffer zone.
The staff officers have not yet
started talking about the neutral'
nations inspection teams to check
ports of entry in North and South.
Korea.
Fing er Painter
Remonstrates
Here Tuesday
Clyde C. Clack, finger paint
artist, will exhibit some of his
work and demonstrate finger
painting technique in the Me
morial Student Center As
sembly Room at 7:30 p.m., Tues
day, February 5.
Tables and materials will be fur
nished for all those who wish, to
try finger painting for themseves,
Mrs. Ralph 'Terry, Art Gallery
Committee advisor, said this morn
ing. 7
“Anyone interested in finger
painting or in watching Clack’s
demonstration is extended a cord
ial invitation by the Art Gallery
Committee,” Mrs. Terry said.
Clack’s appearance at A&M is
part of the regular Art Gallery
Committee program of exhibitions
and personal appearances sponsor
ed by that group each year.
Give Corpus Credit in Win
Battalion in Error, Didn J
A short time ago, The Battalion
committed a grave error. It gave
credit to Galveston for winning
the National Meltathon when the
credit should have gonfe to Corpus
Christi.
It all happened in an Associated
Press article of Jan. 16 much to the
dismay of the Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce.
In a letter to the editor of The
Battalion, Jeff E. Bell, manager
of the Corpus Christi Chamber of
Commerce, pointed out the Corpus
Christi melting time was 12 hour’s
and 26 minutes and Galveston’s 12
hours and 45 minutes.
Like a true chamber of commerce
man, he said “Galveston put their
ice on tile street at 9 a. m.“instead
of 10 a. m., as specified by the
rules committee.
“This gave Galveston one hour
more of sunshine, which permitted
them to narrow the margin to 19
minutes, placing second to Corpus
Christi.”
The moral of the story is “On
Jan. 16 it was hotter in Corpus
than it was in Galveston.”
Pioneer Doctor
Hines Clark,’95
Died in Wichita
Hines Clark, of Crowell,
Texas, class of 1895, and pion
eer Foard County physician,
died Tuesday, Jan. 22, in a
Wichita Falls hospital.
Dr. Clark was honored only last
month for his 51 years of service
in the Crowell community. He re
mained active until last Sunday,
when he suffered a heart attack.
Dr. Clark served overseas in
World War I. He also held a com
mission ip the .Texas National
Guard and served as surgeon with
the 142nd Infantry until his re
lease from active duty in 1941.
Surviving are his wife; two sons,
Dr. Dan H. Clark and Dr. Charles
S. Clark, both of Corpus Christi;
two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Male
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. James
C. Cumiey of Dallas, and eleven
grandchildren.
The big day finally came when the newest build
ing on the campus was ready to move into.
Movers spent several days getting all of the
equipment transferred from the president’s old
offices in the Academic Building to the new
quarters on the second floor of the new Admin
istration Building. On the far left, the drey-men
carry in the furniture through the front door of
the building. In the center, Dr. C. C. French,
dean of the college, watches and opens a door
for movers bringing in a desk. On the far
right, Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the
college, shows his new office to Dr. French.