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Battalion Editorials LEAP YEAR’S PRIZE CATCH Page 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1952 Brother’s Mood DICK ANY American along the street and ask him, “Do you * hate the people you work with, shop with, live with ?” His quick answer will be, “Don’t be silly. Of course, not. I get along fine with everybody.” That’s part of the American tradition. We get along fine with everybody. The counterman in the grocery, the waitress in the restaurant, the fellow at the next bench or desk, as well as the man across the street and his wife and children, they’re all alike to us. They’re all neighbors. The idea of getting along with people is an old Ameri- ican custom. Nevertheless, one week out of the year we an nounce publicly that we don’t care what a man’s creed, color or national origin is; he’s our neighbor. That’s Brotherhood Week. In the face of this, somebody is bound to ask, “Why have Brotherhood Week? It’s what we do all the year.” Well, it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves that this is a great country. It suits us fine. We live in it and love it. Of course, we’d like the rest of the world to feel peaceable toward us, but until that happy day we’ll do our best to keep the peace here and among our friends abroad. In the meanwhile, most of us feel there isn’t much we can do to change the world. It’s a little too big for any of us to handle by ourselves. The average fellow says. “That’s a job for the big shots. I’ll tend to my own business.” But the peace of the world is part of our business today, even if most of us don’t know what we can do about it. This year the National Conference of Christians and By DWIGHT R. G. PALMER President, General Cable Corporation WITHIN the limits of common decency, no holds were barred in the attempt to isolate and identify the bacteria of mutual prejudice Every industrial plant, large or anc j interracial myths, and then to small, mirrors the tensions and examine the pesky creatures under the prejudices of its particular re- t] le microscope of frank discussion. T , -.it ,. . . gion and locality. Employers and \y e termed it a “pilot project” in Jews has come up With a happy suggestion. You can pledge a union leaders who try earnestly the study and cure of bias. pint of your blood in Brotherhood Week. There isn’t a better to break through the crust of pre- when the unreasoned antagon- way for Americans to show they mean brotherhood as a ; i udice are often enough stymied isms were brought into the open, working - idea ^ -V 1 ’ es ‘ stance down the line, m some b ow they seemed picayune. 6 the rank and tile of their person- mv w v,;+ PC . ..hnnt Give a pint of your blood for your neighbor who might nel. Even during the war, when Negl . oes and vice versa; of Chris t. need it or for someone caught in a disaster. Never mind his manpower was one of the critical ians abou t j e ws and Vice versa, color or his religion, if he needs /our blood to live. Or give bottIeneck s, tkei ' e were white turned out in most cases to be not your blood for a soldier in Korea. He may be one of our theh^work-benches^with blaTk misinformation but plain silIi ' American boys, or he may be a Turk or a Greek, a Canadian workers. or a Britisher. Whoever he is, he needs blood because he’s it i s a microcosm of the commun- IN 0UR CASE the first real been lighting so that there can be peace in th world. ity of which TL aYet thei <*«*«» ** If you want to do something real for Brotherhood Week, ore few leaders m labor and man- s “ lrit jf cooperation with other contact Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy at his office. If you ^ftiorTto^' rid their communities em P lo y ees and with the manage- want to have a light and happy heart, be a good neighbor who of the bigotry which breeds these aient - Tensions seemed to ease up. means it. Pledge your blood for brotherhood.- TrentonTimes tensions. FORTUNATELY, the inter-rela- scrap figures improved, grievances tion between industry and com- did not come up so often, munity works both ways. On the The undertaking had the merit one hand, what labor and manage- that it was a specific, tangible, ment can do in a giyen plant is practical effort in a domain where limited by conditions outside. On generalizations and noble cliches the other hand, every advance in go often serve as a substitute for their own plant helps to improve concrete action; where fine words conditions outside. sometimes cover up intertia and With this in mind, a unique pro- feai ‘- The P i,ot Project demonstrat- ShowtThie Classical Music Made Popular at Box Office By BERT WELLER Battalion Staff Writer “Of Men and Music” and fea- turette “The Guest.” Twentieth Century-Fox. Guion Hall, Thurs day and Friday. the beauty of great ject was launched in 1949 by the ed ^ ia * we mu st see a danger bc- National Conference of Christians fore we can see through it. and Jews. The organization Scores of plants across our land brought together a representative kave been smart enough to cash assortment of people drawn from a Jn 011 the dividends available to recreates music. Make Ammends Twentieth Century-'Fox has at tempted to make ammends tor single industrial plaIlt They were them through these labor-mahage-j this slight to great music and toe encourag . ed to talk about their ment projects — dividends of the artists that perform it In Of racial and religious antagonisms human spirit and dividends in bet- Hollywood producers, in their de- Men and Music,” attempt is made votion to sure-fire box office hits to present various artists, not on featuring the usual combination of the concert stage, but in their own At first, the plant management sex and violence, have largely homes-or in the rehearsal halls, had a feeling that there was no ignored the field of classical music. , need to undertake a project of this The pictures which have featured Thc I,,ct “ rc offer / ‘‘ "’’"'Z kM- They thought that the em- thc music of thc masters have ^ "'°i h PlWtotl "» t«M*m of human usually been cluttered up with the C;1 es 1US1C 111 s " , v ’ 11 5 relations and that they seemed to same devotion to sensationalism be working together harmoniously, or overly romantic plot complica tions. ter efficiency of plant operation. the concert-goer never has the op portunity to witness. Piano vir tuoso, Arthur Rubenstein, plays THE EMPLOYEES thought that Mendelssohn’s “Spinning Song,” it was just another crazy idea of In these pseudo-classical music Liszt’s “Libestraum,” and Chopin’s management, and though they did pictures, the hero or heroine fakes “C sharp minor Waltz” and “A not understand the need for it the actual performance scenes major Polonaise.” (thinking of themselves, as we all while some concert artist does all Jan Peerce appears next in two do, as very acceptable people), they the work in a sound studio for solo works. He is featured in the were willing to go along on the about half the money. As a result, aria, “0 Paradiso” from the opera, basis that is was a lark, many of the rewarding experien- “L’Africana” by Meyerbeer and the The project changed this atti- ces of listening to a good concert Mattinata by Leoncavallo. tude. As an experimental project have been largely missing. The Nadine Conner, also of the Met- it was staged at the Perth Am- movie-goer misses the thrill of ropolitan Opera Company, then b 0 y, New Jersey, plant of the Gen watching the hand and facial ex- presents an aria from Don Pas- era l Cable Corporation. Perth Am- pressiions of a great artist as he (See CLASSICAL MUSIC, Page 4) boy is an all-American community. It includes Americans of nearly every color, creed and national background. It is a mixture if there ever was one. The group selected for the project included representatives of management and trade unions, foremen and benchhands, Negroes and whites, Catholics, Protestants and Jews, native-born and foreign-born. The project consisted of ten ses sions, with a guest “resource” per- The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College oi Texes, is published by students five times a week during the regrular school year. During the summer terms. The Battalion is published four times a week, and durinj ixamination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Mondaj through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip- gon and about thirty plant people tion rates $6.00 per year or $.60 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request, j. i. tune i rt BOGART mmk Time’s McNaughton to Talk On Washington Personalities Big Industry Shows Prejudice at Work Frank McNaughton, Capitol cor respondent of the Washington Bu reau of Time magazine will speak in the Memorial Student Center assembly room on February 28. Sponsored by the A&M Journal ism Club, McNaughton’s topic will be “Washington Personalities that Make the News.” Following the speech, he will hold an informal discussion with members of the Journalism Club only. Joining the Washington Bureau of Time in 1941 after serving as Capitol Hill reporter for the Unit ed Press, McNaughton has covered Congress longer than most of its members have been in office. He has written 36 “cover stories” for Time including verbal port raits of Senator George, Paul Douglas, Dean Acheson and Rob ert Taft. His “Man of the Year” story on General Marshall which appeared in the January 5, issue Frank McNaughton of Time prompted Mrs. Marshall to call it, “The: most definitive story on the General I ever read.” Besides Writing, McNaughton has worked on other Time proj ects, the most recent being the telecasting of thc Kefauver Crime Hearings in 1951. Written Two Books In addition to writing two books, “This Man Truman” and “Harry Truman, President,” he wgs a reg ular panel member of “Meet the Press” television program dilring the past two years. Although McNaughton has made lasting friendship! with prominent political personalities, he also has known such people of questionable repute as Harvey Bailey, Albert j Bates, “Machjne-Gun” Kelly and “Pretty-Boy” Floyd. McNaughton attended thc Uni versity of Missouri, majoring iiw literature, history and philosc —9 Mr. Merchant... Try thc Battalion for the best results! 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Rights of republication of all other mattei herein are also reserved. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin Associate Editor Bill Streich Managing Editor Bob Selleck — Sports Editor Frank Davis City Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, B. R. Briggs, Benny Holub, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter Edgar Watkins, Carl Posey, 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 Russel! Hagens. Advertising Manager Robert Haynle .Advertising Representative (Lain Beck.... - * Circulation Manager OPS Officials In Bryan Thursday Representatives of the Houston District Office of Price Stabiliza tion will be in Bryan Thursday, to aid businessmen of the area com plete their filings in order to ful ly comply with price regulations. The OPS price specialists will be at the Chamber of Commerce from 9 a. m. until noon to aid building, plumbing, electrical, painting and decorating contractors who have not completed their OPS filing re quirements. A similar meeting will be held from 1 p. m. until 4 p. m. for dealers in both new and used pas senger automobiles. LI’L ABNER QOO0 OLE. RELIABLE MAMMY yOKUMlf ' (Jacqueline dempsey.'.' AH BET MAH LIFE. SAVIN'S ON HER/'/’ Enemy Of The People By A1 Capp