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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1952)
Page 4 Ai 7C Americ flight today i near tl Anot ably di The tie wa Sabre 70 Mb their ] ■ “We and b( an Ai: It jets s lots d An< Mancj being saaid it su< and i Fig tinue up tl in so Tli 1,50( nortj east< was “Lul poin beer t; thei Tue T Bt '■ir, tei >11 01 da £= PJ o: G Battalion Editorials Page 2 THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 Income Tax Was "Waterloo’ For Kansas City Politico Talent from Other Schools (Continued from Page 1) a hillbilly vocalist, and an original monologue act. Chance to Live A YOUNG second lieutenant was out on the front line dur- ing some of the bitterest fighting in Korea recently, when suddenly a bullet ripped through his stomach. This was the first time he had ever been hurt. Sure when he was a kid, he broke his arm—but this was different. It seemed a little odd to lay there with his brain still opera ting at full speed—and still see his guts spilled out on the ground. Men in his outfit saw he was wounded and called a corps—man to help the young shave-tail out. Those medics are really on the ball. It wasn’t more than thirty minutes before he was back at a battalion aid station and receiving medical treatment. In a matter of hours he was aboard one of the Air For ces big hospital-planes being carried to a hospital in Japan. “Golly,” he thought, “I’m still alive.” During the second war his brother received just about the same kind of a wound—but he is sleeping the eternal sleep in a military cemetery. The doctor, who was aboard the plane, told the young officer he was out of danger. It was funny the Lieutenant thought, the same kind of a wound as his brother received during the other war—yet he was still living. The secret was the lieutenant had received one of the latest of medical treatments—whole blood transfusions. The Army is sending daily shipments of whole blood from the United States to the men on the front line. The only holdup is that you have to have a donor before you can get the blood. Students and residents of College Station will have a chance to donate blood March 11 and 12 when the Red Cross Bloodmobile returns to the A&M Campus. Donors will give the blood in the YMCA from 12 noon to 6 p.m. each day. Don’t forget—most of the students have signed a con tract with the rich uncle promising to serve for a number of years if called to do so. It would be a shame for the blood to run out when you’re on the battlefield. By ED HOLDER Battalion Staff Writer from TSCW, NTSC, SMU, and the University of Houston. Master of Ceremonies will be ^ A&M Freshman Jerry Schnepp Commg from Texas University from Houstoili M fore his resignation he had almost tion, who was among the four a l so w di be Miss Mac Corrigan, T, TC -n> i -j • -'ils completely run the city by himself, people killed on the fateful elec- who was mistakenly reported by The MSC s usual b nday night . T , . . . tion day in the spring of 1934. MSC publicity men in yesterday’s presentation of Rue Pinalle will Thomas J. Pendergast, infamous FOLLOWING McElroy m quick Battalion to be one of four male not be held because of the Talent politician of Kansas City, was in- succession came resignations and This brought the eyes of the performers from the University. Show, Boyce Holmes, MSC Dance dieted April 7, 1939, for evasion desertions all down the line, from federal agents to rest on the Pen- Miss Corrigan, who will do some Committee chairman and Rue Pin- of income taxes. the top of the giant machine to dergast machine. When they found Spanish dancing for the audience, a ke manager, has announced. Government officials claimed in the very bottom. proof of illegal actions on the j s a senior elementary education A dance will be held in the Ball court that Pendergast failed to Perhaps the reason for the de- Boss’s part, they stepped in quick- major from Laredo. r0 om folowintr the show so that, make a return on $315 000 which sertions and resignations was the ly and accurately and Boss Pen- Besides the University) perform- A&M students may meet the visit- he received in 1935 and 1936. His fact that it wasn t any small-town dergast quickly stumbled out. • ,, T i t c. p. h nerformers entire rotten machine was exposed, Police force who had “put the fing- els m the lalent bhow WU come inff P erformers . right down to the lowest man on er” on Pendergast, it was the De- the ladder, the common man. partment of Treasury. This man had such a thorough In the trial of Pendergast and and perfect machine, that many *ns associates, several incidents of people were carrying out his or- the past were directly connected ders without the slightest know- w-ith the machine. One of the ledge of their actions. bloodiest was happenings of the TOP MEN in the organization ele ^ tions in the ^ rin f of , i 93 ?- , were personal friends of the Gangsters, indirectly hired by “Boss.” These men were influen- Lendeigast patioiled the stieets tial, and did favors for Pendergast F s j*:, P 0O Pl c 'oted. Ihose in return for the many favors he "J 10 4idn t want to vote we. performed for them. He owned a cement mixing com pany, and for many years furnish ed all the cement which was used in Kansas City. ere carri ed to their precint voting boxes and directed to cast their*ballots immediately. THOSE WHO wanted to vote, but in the “wrong way,” were This w r as only one of the many thrown from the precinct houses, sources of fabulous income which beaten up, and sent on their not-so- he controlled. The money for which merry way. Four people were slain he was indicted, came from 14 fire on this day, tivo of them policemen, insurance companies -which were Why didn’t the people fight the “interested in the disposition of Boss? Many of them liked him. He $8,000,000 impounded by the state gave them jobs during the depres- of Missouri in a controversy over sion ivhen they were out of work, rates.” and he gave them food and medi- ANOTHER source was the re- ci ‘ ic when they couldn’t work at turns from all corrupt practices in all. Their jobs were obtained the city, such as prostitution, gam- through the operation of his many bling, night clubs, and the fam- construction companies, ous “speak easy” of this era. Even if someone didn’t like the When the Boss was indicted, he Boss and wanted to say something pleaded not quilty, but at the trial, about it, there wasn’t much he he changed his plea to guilty in could do. The objector always had the income tax evasion case. to think about his business, the He was sentenced to 15 months fines which might hit it for var- in federal prison and fined $10,000. ious reasons, the high taxes which He had already agreed to pay could very easily be levied, and $372,807.10 in restitution of the alawys he must think of the evaded taxes, plus quite a size- safety of his family, able *um in penalties. WHAT WAS Bendergast’s big- Thc Boss changed his plea chief- gest mistake? He was responsible ly for one reason. Henry F. Me- for, although in a very indirect Elroy, city manager of Kansas way, the slaying of an agent of City for 13 years, had resigned. Be- the Federal Bureau of Investiga- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Complaints About Editorial Aggie Grandad Editor, The Battalion: My grandad was an Aggie, my dad was an Aggie, and by gosh. I’m mad. I came to this school to be a senior, and I’m tired of a bunch of headstrong realists telling me to go read a funny book. I came here to inflate my ego, not to use silly reasoning. One of the most precious, important, and thrilling TRADITIONS we have, is to let the seniors run the Corps, admin istration, and student life. Let’s leave it that way. H. R, Drimedulle ’52 C. A: F. 567 Democracy in Action Editor, The Battalion: We certainly are glad A&M has suddenly become a democracy. Now we no longer have to wait for the juniors and seniors to eat. No more speaking or spirits. No more CQ or bull ring. No more inspec tions, drill, or hiding beer when the KK’s come by. Gig ’em New Army.’ Sincerely, Lane Hintz ’54 Don Portie ’55 J. B. Vargas ’54 Jim Magee ’55 Shades of Old Batts Editor, the Battaion: Your editorial in today’s (March 4) Batt is very amusing —■ even more than your recent safari into the lands of Hans Christian Ander son. Your warning rings out from bold-point type “it can happen here.” It appears to us, Mr. Edi tor, that it has happened here. You point out that we do not take the proper amount of interest in student affairs, which is obvious ly true or a group of men with half the IQ’s that college students are supposed to have would not have allowed the editorial staff, the Bat talion now displays, to even reach that high office, much less con tinue after its policies were made public. There are two factions existing in a school such as we have here— and in our case they are usually opposed. One faction is the school officials and policy-makers which has many publications, official and otherwise, to voice its view to the public. This leaves the other fac tion, the students, with only loud unheeded wails with which to sing its woes. To remedy this sit uation, back in O. A. (Old Army) 1878, the students began publish ing the ancestor of the Battalion (which is probably writhing in the morgues with every new issue of its great grand child) as a voice The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradition* "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 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 examination and vacation periods. Sub scription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second - class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Ser vices Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial offiae, rooms 201 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use 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. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin Associate Editor Bill Streich Managing Editor Bob Selleck Sports Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, Jim Ashlock, Jerry Bennett, Gardner Collins, Billy Cobble Don Copeland, J. A. Damon, Wayne Dean. Phil Gougler. Joe Hipp, Ben F. Holub, Ed. M. Holder, Charles Neighbors, Royce Price, Dave Roberts, Gene Steed, Ben M. Stevens, John Thomas, Ide Trotter, Edgar Watkins, Bert Weller Staff Writers Mason L. Cashion, Roddy Peebles, H. A. Cole Staff Photographers Frank Manitzas Editorial Assistant Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillippus, Joe Blanchette .Sports Writers Rudy Aguilar Chief Photo-Engraver Russell Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Venable Advertising Representative Sam Beck Circulation Manager of the unheard. Today, for reasons strong men shudder to think of, the torch of unintimidated journ alism sputters low. The unbiased coverage and “guts” crusading that the very profession is based on has, on this campus, metamor- phasized into a mealy-mouthed echo. “The BATTALION, publish ed in the interest of a greater A&M College,”—a voice from the past, the whisper of a tormented soul doomed to wander unheard until . . . ? We don’t know, but we think you have found the answer, surely though accidently. We, the students, have sat too long say ing “it couldn’t happen here.” Bob Travis ’53 Dave Richardson ’53 Apology Needed Editor, The Battalion: In an editorial in the March 4th Battalion, you made some rash statements. First that the actions of certain men living in Dormitory 8 were illegal in the recent Stu dent Senate elections, and second, that in your opinion these men should have taken your initial editorial quietly without any at- temmpt to show their side of the issue in question. In your more recent editorial, you inferred that the uppei-class- men of the outfits involved had dictated the outcome of the elec tion to the underclassmen of these three outfits. In our company, in a meeting held the night of the elections, the underclassmen were told that in addition to the name printed on the ballot there was an other man in the running. They were also told that if they had any reason to vote for the candidate on the ballot, they were absolutely free to do so, but that if they did not have a reason, wo would ap preciate their vote for the write in candidate. I ask you, Mr. Editor, is this obtaining votes by dictation or duress ? “If the members of the student body condone such illegal elections as the one staged in Dormitory 8, ...” is a harsh statement to make in an editorial unless proof is on hand to back it up; however, no where in your editorial was I able to find even a hint of this proof. I think that unless you are able to publish proof, you owe the men of Dorm. 8 an apology in the form of a retraction of your two editor ials on the subject. John A. Beyer ’52 Back-Up Illegal Editor. The Battalion: Your most recent editorials have been directed against the seniors of Dorm 8 for what you call illegal action in the last Student Senate election. The replies you are get ting to these editorials are the results of indignation against your wild imagination rather than any pain caused by the “truth hurt ing.” Should you by some chance of fate decide to tell the truth, you would be forced to contradict your previous editorials and commend these same seniors for doing what they considered right, fair, and for the best interest of Dorm 8. # In the first place, the most ef ficient operation of the Student Senate can be accomplished best if this group is not class-minded as it undoubtedly would be if a sophomoi'e were to become a mem ber. Furthermore, three and one- half years at A&M is a better qualification than a year and a half here. This idea is not con fined to A&M alone, since the Uni ted States Senate practices this “Nazi” trick of allowing seniority for years of sendee by giving the senior senators the more important offices. According to your editorial, the election itself was illegal. You should realize that even the low ly editor of a school paper is not (See LETTERS, Page 4) Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests No. 36...THE OTTER i \ IT i A usually mild-mannered and easy-going lad, he really made the fur fly when he realized the trickiness of most of the so-called cigarette mildness tests! He knew there was one honest test of cigarette mildness. Millions of smokers everywhere know, too — there’s one true test! It’s the sensible test . . • the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Cameb as your steady smoke — on a pack-after-pack, day-after-day basis. No snap judgments! 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