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ASS'N FORMER^SIUDENTS 4 copies f .e. Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 109: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952 Published By A&M Students For 74 Years Price Five Cents Blood Drive Goal Set Over 300 Pints Petroleum Scholarship Winners Over 300 pints of blood from ^ students and residents of College | Station and vicinity is the goal of Vthe two day blood drive opening at A&M Tuesday. The campaign for blood donations will last through Wednesday. Tuesday’s visit to the campus will be the third of the school year for the Red Cross Bloodmobile from Beaumont. In the two pre vious trips here, 173 persons do nated blood for soldiers fight in Korea. x-The Bloodmobile, which comes S ! the Southeast Texas Defense )d Center, will be set up at the YMCA Tuesday and Wednes day from 12 noon until C p. m. each day. “This is an opportunity for in dividuals 18 years or older to ♦Tiake a real contribution to their country,” W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, said yesterday “Blood is a constant and vital need of our men on the battle fields.” Students Urged to Give Penberthy urged all students over 18, staff members of the col lege, and residents of College Sta tion and vicinity to help in meeting the quota of 196 donors per day. Students between the ages of 18 and 21 must secure the permission of their parent or guardian before donating blood. Forms for this purpose may be secured from the first sergeant of each unit of the cadet corps or from house masters in the no-military dormitories. Members of the college staff and residents of the community may be placed on the donor list by calling at the office of the dean of men on the first floor of Goodwin Hall. Residents will be assigned the hour when their donations may be given vt this time, Penberthy said. Requirements * Requirements for blood dona tions are: All ages between 21 and 59. Those under 21 may donate by se curing written permission of par ent or guardian. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds. Extremely obese persons may be accepted if they have per mission of physician. Temperature, pulse, blood pressure and hemo globin must be approximately nor mal. - Prospective donors will • be re jected if they have received a blood transfusion within the last six months or .if they have donated blood within the past eight weeks. With certain exceptions, as de termined by the attending physi cian, donors will be rejected if they have had h major surgical opera tion or a tooth extj'action within the last six months. • Pregnant women, those who have been in childbirth within one year, and nursing mothers will be re jected as donors. Reasons For Rejection The following conditions are also causes for rejection: Malaria with in two years, tuberculosis, diabetis, undulant fever or prolonged fever, rheumatic fever, eczma, acute der matitis, poison ivy, acute acne, boils or any other prominent skin disease, any form of heart trouble, kidney disease, chronic pulmonary disease, jaundice or jaundice within six months, allergy, hives, asthma, (See BLOOD, Page 4) ress nores Three senior petroleum scholarship awards were presented to A&M students' for their outstanding scholarship, leadership, character and good citi zenship. The awards were presented by the Stan dard Oil Company of Texas and the Magnolia Petroleum Company. Left to right, W. M. Sar gent of Fort Worth; John Domercq Jr., vice- president. Standard Oil Company of Texas; Jul ian C. Herring of Abilene; Baxter 1). Honeycutt of Pick; a and I). V. Carter, chief petroleum en gineer, Msguolla Petroleum Company. Sargent, Honeycutt and Herring, winners, are senior pet roleum engineering students. President’s Speech On Cutting Budget Washington, March 7 — •■d? 1 — President Truman’s one-two “Sun day punch” for his $7,900,000,000 (B) foreign aid program left Con gress members still talking about scaling it down today, almost as, if nothing had happened. Even administration supporters conceded they were in for a rough time. The President led off with a 7,500 word special message to Con gress yesterday noon declaring ev ery single dollar of the amount he asked for was needed to meet the threat of Russian Communism. Then he went on a far-ranging network of radio and television last night to carry his plea direct to the American people. Senators Claim ‘Politics’ Although the President said “we’d be better off to win the fight against Communism than to win any particular election,” some sen- Red Negotiators Hope To 4 Stretch Armistice’ Red Trial Goes Into 20th Day Los Angeles, March 7—UP) The federal conspiracy trial of * California’s 15 top Commun ists goes into its 20th day to day and court observers are r.till waiting for fireworks. * Legal legerdemain and verbal gymnastics have stretched the case considerably, but thus far all at torneys have displayed model de portment. This is in contrast to the 1948 York trial of the party’s 11 nT v enal leaders. That wound up witit five defense attorneys* and Eugene Dennis, who defended him self, drawing 30 days to six months in jail for contempt of court. The five defense lawyers and William Schneiderman, the Cali fornia counterpart of Dennis, have been stubborn, but polite. And U. S. Judge William C. Mathes has responded in kind—polite, but stub born. With only the fourth of (lie gov ernment’s more than 40 witnesses coming up, the trial may last long- tfer than the original estimate of three or four months—and tem pers may yet become frayed. The trial began Feb. 1. Munsan, Korea, March 7—<JP)— Communist truce negotiators to day sought to forestall a possible Naval blockade of the Red China coast or an invasion of the main land.. The Reds proposed writing a ban into a Korean armistice. “It seems that what they are trying to do is to stretch the ar mistice agreement to any place in the world where forces in Korea have any territory under their control,” said Col. Don O. Darrow. He said the Reds held that “any military action would be prohib ited, not only in Korea, but in any other place.” During Withdrawing Discussions The Communist maneuver came during a discussion of withdrawing Naval forces from Korean waters during a truce. Harvard-educated Col. Pu Shan proposed deleting specific refer ence to Korea. Darrow said the proposal ap parently was designed primarily to prevent an Allied blockade of the Chinese mainland or an Allied-sup- ported invasion by Chiang Kai- Shek’s Nationalist forces from For mosa. There has been unofficial talk that the U.N. command might at tempt to enforce a Korean truce by threatening to blockade the Chi na coast and bomb Chinese indus trial centers if the Reds violate the armistice. ‘Exploring Idea’ Darrow intimated the Commun ist move could have far reaching effects on the truce negotiations. But he emphasized the Reds migjht be “just exploring the idea.” “Tomorrow they may have a dif ferent view,” Darrow said. The U.N. staff officer told the Communists they apparently were “not aware of the nature of the conflict in Korea.” Should Specify He said both sides “are fighting only in Korea” and to avoid pos sible misinterpretation an armis tice agreement should “clearly specify these limitations.” Darrow said Red negotiators “had practically no arguments to come back to that.” Another truce group negotiating 'prisoner exchange met for almost an hour. It made no headway to ward ending the stalemate over voluntary repatriation. Communist negotiators did ac cept a revised version for exchang ing interned foreign nationals. Lead as Top Outfit A AAA, which has been the top outfit in competitive drill since the first gi’aded review of the school year, still holds the number one spot. The top five outfits and their company commanders are are fol lows: A AAA commanded by Er nie Moglia; White Band command ed by Grover C. Ellisor; B Infan try commanded by Richard F. Semlinger; Maroon Band com manded by Lowell A. Holmes; and B AAA commanded by John Clif ford. ASABAB ‘MADNESS’ TOMORROW A refreshment bar placed inside the mouth of a 12 foot high paper mache monster’s head is one of the many unusual decorations to be used at the Architecture Society’s Annual Beau Arts Ball Saturday at 8 p. m. in Sbisa Jack Brandt, senior architecture major and chairman of decorations said to day. ASABAB, the abbreviated name of the ball, has as its theme this year “Madness”. In carrying out the theme, each class is designing decorations for a particular part of the banquet room. . All architecture students, fac ulty members and their guests are invited, explained Brandt. Admit tance for members of the Archi tecture Society is $1.50, guest tick ets costing $3, he added. At 12 o’clock all members and their guests will be honored with a midnight snack given by the architect’s wives at the Brazos- A&M Club House in Bryan. Party crashers would not be welcomed, Brandt added. R. A. “Rip” Yeager, entertain ment committee chairman, said a combo from the Aggieland Orches tra will provide music and a spec ial group has been set up to “ac tivate” the less lively participants. MSC Talent Show Begins Tonight at 8 Thirteen separate acts will high light the first annual MSC Inter collegiate Talent Show on the stage of the Ballroom tonight at 8. Performers for the show, which is sponsored by the MSC Music Committee, will include male and female vocalists, individual and duo pianists, a modern jazz dancer, Spanish dancer, a hillbilly vocalist, classical and semi-classical vocal ists, and a presentation of an ori ginal monologue. Jerry Schnepp of Houston, will act as master of ceremonies for the talent show with a cast of fourteen students from SMU, TSCW, the University of Houston, NTSC, and the University of Tex as. Under the direction of Miss Bet ty Bolander, MSC program consul tant, the plans for the talent show began last November. With a group from the music committee, Miss Bolander visited Texas col leges last month where each of the schools provided a series of acts from which tonight’s show was selected. Tickets On Sale As a non-profit affair, admission funds will be used to cover the cost of food, lodging, and travel expenses for the student perform ers. Tickets of 50 cents per per son for the show are limited to the 500-seat capacity of the MSC Ballroom. Tickets may be obtained at the ticket booth in the MSC, the Di rectorate Offices, or from any member of the Music Committee, according to Jimmy Rollins music committee chairman. They will also be sold at the door tonight. Larry Hardewicke, senior BA major, and Reese Gallimore, senior history major, are in charge of the arrangements for the buffet sup per following the show and a breakfast the following morning, which are being given for the per formers by the members of the music committee. Dance After Show A dance will be held immediate ly following the show so that A&M students may have an opportunity to meet the performers, according to the publicity committee. Mem bers of the committee are George Berner, Frank Vinz, and Joe Slack, all junior engineering majors. Performers from SMU will in clude three girls. Billie Biggs of Fort Worth will do a modern jazz dance act, Lou Ann Massengale (See TALENT, Page 4) ators and representatives said privately today that he appeared to be injecting politics into the mat ter after asking them to avoid do ing so. Alluding to Congressional threats to slash foreign ai d by billions, Truman told his radio-TV audi ence : “Now I know this is a very pop ular point of view, especially in an election year—just as popular as a campaign pledge to reduce tax es.” ‘National Security Requires’ But he said the $7,900,000,000 re quest was not “a single dollar more than our national security re quires.” Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Ia) told this reporter what the President “really means is they won’t spend a dollar more than the Democratic administration requires to stay in power.” Twa Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mc Mahon of Connecticut and Green of Rhode Island, applauded the Truman appeals but, in separate interviews, agreed they face a stiff fight this year. ‘For Our Security’ “We may spend the money in foreign lands but we’re spending it for our own security,” McMahon said. “It’s politically unpopular to claim oterwise and, this being an election year, we’ll have to fight it out with the full vigor that a great cause demands.” “I think it’s a very well thought- out program,” Green said. “I may question some details but I agree with most of the principles.“ Green said some of his Demo cratic colleagues are “anti-Truman and anti-spend but I don’t see how we can win the cold war on that platform.” In 6 Grass Roots' Poll Truman, Ike Hold Leads Weather Today (Editor's Note—Last week a survey of political sentiment in New Hampshire, showed editors thought the Eisenhower - Taft race would be close withe Eisen hower having and edge. Today, with the primary only four days off, another survey is reported.) Concord, N.H., March 7—(TP)— The second and final newspaper editor’s survey of “grass roots” sentiment in the New Hampshire e Groupfor High School Day The Beaumont A&M Club is i The visitors will be taken on sending the largest number of high j conducted tours of the buildings and facilities of the campus. Dif ferent tours will be offered, ac cording to the field of study the student is interested. Dinner will be in either Duncan or Sbisa Mess Halls. After the ? MILD-CLOUDY WEATHER TODAY: Partly cloudy with no rain. The high yesterday was 69 degrees and the low was 46 degrees. school students here for High School Day, Saturday, March 15, with 43 people expected. Pasadena is sending 41, Fort Worth 35, and Houston 21. All A&M Clubs have not sent in their list of students yet. About 800 are expected, from Texas and Louisiana high schools. Last year, two-thirds of the high school students who attended High School Day returned to A&M the following year as students. The High School Day program begins Saturday morning with registration in Guion Hall. At an orientation meeting after the reg istration, leaders of the student body will speak to the group, ex plaining to them all aspects of life at A&M. E. E. McQuillen will ^ t a 1 k on the Opportunity Award Schol arships and Col. Shelly P. Meyers will discuss the A&M student’s military status. primary election campaign again indicates Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower has a slight lead over Sen. Robert A. Taft today—but by a smaller margin than a week ago. Editors of eight Associated Press member newspapers provid ed the appraisals after taking soundings of sentiment in their counties. At the same time, a majority estimated that President Truman would defeat Sen. Estes Kefauver, of Tennessee, by possibly tree-to- one. New Hampshire voters go to the polls next Tuesday. Taft, Eisenhower, Harold Stas- sen and William R. Schneider, St. Louis attorney, are running in the Republican race. And a slate of delegates favorable to Gen. Doug las MacArthur has been entered. On the Democratic side, Truman and Kefauver are pitted against each other. meal the high school students will be free to visit with home town friends. Sporting Events At 2:39, the “T” Association is sponsoring a sports day. A base ball game, a track meeet, a swim ming meet, a tennis match and a golf match are on the program. An intra-squad football game will be that night on Kyle Field. Housing and transportation for the high school seniors will be ar ranged by the A&M club in their home town. Each boy whose name was turned in to Student Activities has been sent a letter explaining High School Day and a copy of the day’s program. X-Ray Unit Plans Visit to Campus A tuberculosis X-ray machine will be on the campus from March 21-29 in the YMCA lobby to X-ray College Station residents. X-rays will be made from 9 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. All students, employees and resi dents of College Station over 15 years of age are urged to take the X-ray, said Dean W. L. Penberthy, dean of men. There will be no charge, he added. Persons who have been X-rayed before should have a recheck for they may have come in contact with TB in the past year, Penber thy urged. Apart from the slates of dele gates, the voters may mark their ballots in a preferential section of the ballot, known as the “popular ity contest.” Some newspapers conducted their own polls and came out with the following percentages: Claremont Eagle — Eisenhower by 55-45. Last week, “an edge to Eisenhower” without any per centage estimate. Concord Monitor — Eisenhower 50, Taft, 45, MacArthur and Stas- sen combined, 5. Last week, Eis enhower by 52-48. Dover Democrat — Eisenhower 55; Taft 40; MacArthur and Stas- sen combined, 5. Same as last week. Keene Sentinel—Eisenhower by 52-48. Last week, 50-50. Laconia Citizen 50-50. Last week, “inconclusive findings.” Manchester Union-Leader —• SO SO. Same as last week.— Nashua Telegraph—50-50. Tast week, Eisenhower by 55-45. Portsmouth Herald —■ Eisenhow er by 52-48. Last week, Eisen hower by 55-45. The Portsmouth Herald and Con- (See IKE-TAFT, Page 2) A&M Debate Team Enters SWC Meet Four A&M students forming two teams will participate tomorrow in the Southwest Conference Debate meet being held at Baylor. Dan Davis and James Farmer will appear as the affirmative team with Joe Riddle and Berthold Wel ler taking the negative side for A&M. With the exception of Rice In stitute, all of the conference schools have entries. Each school is also entering two teams. The winner of the meet will be decided on the basis of both team’s results in the five rounds of de bate. Subject for all collegiate debate meets this year is “Resolved: That the Federal Government Adopt a Permanent Program of Wage and Price Controls.” ’52 Queen Selected Saturday A&M’s 1952 Cotton Queen for the Agronomy Society sponsored Cotton Pageant and Ball will be chosen this weekend from TSCW nomi nees at Denton. Cotton King Bill Lewis and his Cotton Court leave tomorrow for TSCW as plans get underway for 18th Annual Cotton Pageant and Ball. Planned for April 25, the Cotton style show sponsored in the past by Sanger of Dallas will this year have Beverly Brayley’s of Bryan as its sponsor. Nominees for queen who are not on the court will model for the show. The style show is scheduled to be held in DcWare Field House us ing the latest cotton fashions in women’s clothes. A comparatively new store in Bryan, Beverly Braleys will fea ture the Queen with a fashionable dress direct from New York. The versatile ownei - s of the shop, Bob and Beverly Braley, were featured in an article in Mademoiselle mag azine in 1948. A graduate of Stephens College, Mrs. Braley has studied fashion and design at Chicago Art Insti tute, while her husband has acted as former manager of a fur de partment in a New York store. Luther Cobh Hurt In Auto Accident Luther Cobb, Rt. 3, Bryan, was injured in an automobile accident yesterday at 5:32 p.m. The acci dent occured at the intersection of Highway 6 and Lawrence in Bry an. Cobb was taken to Bryan Hos pital. The injured man is the husband of Mrs. Lucille Cobb, employee of the A&&M Press. A SC Prof Plans Defense Before Board of Directors Arlington, Tex., March 7—(TP)—Kenneth Rockwell said yesterday he would defend himself before the A&M Board of Directors April 26 on charges of telling dirty stories in Ar lington State College classrooms. Rockwell, member of the English faculty 13 years, re signed last Thursday at the request of Dr. E. H. Hereford, president of the college. He said he resigned, thought better of it, then demanded a hearing. Rockwell reviews books for the Daily Times Herald to augment his salary of $377.77 a month from the college. He said Dr. Hereford told him he received a letter from a parent of a student in the English department, complain ing of rough language used in classroom discussions. “Frankly, I can’t imagine what they’re talking about,” he said. The place for the board meeting has not been decided.