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THE BATTALION
Friday, March 7, 1952
Was Dorm 8 Election Legal?
(Editor’s Note—The following' two articles are intended to sum up the two viewpoints of the recent Student Senator election. The
Battalion asked Mr. Carter to express the viewpoint of the men in Dormitory 8. These articles were written independently, with neither
writer consulting the other’s article before preparation.)
IRON CURTAIN VS. LACE CURTAIN
Yes...
...No
OERE IS the true story of the much publicized election of ^HERE IS teome question on the methods involved in the
student senator for Dormitory 8. This story is based upon
facts, not assumptions or former experiences. And it is
about real people; not to be confused with fairies, princes,
or villians.
senatorial election in Dormitory 8. We feel that the elec
tion was illegal.
However, it was not illegal in the usual sense of the
word in that it did not violate any of the laws of the college.
The coming election was announced and one person, a But as far as that goes, there is nothing in the rules to pro
sophomore, filed his candidacy. Through oversight, no one hibit the fixing of an election.
else filed. Then, when the filings were closed, a few people According to the admission of one of the company com-
in the dormitory became aware that there was only one manders, a company meeting was called to discuss the Stu-
candidate. ' dent Senate election. He told his men that if they did not
This situation was discussed by people throughout the have any specific reason for voting for the man on the bal-
dormitory, and it was generally felt that another man, a ] 0 ^ he wished they would vote for the write in candidate
junior or senior, would be better qualified to represent the pu t up by the seniors in the dormitory,
dormitory. Three men, all seniors, said that they would like Thig acti . on wag not right for two reasons,
to represent the dorm in the student senate. The feeling . .
among all the people who wanted a write-in candidate was ^ ^ sen ^ or w h° a company commander was using
his position and rank to influence the voting of the men in
that any one of the three would be satisfactory.
Therefore, since there was no overwhelming favorite, a
coin was flipped to see which man would be our candidate.
Hawaiians Ask Connally
To Retract Statement
Honolulu, March 7 ——A Radio stations started a fund-
Coast Senators
Blast Courts’
Tideland Case
Washington, March? —
(iP)—Coastal State senators
urged yesterday rejection of
legislation providing for fed
eral leasing of oil-rich tide-
lands.
Sen. Long (D-La.) said the Su
preme Court was “wrong” in its 1
decisions that the federal govern
ment has paramount rights to the
offshore submerged lands.
Sen. Connally (D-Tex.) said the^
term “paramount rights” is “just
an elastic device created by the
Supreme Court.”
Both senators argued for en
actment of a substitute proposal
to give the states ownership and
control of lands within the three-
mile limit. The House has passed
a similar bill.
Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) asked
the senate not to be intimid^d
by threats of a presidential
of, the state ownership proposaTT
“We should discharge our re
sponsibility by passing what we
consider the soundest legislation,”
he asserted. “We should not let
this body be intimidated by the
fear that the President may noCu
agree.”
Long contended state titles to
lands beneath inland navigable
the company. This we feel is unfair support of a candidate.
m A senior at A&M has a great deal of power over
All persons in the dormitory were informed that there was the underclassmen and is in a position to direct their actions.
a write-in candidate, and were told his name. In two com- This direction or order may either be given as a command or group of indignant American war raising campaign to pay the ex-
pany meetings, men told that there was a write-in candidate a wish. veterans and a gold star mother penses of a Hawaii delegation to wat er S) not challenged by the fed-
v f ’ , , plan to leave for Washington to- Washington, including some mem- e ral government, have the samd 1 '
because we felt that the one candidate an the ballot was not Also, by admission of some of the men involved, a rather morrow to ask Senator Tom Con-,bers of Hawaii’s much-decorated basis in law as “lands beneath tide-
sufficiently qualified to represent our dorm. unique method of selecting the man who was to become the na lly (D-Tex) to take back his 442nd Regiment who rescued trap- waters.” He said the American Bar
The men were also told that they were free to vote for dormitorv student senator was used words about Hawaii. ped elements of Texas’ doth Dm- Association shares his opinion.
- dormitory student senatoi was useu. Opposing immediate considera- slop in Italy during World War II. g en Dcnigiiig (D-Ill.) asked if
According to a story, labeled as true, the seniors in the tion of the Hawaii statehood Cop- As the campaign mounted, col- Lon{ r considers tho American Bar
dormitory were asked who wanted to become the senator. nalIy saic * he was a bctter Ameri- Jcctioimboxes appealed on down- Association the Supreme Court of
anyone whom they chose, but that if they did not have rea
sons for voting for the duly registered candidate, we (the
seniors) would like for them to vote for our candidate.
There was no coercion, there were no directives, there
were no threats. There was only explanation.
That our recommendations of our candidate influenced
some of the underclassmen is quite possible. It is only natural . . ^ , . ,
for people to have some respect for the .judgment of their ifs nominee. One thing m their behalf, it was not just a s.m
Several of the men expressed their desire to have the posi- Hawaii where, he said, many
tion on the student governing organization.
So to keep everything on a fair basis, the men decided
to flip a coin and let the winner of the coin flip be the sen-
can than many people living in town Honolulu street corners with ^e United States.
not of American descent.”
The remarks produced angry
protests from veterans organiza
tions, industrial and educational
elders or superiors. But the fact remains that it is the right
and duty of every person to hear opinions, consider evidence,
pie flip, it was a process very similar to “King Bee.
Assuming the men telling the story are honest and
and make his own decisions, and that this right was not in- knew what they were talking about one'said he flipped
fringed upon in any way.
As a summary of my feelings toward elections and vot
ing, I submit this anecdote:
John Q: Anyone who doesn’t vote as I do is a fool.
Friend: How do you vote?
John Q: Just as I please.
By John D. Carter
the entire attitude is wrong, we think.
It is a sad state of affairs when the senatorship of a
dormitory is selected by a flip of a coin.
No, the election was not illegal by constitutional law.
But it was illegal by all moral codes. This is the basis of our
calling the election illegal.—
By John Whitmore
Ike-Taft
signs calling for dollar donations. i • i • L •n
b . Douglas said nine senators will
Home Owners Volunteer join him in proposing an amend-
Some 300-homc-owners volun- ment to the federal control legisla-
teered to act as collecting points tion to surrender any federal claim
for donations. Taxi companies of- to lands beneath bays, harbors,
leaders, the Honolulu Chamber of fered to send a. cab to any address rivers, lakes and other inland
Commerce and residents who have i n the city to pick up cash offer- waters.
sought statehood since the turn ing s . ' Sen. Holland (D-Fla) criticized
ot the century. The Honolulu Bus company in- Secretary of Interior Chapman for
Within 48 hours, 839 mainland- structed its drivers to stop and specifying an “arbitrary” line
born residents dispatched a radio- pick up donations from any wav- along the coast of Washington
gram of protest to Sen. William F. ing passerby. state and claiming anything sea-
Knowland, (R-Calif.), statehood Even the Red Cross entered into ward for federal jurisdiction. {
supporter, to be read into the con- the spirit of the protest. In what Sen. Danger (R-Neb.), asserting
gressional record. jt described as air answer to Con- “someone has to fix the line,”
Other letters and messages of hally on Hawaii’s “Americanism,” said he believed Chapman was per-
protest were sent to President Tru- the local A. R. C. chapter, cited the forming his duty in protecting pub-
man, congressional leaders in recent case of an oriental woman lie property when he told the
Washington and Gov. Shivers of who asked the Red Cross to notify state - of Washington last month
Texas. her four sons that she was dying, to quit lease off-shore lands.
(Continued from Page l)
cord Monitor have endorsed Eisen
hower. The Manchester Union-
Leader is supporting Taft.
Backward Glances
Memories of Past Years From the Files of The Battalion
P O G O
By Walt Kelly
feet
20 Years Ago Today The new screen was three
The Asruie rifle team won the wider* than the old one.
The Union-Leader Dover Demo- Natio ^ i nterco i legiate ri f le Some of the popular song hits
ciat, and Laconia Citizen based matches by a 2 s point margin over of the day among Aggies were
their estimates on polls of their their nearest competitor, the Uni- Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Cock-
ow ' n ' versity of Washington. The ten tails,” and “String of Pearls.” Oth-
As to the popular vote among man a$M squad amassed a total er musical numbers which were
Democrats, the lowest estimate, in of 3)7 9 6 po i n t s 0 ut of a possible growing in popularity were “Deep
Dover, gave Truman a 65-35 edge 4 qqq
over Kefauver. The majority were ’
A possible plan of student gov
ernment in which officers of the
student body would be elected to
replace the Student Welfare Com-
in the Heart of Texas,” “White
Cliffs of Dover,” and “Blues in
the Night.’
5 Years Ago Today
Boyce House, daily columnist
mittee was discussed at a meeting for Texas newspapers, was sche-
70-30 for the President, and two
estimated 73-35 margins for him.
The managing editor of the Man
chester Union-Leader said regard
ing the Republican contest, “it’s
at least 50-50 here,' and everything °f the Press Club. The plan, if duled to speak to the Class of
depends'" on the impression Taft adopted, would not interfere with
makes. He could easily win enough the authority of present class of-
extra support in his appearances ficers,
here to come out ahead in the pop- l0 Yearg A Today
ular vote.”
Similarly, observers on the La- Two hundred additional ROTC
conia Citizen said Taft might move contracts were to be made avail-
ahead of Eisenhower, before Tues
1949 at the annual Junior Banquet
March 7.
Five College Station residents
filed for positions on the City
Council. Those filing were W. How
ard Badgett, Ward I councilman;
Llqyd G. Berryman, T. W- Leland
day, if he makes a favorable im- ginning of the fall semester. One
pression. The Ohioan drew the
largest crowd of any candidate, or
supporters of candidates, when he
spoke yesterday at Laconia.
Estimates of the delegate races
able to A&M students at the^be- and q < -yy. Black, councilman from
Ward II; and F. B. Brown, coun
hundred of the advanced agree- ci i mman f rorn Ward III.
ments were to be given corps stu- .
dents in the new Quartermaster A&M Board of Directors
and Ordnance branches. were planning to meet March 7
to go over x*eorganizational plans
Aggies were happy over the new for tho Board and elect
new offi-
development at the Guion Hall cers _ The reorganization plan was
theater. A new and larger screen necessary because of the gover-
was installed, making it possible nbr ’s appointment to the board
jority thought the Truman slate for the entire audience to see the n f n „ w , r , P ,nhpr^ TviW L Bell
would score a clean sweep. complete projection of .the movie. and c. C Kruien
l Year Ago Today
The Engineering students were
planning a different type of dance;
one which would not select a sweet
heart, as was Usually the custom
for campus dances. Another fea
ture of the dahee was to be a 30
minute magician show by Bill
Singleton.
A&M’s basketball team traveled
to Waco to face the TCU Horned
Frogs on neutral ground, Bay
lor Gym, for the right to face TU
in the conference sudden death
playoff. The winder of the game
with TU was to represent the
Southwest Conference in the
NCAA playoffs.
by the editors generally agreed.
Most thought Eisenhower’s slate
would win at least 10 and possibly
12 of the 14 GOP seats. A ma-
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By Al Capp
Manlove to Talk
Before AF Grads
Major Maplove, of the Air Force
Institute of Technology will speak
to Air Force Students who will
graduate prior to May 1, 1953 in
the chemical lebtuve room 5:39 p.
m. Tuesday.
His speech will concern both
and graduate train
ing which is available under the
Air Force ROTC