Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952 Remember Basic Division Vote F|URING the past several weeks the problem of student -^elections has been threshed about at some length, but there is still another facet which has not been discussed. That is the problem of the election of senators-at-large from the basic division area. As a great number of men will painfully remember, a rather large number of senators who happen to be officers in the eighth regiment were selected to the at-large posts. These senators were dully elected and have served well during the year. Perhaps they were the best men to have on the student government body. But there is still the ques tion which arises about the intelligence of the voting of the first year men on the matter. As the reports on the election have come in the officers in that area just suggested the men—freshmen—vote for the men they knew. And it was just a quirk of fate that they only knew the men who were assigned to the eighth regiment. There is little or no question on the honesty of the elec tion, but there is the question of proper representation of the entire student body. It appears that there should be a provision made to in sure that it would be impossible for such a small number of men to control such a large number of voters. Now in some distant year, we might not have the men with the high integrity we have now. And these men of low er integrity might go so far as to instruct the first year men in the way they vote. Such a problem has existed in the past and might very well crop up again in the future unless the Student Senate at its meeting Thursday night try to do something to cor rect the situation. Russia Demands Showdown Russian Travel Limited ? a !*' c ° n , n ™ ly . In Verbal war Over Election In US by Government If the good people, in their wisdom, shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familial- ivith disap pointments to be very much chagrined—Lincoln Intrigue Ivy League Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, says that Eastern educational centers are yield ing to Anglo-Communist influence.—U. P. Dispatch. Don’t send my boy to Harvard! the crying colonel said. ‘Twould make of him an Anglophile, or else a bloody Red. Don’t send my boy to MIT, his end would be as said As if he’d gone Minsk or Pinsk or Omsk or Stalingrad. To be avoided like the plague; that cesspool down at Yale. They’d teach him naught but how to mix a Molotov cocktail. And stay away from Dartmouth, too, for there the winter sport Is learaihg how to flex the knee-joint in St. James court. A football scholarship he’d have at Princeton or Cornell? On playing fields of Eton his soul I’d sooner sell! And if, deluded, duped or drugged, he should matriculate At Brown or Tufts, his brain the Reds would quickly infil trate. No ! Send my boy to LSU, or Kansas, or Ole Miss. For there he’d never run across the likes of Alger Hiss. To insulate his mind from Marx, and Keats and Burnes and Locke, Insist on Texas A&M or Duke dr Slippery Rock! —Daytdn, Ohio, Daily News. London, March 11—GP)— Russia has demanded a big four meeting to speed up a peace treaty with a United Germany, the Moscow Radio said early today. Notes calling for action to ac celerate the peace treaty were handed last night to envoys in Moscow of the U.S., Britain, and France by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. Russia submitted a draft treaty demanding an end to the division of Germany, withdrawal of all oc cupation forces from Germany within a year after the treaty comes into force, and final estab lishment of Germany’s fronteirs as “laid down by decisions of the Pots dam Conference of the great pow ers.” Possible Revision The Big Three western powers have insisted for several years that the eastern frontier of East Ger many With Poland, only tentatively agreed to at Potsdam in 1945, must be considered for possible revision at a general peace conference. The draft treaty demanded that Germany must pledge herself not to any coalition or military group directed against any power that fought against Germany in the last war—an obvious reference to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion (NATO) which Russia insists is directed against her. The draft treaty also declared that Germany should have “nation al land, air, and sea forces essen tial for the defense of the country.” It also said Germany should be permitted to produce “war mater ials and equipment, the quantity and types of which must not exceed the amount necessary for the arm ed forces” permitted by the treaty. Consider Other Proposals In offering these and other sug gestions for the treaty, the Sov iets said they are prepared to con sider other proposals:. The latest Moscow proposals for peace with Germany are largely the same as those set forth by Grigori M. Pushkin, Soviet ambassador to East Germany, in a recent letter to the Communist East German government. The letter, made pub lic Feb. 20, also called for a Big Four meeting to make the peace and called for a united Germany. Washington, March 11 — OP)— This country has given Russia a dose of pain-in-the-neck medicine, strictly a tit-for-tat home remedy, and a very mild one at that. The U.S. government yesterday put restrictions on travel by Rus sians in this country because the Russians long ago restricted trav el by Americans in Russia. Nuisance The American order is more nui sance than anything else. Asked if we thought it would be a hard ship on the Russians here, a State Department official said: Hardly, when you remember there are about 90,000 ^American Communists running around loose in the United States, willing to do whatever the Russians want.” Restrictions on American travel in Russia are a little stiffer. Whole areas and cities are on the prohib ited list. Meaning, ' Americans can’t travel to those places under any circumstances. Otherwise, the Russian restric tions work like this: Americans are limited to traveling within 25 miles of Moscow. But, if an Am erican wants to go anywhere—ex cept to the prohibited areas — he simply notifies the Russian for eign office of his intention. Well Followed He buys his ticket, by rail or plane, and at the end of the 48 hours goes. The same State De partment official says an American following this procedure is seldom denied the privilege of going where he wants, but the American trav eling anywhere in Russia is well tailed by the secret police. The net effect is a pain in the neck to Westernei’s in Russia, be sides keeping them out of those many prohibited areas. Yesterday the U.S. told the Rus sians most of them in this country can’t travel 25 miles beyond Wash ington or New York without noti fying the State Department 48 hours in advance. Not Much Restriction Except for military installations or secret projects, which are off limits to everyone else anyway, this restriction isn’t much of a re striction. Mostly it’s a nuisance. You can see why: Say a Russian in Washington wants to go to Chicago or Salt Lake City. He notifies the State Department 48 hours ahead of time. At the end of that time he g-oes, unless the State Department says he can’t. It’s not expected to do that very often. (Whether or not Russians trav eling in the U.S. are tailed by the FBI, is a secret of the State De partment and the FBI.) Yestex-day’s order applies to the Russian diplomatic staff and their families in Washington and New York to Russian representatives of Tass and Amtox-g, Russian news and pux A chasing agencies hei-e, and their families. Ameidcan employ es of Tass ai-e unaffected. About 114 Soviet citizens and their dependents, attached to the United Nations in New York, are excepted. Their pi'esence in this country is, covered by a sepax-ate treaty of the United Nations. So this American retaliation against the Russians isn’t too pain ful. HIS OSCAR ? H&'yS - Showtime ‘Silver City 9 Uses Pattern Of Most Wild West Movies Langford to Speak At Wives Society Eraest Langford, head of the dc- pai'tment of ai'chitectui-e, will speak to the Architect’s Wives Society Wednesday in the South Sdlai'ium of the YMCA at 7:30 p. m. Professor Langford’s topic will be “What Architects Are Doing In Creation Conveniences For Liv ing.” Aftep the talk an open dis cussion will be held. The hostesses, Mrs. Marguerette Phipps and Mi's. Ella Lareau, will serve x'efreshments after the pro- gi’am. By JERRY BENNETT Battalion News Writer Proving a G Man vocabulax-y in a western movie doesn’t go over well with the hoiaes or audience, O’Brien mouths his derogatory re marks in such a way the customei' is carried back to Prohibition in stead of the 1880’s. To let his City” is a tarnished fans know that saddle sores never of the familiar horse hurt a stars x-eputation, Edmond (“Silver City” starring Ed- mund O’Brien and Yvonne De- Carlo—Paramount—Queen The atre.) “Silver rendition opei'a complete with all the usual iddes through this horsey horror whinnies and nays. In Paramont’s with all the enthusiasm of an Ag- n.ewest arrangement of the same gie leaving school for the weekend, old song, Edwund “White Heat” During the film’s running time, O’Bi'ien casts aside his character- he loves his shai’e of women, kills istic shoulder holster and buckles his share of villains, guzzles his the gun around his waist making shai'e of x'oek gut, shoots more his pants sag as well as the than his share of ammunition and O’Brien brand of machine gun beats up practically evei*yone in dialouge. Backward Glances Memories of Past Years From the Files of The Battalion the cast. He occasionally finds time in his less violent moods to court Yvonne De Carlo, a fiery little busy body who always manages to spoil the film’s best brawls by firing her miniature six shooter 20 Years Ago Today 45-33 score, were awaiting the ^he air, stopping the fight and Editors of the seven Southwest Gregory Gym jinx and the final sending the participants running barrier jn their way towai’d an home to old Betsy. NCAA playoff berth. By defeating An" hoxnbre of amazing agility, the Steel's, The Cadets established O’Brien conveniently dodges any a precedent, becoming the first of and all bullets thi’own in his di- the two schools to defeat the other rection. When shot at, he non- twice in one basketball season on chantly ducks his head or steps the same playing court. out of the way leaving both the The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Foundei of Aggie Traditions 'Soldier. Statesman. 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Cole Staff Photographers Frank Manitzas Editorial Assistant Fat LeBlanc, HUgh Philllppus, Joe Blanchette Sports Writers Rudy Aguilar Chief Photo-Engraver Russell Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Venable. ..Advertising Representative ks-tti Becls. Circulation Manager Conference college newspapers co- operated for the first time in se lecting an “Official all-Collegiate Press Team.” Members of the my thical basketball quintet were Sumner of TCU and Strickland of Baylor at forwhrds, Dietzel, TCU, center; and Brannon of TCU and Murphy of Arkansas at forwards. Miss Mozelle Bryant of Goliad was selected by members of the Ross Volunteers as the honor mili tary company’s sweetheart. 10 Years Ago Today . Leon Svirskq, associate editor of Time magazine, was on the campus sampling students’ opinions on the war. Soiue of the editor’s questions were “What are we fighting for?” and “What kind of world is this going to be after the fighting is over?” A campaign was underway to secure transfers by members of the corps to the proposed Army Air Corps branch which was to be established at A&M. At least 100 students had to make the change before the unit could be authorized. 5 Years Ago Today A photographic and visual aids laboratory was to be established at the college around May 1. The new plant would be in full operation by the opening of the 1947-48 school year. The 1947 Longhorn was sche duled to be distributed by mid-sum mer following the close of school in June. 1 Year Ago Today The Aggie basketball teani, vic tors CALLfo"coo-coo," EJBTTeis'N N/M! IT'S PIS- LOYAL. COULPN'T YOU EEASrmS'E T&y to coo- COO RkSHT? 3-U -gj^T BY t-OST HAUL INC. VSeV WESL-L GAN-GOOfiC/ HOW'S* THAT? 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