Battalion
Editorials
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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
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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
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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 Cobhle
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
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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 <Der the TU Longhorns by a
bullet and spectators confused as
to why he wasn’t hit. Finally be
coming bored with these athletics,
he whips out his own six gun and
plugs his opponents without ever
missing a shot.
As the film utters it conclud
ing death rattle, Edmond and
Yvonne are seen ogling each other
again minus the refreshments.
DR, WILLIAM
GOTTLIEB
Registered Chiropodist
Foot Specialist
4824 S. Main, Houston
Will Be in Bryan
the 2nd and 4th Wednes
day of each month at the
LaSalle Hotel.
Next visit will be
Wed., March 12th
and Wed., March 26th
Office Hours
9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Washing-ton, Marchll-
(7P)—Enlivening the political
war of words. Senators Taft
of Ohio and Conally of Texas
traded sharp verbal volleys
yesterday from a shooting distance
of about 1,200 miles.
Taft, a candidate for the Repub
lican presidential nomination, fired
first from Houston, in Connally’s
home state.
In a campaign speech, the Ohio
an ripped the administration’s han
dling of foreign policy and said.
Connally had declared a month be-'
fore the Korean war started thafy
he couldn’t do anything about it
if the Communists moved into
South Korea.”
Connally, a Democrat running
for re-election to the Senate,
promptly let fly with an answei’ing
barrage from the Senate floor. Taft
then declined to return the fire,
saying he had no comment on Con
nally’s Senate speech.
The tall Texan accused Taft of
being a “Chameleon Senator” will
ing to “subordinate his integrity
and his truthfulness in order to
grasp a few slimy, filthy votes.”
Connally, shouting angrily and
waving his arms, said Taft had
chai'ged that the Truman adminis- ‘s
tration “invited the Communists
into Korea,” with “an assist” from
Connally as chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee,||
Connally’s blast kept his Senate
colleagues late for dinner by touch
ing off a lengthy and stormy de
bate.
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