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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1952 Sophomores Within Rights To Submit Petition O THE SOPHOMORE class: For each group there comes a time when they must turn either left or right. It seems, however, you have decided an even wiser course—the middle of the road. Instead of laying back, accepting some thing you doubt, you have prepared a peti tion which you probably plan to submit to college authorities. They will read your pe tition, and, we feel, judge it wisely, giving it every consideration. Your argument centers around “. . . physical inspection by unqualified personnel violates right of respect for personal feeling and right of freedom from indignity of any type. According to paragraph 3 of the Ba sic Policy, no custom of regulation in con flict will be allowed to prevail.” Paragraph 3 of the Basic Policy, reads: “Every student has rights which are to be respected. They include the right of respect for personal feelings, the right of freedom from indignity of any type, the right of free dom from the control by any person except as may be in accord with published rules and regulations of the College, and the right to make the best use of his time and his talents toward the objective which brought him to this institution. No officer or student, re gardless of position or rank, shall violate those rights. No custom or regulation in conflict will be allowed to prevail.” In the interpretation of the Basic Policy, College Regulations say: “(e) No student or group of students shall have the right to pass judgment upon such violations, (or non-observance of the Basic Policy), or to assess any penalty there for, except the duly constituted officers or student group established for that purpose.” And you should remember, an officer of the college is qualified to enforce the regula tions as set forth by the Board of Directors. Also included in your petition: ‘ (t h e physical inspection order) . . . shows com plete disrespect and distrust of cadet offi cers.” Had not the respect and trust of the cadet officers been broken by themselves, tlv* phys ical inspection order would not have been issued. But do not feel that the inspection order was recently issued. It has be^n in effect since April 3, 1913, and by some standards, the 39 years it has been used might make it a tradition. Remember: The Basic Policy works not only to^protect you, but also to protect the owners of this college who have invested a considerable amount of money to build it as you see it today. These people are your par ents, relatives, friends—the people of Texas. Submit your petition. We feel you will be answered justly. Field Day (Continued from Page 1) observe the turf and brush control center as well as the grass nursery and the entomology laboratory. At each center an explanation of the research work being car ried on will be given and the di rectors of each group will try to answer any questions. Demon strations of new practices in each field will also be given. State senators expected for the day include Joe Russell of Rock wall, Warren McDonald of Smith, Crawford C. Martin of Hill, Ward- low Lane of San Augustine, Sear cy Bracewell of Harris county. Representatives expected are John Kimbrough of Haskell, John A. Warden of Collin, Richard S. Stark of Cooke, Virginia Duff of Ellis, Fred V. Merdith of Kauf man, Geo. T. Hinson of Wood, Wm. E. Osborn of Falls, Thomas R. Joseph, Sam Sellers and Bert T. McDaniel of McLennan, W. W. Glass of Cherokee, J. E. Clements of Freestone, Charles A. Hancock of Montgomery, A. H. Spacek of Calhoun, J. F. Gray of Live Oak, Bill Daniel of Liberty, Wm. J. Ehlert of Washington; Jim Car michael of Hill county. Groneman To Be New Guest Editor Dr. C. H. Groneman, head of the industrial education department, has been invited to serve as guest editor of the “School Shop Safety Newsletter” for the current school year. This is a monthly publication re leased by the National Safety Council of Chicago. What’s Cooking Friday 5 p. m.—Range & Forestry Club Barbecue, Hensel Park-Area I Adults $1, Children .50—Softball and volleyball. 5 p. m.—Range & Forestry Club Barbecue, Hensel Park-Area I, Adults $1, Children $.50—Softball and volleybalk CO’s Pics Taken Until Wednesday Commander’s full length pic tures for the Aggieland ’53 are now being taken at the Aggieland Studios. Out of a total of some 75 commanders, only three command ers have had their pictures taken. Commanders have till Wednes day, Nov. 5, to have their full length pictures taken. At the same time they have their full length pictures taken, they may also have their bust shots made for the class section. Lutherans Dedicate Honor Gifts Sunday A set of brass altar vases and an individual communion service set will be dedicated at the Sup- day morning worship service of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. One vase is being given in hon or of the confirmation by James Giese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin Giese, and Walter Willmann, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Willmann, Jr. The other vase is being given by John Vitopil. 7:30 p. m.—Texas Academy of Sci ence, Collegiate Academy, R o o m 2B, MSC. 7:30 p. m.—Texas Academy of Science, Collegiate Academy, Room 2B, MSC. Waco-McLennan County Club, MSC, 7:39. Monday 7:30 p. m.—Math Club, Room 225, Academic Bldg. Permian Basin Club, YMCA Lounge, Discussion of Christmas Party. Tyler-Smith County Club, Room 3C, MSC. . 7:45 p. m.—Kyle Field Lectiire Room, football movies will be shown. ) PASS Elects Betts Library Chairman Robert E. Betts, librarian of the Texas Engineers Library, was elected chairman of the Pure and Applied Sciences Section of the Association of College and Refer ence Libraries. Betts has been the librarian for years. The Texas Engineers Library was established in 1943 by the State Board of Professional En gineers. A&M was selected as the site be cause of its vast School of En gineering and because of the con venience of the Texas Engineering Extension Service and Experiment Station. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examina tion and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and va cation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered aa second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Tex as under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited 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. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. HOW THEY SEE IT A Good Citizen Not Only Will Vote, But Will Weigh the Views of Each Party In Deciding Who Shall Lead His Nation Policy of Government Eisenhower: “To remain strong spiritually we must first remember that free government is the political expression of a deeply religious faith. . . . There is no dispute among us that cannot be solved by the principles enunciated or presumed in the Declaration of Indepen dence and the Constitution so long as we ap ply them in awareness of the national and in ternational aspect of the twentieth century.” Stevenson: “It has been the basic belief of the Democratic party that only human freedoms are basic and that economic power must be exercised so as not to curtail them. We hold too that the power of government must be restricted to the point that government stands never as master and always as a servant . . . The fullest guarantee against irresponsibility lies in the constant reminder that people, and only people, are important.” U. S. Foreign Policy Eisenhower: “We must make sure that every nation understands the sincerity of our devo tion to peace. We reject all talk of preventive war .. . . but the principles of the Atlantic Charter do not permit our acquiescence in the perpetual enslavement of any people. These principles demand that we use every political, every economic, every psychological tactic to see that the liberating spirit, in the nations conquered by communism, shall never perish.” Stevenson: “We should continue to stress the necessity for mobilizing our strength, both military and economic, in support of the free nations of the world; the importance of con tinued working toward the maintenance of peace through the United Nations . . . and the stepping up of the kind of technical help pro vided under our Poinl; Four program.” Korean War—Its End Eisenhower: “I believe that the decision to fight in Korea . . . was an inescapable decision. What I deplore is this: the incompetence of political leaders which made military action necessary. Our servicemen were summoned to snatch military victory from political defeat. Democracies cannot afford the luxury of as signing armies to go around picking up after their statesmen. “There is no sense in the United Nations, with America bearing the brunt, . . . being constantly compelled to man those front lines (in Korea). That is a job for the Koreans. We do not want Asia to feel that the white man of the West is his enemy. If there must be a war there, let it be Asians against Asians, with our support on the side of free dom.” Stevenson: “The intervention in Korea was the only thing we dared to do . . . but w^e must not be stampeded into a new set of objectives in Korea which might well mean heavier in volvement in war in the Far East. “There is no trick that can end the Korean war . . . (Eisenhower) implies that we could bring our men home . . . soon if we would only train some South Korean soldiers to take their place. Surely . . . the General must know that we have been training South Koreans as rapidly as we could for a long time now . . . that the South Koreans divisions have been carrying more of the load of battle every month.” Ideas of Europe Eisenhower: “We have failed to use our in fluence to bring about a real unity of spirit with our allies. The truth is that our spirit of relationship with them has remained too much that irksome bond which-binds debtor and creditor. Many of our allies are bound to us more by the loans which they have needed than by a faith which our policies and our practices should inspire.” Stevenson: “I see no reason why, if the na tions of Western Europe can attain a suffi cient degree of economic strength and stabil ity, they should not untimately provide all the ground forces necessary for their secur ity.” Money—Going, Gone Eisenhower: “We have seen spending that can be described only as crazy . . . Much of that expenditure is not necessary at all. Of course, \?e are introublous times, but we don’t have to have duplication, mismanagement.” Stevenson: “We must have the strength to win if war should come. And the measure of the strength we must have is not what we would like to afford. With 85 per. cent of our bud get allocated to defense, it is the Soviet Un ion which now fixes the level of our defense expenditures, and thus our tax rates.” Taxes, Our Taxes Eisenhower: “I believe that taxes are too high ... It is possible that a few more millions might be squeezed out . . . but certainly, in many instances . . . we have gotten to the point where that individual incentive that has made this nation great in dangerously risked in the process.” The following day, General Eisenhower said there can be no “tre mendous tax cut until the prospect for peace in the world is brighter than this worn-out Administration has left us.” Stevenson: “Who doesn’t want to reduce taxes, but we will not promise tax reduction at the risk of our security. The time is coming . . . when the balance of power will be restored in the world and our defense expenditures can be reduced, and that day will be as dear to Democrats as to Republicans.” Taft-Hartley Law Eisenhower: “I am in favor not of repealing, but of amending, the law. I will not support any amendments which weaken the rights of working men and women ... I do not want arbitrary power over either labor or industry . . . My opponent made plain . . . that he want ed power, as President, to compel arbitration . . . That is exactly what I am against . . . He and his party embrace compulsion. I reject compulsion.” Stevenson: “We must have a new law, and my conclusion is that we can best remedy the defects of the present law by scrapping it and starting over ... We needed in 1947 some re vision in the old Wagner Act ... We got a new law all right—a tangled snarl of legal barbed wire, willed with ugly sneers at labor unions and built around the discredited labor injunction ... A minimum of law is what we need.” Continued Farm Support JEisenhower: “I stand behind . . . the price- support laws now on the books ... to continue through 1954 the price supports on basic com modities at 90 per cent of parity . . . Farmers . . . would rather earn their fair share than have it as a Government handout. And a fair • share is not merely 90 per cent of parity— but full parity.” Stevenson: “The way we have chosen to main tain farm income is to support farm prices. Our platform . . . says: ‘We will continue to product the producers of basic agricultural commodities under the terms of a mandatory price-support program at not less than 90 per cent of parity.’ ” Texas’ and Other Tidelands Eisenhower: “I favor the recognition of clear legal title to these lands in each of the 48 States . Twice . . . both houses of Congress have voted to recognize the traditional concept of State ownership of these submerged areas ... I would approve such acts of Congress,” Stevenson: “If the submerged lands, by virtue of the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, are a national, and not a State, asset, the question presented is one of wise policy in the disposition of that asset. I do not think it is wise policy for the Congress to institute a practice of giving away such national assets to individual States.” Civil Rights Eisenhower: “Our nation is bound together by certain principles and of these none is more essential to our future than respect for the rights of others. Without tolerance, without understanding of each other or without a spir it of brotherhood, we would soon cease to exist as a great nation . . . Let every American pledge that no taint of religious or racial animosity shall trouble our national unity or distort our earnest efforts to chart a course with justice for all.” Stevenson: “We must remove fear and pre judice. We must destroy the myths that gnaw at our vitals. We can ill afford to exhibit to the world either incompetence or injustice in dealing with the relations of racial or religi ous groups. ... As ever, it is in public eo-, lightenment and understanding that we must place our trust. An informed public opinion is the only way in which our way of life can flourish. If the relevant facts are supplied, th<* people can be trusted to create a climate of reason and order.” Communism in Government Eisenhower: “Experts in treason have plunder ed us of secrets involving our highest diplo matic decisions, our atomic research ... A group like the Communist conspiracy . . . can not be allowed to claim civil liberties as its privileged sanctuary from which to carry on subversion of the'Government. The climate of our Federal Government must be one that Communists and their sympathizers would find . . . thoroughly hostile.” Stevenson: “All loyal Americans know today that Communism is incompatible with Amer ican life. We have driven Communists out of any places or responsibility they may have gained in our society. We will expose and identify them at every step along the way. We will not permit them to return . , . We will protect ourselves from Communism—and at the same time we will protect our liberties, too . . . ” Favor Health Insurance Eisenhower: “Federal compulsion, with our health supervised under a Washington stetho scope, is not American and it is not the ans wer ... It would give us poorer medical care. The answer is to build on the system of volun tary nonprofit health-insurance plans . . . The usefulness of federal loans or other aid to local health plans should be explored.” > Stevenson: “I hope we can develop (a sound program) to reduce the financial hazards ol serious illness and remove the fears of hus bands and fathers that a sudden accident will force his family onto public charity. And *1 don’t mean what has been called ‘socialized medicine’ either.” More Social Security Eisenhower: “We must improve it and extend it . . . Security for old age, unemployment in surance, care for dependent children and wi dows . . . are moral obligations. But they also are a sound investment in a sounder America.” Stevenson: “I look forward to an America which can take proper care of its aged and its invalids, and which can provide strong and expanding Social Security for all workers . . , Our public-assistance programs . . . tend tc stabilize our economy, reduce anxieties and lift the level of opportunity.” Extension of Public Works ' Eisenhower: “We should not look upon the Tennessee Valley Authority as a rigid pat tern for such development in other region^. In the Missouri Valley . . . citizens are con sidering ... a legal arrangement which would make State and federal agencies tiue partners in developing the resources of that great re gion . . . This is the system I favor in gen eral for new projects.” Stevenson: “Works like Grand Coulee and Bon neville were beyond the capacity of private enterpi'ise to undertake . . . Hard American common sense concludes that where private enterprise is unable or unwilling to develop our resources, the Government should.” P O G O By Walt Kelly PESTKOV A SON'S FAITH IN HIS FATHER, will you, £0A/eyM 'i YKNOWj THEM C0W5IKPS IS KINPAl % SAC A? TO SSYPr.^y t P O G O By Walt Kelly FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors Ed Holder •_ Sports Editor Harri Baker City Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Bob Selleck News Editor Frank N. Manitzas Assistant News Editor Ed Holder Sports News Editor Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Selleck ..News Editors Gus Becker Associate Sports Editor Vernon Anderson, Bob Boriskie, William Buckley, Arnold Damon, Robert Domey, Allen Hays, Joe Hladek, Bill Foley, Ed Fries, Raymond Gossett, Carl Hale, Jon Kinslow, H. M. 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