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Number 224: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1952
Price Five Cents
EISENHOWER IS PRESIDENT
Ike Wins City,
County Votes
Casting 1 a record 1,813 votes yesterday, College Station
gave Gen. Eisehower a majority of 708 votes. Eisenhower
had 1226 votes to Gov. Stevenson’s 518.
The President-elect carried Brazos County as a whole
by a slimmer margin. Out of the 8,718 votes cast, Eisenhow
er got 4,635 and Stevenson 4,083.
In the city of Bryan, where most of the county’s votes
are concentrated, voting was almost equal. Eisenhower led
by less than a hundred of the 5,155 votes cast in the city.
Stevenson won in the rural areas of the county, beating
Eisenhower by about 100 of the approximately 800 votes
cast.
Voting was heavy all day, with most of the voters going
*- to the polls between 4 and 7 p.m. The box at Consolidated
ran out of ballots about 6 p.m., but 250 extra ballots were
sent from the Courthouse.
Voters, aided by interest-provid
ing campaigns and fair weather,
cast the largest vote for this area
in several years.
In the 1948 presidential election,
College Station’s total vote was
5,580. College Station went demo-
cratic in 1948, 614 to 550.
The total of registered voters
in Brazos County this year is ap
proximately 10,000, leaving only
a little over a thousand qualified
voters who did not go to the polls
for this election.
Almost all those registered in
College Station voted.
Out of the 1,156 votes cast at
* A.&M Consolidated box, the larg
est in the county, Eisenhower got
38.3 and Stevenson got 328.
The 588-vote College Hills box
gave Eisenhower 398 votes and
* Stevenson 195.
Brazos County Results
Precinct Eisen- Steven-
Large boxes in Bryan, those at
the Court House, Stephen F. Aus
tin, School, and Bowie School, all
favored Eisenhower except the
Bowie box.
Six hundred and thirty votes
were cast by absentee ballots. They
went for Eisehower, 430 to 206.
Mr. President-Elect
unite for the better future of America
3 A&M Consol. .....
...833
323
3 6 College Hills
...393
195
HO Bryan Library ...
...171
247
I 1 Court House
...545
531
3 4 City Hall
...353
196
3.5 American Legion
..202
610
17 Bowie School
...262
635
38 SFA High School
..581
428
13 Crockett
...533
272
1 Millican
... 32
95
2 Wellborn
... 71
95
4 Steel’s Store
... 54
40
5 Har vey
31
41
6 Kurten
... 65
38
7 Tabor
... 40
58
8 Edge
... 18
96
9 Smetana
...39
73
12 Reliance
... 31
34
Absentee Votes
...430
206
Totals 4,684
4,213
‘‘The Sea Hawk” Sails
At Film Club Thursday
“The Sea Hawk” The A&M
Film Society’s third movie of the
season, will be shown at 7:30 p.
m. Thursday in the MSC Ballroom.
Starring Errol Flynn, the movie
is a swashbucking adventure of
piracy on the high seas and in
Panama during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth.
Texas Elects GOP President
Second Time In History
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas carried grinning Dwight
Eisenhower farther ahead Wed
nesday as he split the solid South
and rode a record surge of ballots
into the White House.
It was the second time in his
tory that Texas had voted Repub
lican. The first time was when
Herbert Hoover won in 1928.
Returns to the' Texas Election
Bureau at 10 a.m. from 243 of the
state’s 254 counties, 53 complete,
gave Eisenhower 914,507 to 780,-
818 for Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
At that time 1,707,218 votes had
been iounted and 53.56 per cent of
them were for Eisenhower.
This gave Eisenhower a lead of
123,689 votes in Texas. The last
previous count had given him a
106,240 lead.
Two Million Votes
It was a roaring avalanche of
votes that swept Eisenhower into
office and it was certain that the
total in Texas, in excess of a
record two million ballots.
While the Texas cotton country,
the Central Texas blacklands the
extreme southern counties and the
South Plains, and Northeast Texas
went for Stevenson, generally
speaking, the rest of the state went
for Eisenhower.
That gave the conquering general
most of the big cities, like Houston,
Dallas and San Antonio, all of
which went for him in a top-heavy
manner. He also carried the top of
Texas—the windswept Panhandle—
and most of the oil centers, like
Gregg County, San Antonio, Scurry
County and Smith County.
★ Elections at a Glance ★
By Associated Press
This was the presidential picture
at 9 a.m. CST Wednesday:
■ Eisenhower elected president by
largest popular vote ever given
Weather Today
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RAIN—maybe
WEATHER TODAY: Mostly
cloudy with the possibility of rain
showei-s. At 10 a.m. .02 inches of
rain had been recorded at the
Easterwood airport.
GOP candidates, possibly any pres
idential candidate.
Eisenhower’s popular vote 27,-
027,230; Stevenson’s 22,039,899 in
113,599 of 146,361 precinct.
Eisenhower led in 39 states with
442 electoral votes; Stevenson in
9 with 89.
Eisenhower swept key states in
>ili|>rth, Midwest farm area voted
Democratic five past elections, sev
eral southern states including Flo
rida, Virginia, Texas, possibly
Tennessee, Louisiana, and won
bolder states like Maryland, Okla
homa.
Senate: 35' races — Democrats
elected 10, holdlovers 35, total 45;
Republicans elected 20, holdovers
26 counting Morse, now indepen
dent, total 45. Needed to control,
49. GOP picked up 2 seats from
Democrats Connecticut, Maryland;
Democrats picked up 3 seats Mis
souri, Massachusetts, Washington.
Democrats leading 2, Republicans
4 in undecided races.
House: 435 races — Democrats
elected 194, Republicans 208, inde
pendent 1, undecided 46. Needed
to control, 218.
Governors: 30 races — Demo
crats elected 15; Republicans 15
gain of 2. Republicans leading in
5, Democrats 1 total GOP gains
if present leads hold—6,
Of some 233 counties heard from
when the Election Bureau stopped
counting early this morning, Eis
enhower led in 115 of them, and in
all the heavily populated areas. It
was those counties that gave the
successful candidate his wide mar
gin over Stevenson.
Harris Vote Heavy
Harris County, for instance, at
2 a.m., had accounted 221,799 votes
for Eisenhower against only 90,-
695 for Stevenson. The returns
were from 187 of 196 boxes with
146 complete.
Many counties were in the Ste
venson column by a narrow mar
gin and as the counting progresser
today some of the mfell into the
Republican fold.
Of the eight counties which the
Republicans carried for Thomas
Dewey in 1948, all seven that had
reported were again for the GOP.
There was no report before 9:30
a.m. from Kendall County but it
was regarded as certain for Eis
enhower. The others .were Austin,
Bandera, Comal, Gillespie, Guada
lupe, Kenedy, and Washington.
Speaker Rayburn’s home county,
Fannin, voted for Stevenson. Sen
ator Johnson’s home county-—John
son—voted with the senator for the
Democratic nominee. And the home
counties of Gov. Allan Shivers and
Atty. Gen. and Senator-Elect Price
Daniel, Tyler and Liberty, respec
tively, went for Eisenhower.
Ike Plans
Korea n Fligh t
NEW YORK, Nov. 5—
(A 3 ) — President - elect Dwight
D. Eisenhower today aadvised
President Truman that he will
use a military plane to fly to
Korea and will notify the de
fense secretary of his depart
ure as early as possible.
Eisenhower made the state
ment in a telegram thanking
the President for his offer of
the use of his plane, “The In
dependence” for the flight to
Korea.
Dallas Corps Trip
Planning Completed
The planning of the strategic
invasion of Dallas by approximate
ly 5,000 Aggies, commonly known
as a Corps Trip, has “been com
pleted with enough “finess” to do
credit to any military operation.
All participants in this opei'ation
should become cognizant of the
following invasion procedure.
Following the theory that his
tory repeats itself, accommoda
tions for A&M students have been
made on the TSCW campus at
Denton. Rooms are available for
Friday and Saturday night for 350
students at one dollar per person
per night with two in a room.
Aggies who have dates with
TSCW students should have their
dates make room reservations for
them before Friday noon. After
that first come, first served policy
will be followed. Sayers Hall, head
quarters for housing, will open at
1 p. m. Friday.
Entertainment Provided
Entertainment Friday night at
A&M’s sister school consists of an
informal all-college dance which
will be held in the Union Building
Ballroom from 7-12 p. m.
The Serenaders will play for the
dance. A large group of hostesses
will be on hand at the dance, and
it should be possible for Aggies to
secure dates for the game.
The Recreation Room will be
open for informal dancing and
games on Saturday night from 8
to 12 p. m.
Meals will be served in Hubbard
Hall for visitors who wish to eat
in student dining rooms with Tes-
sie friends. Tickets for the meal
may be obtained from any dormi
tory office.
The port of embarkation from
TSCW to Dallas is in front of
Hubbard Hall. Buses have been
designated to provide this trans
portation. They will leave Satur
day morning from 7-8. One-way
fare is $1.04 and $1.90 is the piice
for a round trip. A&M students
may ride with TSCW students in
these buses.
Students who wish to leave later
will depart from the downtown bus
station. Bus Tickets will be sold
in the rotunda of the Administra
tion Building on Friday from 9
a. m. until 5 p. m. They will also
be sold on Saturday morning for
the benefit of A&M students as the
buses leave.
TSCW headquarters in Dallas
has been established in the Baker
Hotel, Room 5, Mezzanine. This
headquarters will observe the
hours of 6 p. m. to 11:30 p. m.,
Friday, and 8 a. m. until the last
bus leaves for Denton, Saturday.
Representatives At Hotel
Representatives for the Office of
the Dean of Women will be at the
Baker Hotel from Friday evening
until Sunday morning. During day
time and evening hours, Jthe repre
sentatives can be reached in case
of an emei’gency by inquiring at
the information desk at the hotel.
There will be no Aggie-Tessie
Date Bureau at TSCW nor in Dal
las.
The Aggie Welcoming Commit
tee met with Claire Williams, Ag
gie sweetheart, and plans for her
crowning were made*
Ike Shatters Solid South,
Democrats 9 20-Year Reign
Based On AP Reports
America thundered its liking Wednesday
with a crashing avalanche of votes that gave
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower the presidency.
The far-famed general of the wide grin
buried Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson under a sea-
to-sea landslide that ripped open the ■ once-
solid South and shattered the Democrats’ 20-
year hold on the White House.
With more than 47 million of the esti
mated 55 million or more ballots counted, the
popular vote tabulation at 11 a.m. CST stood:
Eisenhower 29,124,001.
Stevenson 23,470,798.
Adlai Concedes
Race -12,44 am
Springfield, 111., Nov. 5 (A 5 )—This
was the sour and bitter morning
after for the legions who followed
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson—and lost.
He conceded the election at 12:44
a.m. today.
The defeated Democratic presL
dential candidate himself admitted
he felt as Abraham Lincoln once
did after a losing election:
Like a little boy who had stub
bed his toe in the dark—but who
Avas too old to cry and “it hurt
too much to laugh.”
Still, the rumpled-looking slen
der man who was the Democratic
standard-bearer could muster a
smile and a quip even in the defeat
that must have been even more,
disheartening to him than to his
followers.
The capitulation came shortly
after midnight, Central Standard
Time. At that hour the vote re
turns showed Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower rushing to a tremendous
victory.
Holds Last Meeting
At the Executive Mansion short
ly before midnight there was a
conference. The lights blazed
brightly. Newsmen and townspeo
ple gathered on the mansion lawn
and peered into windows for a
glimpse of the men in the drama.
In his basement office, Steven
son met with these men: Wilson
Wyatt, his campaign manager;
George W. Ball, executive director
of the Volunteers for Stevenson;
Carl McGowan and William M.
Blair Jr., his administrative assist
ants, and William I. Flanagan, his
press secretary.
The word already came that New
York State was gone. Eisenhower
had cracked the Solid South. Penn
sylvania and Illinois and other key
states were shifting to the gen
eral.
And so the decision \A T as made
that the Democratic cause was
hopelessly buried under a landslide
of \ r otes. Wilson Wyatt had held
out to the last against any con
cession of victory to the Republi
cans. Others in the Stevenson com
mand had already seen the hand
writing on the wall—-and privately
conceded defeat. They felt them
selves that Wyatt should have ad
mitted the realities sooner.
Leaves With Sons
So the door opened in the man
sion basement and Stevenson Avith
his sons, Borden and John Fell,
and members of his official family
came out. He drove three blocks
(See ADLAI, Page 6)
Not Unhappy >
Says Teague
Democratic Congressman
Olin E. Teague of College
Station, re-elected from the
Sixth Texas District, said
this morning, “I’m not at all
unhappy about the results of
the presidential election. I
Avould like to wish Gen. Ei
senhower all the luck in the
world. I Avill be more than
glad to cooperate with the
new president in any way to
help solve the problems of
world peace.”
Teague was still unsure
about his position in the
House of Representatives or
ganization. If final results
show a Republican House,
Teague will be ranking mi
nority member of the Veter-
.ans Affairs Committee. If
the Democrats hold the mar
gin, the College Station man
will be committee chairman.
He will fly tb Washington
to join his family today.
The general already had passed the record
high for a Republican—the 22,305,198 roll
ed up by Wendell Willkie in 1940—and was
ahead of the 27,751,597 amassed by Roose
velt in 1936.
However, Ike was getting about 57 per
cent of the popular vote, expected to be far in
excess of the 49,829,812 record cast in 1940.
Stevenson lost his own state of Illinois
and appeared likely to wind up with only
nine Dixie and border states having a total
of 89 electoral votes. Eisenhower had clinch
ed or was leading in 39 states with 429 elec
toral votes, 163 more than the 266 needed for
election.
: + The. 62-year-old Ayarrior-states-
man had a personal mandate from
the voters matching in volume that
grten Herbert Hoover, his last Re
publican predecessor in 1928, and
rivalling some of those for Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
The informal Republican-South
ern Democrat coalition which has
dictated congressional action on
legislation Ayas strengthened by
the EisenhoAver victory and the
general could expect from it sup
port for the program he laid out
in his campaign “crusade.”
Stevenson was able to hold to
gether only the tattered remnants
of the once-solid South, plus possi
bly Kentucky and Missouri in the
border states, by his campaign of
“talking sense to the American
people.” His running mate, Sen.
John Sparkman, helped salvage
his home state of Alabama, but
not much else.
In Springfield, 111., Stevenson
philosophically conceded the vic
tory to Eisenhower, called on all
Americans to “close ranks” and
pledged his support to the winner.
Eisenhower, wildly cheered when
he appeared in a New York hotel
ballroom, matched his opponent’s
unity plea, said it was “a day of
dedication rather than triumph”
and pledged that he never will give
“short weight” to his responsibili
ties.
In his SAveep, Eisenhower carried
two states the Republicans haven’t
been able to capture since 1924,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
He won or was out in front in 15
states Avhere the Republicans hav
en’t had a presidential victory
since 1928 — Arizona, California,
Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia and Washington.
But his landslide wasn’t quite as
widespread as that registered by
Hoover, since Eisenhower couldn’t
break into West Virginia, Ken
tucky and North Carolina as the
former president did in 1928.
TO SHOW YOU VOTED—“We^r this badge to show others
you voted,” says Jaycette Mrs. Malcolm Smith of 420
Peace St. in Bryan. She’s pinning the badge on Sixth Dis
trict Congressman Olin E. Teague of College Station as he
drops his ballot in the A&M Consolidated precinct 3 box.
Seniors Meet
With Col. Davis
On Grievances
A special committee a p-
pointed by Corps Commander
vVeldon Kruger met with Com-
nandant Joe Davis today to
liscuss grievances of senior
coi’ps members. The committee,
headed by First Division Comman
der Joe Wallace, had a prepared
list of complaints directed at col
lege authorities.
Wallace said last night he plan
ned to take the complaints to
President M. T. Harrington if the
commandant could not solve their
problems or grte them reasons why
the things they are asking cannot
be granted.
The committee met Monday
night to draw up its report from
written complaints submitted by
unit commanders last week.
They discussed their report Avith
Congressman Olin E. Teague last
night to gain advice as to the best
way to present the grievances to
college authorities.
Wallace said it is apparent that
all the demands can not be granted
at once; there are too many things
asked ^for to expect authorities to
allow them in one year.
Teague told the committee the
main thing wrong with such de
mands of classes in the past that
everything Avas forgotten \\ T hen the
class graduated.
The complete text of the com
mittee’s report, Avhich is being tak
en to the commandant today, will
be p\iblished in The Battalion to-
! morrow.