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f Circulated Daily 1 To 90 Per Cent [ Of Local Residents Number 11: Volume 53 Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 76 Years Price Five Cents A&M HONOR GUARD—The Ross Volunteers flank the first Texas governor to win on both Democratic and Republican tickets, Gov. Allan Shivers. He voiced a prayer of peace and urged the legislature to follow a sober course of reform at his inauguration in Austin yesterday. Members of the official family sat behind him, with members of the house and senate on either side. (AP Wire photo.) Brodie Twin Dies in Coma A f ter 34 Days CHICAGO, Jan. 21—UP)— Tiny Roger Lee Brodie, Siam ese twin who for 34 days amazed the medical world by ; surviving a head-to-head sur- fcical separation, died last night. The Ifi-month-old boy had been in. a deep coma since the history: making operation Dec. 17. His brain circulation was impaired and his condition had been listed “very precarious” since the separation from his brother Rodney Dee. Attending physicians had ex pressed amazement that he sur vived the 12 hour and 40 minute operation. The surgery on the twins, who were born joined at the top of their heads, was the first time in medi cal history the patients had sur vived such an operation. Rodney, since the separation, has undergone two plastic procedures to put skin over his brain. He fyas shown some signs he is on the roadto recovery. However, he must undergo further surgery and his condition still is regarded as crit ical. “Roger’s death was not unex pected development by any means,” said a spokesman at the Neuro- Psychiatric Hospital of the Univer sity of Illinois. Legislature Asks Budget Stay Pat AUSTIN, Jan. 21—(A 5 )—A stand- pat state budget for the next two years was recommenced to the Legislature yesterday by its own financial experts—the Legislative Budget Board. The board proudly place^ on desks of senators and representa tives a schedule of general state spending that'would total ld2 mil lion dollars for the biennium. That is just a trifle more than the cur rent rate of spending and would require no new taxes. This was the second budget sug gested to the lawmakers within a week. Last Thursday Gov. Shivers presented a two-year spending plan that would hit about 166 million dollars. Main Difference The main difference lie in Shiv ers’ ' recommendations for higher salaries for many state employees and college teachers. The Legislative Budget Board left the question of pay raises Ike Gives 42m] Inaugural Address WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—6T>— Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inaug ural address yesterday was the 42nd in the nation’s 164-year his tory. How come, since we’ve had »*nly .32 men in the White House before today? It’s this way: 17 Presidents served one elective term each, making 17 inaugural addi’esses. Nine — Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, McKinley and Wilson— were elected to two successive terms, making 18 more inaugural addresses for a total of 35. Cleveland was elected a sec ond time after being out of of fice four yeai-s, making two more inaugurals for a total of 37. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four elections brought four more in augurals for a grand total of 41. But that accounts for only 28 men making inaugural speeches out of the 32 before today, doesn’t it? Well, there were four more Presidents all right. But each one «»—Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur—moved up from the vice presidency because of deaths and was never elected president on ,his own. They took an oath but it was without frills of pomp and speech. Driver Lacks Necessary GI Equipment SEOUL —hP)— A military policeman stopped a Puerto Rican jeep driver of the 65th Regiment. The authorization slip for the jeep was blank. . “Why isn’t it filled in?” the M. P. asked. The driver spoke for five minutes in fluent Spanish. “All I want to know is why the trip ticket isn’t filled in,” the harried. M. P. cut in. The driver’s buddy answer ed in English: “He says he doesn’t have a pencil.” For 32 Minutes II.S. Was Without Prexy WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—6P>— The U. S. was without a presi dent yesterday for 32 minutes. The Constitution says the presi dential term shall end at noon on Jan. 20 Harry S. Truman’s nearly eight years as President came to an official end at that hour. Dwight D. Ensenhower did not take the oath until 12:32 p. m. EST 11:32 a. m. CST. Until then he was only the President-elect. Although Richard M. Nixon was sworn in as vice president at 12:23 p. m., this did not make him president, even theoretically, until Eisenhower took the oath. This is because no man is pres ident until he takes the oath for that office. And Nixon was sworn in as vice president, not president. strictly to the Legislature. It did the same thing on the issue of whether to spend an extra 100 mil lion dollars per year on highways. Senate and House members will start scanning the latest budget proposal today. They adjourned after inauguration of Gov. Shivers yesterday. Months of work have gone into the spending suggestions of the governor and the budget board, but the process of deciding how much to spend it far from finished. House and Senate committees will hold hearings on requests of the numerous state agencies and finally come up with their own ver sion of how much the state should spend. Floor Debate on Bills The House and Senate will hear floor debate on their committee recommendations and eventually a joint committee will probably get together to produce the final money-spending bills. That’s the way the process usually works. The Legislative Budget Boai’d estimated 19 million dollars in gen eral revenue would be left over to meet additional requests which would require more than 100 mil lion dollars if granted. These requests include $66 mil lion for the next two years to im prove the pay scale of public school teachers from a minimum base of $2,400 to $3,000 per year; $4 mil lion for higher college teacher sal aries; $4.4 million for higher state employee pay; nearly $12 million for tuberculosis hospitals and prison construction; $5.6 million for medical, dental and cancer hospital buildings; $6.2 million for modernization of the School for the Deaf; $3,160,000 for new build ings and dormitories for Texas Southern University. Bond Issue Defeated n Election, -325 Shivers Asks To Improve State AUSTIN, Jan. 21—(A 3 )—Unusual religious solemnity marked the in auguration yesterday f o r Allan Shivers as governor and Ben Ram sey as lieutenant governor, both for their second elective term. Fervent prayers for peace, mercy and wisdom for mankind in a troubled world came alike from preacher and politician. They overshadowed in emphasis the practical pleas and programs of the two officials who will guide the state’s government for two years. The roars ol a 19-cannon mili tary salute, jarred the earth and rattled the windows of the capitol. The echoes had barely died away when the governor’s pastor, Dr. Carlyle Marney, set the ceremo- niol’s tone with his invocation: “Let Thy mercies cover the earth.” Hope of Peace And the 45-year-old governor underlined these words: “In an era of vast and even frightening scientific progress, in an atmosphere of international danger and a time of grave domes tic decision, we would be neither the children of man nor of God if we failed to put first in our thoughts and prayers the hope for peace and the preservation of our way of life.” From Ramsey: “May God guide our leaders in Washington—men of both of our political parties—in their difficult task of bringing us international peace with honor.” A crowd that some estimated at 25,000, some at less than 10,00, massed around the south portico of the capitol to see Shivers and Ramsey swear to “preserve, pro tect and defend” the constitution of the state and nation. Old Bible Used Chief Justice John Hickman di rected each to place his hand on the 112-year-old Bible in taking the oath. The ancient book has so served Texas through many turbulent po litical years. The whole inauguration was not as solemn as the capitol ceremony. For the first time since 1947, it started with a parade and ended with a whirl of social activities climaxed with three separate in augural balls. It was an inaugural unusual in other aspects. It put into of ice, for the first time in Texas history, a governor and lieutenant governor who had been nominated by both the Demo cratic and Republican parties. Improve State Shivers called on the Legislature •—meeting in joint session for the inaugural—to work at a solid job of improving state government. He said the lawmakers’ opportunity this time “is not so much to make headlines as to make history.” Shivers outlined again the pat tern of government which he laid before the lawmakers a week ago, saying: “These are merely general sug gestions. There are opportunities before us of saving money—and of spending money more wisely. Few of them offer a chance for spectac ular reforms, but rather for in creased economy and efficiency in our government.” Shivers wants the Legislature to hammer at the problem of water conservation, co-oi'dination of high er education, improved school fi nancing, government reorganiza tion, better personnel procedures for state workers, and a sound building program. He has counsel ed improved highways, a stepped- up state tuberculosis program and new taxes sharply limited to ac tual needs. Record 793 Ballots Beal $650,000Man By HARRT BAKER Battalion City Editor The A&M Consolidated School board of trustee’s $050,000 bend proposal was defeated yesterday in public election, 463 to 325. This vote is unofficial, said H. E. Burgess, election judge. The ballots have to be submitted to the County Commission ers Court for verification. A total of 793 votes were cast. The final count was 325, for, 463 against, and five mutilated. Earlier reports showed that there were about 650 voters in the school district, but a record 788 votes were cast. Supt. Les Richardson, who favored passage of the bonds and was optimistic yesterday, said today, “I don’t know what the school authorities are going to do. We’ll have to wait un til the board meets in official session.” ‘‘There will be another bond issue proposed,” said E. E. : ♦'Brown, president of the Consoli dated board of trustees. “People are aware of the emergency. We can’t let education stop.” Brown said he would call a ses sion of the school board within the next two or three days, possibly today, for the purpose of releas ing a statement about the election. Not In Position “We’re in no position now to make a statement,” he said. When asked why he thought the bond issue was not approved, Brown said, “I don’t believe it was strictly mistrust of the boai'd or the board’s figures.” “We may have slipped up by not getting the facts before the public soon enough,” he said. “The opposition did a mighty good job of twisting that up.” Before the election, Brown had said: “It’s in the bag.” He pre dicted that the bond issue would carry two to one. The $650,000 provided by the bonds would have been used for the construction of a new high school and an elementary school. Opposition to the proposal was based on the 50 per cent tax raise the school board said they would have needed to pay for the bonds and doubts as to the abil ity of College Station to support a $650,000 bond issue. Clerks for yesterday’s election were Mrs. Dan R. Davis, Mrs. A. D. Folweiler, Mrs. Curtis Williams, and Mrs. Marion Pugh. The elec tion was held in Consolidated’s Supt. Les Richardson “I don’t know” music room. Directions for Registration Friday Afternoon, Jan. 30, 1953 On this day only new Basic Division students who have done no college work will be permitted to register. They will register in the Registrar’s Office beginning at 1:00 p. m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 1953 On this day, others will register in Sbisa Hall. Registra tion cards will be released according to the following sched ule : 8:00 to 9:00—All whose surnames begin with T, U, V, W X, Y, Z. 9:00 to 10 :00—All whose surnames begin with L, M, N. O. 10:00 to 11:00—All whose surnames begin with P, Q, R, S. 1:00 to 2:00—All whose surnames begin with C, D, E, F. 2:00 to 3:00—All whose surnames begin with G, H, I, J,K. 3:00 to 4:00—All whose surnames begin with A, B. PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN POLICY COMMANDS SUPPORT Ike Starts First Day Without Cabinet WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(A 3 )— President Eisenhower’s no - ap peasement foreign policy creed commanded widespread support to day in a Congi-ess marking time for an early blueprint of his do mestic program. As the din of a three-day inau gural celebration died away, the 34th President faced the task of putting into a State of the Union message his' ideas for carrying on the “Great Crusade” • he pledged before his landslide vote victory last November. No date for deliv ery of the message has been an nounced. Eisenhower’s inaugural address yesterday was a broadly stated outline of his foreign policy creed. He left for later messages the de tails of his international and do mestic programs. Thus Congress and the nation had to wait a bit longer to see just how great a change in executive thinking was entailed by the shift, after 20 years, from Democratic to Republican control of the White House. Row Over Wilson Because of a row over one pro posed appointment and the objec tions of Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) to quick Senate action yesterday on nine nominations, Eisenhower started his first full day in office without a Cabinet. That could be changed by likely Senate votes to day on eight Cabinet jobs. There was little but delay in sight, however, for Charles E. Wil son, whose prospective nomination for secretary of defense has been challenged because of his General Motors holdings. A new hearing for Wilson, originally set for to day, was postponed until Friday. Except for the Cabinet appoint ments, there was no business be fore the Senate today, and the House was in recess. Support of Everyone Eisenhower apparently could count on much two-party backing in Congi’ess for his foreign pro gram, as he outlined it broadly in his 20-minute inaugural address yesterday. Standing bareheaded in the win ter sunshine on a stand in front of the Capitol, the new President told the world that great as are the problems at home, America’s over riding concern 4s to make certain “that the future shall belong to the free.” Reaffirming his campaign stand for co-operation with other free na tions he said that “no free people can long cling to any privilege or enjoy any safety in economic soli tude.” Assume Responsibilities But he said other nations must “assume, within the limits of their resources, their full and just bur dens in the common defense of freedom.” The first task of statesmanship, he continued, must be to “develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace.” Then he sounded his keynote: “Realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement, we shall never try to placate an ag gressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for secur ity. For in the final choice a sol dier’s pack is not so heavy a bur den as a prisoner’s chains.” Shivers Sends Ike Short Texas Salute AUSTIN, Jan. 21—(/P)—Gover nor Allan Shivers yesterday sent President-elect Eisenhower a short-wave salute reminding him that Texas was one of the states that “liked Ike.” This was the message, sent by E. C. Bartholomew, member of the American Radio Relay League: “Dear Mr. President: The state of Texas joins the other forty-sev en states in honoring you as our duly installed leader, and wishing you a significant and successful administration. Texas was one of the states that ‘liked Ike’ on Nov. 4; Texas is intensely interested in your program for domestic pro gress and international peace. We offer our prayers and co-operation for our great country.” Weather Today WINDY WEATHER TODAY: Clear and windy. The high yesterday was 64 and the low this morning was 37.