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(BaJ G1 (Cai G1 (Baj G] G1 GJ (Bis G] 20 ( G] G G Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1953 Conquering of Everest Shines for All to See Armed Forces Reserve Ribbon Now Available TV^ot long ago came the news that Mount ^ Everest had been scaled. Amidst the bustle of crowning a queen for Eng-land, the news took second spotlig-ht, but behind this very interesting announcement lies a lesson for all the people of the world. Many believed the “top of the world” would never be reached. They said it was impossible with the terrific winds and blind ing snow blizzards which racked the summit of Everest. But Mount Everest was climbed. It was conquered. Some one accomplished the im possible. It took months of preparation, weeks of waiting, and day after day of tedi ous difficult climbing. But it was done. This was another of the hundreds of things which are accomplished every day throughout the world. Some one did the im possible. Someone had the brains, the fore sight, the determination, and the “intestinal fortitude” to stay with a job and see it through. Man set out to climb to the highest known peak in the world and he did it. Each day some one sets out to climb their own mountain. It probably isn’t as big as Everest, but to the person beginning the climb, the obstacle confronting him is even higher than Everest. And out of the many persons who begin one of these personal climbs each day, how many ever reach the top? How many con quer their mountain? The conquering of Everest should be an inspiration. It should stand as a symbol of “conquest of the impossible.” For that is exactly what it was. And perhaps some day enough “Everests” will be scaled to show to the world that so often the “impossible” isn’t so difficult after all. AUSTIN, Texas — The Armed Forces Reserve Ribbon, authorized for wear by Army reservists with 10 years or more of honorable and satisfactory service, is now avail able for distribution, according to an announcement this week by Col. M. E. Jones, Chief of the Texas Military District. The 10 years of reserve service do not necessarily have to be con secutive, provided such serwice was performed within a peidod of 12 consecutive years. The 10 years service must be honorable and satisfactory as de fined under Public Law 810. A device is authorized to be worn on the ribbon for each additional 10-year period of serwice. Periods of service as a member of the Honorary Reserve and or Honorary Retired List of a civilian component of the Armed Forces of the United States will not be considered in determining eligibil ity. However, all periods of active federal service by such members will be considered. Army reservists may have their eligibility for the ribbon deter mined and secure them on an issue basis from their nearest Reseiwe Instructor Office. Low Premium Insurance Your Fire Departmei ai Offers Best for Les ut On- (Rudd NQ high (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles explaining the functions of the agencies which serve you, the citizens of College Station). By BILL COBBLE Wilson Disputes Vandenberg On Proposed Air Force Cuts Mlles °f Ro P e S_ Washington, June 8 —(A*) WASHINGTON, June 9 — (A>) — Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson Monday sharply disputed testimony by Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden- berg that proposed cuts in United States air power goals would leave this country with a “one-shot, sec ond-best Air Force”—outstripped by Soviet Russia. Testifying at a televised hearing before a Senate appropriation sub committee, Wilson declared: “I assure you most emphatically that we are not going to have the second-best Air Force. We are go ing to continue to have the best * • m Air Force.” Under questioning, Wilson cau tioned against any lowering of American defenses as a result of the possible imminent truce in Korea. “We’re living in an age of peril,” he said. Then, obviously alluding to America’s rapid demobilization aft er World War II, Wilson said: “We must not make the mistake we made in the past.” Asked by Sen. Burnet R. May- bank (Dem.) of South Carolina whether there might be “some let up in defense” after a Korean truce is signed, Wilson replied: “I would not advise it. I am go ing to recommend we stay where We are (on defense spending).” The white-haired Defense Secre tary, former president of General Motors, came up with a dispassion ate but hard-hitting rebuttal to last week’s three-day recital by Gen eral Vandenberg, retiring air (‘hief of staff, who testified that the pro posed five-billion-dollar slash in Air Force funds would imperil the nation’s safety. Spectators crowded the big Sen ate caucus room as Wilson jabbed at the military high command, “ex travagant expenditures,” “waste and inefficiency” and the global defense plans of military leaders, and even chided Congress itself. New York Firm Renews Grant Failure to Keep Pace Commenting on this country’s failure to keep pace with Britain in the development of jet aircraft, Wilson said Congress had “some share of responsibility,” because it neglected to provide adequate money. As for the global defense, Wilson said “military leaders” have indi cated a desire to build up “such forces as could defend the whole world,” and he told the subcom mittee: “This is simply beyond our ca pability over the long run.” Turning to the joint Chiefs of Staff—all holdovers from the Tru- jnan administration who are soon to be replaced in a major shakeup of the entire military high com mand — Wilson said the Joint Chiefs have been inclined to think of themselves more as commanders and leave the details of planning to other people. “The result,” he said dryly, “is that part of the time the ball gets dropped somewhere down in the staffs, as the ammunition supply situation in Korea some time back, and you can’t find out who is to blame.” Wilson staunchly defended the Eisenhower administration’s pro posed cut from the 143-wing Air Force goal recommended by for mer President Truman in January to 120 wings by late 1955. Wings vary in strength from thirty bomb ers to seventy-five fighters. It was this reduction in air goals which Vandenberg said was trim ming the Air Force down to a “one-shot” outfit without reserves. Congressional investigators have found 8,200 miles of rope in government warehouses, Rep. George H. Bender (Rep.) of Ohio reported Monday. He said it has been stored since World War II. Bender, chairman of a House government operations sub committee, said in a statement the qualitj^ of rope, stored at Marietta, Pa., and in Califor nia, is inferior. “They bought so much rope that when the war was over, 13,000 miles were still left over,” Bender said. “Nobody could figure out anything to do with the stuff, and so it was all brought back and parked out of sight in government warehouses. “The big mystery is who bought it and why.” Closing Yet Beds Meets Opposition When Summer comes around, clean-up time comes along too. In conjunction with the clean-up campaign of College Station, the officials of the fire department and the city remind the citizens of College Station that Summer is a season for our highest fire incidents. Most prevalent and common causes of fires are burning trash and grass. Through co-operation and fire prevention College Sta tion has maintained a good fire record. Total loss of a neighbor’s home, or any heavy fire loss in the corporate city limits of College Station, tends to raise your own rates of fire insurance. Your fire depart ment is 100% volunteer and must have the continued cooperation of the citizens of the city in order to maintain its very good fire reward. The local fire department, composed main ly of A&M College employees, was organiz ed more than 30 years ago. Sixteen of the volunteers live in “Fireman’s Village,” ap proximately seven-tenths of a mile from the fire station and adjacent to College View. These volunteers receive one dollar per alarm and one dollar per hour, but no extra allowance for laundry, dry cleaning, or re placement of damaged clothing. Also there is no extra compensation for remaining in town on holidays to assure a minimum number of personnel to man the equipment in case of an emergency. The City of College Station carries in surance on the firemen in the event of in jury or death, and also on the trucks when used in College Station. Even though the department is operat ed on a volunteer basis, there is ordinarily enough personnel to handle the job, since the citizens and some of the student body are on hand. The control of traffic by city officials has, in the past, been invaluable to the fire de partment in speeding up the operations at the scene of the fire and reducing traffic hazards. In any volunteer fire department there is an unavoidable delay in response to an alarm. Serious delays, however, are often caused by insufficient or no information when someone reports a fire. Foolish as it may sound, fires have been reported locally by merely saying: “My house is burning, please hurry,” or “This is John Doe, there is a fire in back of my house.” For Best Results The American Cyanamid Com pany of New York, has renewed Beef Cattle Course Set for August 17 their grant of $2,000 to the Agri cultural Experiment Station, Dir. R. D. Lewis, announced recently. The grant will be used for studies on cotton defoliation under the direction of Dr. W. C. Hall of the department of plant physiolo gy and pathology. Armour Renews Grant To Experiment Station Armour and Company of Chi cago, through the National Flying Farmers Foundation, has renewed their grant-in-aid to the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station for mesquite control studies being con ducted under the supervision of C. E. Fisher at the Spur substation. The grant is for $750. A short course in beef cattle production problems will be held here during the week beginning August 17. The course is designed for both commercial cattlemen and pure bred breeders and will cover the various phases of breeding, feed ing, management and disease and parasite control, with emphasis on some of the newer developments in the field of be ef cattle hus bandry. Work with various breeds of beef cattle will be included and practice sessions will be provided. Nationally known persons in the beef cattle field will be brought in on the program as well as staff members of the Animal Husbandry Department. Determined opposition to the Budget Bureau’s bid to close down 5,000 beds in VA hospitals was forecast Sunday by Sixth District Congressman Olin Teague of Col lege Station. Teague appeared as guest on Senator Lyndon Johnson’s weekly broadcast from Washington over the 30-station Texas State Net work. “I feel a majority of the House membership realizes the Budget Bureau cut too deeply into the medical program,” Teague declar ed. “I think action will be taken to restore funds so that no VA hos pital beds will remain vacant,” he added. The proposed funds slash has met with disfavor, among Central Texans, who believe VA hospitals in Waco and Marlin and the VA Center in Waco undoubtedly would feel effects of such a drastic meas- The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. He Appeared Teague said he appeared last week before the House Appropri ations Committee to protest the revised VA budget figure which would cut $56 million from the VA’s medical and hospital pro- gi-am. The lawmaker pointed out cur rent difficulties Texas is experi encing in cai'ing for mental and tuberculosis cases. “At the moment, more than 900 veterans with non-service-connect ed illnesses who have been approv ed for admission to VA hospitals in Texas ai'e waiting for vacant beds,” he disclosed. More than half the cases, he added, are psy chotic or tubercular patients. “I think it false economy to re fuse adequate funds to staffing VA hospitals when state and coun ty facilities are badly overcrowd ed.” Senator Johnson asked if Teague had heard critical talk regarding veterans able to pay for private medical aid but who were signing VA affidavits saying they were un able to afford civilian treatment. “Yes,” replied Teague, “and I’m convinced there is some abuse.” He said he had introduced a bill which would give the VA considar- ably more authority to investigate and determine whether a veteran is able to pay for his own medical treatment. At present, the VA is i*equired to accept a man’s statement. The law does not permit checking his financial background. Also appearing on the Sunday broadcast was Congressman Hom er Thornberry of Austin and the Tenth District, who pointed out that the House has trimmed off 17 per cent of total funds sought in seven appropriation bills passed so far. He referred to the Truman administration budget requests at the beginning of the session. Johnson, in his remarks, said Washington and Texas both were troubled last week over the 50 per cent drop in cotton exports the past year. “It may be a temporary sales slump. However, some observers fear it is the beginning of a long term change in the patterns of marketing.” The decline, Johnson believes, is due to the lower price of foreign- grown cotton as compared with the American staple. For smoother co-ordination the Fire Chief makes the following suggestions: 1. Dial 4-4567 A. Remain calm B. Speak distinctly a. Give your name b. Give street and house number c. Give section of town or name of subdivision, such as College Hills, South Oakwood, etc. 2. Hold the phone until you are sure in formation is clear 3. Isolate the fire as much as possible by cutting off all the ventilation 4. Watch for the truck and direct it to the house 5. In case there is no answer on the regu lar fire phone, which is 4-4567, call 4-5554 6. Call only to give emergency informa tion. Leave both lines clear for use by the department. This department is not radio equipped, so remember your fire phone is 4-4567 The Rating Bureau of the Fire Insurance Commission of Texas has set up certain re quirements of a city and its fire department in order to receive maximum credit on the key rate of your fire insurance. Among those requirements are the following: The fire department pumpers must pass a test set by the Commission in addition to other specifications. to a hei Each pumper is required to carecord in ft. of two and one-half inch hose, e Matioi is recommended as preferable. 8* ^W ene dry hose for reloading is recommer^ the ^ not required. These requirements. V e a) M 7).' than met by your local department. j- e cord Reports Submitted reduced b Monthly, quarterly and annually p re par must be submitted or there is a 3 f yggio Da’ on the key rate. These records i a record tained by Fire Chief C. H. Warren track an retary to the Department D. B. flpreparati The city of College Station sene it the ma man to the Fireman’s Training Sd i)a\ 7 summer, for which it gains 3% crl vided the fireman passes the finalt Virgil Phipps, the local firemai JTJ tended the school in 1952 made the grade of anyone attending the a; training section of that session. M } The Commission sets minimum/ ance rates for drills and fires, andt department is well over the recoriiy york quired attendance. , things h; The local department is requiredy Mantle 1 twice per month for two hours eade youngsi The city gains 3% credit for file* tl ' u . e ' ~ ~~i~~ -e: Yankee tion and principles of fire insurance p in all tliG schools. for Uses Key Rate : and run Texas is the only state to use h ^i-year^c system to arrive at a fire insurancep; t hh-teen By virtue of all available facilities,Stolthe pi water supply and installations, [? to the p equipment, manpower, training scheshiaf battinj leadership, College Station has a fit nd a tie ance key rate of thirty cents, onev Vernon, lowest in Texas. As a result, fire ir. , th<! y we policy holders obtain an annual sa' lven 111 th $33,600. ,r 7 il ' st f 1 Because of a Good Fire Credits'" 0 there is an annual saving of $12,800. the Nati ever, due to heavy losses sustained ndi<>nst of past, the 25% Good Fire Credit Rew continue been reduced to 20% in College Static 1 .376 ave means there is a yearly loss of $3,2001 fasemar policy holders and will remain effectiv se l on twe there is a reduction in fire losses. ps ’ l '? : ro ] % The Good Fire Credit Reward is^f' third portant factor to fire service and th e at .345. munity. Retaining it means that fireider tailec are held at a minimum, whereas ihiiee hits would reflect considerable property d,? Suder i To the average fire insurance '‘ ,s I s . 1° holder whose premium is $10, and wit ^ * \ c maximum Good Fire Credit Rewaii ^',7 off 1 premium would be $7.50. Zomiai, Loss of the Credit Reward would: Philadel the premium at $10 and if the maihieen ho penalty of 15% were imposed the prtlepartmen would be raised to $11.50, or a differt' n Y ' up to $4 on every $10. [V ^ 7 eaf pj That $4 is the difference betweente tera 7 ou1 a maximum penalty or having a mait to .360 1 Good Fire Credit Reward. Those for eight holders paying higher premiums couldr% their loss or gain accordingly. Property of Trainers 1/ \ The fire equipment is the property Texas Fireman’s Training School t f maintained for local use by the Depar H f of Buildings and College Utilities oQp US O n College. the A1 Besides the insurance which to town, carries on men and equipment, it ps^toric Kyi per truck for each run, and $1 per ^'OR'cam fc man. ; lub Ro ™ At this rate your trash fire r... ."j 1 /', th 7 your city from $60 to $90. On ttis ^ so '' hand a trash fire may cause a series “ Fandan large enough to raise the insurance 1%' . P'^du^ the entire city, not to mention the loss of your home or your neighbors’ When in doubt always call your %7,.^7ate partment. Fire prevention is a fire i-ettor/Ro ment, so continue to be careful, first idea A commendation is in order for tlime-town zens of College Station, for the veil he adds, small number of fires reported. Rer: only—no the basic fundamntals of fire safet; in it. that your fire telephone is 4-4567, or entire lary 4-5554. kt to Co Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress 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 Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi- Cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. 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