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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent | Of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Number 83: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1953 Price Five Cents rSTA Lays Blame Administration 3 l i fficials of the Texas State chers Association said admin- ration leaders had consistently 'used to consider any reasonable ution to the teacher pay prob- n and had insisted on increasing al property taxes to finance any ise. rSTA officials advised the or- nization’s 53,000 members that real compromise was ever offer- by those opposing the $600 icher pay raise bill. President L. (Bob) Proffer of Denton, ecutive Secretary Charles H. nnyson of Austin and H. W. Iwell of Texarkana, chairman the TSTA legislative commit- also outlined several compro- se [overtures made by support- of the $600 bill. Phqy noted that the Legislature Dailently felt the $600 recom- ndation made by TSTA a rea- table figure because both the use and Senate passed the $600 Senate Bill 24, by lop-sided jorities. Many administration ed|for the bill but refused to 5e [taxes to finance it. h'offer said he had called on 7. [Shivers on May 14, in the >e that some solution might be ine Limbs take Durable ence Posts mall pine posts removed in ni^ig opei’ations will make very ible posts, when seasoned and ted, to help meet Texas’ esti- ed annual need of 15 million e [ posts, according to a new nical report just released by Texas Forest Service, aturally durable woods such eartwood of mulberry and bois are becoming scarce and al- t hon-existant in East Texas, -soaking schedules for short- arid loblolly pine fence posts >■ pentaehlorophenol as a pre- ative are outlined in the techni- •eport. veral hundred posts with a h top and 6Ms-feet long were in thinnings of natural pine Is and used for the research ^es. Posts were peeled im- ately after cutting and were >ned from 4 to 26 weeks, sts were soaked for 4 to 96 s jn five per cent pentachloro- ol solution with No. 2 fuel ejsapwood of all posts season- rqm one to six months and cold-soaked for three days, Completely penetrated near ?Bound level. copy of Technical Report No. lold-Soaking Schedules for the of Pentachlorophenol in the 'ervation of Shortleaf and Lob- Pine Fence Posts,” may be ned from the Forest Products irtment, Texas Forest Service, 460, Lufkin, Texas. The study completed by Gene Marshall, erly head of the Forest Pro- ; Department. ®*ace Martin jturns From vil Workshop •s. Grace Martin, assistant ict agent for the Texas Agri- ral Extension Service, and coordinator for women’s ac es in Civil Defense, has just ned from a workshop held at in, June 8-13. ting as consultant for 75 rep- tatives of the Parent Teach- Lssociation, Mrs. Martin spoke ‘Goordinating Work of Wo- 5 Organizations in Civil De- She compiled information ivil defense for each of the men and presidents of the 16 cts and the executive com- e of the Association for simi- orkshops to 1’each 2800 local lizations with 444,000 mem- 1 le interest was definite for nfation on emergency feeding ate of sick and injured,” Mrs. Otn commented. “As a result, ^group prepared a manual to J:*|its members in training for Emergencies as Waco and , Angelo have just undergone.” Qs. Martin assisted Mrs. Henry Js, Tyler, State Civil Defense ;#ian for the Parent Teachers nation, who directed the work- found, but that the “Governor flat ly refused to cooperate.” The TSTA leaders pointed out that they opposed the so-called Kil gore bill, which would have given teachers a $306 raise if and when the natural gas tax is upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court, because it would have increased local prop erty taxes and would have elimi nated some of the services under the Gilmer-Aikin program. Administration leaders flatly re fused to support any pay raise measure which did not include a provision to increase local property taxes. They also insisted on elim inating state financial aid for su pervisors and counsellors. An at tempt by House sponsors of the $600 bill to take those features out of the Kilgore bill was re jected. House sponsors also offered ad- ministi-ation forces another com promise which was rejected. It would have given teachers a $306 raise Sept. 1, 1953, plus an addi tional $90 on September 1, 1954. It also would have put a dedica tion tax on natural gas reserves to pay for the raise and the tax would have become inoperative if the Supreme Court upheld the gas gathering tax. Governor Shivers, although he fought the gathering tax and favoi-ed this type in 1951, refused in 1953 to consider this tax, which was designed to collect a great deal of revenue from out- of-state consumers of Texas gas. Administration leaders again in sisted on local property .tax in creases instead of a tax on long- line natural gas pipelines. Fresh Chinese Drives Slow Up Truce Talks mm "V' llsl TEXAS TALK—Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) ’(left), the Senate minority leader, and John C. White of Austin, Texas, commissioner of agriculture, talk in the president’s room at the national capitol during White’s visit to Wash ington. 4-1:1 Roraidup Ends After Western Week 1#. Exp. Sta. Gets $3,000 Grant-In-A id The Consolidated Products Com pany through R. Q. Hammer, vice- president, sales, Danville, 111., has made available to the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station a grant-in-aid of $3,000. It will be used in studies of the values of hydrolex in poultry feeds, Dir. R. D. Lewis of the Station, says. “These ,gtudip.s ,<ire being con ducted under the ' supervision of Dr. J. R. Couch of our Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition and Poultry Husbandry,” Director Lewis said. Joseph Vander stuck en and George Brockmar, Double Bar Ranch Company of Sonora, have donated equipment valued at $49.95 to the station, Lewis said today. It is a kyfercator and will be located at Substation No. 14, Sonora. The Texas 4-H Roundup went westei’n last Wednesday in a big way. The chuck wagon supper set the stage for the events that fol lowed in rapid-fire order. A. J. Wynn and his string band provid ed western music during the pei’- iod the barbecue was being served and prior to the beginning of the Fandangle show. The chuck wagon food was pre pared and served under the direc tion of Roy W. Snyder, meats spe cialist for the Extension Service and serving was handled by Exten sion employees. Director Gibson was arena director and handled the loud speaker system. The presentation of the Fandan gle Sampler for 1953 was well re ceived and many remarked that it was the best show of its kind they had ever seen. The produc tion is an outstanding example of what can be done by the citizens of a community when they go to work on a problem. Some 309 citizens of Albany and Shackle ford County make up the cast for the entire production and about 80 made the trip to College Station. The 4-H members and leaders Thursday morning went on con ducted tours of the A&M campus and the agricultural facilities lo cated near the main campus. Groups from the different Exten sion districts presented their ver sion of “From Here . . . Where,” theme of the Roundup, as panels during the afternoon session held at Guion Hall. The Texas 4-H Council held its election of officers for next year and they will take office during the State 4-H Leadership Camp to be held here in August. Troy Lee McNeill of Floyd County and Nan cy Adian of Coleman County were named co-chairmen; Don McGinty of Dickens County was named sec retary and Jerry Weatherby of Tarrant County and Jo Ann Mc- Annelley of Swisher County were elected co-chairmen of the publici ty committee. The annual 4-H Banquet spon sored by the Sears-Roebuck Foun dation was the feature for the Thursday evening program. Mr. C. T. Johnson of Dallas, south western director for the Founda tion, along with a committee from the Extension Service handled the details for the banquet and for the entertainment program. This part of the Roundup program has be come a highlight feature of the 4-H state meeting. The Founda tion sponsors many other worth while 4-H programs and activities in the state and has done so for many years. The Roundup officially ended after breakfast on Friday morn ing. CatholicChurch To Build New Student Center A contract has been let for a Student Center to be erected ad joining Saint Mary’s Chapel at College Station, announced the Rev. Tim Valenta. The building, which will be used for a center for the young men of the Catholic faith at A and M, will cost $80,079 and will be one unit of a trinity of buildings, with plans calling for the erection of a new chapel and rectory in the near future. Designed by Architect William E. Nash, the building will be used primarily for recreation facilities. Plowever, a library has been in cluded to provide a quiet area for meditation and will double as a classroom in which religious cour ses will be conducted by the chap lain. The structure will be steel frame with brick walls, inside and out, and partitions of plywood to al low for throwing all rooms to gether to accommodate large crowds. Floors will be of asphalt tile and Avood trim will be of na tural finish, redwood. A feature of the building will be a spacious lounge with a large fireplace as its central point. A kitchen will be included and a barbecue pit will be built on the lawn for outdoor parties. 1,000 BAFB Grad To Finish June 16 Bryan Air Force Base’s 1,000th graduate of the basic jet pilot training program Avill be a member of Class 53-D, which graduates here Tuesday, June 16th. Second Lieutenant Carter G. Taylor, a 1951 AFROTC graduate of A&M, entered training in January of this year. In line with the present policy, all of the U. S. aviation cadets graduating will be commissioned on June 16th but not all Avill have received the pilot aviation badge (wings) until July 16th. Enrollment Goes Down, Only 72 Coeds The summer school enroll ment at Texas A&M College for the first term is 1538, said Registrar H. L. Heaton. This figure represents the em’ollment through Thursday, last day fox 1 enrollment fox 1 the fix'st term. The enrollment includes 173 entering freshmen and sur veying and geology field workers at the school’s sum mer caxxxp at Junction and 72 women on the campus who are taking libex*al arts coux-ses. For the same period in 1952 the enrollment was 1640 in cluding 79 Avomen and 149 at Junction, the registrar said. Anchors Aiveigh Schooner Accepted by A&M By The Associated Press The Texas Navy, grounded for more than 100 yeai’S, was back in business Sunday and the A and M Research Foundation had a ves sel for scientific exploration of an area in the Gulf of Mexico 2.5 times as big as the state it self. Both events came about by the presentation of the schooner At- laxxtic to the x’esearch foundation by two Milwaukee, Wis., brothers, Edwin C. and Robert A. Uihlein, piesident and vice pxesident of the Schlitz Brewing Company. The pxesentation was made by Robex-t A. Uihlein at 3:30 p.m. and the vessel Avas accepted for the foundation by its president, Raleigh Hortenstine. Immediately afterwards, Gen. Ike Ashbunx of Austin presented Hoi’tenstein with a commission by Gov. Allan Shivers, proclaiming the vessel the flagship of the Texas Navy. Gov. Shivei's had signed the commission on June 4. Gen. Ashbuxm is also an honorary admix-al in the Texas Navy. The 26-year-old schooner is val ued at $150,000 now and within the next three months Avill have mox-e than $100,000 worth of scien tific equipment installed. Hortensteine keyxxoted the fu ture xxse of the vessel—Avhich in the past has served as a luxuxy yacht and a Coast Guax’d sub- max'ine detector—in his acceptance speech* " “For many years the mineral content of our land areas has been brought to sea, and now science must x - evex - se the cycle and return these elements to the land,” he said. Paxf of the vessel’s equipment will be used for exploring such possibilities. “It is not too unrealistic to pre dict that some day, and that not in the too distant futux'e, this great body of water will supply billions of gallons of fresh Avater for use by the people of Texas,” Hortenstine said. “Eventually it aauII furnish us Avith much of our food, either in directly iix the fox - m of feidilizers for our land areas, ox* directly in the form of px*oteins and other food components. The Gulf of Mexico is unbelievably productive and already it is an impox*tant source in the production of mag nesium,” he said. Hortenstine, Uihlein and Gen. Ashburn paid tx*ibute to Dr. A. A. Jakkula, executive director of the foundation from its beginning back in 1944 until his death two weeks ago. Changing the vessel fx*om a plea sure cx*aft to a seagoing labora tory, to be used both by the foun dation and the Department of Oceanography of Texas A and M College, is alx*eady underway. It \\ T ill have complete electron ics, chemical, biological and physi cal laboratories and a weather sta tion aboai’d, Some of the uses of the 120- foot vessel, which dux-ing World War II was ciedited with helping sink two enemy submarines, Avill be these: 1) Determination of ocean cur rents, the salinity of the water and its tempex-ature in different spots. Dix*ection and speed of wat er will be tested since ocean cur- i*ents ax*e a major factor in de termining the distx-ibution of life at sea, as well as n avigation and weathex*. 2) The study of ocean waves, about which very little is known. Means Avill be sought to measure the height, period and direction of waves in deep water. 3) Special studies in the tran- spox*tation of sediments along the sea floox*, their rate of accumula tion, chemical changes in sediment deposits, and the influence of ovex*- lying water on sedimentation. 4) The collection and study of marine organisms. 5) A chemical study of the sea will be concerned with plant and animal px*oduction in the Gulf and problems of marine cox*rosion and fouling. The vessel is expected to help answer many questions posed by Gulf Coast industries, such as the vaxdability of chemical composi tion of sea watex* and chemical re actions dux*ing operational proce- dux*es involving oil, gas and sul phur under the marginal lands. The scientific crew for the At lantic, which can be at sea three or foux* months without refueling ox* resupplying, will be furnished by the Department of Oceanogx*a- phy at Texas A and M College. It was stax-ted in 1949 and did much to help the foundation on extensive reseax'ch in the field of oyster mortality in the Gulf. The Atlantic, which previously cari-ied the name of Moby Dick and the Blanco, will occupy only axx honox’ary capacity as flagship of the Texas Navy. But for the first time since 1846 the Texas Navy has a ship which it can put to sea. The Independ ence A\ 7 as the first flagship back in 1 836 when the young Texas Republic got under way with only foxxr schooners. By the middle of 1837 all the vessels had been lost, however, and in 1838 the 600-ton sloop-of-war Austin became the flagship. In 1946 all the Texas ships wex*e turned over to the United States following the annexation agree ment and that was the last of the Texas Navy. The Lone Star flag was raised high on one of the schooner’s thx*ee masts Sunday immediately after the commissioning ceremony. It was x*aised by H. L. Hadley, captain of the vessel, and Mi*s. Judy Davis, business managex* of the Reseax'ch Foundation. The flag had earlier been presented to Hor tenstine by Edwin R. (Lefty) Mar tin of Houston, vice px*esident of the Texas A and M Club. Center Line Attack Halted But UN Readys For More TOKYO—(iP)—Fresh Chinese divisions thrown into Ko rea’s “Battle of the Bulge” launched new attacks Tuesday in an attempt to widen the breach in UN lines. Chinese swarmed against South Korean positions on each side of a two-mile-deep bulge on the East Central Front. Two outposts were overrun in a 3,000-man attack at Christmas Hill on the east ridge of the front, but a thrust by 700 Reds against Finger Ridge on the western flank was thrown back after bloody fighting. Maj. Gen. Sam T. Williams, commander of the U. S. 25th Division, on a visit to the South Korean front, said the enemy had increased its forces aligned against the South Korean Fifth and Eighth Divisions to “three to four divisions”— possibly as many as 40,000 men. The reinforcements poured into the breach despite a "►■record-breaking Allied air as sault that ripped into Com munist troops and supply lines feeding the offensive. Allied planes flew 1,667 sorties and dropped 1,500 tons of bonxbs, a Ko rean War recoi’d. The attack in the center of the Allied line had halted, but Allied commanders were ready for a re newed drive Tuesday night. The South Korean Fifth and Eighth Divisions, x*olled back two miles by attacks Monday, were dig ging in on a nexv defense line whex'e Williams said they were noAV in “very good defensive positions.” Eighth Army censoi'ship did not permit any pinpointing on the new line, but the Red attacks on Finger Ridge and Christmas Hill indicated the bx'each was about 15 miles wide. The Reds conti’olled Capitol Hill, but at the eastern end of the line. South Koreans took back Anchor Hill after it had been given a plas tering by the 16-inch guns of the Battleship New Jersey. Meanwhile, men with maps wox*ked hard at Panmunion Moxi- day over a truce line—while men with guns bled and died changing that line among Korea’s rugged hills. Seeking agi*eement on “the point of contact”—from where each side will pull back a mile and a qxxax'ter after the ceasefire—Allied and Red staff officers pored over maps for neaxdy six hours Monday and did not quit until Rundown. They called for the eighth stx’aight day of sessions Tuesday, starting at 11 AM (8 PM Monday CST). Hopes for an early armistice stij were high despite the heaxdest fighting in more than two years. Monday advancing Reds changed the demarcation line—the point of contact—by two miles in pai’ts of the east and center. (In Washington, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the new Communist offensive could raise a sex-ious obstacle to a truce. He agreed that hopes still were high but said the Communist drive complicated the last I’emaining ma jor difficulty — drawing a truce line.) Dulles also said the primai’y ob jective of the United States in the post-truce confex*ence will be unifi cation of Korea. He said the South Korean goA^ernment would certain ly he represented. He added the Eisenhower ad ministration has not yet decided whether it will faxmr limiting the (See CHINESE, Page 4) CoLM.R.Kunitz In Alaskan Post Colonel M. R. Kunitz has been assigned as Commanding* Officer of the vast Alaska Communication System accoiding to news received today. He x-elieves Lt. Colonel George F. Rogers who temporarily commanded the System in the in terim pex-iod subsequent to the re tirement of Colonel Fx*ed P. An drews on 31 December 1952. Col onel Rogers will remain with the System in the capacity of Execu tive Officex*. Colonel Kunitz comes to the System direct from an assignment as Assistant Chief, Army Copxmu- nications Service Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer. The Colonel is well known in Alaskan circles as he formerly served a tour of duty as Deputy Commander with the same organi zation from 1947 to 1949 with Headquaxtei’s in Fort Richaxdson, Alaska. Colonel Kunitz’ permanent home address is Sinton, Texas. He grad uated from Texas A&M College in 1928 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Colonel Kunitz is the son of Mx - s. R. Kunitz, Si*, who resides in Sinton. His wife, Rona, also a native Texas from Cleburne, is Avith the Colonel in Seattle. Be tween the periods 1928 to 1937, Colonel Kunitz was employed as Distribution and Transmission En gineer, Gulf States Utilities Com pany, Port Arthur, Texas. Kincannon Is Named Legion Head Dr. John A. Kincannon will be installed as commander of the A and M College American Legion Post Thur sday at the Brazos Coun ty A and M Clubhouse hei*e. Other posts for the coming year will be filled by R. L. Elkins and Dx*. A. D. Folweiler, Aice command- ex*s; L. A. DuBose, adjutant; John R. Hillman, finance officer; Dr. L. G. Jones, chaplain; Howard Berry, historian; Dr. R. L. Skra- banek, service officer; K. A. Man ning, child welfai*e chairman, and Dr. Hubert Schmidt, sergeant-at- arms. Velsicol Gives $800 Cows Set Records For Insect Study A grant-in-aid of $800 has been made available to the Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station. It is from the Velsicol Corp., of Chicago and will be used in support of stud ies on the value of heptachlor for the conti'ol of soil insects, livestock pests and cotton insects. “This research will be conducted under the supervision of Dx*. J. C. Gaines of our Department of En tomology,” Dix*. R. D. Lewis of the Station says. Handler, ’52 Ends Engineers OCS William K. Hundler Jr., of Hous ton, a 1952 graduate of A&M, has been commissioned a second lieu tenant in the ax*my. He has just graduated from a 26-week engi neer officer’s candidate school at the army’s center, Fort Belvoix*, Va. In Milk Production Reeristex-ed Holstein - Friesian coa\ t s in Texas whose i*ecently com pleted pi’oduction x*ecox*ds were re corded by the Hex*d Improvement Registry Department of The Hol stein - Friesian Association of America axe the following: Owned by Southwest Texas State Teachers College, San Max*cos —- Adrianhome Marjoi’ie, 463 pounds butterfat, 12,364 pounds milk, 282 days, 2 milkings daily, 3 years 4 months of age. Owned by W. C. Mandell, Canu- tillo — Theresa Duchess Supx*eme Ormsby, 661 pounds butterfat, 17,- 126 pounds milk, 365 days, 2 milk ings daily, 5 years 3 months of age. Owned by Joe C. Cai*i*ington, Austin — Carnation Heilo Laura May, 689 pounds butterfat, 16,572 pounds 4.2% milk, 365 days, 2 milkings daily, 9 years 8 months of age. Testing was supervised by A&M in cooperation with The Holstein- Friesian Association of America.