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Number 83: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1953
Price Five Cents
rSTA Lays Blame
Administration
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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
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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.