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rculated Daily >90 Per Cent f |^ocal Residents ^7 •Volume 53 iiiG jaattaiion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE ; COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents t Germans Mob ^\ed Food A reas .P>—A hungry horde supplies were there, but they could 120,000 East Ger- not wait. They had to come from Communist threats police interference food relief packages tryiilg in some in courage the embar- of poverty in the topped a few people 0 , from West Berlin ir Western gift par- the East Germans to West Berlin re- (Jo get the groceries ay in the state-oper- their own zone were y the police, f hungry humanity # t hrough the Iron Cur- verwhelming for the es which guard the >rder. ammunist propagan- # ( i fufy. most police their backs in help- n. ^ ^ ief which the United was at last reaoh- mnyfin spite of Mos- r. lost convincing dem- that hunger stalks Soviet Zone of Ger- le public liars out of 'iders who claim Mos- ;s own without West- It also showed that rmans who fought y m re fists in the June i • far [from cowed by rror. ely in long lines be- centers, those who / Mlatiently for hours for ■J '-'“‘Each received fat, :getables and canned ^ with joy as they / /J^J’ecious supplies into ^ bags. Scoi’es faint- —tly packed crowds. ■“■as the crush far ictations—that many empty handed. The as far as 100 miles away, riding hours on crowded trains, leaving their jobs for an entire day. They had to get back home by nightfall. But they may come again. Mon day was only the beginning. For two weeks the gigantic relief op eration is scheduled to continue. The “come and get it” program was devised as a way of getting around the Kremlin’s refusal to admit $15 million worth of prof- fered American food into East Ger many. The food given away was taken from the reserve West Berlin has built up against the menace of an other Soviet blockade like that which almost starved the city in 1948-49. But it probably will be replaced by the American food gift which President Eisenhower is sending over. Ti-ying to avoid the expected crush, the relief supervisors lim ited Monday’s donations to East Berliners whose names start with the letter A or B. Anyone from the Soviet Zone outside of East Berlin could come at any time, however, regardless of his alpha betical listing. Police estimated at least 50,000 came from the zone. Communist newspapers and ra dio heaped ridicule on the relief plan—and bomhai'ded East Ger mans with warnings to have noth ing to do with it. They accused the United States of using the re lief to recruit more agents for stir ring up a new revolt. Claims of big new food ship ments from the East and promises of plenty within the near future were widely publicized. Even as the food distribution be gan, the American donation start ed arriving from the United States. Two DC-4 planes of the Scan dinavian Airlines landed with 1.7 tons of food each. The U.S. freighter, American Inventor, en tered Hamburg harbor with 2,800 tons of flour, skimmed milk, lard, coffee and cocoa beans. 251 itpus Secretary oss Descendant s’ emotions are stir- the statue of Lawr- in Ross a campus I. ^ire affected quite so er, as Mrs. Howard retary to J. Goi-don secretary of A&M’s I I9c ullivan Ross — or he was known to d associates, and to and the citizens of so much—was her her. ■st childhood, when Bans whipped blood f; with arrow-shafts •ed his life because e, “Little Sul” was ost colorful men in a young and virile er Captain ■r captain less than he killed the Indian pona in a knife fight II Cynthia Ann Park- fe of a chief and le great chieftain e War Between the ^•ivate on the side of ^^cy, he rose to the al after engaging in battles. “Little Sul” ^A^exas which he later feAfliernor and as presi- ^^^Tlirst state-supported il apon the college is evidenceed in many ^^llition to his statue on a broad lawn idemic building, The licates its editorial ■rence Sullivan Ross, fgie Traditions; Sol- m, Knightly Gentle- loss Classes s of the school, join- call themselves “The tsses,” and the top r group, oldest stu- tion in Texas, is the :rs. lullivan Ross accep- T njency of A&M during As ‘eatened failure and, force of personality iship, brought about ^ ILtreferred to at times (b IU m Age of A&M.” of “Little Sul” has dten the college than : has forgotten him. s husband, whose schooling was inteYrtipfed; by two years of .'Service with the armed forces—one of them in Korea—is now bade, studying civil engineer ing. Runs In Family Her father; Frank Clarke Jr., formerly of Bryan, attended the college during the First World War; an uncle, Lawrence Sullivan Ross Clarke—named for “Little Sul”—was graduated in 1921, and two of Mrs. Mittel’s brothers have attended the school. Mrs. Mittel’s paternal grand- mother was the daughter of Sul and Lizzie Ross. At present there are five great-grandchildren of the knightly fire-brand in Mrs. Mittel’s branch of the family. Total Of 12,763 Allied Prisoners Listed To Be Returned By Communist Forces il infill Hfii HISTORIC FLAG—Two Tyler women, Mrs. R. R. Bradford (left) and Mrs. J. A. Massey, display a flag - made by Tyler women 95 years ago. It is owned by Mollie Moore Davis, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and will be presented this fall to the Confederate Museum in Austin. Mrs. Bradford is president emeritus of the Tyler UDC chapter and Mrs. Massey is historian. ‘53 Polio Not As Bad As "52 But Precautions Still Useful Polio isn’t running wild in Texas this summer as it did in ’52, but it is still smart to play safe with the kids, the State Health Depart ment will tell you. There are several common sense items parents ought to keep in mind during the polio “season.” They are: Don’t get panicky. Keep in mind that half of all polio victims recov er completely, and 30 percent of the other half recover with only slight weakness. Only 14 pei'cent have lasting paralysis. Realize that gamma globulin is not a cure for polio. There is no cure. GG is intended only as a tem- porary preventive against paraly sis. At best it is effective only for 5 weeks, after which it has all been eliminated by the body. Gamma globulin has been tested on more than 54,000 children and the results are now under study, but once the polio virus has reached the nerve cells, GG cannot alter the course of the disease. You can find out whether or not your child is eligible to receive gamma globulin by asking the health officer in your county. He is familiar with the formula of GG distribution in effect in Texas. Meanwhile, don’t isolate your youngsters when you hear of a case of polio in the community. There is no point in letting them contact strangers, but they ought to be allowed in their usual circle of friends. Keep them clean and see that they rest in the afternoon. A nap is fibe, but even playing quietly part of the day will help conserve their : strength. Last, but highly important, call your doctor at the first onset of any of these signs: headache, fever, sore throat, upset stomach, stiff neck or back. The earlier a case of polio is diagnosed, the bet ter ai’e the chances for recovery without lasting damage. Great strides are being made to ward the development of a vaccine, but until it is finally developed “A high level of environmental sani tation and personal hygiene is the individual’s best defense against polio.” It Ain’t the Heat Man -- It’s Hue If the heat is just too much for you—or if cold weather lays you low—maybe color can help out, suggests the Better Vision Institute, for the colors that sur round you have a definite psy chological effect. Witness the case of a certain New England firm which paintr* ed its offices a cool blue. That was fine for August, but when winter came the workers were too cold, although, the tempera ture was kept at 70 degrees. Complaints continued even after it was raised to 75. Then the offices were repainted in warm yellows and greens, and the workers changed their tune. They were suffering from the heat now, at 75 degrees. Peace and comfort were at last achieved when the temperature was re stored to 70. It all goes to show how much visual factors affect every phase of your life. You probably can’t paint your home twice a year, but you can choose colors that fit in with your particular needs and climate. Congressman Teague Reports Administration And Congress Clash Over Resolutions, Money And Rules U. S. Estimates Alone Show 13,285 Missing In Action MUNSAN—UP)—The generals Tuesday took up the tough task of guarding the Korean truce and speeding more than 86,000 prisoners, including 3,313 Americans, to their homelands. During the night more than 1.7 million soldiers on op posing sides of the 150-mile long battle line laid down their arms amid a final convlusive shudder of massed artillery fire. A strange, uneasy quiet settled over the “Land of the Morning Calm” as the truce was born at the start of the sec ond month of the fourth year of war. The ponderous armistice machinery—two years and 17 days in the making—at last began to function. The military armistice commission, charged with supervising the truce, held its opening session in Panmunjom for 11 a.m. Tues day (9 p.m. Monday, CST). 1200 Arrive for Summer Camp Of 75th Div. Approximately 1,200 Army offi cers and enlisted men of the 75th Reserve Infantry Division and at tached units arrived at Fort Hood last weekend for their an nual two-week summer field train ing camp, according to Colonel M. E. Jones, Chief of the Texas Mili tary District. The Division, with headquarters in Houston, is composed of units from 31 Louisiana and Texas cities and is commanded by Brigadier General Whitfield Jack of Shreve- nort. Texas cities represented are Fort Worth, Texarkana, Galveston, Haskell, Tyler, Marshall, Gilmer. Houston, College Station, Hunts ville, Bryan, Caldwell, Conroe, EJ Campo, Beaumont, Jasper, Waco. Gatesville, Port Arthur and Liber ty. During the training period the reservists will fire on the ranges, participate in tactical field prob lems and go on road marches and bivouacs. The training officially began July 27 although advance parties of the various units arrived July 24 to arrange final details of the the encampment. The red, white and blue shoulder patch of the 75th Infantry Divi sion is well known in the training area, as it conducted its annual unit training at the central Texas mili tary reservation last year. The 75th is a comparative new comer among American divisions— being activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 15, 1943. It ar rived in the European Theater No vember 14, 1944—just in time to gc into combat on Christmas Eve to help stop Von Rundstedt’s desper ate drive for the channel ports. The Division spent 98 of its first 126 days on the continent in con tact with the enemy. It drove to the northern end of the Ruhr River and ended its combat days at Luet- gent on V-E Day. It returned to the United States and was inacti vated in November 1945. In March 1952, the 75th was reactivated as a reserve division under supervi sion of the Texas Military District. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29— So far in the first Session of the 83rd Congress, the Administration has locked horns with its leaders in the Congress over major legisla tive matters on more than one occasion. The most recent of these is the substitute Resolution offered by the acting majority leader, Sen ator Knowland of California, to re place Senator Bricker’s resolution regarding treaties. President Ei senhower gave his “unqualified support” to the Knowland amend ment; but sources close to Senator Bricker state that Mr. Bricker will not accept this substitute. Further, the American Bar Association, who worked closely with Senatqr Brick er on his resolution, has not as yet taken a stand on the matter, but the same source has stated that it would not be acceptable to this group either. The Administration compromise introduced by Senator Knowland was worked out by the Secretary of State, the Honorable John Fos ter Dulles, and the Attorney Gen eral, Herbert Brownell, both of whom opposed the original resolu tion introduced by Senator Brick er. The substitute introduced by Senator Knowland has been en dorsed by the Republican Policy Committee who had outright refus ed to endorse the Bricker resolu tion. Specifically, the original support ers of the resolution introduced by Senator Bricker providing for a Constitutional amendment relat ing to treaty powers, object to the following changes made by the Knowland amendment. 1. It removes all Congressional control and supervision of execu tive agreements made with foreign countries. 2. It eliminates the so-called “which clause.” This clause says that Congress could take no action in implementing a treaty which it could not take Constitutionally in the absence of a treaty. It is de signed to preserve states’ powers under the treaty-making process. 3. It amends the requirement that no treaty shall have force of internal law in the United States unless implemented by action of Congress. The Administration com promise version says this would be inquired only when so stipulated by the Senate in ratifying a treaty. The Administration’s version would require Senate ratification of treaties to be by; recorded roll call votes and like the original resolution would bar any treaty provisions which conflicted with those of the Constitution. APPROPRIATIONS: House and Senate conferees agreed on a $718 million Agricul ture Department appropriation that is higher than the amount ap proved by either the House or the Senate. It is a $5.6 million more than the House approved and $1.6 million above the Senate figure. President Eisenhower had request ed $708 million and former Presi dent Truman had requested $750 million. The long drought through out the Southwest has been a con- ti’ibuting factor in the Adminisra- tion’s change in agriculture policy, and has played a major part in the conference on agricultural appro priations. The Senate has passed the De fense Department Appropriation Bill. The House already has ap proved an appropriation bill for the Department of Defense in slightly different foi’m. So, the bill now goes to a Senate-House Con ference for adjustment of differ ences. The Senate Bill totals $77,- 161,500 more than voted by the House. The Senate cut the 500- million-dollar fund for stockpiling machine tools in half, but put back more than half of the funds cut out by the House. The Senate measure now carries $13,013,156,000 for the Army, $9,480,408,500 for the Navy, $11,247,862,500 for the Air Force and the remainder for miscellan eous defense agencies. TAXES: Thq House approved without de bate a resolution calling for seven teen changes in tax laws including the establishment of an amortiza tion program for grain storage fa cilities. Meanwhile, a Senate Fi nance Committee reported out H. R. 157, a bill to repeal the 20% tax on movie theatre admission tickets. This clears the measure for Senate debate, but Administration leaders have expressed some doubt as to whether it would be consid ered in this Session of the Con gress. AGRICULTURE The Senate approved with amendments and sent to conference H. R. 4353, the Farm Credit Bill, which would recognize the Farm Credit Administration and place more of the agency’s policy mak ing and control in the hands of the farmer owners. Aug. 5 Deadline On Miss Wool Contest SAN ANGELO, (Spl).—A five- day extension for entries in the 1953 “Miss Wool” contest was an nounced Saturday by Mrs. Edwin Mayer, wool promotion chairman for the women’s auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. Texas girls now have until Aug ust 5 to mail applications to the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce and become eligible for the “Miss Wool” title and prizes including a $5,000 all-wool wardrobe, a set of matched luggage, and a tour of America’s style centei’s. The contest is unique in that the Texas sheepherders and their aux iliary are sponsoring the contest instead of the wool industry in an effort to promote interest in wool. “Miss Wool” will be crowned as a highlight of the Wool Fashion Revue and Fiesta in San Angelo September 3* 4, and 5. She will be chosen from 11 finalists picked from entries by John Robert Powers of New York City. The deadline extension for con test applications was decided to give more girls a chance at the title and prizes, Mrs. Mayer ex plained. The application blanks are available at any Texas Chamber of Commerce office. The commission is compos ed of UN Command and Com munist military officers who will enforce the truce terms. Major Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan, former commander of the U. S. 25th Division, heads the Allied team. Delegates exchanged credentials. Photographer David Cicero, who made pooled news pictures, said Bryan handed over the United Na tions credentials first. The chief Communist member is North Korean Lt. Gen. Lee Sang Cho. The Allied members include a British major general, G. E. R. Bastian, and a Thai general. The Communist members besides Sang are Major Gen. Pak II Yong and Major Gen. Choe Yong Han, Noi'th Korea, and Chinese Gens. Ting Kuo-yu and Tsai Chin. The former Communist chief liaison officer to the Panmunjom talks, North Korean Col. Ju Yon, is secretary of the Red delegation. By 10 p.m. Thursday (7 a.m. Thursday, CST)—72 hours after the truce became effective at 10 o.m. Monday and 86 hours after the armistice was signed at Pan munjom — all troops and their equipment were to be withdrawn to create a two and one-half mile wide demilitarized zone. Signing Ceremonies Signing of the armistice docu ment at Panmunjom Monday set a long chain of events in motion and ended the secrecy that had hung over the final negotiations. Red Cross teams were expected at Panmunjom shortly. Thev will to into stockades in both North xnd South Korea to aid in the pris oner swap. The newly revealed record show ed that the Communist will return :he disappointing total of onlv 12,- 763 Allied prisoners. The U. S. done by latest estimates has 13,- 185 men missing in action. Besides the 3,313 Americans, Red stockades will be emptied of 8,186 Koreans, 922 British, 12 French, 228 Turks, 15 Australians, 10 Filipinos, 14 Canadians, 22 Col ombians, six South Africans, one Greek, one Belgian, three Japanese. It made a total of 4,577 prisoners of non-Korean nationality to be returned. The Communists said they will "eturn the captives at the rate of 300 per day, including sick and wounded. This would take about 13 days. The Chinese Red staff officer handling repatriation, Col. Wuang Chien, then said the Communists were “willing to complete repatria tion at the earliest date” and prom- ■sed a study of transportation fa- -ilities. If possible the number would be increased. 74,000 UN Captives The UN Command agreed to send back 69,000 North Koreans and about 5,000 Chinese at the rate of 2,400 able-bodied men and 360 sick and wounded daily. At this rate the Allied stockades would be emptied within 30 days. Another 7,800 North Koreans and 14,500 Chinese prisoners who have vowed they would not return to Red rule were a separate prob lem, covered by a supplementary agreement to the truce. These reluctant prisoners — ob- iect of one of the great fights of the , truce negotiations and final victory by the UN Command — will not be sent home against their will. But they will be sent to the demilitarized zone for guarding by Indian troops while Red persuasion teams seek to induce them to go back home. The UN Command must turn them over to a neutral nation re patriation commission headed by India within 60 days and the Reds will have 90 days to visit their camps. Those prisoners still re fusing to return will then become (See REDS RETURN, Page 2)