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COFFER GEjARCHIVIST FE IES 0 ( ?ulat8d JUaily 90 Per Cent Deal Residents jr Council ■ !: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents Germ a ns Defy mu nisi Orders with a 3- -d by W: -iton. Olian, [ .11 hitters as follouv 435; Irvin; c, .348; l Kerley ar; .324; and, . . top fom—eff) —A new wave of mass desertions hit East . ore Olian; ehrmacht Wednesday and thousands of Soviet and Outla menl started to sabotage the Communist block- p three v ^an food relief. !3; and o ^rmed soldiers and seventeen people’s police es- V, 14; anii ;; Berlin from the'f we the l( .j n g- a government >atted-in, jted Btates food for by Adam; Germans. ed the le in Russian-occupied ad a teiT igaged in wholesale te, whileFi decree against re- thtly less) Berlin, allowing ' had a ; nto the city. ■cord, vF f United States-fi- -1 mark, ickages given away ege Stai reached 1,570,000. e Comm “^>^00 handed out iat since Jout half to zonal ited in lir le remaindei' to East yan-Colle?. eague pr °t Jlrandenburgers here next^ railway ban nearly — .umber coming daily rel ban was imposed night. But in Sax- Saxony-Anhalt and , . lommunist army and stillIsealed off most lief applicants, up with Communist serting soldiers and in their khaki and to Western authori- vere given civilian promise of resettle- onn Irepublic. They elligence officers of scontent in the East ed forces, growing lad to carry on with :asures against the stand it any more and children with :an) food packages ast weekend,” a 20- >ral said. largest mass flight , when forty-six sol- cemen asked for po- in a single day, their' i by the East Ger- veek earlier. A total mdbefor( ps and 880 P olice — . .. ave deserted to West uanghnjijan. i. s just juty ban sabotage was have alrertually under the nose . Here is tt° Grotewohl’s gov- plc of con bnued to brand , .pplicarrts “Western o stage scare trials f this co: ht + last ^ , . i take AMI food will r% by m e Communist central buildmf p ea tedly warned by I v. Your; day. i, as her States Statb De^art- ces. AnJ' an '^ an ^ ua ^ e newspa- itung, reported Wed- ig that “Soviet troops s whn mr ave again been sta- eral large East Ger- he Payroll stamp down anothe^ c way to orce 0 f arms, pay chftied military sources, self-emploct access to all Soviet Plan. a ^ d Wednesday night have been continually ur countnince June 17 and their Bonds! ^arranged in July so nstarrt intervention itr mmunists again got But they said they t confirmed a single yiet intervention last en riots flared, nor en a proved instance ans, making a show week. American radio sta- 1 ■*’1, was told by a Ger- ? from Angermuende iat Soviet troops fired Is of 800 hunger riot railway station there loads pa? 11 Pastor l j e |“*ach Sunday iy. Itreaf't W. Wieting, pastor mths) aniurg Methodist Church, art/ vv York, will be the .,.er Sunday morning at b c worship service at 1C e8 '. letModist Church, ac- 'afinget ^e p as tor, Rev. Nolan f earn ini®' < Impoundfiiropean tour as a mem- impionship stock-judg- . Wieting was educated ■poywj^bllege in Missouri, and where yantnivei’sity, from which Ids a Doctor of Theol- He has held pastor- , New Hampshire, and isetts. For the past le has been pastor at rs B0t few York - ^ ig,ia native Texan, is h friends and family College Station will be his; sister, Mrs. Vance, ; pastor of the A&M hurch. A invitation is extended ftc to hear Dr. Wieting f^rning at 10:30 o’clock Reaches on the subject: ^ a Man Called Peter”. State Workers Listed in Books AUSTIN—CP)—County and city employees have been added to the 8th edition of the Texas state di rectory off the press this month. The book is intended as a ref erence book of Texas governmental workers from the governor to the city clerk. First off, it lists 125 Texas state offices, departments, boards, com missions, agencies and authorities in alphabetical order and their top personnel. The list includes such items as members of the State Embalming Board, the Board of Insurance Commissioners, the Tex as Education Agency, and the Neches River Conservation Dis trict Board. All of Texas’ 31 state senators and 150 representatives have their picture in the book, along with the counties in their districts so do the congressmen. All the elected and a lot of the appointed officials have their pic tures, too. In the register section is an alphabetical listing of all state workers in Austin, their original hometown, their Austin address and telephone number. Another list names chambers of commerce of Texas cities, their president and their manager or secretary. Still another list names the county judge, clerk, sheriff and assessor-collector of each county. And another gives the population, mayor and clerk of each city. Late appointments this spring are included. The section of capi- tol newspaper correspondents at the front of the book could use some revising. The book is published by the Texas Publishing Company in Austin and sells for $3. Aggie Wives Meet For Weekly Bri dge The Aggie; Wives fridge Club met lasf i Thursday evening-at 7:45 in the social, room of the MSC with Jane Rpu$e serving' as host ess. J. f High scorer for the ©Vening was Barbara Bird well, and low prize winner was LaRue Bevier. GRAIN BUILDING BULGING—With 2,310,000 pounds of oats pushing against it, the end of a grain building buck led outward at the San Angelo Elevator Co. recently. Al though constructed of 8-inch beams and 3/16-inch sheet steel walls inside, the 32-ft. high structure still gave way to the pressure of oats piled 28 feet deep inside. Emer gency repairs prevented loss of any grain. Texans Cut Swath In 83rd Congress By TEX EASLEY WASHINGTON—(A 1 )—Texans in Congress cut a sharp swath during the past session, despite the fact they were in a minority role for the first time in more than 20 years. Four years ago, during the 80th Congress, the Republicans controll ed the House and Senate, but Dem ocrat Harry Truman was in the White House and that made a difference. Last session two Texans led Democratic forces in both the Sen ate and House. Shorn of his old title of Speaker, Bonham’s Con gressman Sam Rayburn as Minori ty Floor Leader was a powerful force. And Lyndon Johnson, at 44 by far the youngest man to become a Senate party leader, quickly displayed talent at /fugr- shaling Democrats into a solid fronjr'tm most occasions. Qu a pumDero f occasions Presi dent Eisenhower succeeded in get ting legislation passed because of the support of the Democi'ats un der Rayburn and Johnson. The club will meet again tonight It became clear by the end of at 7:45 in the social room with the session that this would become Dorothy Bell serving as hostess. a big campaign issue in many parts of the country, in so far as the Democrats were concerned. They would seek to defeat certain Republican congressmen by point ing out that those legislators had not always backed their own lead er. Tidelands Legislation Important Possibly the most important der velbpment affecting Texas was fi nal enactment of legislation recog nizing the state’s title to its sub merged lands for 10 F4 miles sea ward in the Gulf. The debate on the bill, which oc cupied many weeks in the Senate, gained moi'e recognition for Texas Senator Price Daniel than would normally ever go to a freshman member. It was obvious to all that h© was an authority on the sub ject he hand handled for. years as attorney general of Texas. Late in the session the Texas congressional delegation led tlie fight, in which they w/ere accom panied by lawmakers from several western states, for relief to live stock .growers and farmers in drought-stricken areas. There was still considerable question, however, on how effec- (See TSXANS, Page 3) Desperately 111 Stream Back From Red Camps Sad Condition Of Prisoners Is Hint Worst Yet To Come Humidity Aids Fire Fighters It’s not the heat that counts, but the humidity, according to the Texas Forest Service. At least it is important to the men who fight forest fires. The higher the humidity, the smaller the chances of a wild forest fire and the hap pier the fire fighters are. The Texas Poorest Service is now making humidity recordings with two new hygrographs to deter mine burning conditions in the pi- neywoods area of East Texas. The new instruments are located at district headquarters in Woodville and Henderson. A hygiograph is an instrument for recording the variations of at mospheric humiidty on a percent age basis from 0 to 100. Under normal conditions the humidity reaches it lowest point between one and four o’clock in the after noon. It then rises to reach its highest point, quite often 95 per cent to 98 per cent, about an hour before sunrise. Recently the hu midity has varied from 55 to 85 per cent at the lowest period of the day. The effect of this is very few forest fires. When the humidity is above 45 per cent, there is little danger of wild forest fires. The more the humidity drops below 45 per cent, the more the foresters must take every precaution. These include placing personnel in lookout tow ers and observers in aircraft to detect forest fires immediately aft er they start. Miss Judy Oden Will Be Feted Miss Judy Oden will be the hon- oree at a pre-nuptial tea this Sat urday afternoon fx'om 3:30 to 5:00 at the W. E. Street residence. Co-hostesses for the event are Mr. R. L. Hunt, Mrs. D. L. Davis, and Mrs. W. E. Street. Others helping will be Martha Ergle, Jan ice Hildebrand, and bridesmaid, Ann Southern. The table will be covered with white net over white taffeta. A miniature bride surrounded by pink rose buds and coral vine will cen ter the serving table. Receiving the 50 expected guests will be Mesdames Hunt, Davis, Street, and Oden as well as Judy Oden and Louise Street. Fudge Is Named Top 1953 Junior Forester The second 1953 foresti'y camp for East Texas youths was con ducted July 20-24 on Caddo Lake State Park near Marshall. Eu gene Fudge, a Bowie County 4-H Club boy was named the outstand ing 1953 Texas junior forester. In receiving the & award, Fudge competed with 66 other East Texas 4-H and FFA youths. Fudge was named the junior forester after re ceiving the highest average grade on .competitive written tests cov ering the instruction offered at the camp. Wade Pope Lane,, a Marshall lawyer and tree farmer presented the prizes to the 20 winners at the close of the camp. The prizes con- Over Rivers and Mountains Student Survives Communists “I told my wife to burn up all the English books and letters re ceived from Dr. E. V. Walton of A&M, because if the communists found them they might hurt my family. Risking death by di*own- ing, I swam the broad Han river to escape.” That is part of the story of Dai Hyen Baick, South Korean student in agricultural education, and his efforts to stay alive and to study in America. After seven years of almost un believable trial and repeated fail- ui'es, Baick has reached Migook— his name for America, which means ‘beautiful land’—and is a graduate student in the Agricul tural Education Department at A&M. He is the only South Ko rean agriculture student in the country. “Contrary to my expectation, many communist teachers and stu dents came down to my home and, not being able to find me, captur ed my wife instead, trying to compel her, by torture, to confess my address. “Then my home was broken up; the furnishings, clothes and food were robbed by the communist teachers and students as their enemy’s property. “If I remained in Seoul I was to be killed on the school ground with the judgment of the People’s Court.” Evidence of the support loyal South Koreans have given him is shown in payment of his travel expenses and a small monthly sum of money provided by the teachers and 800 students in the high school where he taught. Born in 1922 in a small moun tain village near the 38th Parallel, Baick was forced by Japanese or der to attend a school six miles away while Korea was occupied by Japan. For six years he walked the 12- mile round txlp each day without once being absent from school. Early during this primary school ing, he decided that he wanted to become a teacher so that he could help his people. Along with 2,880 other Koreans and 120 Japanese boys he com peted for a place in Seoul Normal High School—and failed. He did win a place in another, less desir able school, but did not give up in trying to enter Seoul Normal. Daily he waited beside the gate to speak to the principal, hoping he could induce the man to allow him into the school as a special student. Never Got Chance He never got a chance to speak to the principal, but a Japanese special student, seeing him there daily, asked why, then agreed to help him enter a Japanese school. Baick attended a small high school in the Hiroshima district of Japan and was forced to study military science and tactics. Upon graduation he received a commis sion as second lieutenant but was permitted to enter Tokyo Univer sity and study agronomy and edu cation — and advanced military subjects. He. narrowly .escaped conscrip tion into the Japanese army dur ing the war because he was needed to produce more rice, and late in the war was forced to work in the rice paddies. After World War II he returned to Seoul where he started teaching in a high school during the morn ing and attending Dong-Gook Uni versity in the afternoon. It was while teaching and study ing in Seoul that he incurred the hatred of communists, and one night was taken by a group of 100 or more—both students and teach ers—to “a terrible place where I was beaten cruelly with hammers and wood and iron bars.” Applied Asphyxia “If I had not applied the knowl edge of Asphyxia, or pretending as one dead, which I had seen often done by small animals, I would have been completely beaten to death. Even now I cannot remem ber that event without a great terror; I fear the damage I receiv ed then will shorten my life.” Came into Contact During this period also he first came into contact with the Ameri can method and theory of teaching. Reared in the Japanese tradition of complete student obeisance to the master, who forced his lecture home whether it was wanted or not, Baick was greatly impressed by the teaching of R. A. Manire, chief of the Agricultural Education Service in Texas, who lectured in Seoul in 1947. Manire enlisted the aid of Dr. E. V. Walton, then professor of agricultural education at A&M, now head of the department, in his efforts to bring the young Ko rean to America. Just when Baick completed his bachelor’s degree from the Dong- Gook University so that he could qualify as a graduate student at A&M the communists marched into Seoul and his first escape was made as described earlier. Baick left his wife in Seoul when he swam the Han because he knew she could never swim the wide stream, and neither of them thought the communists would harm her. Sshe is now living with her parents while awaiting his re turn to Seoul. After swimming the Han, Baick hid in the mountains for two months, living on juice from the bark of pine trees, tender stems of young mountain roses and edible roots. Friends and relatives man aged to smuggle small amounts of food to him at great risk to them selves. Back to Seoul Then he went back to Seoul with the Republic of Korea forces and resumed duties at the school, which he had to protect from a mob of several hundred communist sym pathizers and others who wanted to use the buildings for fuel and sell the furnishings and equipment. Again the communists marched on Seoul and Baick took time to bury important documents and such equipment and instruments ag microscopes. He also delayed his escape by taking along the only cow, a heifer, remaining of the (See ESCAPE, Page 3) PANMUNJOM, Thursday, Aug - . 6—LP)—The halt, the lame and the desperately ill streamed back to freedom to day from the Red stockades of North Korea. Their condi tion raised a burning question why they were not released in last April’s pre-armistice trade of sick and wounded pris oners. One South Korean was dead on arrival. Three hundred ninety-two Allied prisoners, including 70 Americans, were in this second day of the armistice ex change. Forty-two of the Americans and many of the South Ko reans and other were sick, crippled or amputees. Some hob bled painfully down from the Communist trucks with crutches and crude canes. Some were borne on litters, their wasted bodies making light burdens for the bearers. + These men appeared in t m u c h worse condition than the 70 Americans and 330 oth er Allies freed yesterday by the Chinese and North Kore an Reds. British POWs returned today appeared in good condition. Some of the South Koreans look ed like living skeletons. One American Negro seemed ob livious of the whole thing. He was in a' state of extreme shock. He stepped into thin air from the Com munist truck and would have fal len on his face had not a hand caught him. An Allied officer said one South Korean was dead when he was taken out of the ambulance on a stretcher and examined. Exchange Like Precision A blue Chinese blanket was pulled over the dead prisoner’s head and the body was flown out in a helicopter. Cause of the death was not immediately made known. Today’s exchange worked with precision, as had that of the day before. It began on the exact stroke of 9 a.m. (7 p.m. Wednesday EST). The first group was cleared one hour ahead of schedule. Fewer prisoners were demonstra tive, yet some displayed fiery spir it still. One South Korean spread his arms and coughed out painfully a curse which was roughly transla ted, “May God damn the Commun ists!” Healthy Men Freed Earlier Another South Korean said that last April, when all sick and wounded were supposed to be ex changed, some South Koreans were brought south, held for a while then returned to the northern pris ons. Why? No one could say. In that April exchange, a number of healthy-looking men were inex plicably freed by the Reds. They said then that they left behind friends who were in much worse shape. Among the 2,756 Chinese and Ko rean Reds being sent north by the Allies today there was the same show of savage defiance that has marked previous exchanges. Some die-hards yelled and sang, ripped clothing and threw things. One American lieutenant colonel was hit in the face by a thrown boot. He had been struck yester day with a crutch. Eight Less Than Agreed In today’s exchange, the Reds were to deliver 70 Americans—the same as yesterday, 250 South Ko reans, 25 British, 10 Filipinos, 7 Colombians, 5 Australians and 25 Turks. This figure was eight less than the Communists agreed to send back. There was no explanation for the disparity. The United Nations Command had 2,756 more Chinese and North Koreans ready for repatriation, 4 less than promised. Within the next five weeks about 87,000 men—12,000 Allied and 74,- 000 Communists — will return to their own sides. The first 400 freed Wednesday in the initial exchange included many in poor physical condition. Yet many waved, grinned broadly, gave loud shouts and even wept with joy when Communist trucks and ambulances brought them with in sight of freedom. Others were too sick to care. All Look Tired, Hungry All looked tired and hungry. About half were listed by the Communists as sick or wounded. Eight Americans were stretcher cases. An American senior medical of ficer said about 20 per cent of the returned men suffered from tuber culosis or other lung ailments. (See ILL, Page 3) sisted of forestry equipment and books donated by manufacturers and conservation organizations. Following Fudge in the order nam ed, prize winners and counties they represent were Dean Stotts, Titus; Bobby Thompson, Shelby; James Knight, Red River; George Smith, Upshur; Jimmy Lee, Morris; Joe Weldon Douglas, Camp; Norman Terry, Cherokee; Murray Allen, Cass; Larry Bailey, Harrison; and Alvin Erwin, Angelina. Mike Sheridan, San Augustine; James L. Hordern, Harrison, Dwaine Vanhuss, Cass; Jimmy Mc Williams, Rusk; Preston G. Lively, Houston; Bobby McCord, Morris; Tommy H. Strong, Harrison; Woody Rice, Smith; Langston Has- ley, Nacogdoches; A. J. Koinm, Harris; and Rodney Maynard, Rusk. The 67 campers named Murray Allen, Cass County 4-H club boy as the outstanding citizen at the camp. All of the youths who suc cessfully completed the camp were awarded a certificate of merit. Instructors included graduate foresters from the Texas Forest Service and private industries. They were Paul Kramer, Don Smith and Bob Rhodes, Texas For est Service; James Stockman, Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany; E. R. Mueller, International Paper Company; Ralph Davis, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; and Bill Kellogg, Fos ter Estates. E. R. Wagoner of the Texas Forest Service was camp director. The forestry subjects taught at the camp included tree identifica tion, tree and log measurements, timber estimating, improvement and harvest cuts, wood preserva tion, forest protection, tree plant ing, forest grazing, woods safety and forest management. Instructors were assisted by 13 adult leaders from the Agricul tural Extension Service and the Vocational Agricultural Depart ment. The adult leaders and counties they represent were Thomas E. Moore, Harris; J. R. Thompson, Smith; Robert Fowler, Anderson; E. E. Neal, Bowie; Tom Bowers, Cherokee; E. L. Spaniel, Harrison; Charles L. Hottel, Lib- erty; L. F. Wedgeworth, Rusk; Lynn Tatom, Angelina; E. G. Col lins, Angelina; Robert Hogan, San Augustine; Lawson Sowell, Smith; and Arnold Haxirs, Upshur. The forestry camp is one of two conducted by the Texas Forest Seiwice and the Texas Forestry Association. The first 1953 camp was conducted for Negro youths on the E. O. Siecke State Forest June 1-5.