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Page 2 THE B ATT AT JON Thursday, September 10, 1953 McCarthy Says Army Released “■prize Communist Pro paganda’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—(A>)_ Sen. McCarthy <R-Wis) charged today that the army has sent out “pi'ize Cpjnmunist propaganda” to 37 of its army commands. He or dered a. swift investigation. McCarthy showed reporters pho tographic copies of 70 pages of a classified document which he *said was prepared for an indoctrination course for intelligence officers and others in -the 37 commands. It was dated January, 1952. “If you read this and believed it,” he declared, “you would move to Russia. It is prize Communist propaganda,' clear cut Communist propaganda. The best I’ve seen for quite some time.” There was no immediate com ment from the Defense Depart ment. Author Investigation McCarthy said he has asked the Pentagon to send the author before his Senate investigations subcom mittee for questioning behind clos ed doors—tomorrow if the man is available. The document contained .a pre amble signed “Col. R. S. Bratton, general staff with troops, deputy” and appeared to. have originated .at general headquarters of the Far Fast command in Japan. McCarthy said Bratton will be questioned, whether he is the. au thor or not. The development came in the midst of McCarthy’s controversial efforts to obtain the names of army personnel who gave clear ance for the employment of civil ian army workers who he contends are Communists. Witnesses Called The senator has called moi'e witnesses for closed door question ing before the subcommittee to morrow concerning alleged Com munist infiltration of the army’s civilian employes, but declined to name them in advance. The ai’my document McCarthy Newspapermen Get Con ternp t Ch a rge CLEVELAND—(A*)— Common Pleas Judge Joseph H. Silbert late yesterday convicted three members of the Cleveland Press’ editorial staff of contempt of court for a picture taken in the judge’s court room. Their attorneys announced they would appeal. City Editor Louis Clifford was fined $500 and costs and ordered held in the custody of the sheriff for one hour. Reporter Sam Giai- mo was fined $100 and costs. Pho tographer James Thomas was fined $100, suspended. However, the sentences were stayed after Atty. Tom J. Edwards general counsel for the Scripps- Howard newspapers, announced he would file a notice of appeal. The newsmen were released on bond. At issue was the taking of a photograph of Former Probate Judge Nelson J. Brewer as he was araigned last Aug. 20 on a charge of embezzlement. Brewer pleaded innocent. ‘No Pictures’ Judge Silbert contended he had told reporter Giaimo on the pre ceding afternoon no pictures would be allowed. He said he informed Giaimo and another reporter this was because of a section in the canon of ethics of the American Bar Association stating that court room pictures should not be per mitted. Edwards argued Silbert’s order had no legal effect because it was not a part of the Court journal, and that “a court can speak only through a journal.” He also contended that there was no obstruction of justice in a “mere click of the camera.” He said the canon of ethics was not binding on the press, and asserted that the judges of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, as a Jewish New Year 5714 Begins Today WASHINGTON—(A*)— President Eisenhower has voiced “warmest greetings” and a hope for peace in the Jewish New Year 5714, which begins today. The President’s message, sent from his vacation headquarters in Denver to Americans of Jewish faith, came as sundown services yesterday ushered in the 10-day period ®f Rosh Hashana. “May this New Year bring to peoples of good faith everywhere the reassurance that more tranquil days are indeed near,” Eisenhower said. group, had discussed the canon at a meeting earlier in the year, but had failed to adopt it. John J. Mahon, assistant county prosecutor, argued that there had been “since last May” a rule in Judge Silbert’s court that no court room pictures would be allowed. He declared it “was a reasonable order and a reasonable rule.” He said it was not necessary for the court to publish a rule in order to regulate conduct in a courtroom. Judge Silbert, referring to Clif ford, said it was a case of “open defiance.” He said Giaimo was acting under orders and that “I might have done the same thing under those circumstances.” Because testimony failed 1 to show Thomas knew of the picture ban, he was convicted only of obstruct ing and delaying the Aug. 20 pro ceedings. The judge remarked that the- only question was “whether the court made an order, whether it was reasonable, and whether it was violated.” He said “no elected offical who is in his right • mind gets' into an argument with a newspaper,” but “judges must have courage.” He declared that if the defend ants felt there was an invasion of freedom of the press, they could have proceeded “in an orderly way” by filing a writ of prohibition. Military Men Go To Burial at Brooks Chancellor M. T. Harrington, Col. John A. Way, professor of air science and tactics, and eight members of the military staff here’ flew yesterday to Brooks Air Force base to attend the funeral of Jimmy Napier,\ son of Col. E. W. Napier, former PAS&T. The group left a 7:30 a.m. and returned at 1:30 p.m. Twenty-two-year-old Napier, an invalid since he’was six, was buried in Fort Sam Houston cemetery. Two Former Students End Pre-Flight Work Robert P. Stuart of Joshua, and Thomas C. Cox of Belton, both A&M former students, were grad uated recently from the U. S. na val pre-flight school at Pensacola, Fla. Robert H. Hoppe, Abilene, an other former student, made his first solo flight as a naval aviation cadet recently. All three cadets are assigned to the U. S. naval air station, Whiting field, Milton, Fla. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” attacked boi'e . a caption “Psycho logical and Cultural Traits of So viet Siberia,” and Bratton’s pre amble said: “It is the purpose of this study to develop .an understanding of the Soviet people which would be mil itarily useful in case of war. In wax-time it will be the Allied goal to defeat the Soviet armed forces, to undermine the influences and control of the Soviet government and to establish effective leader ship in occupied areas with a view to assisting the main war effort. . . Tllu min ate Russian’ “The problem is not to demon strate the political injustice and Hobby Predicts Million Arrests Of Juveniles PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10 (IP) — Secretary of Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby has said a million American boys and girls are destined to be picked up by police this year as juvenile delinquents. Declaring the situation is “dis turbing,” Mrs. Hobby said that if a plague of cholera were to threat en the lives of a million U. S. youngsters, the country would “rise up and demand that some thing be done to prevent this awful thing from happening.” “Happily, cholera doesn’t threat en opr children,”. she said, “but unrest and unhappiness is threat ening many of them. The result is a social disease which in some ways is as insidious as the physi cal disease of cholera.” Addressing the National Urban League, Mrs. Hobby said in a pre pared speech that some cases of juvenile delinquency involve acci dental violations of the law, but others indicate “serious anti-social or neurotic problems.” 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. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. 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The''Work will consist of making production surveys of Co ca-Cola bottling plants and ren dering technical assistance in pro duction. There is an approximate ninety-day training period. • There is an opening at the Waco 'Grain Exchange, Waco, for a young man who is a graduate in chemistry or biochemistry and hu- tvition for a position dealing with chemical analysis of feeds, grains and cotton seed meal. © The Texas Highway depart ment is in need of a civil engineer ing graduate, but will consider oth ers with college (CE) training, for a new residency opening. Duties would be field party, office engi neering, inspection and all phases of highway work. © The Texas Stressed Concrete Corp., a new corporation that spe cializes in prestressing w o r k throughout Texas, is interested in hiring a young civil engineer with in thirty to sixty days who is free of military commitments to serve as an understudy and assistant to the manager of the company. He will be actively engaged in con struction of prestressed members, fabrication and placement of pre stressing wire, and design con nected therewith. He will be re quired to travel extensively and will probably maintain his perma nent home in Austin where the company has a warehouse and fab rication plant. © The engineering department of The Texas Pipe Line Co. now has a vacancy for a recent civil en gineering graduate. The work would initially consist of drafting in the Houston office as well as work in pipe line surveying. Aggie Fish Will Get Free Typewriter The Bryan Business Machine Co. will give away free a new portable typewriter to some Aggie-fresh man Sept. 18. The typewriter, any make of the winner’s choice, will be given to the person whose name is drawn from a locked ballot box. A “famous Aggie” will draw the name. Two other Aggies will be witnesses. No one has to be present to win the $111.58 prize. Freshmen may obtain entry cards at 429 S. Main St. in Bryan. W. B. Adams, ’31, is sponsoring the contest. economic tyranny of the Bolshevik government but to illuminate the Russian in his existing habitat.” It swung on, after Bratton’s pre amble, to declarations by an au thor not identified in the incom plete 70 pages of photographic copies including: “The Communist regime has pro foundly altered the status of all the elements of the Soviet population. The ‘toiler’ was elevated to the highest level of respectability . . . The Soviet Communist code con tinues to honor the worker above all.” “Siberia in a special sense is rather similar to our far west in the late 1890’s. It is a land of wide open spaces, fast growing towns, dirt streets and log houses where most villagers use oil lamps for lighting . . . There is abundant opportunity for rapid advancement in the skilled trades and profes sions and a man is paid accord ing to what he produces.” The document also told of good eating and friendly family relation ships in the Soviet Union, declared that Soviet elections “generate great interest and enthusiasm” and remarked that “psychological al coholism appears to be very rare” among Russians. Airman Indicted In Wichita Falls WICHITA FALLS, Sept. 10—<A>) A 19-year-old Illinois airman was indicted on three counts of arson today in connection with three de vastating fires here, which caused more than $700,000 damages. Airman Orville G. Miller of De catur, Ill., has said in a statement to District Attorney George W. Anderson he set the fires to create excitement and because he was bored with the air force and hated small towns. He is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base here. The Wichita County Grand Jury returned true bills charging Miller with setting a Nov. 2, 1952, fire which caused $590,000 damage to the North Texas Furniture Co. here, a Feb. 5, 1953, fire which caused $100,000 damage to the United Electric Service Co., and a March 7, 1953, fire which caused $26,000 damage to the Quality Planing Mill. Sam Rayburn Added to List For Rig Democratic Dinner By ERNEST AGNEW CHICAGO, Sept. 10—(A 1 )—Two Southern Democratic leaders, house minority leader Sam Rayburn of Texas and Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama, were added tonight to the speakers’ list for the party’s 2,000 - member conference next week. Additions of the two Southern ers gave indications National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell was trying to mollify some Southern Democrats angered by the loyalty pledges adopted prior to the 1952 national convention. It required Deadly Cobras Reported Seen In Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — (ZP) King cobras usually are found in India, but people have re ported seeing them around here lately and they’re get ting worried. They’ve even stocked up on co bra serum, flown here from Flo rida. The latest of a series of six snakes was found Tuesday by 10- year-old Vicki Soloman. She and her dad said they thought it was a cobra. But a pet shop owner, who took the snake away, said he thought it was a common bull snake. A snake found Aug. 22 started the entire commotion. A high school science teacher identified it as a king cobra. Finders of the other snakes also said they be lieved they were cobras. Freshman Serenades With Organ Music Organ music last night in the Memorial Student Center was pro vided by Russell Wells, freshman from Bakersville, Calif. Wells played random selections for more than houi*. When questioned about his abil ity, he said, “I took for about five years, but I guess it didn’t stick. After playing in here, I hope peo ple don’t begin to think I can play.” delegates to pledge support to the party nominee before taking their seats. Both will speak at a $100 a plate dinner Monday night along with former President Harry S. Tru man, Senators Douglas of Illinois and Gillette of Iowa, and India Ed wards, vice chairman of the Na tional Committee. Stevenson Speaks Adlai Stevenson, the party’s 1952 presidential nominee, will speak Tuesday night. A national com mittee spokesman said today Stev enson then may disclose whether he is going to assume active party leadership with a view toward the presidential race in 1956. Others on the committee, however, ex pressed doubts Stevenson would do any such thing, at least now. Stevenson, Truman, Rayburn and Mitchell will get together Sunday at a luncheon. They probably will warm discuss the roles Stevenson and Truman will play in the campaigns. The committee official said def initely that Stevenson would not be a candidate for the Senate seat now held by Douglas, whose term expires in 1954. “Stevenson has no intention of running for the Senate from Illi- 4 Mr. Roberts’ Is First Aggie Play The Aggie Players will begin their season with “Mr. Roberts,” to be presented on Nov. 9 and 10 at Guion Hall. First meeting of the group will be held at the Music Hall, Thurs day, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Try outs for “Mr. Roberts” are sched uled there for Tuesday and Wed nesday, Sept. 22-23. Practice sessions take place eve ry Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs day. After presenting “Mr. Roberts,” which takes place aboard a Navy cargo ship during World War II, the Aggie Players will present oth er plays on March 8-9 and May 7-8. Final selection of the other plays has not been made. Possibilities are “Our Town,” “Ah, Wilderness,” “Arsenic and Old Lace” and “Born Yesterday.” Tickets will be sold for individ ual performances only. Price is 50 cents. nois or any other state,” he said flatly. Mitchell said he expects to re build the Democratic party on the “solid rock of the South.” No Deacons But, he added in an interview, Southern leaders “will not be made deacons just as they cross the threshhold” in a return to the Democratic fold. He was comment ing on a statement by Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas that he had de tected a “softening” of Mitchell’s attitude towards Southerners who supported President Eisenhower last year. “There has been no change in my attitude,” Mitchell said. “It’s the same attitude I made clear in the 12 speeches I made in Texas earlier this year.” In those speech es Mitchell emphasized that he had feelings towar’ds “good Democrats” in Texas and every other place. Among the Southern Democratic leaders who have notified the com mittee they would attend are Sen ators Johnson of South Carolina, Long of Louisiana and Hill of Ala bama, and Governors Gordon Per sons of Alabama, Francis Cherry of Arkansas, John Battle of Vir ginia and William G. Marland of West Virginia. If you like fresh, neat looking clothes— Take Your Cleaning To . .. CAMPUS CLEANERS A&M is one-half game behind the University of Texas in the number of times each team has won the SWC crown. The univer sity also holds the conference rec ord for number o£ titles won. FRESHMEN! ZUBIK'S Uniform Tailors An old established lirm Is Ready to Serve YOU! Tailor Made Freshman Green Slacks for only $2350 We Carry . . . Regulation ★ Slacks Khaki . . ★ Shirts ★ Overseas Ties, Belts, Caps, Patches Alterations - . - Experienced ★ Form-fit Shirts Tailors ★ Patches Sewn ZUBIK'S Uniform Tailors 1896 — 57 YEARS OF TAILORING — 1953 105 N. Main & North Gate