Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1953
Reporter Describes Dope
Traffic Among Teenagers
Edward J. Mowery, Pulitzer prize winning
Scripps-Howard reporter has recently re
vealed shocking facts which show that the
nation’s youth is being engulfed by the vic
ious narcotics traffic.
Mowery has described the teenage drug
menace in a series of newspaper articles and
before a senate investigating committee.
The reporter has spent three years in
vestigating the problem which has snared
25,000 of this country’s young people. Of
this number, few will ever be cured.
Mowery used the government’s hospital
for narcotics addicts at Lexington, Ky. as an
example. Only one in 10 of the first 38,000
addicts treated there was cured permanently.
The number of juveniles admitted rose by
20 times in four years.
Testifying before a senate committee
studying the problem, Mowery reported that
many teenage victims never receive proper
treatment. Instead they are sent to prison
hospitals and thrown in with hardened crim
inals. He explained that they get no treat
ment after being released.
In one article, Mowery named the 12 cities
in the United States which had the most ju
venile narcotic violators in 1951-52. Texas
claimed two of these cities. They were Hous
ton with 198 and Dallas with 135 violators.
Mowery says that these youths were de
scribed as mostly “pushers or possessors.”
It must be remembered that these numbers
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represented only those juveniles actually dis
covered handling narcotics.
The illegal drug traffic is causing thous
ands of teenagers to suffer untold physical
and mental agony. Once a youth becomes an
addict, his life is usually ruined.
As is common to all crime, the innocent
law abiding citizen also suffers. Many people
have been robbed by teenagers who needed
money to buy more dope. Many others have
been killed by crazed juvenile drug addicts.
Mowery explained that tons of dope are
being smuggled into this country from Red
China, Mexico, Europe and the Near East.
The smugglers are having little trouble
getting the dope into the country. There
are only 260 narcotics agents to guard all
our seaports and borders. Mowery says that
no agents are stationed along the Mexican
border. Yet he reports the government has
700 inspectors there to guard against cattle
with hoof and mouth disease.
Mowery reports that both international
and our own national laws concerning nar
cotic violators are weak and need more teeth.
This situation is one which should alarm
every law abiding citizen. The senate com
mittee has already promised that something
will be done.
Letters written to representatives and
senators in Washington demanding that the
dope traffic must stop, might help speed
this promise into definite action.
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Faith Is Shown
By Researchers
Ide Trotter, president of the student sen
ate, received recently a letter from a mem
ber of the student council of Louisville (Ky.)
University urging backing for a coming con
gressional tax amendment proposal.
To be made by Sen. Burnet R. Maybank
(D-S.C.) when the senate reconvenes in Jan-
‘uary, the amendment would make education
al expenses (tuition and other college ex
penses for example) deductible from income
tax payments if they compose more than
five per cent of a person’s total income. .
The letter suggested Trotter start a
movement at A&M to write letter to Texas
senators and representatives, asking their
support for the amendment.
Any change in the income tax law must
originate in the senate finance committee,
the letter advised.
Certainly, any reduction in the tax bur
den placed upon parents putting one or es
pecially two sons or daughters through col
lege would be appreciated.
However, before getting too enthusiastic
about a possible income tax reduction, it
might be wise to stop and think where the
additional income to cover the cut would
come from.
In view of the international situation,
congress could hardly afford to cut the de
fense budget any more than it has. Also,
a certain amount of money must be spent for
operation of the government and foreign aid.
This area of reduction has been investi
gated before by Congress and some cuts have
been made. However, further cuts might [
endanger U.S. prestige abroad or hamper I
government operations in this country.
So before jumping off the deep end in K
praise of a move of this type, although it I
would benefit the taxpayer it might first I
be a good idea to find out where this cut I
in federal income would be made up.
The new method of testing calves to pre
dict weight-gaining ability probably is the
biggest single improvement in the cattle in
dustry in the world for the past 30 years.
A&M college certainly can be proud of
the great scientific minds which produced
this progress. Dr. H. O. Kunkel, Dr. Mary
F. Futrell and David K. Stokes jr. may some
day be known as the very originators of a
positive method of selecting top quality
breeding sires.
“When the experiments started, the re
searchers had little to go on,’’ says our front
page story on the discovery.
Many, many hours of disappointment and
discouragement are hidden behind this fac
tual i-eport. These words fail to show the
hope, anxiety, then utter discouragement
which the researchers experienced as they
followed each lead to the very end, seeking
the faintest possibility of something definite,
then failing and returning once more to the
seemingly endless search.
Work of this nature shows in these peo
ple an endless amount of faith. It would
have been so easy to give up and report,
“Unsuccessful,” but that limitless drive kept
them going.
Their work is only begun, as all work re
volving around the endless search for scien
tific facts. They must perfect their meth
ods. Then they must put into practical use
all they have learned so they may help the
rancher.
With faith and courage such as they have
shown in coming this far, we are sure they
will never falter until that ultimate goal
is attained.
I These people are like stepping stones
across the river of darkness and ignorance.
They help the rancher and farmer to cross
that stream, and help bring everyone even
tually to a better world.
A&M college truly can be proud of these
people.
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M Tests
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stanine tests tests will be used
in rating graduating students for
Commissions,” said Col. John A.
Way, PAS&T.
According to the air force
authorities who originated the
stanine tests, the score indicates
the student’s chance of being
‘washed out’ of flight or observer
school.
A student who makes nine on
the stanine tests has an 86 to 14
chance of completing the school.
Because lumps of asphalt some
times ooze from the bottom of the
Dead Sea and are washed ashore,
it is believed there may be rich
oil deposits in the area.
Cadet Slouell ... by Earle
Gallery Committee
Art Exhibit Begins
awarded are still life, Richard
Mrs. Frances Schmidt, staff
member of the Memorial Student
Center, won best all-around paint
ing in the staff, faculty and student
section of the MSC art gallery
committee’s show, now being ex
hibited in the main lounge,►serpen
tine lounge and promenade of the
Center.
In the landscape division of the
show, Mrs. Schmidt also won first
prize. Second was Rill Rector. The
rest of the categories and prizes
Student Senate
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Jerry B. Davis, senator from
College View, reported that cam
pus security authorities had taken
no action in a recent siphoning
case there although the thieves
were caught and brought in for
questioning.
Trotter read a letter from the
manager of the War Memorial
stadiurii in Little Rock, Ark., Con
cerning the seating incident at the
Arkansas-A&M game.
Allen Berry, manager of the
stadium, said he regretted-the en
tire incident and agrees the police
were out of line in taking the
action they did.
However, he said, the move made
by the A&M fans was voluntary
and was begun by chancellor of
the A&M system M. T. Harrington.
Talent Representative
The senate voted to send a i;ep-
resentative from A&M to the Sam
Houston State Teachers college
Campus Capers Feb. 5. The stu
dent would be winner of the Ag
gie Talent show which will be held
next week.
If the winner cannot attend the
Sam Houston event, the second or
third place contestants will be per
mitted to go.
The senate voted down a motion
to have Christmas cards this year
and also decided not to act on a
proposal to collect clothes for Ko
rean children.
Trotter suggested the letter con
cerning the clothing for Korean
children be forwarded to A&M Con
solidated high school or Stephen F,
Austin high school in Bryan.
The meeting was adjourned at
8:45 p.m.
Petroleum products made up
about 65 per cent of the tonnage
shipped to U. S. troops in Korea
during the fighting there.
Vrooman, first; Ann Hilliard, sec
ond; creative, Tommy Williams,
first prize; Grant Reeder, second;
and an honorable mention; dry me
diums, Ronnie Greathouse, first;
Gary Bourgeois, second; and Louis
Hampton, honorable mention.
In the associate member division
of the show, Bessie Womblc re
ceived first prize for best all-
around picture. In the still life
division. Sonny Dayton was first,
Pat Boney second and special men
tion went to Horace Smith, Hazel
Naylor and Mrs. Boney.
In the creative category, Ruth
Mogford was first; landscape, Mrs.
Womblc, first; B. Campbell, ec-.
ond; and special mention to Margie
Goodwin, Mrs. Naylor and Camp
bell.
Stephanie Sales was first in the
dry medium category.
Judges of the exhibit praised a
mobile sculpture hanging from the
ceiling in the main lounge. The
mobile, only one in the show, was
designed and constructed by R. L.
Dabney arid Rufus L. Turner.
Judges for the show, which con
tains. 105 pictures, were Ed Bear
den, assistant director of the Dal
las Museum of Fine Arts and Odis
Dozier, instructor at the museum.
The exhibit began Thursday eve- !
ning and will remain open until !
Dec. 18.
Driver Uninjured
In Bridge Collision
The driver of a Ford F-8 trailer
truck was injured early Thursday
morning when his truck struck a
bridge and over turned.
The accident occurred south of
College Station on highway 6.
Loaded with groceries, the truck
was crowded off the road by a
passing car, and could not get back
on the highway. It hit the side of a
concrete bridge, almost ripping
the wheels and frame from under
it, and turned over.
Bryan -wreckers tried without
success for tour and a half hours
to move the truck. It was finally
unloaded arid righted, but could not
be moved further.
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LPL ABNER So Near, Yet So Far
liorticuilure Show
Reset for Tuesday
The date and site for the annual
Horticulture society display has 7
been changed, said Bob Morgan,
chairman of the show.
It will be held Tuesday in the
lobby of the Agriculture building
from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
The display will consist of every
variety of subtropical fruits; avo-
cad r, from California, Texas, and
Florida; vegetables; various pro
pagated plants; fruit and Vege
table containers; and plant con
tainers.
Large quantities of U. S. number
one ruby red grapefruits and
oranges will be on sale at the
show.
“Although the display is primal-
ly educational, we hope to make
some money from the sales to aid
in financing the annual Horticul
ture student inspection trip to
Florida December 12-20,”- said ,,
Morgan.
The cheetah, known as the fast
est mammal for short distances,
is easy to tame but never has been
known to breed in captivity.
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