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Number 213: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
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Eisenhower Says
US Will Not Build
IJ-Bomhs Too Big
/ By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON, April 8—(A 5 )—
President Eisenhower said today
hydrogen bombs are now big
enough to meet military require
ments, and the United States does
not intend to see bow big they can
be built.
His answers to news conference
questions came only a short time
before the Atomic Energy Commis
sion announced that a third nuclear
test explosion had been conducted
yesterday at the Pacific island
pi'oving grounds.
This explosion followed two pre
vious hydrogen blasts in March
and, although the commission did
not specify, it presumably was an
other thermonuclear test. AEG
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, in
making the announcement, said
that “Information of the greatest
importance to national defense con
tinues to be derived from this test
series.”
Strauss later told a Senate Ap
propriations subcommittee that
“greatly increased production of
thermonuclear weapons” will help
push AEG operating costs up $427,-
400,000—to $1,202,000,000—for the
year starting July 1.
Scout Troop
To Receive
11 Members
Boy Scout troop 450 will
take in 11 new members at
a Court of Honor Tuesday.
Also at the Court five boys
in the troop will receive ad
vancement in rank.
The Court will be at 8 p. m.
Tuesday in the Memorial Student
Center assembly room. A 7 p. m.
a film on camping and living off
the land will be shown.
All parents and members of the
Lions club, the troop’s sponsoring
organization, are invited to attend
the meeting, said Sergeant T. N.
Buford, assistant scoutmaster and
advancement chairman.
Ron Logan is scoutmaster.
New members will be Fred Bri-
son, David McGuire, Alex Quisen-
berry, Julius Lowell, Gary L.
Pederson, Bob Adams, Jack Armi-
ptead, John George, Tommy Led
better, James Riggs and Bob
White.
Receiving advancement badges
<vil be Bill Farrar, second class;
and Ken Thompson, John Beaty,
Goidon Darrow and Jud Rogers,
all first class.
“Virtually the entire increase oc
curs in the cost of procuring urani
um and of producing weapons and
weapons materials,” he said in a
statement released after the closed
session. Twelve new plants are
moving into production this year,
and others will be added next year,
he said.
Results of current tests in the
Pacific, he said, “will play an im
portant part in making the thermo
nuclear weapon a major instru
ment for the defense of the free
world,” he said, but the commis
sion also will seek versatility
through development of a “family
of weapons,” including atomic
weapons.
Seniors To Decide
Presentation Date
Details for the presentation of
the senior class gift will be worked
out in a meeting after the Easter
holidays, said Chuck Fenner, senior
class gift committee chairman.
The gift will be the establish
ment of a fund for the construction
of the proposed west wing of the
Memorial Student Center.
Attending this meeting will be
Wayne Stark, director of the MSC;
John Samuels, president of the
MSC council; Pat Wood, senior
class president; and Fenner.
In this meeting, they will de
cide when the presentation will be
made, who will handle the fund,
where it will be kept, and any
other details that will require at
tention at that time.
BREAMIN’ WEATHER—Morris Garner, left, and Gordon Porter,
right, relax in the sun in yesterday’s 88 degree weather. This
sight is typical on the campus when the warm, spring fever weather
rolls around.
Senate
J enkins
Appoints
Counsel
By WILMOT HERCHER
WASHINGTON, April 7 (A 5 )—
Ray H. Jenkins, a Tennessee lawyer
and gentleman farmer, was chosen
today as the man to get to the
bottom of the bitter row between
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and high
army officials.
His appointment as special coun
sel for the Senate investigations
subcommittee was announced by
Acting Chairman Mundt (R-SD),
who also said hearings in the con
troversial case will begin April 21.
Jenkins, 57, is one of the leading
trial lawyers of Knoxville, Tenn.
He is a Republican, an Episco
palian, and farms as a hobby.
Racial Prejudice
320 Are Enrolled
In Dancing Classes
About three hundred twenty per
sons have signed up for dancing
lessons this spring, said Margaret
Long, Memorial Student Center
pi-ogram consultant.
The classes are taught by Man
ning Smith.
The students are divided into
a basic class for the beginners, and
an intermediate class for advanced
students. Basic students are taught
only ball room dancing. Inter
mediate students are taught all
types of popular dancing.
Classes will be held next year.
AUSTIN, April 7 (/P)—Argu
ments labelled as arousing racial
prejudice were hit hard by the
Supreme Court today in reversing
lower court proceedings in a work
man’s compensation suit from Lub
bock.
“Race and color” ai’e a matter
of indifference in judging whether
a witness is telling the truth, as
sociate Justice Robert Calvert
wrote in an opinion endorsed by
the full court.
An argument in the trial implied
Langford,
Councilmen
Win Election
Ernest Langford, was re
elected mayor of College Sta
tion Tuesday unopposed. He
received forty-six votes.
In the election for council-
men, Mai’ion Pugh i*eceived
twenty-two votes. He is coun
cilman for the Southside dis
trict.
The two other councilmen
elected were A. P. Boyett of
the Northside district with
thirteen, votes and Joe Sorrells
of the College Hills district
who received ten votes.
All the councilmen were un
opposed.
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that two witnesses were not to be
believed because they were Ne
groes, Calvert said.
The opinion quoted one of the
lawyers as having said: “I would
n’t fly a couple of those yellow
Nigs in here and expect a jury to
believe that kind of stuff.” .
Calvert said such argument was
so highly inflammatory and preju
dicial, such an appeal to racial
prejudice, that the case should be
tried over.
The case was called Texas Em
ployers’ Insurance Assn, vs O. T.
Haywood. Haywood is a Negro.
Two Negroes who had woi’ked with
him in Austin were flown to Lub
bock to testify.
“A jury of white men can not be
called on to determine the credi
bility of witnesses on the theory
that the Cauc^sion race has a
monopoly on the virtues of truth
and veracity,” Calvert’s opinion
said.
He said the reference to the race
of the witnesses was “one of many
deplorable incidents arising out of
the conduct of counsel during the
course of the trial.”
Calvert said that while lawyers
sometimes take off their gloves in
the heat of arguing a case, there
is a limit.
“When the limits are transgress
ed a trial ceases to be a test of
right and wrong by standards of
law and justice and becomes a
catch as catch can, no holds barred
spectacle not unlike a modern
wrestling match,” Calvert said.
He rebuked the lawyers for both
sides and said also it was not only
province, but the duty, of a trial
judge “to prevent any such deteri
oration of judicial dignity.”
Interviewed by reporters on Cap
itol Hill, Jenkins stated he is
“quite positive” that he is not
prejudiced one way or the other
regai'ding McCarthy. Asked if he
would care to state his opinion of
the Wisconsin senator, the lawyer
replied:
“My opinion of Sen. McCaidhy
would not constitute any news. It
would be improper for me to ex
press an opinion.
I have no record publicly or
otherwise as the Sen. McCarthy or
what has come to be known as
McCarthyism,” he continued.
Jenkins, a heavy - set, sandy-
haired man with a calm manner,
pledged himself to handle the big
investigation with “no prejudice,
no bias.”
He succeeds Samuel B. Sears
as the subcommittee’s special coun
sel and will be in charge of the
machinery of the probe.
Sears, a prominent Boston at
torney, withdrew as counsel yes
terday, after his impartiality had
been challenged. He acknowledged
that he had praised McCarthy’s
work in the past, but insisted that
he could have conducted a fair in
vestigation.
He bowed out “in the public in
terest,” he said, so there would
be no question about the impar
tiality of the proceedings.
The subcommittee intends to
probe under Jenkins’ guidance:
1. Charges by the army secre-
tai’iat that McCarthy and Roy
Cohn, the subcommittee’s regular
counsel, exerted pressure to get
favored treatment for draftee G.
David Schine, a friend of Cohn’s
and a former consultant on the
subcommittee staff.
2. Countercharges that Secretary
of the Amny Stevens and John G.
Adams, Army general counsel,
were holding Schine in “hostage”
while they tried to divert McCar
thy’s investigations of alleged
“Communist coddling” in the army
to other branches of the militai-y
service.
'Texas Drought Areas
Receive Heavy Rain
Counties Record
Two-Inch Rainfall
SAN ANGELO, April 7—UP)—A gagging - , dusty front
of twisting winds which chased thunderclouds across West
Texas broke loose with drenching rains 65 miles southeast of
San Angelo late today.
. That's part of the driest area of droughty West Texas.
^Better than two inches of rain fell over parts of Menard
and Kimball counties early in the evening. The rain started
falling in a steady downpour in Menard at 6 p.m. and contin
ued until 7:30 p.m., bringing a 9-fbot rise on the San Saba
River and forcing evacuation of several business firms in
the north part of town.
The thunderheads apparently first broke over the area
north of Junction, toppling-^
rainclouds back toward Men
ard and east, and west as far
as El Dorado.
An unofficial rainfall read
ing at Menard was 1.75 inches, but
much heavier rains were reported
outside of town. In the ranch coun
try southeast of Menard from two
to three inches of rain was esti
mated.
Water backing up from overflow
ing draws and from the San Saba
river forced evacuation of a motel,
cafe, and grocery store on the
north side of Menard as nearly
two feet of water flooded the prem-
SLEEPIN’ WEATHER—This group of registered Duroc jersey
hogs also find the warm weather a good time to sleep, at least until
the next time they get fed.
Beardent Elected
Association Head
H. D. Bearden of the Texas Engi
neering Extension service, is the
new president of the Texas Vo
cational association. He was elected
at the recent meeting of the as
sociation in San Antonio.
The TVA, affiliated with the
American Vocational Association,
is a professional organization of
all vocational agriculture, home
economics, distributive education,
industrial arts and vocational in
dustrial teachers.
Bearden served last year as vice
president at laige of the associat
ion and president of Iota Lamda
Sigma, national professional frater
nity for the field of industrial edu
cation.
At 10 p.m. heavy rains still were
falling between Menard and Junc
tion, where .40 of an inch had been
measured by 9 p.m.
Ozona reported only .10 of an
inch but 4% miles west at the
Ozona airpoi’t 1.10 was recorded.
Heavy showers were reported in
El Dorado and sprinkling rain at
Eden and Brady.
Late in the evening Llano and
Rocksprings reported overcast
skies and lightning. Telephone
lines were blown down by high
winds around Fort McKavett, near
Menard.
Light rain started falling in Ma
son late tonight. By 9 p.m. an inch
was reported already in the north
west part of Mason County with
continuing slow drizzle.
Although the rains brought jubi
lation, they were widely scattered
and strictly local; there was no
general precipitation. The Weath
er Bureau said the rainy condition
would end before dawn.
Hail damaged rooftops of some
Menard County residences. Four
miles north of the town roof dam
age was reported considerable.
Parking Situation
Still Bad Here
Fred Hickman, chief of campus
security, said that the parking
situation on the campus is still in
a critical condition.
Hickman stated that the most
critical parking areas were around
Hai’t hall and the new ai’ea. He said
that the overflow of cars in these
two areas caused cars to be parked
on the streets, creating a traffic
hazard.
Battalion
To Publish
Two Papers
The Battalion will be pub
lished on Tuesday and Thurs
day of next week, according
to Carl Jobe, assistant man
ager of student publications.
This is to let the people
working on the Battalion have
the regular Easter holidays,
he said.
However, he added, some of
the staff will have to retuim
early to sfoart work on the first
edition of the Battalion after
the holidays which will be
published Tuesday, April 20.
The regular Tuesday'through
Friday schedule will be re
sumed after the Easter holi
days.
Abbott Chairman
At Annual Meeting
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
college, served as chairman of one
of the study groups at the annual
meeting of the Association of Tex
as Colleges in San Antonio last
weekend.
The group discussed “The Devel
opment of More Effective Guidance
and Counseling Programs.”
John R. Bertrand, dean of the
Basic Division, was a consultant to
the group. He discussed the pro
gram of counseling and guidance
developed in the Basic Division.
Representatives of more than
twenty Texas colleges and uni
versities participated in the study
sessions.
Entomology Annual
To Be Published Soon
The Aggie Entomologist, annual
magazine of the Entomology club,
will be published April 15.
The publication was discussed at
a recent meeting of the club. A
film, “500,000 to one,” comparing
the number -of insects to the num
ber of humans, was shown at the
meeting.
Filings Op en i
For April 27
Election
Filings are now open for
next year’s student senators.
Battalion co - editors, non
military Student Life com
mittee members, and non
military yell leaders.
Filings will close 5 p. m., April
21. The general election will be
April 27, said W. D. (Pete) Har
desty, business manager of stu
dent activities.
To qualify for senator a stu
dent must have a grade point ratio
of 1.00 or better and must have
been a student at A&M for the
two previous semesters.
The class of ’55 will elect 15 sen
ators; the class of ’56, 10 senators;
and the class of ’57, six senators.
Qualifications for Battalion co
editors are a 1.25 or better grade
point ratio. Only military students
can vote on The Battalion corps co
editor.
Non-military students can vote
on the non-military editor of The
Battalion and on the non-military
yell leader. A 1.25 or better grade
point ratio is also required to
qualify candidates for yell leader.
Students can file in the office
of student activities, second floor
of Goodwin hall.
AF Sweetheart •
Finalists Picked
Five finalists for Air Force
Sweetheart have been selected. The
Sweetheart will be chosen from the
finalists at the Air Force Jet
Jockey Hop, April 24.
The finalists and their escorts
are Sandra, Stanley Marlow;
Diana Crockett, W. N. Vance;
Myrna Stewart, Bill Thiessen;
Beverly Ware, Phillip Orr; Avelina
Sanchez, A. E. Dalrymple.
The finalists were picked from
a group of 30 entrants by Burt
Holdsworth, and Terry Wilson of
the sweetheai't selection committee.
Claude Harris and his orchestra
will play for the dance to be held
in the grove from 9 to 12.
Contributors to the Air Force
fund will receive tickets to the
dance. Contributions will be taken
by 'Hollie Briscoe and Phil Jacobs.
‘Heavy Pressure’
Air Force Policy Under Fire
The air force ROTC policy that
says “fly or don’t get a contract”
is under heavy fire.
And the issue may be settled
shortly, according the Army-Navy-
Air Force Journal.
The newspaper, which calls it
self the “spokesman of the ser-
vices”> says that the Pentagon is
under “heavy and influential pres
sure” to get x’id of the present air
ROTC policy.
The nearness of graduation is
credited with bringing the issue to
a head.
Authorities Worried
Top air force authorities are
worried because they can’t get
enough men to man planes for the
137-wing program. This was the
reason for the policy.
They warn that “dire results”
may come from a reversal of the
present plan.
The Journal said that air force
authorities say “without the added
pressure to motivate flying train
ing requests in air ROTC, the air
force will find it impossible to ob
tain enough new pilots with col
lege training.”
The air force says it would have
to commission as pilots thousands
of men who had only a high-
school education.
If the air force’s present policy
is kept, about 4,000 non-flying air
ROTC graduates over the counti*y
would go on active duty as air
men third class. They would be
given a reserve commission after
serving two years.
College presidents, including
A&M’s David H. Morgan, are say
ing that this policy is not keep
ing faith with students who were
Employment Up
In CS-Bryan Area
The downward trend in employ
ment in the College Station Bryan
area ended about mid-March, ac
cording to a Texas • Employment
commission report for April.
Manufacturers and retail es
tablishments hired more workers in
March than in February. Employ
ers of construction workers were
hiring steadily and the construction
program is particularly bright, the
report said.
The April 1 job applicant list to
taled 294 as compared to 405 on
March 1. Also the number of un
employment benefit claimants de
clined during March from 211
claimants to 165.
Britten
To Student Club
Walter S. . Britten, livestock
auctioneer, spoke to the Saddle
and Sirloin club Monday night.
He gave a brief summary of the
history of livestock auctions and
discussed the types of livestock
sales and compared the advantages
of local livestock auctions as com
pared to the central market type
of sales.
promised commissions if they com
pleted the four-year ROTC course.
Morgan has asked Pentagon of
ficials to consider giving military
colleges, such as A&M, special
benefits. Among these is assurance
of commisisons and assurance of
contracts.
The complaints are aggravated
by the recent defense department
ruling that all army ROTC grad
uates will be called to active duty
for two years.
The army wanted to call only
about one third of its graduates
this year, with the rest to serve for
90 days and then go to reserve
units.
The defense department rejected
this on the grounds that the men
had been deferred from the draft
to attend college and therefore
should serve as long as draftees.
The college presidents and stu
dents who are not to receive com
missions are winning support from
legislatoi’s and reserve officials in
their campaign to get a policy
reversal, according to the Journal.
A&M’s air ROTC detachment
still has no word on how many
graduates they will be allowed to
commission. They, too, are wait
ing for the decision, which is
1 predicted for sometime soon.
Wizig Selected
Journalist Head
Jerry Wizig, junior journalism
majoi*, has been named the new
editor of the A&M Journalist.
Jimmy Collins and Bill Thomas,
sophomores, were assigned to his
staff.
The Journalist, published in the
interest of a greater A&M journal
ism department, is put out by the
members of the Journalism club.
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Cloudy today with occasional
thunder showers. High yesterday
88. Low this morning 68.