v Page 2 THE BATTALION Tuesday, June 8, 1954 ’ ( 6 I GFs In Britain Struggle Is Sad, Inspiring By DON WHITEHEAD LONDON — (A*) — A touching drama of American family life trying to find a comfortable and happy place in a land strange and at times even a bit hostile is being enacted today throughout Eng land. It’s a struggle that sometimes is sad, sometimes inspiring, and often comical — involving more than 40,000 military men and some 12,000 wives and children who fol lowed their menfolk to this island. In some ways, the problems of the 52,000 are more acute than those of the two million Americans who waited here 10 years ago for the beginning of the great invasion of Europe. Today the American and his family are thrown into more inti mate association with the British townspeople. Sadly, there is not the same singleness of purpose and spirit of forebearance that helped oil the friction points in 1944. The situation is depicted fairly accurately although with exager- ation, of course, in a cartoon show ing a frosty, tweedy Englishman and his wife glaring at a startled American airman - , and saying: “What are YOU doing back here ? ” Desperate Air Officially, the British and Amer icans are working together in a hard-jawed determination to “get along.” There’s a sort of “We’re going to like you, dammit, even if it kills us” air about the whole thing. They are trying to bridge the One of 34,686 Traffic Violators Get Lots of Company If you were stopped by a Texas Highway Patrolman during the month of April for an infraction of the traffic laws, you had a lot of company. As a matter of fact you had exactly 34,686 other people in the same boat with you. You could have been “lucky”, though. You might have been one of nearly half of the total who got a warning ticket instead of an ar rest ticket. And you might not have been involved in one of the 13,496 accidents during the month. Better than that—you might not have been one of the 6,840 persons injured in traffic accidents in April. And one thing is sure — if you’re reading this you’re really fortunate, because you weren’t among the 168 killed in Texas traf fic during the thirty-day period. Walter J. Elliott, chief of the Texas highway patrol, has just re leased a comprehensive break-down of the activities of 444 patrolmen who were on duty during the month. It shows that the men, comprising the 16 highway patrol districts, worked a total of 108,922 hours during April at duties run ning the gamut from giving road information to tourists to making 11,850 arrests and passing out 16,926 warning tickets. Thirty- seven per cent, or 40,239, of those hours were turned in on night duty. The 444 patrolmen operated in 317 ears for 1,082,617 miles. It wasn’t all riding and writing tick ets, however. Accident investiga tions took up 3,555 hours of the time; another 2,151 hours were de voted to safety work other than enforcement; and the men spent 3,612 hours on court duty. According to Elliott’s figures, 8,544 of the arrests made were for hazardous traffic violations — the B ort that cause acidents. Speed ing, as usual, led the field with 4,803. Next in order was “Im proper Passing” with 801; and the drunk driving accounted for 554 of the apprehensions. Speeding was also the leader in the “Warning Tickets” category, with 7,438. The nearly 17,000 mo torists who received warnings, however, didn’t get off entirely “free”. A copy of the warning ticket was filed in their perman ent driving record at the head quarters of the driver’s license division of the Texas Department of Public Safety where enough of them, just like a small collection of arrest notations or accident ex periences, will automatically bring the errant driver up for suspension or revocation action on his license. “Our men always give two or three times as many warnings as they do arrests tickets,” Elliott ex plained. “But sometimes we won der if we’re really doing the mo torist a favor when he is released with merely a warning. We always hope the warning will work; that is, that it will keep the driver from repeating his error, but many times a Patrolman is called to investi gate a fatal traffic accident and the driver of one of the cars is a fellow to whom he gave a warning a couple of hours earlier. Maybe an arrest would have saved a life. Maybe. I don’t know.” Safe Water x Necessary \ For Vacation One of the most important fac- tors contributing to the well-being of summer vacationists is a safe and healthful water supply. Con taminated water is the annual cause of much sickness and many fatalities. Water from sources not known to be safe should never be used to supply vacation needs. Dr. Henry A. Holle, state health officer, said this week that most municipal water supplies in Texas are periodically inspected and sam ples submitted to the state or local public health laboratories for ex amination. He advised that it is always best, when in doubt, to en deavor to secure water from a municipal supply. “Families away from home on picnics, excursions, or vacation trips,” Holle said, “should either ascertain that their water supply is safe or they should make it safe for human consumption. Wat er can be rendered safe by boiling for 15 minutes or by the addition of chlorine. A few drops of ordi nary chlorine laundry bleach can be added to a gallon of clear water and if the water is .allowed to stand for 15 minutes it may be used for drinking.” If drinking water is obtained from a private well, Holle advised vacationists to look for these pro tective features: a well-site pro tected from flooding with good drainage, and a concrete platform surrounding the pump. The pump itself should be securely mounted on the platform, should have a rod that enters the top through pack ing, and should have a turned- down spout. Contaminated water is usually found in wells with open wood platforms, pits underneath the pump, openings where the pump rod enters the pump, and in pumps that require priming to operate. College Station’s water has been approved by the state health de partment. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” 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 $9.00 per year or $ .75 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. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago. Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. 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More Difficult Others have found the going more difficult. They are unable to adjust to the British way of life. They are dissatisfied with houses that have outmoded kitch ens and no central heating. They can’t understand the British aloof ness and deep sense of privacy. Some complain of rent gouging and living costs. An American sergeant said: “I guess it’s no different with the British than it would be with us if the British swarmed in on one of our towns back home. There’d be the same problems.” Recent Efforts On the British side, the English frequently resent the efforts of Americans to be “liked” and their generosity oftentimes is mistaken as condescension or interpreted as having an ulterior motive. In one case, a young American housewife moved into a neighbor hood and liked the looks of the British housewife next door. She baked a cake and a batch of cook ies and took them over as a ges ture of neighborliness. But she was shocked to tears to find her gesture regarded coldly and with suspicion. In another, an American airman encouraged his young son to open a front-yard lemonade stand near one of Britain’s historic sites. It was good American enterprise — but it irritated the British. Housing Problems Also, the British see Americans taking over homes badly needed by British families themselves, be cause the Americans ai’e able and willing to pay rents which the British can’t afford. To the Americans the houses us ually are no bargain. They pay rents two or three times what a Briton would pay. By their stand ards, the plumbing is poor and the kitchen equipment Is enough to make a good housewife shud der. In the cold months, a gas and electricity bill of $100 a month isn’t uncommon. Even if it means financial sacri fices, most Americans want their families with them, and they are willing to go to almost any limit to do it. San Antonio’s M. Maverick Dies Monday SAN ANTONIO — (H>) — Maury Maverick, a fiery little Texan who added “gobbledy- gook” to the American lan guage, died Monday. The 58-year-old former congress man and tempestuous mayor of San Antonio succumbed to a heart ailment that had hospitalized him for ten days. With a tongue as s harp as the cactus of his beloved South Texas, Maverick coined the word “gobble- dygook” for hard-to-understand official language. Maverick was twice mayor of San Antonio and served in Con gress from 1934-39. A leader of the so-called loyalist faction of the Texas Democratic party, he led the bolt of Adlai Stevenson supporters in the 1952 state Democratic convention and the fight for that group’s recogni tion at the Democratic national convention. A man who believed Democrats should go down the line with the party, he termed Texas Gov. Allan Shivers’ repudiation of the nation al Democratic ticket in 1952 “like having a big wedding and taking the wedding vows to honor and obey, then dishonoring your wife and killing her.” While in Washington, Maverick cut a colorful figure. He once campaigned to “get a little more life in Capitol Hill” for the benefit of visiting servicemen on Sunday. A staunch supporter of Roose velt, Maverick once said his am bition was to do a good job as public executive. “But when, and if, the time comes. I’ll be w'hat the President (Roosevelt) wants me to be—am bassador, chauffeur, doorman to the men’s washroom in the House of Representatives or any other job.” In 1900, about 200 children out of every 1,000 live births died be fore they were 1 year old, com-, pared to today’s rate of around 20 per 1,000 in several countxdes. Cadet Slouch ... by JaniL m m t . VO EY&S '• TICLED ' YO FEES SO CO SEE T14' AT p TM V GKOVEf Movy* TODAY/ Federal Control on INatur WASHINGTON— OP) —The Su preme Court ruled Monday the Federal Government has authority to regulate the price of all natural gas flowing into interstate com merce. It held, 5 to 3, that the Fed eral Power Commission may fix the rates for all natural gas pro duced and gathered by the Phillips Petroleum Company and sold to pipeline companies for interstate consumption. In one of two dissenting opinions, Justice Tom Clark said the action of the majority of the court “brings every gas operator, from the small est producer to the largest pipeline, under federal regulatory control. “In so doing,” Clark added, “the court acts contrary to the intention of Congress, the understanding of the states, and that of the Federal Power Commission itself. The Fed eral Power Commission is thereby thrust into the regulatory domain traditionally reserved to the states.” VINTAGE CAR APPROVED NORFOLK, Va. — (A>) — Thomas E. Moody appeared in traffic court to answer a summons for failure to have an inspection sticker on his automobile. Moody told the judge that after he received the sum mons the car passed the inspection with “flying colors.” The judge imposed a $5 fine but suspended payment. Moody’s car is a 1914 model. The case involves millions of. rayed against dollars. Lawyers have said it will j Southeast, affect more than 2,300 independent producers who sell natural gas di rectly to transmission companies. Justice Sherman Minton, writing the majority opinion in which Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Hugo Black, Stanley Reed and Fe lix Frankfurter joined, said “the legislative history indicates a con gressional intent to give the com mission jurisdiction over the rates of all wholesalers of natural gas in interstate commerce, whether by a pipeline company or not, and whether occurring before, during, or after transmission by an inter state pipeline company.” Ruling that Phillips Petroleum is a natural gas company as defined by the natural gas act, Minton said the rates it charges may have a “direct and substantial effect on the price paid by the ultimate con- summer. “Protection of consumers against exploitation at the hands pf natural gas companies was the primary aim of the natural gas act,” he went on. “Attempts to weaken this protec tion by amendatory legislation ex empting independent natural gas producers from federal regulation have repeatedly failed, and we re fuse to achieve the same result by a strained interpretation of the ex isting statutory language.” The case found large sections of the gas-buying Middle West ar- the gas-produci Phillips was joined in battle by the states of Texas, Okla homa and New Mexico, where it produces and gathers its natural gas for processing. 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