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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, June 8, 1954
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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.
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gap with dances, social clubs,
teas, garden parties, sports con
tests, tours, and “Let’s open our
home to each other” drives.
As a result, many Americans are
finding life exciting and satisfac
tory in Britain—so much so some
are asking for an extension of ser
vice. They have made warm
friends, entered into the British
social life and managed to over
look a good many of the irritants.
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.”
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fore they were 1 year old, com-,
pared to today’s rate of around 20
per 1,000 in several countxdes.
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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. Also on its
side was the Federal Power Com
mission itself, which ruled origin
ally that Phillips was not a natural
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