h Battalion 9: iVolume 53 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954 Price 5 Cents OB ONTRACTS, totaling- $3,300,000 were signed the Washington headquarters of the Foreign Iminlstration linking Washington State Col- University of Punnjab, in West Pakistan, and ith the University of Decca, in East Pakistan. Attendants at the signing were, left to right: W. C. Free man comptroller of A&M; Sir Chaudhry Mohammed Saf- rullah Khan, foreign minister of Pakistan; Governor Har old E. Stassen, director of foreign operations; Dr. C. Clem ent French, president of Washington State College. YBoard Of Education s To Segregate A Year teed ib €6 1. MOREHEAD -mug News as — The State on voted Monday 1 segregation in i for at least an- r board unani- le following reso- Binion, member ) w Half kH nt United States decisions on seg- ic school are not B Board of Educa- of the unanimous ; obligated to ad- dy with all of our rws and policies gregation in our ' stem and to con- hese pi’esent laws such time as they by a duly consti- f this;state. •e, the Texas laws fd then each local tve sufficient time lem .out. mestly hopes that which has been lly by the people the recent pro- gregation by the preme Court may i that the effort tory-solution may ire Kit Unit nces ich ^Dairies er§ ‘§e rimp with the U. S. Service Standard this notice is re- zos County Health e public of dairies issued permits to milk products in ge Station. 1 Grade “A” pas- rd milk products, report, were issued Creamery, College ny, Houston, Texas jmpany, Houston, k Company, Ft. u Dairies, Bryan, Dairies, Houston, the sale of Grade lilk was issued to ^ RE ^ch. all other milk in ge Station is pro be accorded intelligent, sober and dispassionate support by all of our citizens, white and Negro alike.” W. Aster Kirk of Austin, profes sor at Huston-Tillotson College;, presented the National Association for Advancement of Colored Peo ple’s request for Texas authorities to set up a state-wide committee to advise on desegregation in schools. Kirk commended the Texas board for “the work it is doing in th^ field of public education.” The Negro declared that NAACP favors a “statesmanlike, construc tive approach” to desegregation. He did not comment upon the board’s decision to continue segre gation for another year. But Kirk said “we recognize that the responsibility (for handling the problem) largely rests with local boards of education and local trus tees.” The state board, he added, “will to a certain extent set the tone for local boards.” Thomas B. Ramey of Tyler, chairman, said “the board will con sider in due time” Kirk’s request for appointment of a state advisory committee on desegregation. State officials, from Gov. Allan Shivers down, have insisted that abolishing the 100-year-old segre gation system of Texas schools should be handled gradually and managed by local boards. This view will be presented to the Supreme Reds Capture 6 U.S. Soldiers HEIDELBERG, Germany—OT’)— Six United States soldiers and a captain on leave were reported Monday to have been seized by Communist Czechoslovak border police when they strolled too close to the Iron Curtain. West German border police said they had heard unofficially the Communists planned to return the men Tuesday. United States Army headquar ters here would not identify the men nor name the unit to which they were attached. The only in formation the Army would confirm was that: 1. The half-ton weapons carrier truck in which they were driving was found abandoned late Sunday near the Village of Weiden, about fifteen miles from the Czechoslovak border. 2. The men were on leave and were not on border duty. “They weren’t there on business.” 3. The men were definitely miss ing and believed to have been ar rested by the Red border buard^. Court when it hears the question further next fall. The State’s Constitution and laws require racial segregation. Until these are changed, state school officials plan to operate as before. The Legislature will meet next January. Some members feel that nothing will be done then to change the segregation laws, unless the United States Supreme Court has issued its decree. Rep. Jack Fish of Wharton once indicated that he would sponsor a constitutional amendment to abolish public schools. He would substitute a system where segre gation could be maintained tinder a private school system. Governor Shivers and others have expressed opposition to any idea of . abolishing the public schools. (See SEGREGATION, Page 2) R. J. Hildreth Named Assistant In Ag. Economics Roland J. Hildreth has been named assistant professor of agri cultural economics at A&M, effec tive July 1. He comes to A&M from Iowa State College, where for the past two years he has been engaged in teaching and research in farm management. He also has served at Ausburg College and the Uni versity of Minnesota. Mr. Hildreth received his BS and MS degrees at Iowa State College and has taken advanced graduate work toward a doctor’s degree at Iowa State College and the Univer sity of Minnesota. One of his publications dealing with collective bargaining in the meat packing in dustry won a national award. He is a veteran of World War II, married and hds two children. He is a member of the American Farm Economics Association and the American Economics Associa tion. HEADS DEPARTMENT—Dr. Clark L. Allen has been ap pointed professor and head of the economics department at A&M effective July 16. He has been chairman of the eco nomics department at Florida State University since 1949. He succeeds Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, who now is dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Semi-Formal Dance Set For Tonight In MSC '§ Urged To Attend A&M’s first dress-up affair of the summer session, a semi-formal dance, will be held tonight at 8:00 o’clock in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Sponsored by the MSC Summer Program Committee, the dance is being held in place of the regular Tuesday night Hide-A-Way shuffle. Music will be provided by the Bryan Air Force Base combo under the direction of Sgt. Bill Coker. Gary Bourgeois, chairman of the Summer Program group, said yesterday that the semi-formal classification does not mean that stags will not be allowed to attend. Stags Welcome “Students and girls need to understand that ordinarily a semi-formal dance would mean only date attendance,” said Bourgeois, “b u t at A&M there is a noticeable lack of girls this sum- m e r. Therefore, we are eoncour- aging attendance by everyone, whether they have a date or not.” Bourgeois em- phasized that married couples are as welcome as anyone, as are persons living in the College Sta- tion-Bryan area. Coats and Ties The Committee urged that de- spite the hot weather, male partici- pants should dress in accord ance with the custom for a semi - formal dance. “The ballroom is air conditioned,” sai