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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1956)
Pag-e 2 THE BATTALION Tuesday, January 10, 1956 THIS I BELIEVE The letter which appears on this page made me stop and think about the comments I made last week about “justice.” Was I correct in my statements about the senator from Wisconsin? And could I accept the ruling of the federal judge that McCarthy stepped out of line in that particular case? Was it the justice that I called it?—and can I judge just what is just or not, as the letter asks ? I called McCarthy “an overstuffed bag of wind;” I said that he was now “deflated;” and that his reign of a few years was demagoguery. Was I justified? I think so. I think the record of national hysteria brought about by the man will back me up. America was caught short by the Cold War which was forced upon us by the Soviet Union. And this war of nerves brought about a re action—a reaction, by the way, that has paralleled similar reactions following all of our great wars. Hatred, suspicion, distrust invaded all of the hopes that World War II was, as all wars are hoped to be, the last war. And the disciples of hate prospered during this reaction, led by McCarthy who justified his means by the end result. McCarthy was an unknown senator in 1948, holding a record in the Senate that was undistinguished for any great work. He needed something to justify his re-election, as it has been traced back that he probably would have not been returned to Congress. In the re action to Communists, and unfortunately to anything- that smelled to McCarthy like liberalism or intellectualism, the Wisconsin senator found his path to victory. Now check the definition of a “demagogue”. This path was the heights of unreason—accusation based on little and sometimes even on apparent false facts. McCarthy’s use of guilt by association came close to causing a panic over the nation. This guilt by association strikes at the heart of the beliefs of our Founding Fathers about a fair trial and the right of the accused to confront his accusers. But, too often, these accusers were “profession als” who “had to be protected”—or thy didn’t exist. Many of the ac cusations wei'e based on the type of one-man probe that was ruled illegal by the judge in the case under discussion. And, here, may I point out—sorrowfully—that the reference to the judge’s prior asso ciation, if any, with Harvard sounds only too much like guilt by asso ciation. An insinuation—not intended as the writer says—but there all the same. I am against Communism—a statement that I make not in the fear that a charge might be lodged against me but because I just do not believe in Communism as a creed. My philosophy is in separably intertwined with the philosophy of liberalism, with its belief in the dignity and value of human beings, in the protection of the civil rights and in its belief in rationalism. But just as I am against Communism, I am also against doctrines of hate and fear that turn a country into a fr-enzy of mass hysteria. Read George Orwell’s “1984” sometime—a look at totalitarism. And McCax-thy pi-obably went as far toward totalitarism as anyone in this country ever did. Read this book, and then say “thanks” that the American people, as they have always done, came to their senses. And McCarthy’s present popularity in our nation is proof enough of the “deflation.” So, if the words I used were taken as “name-calling, I am sorry. I have no wish to engage in such a pxactice. But, if my words were taken as a “description”—I intended them to be. — Bill Fullerton DIAL TA 2-1585 Students . . . Use Our Convenient Pick Up Stations At Taylor’s Variety Store — North Gate READING TIME 45 SECONDS PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS OLYMPIA—Remington Office Writer — Royal — Smith-Corona and Underwood As long as you ax-e in A & M, bring your portable in. 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Diamond Jewelry DIAMOND CUHING CO. 3rd Floor Banker s Mortgage Building "Next to the Gulf Building" 708 Main Street Houston Letters Editor, Battalion: With considei-abla sux-px-ise, I read your Jan. 6 editox-ial concern ing “justice.” I was fii-st stx-uck by the woi'ds used in description of a senator of the Uxxited States, i.e., “ovex-stuffed bag of wind,” “deflated” and “de- mogoguei-y.” Afe these not stx-ange words, to come from the pen of oxxe of a group of purpox-texs of jus tice, intellect, and therefox-e one who is, against name calling. You make x-efex-ence to a judge’s recent rulixxg which concerned Sen ator Joseph McCarthy’s subvex-sion- probing of a Hax-vax-d University research, assistant. I believe that it might be possible for you to dig up — and print — information con- cei-ning any pxiox* association be tween the judge who handed down the decision axxd Harvard Univer sity. Do not misundei-stand me, please. I do not say that the judge was not just in his ruling—but then, can you or I or anyone else say that he was just? Carlos Grider, ’55 (Ed. Note: Please see Editor’s Comments.) Scholarship Given Jimmy C. Burns, junior zoology major from Sweetwater, has been awarded a $500 tuition scholarship to the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The scholarship is one of four given annually to en tering fi’eshnxen by the Admissions Committee of the Baylor College of Medicine. THRU WEDNESDAY CIRCLE LAST DAY “How to Be Very Very Popular” Betty Grable " ■ Also Gary Cooper “Garden of Evil” What young people are doing at General Electric Young scientist works on new ways to improve metals Today scientists and engineers face one of the toughest barriers of all the “metal barrier.” Modern technology has progressed so rapidly that today’s metals can’t meet the tremendous demands placed upon them. For such fields as aviation, electronics, atomic energy, present metals must be improved and new kinds of materials must be developed. One of the young men playing a role in this new and important held is 30-year-old Dr. Roland P. Carreker, Jr. Carreker’s Work Interesting, Vital As a research associate in the General Elec tric Research Laboratory’s Metals and Ceramics facility, Carreker’s chief concern is the improvement of metals through new processing techniques. In his work, Dr. Carreker has dealt with such important metallurgical problems as metal failure in high-speed turbine rotors, determining the strength of pure metals from —425°F, the temperature of liquid hydrogen, to 2,800°F and economic studies of new metallurgical processes. 25,000 College Graduates at General Electric When Carreker came to General Electric in 1947, he already knew the work he wanted to do. Like each of our 25,000 college- graduate employees, he is given a chance to grow and realize his full potential. For Gen eral Electric has long believed this: When fresh young minds arc given freedom to make progress, everybody benehts — the in dividual, the company, and the country. Educational Relations, General Electric Company, Schenectady 5, /V. Y. LI’L ABNER By A1 Capp