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WASHINGTON— </P> —President
Eisenhower declared last night
there isn’t the slightest doubt he
can perform pi'esidential duties
now as well as ever—and “I shall
accept” a second-term nomination.
EISENHOWER had announced
the great political decision to a
news conference yesterday morn
ing—five months and five days aft
er his Sept. 24 heart attack.
Last night he told the American
people—and the world—that be
cause of the heart attack he is a
president under “restrictions” and
“may possibly be a greater risk
than is the normal person of my
age.”
But he added:
“As of this moment, there is not
the slightest doubt that I now can
perform as well as I ever have,
all of the important duties of the
president. This I say because I am
actually doing so and have been
doing so for many weeks. . .
“So far as I am concerned, T am
confident that I can carry them in
definitely.”
“Therefore,” he said, “if the Re
publican party chooses to renomi
nate me, I shall accept.”
EISENHOWER addressed the
people by radio and TV to lay down
the terms on which he can and is
willing to serve them for an addi
tional four years. The Voice of
America spread his words through
out the world over 78 giant radio
transmitters.
Eisenhower ticked off the re
strictions under which he would
have to operate—a reduced arid
shared work load, a curtailed so
cial and ceremonial schedule, reg
ular exercise, recreation and rest,
and no campaign in the traditional
style.
In a quick comment on the
speech, Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn.)
declared:
“It seems like Mi'. Eisenhower
is planning a part-time campaign
to become a paid-time president.”
BUT SEN. AIKEN (R-Vt) said
of the President’s remarks:
“I don’t believe you would get
such frankness as that out of any
other capital in the world. I doubt
that we’ve ever had such refresh
ing frankness before from our own
capital. The President leaves no
doubt that he feels fully equal to
carrying on the work of the presi
dent. The public will share his
confidence. There will be no one
else seriously considered for the
Republican nomination.”
Dealing at length with his
health, Eisenhower declared so far
as his personal sense of well-being
is concerned, “I am as well as be
fore the attack occurred.” But
while his doctors have given him
favorable reports, he said, he still
is classed as a recovered heart
patient.
“THIS MEANS,” he said, “that
to some undetermined extent, I
may possibly be a greater risk than
is the normal person of my age.
My doctors assure me that this
increased percentage of risk is not
great.”
In fact, he said, some of them
think that because of the watchful
care a president receives, the ad
verse effects on his health “will be
less in the presidency than in any
other position.”
For his re-election campaign,
Eisenhower ruled out any “barn
storming” or “whistle-stop speak-
ihg.” He said he had decided on
that long ago.
RATHER, HE SAID, he would
resort to mass communication—TV
and radio and the press—to tell the
people about his program, what
has and hasn’t been done and what
he intends to do.
And, the President added, if
delegates to the Republican Nation
al Convention decide they should
have a more active nominee, he
would accept such a decision cheer
fully.
While he told his news confer
ence he didn’t think he ever would
disclose whether he had decided
before his heart attack to bid for
a second term, he confided to the
people last night that the question
“was undecided before my recent
illness.”
EISENHOWER was chatty and
in gay spirits while waiting to go
on the air. Once he did, he was
direct, emphatic and serious. He
glanced up from notes at times
and seemed to be looking and
talking straight to each individual
in his television audience.
When he was through, he
glanced to one side, held out his
hand, got up and Mrs. Eisenhower
joined him. She was struggling
obviously to hold back tears.
Calmly, with subdued drama
Eisenhower had informed his news
conference yesterday moming that,
“My answer will be positive, that
is, affirmative” to the big political
conundrum of the hour. And he
told the record crowd of tension-
wracked newsmen, “My answer
would not be affirmative unless I
thought I could last out the five
years.”
The Battalion
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Number 95: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1956
Price 5 Cents
Proclamation
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WHEREAS, one of the basic institutions upon which
we rely for the furtherance of our American ideals, and a
source of assurance for the future of the American way of
life is our Public School System; and,
WHEREAS, Public Schools provide the tools of knowl
edge which equip our young men and women to become con
structive and responsible citizens in this land of freedom;
and,
WHEREAS, the continued progress of our school sys
tem requires increased public understanding of the im
portance of education, and the new facilities and by en-
couraging loyal, able qualified men and women to adopt |
teaching as a lifetime career,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest Langford, Mayor of the
City of College Station, in the State of Texas, do hereby pro- [
claim the week of March 5-10, 1956 as PUBLIC SCHOOL
WEEK, and urge every citizen in this City to visit at least
one public school during this period and become personally
acquainted with the work and activities of our public school
system.
IN TESTIMONY THEREOF, I have hereunto signed my
name officially and caused the seal of the City of College
Station, in the State of Texas, to be affixed, this 21st day of
February, 1956.
Signed:
Earnest Langford, Mayor
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Autherine
Lucy, Negro, yesterday was order
ed readmitted to the all-white Uni
versity of Alabama Monday by a
federal judge who ignored predic
tions that she would be killed. Dist.
Judge H. Hobart Gi'ooms prefaced
his order by saying, “This court
does not believe .the law enforce
ment agencies of this state have
broken down.”
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CROCKETT — Two youthful
gunmen who engaged in early
morning gun battles with offi
cers were arrested here today
and admitted a series of recent
East Texas robberies. Sheriff
Lloyd Lovell of Houston County
identified the two as Andrew
Havard, 21, Diboll, Tex., and
Gerald Howard, 19, Devine, Tex.
EDINBURG—Oil well firefight
ers made final preparations last
night to set off nitroglycerine to
morrow in an effort to blow out the
flames at a burning gas well 15
miles north of here.
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TOASTMASTER—Shown speaking at yesterday’s Toast
master’s Club meeting in the Memorial Student Center is
Frank daggers, junior mechanical engineering major from
Houston. The group meets each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.,
and any A&M student is eligible to join. A fee of $3 is
charged, and a prospective member must attend two meet
ings before joining.
System Employees
Hospitalization Revised
(John W. Hill, Workmen’s
Compenstion director for the
A&M System, is writing three ar
ticles explaining the revision of
group hospitalization coverage
within the series. The second
and third of this series will be in
The Battalion next Tuesday and
Wednesday.)
Group hospitalization covei’age
for employees of the A&M Col-
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WELCOME PARDNER—Dudley Thomas, senior dairy
manufacturing major from Dallas, looks over the Civilian
Student Weekend sign hanging from Sbisa Hall adver
tising the. annual Civilian Student Ball March 10. Along
with Wills will be Buster Satan and his Rhythm and Blues
band. Other celebraties to be here include John Forbes,
Elaine Walker and CowLoy Lloyd Weaver. Tickets will be
sold until Saturday.
lege System has been revised and
renewed with Pan-American Life
Insurance Company of New Or
leans, La., for another period be
ginning April 1. The new cover
age is similar to the group hospit
alization plan that has been in
force for the past five years. The
System Insurance Committee rec
ommended certain changes which
have been approved by the System
Board of Directors.
The changes are designed to give
System personnel the most desir
able plan of hospital and surgery
coverage for premiums paid. As
a part of this re-negotiation, pro
visions were made whereby em
ployees not now a member of the
plan may enroll until March 15,
1956, without evidence of good
health. This is the second time
this provision has been made avail
able to those employees who have
not been participating in the plan.
The System Insurance Committee
and each local Part Committee
would like to call this specific pro
vision to the attention of all em
ployees who have not been parti
cipating in the plan.
Those who fail to make appli
cation before March 15 will be
required to show evidence of
good health at their own expense
before they may become mem
bers at any future date. Em
ployees now enrolled in any one
of the present plans must re
enroll before March 15, in order
to have continuous coverage.
This is necessary since the plans
have all been changed and it is
necessary for each employee to
select the coverage desired under
the new plans.
Eligibility for membership in the
revised plan now includes all reg
ular full time employees, nine or
twelve months, including those on
modified service of the professional
service and clerical staffs. Tem
porary, seasonal and part time
employees, and laborers are not
eligible for coverage. The com
mittee has provided coverage for
dependent unmarried children in
college or high school, ages 19-23.
These dependents must be carried
in the same plan as carried by the
parent. They will be included on
an individual base is as a single
employee.
The Insurance Committee of
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Conformity
To America:
Threat
Carter
Open Letter
About ‘Pinky’
Dear Editor:
I am here at Galveston seeing a
doctor and one day last week I
found out that Pinky was here at
St. Mary’s Infirmary.
I went to visit him and I am
shouting ‘Old Army” for Pinky.
Aggies, he seems very depressed
and not at all like the active and
hustling Pinky who belongs at
A&M. The Pinky who attends yell
practice in that bright pink shirt.
I wanted you to let the rest of
the Aggies know that Pinky is
here in the hospital so that the
next time I visit him his bed will
be covered with mail from Aggies.
Pinky’s address is:
St. Mary’s Infirmary, Room 337
Galveston, Texas
Royce Kapeller, ’57
CS Day Is Not
Lenten Violation
Civilian Student Day at
A&M is not a day of abstin
ence, according to Father Tim
Valenta, of St. Joseph’s Church
in Bryan.
As far as attending the
dance. Father Valenta stated
that “it would not, in any
way, interfere with Lenten ac
tivities.”
No Senate Meeting
The Student Senate will not
meet tonight. A called meeting
will probably be held next week,
said Jim Rowland, recording secre-
Says Best Solution for All
Is Free Exchange of Ideas
By JIM BOWER
Battalion News Editor
“The threat of the strait jacket of conformity is a
menace to every aspect of the American way of life.”
So said Hodding- Carter in summation of his talk on
“The New Southern Rebellion” presented to the Great Issues
audience last night in the Student Center.
In explanation of this, Carter said there was a great
and growing pressure of conformity in the South. As ex
amples of this, he gave illustrations of instances where min
isters had been removed from churches, businesses boycotted
and newspapers threatened because they didn’t conform to
the majority wish on segregation.
Carter went on to say that through such pressure, the
“♦"American people as a whole
Deadline Today
For Editorships
Deadline for applying for
top editorships of the five stu
dent publications is 5 p.m. to
day.
The Battalion, Aggieland,
Engineer, Southwestern Veter
inarian, Agriculturist a nd
Commentator editors for 1956-
57 will be appointed by the
Student Publications Board
March 6.
Profs Participate
R. J. Hildreth and A. C. Magee,
both of the Agricultural Economics
and Sociology Department, are
participating in a meeting of the
Southern Farm Management Re
search Committee in Memphis,
Tenn. Hildreth will present a pa
per 1 , “The Scope of Farm Manage
ment Research.” Magee is a mem
ber of the group’s Executive Com
mittee.
Nine From A&M At TISA
Eight students and W. L. Pen-
berthy, head, Department of Stu
dent Activities, traveled to Abilene
and the eighth annual Texas In
tercollegiate Students Association
convention today, through Satur
day.
Some 300 delegates and guests
are expected to attend the conven
tion, which is being held on the
campus of Abilene Christian Col
lege.
A&M’s student representatives
are John Jenkins, Wayne Young,
Frank Webber, Joe Ross, Jon Hag-
ler, Jim Rowland, Gus Mijalis and
Byron Parham.
TISA activities began today with
registration and special committee
meetings and will wind up Satur
day night at the annual banquet.
Cedric Foster, nationally-known
radio news commentator, will be
the featured speaker at the first
general session of the convention
tomorrow morning. He will speak
on “The Students Role in the
World Today.”
John Jenkins, chairman of A&M’s
first Scona, will serve on a panel
tomorrow afternoon, as a follow
up of Foster’s speech, with Fos
ter and Stan Glass, president of
the National Student Association.
Specific discussions of student
government will be carried on in
smaller groups which will have
two main topics—“Aims and Pur
poses of Student Government” and
“TISA’s Role in Student Govern
ment.”
Peyton Short, of World Univer
sity Service, will speak at the Sat
urday morning general session on
“WUS in Action.” Following
Short’s address, resolutions form
the ten special Resolutions Com
mittees will be voted on.
Election of new officers for the
Weather Today
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CLOUDY
Scattered clouds are forecasted
for College Station today. Yes
terday’s high was 71 degrees; low,
53 degrees. Temperature at 10:30
this morning was 64 degrees.
group representing some 100,000
Texas students at 38 member
schools will be held in the final
afternoon session.
This year’s officers include Wal
ter Wink of Southern Methodist
University, president; Leon Gins
berg of Trinity, vice-president;
Mavalene Miles of the University
of Houston, secretary; Gus Mijalis,
Texas A&M, treasurer; and Lee
Baxter of Texas Southern, parlia
mentarian.
Cafe Rue Pinalle
Features All-Girls
Rue Pinalle will be held Friday
night in the game room of the
MSC with an all-girl floor show
composed of 12 Lamar High School
(Houston) girls.
Music for the dance will be pro
vided by the Caper’s Combo.
The dance starts at 8:30 p.m.
and will last until midnight. Tick
ets are 75 cents per person and
may be purchased at the door or
at the bowling- alley.
Stags may see the floor show
and the remainder of the dance
after intermission.
Plans are being made for a new
bar and new murals which will be
completed in time for the next Rue
Pinalle to be held March 16, ac
cording to Miss Shirley Cannon,
MSC program consultant.
will be the loser, not just
those on one side of the issue.
“This business of making
your neighbor conform is
catching and dangerous.
“Whatever your point of view
is,” he said, “don’t give it up and
don’t take from your fellow Amer
ican the privilege to disagree with
you.
“Through the free exchange of
ideas will come the best solution
for all,” said Carter.
Carter, a Pulitzer Prize winnei’,
is noted for his newspaper work,
novels and lectures on segregation.
He freely calls himself a “middle-
of-the-roader”, pointing out the
faults and irrational thinking and
action of both sides of the ques
tion of segi’egation.
As basis for most of the action
toward segregation that has taken
place in the South, Carter listed
nine contradictions.
The first one was that the South
was the scene of one of the earliest
and finest culture developments in
America but this was contrasted
by the economic system of the one
man, one mule farming practice
that was so common.
For his second point Carter said
we were the most homogeneous
population in the country, going
back to fifth, sixth and seventh
generations, yet refusing to ac
cept the Negro because of his dif
ference in physical appearance.
Carter, for his third point, said
that we were strong lovers of the
land and of the “homeplace” yet
there were more landless people in
the South than in any other region
in the United States.
As the fourth example, Carter
said that we were the strongest
churchgoers in the nation but at
the same time we payed less at
tention to the brotherhood of man
under the fatherhood of God.
“We strongly believe in indi
viduality yet regiment ourselves in
our beliefs and thinking,” said
Carter in his fifth point of contra
dictions in the South.
The sixth illustration was that
we were proverbially kind to
strangers yet the most suspicious
people in the nation of those who
are different to our pattern and
way of life.
Carter expressed his seventh
point by saying that we were tra
ditionally gentle yet the Southern
region is the most violent region
in the land.
For his eighth point, Carter said
that the patriotism of the South
(See CARTER, Rage 6)