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READERS See* J*£ » ® * ©UttQ Arkansas Number 185: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1956 Price Five Cents Immediate Answer Refused by Eden Regarding UN’s Order for Cease-fire Daniel Backs Raise For Ext. Service By LELAND BOYD Battalion News Editor Senator Price Daniel last night told Texas County Agents and Home Demonstration Agents that he favors an increase in their salaries. He told the group, “I pledge my backing and influence when the legislature meets next year in getting an increase in your salaries.” The Texas Junior Senator and Democratic nominee for governor made the pledge at ah annual ban- Charity Fund Gives Extra Chest Service (Ed Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on the agen cies requesting your help in the 1956 A&M College-College Sta tion Community Chest-Red Cross Drive.) quet of nearly 500 Texas Extension Service workers. The Extension workei-s had held their annual con ference on the A&M campus this week. Daniel told the group he con sidered their work highly im portant “for the state, all the people and the nation.” “I congratulate you on the work you have done in this state, for all the people of Texas.” He dealt shortly in his 15 minute speech with problems of agricul ture in Texas and the United States. “A person cannot serve in the senate without becoming acquaint ed with problems of agriculture,” he said. He delved into perennial statis tics used to point out how serious the problems are. He quoted a 28 per cent decline in farm income from 1952 to 1955 as compared with the record 29 per cent increase for industry for the same period. He said labor was also receiving record wages. (See DANIEL, Page 3) COMMUNITY HOUSE, INC.—Mrs. Gladys Stewart reads aloud to some of the pupils at the day nursery run by College Station Community House, Inc., an agency deriving funds from the 1956 A&M College-College Station Community Chest-Red Cross Drive. They have been budgeted $1,000 by the Chest Board to use in constructing a new building and expanding sufficiently to add courses in child care and a well-baby clinic. Presently the group is using the College Station Negro Masonic Hall for classes. Child ren listening attentatively are, left to right, Katheryne Banks, Bernadeane Stewart, Pa tricia Fuslier, Carolyn Stewart and Norris Fuslier. —(Staff Photo by Don Bisett) Official Touch Added to Usual Boisterous Football Weekend The Local Chest Charity Fund is one of the least known but perhaps one of the most important agencies included in this year’s Community Chest drive. Administered by a five-member sub-committee appointed by the Chest Board of Directors chairman, the fund is not limited to any par ticular type of need. It is used for any purpose the sub-committee decides upon. During 1955, the fund was used )o pay rent for a burned-out family jnd medical care for children of the family. School supplies, glasses, lunches and other necessities were provided for some needy children and transportation to out-of-town hospitals for others. Most cases are brought to the attention of the sub-committee by the Brazos County Welfare Unit or citizens of College Station. The cases are all reviewed and aid granted almost every time. Often the local check fills a need before more formal groups can act. The local fund was begun many years ago as the “needy children’s fund” but was recently changed to the “Local Chest Charity Fund”. This year’s drive committee has budgeted $1,050 for the fund. Saturday afternoon the Corps of Cadets at A&M will put on their best shined shoes and spotless, creased uniforms for their first full-dress review of the 1956-57 school year. Fall Military Day will officially begin at 1:30 p.m. when the Re view is scheduled to get underway on the Main Drill Field. A distinguished array of visitors will be on hand to greet this first review by the Corps. Included on the list of guests will be Congress man and Mrs. Olin Teague who will be with Lt. General and Mrs. Clyde D. Eddleman, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Operations and Administrations, Dept, of the Army, from Washington. No stranger to the campus will be a former commandant at A&M, Maj. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, G.S., Chief of Information, Dept, of the Army. Gen. Meloy was command ant here from 1947 until 1948 and counseled Cadet Officers in writing the first Articles of the Cadet Corps. Other distinguished guests on the reviewing stand include Pres- By JIM BOWER An official air will be present for the usual gay and boisterous home football game this weekend as numerous Army generals and state and national figures visit the campus for the third annual Fall Military Day. With the Aggie-Porker clash to morrow night the nucleus of the entire weekend, a complete round of entertainment has been planned with a full-dress Corps Review scheduled tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. Weekend festivities begin to night with the Air Force Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall at 9 and Rue Pinalle in the MSC at 8:30. Going all the way Air Force, the dance has been, entitled “Stair way to the Stars” with a 13 piece ident and Mrs. John T. Caldwell of the University of Arkansas; Lt. Gen. and Mrs. J. H. Collier, com manding general, Fourth Army; Maj. General and Mrs. W. N. Gill- more, commanding general, Fort Hood; Maj. General and Mrs. Mark McClure, deputy army command er, Fourth Army; Maj. General and Mrs. L. S. Griffing, chief, Texas Military District, Austin; Maj. General John M. Devine, command er of cadets, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Maj. General and Mrs. Raymond Huff, adjutant general of Louisiana; Brig. General and Mrs. James E. Rudder, command ing general 90th Infantry Division, Austin; Brig. General and Mrs. Robert M. Ives, assistant division commander, 36th Infantry Divis ion, TNG; Col. and Mrs. Norman Callish, commander, Hq. 3605th Aircraft Observer Training Wing, Ellington AFB; Col. and Mrs. James A. Gunn, III, commander, 3530th Pilot Training Wing Base, BAFB; Col. and Mrs. C. M. Culp, USA, Ret.; and Dean Joe W. Guth- ridge, director of student activi ties, Virginia Polytechnic Institute. dance band from Lackland AFB to provide the music. Seven finalists have been chosen for the Air Force Sweetheart crown and the winner will be announced during the dance which lasts from 9 until 12. 4 Rue Pinalle, spiced with a French nightclub atmosphere, has planned its usual variety of talent featur ing music by the Arevalos quintet, dancing girls, a magician and male and girl vocalists. The Arevalos group has gained popularity as a band noted for its modem, pi’ogressive style providing entertainment for both listening and dancing. Their orchestration includes a guitar, piano, string bass, vibes and drums. Tickets for Rue Pinallei are priced at 75 cents per person and may be bought at the main desk in the MSC. Next on the agenda, around 11:30 tonight, is Midnight Yell Practice. The Band leads the procession to The Grove with the student body following. Activities come to a halt Satur day morning with classes being held as usual and pick up again in the afternoon with the Review at 1:30. Started in 1954, the annual Fall Military Day has gained moment um each year, having been witness ed by an impressive host of dis tinguished guests. It continues this growing tra dition this year with numerous civilian and military officials ar riving from the state and all parts of the nation. A special party from Washing ton, including Maj. Gen. Guy S, Meloy, former A&M Commandant, headed by Congressman Olin Tea gue is among the list of guests. The honor guests will have lunch tomorrow with Corps Commander Jack Lunsford and members of his staff. Prior to the game tomorrow night at 8, the Cadet Corps will again parade for the public with a march-in before the game be gins. Immediately after the game, a three-band dance, carrying the theme of Midnight in New Orleans, will be held in the MSC under the direction of Dave Brothers, chair man of the dance group. The entire second floor of the Center has been devoted to the dance. Each band will play in a separate room. Tickets are $1.25, single or couple. The dance is planned to end around midnight. Weather Today Forecast for the College Sta tion area through 5 p.m. calls for cloudy skies with light rain show ers and scattered thunderstorms and winds out of the northwest at 25 miles per hour with gusts. Morning precipitation measured .55 inch, and the temperature at 10:30 a.m. was 57 degrees, the morning low. Yesterday’s high was 80 de grees. MAJ. GEN. GUY S. MELOY, former Commandant is one of the distinguished guests appearing here this weekend for the Third annual Fall Military Day. Gen. Meloy’s pres ent assignment is Chief of Public Information, Office of the Secretary of the Army. Fall Military Review Scheduled for Saturday Israel Captures Egypt’s Gaza City LONDON—UP)—Prime Minister Eden refused today to give an immediate decision on a U.N. call for a cease-fire in the Middle East, and the Labor party warned that unofficial strikes may sweep the country unless he speaks out soon. Eden told the House of Commons he had not yet had time to receive, much less study, the proceedings of the U.N. Gen eral Assembly in New York. He may make a statement later today. Britain’s Labor leaders—in both the political and trade union branches of the movement—have stressed that Labor will not approve “industrial action” as a weapon against Eden’s policies. The party, however, is at--* * tempting to organize a mass popular protest under the slo gan “Law—not war.” Eden’s refusal to commit himself at once on the U.N. ac tions touched off another angry scene in the House of Commons •—the second in as many days— with Laborites shouting for him to “resign.” TEL AVIV—UP) — Gaza City surrendered today to Israeli tanks and troops, giving Israel control of the entire coastal strip from which she charged Egypt had launched, repeated at tacks. Surrender of the city, famed in Biblical history and Egyptian headquarters for the Gaza Strip, was announced by Israeli army headquarters here. Gaza fell after 24 hours of fight ing for the strip of territory 25 miles long and 8 miles wide. Occu pied by Egypt under the 1949 ar mistice, it became the home of some 250,000 of the bitter, poverty- stricken Arab refugees displaced by the Palestine war. Directories Being Sold By Students Student directories are now being sold by student salesmen on the campus, according to Ross Stra der, director of student publica tions. Salesmen and their areas to be covered are T. G. Smith, College View; Ken Nerrettig, dorms 9, 10, 11, 12; Allen Kutch, Walton, Hart, Bizzell, Law; Donald Green, dorms 14, 15, 16, 17; Bill Booty, dorms 1, 2, 3, 4; J. R. Cire, Milner, Leg gett, Mitchell, Puryear. Price of directories is 75 cents. Corps Senators Representing Dormitories Student Senators last night voted to have the Senate Election Com mittee assign dormitories to Corps senators to poll on issues which are discussed in the senate meet ings. Joe Ross, chairman of the Exe cutive Committee, made the motion and said that dorm assignments are necessary because Corps senators represent such a large group of men. By having a specific dorm assigned to each senator, it would be possible for a senator to better represent the views of the student body. One other motion passed at the meeting in the Senate Chamber of the Memorial Student Center was to support the fund-raising cam paign for Bill Curry. Tom Harris, chairman of the Welfare Com mittee, said that the student chaplains are planning to make an appeal for donations at the A&M- Rice football game. Bryan Dedeker presented a re port on a possible compulsory ac cident insurance policy for stu dents. Bill Dorsey in discussing the program said that last year he inquired about an accident policy for the Corps students during the ten days preceding the Thanks giving Day Bonfire. He was told that such a policy would cost from 12 to $14,000. An insurance man in College Station had quoted a figure to Dedeker and said that such a (See SENATORS Page 2) BEST SIGN this week belongs to A Athletics-Squadron 24 followed by 1st Group. No third place winner was an nounced.