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18,440 READERS THE BATTALION See Editoriai Page 2 Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 109: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1958 Price Five Cents Atomic Energy Speaker Gordon Dean, chairman of the U. S. Atomic Energy Com mission from 1950-53 and now senior vice president of General Dynamics Corporation, will be the featured speaker Monday at 7 p. m. when the First Texas Conference on Utilization of Atomic Energy opens in the Memorial Stu dent Center. Dean will discuss present and future uses of atomic energy. Approximately 20 of the nation’s top atomic energy authorities will discuss various practical, peacetime uses of atomic energy at the meeting which will run through" Wednesday. Subjects' tb'"b'e covered range from designs and planning for nuclear science centers to uses of radioactive isotopes in petroleum production,. agricul ture and medicine. •McDonald Files Coed Mandamus The ruling of 85th District Judge W. T. McDonald ordering A&M to admit two Bryan women to the traditionally all-male college was officially entered into court records in a writtten mandamus by Judge McDonald Wednesday. The mandamus is. a written statement of the oral opinion hand ed down by McDonald at the con- Scientist Says Reds Shooting For Moon Now SAN DIEGO, Calif. (IP) — Belief that the Russians have been shooting for the moon and missing since last Novem ber was expressed here Wednesday by a University of Cal ifornia scientist. Dr. E. V. Laitone, professor of engineering science, said: “The Russians have been talking a lot about moon shots.’’ “After earth satellites, it’s the next logical step.” He is among 500 scientists and engineers attending a secret Air Force symposium on high-speed aerodynamics and structures. Laitone said in an interview he looks for the next generation of United States satellites to be “big enough to carry television trans mitters,” capable of sending back a picture for commercial as well as scientific use. Weather Today Partly cloudy and warm today with possible drizzle and fog to morrow morning is the College Sta- toin forecast. Expected high today is 72 degrees, and the low tonight, 52. Yesterday the high, 63 degres, was recoi’ded at 4 p. m. The low, coming at 7 this morning, was 43. elusion of the trial last Tuesday night. When college officials file ap peal, as they have said they will, the ruling will be suspended pend ing the decision of the appellate court, McDonald said. By the mandamus college officials are ordered “to proceed with all reasonable dispatch to enroll, register, and accept the two wo men students into A&M.” The women are to be accorded the same right of entry of male students with the exception that any regulations not applicable to women students such as military science and tactics will not be re quired unless courses suitable to women are offered. McDonald based his decision on the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas. Not Re-Appointed To Job Strader’s Name Crossed Off Budget By JOE TINDEL Student Publications Board members yesterday were notified that N. Ross Strader, director of Stude«t Publica tions, will not be employed in the fiscal year beginning Sept. 1 if the Board of Directors approves budget recommenda tions April 22. Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, publications board chairman, in formed members by quoting from a letter sent to him by Dr. Robert B. Kamm, dean of Student Personnel Services and the Basic Division. The letter read: “This is to officially inform you that Mr. Ross Strader, di rector of Student Publications, has not been approved for em ployment beyond the current fiscal year ending August 31.” AAUP Charges Tech Violated Academic Right WASHINGTON (^—Investiga tions for the American Assn, of University Professors (AAUP) charged Wednesday that Texas Tech violated academic freedom in dismissing three faculty memb ers. Texas Tech was one of nine schools so named in connection with the dismissal of a total of 13 faculty members. The charges were made by sep arate committees that investigated cases at each school and were pub lished as reports in the spring issue of the AAUP Bulletin. Most of the faculty members wei’e fired after refusing to ans wer questions of congressional in vestigators. Several others, according to the reports, were dismissed because of their views on racial segrega tion, their support of a particular faction in the Democratic Party of Texas or, in one case, the pro fessor’s religion—Unitarian. The reports will be considered by AAUP’s committee on academ ic freedom and tenure. This group, in turn, could recommend that the colleges concerned be censured at the Association’s annual meeting in Denver April 25-26. The AAUP, which claims 40,000 members, is a professional associ ation of teachers in American and Canadian colleges. Texas Tech was accused of vio lating academic freedom in dis missing professors Byron R. Aber nathy, Herbert M. Gi-eenberg and Per G. Stensland last July 13. President M. T. Harrington and Vice President Earl Rud der would neither confirm nor deny the action last night. Harrington said of the Kamm statement: “I have not seen it. . . I know nothing about it. . . That is Dr. Kamm’s activity. We don’t com ment on the budget to anybody un til the board acts on it.” Harrington did say, however, that “anybody above anybody else” can make budget recommendations. He said any man in any depart ment in the college can be left off the budget by recommendation. The Student Publications Board had recently stipulated a raise for Strader in their budget recommen dations. The action was approved by Kamm. Rudder, last man in college channels to see the budget recom mendations before Harrington, would not comment on whether or not he had approved the Student Publications Board original recom mendation. Neither would Harrington. In a telephone conversation last night Harrington was emphatic about not wanting to comment on Kamm’s statement. Upon being asked if he would answer other questions the presi dent said “I have no other com ments. . . ask Dr. Kamm. . . good night!”, and he hung up before other questions could be asked. Strader, upon hearing of the recommendation, expressed shock since the publications board had complimented him on his work and recommended a raise. “I don’t wish to say anything more since it might hurt student publications,” Strader said. Strader has been director of Stu dent Publications since 1954. He was appointed by Student Publica tions Board with the approval of Dr. David H. Morgan, then presi dent. Publications board chairman Lav erty told board members yester day, the action could be discussed at their pleasure in the regular board meeting Tuesday. Russia Overtaken Explorer in joins Two Others In Orbit CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—(A 5 ) —A third American satellite was fired into space Wednesday but it may plunge back to a blazing death in the earth’s atmosphere in a few days. Explorer III, an 80-inch-long metal tube with instruments de signed to gather news about con ditions in the world’s outer atmo- 1957 Academy Awards Actors, Movies, Directors Receive Prized Gold Oscars HOLLYWOO D—6P)—Joanne Woodward, the split personality Southern girl of “The Three Faces of Eve,” and Alec Guinness, the stiff-necked commandant of “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” were hailed the best star performers of 1957 at the 30th annual Academy Awards Wednesday night. “The Bridge on the River Kwai” also was named best picture of the year and won awards for director David Lean, writer Pierre Boulle and three others. Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons, who played the ill-starred married couple in “Sayonara,” were selected the best supporting players. “All the Way,” from “The Joker Is Wild,” was picked the best song. It was a genuine triumph for newcomer Miss Woodward, 27- year-old Thomasville, Ga., girl, who was a virtual unknown until she played the real-life neurotic with three personalities. She dashed down the aisle of the Pan- State Studies Ike’s Recession Plan AUSTIN —CP>— State officials yesterday studied the repayment provisions in President Eisenhow er’s proposal for extending unem ployment pay. A spokesman for the Texas Em ployment Commission said legis lation might be necessary to al low the state to repay to the Fed eral Government any motley that might be advanced to extend the pay period. tages Theater holding her mouth in disbelief. Guinness, who will be 44 April 2, was not present to accept his prize, being in his native London. His statuette was claimed by ac tress Jean Simmons, who recalled working in a picture with Guin ness and winner David Lean in England 13 years ago. The selection of the young Japa nese beauty as best supporting actress was one of the major sur prises in Academy history. She had been chosen by none of the predictors. Backstage, she hugged her Os car unbelievingly and sighed, “I hope it won’t be gone tomorrow.” “This is more than just winning (See AWARDS page 3) Sergeant Major Action Resumes For 13 Tonight No interviews for Corps serge ant major were held last night as all members of the screening board could not be present, Corps Com- mander Jon L. Hagler said. , The ranking non-commissioned officer should be named tonight after further interviews are con ducted, he added. The juniors being interviewed for the position were recommended by the Corps staff and various tactical officers. Six of the thirteen candidates were interview ed Tuesday night. Juniors being considered for the position are: Don Cloud, Randy Curtis, Mel Glasscok and Tom Reddin, all of Corps staff; Charles Robinson, Raymond Darrow and Jay Roland, 1st Wing; Bob Wilk ins, Larry Urban and Herby Whalen from the 1st Regiment; Carl Thompson, 2nd Regiment; and Elmer Kunkle and Joe Bills, 2nd Wing. Scholarship, integrity and character, extra curricular activi ties, military bearing and per sonality will be the bases for selec tion, Hagler said. Red Boss Sees Foreign Trade As U. S. Cure NEW YORK, UP) — Com munist boss Nikita S. Khrush chev indicates the Russians believe more East-West trade would cure the economic re cession in the United States, and that he is all for it. He expressed his interest in American economic health during an interview with Eric Ridder, pub lisher, and H. E. Luedicke, editor of the Journal of Commerce Mar. 22. The newspaper is publishing the copyright interview in its Thursday morning editions. Although Communist thinking long has based itself on the no tion of inevitable and severe eco nomic strains in capitalist nations, Khrushchev told his interviewers it is really in the United States’ in terest to throw open the doors to unrestricted trade with all Com munist countries. “Thereby the current recession in American industry could be eliminated on a sound basis” he said. “Let us recall the 1930s. By the standards of that time we bought large quantities of goods from you. Now we are in a posi tion to do much more. Our indus try is highly developed. We can sell more and buy more, and con sequently there exist prospects for good trade deals.” sphere, was. blasted aloft by the Army’s Jupiter-C rocket. Several hours after it went into orbit around the earth, Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, head of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, said the satellite was launched on a wob bly course. He gave the bullet-shaped moon a maximum life of two weeks and said it might last but two days. This, he added, was “an estimate.” In Washington, Dr. William H. Pickering of the California Insti tute of Technology said the satel lite was fired at too high an angle into an erratic orbit which takes it out as far as 2,000 miles and brings it back below 200 miles. The planned orbit would have ranged from 1,500 to 200 miles. In one of its swings toward the earth, the satellite is expected soon to approach so close that it will be dragged down by the earth’s gravity. Wernher von Braun, the German scientist who developed the Jupi ter-C launching vehicles, said the present orbit of the satellite will bring it as close as 100 miles to the earth. This is a much closer approach than any of the other satellites have made. It means that Explor er III soon will be dragged down by the earth’s gravity. Despite the wobbly orbit of Ex plorer III, its launching was an other giant stride forward for America in the space contest with Soviet Russia. For more than two tense hours after the rocket streaked skyward with a thunderous roar, the world waited to hear if it had hung its 31-pound moon in the skies. Not until 3 p.m. did Dr. Richard Porter, chairman of the technical panel of the U. S. earth satellite program, report in Washington that the satellite was orbiting and had competed its first trip around the earth in 121 minutes. Porter added, however, that there was “an apparent deviation in the planned orbit.” This may expldlh the reason for the long de lay in the official announcement. There was high optimism here from the moment the Jupiter-C rode a roaring tail of flame into a, cloudy Florida sky. Just 12 minutes elapsed after the blastoff before it was repoi’t- ed officially that all four stages of the rocket had clicked beauti fully. That meant to obseiwers that Explorer III was in orbit with its twin, Explorer I, and with the Navy’s Vanguard I. It was the third free world suc cess since Russia announced its latest venture in space—-the firing of Sputnik II, a 1,118-pound satel lite with a dog aboard. Rue Pinalle Performer One of the floorshows to be presented tomorrow night at Cafe Rue Pinalle will be this comely lass from Texas Wo man’s University. The “Aggie version of a French night club” will begin at 9 p. m. in the ping pong area of the Memorial Student Center.