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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Class Elections
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Number 97: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959
Price Five Cents
Gas Tax Boost || 0 y Se OkaVS Money Bill;
Teacher Raises A&M Poitioil Cut $ 1 Million
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Price
Daniel said Tuesday night it would
take a cent a gallon boost in the
gasoline tax to finance a teacher
pay raise and other public school
improvements.
lie said in a televised report to
the people that Jie had not yet
recommended >t but that he was
ready to.
“In order to pay a substantial
portion of the Hale-Aikin program
for increased teacher salaries and
for improving our public schools,
it will be necessary if we are to
avoid an income tax or a general
sales tax on everything,” Daniel
said,
Daniel once again appealed for
public support for his deficit and
budget balancing program, em-
phazing the abandoned property
bill and the franchise tax revisions
which have met stern opposition
in the House.
he governor said that a handful
of selfish bankers have fought the
abandoned property bill “in a most
unfair way.”
“All our pending bill would say
is: ‘Give us the money we already
won under the escheat law.’ ” the
governor said.
The abandoned property bill is
on the House calendar. As re
ported by the Revenue and Taxa
tion Committe, it would apply to
property left dormant for 20
years. Daniel disagreed with that
change. He said practically every
state in the nation, including Tex
as, claims property that has been
left without a cliamant for seven
years and that all Texas now asks
is that banks and other institu
tions holding it let the state use
it.
“Why should the people of Tex
as be taxed another 20 million
dollars just so banks, pipeline
companies and other institutions
can continue to use that money
free?” the governor asked.
Daniel also urged his franchise
tax law revision. He said that 12
interstate pipeline corporations
made more than 185 million dol
lars in 1957 but paid less than
half a million dollars in franchise
taxes.
“No industry has it better, tax-
wise, in our state than the inter
state gas pipeline companies,”
Daniel said. “I hope that you will
support your Legislature in enact
ing the change in formula which
will make the interstate compan
ies, who are fighting my whole
tax program, pay more nearly on
the basis that Texas corporations
have to pay.”
Daniel spent half the 30-minute
program on his speech and half
answering the questions of three
capitol newsmen.
Once more he urged that the
tax program be one based on
“ability to pay” whereas most of
SCONA V Selects
Sydney Heaton
As Vice Chairman
Sydney N. (Syd) Heaton,
sophomore electrical engineering
major from Tyler, was selected
vice chairman for the fifth an
nual Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs at an executive
committee meeting yesterday
morning.
Heaton was a member of
SCONA IV and has been a member
of the Memorial Student Center
Great Issues Committee for the
past two years.
He is also an MSC Directorate
Assistant, guidon bearer for B-
AAA and Region IX of the Assn,
of College Unions co-ordinator.
SCONA V Chairman Jarrell
Gibbs said, “Heaton was chosen
because of his outstanding per
formance in SCONA IV and the
overall MSC program—both this
year and last.”
Where Are the Voters?
Election officials in the Ward III polling Only 224 voters showed up at the polls yes-
place, the College Station City Hall, were terday. In the picture are, left to right,
wondering where all the would-be voters Mrs. R. J. Bond, Mrs. Edd Whitten and Mrs.
were in yesterday’s City Council elections. W. D. Lloyd.
Thanks to Town Hall
Kingston Trio Signs Pact
For Return Show Monday!
the talk about spreading the tax
load has been about a “broad
based” levy.
“When they talk about broad
base in terms of the base being
human beings and family budgets
with all the people paying some
thing like an income tax or a
sales tax, I am opposed to that,”
Daniel said. “We are not going to
put a broad-based tax on the al
ready overburdened family bud
gets of Texans.”
Voters Show
Small Turnout
In Local Race
Only 224 College Station voters
went to the polls yesterday in the
City Council elections that saw
two incumbents retain their posi
tions and one new councilman
elected.
William A. Smith won out over
incumbent L. J. McCall, 21-12, in
the only officially contested race.
Smith was elected from Ward III.
In Ward II D. A. Anderson man
aged to keep his seat by nosing
out write-in candidate C. G.
(Charlie) Haas, 59-50.
J. A. Orr was re-elected Ward
I councilman with 71 votes. There
was one write-in vote cast in the
Ward I race.
The councilmen will officially
take office at the April council
meeting which is set for 7 p.m.,
April 20, at the City Hall.
Senior, Vanity Pics
Deadline Friday
Friday is the deadline for sen
iors to turn in their Senior Fav
orite and Vanity Fair pictures,
Rod Stepp, Aggieland ’59 editor,
said yesterday.
The pictures may be turned in
to the Office of Students Publica
tions in the YMCA basement.
By FRED MEURER
Battalion Managing Editor
Last November they brought
“Tom Dooley” and “Coplas” to
G. Rollie White Coliseum. This
time it will be “Tijuana Jail” and
songs featured in their album,
“The Hungry I.”
For once again the fabulous
Kingston Trio will appear before
a Town Hall audience, with the
show scheduled for next Monday
night. ,
C. G. (Spike) White, recreation
and entertainment manager, made
the official announcement last
night to a Town Hall crowd wait
ing to see the Broadway produc
tion “Li’l Abner,” and if there had
been an applause meter hidden
somewhere in the huge coliseum,
the needle would have gone hay
wire.
Not since the 1955-56 school
year when the Four Freshmen,
then in their heyday, made two
appearances at Aggieland has an
audience shown such acclaim for
a coming attraction. To put it
mildly, they went “wild.”
Many remembered the Nov. 1
appearance of the Trio when the
three lads from California
brought down the Town Hall roof.
Recognizing a good thing when
they saw it at the time, White
and Joseph (T) Hearne, student
entertainment manager, soon be-
Muslims Plan
Special Rites
Thursday
Muslim (Arabic for
Moslem) students on the cam
pus will hold special functions
Thursday morning and night to
mark the end of the 30-day fast
ing period, Ramadan.
Thursday morning at 9 a.m.,
the Muslims will hold a special
prayer service on the third floor
of the YMCA.
The Alfiter Feast will be held
at 200 Montclair, behind the
Southside Food Market.
A covered dish typical of each
country represented by the stu
dents will be served at the
feast.
There are approximately 45
Students in the International
Muslim Student Assn, on the
campus from six different mid
dle east and far east countries.
All Muslim students on the
campus are invited to attend the
functions.
gan negotiating for a return en
gagement.
Last week White took an un
official vote of confidence among
students to see whether the show
could be financed, and results of
the pool were made known last
night.
At the time of their first ap
pearance, the Trio—Dave Guard,
Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds—
had only the songs from their
first album to work with. For this
appearance they will have those
tunes, the numbers from “The
Hungry I” and others they have
worked up in the meantime.
Neither White nor Hearne could
be reached for immediate comment
last night and few details could
be learned. Tickets, however, went
on sale today in the Office of Stu
dent Activities. Town Hall tickets
will not be honored.
May Is Month
To Reserve
MSC Rooms
Requests for Memorial Student
Center guest room reservations for
the football weekends or any of the
major event weekends for the 1950-
60 school year will be accepted from
students and former students dur
ing the month of May, Mrs. Moselle
Holland, guest rooms manager
for the MSC, said yesterday.
Following the May 31 deadline,
the drawing will be held to deter
mine who is to receive accommoda
tions. Notices will then be mailed
to each person submitting requests
and indicating whether their names
were drawn. Those whose names
were not drawn will be placed on
the waiting list and will be notified
in case a reservation is not to be
used. Mrs. Holland added that only
one room per family can be re
served for each event.
A deposit will be required of
those persons receiving a reserva
tion. Unless deposit is received no
later than two weeks prior to the
event an automatic cancellation
will occur.
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Adenauer to Surrender Chancellorship
BONN, Germany—Konrad Adenauer’s decision Tues
day to surrender his West German chancellorship for the
less important presidency stunned German politicians and
world diplomats alike.
Ludwig Erhard, 62-year-old economics minister and
architect of Germany’s postwar business recovery, was ex
pected to take over next September the leadership laid down
by the 83-year-old Adenauer.
The choice of a chancellor will be up to Adenauer’s
ruling Christan Democratic party if Adenauer is elected
president, and there was little doubt of Adenauer’s election.
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Business Group Favors Tax Raise
WASHINGTON—An influential business organziation
declared Tuesday a tax increase would be preferable to an
unbalanced budget in the government year starting July 1.
Championing the anti-inflation stand taken by Presi
dent Eisenhower, the Committee for Economic Development
said in its annual appraisal of federal budget policy: “Any
increase in expenditures above the President’s budget
should be matched by additional taxes.”
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British Income Taxes Cut
LONDON—The Macmillan government slashed almost
a tenth off income taxes Tuesday, bringing the rate to the
lowest since prewar days.
The move, together with cuts in the taxes on beer and
consumer goods, is likely to increase the Conservative
party’s chances of winning the next election—probably in
October.
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Employment Shows Increase
WASHINGTON—Employment rose over one million in
March while unemployment declined almost 400,000 in a
substantial improvement in the nation’s job picture.
The changes were about double the normally expected
springtime improvements. They reflected a sizable dent in
the idle-worker problem that has been the only major bad
spot in the nation’s recession recovery.
Spending Measure
State’s Largest
AUSTIN UP)—The largest spending bill in Texaas’s his
tory, calling for $2,410,197,895 in expenditures was passed by
the House yesterday for 1960-61, but the requested ajjropria-
tions for A&M were still sliced by more than a million dollars
per year.
The bulky, 308-page bill calls for 1014 million dollars
more in state tax money than was recommended by the House
Appropriations Committee, chairman Williams S. Heatly,
said.
The bill includes a $156,897,170 appropriation for in
crease for education, which is up $23,825,739 over the present
amount.
Figures taken from the bill - ^ :
show $7,391,805 budgeted to
the college for the first year
of the two-year fiscal period.
The college had requested
$8,592,977. Figures for the sec-
year (1961) are also separated by
more than a million dollars.
Funds for teacher salaries for
the 18 state-supported colleges
were increased by 9.6 per cent by
the House Bill. The adclitional
monies were available on a stu
dent semester hour formula basis.
But salaries at A&M were cut
$278,307 from a requested $3,395,-
207, based on projected enrollment
for the 1960 term. The second
year of the biennium showed a
similar cut in salaries.
The bill still faces Senate ap
proval. The Senate is expected to
have its bill ready for debate soon.
No appropriations were made
for student health services or in
tramural athletics but the lan
guage of the bill does not pro
hibit spending appropriated funds
for these purposes.
The appropriations for A&M
were based on planned student en
rollment.
Enrollment was estimated to be
7,700 by I960, but the 400-stu-
dent drop this year did not sup
port the planning.
Departmental operation capital,
insti’uctional administrations and
organized activities funds also
suffered severe slashes on the
basis of low enrollment for the up
coming fiscal period.
Library funds for 1960 suffered
a $32,648 cut for the same reason.
Physics Group
To Initiate
Honor Society
A local chapter of the Sigma Pi
Sigma, national physics honor so
ciety, will be formally inducted
into the national organization
April 13.
Here for the installation will be
Dr. Vincent E. Parker, national
president of the group, and frater
nity executive secretary, Dr. Marsh
W. White.
The fraternity’s aim is to pro
mote student interest in research
in physics, according to Dr. J. G.
Potter, head of the Department of
Physics.
The granting of the petition of
the A&M group is a recognition of
the standing of the department and
of A&M in the field of science,
said Potter.
To be eligible for membership,
physics majors must have at least
a 2.0 grade point ratio, be of at
least junior clasification and have
an A or B in all advanced physics
courses.
The fraternity was formed in
1921 at Davidson College in North
Carolina. There are now nearly 90
chapters with 16,000 members.
Buccaneer Beauty
Outfitted in pirate regalia, Janet Reed looks over the Cor
pus Christi bayfront, the site of considerable activity dur
ing the Buccaneer Days celebration, April 30-May 7.