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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
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Number 110: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959
Price Five Cents
Preparation for Friday Performance
The Ross Volunteers are preparing for their
performance this Friday for the Sul Ross
group—a reunion of the class of ’98. They
will perform at 1:30 on the main drill field
The RV’s had been invited to Corpus Christi
to appear in the Buccaneer Days parade
Saturday night, but declined due to the Fri
day performance.
in front of the Memorial Student Center.
Against Russia over Berlin
Solon Warns U.S. May
Make First Big Blow
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
head of a two-man congressional
study mission said Wednesday it
may be necessary to warn the
Soviet Union that the United
States may strike the first big
blow if total war threatens over
Berlin.
“This is a terrifying contingen-
ty, but conceding the first blow
With the certain destruction of ma
jor cities is even more appalling,”
Rep. Cornelius E. Gallagher (D-
NJ) said in a preliminary report
to the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
“Russia served with notice that
we will risk war if necessary is
the greatest deterrent to war,”
said Gallagher who served with
Rep. Alvin M. Bentley (R-Mich)
on the study mission to Berlin.
The committee made public a
written statement which it said
Gallagher “has personally submit
ted as the basis for the repoi’t
which will be formally issued later
. . . for himself and Mr. Bentley.”
Bentley, however, told a report
er he had seen Galagher’s sum
mary only briefly. He said he did
not subscribe to it completely, al
though agreeing with much of it.
Bentley said he is drafting views
of his own to go into the formal
report to the committee.
Gallagher called for a firm
stand, but also a serious effort to
negotiate “a new agreement of
status for Berlin, a clearly defined
set of principles which would do
away with the repeated conflicts
between East and West.”
Gallagher said it is reasonable
to expect the crisis produced by
Soviet attempts to force the West
ern Allies out of Berlin by May
27 will pass without war.
But, he said, the danger of stum
bling into war is always present
and any attempt by the East Ger
man government to shut off West
ern access to Berlin must be re
sisted.
Former Students
AnnounceBarbecue
The annual barbecue for outgo
ing seniors, sponsored by the As
sociation of Former Students, will
be held in the Grove next Thurs
day night at 6:15.
The barbecue is held yearly at
this time for all seniors graduating
in June, this summer or next Feb
ruary.
Vice President Earl Rudder and
Tom Murrah, who will officially
take office as president of the
Assoc, of Former Students after
the barbecue, will address the sen
iors after the meal.
Corps seniors can get their tick
ets from their outfit commanders,
and civilian students can get theirs
from their dorm representative.
Tickets for College View seniors
can be obtained from John Cull Jr.,
B-20-Z College View.
Tickets can also be picked up at
the Office of Student Activities and
from the Association of Former
Students.
In case of rain, the barbecue will
be held in the main dining room
of Sbisa Hall.
College View Sets
New Construction
Construction will be started soon
on a fence between the College
View Apartments and the new
apartment area, weather permit
ting, Calvin Moore, manager of
Student Apartments, said.
The fence, when completed, will
keep children from wandering into
the construction area, Moore said.
The street from College View to
Highway 6 is also under construc
tion to eliminate hazards to chil
dren playing in the College View
area.
A and B Streets in College View
will be made dead-end streets,
Moore said.
News of the World
By The Associated Press
Fact-Finding Team Probes Panama Invasion
PANAMA—A Pan-American fact-finding team went to
work Wednesday to see what can be done about calling off
the small invasion of Panama by outlawed revolutionary ad
venturers from Cuba.
There were no reports of any new action between Pana
ma’s military forces and the band of invaders that landed on
the Caribbean coast last weekend. Nor was there any word
on reports that more insurgents are on their way to Panama
beachheads.
A government spokesman said, however, Panama’s Na
tional Guard troops are ready to go into action. He also said
a Guatemalan plane carrying mountain combat equipment
is expected here soon. The spokesman indicated additional
aid from other Latin American nations will be coming in, but
he gave no details.
The five-man committee from the 21-nation Organization
of American States began its efforts after two Cuban of
ficers on a peace mission failed to negotiate a surrender
with the invaders. Most of them are Cuban.
Spokesman for President Ernesto de la Buardia’s gov
ernment said Panama is leaving the situation in the hands
of the OAS.
Shortly after their arrival, the five OAS diplomats con
ferred with Panamanian officials and then questioned four
members of the invasion force. Three of the invaders were
captured and the fourth defected.
The diplomats hurried from the Washington headquar
ters of the Organization of American States. They were
authorized to conduct an on-the-spot check after the. OAS
voted unanimous condemnation of any foreign attempts to
interfere in Panama’s internal affairs.
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Britain’s Montgomery Talks with Khrushchev
MOSCOW—Britain’s Field Marshal Viscount Montgom
ery talked over international problems hours Wednes
day with premier Nikita Khrushchev and made a date to see
him again Thursday.
Montgomery said his talks with Khruschev and other
Soviet leaders were held “in an excellent atmosphere.”
Asked for details of their conversation, Montgomery re
plied “We covered everything.”
Western Ministers Hit
Minor Security Snag
Luce Comment
Called ‘Human’
By Eisenhower
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower held Wednesday
that it “was perfectly human, even
if ill-advised” for Clare Boothe
Luce to comment that Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore) was once kicked
in the head by a horse.
What’s more, Eisenhower told
his news conference, the Senate
row over confirming her appoint
ment had in no major way dam
aged the usefulness of Mrs. Luce
as ambassador to Brazil.
Eisenhower, who remembers that
in 1952 Morse endorsed and then
denounced him, seemed to find the
current situation funny.
He laughed hard at the very
first question. This was whether
Mrs. Luce should follow the advice
of her husband, editor Henry R.
Luce of Time magazine.
Luce’s advice was that in view
of some senators’ criticism of his
wife, and its possible effect on the
Brazilians, she should resign the
ambassadorship in which the Sen
ate confirmed her Tuesday.
Eisenhower replied that Mrs.
Luce had done brilliant work when
she was ambassador to Italy and
“I have always known her as a
dedicated and useful public ser
vant.”
Next he took passing note of the
difficulties attending her confirm
ation — mainly Morse’s charges
that she was totally unfit—and
added: “Then she made a remark.”
This remark was in a statement
Mrs. Luce gave The Associated
Press in New York when asked for
comment on her confirmation. She
first expressed gratification, and
then tossed some figurative feath
ers in the fan by adding:
“My difficulties, of course, go
some years back and began when
Sen. Wayne Morse was kicked in
the head by a horse.”
Morse retorted on the Senate
floor that “this is part of an old
pattern of mental instability on
her part.”
Rose Main Speaker
For Frat Initiation
Dr. Aaron Rose, director of the
Engineering Experiment Station,
will deliver the main address at
the annual banquet of Beta Beta
Chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon,
honorary chemical fraternity, Sat
urday night in the Western Res
taurant.
The annual award of a chemistry
handbook and a savings bond will
be made to Darrell G. Pausky of
Kingsville, a sophomore student in
chemical engineering. Each year
the chapter honors the sophomore
student in the chemical sciences
that has shown a most outstanding
record in his scholastic work.
Officers for the 1959 - 60 year
will be installed. They include Wil
liam B. Harris of Bryan, presi
dent; Nathan E. Welch of Baytown,
vice-president; Samuel L. Sullivan
Jr., College Station, secretary;
Richard R. Davison of Bryan, treas
urer; John B. Beckham, alumni
secretary; and Dr. Henry Rakoff,
counsellor.
Guide Posts
Liberty had never come from
government. Liberty has always
come for the subjects of it. The
history of liberty is the history
cf resistance. The history of lib
erty is a history of limitations of
governmental power, not the in
crease of it.—Woodrow Wilson.
Reach Agreements
For Geneva Meet
PARIS UP)—Western foreign ministers were reported
to have hit a minor snag on military security but reached
large areas of agreement Wednesday in the opening sessions
of a meeting to unify their positions for Geneva talks with
the Soviet Union.
“We covered more ground thqn we expected,” said a
spokesman for U. S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter.
“Everything went smoothly. No major differences de
veloped.”
Foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France
and West Germany are taking part in the consultations in the
French Foreign Ministry preparatory to the East-West
foreign ministers conference^
Dean Fred J. Benson
opening at Geneva May 11.
The ministers hung a secre
cy tag on the opening ses
sions. But official spokesmen
and talkative participants let out
a few things to newsmen.
The American spokesman said
the ministers had agreed to recall
the group of experts who had
drafted proposals for the Geneva
conference.
These experts, he said, will
“draw up some new language for
some sections of their over-all re
port.”
He wouldn’t identify the sections
involved, but West German sources
said they dealt largely with the
touchy issue of how much to offer
the Soviets on military security in
Europe.
The British have been described
as wanting to plug for a troop re
duction, or freeze, in Europe. The
Germans opposed that project for
a long time, but now say they are
agreed to a troop cut under cer
tain conditions. These conditions
still must be worked out.
By and large, all four delegations
represented themselves as pleased
with the way things went.
The experts tentatively linked
Western proposals on Berlin, Ger
man unification and European se
curity in their draft of a master
package plan. Some reports before
the ministers convened said the
British appeared to favor solution
of the Berlin problem outside that
package.
Benson Takes Job
As Prexy of PKP
Fred J. Benson will be installed
Tuesday night as president of the
A&M Chapter of the Honor Society
Math Test Entries
Now Being Judged
Grading is now under way to de
termine the winners of the annual
mathematics contest sponsored by
the Department of Mathematics,
according to Roger McGee, assoc
iate professor of mathematics.
A total of 68 freshmen and 17
sophomores entered the contest,
McGee said.
Announcement of winners will be
made next week, he said.
First prize in both divisions will
be a gold watch. Second and third
prizes in the two divisions will be
|15 and $10 respectively.
Funds for the prizes in the fresh
man contest and the second and
third prizes of the sophomore con
test are obtained from the Robert
F. Smith Memorial Fund, while
funds for the first prize in the
sophomore contest are obtained
from the H. Halperin award fund.
of Phi Kappa Phi.
Benson, dean of engineering, will
succeed Dr. J. M. Vance, head of
the Department of History and
Government.
Other officers to be installed
Tuesday night at the chapter’s an
nual initiation banquet will be Dr.
Fred E. Ekfelt, professor of Eng
lish, vice-president; Dr. W. H. Ned-
derman, professor of civil engineer
ing, secretary, and Dr. L. C. Grum
bles, head of the Department of
Veterinary Microbiology, journal
correspondent.
Dr. Wayne C. Hall, head of the
Department of Plant Physiology
and Pathology, will continue for
another year as treasurer.
Some 131 new members, includ
ing undergraduates, graduate stu
dents and faculty members, will be
initiated into the society at the
banquet which will be held in the
Memorial Student Center.
The banquet speaker will be Dr.
Roger McCutcheon o f Austin,
southern coordinator of the Wood-
row Wilson National Fellowships
and former dean of the Graduate
School, Tulane University.
Sun Brings Out Sun Bather
Chester R. Julian, Law Hall student, takes
advantage of the Texas sun Wednesday
Being from Anchorage, Alaska, Julian is
trying to store up some sun that he may
miss when he goes home this summer. The
warm weather yesterday saw many Ags
taking advantage to get a little skin coloring
prior to the weekend.