THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, January 26, 1961
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle INTERPRETING
BATTALION EDITORIALS
The Facts
The Department of Air Science recently presented a film
that is of the utmost importance to everyone at Texas A&M,
both students and faculty.
“Operation Abolition” provides an insight to the tactics
and methods of Communism’s insidous attack against one
of our best defenses against the Red threat—the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
The student riots at San Francisco in May 1960 are the
subject of a report by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
From Hoover’s report:
“The first stage of the party’s plan of action began to
unfold after word was received on April 26, 1960, by party
officials that subpenas had been issued for local Communists
to appear for the hearings scheduled to take place May 12-
14. One of the recipients of a subpena was Douglas Wach-
ter, an 18-year-old sophomore at the University of Califor
nia. Wachter, incidentally, had attended the 17th National
Convention of the Communist Party in December 1959 as an
official delegate from northern California.
“Part3 r officials decided to build a major part of their
plan of attack around Wachter. Immediately after receiv
ing a subpena, Wachter proceeded to the University of Cal
ifornia campus to organize student demonstrations. Mickey
Lima, chairman of the Northern California District of the
Communist Party, instructed Roscoe Proctor, a member of
the district committee, to also contact certain students at
the University of California and enlist their sppport. Lima
was assured that student support would be forthcoming from
Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, Calif. His con
tact at San Francisco State College, the son of a current
member of the Sonoma County Communist Party, was equ
ally enthiusiastic in promising support.”
There is currently a drive on to discredit the validity
of “Operation Abolition.” It is being helped along by those
who are unaware of the facts.
It was once said, “There is no one as ignorant as a per
son who doesn’t know that he is ignorant.”
How true that is.
For those who doubt the truth in “Operation Abolition,”
there is this suggestion. Write your Congressman. Ask
him for a copy of Hoover’s report “Communist Target —
Youth.”
Then read it. Those are the facts.
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
Don Cook’s absolution of the
Air Science Department was a
touching thing.
It is pitiable that Mr. Cook
found it necessary to write as he
did. This incident speaks vol
umes about the aura of non-con
troversy that is maintained on
our campus by the intimidating
power of the military contract.
Not that we mean to detract
from the Administration efforts
along this line. The exclusion of
political activities from the cam
pus and the careful selection of
“safe” speakers for SCONA and
Great Issues all contribute sig
nificantly to the intellectual ster-
elity of our academic environ
ment.
George E. Pierce, ’58
George T. Timmons, ’59
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Editor,
The Battalion:
In regard to the letter writ
ten by Malcolm Hardee to John
Farrell of the University of Col
orado, I think that the student
leaders of Texas A&M are obli
gated to send Mr. Farrell an
apology.
There are several reasons why
“Mr.” Hardee should not have
taken it upon himself to send a
letter as he did:
1) Texas A&M’s primary pur
pose is NOT to turn out military
leaders to serve in the Armed
Forces.
2) What Farrell had to say
about Texas A&M is painfully
true, whether Hardee believes it
or not.
3) Whether or not Mr. Farrell
was qualified to judge Texas
A&M is beside the point; if every
visitor receives the same impres
sion, this school cannot hope to
advance or even continue to ex
ist.
4) No more than Hardee him
self knows about Texas A&M, he
is not qualified to say what he
did. He will admit that he does
n’t know “The Spirit,” ‘The War
Hymn,” or some of the other
things that most Aggies are still
trying to cling to.
In my opinion, Miss Reed hit
the nail on the head when she
referred to Hardee as a boy. And
like she said, Aggies get enough
bad publicity without one of our
‘own” spreading more. I know
our college is really proud of him
too!
Hardee, why don’t you go back
to high school where you belong ?
Maybe people will listen to you
there.
Edwin N. Broesche, ’62
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[/. Russia Ready To Resume
Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The break in meaningful com
munication between the United
States and the Soviet Union,
which gave the world a fine case
of jitters during the last half
of 1960, is about to be repaired.
Already the American ambas
sador and Premier Khrpshchev
have been talking about it.
Reports that the United States
will seek a delay in resumption
of nuclear test ban negotiations
at Geneva suggest a determina
tion to lay down something con
crete to talk about, at least until
there can be a renewal in the
spring or summer of the disar
mament negotiations from which
the Soviets walked out last year.
It seems quite likely that the
U.S. nuclear delegates will take
with them, when they do go, a
test ban program supported by a
background decision to resume
testing if the Soviets continue
their evasive tactics, and let the
world place the blame. The
United States is no longer willing
to give the Soviets everything
they have asked for—a ban with
out inspection. This is, in effect,
what has happened under the vol
untary ban.
Resumption of U.S. tests is
likely to be the outcome. Many
Western experts believe the So
viet Union already has been vio
lating the temporary ban. The
Communist manifesto in Novem
ber spoke of resumption of U.S.
tests as a foregone conclusion.
The United States needs the
tests.
But by then Berlin and disar
mament are likely to be the is
sue, and at least the blame which
the world attached to the United
States for the long vacuum in
U.S.-Soviet relations will have
been dispersed.
Although a ban on nuclear test
ing has appeared to be the most
likely issue on which the two na
tions might reach some agree
ment, the hope has never been
very bright. And there is an im
portant circle of American opin-1
ion where the hope has been just
the other way. i
Khrushchev’s speech Jan. 6
also confirmed in many minds
the conviction that there will be
no agreements about anything
unless it is something the Com-'
munists think will promote their
cause.
A psychological desire to avoid
resignation to such a conviction
has probably been one of the
greatest handicaps of free world |
negotiators throughout the cold;
war. A safe way to repair the
communications break is a pre
sent the Soviet, in such matters,
with a series of programs which
serve to reveal, when refused,
the falsity of their propaganda.
For their whole talk of peace
and coexistence is—and they
practically admit it—a war of
propoganda, rather than an ap
proach to realistic settlements, i
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DR. FROOD’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A penny saved is a penny earned. And if you could
put away a penny a week for one year ... why, you will have fifty-two cents!
mmmm
Dear Dr. Frood: Our college mascot
is a great big lovable Saint Bernard.
He loves everyone—except me. In
fact, he has bitten me viciously
eight times. What can I do to get
him to like me?
Frustrated Dog Lover
DEAR FRUSTRATED: Mother him. To
carry this off, I suggest you wear a
raccoon coat, let your hair and eye
brows grow shaggy and learn to
whimper affectionately.
Dear Dr. Frood: Most of my life here
is extracurricular. I carry the drum
for the band, pull the curtain for the
drama society, wax the tourt for the
basketball team, scrape the ice for
the hockey team, clap erasers for
the faculty club and shovel snow
for the fraternity houses. Do you
think these activities will really help
me when I get out of college?
Eager
Dear Dr. Frood: On New Year’s
Eve I foolishly resolved to be
more generous with my Luckies.
My friends have held me to this,
and I've been forced to give
away several packs a day. What
do you think would happen if I
broke this resolution?
Resolute
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DEAR EAGER: I don't think the col
lege will let you out.
DEAR RESOLUTE: It’s hard to
tell, really. Lightning, a runaway
horse, a tornado—who knows?
Dear Dr. Frood: Before vacation, my girl and I
agreed to exchange Christmas presents. I sent her
a nice hanky. You can imagine how I felt when I
awoke Christmas morning to find a sports car
from her. What can I do now?
Distraught
Dear Dr. Frood: Can you help me convince my girl that
I’m not as stupid as she thinks I am?
Anxious
DEAR DISTRAUGHT: Remind
her that Easter giving time is
just around the corner.
DEAR ANXIOUS: Perhaps, but you'll have to convince me
first.
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stantly, your spirits will rise. When you savor your Lucky, you're IN—for college students
smoke more Luckies than any other regular. They’re a wised-up bunch who’ve known
all along that Luckies taste great. Get the cigarettes with the toasted taste—get Luckies.
CHANGE TO LUCKIES and get some taste for a change!
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