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t ? IRST SNAG FOR JFK
egro Presidential Appointee
ansing Senate Hesitation
P By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—A nomination
if president Kennedy hit a snag
orlthe first time Tuesday. Sen.
\. [Willis Robertson, D-Va., held
ip a Senate hearing on Negro
ippointee Robert C. Weaver and
jrted Kennedy to rush a letter
■Uapitpl Hill dealing with Wea-
■eris loyalty.
Ip the letter, demanded by Rob-
mtson as a condition for starting
learings, Kennedy said the nor-
nal FBI loyalty report on Weaver
md been fully reviewed and eval-
jatfed before Weaver was nom-
nated.
After receiving the brief letter,
Robertson, chairman of the Senate
Banking Committee, had it read
into the record and opened hear
ings on the nominee.
Weaver, if confirmed as ad
ministrator of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency, would have
the highest federal post ever held
by a Negro.
His nomination has stirred op
position from some Southerners
like Robertson who disagree with
Weaver’s views favoring racial in
tegration in housing.
Weaver, 5.3, is vice chairman of
the New York City Housing and
Redevelopment Board and nation
al board chairman of thp National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Loyalty Issue
But it was the issue of loyalty
rather than integration that led
Robertson to delay his commit
tee’s hearings.
V/hile Weaver sat in the wit-
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Soviet Soy Rin^ Facts Disclosed
f S 1 LONDON—A London suburban bungalow was described
l^in court Tuesday as the center of the web of a fantastically
■ equipped spy ring that stole British naval secrets for the
■ Soviet Union.
1 A high-powered shortwave radio transmitter concealed
inla compartment beneath a kitchen floor, capable of send
ing messages to Moscow, was part of evidence.
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ight. New State Taxes Prohibited
AUSTIN—The House Constitutional Amendments Com-
mittee Tuesday night adopted an amendment prohibiting en-
kT actment of any income or payroll tax in Texas.
Gov. Price Daniel’s primary weapon to raise new tax
^ A/-money i n this session is pay roll tax to be shared equally
between employer and employe,
ngini + ^ ^
;h p!ay Anti-Castro Rebels Rattle In Cuba
vho are HAVANA—A clash between government forces and in-
am in f Kijrgents in the Escambray Mountains left a militiaman only
ason t years old and several anti-Castro rebels dead, a dispatch
ecord, 1 from Santa Clara said Tuesday.
ngs last The report said the fight took place outside Sancti Spiri-
. ton jj,; his but did not give the date or the exact number of rebel
: eng ; h ; casualties.
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Cliurch Leaders Endorse Birth Control
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from It It PORT WORTH—A small group of “key Baptist leaders”
endorsed Tuesday birth control measures and planned parent-
1 hood as “both permissable and desirable”.
Although a vote of Baptists attending a statewide work-
shop on “Christianity in Family Life” was not taken, a report
ofltwo work group sessions showed that this was the general
drift of opinion.
ness chair, Robertson startled the
packed hearing room by announc
ing he would not proceed until he
had received a letter from Ken
nedy evaluating FBI reports on
Weaver.
Robertson said he had received
“a number of complaints touching
on the question of his (Weaver’s)
loyalty” and had written to Ken
nedy Jan. 3 asking for an evalu
ation of the loyalty report.
The chairman then ordered the
room cleared and called an execu
tive session of his committee. He
said the open hearings would not
start Until he received an answer
from Kennedy.
The dramatic maneuver prompt
ed action from the White House.
Within two hours, Robertson had
the letter from Kennedy.
“As is customary in nomina
tions of this importance,” Ken
nedy wrote, “a report on Mr.
Weaver was submitted to me by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion and this report was fully re
viewed and evaluated.
“I am most confident that if
confirmed, Mr. Weaver will per
form an outstanding service for
our country as administrator of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency. I am pleased to give you
my views in this instance and I
appreciate your interest.”
No Comment
Weaver had no comment to
newsmen on the implication of
Robertson’s remarks about his
loyalty. And he did not alude to
them in his opening statement to
the committee.
Robertson, in open session, did
not disclose details of the com
plaints about Weaver’s loyalty.
It was learned, however, that
committee members, in their
closed session, discussed at least
one of the accusations—that Wea
ver once had been a member of a
group that has appeared on sev
eral subversive lists.
A Democratic senator read a
newspaper clipping to his col
leagues relating that Weaver had
resigned froth this group more
than 20 years ago, protesting
against its take-over by pro-Com-
munists.
Some of these allegations
against Weaver have received pub
licity in the past. Weaver has
denied them.
The Battalion
. Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1961
Number 63
Ags Claim 2nd In SWC
Cadets Top Owls
Despite Slow Start
★ ★ ★
By JOE CALLICOATTE
The Aggie Cagers turned loose a scoring burst with four
minutes left in the first half last night to gain a nine-point
halftime lead that was never threatened as they went on to
beat the Rice Owls, 79-59.
Last night’s win didn’t change the Cadet’s conference
position, although it did give them a sole claim to second
place behind Texas Tech who topped Arkansas in Fayetteville,
72-66/
Before last night, 4&M, Arkansas and Texas were in
a second place tie, but Texas fell to SMU, 70-63, in Dallas.
A&M started cold against Rice and didn’t score a bucket
until almost three minutes had ticked away while Rice scored
♦'only two points.
From here Don Stanley
kept the Aggies alive but
Rice gained a 13-10 at one
time.
Last Chance
With five minutes left in the
first half, Lewis Qualls hit a jump
shot to tie the score for the fifth
time at 19-19 and that’s the last
time Rice had a chance for the
lead.
For the second game in a row,
A&M’s depth showed up strong
with four men getting in the double
‘Collegians
For Gonzalez’
Meeting Slated
Collegiate supporters for Henry
B. Gonzalez will hold an organiza
tional meeting in the District
Court Room of the Brazos County
Courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
The organization, “Collegians
for Gonzalez,” was started in San
Antonio at St. Mary’s University.
Centered around college students,
the statewide organization is pro
moting the support of State Sen
ator Gonzalez in the campaign for
the U. S. Senate seat vacated by
Vice President Lyndon Johnson.
“Although the organization is
predominantly made up of college
■stuclents, we hope that we can get
some of the other people of the
community to attend the meeting.'
We feel that our support along
with that of other organizations
will be of great help in the coming
special election,” said Frank P.
Hernandez, the A&M representa
tive for “Collegians for Gonzalez.”
Dr. Foote Tops RE Speakers
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
J Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor of the
First Methodist Church in Ft.
Worth, will be convocation speaker
for this year’s Religious Emphasis
Week Feb. 20-24.
Foote, who has been active in
national and international religi
ous work during the past three
decades, will speak each morning
in Guion Hall, delivering the con
vocation message.
The minister received his A.B.,
M.A., and B.D. degrees from
Southern Methodist University,
and his doctorite in theology from
Iliff School of Theology, Denver
University, Denver, Colo. In 1947^
Dr. Gaston Foote
... RE Week Convocation Speaker
he was awarded the Honorary Doc
tor of Divinity from Miami Uni
versity, Oxford, Ohio.
In 1948, Foote received the title
of Doctor of Laws, Wilberforce
University, Xenia, Ohio, and was
recipient of the Honorary Doctor
of Literature degree from Texas
Wesleyan College in Ft. Worth in
1958.
Foote’s varied and numerous ac
tivities have included serving as
delegate of the Methodist Church
to the World Conference on Faith
and Order held in Edinburg, Scot
land in 1937. He was also a dele
gate to the World Conference of
Christian Youth in Oslo, Norway,
in 1947, and accredited visitor to
the World Council of Churches,
Amsterdam, Holland, in 1948.
Other international religious
work has included representing
the Board of Missions to the West
Africa Missionary Conference in
1946, and acting as exchange min
ister to England in 1949 in the
Muswell Hill Methodist Church,
London.
Foote also served as minister'
at Westminster Hall, The Dome,
Brighton, England. In 1959, he
was at the Union Church in Guate
mala City, Central America, and
also attended the Around the
World on Christian Century Sem
inary.
The noted pastor has also been
delegate to the North Central Ju
risdictional Conference in Indian
apolis, delegate to the General
Conference in San Francisco and
South Central Jurisdictional Con
ference in New Orleans.
In his work as pastor, Foote has
held pastorates in Amarillo, Tex.;
Little Rock, Ark.; Montgomery,
Ala., and Dayton, Ohio. He has
held his position in the Fort Worth
First Methodist Church since 1952.
Some of Foote’s writings in
clude “Keys to Conqffest,” 1932;
“Just Plain Bread,” 1938; “Lamps
Without Oil,” 1945; “The Words
of Jesus from The Cross,” 1948,
and “Transformation of the
Twelve,” 1958. He also edited
“Communion Meditations,” 1951;
“Living In Four Dimensions,” 1953,
and “Footnotes,” a polumn on the
editorial page of the Sunday Fort
Worth Star Telegram, in 1956.
Leading the forums and dis
cussion groups for the faculty in
the YMCA Building will be Dr.
James E. Wood, Jr., of the De
partment of Religion, Baylor Uni
versity.
Wood has received degrees from
Carson-Newman College, Columbia
University, and the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary in Louis
ville, Ky.; he has also done further
studies at the University of Ten
nessee and Yale University.
Ordained a Baptist minister, he
has served as pastor of churches
in Tennessee and Kentucky, and
for four years was professor of
religion at Seinan Gakuin Univer
sity in Japan as a Southern Bap
tist missionary. He is author of
one book, the co-author of two
others and has written several ar
ticles for scholarly journals.
Dr. Bob B. Winborn, of the Divi
sion of Counseling, North Texas
State College in Denton, will lead
the forums and discussion groups
for the married students in the
YMCA Building, and will also be
available for counseling during the
week.
Winborn teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses in the De
partment of Education and Psy
chology at North Texas State Col
lege, and also is assistant director
of the college guidance center.
The duties of this position are
those of , a general psychological
counselor who assists college stu
dents with educational, vocational
and personal problems.
jFreshmen Ease Past Owlets — Page 4
BOX
SCORE
RICE (59)
EG
FT
RB
TP
Smith
3
3
G
9
Mills
0
0
0
0
McQueary
Pnik
1
(I
0
1
2
1
2
1
Fox
4
3
7
11
Sullivan
(1
' 0
1
0
^U’roney
(i
3
5
15
Shipley
8
3
9
19
Calloway
(1
2
1
2
Morgan
Welch
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Team 12
Totals
22
15
46
59
A&M (79)
EG
FT
RB
TP
Minor
5
2
6
12
Young
Craig
Keller
0
0
0
0
2
0
9
0
0
Annett
0
0
1
0
F. Stanley
9
0
3
18
Walker
0
0
1
0
Durbon
1
0
1
2
Smith
(1
n
0
0
D. Stanley
6
i
6
13
Qualls
Windham
4
2
0
i
2
13
8
5
Broussard
7
5
13
19
Team 7
Totals
34
11
53
79
figures.
Carroll
Broussard
was
high for the Cadets with 19 points,
(See OWLS FALL on Page 4)
A&M Electron
Microscopy
Agenda Lauded
A&M has one of the most out
standing electron microscopy teach
ing programs in United States
colleges and universities, according
to recent findings of a nation-wide
survey made by the National Com
mittee on Training of Electron
Microscopists for the Electron
Microscope Society of America.
The National Committee, headed
by Dr. Carl E. Willoughby of the
du Pont Chemical Division, is seek
ing ways and means to increase
the supply of trained personnel to
satisfy an ever-increasing national
acute need for trained electron
microscopists.
Other outstanding programs in
clude those conducted, or being de
veloped, at Cornell University and
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Electron microscopy is the study
of the ultra-micro world of par
ticles, organisms and surfaces by
the use of special electrical micro
scopes which enable man to see
detail as small as one four-hun
dred-millionth part of an inch.
Many Restrictions
Many fine courses, given at still
other institutions, are restricted in
emphasis to certain aspects of
either the biological or physical
sciences. The most outstanding
program, including A&M’s, are
considered not only excellent in
content and approach, but also
broad in coverage of the use of
electron microscopy in many differ
ent technical fields. \
At A&M, the opportunity for
training in electron microscopy is
made available to students from
all schools of the College, including
Arts and Sciences, Engineering,
Veterinary Medicine and Agricul
ture.
* Stanley Drives For Lay-Up
* • • game’s second high scorer
★ ★ ★
Windham Uncorks Jump Shot
. . Broussard, Owls Brace For Rebound
MOD Pin
Tourney
Underway
Manning Smith, special events
chairman for the New March of
Dimes, today said a head-pin bowl
ing tournament to benefit the MOD
is now in progress at the Triangle
Bowl.
The tournament, which began
Feb. T, will run through Feb. 28,
Smith said.
“This is an unusual kind of
bowling which I am sure area bowl
ers will enjoy,” Smith added.
Berry Risinger, Triangle man
ager, listed these rules for the
tournament.
He said only those persons who
have a current league average are
eligible to participate. In order
to score, the bowlers must hit the
head-pin. If he misses, no score
is recorded for the frame.
Cost is $2 for three games. Of
tljis amount, 50 cents goes to the
MOD, 5d cents for priz£ money to
be awarded at the end oT the tour
nament to the winners in each class
and $1 to the Triangle Bowl.
“Interest during the first few
days of the tournament has been
very high,” Risinger said. “I guess
the idea of having to hit the head-
pin intrigues people.”
FOR LAW GRADUATES
Atomic Energy
Interns Revealed
The Atomic Energy Commission is again offering intern
ships to outstanding college or law school graduates as part
of a continuing program to support its administrative func
tions with young, highly trained, executive talent, it has been
announced by the Albuquerque,♦ “
N. M. operations office.
The dealine for applications is
Feb. 15. The internships are in
four categories as follows: Nuclear
engineering trainee program, man
agement and professional intern
ship program, attorney trainee and
patent attorney trainee programs.
Trainees in all categories are
first given orientation instruction
at AEG headquarters in the Wash
ington, D. C. area, or at one of
the AEG operations offices to ac
quaint them with the Commission,
its place in government, its poli
cies, functions, programs and prin
cipal staff. From this point the
training varies according to the
type of internship.
Applications for the nuclear en
gineering and management and
professional internship programs,
should be sent to Judson Ford,
director, Organization and Per
sonnel Division, U. S. Atomic Ener-
N. M.
Applications for attorney trainee
and patent attorney trainee pro
grams should be sent to the Di
rector of Personnel, Atomic En
ergy Commission, Washington,
D. C.
Requirements follow: Nuclear
Engineering Trainee Program: A
trainee must have a college degree
with a “B” average in nuclear,
mechanical, chemical or electrical
engineering or in metallurgy or
physics, plus a sound background
in mathematics. Preference is
given to those with specialized
training in and qr experience in
hydraulics, head transfer or power
plant design and operation.
Management and Professional
Intership Program: These intern
ships, involving one year of train
ing, require a master’s degree or
its equivalent. The Commission is
emphasizing management intern-
shin in business administration,
public administration, personnel
management, accounting and fi
nance and professional internships
in physics, chemistry, mathematics,
metallurgy, health physics and any
engineering discipline except civil
engineering.