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College Station, Texas
Wednesday March 8,1961 THE BATTALION
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
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Editor,
The Battalion:
The Battalion was recently re
peatedly congratulated by sev
eral readers for it's courageous
definite stand on “Operation Ab
olition,” Well, it does indeed
take lots of courage to support
and express the opinions of the
HU AC—almost as much as it
would take to oppose desegrega
tion in Mississippi.
Was the student riot in San
Francisco oi^ was it not com
munist incited? “Operation Ab
olition” purports to show that it
was, by showing known commun
ist leaders on the scene of the
crime. However, there is evi
dence to show that Harry
Bridges, the known communist
leader who was supposedly photo
graphed at the riot, was out of
California on that day. He was
not arrested and prosecuted, as
would be expected had he taken
part in such a shameful and un
lawful way.
“Operation Abolition” was
branded by responsible journal
ists around the country’as “for
gery” in quite a concrete and
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Bob Sloan, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein News Editors
Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Editorial Writers
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Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney,
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Job Interviews
The following firms will inter
view graduating seniors tomor
row at the Placement Office in
the YMCA Building:
Temco Electronics and Missiles
Co. will talk to majors in aero
nautical engineering, electrical
engineering and mechanical en
gineering. Job opportunities are
in the engineering design and
development field.
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Social Calendar
The following organizations!
will meet on campus Thursday:
The Texarkana Hometown Club
will meet in Room 305 of the
Academic Building at 7:30 p.m.
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specific way. No such concrete
and specific denial or rebuttal
was presented.
If the HUAC tried to make its .
case appear stronger by the use
of unauthentic documentation,
the shadow of doubt is gravely
cast on the whole product, and
“Operation Abolition” thus be
comes a piece of misleading prop
aganda, on the level of Hunt’s
“Lifeline” or Fulton Lewis, Jr.’s
commentary, and its credibility
becofnes comparable to that of
Drew Pearson’s column.
The issue is not whether the
student riot was or was not
communist inspired (in neither
case was it justifiable, nor ex
cusable), but whether “Operation
Abolition” is an authentic, or a
faked document. The Battalion
has repeatedly told us editorially
that the film was authentic, on
the strength of Rep. Francis
Walter’s word. But this is not
enough, since Rep. Walter is re
sponsible for the production of
the film and if the film is un
authentic, Rep. Walter is re
sponsible for that, too. It is true
that Rep. Walter and the HUAC
fight communism (personally I
find the actions of Jimmy Davis
of Louisiana just as much un-
American) ; but so did the late
Senator Joseph McCarthy, and
in quite a similar way which, to
say the least, did not bring
wholesome results. I would like
to call to your attention the ob
vious and trivial truism that no
END justifies ANY means, that
even if we fight communism,
even if the riot was communist
inspired and incitfed, this is no
justification for unauthentic doc
umentation.
As an afterthought, I wonder
whether the reason for the re- |
cent critical “Sound Off’ letters
which were co-authored by ra
ther large groups is not fear of
individual retaliation. If such
is the case, it is sad. If it is
not, I shall happily be reassured.
Chemistry
Jay Rasiel
★ ★ ★
Better Relations
Editor,
The Battalion:
In viqw of the forthcoming
Pan American Week, April 9,
some of the students from Latin
American countries want to ex
press their feelings as Texas Ag
gies and as foreigners.
We have chosen A&M to fur
ther our eduation because of the
prestige this institution has in
our countries and which has been
gained by the great number of
Aggies, Americans and Latin
Americans, who have done a
good job in them. A thing that
contributes to this prestige and
which characterizes A&M is that
amazing sense of unity and close
friendship known as the Aggie
Spirit now proudly shared by
us.
As Latin Americans and ad
Aggies our main wish and pur
pose is to try our best to better
the relations and the good under
standing among the Pan Amer^
ican nations through an educa-
Dobzansky
To Lecture
Tomorrow
Dr. Theodosius Dobzhansky, an
internationally known geneticist,
will lecture here tomorrow.
The scientist, a professor of zo
ology at Columbia University, will
discuss “Man and Natural Selec
tion.” His talk will be heard at 8
p.m. in the Biological Sciences
Building Lecture Rooms. The pub
lic is invited.
His appearance at A&M is spon
sored by the Graduate School and
the local chapter of the Society of
Sigma Xi.
Dobzhansky was born in Russia
in 1900 and was graduated in 1921
from the University of Kiev. He
came to the United States and was
naturalized in 1936. From 1928-
1940 he was assistant professor
and professor of genetics at the
California Institute of Technology.
tion obtained, in the United
States, built up on our national
backgrounds and applied in our
countries.
It is our wish that the Pan
American week will reflect these
our feelings and purposes.
Christian A. Galindo, ’62, Bolivia
Noe Marmolejo, ’63, Mexico
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