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College Station, Texas ’
Thursday March 9,1961
THE BATTALION
Sound Off
Purpose? Use?
(Editor’s note: This is the
final letter that will be printed
concerning the film “Operation
Abolition.”)
Editor,
The Battalion:
In your recent editorials con
cerning the film, “Operation Ab
olition,” you have indicated that
the nature of the charges being
made against this motion picture
were to some degree unknown to
you. Most of the criticisms
have been directed at the film’s
accuracy. Critics have main
tained that the film has been so
edited as to distort the actual
sequence of events in the San
Francisco disturbances; that un
documented statements have been
made by the narrator; and that
the lack of credits at the film’s
beginning makes it impossible to
fix responsibility for its produc
tion. While other criticisms have
been made, these seem to be the
principle ones. A study by the
undersigned in an effort to de
termine the true facts of the
situation has thus far been fruit
less. The atmosphere seems
filled with charge and counter
charge, and responsible individ
uals are to be found on both
sides of the controversy. The
House Committee on Un-Amer
ican Activities has admitted
some discrepancies in the makeup
of the film but has insisted that
they are of negligible conse
quence. The Bay Area students
in their statements have made
much of the words of the exam
ining magistrate in dismissing
the charges against 67 of the 68
students arrested in the melee,
yet seemingly his words have
been taken out of context and
his full statement does not give
the students the complete vindi
cation they would claim.
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
in,' u'wHnrt— I ,,
J. Edgar Hoover carefully
documents the part known Com
munists played in the affair. On
the other hand, usually reliable
observers indicate that a great
majority of the students involved
were completely free of Com
munist influence and were stag
ing a genuine protest against
the committee’s hearings, and
that the Communists then cap
italized upon a situation already
aggravated by an alleged breach
of faith by the Committee in
dealing with the students. In
other words, it seems that the
facts are not all in. It would
be well for every interested citi
zen to reserve final judgment
until they are.
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BILL HICKLIN EDITOR
Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor
Bob Sloan, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein News Editors
Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Editorial Writers
Larry Smith Assistant Sports Editor
Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney,
Gerry Brown Staff Writers
Johnny Herrin Photographers
Russell Brown Sports Writers
What is the purpose of this
film? Some have said that it
is simply an effort to alert peo
ple to the dangers of Communist
infiltration among immature col
lege students. If this is it real
objective, it is worthy of our
commendation provided that the
charges mentioned in the para
graph above prove to be un
founded. If these charges are
true, however, then we can hard
ly approve of the use of an im
moral means even in the attain-
men of an end as worthy as this
one. But again there are many
who are saying that the film
has been issued for the sole pur
pose of justifying the Commit
tee’s continued existence, since
for some time its discharge or
curtailment has been urged by
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul
Tillich, Dr. Robert Maynard
Hutchins, Harry Emerson Fos-
dick, Reinhold Neibuhr, J. Frank
Dobie, Gen. Hugh B. Hester and
many others who, while we may
not agree with them politically,
are nevertheless above suspicion
at the point of their loyalty. If
self-justification is the motive
behind this film’s release, it
would seem that there is room
for considerable discussion con
cerning the propriety of such ac
tion by a congressional commit
tee.
incidents of the smear, the un
signed charge of “Communist!”,
the attempt to create suspicion
of one’s neighbors, all of which
are part and parcel of a danger
perhaps as insidious as Commun
ism. This disease is on the in
crease. At a recent “Anticom
munist” rally in Austin, the
speaker is reported to have la
beled President Roosevelt, Sen
ator Jacob Javits and others as
“Communists,” while President
Eisenhower was more charitably
termed “little more than a Com
munist tool.” Further questions
concerning the use of this film
are raised by the words of a
speaker in introducing the mo
tion picture at a showing at a
local civic club to the effect that
our efforts against Communism
must be guided by “the prin
ciples of American jurisprudence
before they were corrupted by
the United States Supreme
Court.” All of this activity, lo
cal and statewide, brings to mind
a statement by J. Edgar Hoover,
whom you rightly term “a great
fighter against Communism,” in
his book, Masters of Deceit: “We
must be absolutely certain that
our fight (against Communism)
is waged with full regard for
the historic liberties of this great
nation. This is the fundamental
premise of any attack against
Communism. Too often I have
seen cases where loyal and pat
riotic but misguided Americans
have thought they were ‘fighting
Communism’ by slapping the la
bel of ‘Red’ or ‘communist’ on
anybody who happens to be dif
ferent from them or to have ideas
with which they did not agree.
Smears, character assassination,
and the scattering of irrespons
ible charges have no place in
this nation. They create divi
sion, suspicion and distrust
among loyal Americans—just
what the Communists want—and
hinder, rather than aid, the fight
against communism.”
“Another thing: Time after
time in this book,” continues
J. Edgar Hoover, “I have men
tioned that honest dissent should
not be confused with disloyalty.
A man has a right to think as
he wishes: that’s the strength
of our form of government;
Without free thought our so
ciety would decay. Just because
a man’s opinion is unpopular and
represents a minority viewpoint
or is different he is not neces
sarily disloyal. Hence one should
have the facts before accusing
anyone of propagating the Party
line.”
But what of the use to which
this film is being put ? It is
certainly commendable if its
consequence is heightened inter
est upon the part of our citi
zenry to what is one of the great
problems of our day. Again,
however, many fear that it is
being used to generate a rebirth
of mccarthyism. Your editorials
have done little to allay such
fears. There have been local
Surely these words of J. Edgar
Hoover have immense relevance
to the present situation in our
community.
James B. Argue, Allen L.
' Fowler, Tom Shepherd, Wil
liam R. Oxley, John R.
Combs, Cliff Harris, Charles
W. Elmer, George Fry, Bruce
Felker
Your RIGHT
Ijjfl TO VOTE
MR. AND MRS. VOTER, do you .feel that you should have
an opportunity to vote on legalizing Parimutuel Horse
Race Betting?
A constitutional amendment (H.J.R. #4) is being con
sidered whereby Texans will be given an opportunity to
legalize horse race betting in Dallas, Tarrant, Harris, Gal
veston, Bexar, Midland, Hidalgo, Cameron and Webb
Counties, subject to approval by LOCAL OPTION.
H.J.R. #4 provides for distribution, ANNUALLY, among all
counties that do not have race tracks, one-half of the
STATE TAX REVENUE obtained from horse racing. Each
county would receive approximately $1.00 per capita
population the first year. Counties where the tracks are
located would receive 2% of parimutuel handle. The
state’s tax income from horse racing alone would run close to
$12,000,000 the very first year—possibly more—besides all the income
tourists would bring to Texas—which would amount to millions of
dollars, plus a great ad valorem tax on race tracks, breeding farms
and many valuable race horses.
Please express your opinion by checking Ofl the appropriate box below.
You do not have to sign your name unless you like, but we would
prefer it.
P 0 L L -
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tunity to vote on horse race parimutuel betting.
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Job Interviews
The following organizations
will hold job interviews for sen
iors in the Placement Office this
Friday:
The Cabot Corp. for those ma
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sociation, Inc., for those major
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Social Calendar
The following organizations
will meet on campus tonight:
The Amarillo Hometown Club
will get together at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 203 of the Academic
Building.
The Red River Valley Home
town Club will meet in Room 2-D
of the Memorial Student Center
at 7:30 p.m.
The El Paso Hometown Club
will meet in Room 3-C of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30
p.m. Members should bring pic
tures of girls so a hometown
sweetheart can be chosen.
The Deep East Texas Home
town Club will meet in Room 2-C
of the Memorial Student Center
at 7:30 p.m.
The Big Thicket Hometown
Club will meet in the Lounge of
the Memorial Student Center at
7:30 p.m.
The Rio Grande Valley Home
town Club will meet in the Sec
ond Floor Lounge of the Memo
rial Student Center at 9 p.m.
Pictures will be taken for The
Aggieland.
The Tyler-Smith County Home
town Club will get together in
the Gay Room of the YMCA at
7:30 p.m.
and animal husbandry.
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those majoring in chemical, civil,
electrical, industrial, mechanical
or petroleum engineering.
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The Southwestern Investment
Co., for those majoring in agri
cultural economics, business ad
ministration or economics.
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tural engineering, entomology,
accounting, chemistry T economics,
English, history, mathematics,
modern languages, oceanography,
meteorology, physics, aeronauti
cal engineering, chemical engi
neering, electrical engineering,
geology, geophysics, industrial
engineering, industrial technol
ogy, mechanical engineering, nu
clear engineering and petroleum
engineering.
Corps Juniors & Sophomores
Year book Portrait Schedule
JUNIORS & SOPHOMORES in
the corps will have their por
traits made for the “AGGIE
LAND ’61” according to the fol
lowing schedule. Portraits will
be made in CLASS A WINTER
UNIFORM at the Aggieland
Studio, between the hours of
8:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the
days scheduled.
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7- 8 Squadron 7-9
8- 9 Squadron 10-12
9- 10 Squadron 13-17
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