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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 25, 1961
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
INTERPRETING
Red Picnic Fare:
Algeria On Cuba
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
With two of the leading nations
of the Western alliance falling
all over their own feet—France
in Algeria and the United States
in Cuba—Soviet Premier Khrush
chev and the international Com-/
munists haven’t had such a prop
aganda field day since U2.
Khrushchev has now made a
personal attack on President Ken
nedy—in effect calling him a liar
—of bitterness comparable with
the one he launched against for
mer President Dwight D. Eisen
hower in breaking up last May’s
summit conference in Paris.
Ignoring the effect of his own
contradictions on his coexistence
policy, ignoring the effects of in
sults to the intelligence for which
so many delegates took him to
task at the United Nations meet
ing last fall, he is trying every
gambit designed to promote the
disunity which already is wide
spread in the non-Communist
world.
Not so much by the attack on
Kennedy’s Cuban policy, which is
acquiring more support since the
world has had time for second
thought, but by his denial that
the United States has anything
physical to fear from communism
in Cuba, and by a claim to a
sober realization of world dan
gers.
The man who once said the So
viet Union would protect Cuba
with rockets now says he wants
an international situation in
which neither the United States
nor the Soviet Union will engage
in saber rattling.
At the same time, in the face
of impending peace negotiations
over Laos, the forces he sponsors
with an airlift of arms are driv
ing to capture as many key points
as they can before a truce.
Perhaps more important as a
propaganda weapon was the
statement in the Khrushchev
message to Kennedy that neither
the Soviet Union nor the United
States should attempt to push
economic superiority to the fore
front. That is the man who said
“We will bury you” under an
avalanche of economic pressures.
Were it not for his previous
statements on both subjects, and
for his Jan. 16 statement reiter
ating the Communist objective of
world domination by peaceful
means if possible and if not, by
war, great numbers of people
everywhere might accept such
words as a desire to end the cold
■jvar. As it is, they will encour
age new arguments over Soviet
intent, and American intent as
well.
Sound Off
“. . . although ‘Splash Day’ is nearing, it would be wise
for us to keep our minds on our lessons!”
IXewsmen Lose Free Rides
WASHINGTON (A>)_The De
fense Department has clamped
down hard on free rides for news-
to encourage news personnel
travel by commercial means.
men.
I
Social Calendar
The A&M Debate Club will
have an informal coffee for all
interested persons from 7:30-9
p.m. in Room 3-D of the Memo
rial Student Centex - . Members
of the Debate Teams and Debate
Club will be on hand to discuss
the organization with prospective
members, and applicants will
be accepted for membership.
The Premedical - Predental So
ciety will meet in Room 113 of
the Biological Sciences Building
at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Willian B. Ro
man from Bryan will show a film.
The Agronomy Wives Club
will get together at 8 p.m. in
the home of Mi's. W. O. Trogdon,
307 Greenway. Haley’s of Bryan
will present a program on home
decorating.
The University Dames Club
will meet in the South Solarium
of the YMCA at 8 p.m.
The department has distxnbuted
to the three military services and
all unified commands a docu
ment, “Guidance No. 21,” saying
that it is against department pol
icy to provide travel for news
media representatives, except un
der extraordinary conditions.
The guidance statement added
that it was departmental policy
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EDITOR
Sports Editor
News Editors
Bob Sloan, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein
Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Editorial Writers
Jim Earle Cartoonist
Larry Smith — Assistant Sports Editor
Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney,
Gerry Brown Staff Writers
Johnny Herrin, Jim Hamilton Photographers
J. B. Thomas, pi'esident and gen
eral manager of the Texas Elec
tric Service Co. of Fort Worth, will
be the principal speaker at the ini
tiation banquet tomorrow night of
Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering
society.
The speaker is a 1907 graduate
of A&M. He will be introduced by
Dr. S. R. Wright, Head of the De
partment of Civil Engineering.
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Tuesday
“THE MISFITS”
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“ICE PALACE”
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BY Eugene Rush, TU ’33
Dear Aggie: You drink your coffee
black, don’t you? (Personally, I
prefer tea, with just a spot of
cream.)
Well, just because you like your
coffee black- is no reason to buy
your life insurance on the “black
market”, is it?
For your pi - otection, the College
now has a regulation prohibiting
insurance agents fi - om coming into
a dorm for any reason.
But these is no pi'ohibition against
your coming to the agent’s office.
Mine is at the North Gate-
Look your best at
formal affairs
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Some coxrespondents had com-
- plained that they received less
service fx*om public information
personnel at military bases after
ai'riving by commercial means
rather than by military plane.
(Editor’s note: The signers of
the letter that follows are run
ning for the offices of Student
Senate President and Chairman
of the Issues Committee of the
Student Senate. The election has
been scheduled for Thursday,
Apr. 27. The Battalion will print
any letter written by a candidate
for office if the letter is brought
to the Battalion Office, Ground
Floor of the YMCA Building, by
the candidate himself no later
than 1 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 26.)
Editor,
The Battalion:
Why did a delegate to SCONA
VI infer that thinking on the
A&M campus is in a sti’ait jack
et ? What office does Roland
Dommert hold ? How is the Stu
dent Senate related to the Civil
ian Student Council, the Corps of
Cadets? What has the Student
Senate done this year?
Unless you are directly con
nected with student government
you probably cannot answer these
questions. The avei’age student
at A&M considei's student gov
ernment, in particular the Stu
dent Senate, to be a farce. He
also feels that as an individual
he has no influence on student
affairs. Thus, the student has
become disintei'ested in student
government.
At election time the usual
campaign slogan is, “I would ap
preciate your vote for such-and-
such office.” Candidates cam
paign on popularity, not on plat
form. After the “I appreciate
your vote” candidate takes office
his actions are never known by
the genei’al student body. The
condition of disinterest yearly
perpetuates itself since elected
officers do not attempt to reflect
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“SERVING TEXAS AGGIES”
ore
the opinions of the student body.
Does the Student Senate have
within its constituted powers the
means to reflect the opinions of
the student body? Yes, but im-
px-ovements must be made.
The basic tenet of our plat
form is the creation of interest
in student elections by libei'aliz-
ing the election rules. Candi
dates should be permitted to con
duct ox - ganized campaigns. Def
inite steps must be taken towai'd
providing more interesting and
informative elections.
Second, we would woi'k to pub
lish a definite analysis of the
relationships between the various
student goveimment organiza
tions: Student Senate, Civilian
Student Council, Corps of Cadets,
etc. Someone may know these
relationships, but it is impossible
for the average student to deter
mine them.
Third, so that the student can
better influence student govern
ment means for impxwed com
munications between the student
and student goveimment should be
provided. Ideas should come
from the students. All actions
of the Student Senate should 1*
given wide publicity. A “tom
meeting” type discussion on con
troversial subjects, such as (lie
name change, could be a step in
this dii’ection.
We seek election to the offices
of Student Senate President, and
Chariman of the Student Senate
Issues Committee. If elected »e
will work toward making the stn-
dent goveimment at Texas AH
a more dynamic, democratic sys
tem. . .organized elections,
better defined system of student
government. . .open discussions
with the average student havinj
moi - e influence upon student gov
eimment.
Those elected to Student Sen
ate offices are entrusted with a
responsible position, not just an
empty title to accompany a pit-
ture in The Aggieland.
Hugh McDaniel, ’62
Candidate for Student
Senate President
Bill Snead, ’62
Candidate for Chairman
of Issues Committee
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