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Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, June 13, 1963 THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “It appears that someone punched some new holes in these cards dur ing registration.” Seven Texas Congressmen Argue Conflict of Interest WASHINGTON WP) — Seven House Texans are directly in volved in the current debates as to whether members of congress who are in the active military reserve faces a conflict of in terest when they vote on measures affecting the armed forces. The seven Texans belong to Capitol Hill reserve units and attend weekly meetings which feature lectures and briefings from top Pentagon, brass. They usually take two weeks active duty when congress is NOT in session. In the 9999th Air Force re serve squadron, commanded by Sen. (Brig. Gen.) Barry Gold- water, R-Ariz., are Texas Demo cratic Reps. Joe Kilgore of Mc Allen, Clark Fisher of San Angelo and Jim Wright of Fort Worth. They rank respectively, as colonel, lieutenant colonel and major. Members of an Army reserve unit include Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough, D-Tex., a colonel, and Rep. Graham Purcell, D, McKinney, a captain, who was aboard the air craft carrier Hornet when it was sunk by, the Japanese in World War II, and Jack Brooks, D, Beau mont, a Marine Corps major, who also had combat service in the Pacific. Sen. John Tower, R-Tex., like others in the Texas delegation, is in the inactive reserve. Tower is the only senator and probably the only member of congress who is in the reserves as an enlisted man. He is a Navy Reserve Sea man 1st. class, the grade he held while in active service. Rep. Clark Thompson, D, Gal veston, a retired Marine colonel, recently wrote in a letter to con stituents that his military service led to his running for Congress in 1933. “As a reserve officer,” he said, “I was attending a contact camp at Fort Crockett one weekend. A group of fellow Reserve of ficers got their heads together and decided that I should be a candidate for Congress . . .” He ran successfully then retired two years later when a redistrict ing affected his situation, and entered business in Galveston. He was on active duty with the Marine Corps in World War II, retired as a colonel, and was again elected to Congress in 1947. Observing that some 175 mem bers of Congress are in the re serves Thompson said: “A few weeks ago, someone raised the question that a con flict of interests confronts a mem ber of Congress who was also a reserve. “In other words, it was im plied that we might have a selfish interest in the legislation upon which we were voting. This seems to me to be a very far fetched theory. “Certainly, I have cast some votes which were more intelligent Information On Blindness Is Compiled The thirteenth edition of “Agen cies Serving Blind Persons in the United States” lists all local and national sources of guidance, in formation, and service for the blind in the country. These sources range from guide dog agencies to schools and libraries. The book is an invaluable tool to all those seeking information about blindness on a local or national level. The directory is a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind, New York, and may be purchased for $3.00. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a college and community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are James L. Lindsey, chairman ; Delbert McGuire, School of Arts and Sciences; J. A. Orr, School of Engineering:; J. M. Holcomb, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Sta tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $S per school year, $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building; College Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 Or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. VAN CONNER EDITOR J. M. Tijerina Photographer because of my intimate knowledge of the workings of the Armed Forces. . . “If by some stretch of the imagination it was held that a Reserve officer could not properly be a member of Congress, it would logically follow that a veteran is also taboo. Where it goes from there, Heaven only knows . . .” Wright, a B-29 bomber combat pilot in World War II, said: “If it should be determined that the two (simultaneous service in Congress and the active reserves) 1 are compatible in principle, then I will willingly resign my com mission which I have held since 1942, 12 years before I ran for Congress.” He pointed out that half the annual national budget is for the Defense Department and said ser vice in the reserves made one bet ter judge as to what should be approved. Similar views were held by Fisher. He said he receives no pay for the weekly reserve meet ings and has disqualified himself as eligibility for any retired mili tary benefits. And as a member a member of the House Armed Services Committee, he says that the briefings and studies received in the Goldwater unit makes him better qualified to vote on mili tary legislation. . Kilgore, a B-24 bomber combat pilot in World War II, is in line for early promotion to the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force reserves. xl «1f iTi rT« ■ ITfTiF ■ ■>■■■■■■■<>■■»„ ■ “Sports Car Center” > Dealers for j Renault-Peugeot • & : British Motor Cara l ■ ■ Sales—Parts—Service I ■“We Service All Foreign Cars' 1 ; :i422 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517; PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS Sound Off — Editor, The Battalion: There exists on this campus a fine recreation facility in the form of an Olympic-size swimming pool. An integral part of the pool is a fine 5 and 10 meter diving platform. Yet, since the opening of the pool the bottom ladder Flag Day Is 188th Army Anniversary (Editor’s Note: The following is a guest editorial received this week for headquarters of the VIII U. S. Army Corps in Austin.) leading to the platform has been conspicuously absent. It has been rumored that the reason for this is that the platform was im properly engineered. I find this hard to beleive. There are several men who a e capable divers and who weald like to be able to use the diving platforms. My question is: What can be done to get the diving platform opened? Harold Taylor ’63 Grove Movies Thursday — “Rain Maker” Friday — “Scapegoat” Monday — “Tin Star” Tuesday — “Journey to the Center of the Earth” Wednesday — “Les Girls” Butcher’s Problem Began New Firm SAN ANTONIO, CP) — C. W. Bueche faced a serious problem in 1931 when his refrigeration unit broke down in his grocery store-butcher shop. He was about to loSe a lot of fresh beef. The beef became too tinged to sell. So he fed it to the dogs— along with carrots, potatoes, corn meal and bran—in what he thinks was the prepared dog food cooked in loaf form. Bueche cooked the meat in pans during the next six years and sold it across the counter at his shop for three cents a pound. That was the beginning of Prince Dog and Cat Food Prod ucts, Inc., a San Antonio firm that now packs and ships an 50,000 cans of dog food a dij “As far as we know we w the first in Texas to can J!) foo'd,” said C. W. Bueche Jr,, a of the founder. “There were) restrictions in those early daji Now the firm must have spa fied amounts of calories, proteiis carbohydrates and such intheifi food. Sixty-five per cent of the net bought for canning is beef, Bums said. ■ Twenty per cent is hors meat and 10 per cent chick “Horses are becoming hank to find these days,” he said. “& we use rough range cattle for li beef.” On June 14 we observe two milestones in the history of the nation. This date marks not only the 186th anniversary of the adoption of the national flag, but also the 188th birthday of the United States Army. It was also in 1775 that the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted to raise ten companies of infantry to fight in the name of all the Colonies. As the first of our Regular units, they established the Army as the oldest of the Armed Forces. Two years later and almost a year after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence the Congress adopted a resolution which gave birth to the Ameri can flag. When the Star Spang led Banner was first flown by the Continental Army, its commander, George Washington, in describing its symbolism said: “We take the stars from heaven, the red from the mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.” Through the years as the American constellation has grown from 13 colonies to 50 states, our Army, vigorous and versatile, has served as a buffer against any challenge. Coming from almost every community in the country, from every walk of life, these soldiers are truly representatives of the people of America. AFTER THE BIG ONE! These three musketeers, local residents, 15 minutes after work each after noon may be found RFD—Fun Forest—Lake Placid just south of A&M on highway 6, fishing, swimming, boating, horseback riding or just plain relaxing. They aren’t the only ones—if your neighbors disappear each afternoon to escape withering heat and that cooped up city row house feeling, chances are they have optioned a lot at Fun Forest—Lake Placid and are also after the big one! Will your family exercise its Fun Forest—Lake Placid lot option before the June SOth price privilege deadline? All of us who have, hope you will! FUN FOREST — LAKE PLACID Highway 6, 5 minutes South of A&M 1 (Adv.) PROTECT YOUR AGGIELAND! 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