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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 18, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Give Santa Claus
Back To Kiddies
Whatever happened to the Christmas message: “Peace
on earth. Good will to men!” Could it have been replaced
with a single word — Sale!
Criminology Dept. Wanted At SHSTC
HUNTSVILLE W — State
Rep. David Crews of Conroe,
asked Tuesday for public sup
port of a proposed cooperative
program between Sam Houston
State Teachers College and the
Texas Department of Corrections
for establishing of a department
of criminology at the college.
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Pointing out that there are
only four universities in the na
tion that offer courses in correc
tional work, Crews said that a
program at Sam Houston where
research could be done at the
prison would offer unlimited
possibilities in the field.
“Should this program be put
into effect at Sam Houston
State," Crews said, “it would
offer a far more comprehensive
training to the student because
of the research material avail
able through the cooperation of
our prison system."
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CADET SLOUCH
Should there be a Santa Claus?
For many years the image of Santa Claus, with his
flowing white beard and his brillant red suit, was a dream
among children which was maintained by the joy parents
received from seeing their children happy. However, it
appears that in recent years adults, in their continual
struggle to retain their youth, have stolen the Santa Claus
image from the youth of the nation. And, as usual, that
which is meant for the young should have been left to the
young to be enjoyed.
It is difficult to keep a child’s dream alive in an adult’s
mind. As a matter of fact, it’s hard work. That’s prob
ably the reason it’s easier to hear people say, “I’ll be glad
when Christmas is over.” rather than “Merry Christmas.”
Christmas would probably be much more enjoyable
if Santa Claus were once again made a friend of youngsters
only, and the adults of the nations would resume observing
Christmas for the reason that it was once observed — the
Christian world celebrating the birth of a Savior.
The adult’s kidnapping of Santa Claus has caused the
black ink of advertising to almost blot out the white beard
and beautiful snow that everyone once waited to see. Today
the red nose we are likely to see will be on a human rather
than a mythical reindeer. And probably worst of all,
the average citizen is more likely to slip onto a bar stool
on Christmas Eve than into a church pew.
If as much thought were given to Christmas with
Christ in it, as is given to stretching an already overloaded
budget to take on just one more gift; then the people of the
world might go to sleep at night without medical assistance.
Driving down to the corner and purchasing the Christ
mas spirit in a bottle might be good for the economy of our
nation — and it even helps fight the population explo
sion — but it probably in no way helps our spiritual life.
It might just be that too many Americans have decided that
they don’t need the “old fashion Christmas.” It’s just
possible that a reckless few think that we have outgrown
the ancient practice.
Christmas is just not what it was once. What’s more,
Christmas won’t be the same until we rid ourselves of the
commercial chaos that has infested this once beautiful
season like a plague that keeps us on an endless merry-go-
round.
by am Earie Communists Win One Round
In U. S. Court Of Appeals
WASHINGTON (A>) — The
Communist party of the United
States won a round Tuesday in
its 13-year-old fight against reg
istering as an agent of the So
viet Union.
The U. S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals for the District of Colum
bia overturned a lower court ver
dict that the party had wilfully
refused to register under terms
of the 1950 Subversive Activities
Control Act.
The three-judge appellate court
ruled unanimously that the
government had failed to prove
that there was a volunteer avail
able who would step forward
and register for the party.
The decision came a year to the
day after a federal court jury
convicted the party and Dist.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff dealt
out the maximum penalty — a
$120,000 fine, or $10,000 on each
of the 12 courts of the indict
ment.
Before the criminal indictment
was returned, the party had
challenged constitutionality of
Red Wall To Open
For West Berlin
the 1950 law. The Supreme Court
declared the law constitutional
in June 1961.
A Justice Department spokes
man said no decision would be
made on the next course of gov
ernment action until the court
ruling has been studied.
Presumably, the government
will either appeal the case to
the Supreme Court or ask the ap
peals court for a rehearing. The
other alternatives are to drop the
case or seek a new trial.
Attorneys for the communist
party argued throughout the
trial that no officer of the party
could register for it without in
criminating himself.
Judge Holtzoff told the jury to
disregard the self-incrimination
plea. The appeals court said
this was a mistake.
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“This clause in my policy says that I’m covered in any type
of accident at any time except when in route home for
Christmas! I wonder why that is?”
WRIGHT
by John Wright
WRONG
Chou En-lai needs friends.
The latest from Cairo indicates
that the visiting Red Chinese
Premier hopes to persuade Pres
ident Nasser to help form a mili
tant African-Asian bloc as a
cold war “third force.”
We have heard quite a lot a-
bout third forces in the past few
years. General deGaulle has
fond hopes and dreams of creat
ing a third force to break the
Soviet-American monopoly on
world influence. His reaction to
Britain’s request to join the Com
mon Market; his insistance on
spending billions of France’s
hard earned wealth on a “force
de frappe”; and finally his at
titude toward a sensible solution
of NATO problems typify the
desire to create a third powerful
world voice — under, of course,
the leadership of le General.
The “third force” that Chou
En-lai seeks to create is of
course a horse of a slightly dif
ferent color — namely red. With
Soviet Russia giving her the cold
shoulder, Red China is looking
for fresh friends and support.
What could be better hunting
ground for such friends than the
unsettled Middle-East. Nasser’s
hopes for the Arab Federation
have been dimmed by the loss of
Syria and Iraq, and relations
with the rest of the Arab world
are cool to say the least. He
might be willing to listen to
China’s suggestions.
What could Chou-En-lai expect
to get from a relationship with
Nasser 7 Nasser first and fore-
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most is a nationalist. His prob
lem of trying to unite the Arab
world into one cohesive nation
could concievably be made easier
if he received favorable conces
sions or aid from Red China. For
instance Red Chinese arms and
military advice might possibly be
swapped for oil from the middle
East.
This of course is all conjecture.
Even if Red China does dangle
some tantilizing tidbits in front
of Nasser’s nose the probability
of Arabs such as King Saud con
senting to the loss of the ready
income from the West for his oil
is very remote.
Red China’s only apparent
staunch ally, and a thorn in Rus
sia’s hide, is Albania. But Al
bania is small and exists cour
tesy of Russia. If Red China
could round up support and alli
ances in the newly independent
Afro-Asian nations however,
there could be hell to pay.
Red China is willing to franti
cally pursue the distastes of Com
munist theory and avoid reality.
Her ultimate aim is to foment
revolutions in underdeveloped na
tions, even at the risk of war.
Russia, led by realist Khrush
chev, is not willing to take the
gamble of war for useless politi
cal ideologies that have failed.
The Russian people are just be
ginning to accumulate material
wealth. Khrushchev is too much
a realist to go backwards now.
Co-existence is the word.
Red China is determined to
carry on with her Marxist theor
ies. To satisfy the demands of
her ever growing population she
must eventually expand and risk
war.
If the U. S. fails to check the
Red Chinese drive for support,
we could easily find ourselves be
hind the eightball in the Middle
East and Asia.
BERLIN <A>) — The Red wall
will open Friday for West Ber
liners for the first time in more
than two years. Then begins a
flood of an estimated 700,000
people into the Communist zone
to visit their relatives for
Christmas.
The visits are made possible
by an agreement signed Tues
day between representatives of
the West Berlin city govern
ment and the Communist regime
of East Germany.
While the politicans weighed
the possible future implications
of the first such deal over the
wall, the Berliners in both parts
of the city were jubilant.
For the past two Christmas
seasons they have been kept
apart. Families have been di
vided. While foreigners and
West Germans could pass
through the wall, the Berliners
could not.
Now, for the limited period
until Jan. 5, there is one-way
traffic. The East Berliners have
to content themselves with
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WEDNESDAY
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discussion on “Love and Marri
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son Room of the YMCA Building.
Christian Science Organization
will meet in Room 2-A of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30
p .m •
THURSDAY
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meet in the Art Room of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30
p.m.
Pasadena Area Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
308 of the Academic Building.
San Angelo-West Texas will
meet in Room 3-B of the Mem
orial Student Center at 7:30 p.m.
Wichita Falls Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Biological Sciences Building.
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being the hosts to their relatives
from the West.
Each permit will be valid only
until midnight of a particular
day, but many West Berliners
are likely to get more than one
permit.
“At last, At last,” squealed
blonde Liselotte Schulz, a typist.
“I will see my mother, my sis
ter and my aunt."
As people scrambled for news
paper extras, a fruit seller
caught the spirit of the occa
sion. “Buy bananas,” he shout
ed. “You can take them to your
relatives in the East.”
Fruit is scare in East Ger
many.
An elderly man, Joachim Lind-
man, smiled and said: “There
are grandchildren over there I
haven’t seen yet. This is going
to be a very happy Christmas
for me.”
In East Berlin there was sim
ilar joy. Three out of five people
questioned on a street corner
said they were joyfully awaiting
relatives.
Even the Red guards on the
wall seemed pleased.
A reporter told one guard he
would have a lot of extra work.
“That doesn’t matter,” he re
plied. “This is a step in the
right direction."
Johnson Sets
Date Of Talk
In Congress
WASHINGTON <A>) _ Presi-
dept Johnson Tuesday set Jan.
8 as the date for delivering in
person his State of the Union
message to Congress. That will
be one day after Congress re
turns for the new session fol
lowing the Christmas holidays.
Johnson asked Democratic
leaders on Capitol Hill to try
and clear all regular depart
mental money bills to run the
government before the legisla
tors end the current session on
Friday and Saturday.
The Democratic leaders, tell
ing newsmen of their weekly
breakfast session with Johnson
at the White House, said the
exact date of adjournment will
have to be worked out with Re
publican leaders.
House Speaker John W. Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts said
the Democratic leaders are still
confident that a satisfactory
foreign aid appropriation bill
ultimately will be approved.
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