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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 8, 1964 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle OLD PROBLEM RETURNS Texas Demos Leaderless Election Trail With LBJ In Whitehouse Leaves Senate Bare This is a year for national elections, if you don’t believe it just look around you. In all parts of the country the smiles are on and promises are flowing freely. However, if there is doubt about this being a season of goodwill toward the voters, one has only to cast an eye to Washington, Capitol Hill and more specifically the Senate chamber. With the new session of Congress opening yester day, it was all the upper house could do to muster together enough members for a quorum. After the session was finally opened, it was recessed after a fruitless 23 minutes. It was said that the Senate recessed out of respect for the late Congressman Baker who had died with a heart attack. Regardless of why the Senate recessed, there still re mains the question of just where are all those Senators were? Certainly there is no doubt in anyone’s mind where one of the upper house members is. He is limping his way through New Hampshire in an effort to assure himself of coming out on top of the Republican heap in that state’s primary. Probably if one had a means of finding out, he would learn the other delinquent Senators are on missions just as important, as far as they are concerned, as Sen. Goldwater’s trip to New Hampshire. But election year or no election year it‘s not easy to pass off the readiness with which members of Congress declare for themselves a leave of absence from their jobs in Washington in order to participate in coffee hours and to stuff themselves on banquet steaks. “ . . . And just a few days ago I was complaining about left over turkey!” WASHINGTON (A>) — Now that Lyndon B. Johnson is in the White House the Texas Demo cratic delegation finds itself in a leadership dilemma not unlike that when death came to Speaker Sam Rayburn on Nov. 16, 1961. The vacuum caused by Ray burn’s departure has been only partially filled during these in tervening two yeafs. No one man has so much as thought of taking over. But, Johnson and Rep. Wright Patman of Texarkana, the “dean” of the delegation, jointly have attempted to fill the void. In his first four weeks as pres ident, Johnson slipped away from the White House to come unan nounced to the Capitol and break bread with his old friends — at regular Wednesday luncheons of the Texas Democratic delegation in the Speaker’s Dining room. Off hand, this could be inter preted an indication he intends to keep close to Texas problems, political and otherwise, as he did as vice president. Some of those closest to him, however, say that isn’t likely — that for obvious national political reasons he must be careful not to appear too pro- Bulletin Board Goldwater Visits Concord WEDNESDAY College Station Baha’i will meet in the Anderson Room of the YMCA Building at 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Aerospace Engineers Wives Club will meet in the home of Mrs. Paul Meiners at 400 Francis at 8 p.m. Hometown Clubs Amarillo will meet in the And erson Room of the YMCA Build ing at 7:30 p.m. El Paso will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Room of the Memorial Student Center. Rio Grande Valley will meet in Room 106 of the Academic Build ing at 7:30 p.m. Showing Much Confidence Russian Exchange Talks On Again MOSCOW 0*P)-—Two American proposals to increase information among the Russians about West ern affairs ran into Soviet oppo sition at the outset Tuesday of talks on extension of the U.S.- Soviet cultural exchange pro gram. Kennedy abruptly suspended plans for the talks. The profes sor was freed shortly thereafter. U. S. officials said they will do their best to get permission for establishment of a chain of American - sponsored reading rooms in the Soviet Union. Heading the American delega tion at the opening ceremony was U. S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler. Both he and Romanovsky paid tribute to recent statements by Premier Khrushchev and Presi dent Johnson on desirability of the cultural exchange agree ments. The United States also wants to increase to at least 100,000 the copies of the State Department picture magazine “America” sold on Soviet news stands. The Rus sians limit sales to 60,000. Report On Smoking Slated For Doctors Chief Soviet delegate Sergei Romanovsky took note of both in an aside to a prepared speech. He said there will be no discus sion about the establishment of American reading rooms. He al so declared there will be no talk about boosting the circulation of U. S. publications. WASHINGTON (A*) _ The re port on smoking and health which will be released officially at noon Saturday will be sent directly to every medical doctor and osteopath in the United States. A Public Health Service spokes man said today this will require about 200,000 copies of the report. Negotiating beg-ins Wednesday on the new agreement, intended to extend through 1964-65 the exchanges begun under a pact signed in 1958. The first printing run, how ever, is only 8,000 copies which will be sent to all members of Congress, state governors, state health offi cers and others more immediately affected. CONCORD, N. H. <A>) — Sen. Barry Goldwater is in the midst of a three-day swing through New Hampshire expressing con fidence he can win the state’s 14 delegates to boost his quest for the Republican nomination for president. The Arizona Republican open ed his tour Tuesday with a news conference at his bunting-draped Concord headquarters close to the Capitol, predicting he will win not only in the nation’s first primary, in New Hampshire March 10, but also in some of the bigger states, California, Oregon and Illinois. He said he also might enter in Ohio. Goldwater said he will take his chances with the big indus trial cities and predicted Re publicans will gain in the sub urbs, which he said are tiring of domination by the big cities. New Hampshire, with its early primary, has been the base for presidential campaigns for years. It was a write-in vic tory here in 1952 that led unde clared Dwight D. Eisenhower to run. Goldwater’s news conference ranged widely from his position on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and nuclear weap ons to income taxes and the fu ture of conservatism in the Re publican party. Goldwater told his news con ference the Republican party must nominate a conservative to give the people the choice be tween two philosophies of gov ernment. efeller, the only other declared candidate for the GOP nomina tion, is the head of the liberal wing of the party. “If a conservative cannot be nominated,” he said, “then a handful of liberals is controlling the party.” Goldwater said he had given Eisenhower his position state ment on foreign affairs but that it concerned mostly NATO and the Western Alliance. He said he asked for criticism but that the former president did not ex press any. Goldwater said his view is that the commander of NATO should be given all modern weapons, including tactical nu clear weapons. However, he said the Presi dent should retain control over strategic nuclear devices. Rocky Sponsors Tax Free Program ALBANY, N. Y. <A>) _ Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller today handed the Legislature a 1964 program that promised no tax increases, urged a few specific new programs but shied away from major political, home-front controversy that might damage his presidential hopes. Gov. Romney Would Take GOP Draft He said Gov. Nelson A. Rock- The negotiations were to have opened last November. They were delayed by the arrest by the Soviets of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn of Yale on spy charg es. The late President John F. Copies for the general public will be put on sale at the Gov ernment Printing Office when they become available after the official release. FRYING PAN INTO FIRE MIAMI, Fla., <A>) — Policeman Norman T. Evans rescued a 14- year-old boy from drowning, then arrested the youth. Evans said the boy had fallen out of a stolen boat. Attention SENIOR and GRADUATE MEN Students Attention I WHO NEED SOME FINANCIAL HELP IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THEIR I EDUCATION THIS YEAR AND WILL THEN COMMENCE WORK. 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Sports Editor Mike Reynolds, Robert Sims Staff Writers Juan Tijerina, Herky Killingsworth Photographers CIVILIAN YEARBOOK PORTRAIT SCHEDULE Civilian Students w'ill have their portrait made for the “Ag- gieland ’64” according to the following schedule. Portraits will be made at the Aggieland Studio, between 8 AM and 5 PM on the days scheduled. TIES AND COATS SHOULD BE WORN. NOTE: JANUARY GRAD UATES should have their por trait made before leaving school, disregarding any conflict in schedule dates. CIVILIAN SENIORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS January 9-10 A-D (surname) 13-14 E-J 15-16 K-P 20-21 Q-T 22-23 U-Z CIVILIAN SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS February 4-5 A-E 6-7 F-K 11-12 L-R 13-14 S-Z WASHINGTON <A>) __ Michi gan Gov. George Romney said Tuesday he would accept if Re publicans drafted him for the presidential nomination. After a luncheon address at the National Press Club, Rom ney was asked whether he is an active candidate, and wheth er he would accept if “substan tial sentiment” developed for him. “Gee,” he told the audience amid laughter. “I was afraid that question might not be asked. “I have indicated clearly that I am not going to be a candi date for the nomination. “I have no way of knowing whether such a demand as you mentioned will develop. It would be presumptuous to assume that it will. “However, if it should, like any other concerned American I would have a duty to accept.” In his speech he told the club this is a “moment of historic Republican opportunity.” He called for a grass roots campaign to recruit into the party all those “who are wor ried about the trend toward statism and away from creative cooperation by groups of con cerned citizens.” The party, he said, must work toward a rebirth of the nation and a restoration of the eternal principles of its founders. He proposed revisions and modifications in several special ized areas but recommended no sweeping new programs in mat ters of public interest and ap plication. The Republican governor’s an nual message to the opening ses sion of the legislature advocated: Repeal of the state’s 51-year- old laws that specify the mini mum size of railroad train crews. A pay raise for state em ployes. Authorization for grand jury presentments — reports that crit icize public officials although no criminal charges are made. A single, June primary in this presidential election year. Rockefeller made no recom mendations, pending the out come of various studies and in vestigations, on such controver sial issues as a $1.50-an-hour minimum wage, legislative eth ics, liquor-license scandals, state aid to localities, proposals for more aid to education, low-in come housing and tighter state control over private ownership of firearms. In a detailed account of his five years as governor, Rocke feller claimed “imposing accom plishment in dealing with indus trial growth, education and civil rights. He hinted that “this great hu man progress” in New York State could be a, handy blue print for solving similar national problems. SERVING BRYAN and COLLEGE STATION SAM HOUSTON ZEPHYR Schedule Change Effective April 26 Lv. N. Zulch 10:08 a.m. Ar. Dallas . . 12:47 p.m. Lv. N. Zulch . 7:31 p.m. Ar. Houston . 9:25 p.m. Buflington Route FORT WORTH AND DENVER RAILWAY N. 1. CRYAR, Agent EX 9-2151 • NORTH ZULCH vincial. They feel he may at tend other luncheons from time to time, but only for the plea sure of being with old friends. Still another void is now be ing realized in the leadership situation: that left by the re signation Dec. 20 of Rep. Homer Thornberry, D., Austin, to be come a federal district judge. “We are hard pressed with Homer’s leaving,” commented Rep. Joe Kilgore of McAllen, the 1963 chairman of the delegation. “He was trusted by everybody. His judgement was respected by everybody. You could call him a moderate liberal or a liberal mod erate.” In that summary, Kilgore put his finger on the real problem. While such tags are sometimes unsafe to the individuals involv ed, it is true that for years the Texas delegation (now 23 house members, including two republi cans, and a democratic and a re publican senator) has been al most evenly split three ways — among liberals, conservatives and middle-of-the readers. Rayburn had enough personal influence to swing the group be hind him almost to a man on vital issues. Since his death the delegation has split widely, and on some votes it went predomin antly against the Democratic leadership in the Kennedy Ad ministration. There has been speculation and presumption on the part of some that with Johnson in the White House there will be more unani mity among the Texas Demo crats. It’s a good bet there will be an improvement, but an equal ly good bet is that on many vital issues it won’t make any differ ence that their fellow Texan and friend is now president. An example is the vote on the “$2.8 Billion foreign aid appro priation bill which passed the House, 249-135. The Senate up ped the figure to $3.3 billion with Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D., Tex., voting for the bill. Sen. John Tower, R., Tex., was not record ed as voting on the measure which passed, 60-25. The Texans in the House were evenly split on the measure with 11 for the bill and 11 against, and one listed as not voting. Those for: Beckworth, Brooks, Gonzalez, Mahon, Patman, Pur cell, Roberts, Thomas, Thorn- berry, Wright, Young. Those against: Burleson, Casey, Dow dy, Fisher, Kilgore, Poage, Pool, Rogers, Teague, and the two Re publicans — Alger and Foreman. Thompson was listed as not vot ing. Rep. W. R. (Bob) Poage of Waco, a veteran of 26 years in Congress is a moderate to whom many of his colleagues often look for advice or comment when they discuss how to vote on an issue. At one of the delegation lunch eons President Johnson said that Poage next to Thornberry was his dearest friend among the Texas congressmen, yet on the very day before Poage had vot ed against the Administration’s foreign aid bill. And, there was no doubt that Johnson knew how the Texans had voted. “I think I will go along with the Johnson administration on most issues,” Poage commented later. “But I won’t vote for any thing just because they want it." In the speculation as to where the Texans will turn for leader ship, two other names have been mentioned — Rep. Albert Thomas of Houston and Rep. Jack Brooks. They both were aboard the presidential plane with Johnson when he flew back from Dallas after the assassination of Presi dent Kennedy. Other Texas con gressmen who had been in the presidential motorcade when the tragedy took place flew back in a separate plane. Some of the Texans point this out to suggest that Thomas and Brooks, with long and strong democratic administration pro gram records, will be close to the White House these days. Others, however, recall that Thomas and Johnson had been rivals for an important House committee post years ago and had never appear ed outwardly to be fast friends, While the real power leader ship question may remain un settled, Patman continues to wield great influence because of his seniority. He has been in the House since March 4, 1929. Kilgore will surrender his De mocratic delegation chairmanship position with the beginning of the new session on Jan. 7, to Rep. Jim Wright of Fort Worth. The chairmanship rotates yearly on a seniority basis. Rep. John Young of Corpus Christi is next in line after Wright. 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