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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1964
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House Rejects
Congressional
Wage Increase
Federal Workers
Affected By Move
WASHINGTON Om—The House
turned down Thursday a $10,000-a-
year pay raise for Congress mem
bers and killed with it salary in
creases for 1.7 million other fed
eral employes.
On a 222-184 roll call, the mem
bers rejected the measure as a
whole after having approved on
nonrecord votes the separate pro
visions calling for increases for
the others affected.
During two days of debate, op
ponents of the bill hammered at
the idea of members of Congress
voting themselves a big pay boost
in an election year and just after
having passed a hefty tax cut and
pledged themselves to economy in
government.
Republicans and Southern Dem
ocrats led the successful fight to
scrap the bill, leaving its sponsors
undecided as to whether they would
seek to revive even the noncon-
gressional sections of it this ses
sion.
Voting against the bill were 136
Republicans and 86 Democrats.
Favoring it were 149 Democrats
and 35 Republicans.
Rep. Morris K. Udall, D-Ariz.,
leading the fight for its passage,
called it “a management bill” and
claimed higher salaries at the up
per levels are needed to attract a
kind of people needed to run the
government efficiently.
Besides members of Congress,
Cabinet officials and their top
aides, Supreme Court justices and
the vice president all would have
received $10,000-a-year raises.
For the career government work
ers and postal employes, raises
would have ranged from 3 per cent
at the lower levels to 22.5 per cent
at the top, with the average mail
man and government secretary
getting a $450-a-year increase.
On its way to the final roll-call
vote the House tentatively adopt
ed every increase in the bill by
big margins. The section covering
career employes and postal work
ers was approved 92 to 18.
Just before the final vote, a
motion to trim the congressional
increase from $10,000 to $7,500
was defeated by a resounding
voice vote. But on the final vote,
Rep. H. R. Gross, R-Iowa, demand
ed a roll call and about one-third
of the members present rose to
support him. It requires the sup
port of a fifth of those present to
order a roll call.
The proposed new salary struc
ture had been approved by the
administration.
Rifle Marksmanship Honors
Three A&M students received awards for William A. Birdsong of Houston, McCloud
individual achievement recently in Army- B. Hodges of Arlington, Va., and Gary L.
sponsored rifle matches. Col. D. L. Baker, Byrd of Dallas,
left, presented the awards to, left to right,
Noted Sociologist
Automation, Job
To Discuss
Preferences
Dr. Walter L. Slocum, described
as one of America’s leading sociol
ogists, will be at A&M University
Monday and Tuesday for two tech
nical seminars and a Graduate
Lecture.
He is chairman of the Depart
ment of Rural Sociology at Wash
ington State University and also
chairman of rural sociology of
the Washington Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
“Social Implications of Automa
tion” is his Graduate Lecture topic.
He will speak Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in the Architecture Auditorium.
The technical seminars ar
ranged by the Department of Ag
ricultural Economics and Sociology
are scheduled at 3 p.m. Monday
and Tuesday. The topic Monday
will be “Occupational Choice: Some
Sociological Aspects,” with the
seminar set in Memorial Student
Nutritionist Asks
For Fat Research
Past research which points to
animal fat and hardened vegeta
ble fats as causes of atherosclero
sis (fatty deposits in the arteries)
may need re-examining, an A&M
nutritionist said here Friday.
Dr. Raymond Reiser, professor
of biochemistry and nutrition, de
scribed recent experiments con
ducted by him which show that the
nature of fat in the diet has little
influence on high and low density
lipoproteins or blood cholesterol.
THE SCIENTIST, noted for his
studies of fats, was one of the main
speakers at a meeting of the
Southwestern Section of the So
ciety for Experimental Biology
and Medicine on campus. About
100 researchers from Texas and
Scout Circus To Be Presented
By Local Scouts, Explorers
A Scout Circus will be held Fri
day and Saturday evenings at
7:30 p.m. in the Animal Husbandry
Pavilion on the A&M campus. The
two-hour show will be presented
by about 1,000 Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts and Explorers from Bryan,
Hearne and College Station.
Laws Revised
ForCampa ign
Two changes in campaigning
procedure were announced by the
election commission in a meeting
with the 93 candidates for class
offices Thursday afternoon.
Candidates will be able to con
duct their campaigns in the Me
morial Student Center except on
the day of the election. Previously,
campaigning in and around the
MSC at any time has been strictly
forbidden.
A roped-off area between Guion
Hall and the MSC will be availa-
able to candidates in which to dis
play a poster or to conduct speech
es at any time including election
day. The posters for display must
be held to the 2-feet by 3-feet
measurement restrictions placed on
campaign posters for display in
the apartment area of the campus.
Regulations still prohibit a pa
rade, demonstration or a band. In
dividual posters, measuring 8-inch
es by llVfc-inches, may still be
displayed in the dormitory areas.
Sixty of these posters may be ob
tained free-of-charge from the Stu
dent Programs Office in the base
ment of the MSC.
James P. Hannigan, dean of stu
dents at A&M and chairman of
organization and extension of the
Arrow Moon Boy Scout District,
said that the public is cordially in
vited. The admission price will
be 50c.
He said that the program will
include demonstrations of all the
general scoutcraft skills. One troop
will build a monkey bridge while
the audience looks on, another will
construct a signal tower. There
will be a model camp, including
fire, set up and the boys will denr-
ostrate the normal scout camping
techniques. Always a necessity
on any campout, a group will dem
onstrate proper first aid practice.
The purpose of the Scout Circus
is to create a greater interest in
scouting in the area and to dem
onstrate to the public the skills
acquired by the Scout in the local
program.
In charge of the circus is Ralph
McCormik, a member of the dis
trict scout commission for activi
ties. The chairman of the Arrow
Moon District, which includes
Brazos and Robertson Counties and
is responsible for the show, is Al
ton Bowen, the superintendant of
Bryan public schools. The Scout
Executive for the district is Dutch
Harvell.
Oops? We Goofed
Apologies are due for an incor
rect identification of a contribu
tor in the ‘Champ Fund’ picture
in yesterday’s Battalion. Harlan
Roberts was incorrectly identified
as Howard Head.
adjacent states are attending the
session, which ends Saturday.
He said animals (rats) which
eat cholesterol have large fatty
livers containing much cholesterol.
Cholesterol in the diet prevents
the livers of animals eating no fat
or safflower oil from making cho
lesterol but does not prevent cho
lesterol manufacture by livers of
rats eating tallow.
“Furthermore, it was found that
both diet cholesterol and newly
synthesized cholesterol accumulate
in livers of rats which eat choles
terol, resulting in large fatty livers
containing 10 tp 20 times the nor
mal amounts,” Reiser pointed out.
“This is most pronounced in the
animals on safflower oil.”
DIET CHOLESTEROL also was
found to completely change cho
lesterol transport in the blood, the
nutritionist added In rats re
ceiving no diet cholesterol, 70 per
cent of the blood cholesterol is car
ried by a blood fraction called high
density lipoproteins. In rats which
eat cholesterol, 70 to 75 per cent
is carried by low density lipopro
teins.
He said this phase of results is
important because it is thought to
be the low density lipoproteins and
their cholesterol which cause
atherosclerosis (fatty deposits in
the arteries).
Service Academies
Tap Local Youths
Two local young men have been
nominated to service academies
and four others have been named
as alternates.
Donald Wajme Duncan, son of
Captain and Mrs. B. T. Duncan of
College Station has been nominat
ed for an appointment to the U. S.
Air Force Academy and John D.
Badgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Badgett of College Station has
been nominated for an appointment
to the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md.
Don J. Currie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack W. Currie; David Har-
bet Kent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
T. Kent; and Dennis P. Tewell,
son of Master Sergeant and Mrs.
Thomas R. Tewell, all of Bryan,
all have been named alternates for
a nomination to the Air Force
Academy.
Ronald Scott Lemon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyons S. L y m o n s of
Bryan, was chosen as an alternate
for a nomination to the Naval
Academy.
Congressman Olin E. Teague of
the Sixth Congressional District
confirmed the announcements.
Center, Room 3B-C. “Occupational
Career Patterns” will be the topic
for the seminar Tuesday in the
Architecture Auditorium.
Slocum, a native of South Da
kota, received the B.S. degree from
South Dakota State College in
1933. He received the Ph.D. de
gree from the University of Wis
consin in 1940.
He is the author of numerous
publications including the textbook
“Agricultural Sociology” published
in 1962 by Harper and Brothers.
He is a coauthor of “Village Life
in Lahore District” and the author
of numerous bulletins and articles.
The U. S. Office of Education
last year chose Slocum for a three-
year, $52,000 grant for study of
“Educational Aspirations of Farm
Boys and Girls.”
Slocum is a fellow of both the
American Sociological Association
and Society for Applied Anthro
pology and a member of numerous
other organizations.
He returned to South Dakota
State College after receiving the
doctorate in 1940. He served as
assistant rural sociologist and as
sociate professor before entering
government service. He later be
came a naval officer. Assignments
included a military government
post in South Korea in 1944-46.
Slocum joined the Veterans Ad
ministration after his naval serv
ice. He went to Washington State
University in 1951.
CSC
Poll
Proposes
On Co-ed Silver Taps,
Rings To Senators
West Point Grads
Plan Celebration
Graduates of West Point at Ft.
Hood are celebrating the Founders
Day of the United States Military
Academy on March 16. The cele
bration will begin at 1900 hours in
the Fort Hood Officer’s Open Mess.
The price will be approximately
$4 per person and the uniform for
active duty personnel will be blues
with bow tie.
All graduates of West Point or
any of her sister academies in the
College Station area are cordially
invited to attend.
Jeff Harp, vice president of
the Civilian Student Council
and a member of the Student
Senate, proposed Thursday
night that the Senate conduct
a student opinion poll on the issues
of Silver Taps and Senior Rings
for coed students.
The proposal will be discussed
at the Senate’s next regular meet
ing Thursday night.
Supported by the entire CSC
group, Harp attempted to get the
Senate to entertain three separate
motions concerning the action tak
en three weeks ago by the Senate.
At their last meeting, the stu
dent Senators voted to recommend
that a different ring be designed
for female students and that Silver
Taps be held for male students
only.
Harp’s first motion asked the
senators to approve a referendum
vote on the two measures. Larry
Garrett, chairman of the student
issues committee, objected to the
motion, claiming a point of order.
He read from the Senate’s con
stitution a portion which states
that a referendum can be requested
only by a petition signed by one-
third of the student body and pre
sented to the Senate at its next
regular meeting.
ADMITTING that he had no
such petition, Harp withdrew his
motion. He said that he had misin
terpreted the constitutional mean
ing of the word referendum. A
referendum vote would affect the
Senate’s original decision. Harp
indicated that he only wanted a
student opinion poll.
He then moved that the Senators
approve holding a student opinion
poll. Once again Garrett objected
this time on the grounds that
Harp’s proposal did not concur
with a Student Senate’s standing
rule prohibiting the discussion of
any topic not included on the
week’s agenda.
Harp then requested the issue
be placed on next week’s agenda,
which was done without opposi
tion.
THE WHOLE ISSUE of a stu
dent opinion poll had arisen from
the previous meeting of the CSC.
At that time the Council members
unanaminously voted to authorize
Harp to request a student body
referendum, since they did not feel
that the Senate’s decision was
truly indicative of the whole stu
dent body.
Since this weeks meeting of the
CSC and the Student Senate were
scheduled at the same time in the
MSC, is was felt that the CSC
should witness Harp’s motion. Con
sequently after conducting all ur
gent business the CSC adjourned
to the Student Senate.
After hearing a speech by Joe
Buser, of University Information,
Harlan Roberts, president of the
Student Senate, commentated on
the presence of the CSC and then
recognized Jeff Harp. Before pre
senting his motion Harp addressed
the senate and explained the rea
sons for his motion.
Efforts Hastened
Cyprus Mediation
NICOSIA, Cyprus (A*) _ The
United Nations hastened efforts
Thursday night to speed a peace
keeping force to Cyprus before this
battered island could explode into
even bloodier ethnic strife.
In the forefront, Canada re
ported it was committing 1,000
troops that could be airlifted to
Cyprus within 24 hours and hint
ed it might send more if needed.
Secretary General U Thant said
a 7,000-man force should be in
Cyprus in the very near future.
HE REPORTED to members of
the Security Council that he had
positive indications of voluntary
financial contributions necessary to
meet the total cash requirements
of the force for three months,
estimated at $6 million.
The United States is putting up
$2 million, Britain $1 million.
Other possible contributors in
clude West Germany, Switzerland,
Greece and Norway.
Intensified activity at United
Builders To Study
Technical Relations
The first of a series of planned
conferences involving architects,
contractors and engineers will be
held at A&M University March
31-April 2, Edward J. Romieniec,
chairman of the School of Archi
tecture, announced.
The purpose of the three-day
meeting is to improve communica
tions between students, educators
and professional people and will
feature outstanding consultants
and A&M faculty members.
Included are Mario G. Salvadori,
professor of engineering and arch
itecture at Columbia University,
and Paul Weidlinger of New York
City, consulting engineer.
Frank B. Stass, construction
company executive of New York,
will represent the contractors, and
George G. Pierce Jr., of Houston,
president of the Texas Society of
Architects, will present the archi
tects’ views.
The public has been invited to
attend the April 1-2 sessions,
which include panel discussions on
communications in education and
in the profession.
Dean Fred J. Benson of the Col
lege of Engineexnng will welcome
the visitors.
About 100 professional people
are expected to attend.
The conference is co-sponsored
by Fuller Construction Co., Over
head Door Co. of Houston, Perma-
lite of Perlite firm of Houston,
Texas Bureau for Lathing and
Plastering and Ramada Motor Ho
tel of College Station.
Meetings will be held in the Me
morial Student Center, Architec
ture Building and Ramada Inn.
Smiling Vietnamese youngsters reach out to
shake hands with U. S. Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara as he arrived in the
A Little Guy Meets The Big Man
villiage of Hoa Hao, South Viet Nam. Be
hind McNamara is Vietnamese Premier
Major General Nguyen Khanh.
Nations headquarters in New York
came as the armed frontier mark
ing Turkish and Greek Cypriot
sectors here bristled with war
like activity.
In the past few days, from
600 to 1,000 troops of the Greek
Cypriot security forces have moved
into fortified positions along many
areas of the dividing line, British
soldiers reported.
THE BRITISH, in turn, have
fortified their own positions and
pointed several big antitank guns
into the Greek Cypriot sector.
Turkish Cypriots also have been
busy on their side, throwing up a
second long row of earthworks
paralleling the Kyrenia road. The
road leads out of the Turkish sec
tor to the Kyrenia Mountains in
the north.
A Turkish Cypriot leader in
London said urgent international
actions is essential if the Turkish
Cypriots, outnumbered 4-1 by the
480,000 Greeks Cypriots, are to
survive. He called for immediate
British, Turkish and Greek inter
vention to restore law and order.
Turkish army troops and ma
rines were reported to have board
ed naval ships Thursday at the
southern Turkish port of Isken-
derun, 100 miles from Cyprus. The
port has been a scene of intense
naval activity.
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
BONN, Germany — The first
destroyer built in West Germany
since World War II goes into
service March 23, the Defense
Ministry announced Thursday. It
is the 3,400-ton Hamburg, with a
crew of 280.
The Hamburg is armed with
modern artillery and antisubmarine
weapons. It has a speed of 35
knots and will operate mainly in
the North Sea.
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The United
States called on Russia today to
hand over “without delay” three
American airmen whose plane was
forced over East Germany Tues
day.
A top State Department offi
cial told Soviet Ambassador An
atoly Dobrynin that Moscow
charges that the plane was on
a spy mission were untrue.
Career Day To Aid
Prospective Aggies
The A&M campus will receive
the scrutiny of an estimated 1000
Texas high school students to
morrow as the annual High School
Career Day activities take place.
The purpose of the special day
is to allow prospective A&M stu
dents to observe the various fields
of study which they might choose.
Registration will begin at 7:30
a.m. tomorrow. The guests will
view a Corps Review at 9 a.m.
After a welcoming address by A&M
President Earl Rudder, the stu
dents will be taken on guided tours
of the departments of their choice.