THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 5, 1964
WRIGHT
or
by John Wright {jr
“Remember the Card” may not
become the rallying cry of the
war against the Viet Cong, as
did “Remember the Maine”
against the Spanish. But there
was a time in American history
when the spectre of an Ameri
can vessel being sunk by sabo
tage or by any other violent
means would evoke such national
wrath as to demand satisfaction.
True the crew of the Card were
not killed or seriously injured as
a result of the Viet Cong placed
charge, nor was the Card techni
cally speaking a U. S. naval ves
sel. She was in fact a WWII
produced baby flat-top, manned
by a civilian crew. But she did
fly the American flag and no one
can deny the ignoble sight of an
American vessel sitting immobi
lized in ooze of Saigon harbor.
Morale is bad enough in South
Viet Nam as it is. But when
eight Americans and a Vietna
mese are seriously wounded in
a supposedly safe rear area;
when theatres are bombed re
gardless of the fact that they con
tain women and children; when
nervous U. S. servicemen wish
themselves back at the front;
when the U. S. ambassador is in
danger of losing his life, and
when a U. S. ship gurgles to the
bottom of the harbor in sight of
everyone — well its just too
much!
What can the American public
do but express anger when they
read of such bad news every day
from Vietnam? Write to their
congressmen ? Of course, but
how many do. The point is the
people have a right to expect the
Administration and the Depart
ment of Defense to act decisively
in the national interest. And
here’s the catch — what is the
national interest? How do you
gauge it? How do you separate
it from interest of world peace ?
I can’t anymore. Every time one
tries to reason what the country
can do, how to think in a respon
sible manner, one ends up in an
entanglement of political consid
erations, treaty organizations,
talk of co-existence and the like.
Of course one can sit down and
listen to such arguments as this:
“Now look, we can’t go off nalf-
cock and send the Marines a?id
the Great White Fleet dashing off
to foreign shores every time we
get our tail pulled. After all this
is the 1964, not 1864.”
“The ultimate aim of the Ad
ministration is to contain the U.S.
involvement to South Viet Nam,
not to key another world war.”
And on and on.
To the contrary one hears
something like this: “If we just
took the initiative and let the
world realize that we are not to
be fooled with, we wouldn’t be
in such a mess. Let’s act.”
The Right looks to the Left,
the Left to the Right and obsceni
ties are profusely exchanged. The
Middle and Moderates look at
each other knowingly and take
satisfaction in the knowledge that
the secret word is “compromise.”
“Limited war appears to be
the thing today — so we bleed a
little — that’s compromise —
that’s coexistence.” Oh, it is ?
Friends, politicians and hallow
ed members of the DAR, we are
going to compromise ourselves
right up the old proverbial creek!
Hot Elections Set
In 6 States Today
WASHINGTON <A>) — Voters
in six states and the District of
Columbia cast ballots Tuesday
on subjects ranging a president
ial preference to a right- to-
work law.
Most of the attention is on In
diana where Alabama Gov. Geor
ge C. Wallace is challenging a
stand-in for President Johnson
with a vigorous campaign against
the administration’s civil rights
bill.
Also drawing attention are
some sharply contested Senate
nomination races in Ohio and
Oklahoma, a scramble for Flo
rida’s Democratic gubernatorial
nomination and the issue of un
pledged presidential electors in
Alabama.
There are no contests of na
tional significance in the New
Mexico and District of Columbia
primaries.
In all, nominations will be!
made for two gubernatorial,
four Senate and 63 House seats.
Voters will choose delegates to
cast 67 Republican and 153 Demo
cratic votes at the parties’ na
tional nominating contions.
Gov. Matthew E. Welsh of
Indiaana, supporting President
Johnson, figures to win that
state’s Democratic presidential,
primary. But the question is:
How large a share of the votes
will Wallace get with his cam
paign against the civil rights
bill now before the Senate?
Unknown is how many oppo
nents of a state sales tax
backed by Welsh will vote for
Wallace in an attempt to em
barrass the Indiana governor.
Wallace captured 25 per cent
of the total vote and 33 per cent
of the Democratic vote in the
Wisconsin presidential primary
four weeks ago. Many Wisconsin
Republicans voted in the Demo
cratic primary. Indiana Repub
licans can do the same.
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
We would like to express our
appreciation to the Student Sen
ate, to the Alpha Phi Omega
fraternity, to the staff of the
Memorial Student Center, and
to the entire student body for
their cooperation and assistance
in making our most recent blood
drive on your campus a very
great success. 868 persons pre
sented themselves as prospective
donors, an increase of 118 over
last year. Unfortunately, it was
necessary to reject 304 individ
uals primarily due to the recent
injections taken by the Junior
Class and the recent measles
epidemic, leaving a total of 564
units of blood collected.
This blood is now available to
members of the student body for
use where needed, by themselves
or their families. Application
should be made to the Student
Welfare Committee of the Stu
dent Senate for the transfer of
blood to the needed location.
We believe that the success of
this blood drive demonstrates the
spirit present on your campus —
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that spirit of cooperative helpful
ness and community responsibil
ity for the welfare of their fellow
man. I know of no other college
or university where such a spirit
is so much in evidence as it is at
Texas A&M.
This blood drive is always a
high point of our year, and we
look forward to it with great
expectations. After the drive is
over, our personnel always leave
your campus with some regret,
feeling that for a few moments,
we too, have become a part of
the “12th Man” spirit that is
so much in evidence. It seems
to us that we have little fear of
the future when the young peo
ple of this state take so much
pride in providing for themselves,
their families and those less for
tunate than themselves in such a
worthwhile endeavor.
J. M. Hill, M.D.
Director
David E. Soules, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Wadley Research Institute
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TUESDAY
The Oceanography and Meteor
ology Wives Club will meet at
8 p.m. in the South Solarium of
the YMCA Building.
sented on flower arrangement by
Mrs. Carl Williams.
The College Station Recrea
tional Council Softball League
will meet at 5:15 p.m. in Room 1
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WEDNESDAY
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
The New Comer Club will meet
at 9:15 a.m. in the MSC Social
Room. A program will be
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