THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 6, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Houston Can Benefit
SWC Members
In spring- a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love, unless he’s a member of that burgeoning scarlet giant
to the south that sports the nickname Cougars.
Then the young man’s fancy greets the green with coffee
klatches on Southwest Conference membership for the Uni
versity of Houston. Citing state support, 17,000 students
and a complete athletic program as reasons enough in favor
of admittance, Cougar boosters bemoan the snobbery of the
elite eight-member group that has kept them from member
ship and promises to maintain that stand indefinitely.
Despite Houston’s declared intention of seeking
SWC membership, the subject will probably not be dis
cussed when the governing body meets in Lubbock Thurs
day. Through a bit of subterfuge on the part of Rice,
UH will not have the sponsorship necessary to apply.
Rice informed the president of Houston that Rice was
considering sponsoring UH, which would probably mean
acceptance for the Cougars. Rice asked UH not to consider
any other offers until Rice had given full consideration to
the issue.
Monday, three days before the meeting, Rice pulled out.
Rice has two reasons for opposition that apparently
determines the conference stand. They feel the SWC is large
enough, and two conference schools in the same city would
create an unhealthy rivalry.
In the face of these two ethereal theories stand the
facts:
1. UH is second only to Texas in enrollment.
2. UH is in the largest metropolitan area in the
Southwest and would thus mean much money.
3. UH has an athletic program second only to A&M
and Texas in the state.
Obviously Rice would suffer in several ways with Hous
ton in the SWC. But the small Bayou City school is already
complaining about not being able to compete with some of
the larger schools.
So while Rice is suffering the pains of necessitated de
emphasis, Houston could be going through its four or five-
year apprenticeship prior to becoming a title contender.
And it would not be surprising if the advent of Houston
put some life into the sagging Owls as well as supplying a
fertile turnstile to other conference schools.
In any event, UH would strengthen the conference and
should be admitted. ( J. M. B.)
Solons Discuss
Civil Rights Bill
WASHINGTON <A>> _ Senate
leaders of both parties discussed
Tuesday what they called “pur
ifying amendments” in the first
step of their effort to agree on
changes they will push for in the
civil rights bill.
Some progress was reported
after the two-hour closed ses
sion attended by Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy, Senate Re
publican Leader Everett M.
Dirksen of Illinois and Sen. Hu
bert H. Humphrey, D.-Minn., as
sistant majority leader and floor
manager of the bill.
A second meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Senate, in its
48th day of debate on the meas
ure, pushed toward Wednesday’s
expected start of voting on a
string of amendments to provide
jury trials for contempt of court.
The first to be voted on is by
Sen. Thruston B. Morton, R-Ky.,
to provide jury trails under all
provisions of the civil rights bill.
But some Senate leaders pri
vately expressed concern that
they would not go on to other
jury trial proposals and clean
up that issue this week, as they
had originally hoped.
The stickler is that President
Johnson leaves Thursday morn
ing on a tour of the Appalachian
region and one of the Senate lead
ers said he understands the
chief executive invited senators
from the five states he will visit
to accompany him.
It is normal practice for mem
bers of Congress to accompany
the President when he visits their
areas.
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In Indiana Race
INDIANAPOLIS <^) — Demo
cratic Gov. Matthew E. Welsh
held the field for President
Johnson Tuesday night, win
ning Indiana’s presidential pri
mary while Alabama Gov.
George C. Wallace piled up a
heavy vote.
And Republican Sen. Barry
Goldwater grabbed Indiana’s 32
GOP National Convention votes
despite a stronger-than-expected
turnout for former Minnesota
Gov. Harold E. Stassen.
The Democratic race stood this
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“These new dorms can completely kill hall hockey!”
way, with 385 precincts counted
of 4,416: Welsh 28,117; Wallace
11,261.
On the Republican ballot, I
things stood: Goldwater 23,129;|
Stassen 9,199.
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Cuban Boycott Continues
Despite French Sales
WASHINGTON (A*) — The
U. S. campaign to tighten an
economic boycott around Cuba
will continue despite a new set
back: the sale by a French firm
of 20 diesel locomotives to the
government of Prime Minister
Fidel Castro.
That was the word Tuesday
from Undersecretary of State
George W. Ball, who said the
boycott policy has been succeed
ing and will be pushed further
to make it more effective.
Short of war, Ball said in a
speech to the National Adver
tising Council, “most effective
by far is the effort to seal off
Cuba economically — a policy of
economic denial.”
A State Department press of
ficer, Richard I. Phillips, said
earlier that the boycott policy
is considered to be succeeding
and he added: “Our efforts to
persuade other governments of
the utility of this government’s
policy will continue.”
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United States expressed “seri
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the locomotive sale before the
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