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Pag-e 2 College Station^^ZT^^^Thursday, July 9, 1964 CADET SLOUCH BATTALION EDITORIALS Decisive Action Needed Is A&M to be an instiution which has one of the top transportation institutes in the nation but still reaches a high of college accidents? There have been 48 accidents on campus since Jan. 1 of this year. Will someone be killed before action is accelerated on such matters? On June 11, THE BATTALION ran an editorial advocat ing placing stop or yield right of way signs on various inter sections. One such intersection is on campus at Military Walk and Old Main Drive. Less than a week afterwards, two auto mobiles collided in this intersection. The same editorial said that paving streets costs money and may be overlooked for awhile. But A&M and College Station have numerous sections of pavement that need re working. Two different automobiles had part of the front suspension collapse Tuesday after hitting the small “moun tains” in the streets. One fell in front of the Campus Theatre on Sulphur Springs Road and the other in front of the Chemistry Building on Nagle Street. Also, a dangerous element on campus is the parking of university operated vehicles in the street or straddling the curb, in many instances only a few yards from parking lots or parking spaces. These vehicles are clearly abusing special privileges. Texans Down inante Legislative World WASHINGTON (A 5 ) — The sta ture of two Texas House Demo crats has risen because of recent legislative actions in which they played dominant roles. Passage of the $3.3 billion for eign aid bill, without crippling amendments which had strong backing, was a feather in the hat for Rep. George Mahon, Lubbock, the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Adoption by a House Banking and Currency subcommittee of a reform program for the Federal Reserve System marked the high- water mark to date in a campaign that Rep. Wright Patman of Tex arkana, dean of the Texas con gressional delegation, has waged, for more than a quarter of a cen tury. House passage of controversial foreign aid bill — which split the 23-member Texas delegation wide open — came after Mahon had made a stirring defense of the program in answer to loud and bitter criticism. In his speech Mahon not only defended the foreign aid program but also some of his own earlier statements in which he said he would not support foreign aid. funds for fiscal 1965 unless cer tain reductions were made. Ob serving that President Johnson had asked for a substantially lower sum than the Kennedy Ad ministration had asked last year, Mahon said: “This is the reason why I say I can support this bill, though I have always looked with a jaun diced eye upon foreign aid pro grams and wanted to make re ductions and save everything pos sible by making suitable reduc tions.” “My friend from Louisiana (Passman) keeps talking about this program in the last 18 years having cost, including the inter est on the public debt, about $125 billion. “What did we get for it ? “All of Western Europe was saved. This is valuable beyond estimation. What did we get for the $125 billion? Well, we stop ped Russia from obtaining warm- water ports in Greece and Tur key, and we did not permit them to make the Mediterranean Sea a Red lake, which would dominate Africa and dominate southern Europe.” Patman’s success in convincing the Banking and Currency sub committee to approve his reform program for the Federal Reserve system will come up as a major item of business before the full committee with the start of the new session next January. Briefly his plan calls for a reduction from seven to five in the number of governors on the Federal Reserve Board. And, he would let any incoming Presi dent name the chairman of the board. At present the chairman remains in that post until his 14- year term expires. He is ap pointed by the president row, but as a holdover the chairman could be at odds on economic policies with the successor of the president who named him. Other Patman proposals call for re tirement of the stock in the Fed eral Reserve system which is owned by commercial banks, and elimination of the 12-member Open Market Committee. Patman contends that the net effect of his program would be to make the “Fed” more respon sible to the President. bynm Earie Qeneva Trade Talks Vital To Texas Agriculture “ And just as I’m about to get organized and down to hard hard studying—BANG—th’ semester ends! It’s unfair!” By JAMES E. KIRBY Texas Agricultural Extension Service Trade negotiations of vital con cern to Texas farmers are now going on in Geneva, Switzerland. These negotiations will affect the $500 million in agricultural pro ducts shipped to foreign markets from Texas each year. The negotiations are called GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and are being attended by 300 delegates from 66 nations. The present meeting of GATT negotiators began May 4 and is expected by some ob servers to last as long as two years. GATT representatives are meet ing to work toward increasing foreign trade by removing or de creasing trade restrictions such as tariffs, quotas, and a variety of other means which hinder pro ducts in crossing national bound aries. The negotiations become a “give and take” trade where each country attempts to give the fewest concessions that will dam age its own producers and take concessions from other countries that will far outweigh that dam age. Trade negotiations are the “horse swapping” of internation al trade by nations. The idea behind increased for eign trade is that such an inter national exchange of products in creases the purchasing power of U. S. citizens by providing them with products either not avail able in this country or not eco nomically produced here. It is a case of “Let us produce this pro duct for you and you produce that product for us. Then we can both have more of each be cause we can both be more eco nomically efficient in our pro duction.” The first GATT negotiations began in 1947. While govern ments were formally trying to create an international trade or ganization, a tariff negotiation conference was held in Geneva. The result was that the interna tional trade organization died “aborning” while the Geneva conference reached a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade signed by 23 countries. This agreement has become a vital part of international trade de velopment. The present round of GATT negotiations ,the sixth, is called the “Kenedy Round.” It is so named because the U. S. instigat ed the round in preparing for negotiations with the Common Market when, in 1962, it appeared Great Britain would become a seventh member of the European Market. McCollum Retires, To Civilian Life Coy Edward McCollum now comes to the A&M University campus in civilian clothes instead of an Army master sergeant’s uniform. His new job is in the Department of Buildings and Utilities. McCullum retired last week after more than 20 years of military service. He received the Army commendation medal in surprise ceremonies. The medal was pinned on McCollum’s uniform by Col. D. L. Baker, professor of military science and head of the Army Re serve Officer Training Corps de tachment. McCollum entered the Army from his native Tennessee. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Troy W. McCollumn, reside on Rt- 1,. Wildersville, in the Lexington area. At A&M he served in the basic section of the Army ROTC detach ment. Ferreri’s Triangle Restaurant Try Our New SECRETARY SPECIAL Monday Thru Friday The SECRETARY SPECIAL is a quick, low calorie meal which gives you time to shop during your noon hour. Book Your Banquets and Special Parties Early. Accomodations From 10 to 200 Persons THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student ivriters only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a university and community news paper and is under the supervision of the director of Stu dent Publications at Texas A&M University. Top Indian Movie Scheduled Here The Indian Students’ Associa tion announces that an Indian movie, “Usne Kaha Tha,” (He Said It) will be shown Saturday, 7:00 p.m. in the Biology lecture room. Admission will be one dollar, at the door. The movie has English sub-titles, stars Suril Dutt and Nanda, and was produced by Bimal Roy, a famous Indian producer. Bulletin Board The Association of Graduate Student Wives will meet July 14, (Tuesday) 8:00 p.m., in the Brooks Room of the YMCA. This will be game night — re freshments will be served. SUMMER SALE A 1 • ^ l j :k Supply 'Pklu/te, ptawje^- -923 So.CollegeAve-Bryan.TfijCas LEGAL NOTICE tions Board are Jam iences: J. A. Or r. E. D. 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It is the intention of said City Coun cil to adopt the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such time warrants at its regular meeting to be held on the 27th day of July, 1964, at 7:00 o’clock p. m. at the City Hall of said City in the City of College Station, Texas. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2 < 14 sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building: College Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOHN WRIGHT EDITOR BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. K. A. Manning City Secretary, City of College Station, Texas 2ts Southwestern States Telephone