THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 30, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
City Of College Station
Stands At Crossroads
The City of College Station is at a crossroads. Why?
Because unless it can successfully induce industry and other
fresh sources of revenue to this area, the city stands in
danger of becoming an ever enlarging residential city unable
to pay for necessary improvements and adequate mainte
nance of municipal facilities.
There is no lack of concern on the part of responsible
city officials, residents and civic bodies such as the Chamber
of Commerce. Conversations with these bodies have all con
cluded with one basic fact—shortage of sufficient funds
with which to plan and work. .
Members of these bodies are well aware of the deficien
cies in College Station. There is an inadequate fire depart
ment from the point of view of equipment and manpower.
This is not meant to be a slight on splendid efforts of the
volunteers that presently provide fire fighting services for
both the University and the city. But they are simply
inadequate.
The street lighting situation is deplorable. In one resi
dential area south of the campus there exists only one street
light in the whole area, and that is located near a community
center. Besides being a dangerous hazard for pedestrians
and drivers alike, the darkness only encourages ‘Peeping
Toms' and prowlers. Installation of street lighting would
not automatically eliminate these, but it certainly would help.
Certainly installation of lights would cost a lot. But
perhaps second-hand lighting fixtures from a metropolitian
area such as Houston, fastened onto existing telephone and
power poles, could suffice at more reasonable cost.
The presence of prowlers and ‘Peeping Toms’ brings to
mind the College Station Police Department. It is too small.
At night only one officer is regularly on duty. Although we
are sure he is doing his best, as is the rest of the depart
ment. he cannot be in two places at once. The solution
would be more men, which would of course mean higher cost.
At present there is an encouraging program of street
renovation underway in the city, not to mention the pro
posed tender by the District Maintenance Engineer’s office
for removal of the traffic circle, and improvements on the
portion of Farm Road 60 north of the circle and extending
to Highway 6.
Here again it is a problem of available funds.
According to one estimate there are currently 11,396
residents in College Station including persons residing in
University housing, but not including students on campus.
From these thousands there is only so much revenue
exacted in the form of city taxes. Obviously residents can
stand only so much tax. And bond issues only come right
back to the taxpayer.
One proposal that has been put forward in connection
with encouraging new industry to this area is solicitation of
particular industries or businesses that would utilize the
many excellent technical facilities of A&M University. Many
companies would conceivably be interested in such facilities
as the Data Processing Center, the Cyclotron, the Nuclear
reactor, and the Space Center.
The question arises whether or not the University facil
ities could handle the extra work. If it could, then the result
might be a dual boon to both the University and College
Station.
It is the hope of this publication that many more facts
may be brought to light concerning this vital issue of revenue,
as well as other problems. For as evidenced by the increasing
facilities at A&M, and the movement of additional businesses
to the College Station area, a vital force is at work in the
future of the community, and that force is progress.
If College Station is to realize its future as a modern
community, surrounding a university that looks to the future,
then residents must realize that support is needed to bring
suitable industry and businesses to the city. These concerns
will not only provide increased revenues but benefit the
community as a whole.
After all, there is the old cliche that says you can’t
have your cake and eat it too.
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Wrestling Match
Not A Senate First
WASHINGTON <A>) — The
wrestling match between Sen.
Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex., and
Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., in
a Senate corridor wasn’t the first
time legislators from the two
states figured in physical en
counters.
Each had a precedent occuring
more than a century ago. That
was about the time when cane
threshings became the vogue in
stead of gun duels.
Sam Houston, the hero of San
Jacinto, was a principal in one
historic fight. He was not in
Congress at the time but earlier
had served as a representative
from Tennessee and later was to
serve as one of Texas’ first two
senators.
The victim of Houston’s attack
was Rep. William Stanberry of
Ohio.
The incident occurred in that
interval after Houston had given
up the governorship of Tennessee,
while he was living with the
Cherokee Indians in Arkansas be
fore going to Texas.
Houston came to Washington
dressed in buckskins seeking an
army contract to provide rations
for Indians who were being relo
cated.
Houston, a protege of Presi
dent Andrew Jackson, subsequ
ently read a newspaper account
of a House speech by Stanberry
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in which he suggested Houston
was about to get the contract
through favoritism.
Several days later — April 13,
1832 — Houston met Stanberry
on Washington’s Pennsylvania
Avenue and struck him repeated
ly over the head with a hickory
walking stick.
Stanberry, who was not seri
ously injured, filed a formal com
plaint in the House demanding
that Houston be censured for his
action. The House approved the
resolution of censure but the
Speaker, before formally repri
manding Houston for his conduct,
praised him as an esteemed f6rm=
er member.
The South Carolina congress
man who was involved in a can
ing was Rep. Preston Smith
Brooks. Indignant at a speech
Sen. Charles Summer of Mass
achusetts had made involving the
slavery question and containing
remarks that Brooks considered
insulting, the Southerner strode
into the Senate chamber and flog
ged Sumner with a cane. He in
flicted wounds which kept Sum
ner absent from the Senate for
almost three years. The House,
by a narrow vote, rejected a
resolution to expel Brooks.
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Texas Supreme Court has de
clined to reconsider an earlier
decision holding off pipe ship
ping rates set by the Railroad
Commission in 1962 while they
are in contest. High court re
fused the Commission’s request
for rehearing. Oil field truckers
called for suspension of the new
rates, claiming they give rail
roads an unfair advantage.
In another case heard by the
Supreme Court, a Railroad Com
mission production formula for
Fairway Field in East Texas,
largest U. S. oil discovery in
the last eight years, is under at
tack. W. L. Pickens brought the
action to void the formulas for
the field in Anderson and Hen
derson Counties. Pickens claims
the formulas would allow neigh
boring leases to drain oil from
under his property. Under the
Commission order, allowables
would be based 50 per cent on
tract size and 50 per cent on
acre feet of oil-bearing sand
beneath. District court here has
upheld the order.
Finance companies won a major
battle with the State when the
Third Court of Civil Appeals in
Austin refused Regulatory Loan
Commissioner Frank Miskell’s
motion for rehearing on the
State’s case against Termplan,
Texas Public Finance, Beneficial
Finance and Consolidated Credit.
Court affirmed the opinion of
the 53rd District Court in Aus
tin that the 1963 Texas Loan
Act section which says a loan
Company cannot be licensed un
less 51 per cent of its stock is
owned by Texans is unconstitu
tional.
Job Opportunity
Texas Department of Public
Safety is offering educational op
portunities along with jobs for
young men who can qualify.
Fifty will be selected between
August and October for the DPS
Law Enforcement Academy here.
Graduates of the four-month
school, covering 800 hours of in
struction in 95 subjects, will fill
vacancies in the highway patrol,
license and weight, motor vehicle
inspection or driver licensing di
vision.
Young men 21 to 35 who can
meet physical and mental require
ments will be given qualifying
examinations on August 8, Sept
ember 12 and October 10. School
will begin on November 19. Stu
dents earn $375 a month while in
training and $438 to $453 a
month on graduation.
Redistricting
Fourth in a series of public
hearings held by the Legislative
Council Study Committee on Con
gressional Redistricting will be
held in San Antonio. Legisla
tors seek public opinion on the
way to draft redistricting to con
form with the U. S. Supreme
Court edict. It’s a matter which
must be settled during the 1965
session.
Speaker of the House Byron
Tunnell says he believes redis
tricting — both congressional and
legislative — should be handled
at the end of the session, after
higher education proposals and
tax matters are out of the way.
His idea conflicts with those
of Governor Connally and Atty.
Gen. Waggoner Carr who have
said redistricting should be the
first item on the Legislature’s
agenda.
Train Hearing
Railroad Commission issued
notice that it will hold hearings
on the Texas and Pacific Rail
way’s request to discontinue oper
ation of two passenger trains no w
operating between Fort Wort!
and El Paso.
Fort Worth hearing will be hell
on September 15, and the El
Paso hearing on September 11,
Railroad claims it has sufferei
a net loss of $200,000 on thesr
trains over the past year.
Food Stamp Plan
William M. Herndon, who ad
ministers the commodities distri
bution program for the State
Department of Public Welfare
says the Federal Food Stamp
Program, just passed by Con
gress, will take at least five
years to filter down into all coun
ties which otherwise would par
ticipate in the surplus commo
dities distribution program,
Under the proposed program,
low-income and no-income fam
ilies may trade federally-supplied
stamps for food at any grocery
store, instead of limiting their
supplies to those items declared
surplus commodities and distri
buted on a county-agent basis.
Luxury and imported items will
be exempt from the plan. Bar
red from the stamp “shopping
list are banana, coffee, cocoa and
tea.
But the switch must be gradual
because current surpluses must
be used up, and it has not been
determined yet how much Con
gress will appropriate for the pro
gram.
Yarborough
Sen. Ralph Yarborough’s Aus
tin office announced he has urged
the Senate Subcommittee on Agri
culture Appropriations to ear
mark $5,500,000 to continue the
screwworm eradication program
in the Southwest.
Unless a barrier zone is esta
blished along the Mexican border,
Yarborough said, reinfestation oi
“free” areas will occur anda$12,-
000,000 investment in the pro
gram will be lost.
Texans In Washington
By TEX EASLEY
WASHINGTON OP) _ Shortly
after the Democratic National
Convention ends in late August,
the newly created National Com
mission on Food Marketing —
headed by a . ( Texan ^Js.„ ex
pected to figure in the news.
Retired Chief Judge Marvin
Jones of the U. S. Court of
Claims, who probably knows as
much as anyone about problems
involved in the production and
handling of food stuffs, was
named by President Johnson to
serve as chairman of the com
mission.
As a member of Congress from
the Texas Panhandle, Jones was
chairman of the House Agricul
ture Committee during the 1930s.
During World War II, under
appointment of President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, he went on leave
from the Claims Court to serve as
War Food Administrator.
What the National Committee
on Food Marketing learns in its
forthcoming one-year study may
have direct bearing on what the
American housewife pays for
her groceries.
Texas housewives, farmers and
food handlers and marketers
won’t be affected by the study
any more than those from else
where. But there’s a better than
even chance that their views will
be reflected in the commission’s
findings.
Besides Judge Jones, another
Texan will serve on the 15-mem
ber commission, which is made up
of five senators, five House mem
bers and five individuals who rep
resent the public generally and
not any segment of the food in
dustry.
Democratic Rep. Graham Pur
cell of Wichita Falls, a member
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