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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1965
Number 139
Reorganization Of A&M System
Suffers Legislative Setback
By TOMMY DEFRANK
AUSTIN — Reorganization of
the Texas A&M University Sys
tem suffered a giant setback
in the Legislature Monday when
Sen. Don Kennard pushed through
an amendment removing Arling
ton State College from Sen. Bill
Moore's reorganization bill.
The Senate Education Commit
tee approved Kennard’s proposal
by a close 7-5 vote despite ap-
Solon Chops
Moore’s Bill
On Arlington
Don Kennard was in a festive
mood late Monday, and he had
every right to be.
The Senator from Fort Worth
had celebrated Washington’s birth
day in fine fashion by chopping
down Bill Moore and his reorgani
zation dreams for Arlington State
College, and he appeared elated
over his victory as he rehashed the
Education Committee’s action that
morning.
‘T was well-pleased with the
committee’s position, and I feel
there are two main reasons for
their decision. There is a tenden
cy in the Senate to go along with
the hometown Senator, and there
is a strong feeling that lends itself
to the governor’s recommendations
for educational realignment. The
Senator’s and the General’s pro
posal is adverse to the governor’s
wishes,” Kennard claimed.
He was referring to Senator
Moore and General Earl Rudder,
who saw their bill diluted when
the committee approved Kennard’s
amendment leaving Arlington
State out of the legislation.
But Kennard, a University of
Texas graduate, was eager to point
out that his differences with A&M
are educational rather than per
sonal.
“I don’t have a thing in the
world against A&M. My parents
met at A&M, and when I was born
they brought me back there to be
christened. My mother was even
a member of the A&M Mothers
Club. All my family is gung-ho
for the Aggies,” he explained.
“But to some extent the inter
ests of A&M and Arlington State
differ. A&M will probably con
tinue to accent engineering and
the sciences, or the land-grant ed
ucational concept, while we are
keyed to a broader, liberal arts as
pect,” he pointed out.
“To fit the needs of our metro
politan area this is a must. This
is why I am delighted and am in
wholehearted support of the gov
ernor’s program,” he continued.
Kennard also expressed doubt
that Moore had thrown in the tow
el on his own proposal.
“Bill’s my deskmate and there’s
no more apt a legislator. It’s pos
sible that he might try to revive
his bill, but I think it will be dif
ficult for him,” he concluded.
peals by A&M president Earl
Rudder and Board Chairman
Sterling Evans and a fiery pro
test by Moore, chairman of the
committee.
The amended version of SB 254
now gives A&M much stronger
control over Tarleton State Col
lege and Prairie View A&M and
changes their names to Tarleton
College and Prairie View College
of Texas A&M University. Moore
had sought the same provisions
for Arlington State.
Kennard made assurances that
Arlington State would remain in
the A&M System for the time
being but would not fall under
the increased regulation by the
A&M Board.
“This amendment is not an
attempt to take us out from
under the A&M Board; it is sim
ply an attempt to maintain the
status quo until we have a chance
to run with the governor’s pro
gram,” Kennard explained be
fore the hearing.
Governor John Connally’s plan
for higher education calls for
Arlington State to fall under the
jurisdiction of the University of
Texas, and Kennard and ASC
backers have aligned themselves
with the governor’s proposal.
Debate was wild and heated as
Moore repeatedly attacked Ken
nard’s amendment and Kennard
attacked A&M for its reorgani
zation stand.
“The A&M Board has worked
and made comprehensive studies.
I have the utmost confidence in
them and I’m willing to buy their
plan. I’m not willing to sub
stitute for what they think with
anything else,” Moore thundered.
“We’d rather be a college of
first class than be part of a
system that is fifth class,” Ken
nard shot back.
Moore hinted that if Kennard
sponsored a bill calling for sev
erance of Arlington State from
the A&M System he would be
favorable to it.
“This bill is not the vehicle
to get a divorce. If you want
out, introduce another bill. I
might surprise you and even vote
RUDDER ADDRESSES EDUCATION COMMITTEE
. . . board chairman Evans at left.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REORGANIZATION BILL
. . . Moore, left, Kennard, right, argue merits.
Developments Reach $10.9 Million
A&M University has experi
enced major developments involv
ing more than $10.9 million in the
last year.
President Earl Rudder said the
advances have been largely made
possible through grants ranging
from $3.25 million down to
$109,400.
The $3.25 million has been
made available for a U. S. De
partment of Agriculture livestock
toxicology laboratory on campus.
It will be the largest facility of
its kind in the nation.
Construction will start soon on
the institution’s giant cyclotron,
the fourth of its kind to be
located on a U. S. campus and
the largest in the South. The
“atom smasher” will cost $6
million.
Rudder said A&M has received
$1 million for expansion of
campus facilities, such as dormi
tories.
The university is keeping pace
with increased nuclear energy
and space activities through a $1
million grant for its Activation
Analysis Laboratory and Space
Research Center, he pointed out.
In the agricultural field, $700,-
000 has been made available for
a USD A Cotton Pathology Labo
ratory. A grant of $300,000 has
been marked for a USD A Cotton
Ginning Laboratory for the uni
versity’s South Plains Research
and Extension Center at Lubbock.
A recent grant of $300,000 will
be used to establish the East
Texas Research-Extension Center
at Overton. The center will en
able A&M ! to conduct a wide
variety of research and educa
tion efforts developed in co
operation with The Build East
Texas Program.
BET is an area program de
signed to point out opportunities
for increasing agricultural in
come.
Radiation research, now under
way in many areas at the uni
versity, will move forward with
a grant of $260,000. Chemistry
research has received $211,186,
and $210,197 has gone to water
pollution investigations.
A grant of $180,000 is being
used to develop a program in
medical and biological statistics.
Also in the statistics area is a
$124,700 grant to expand the
graduate program in the Insti
tute of Statistics.
Plans are in final stages for
an office building extension of
the Data Processing Center. The
multi-story structure will have
21,000 square feet of floor space
and will allow additional com
puter components to be installed
in the present building. A
$173,150 grant has been received
toward construction of the ex
tension.
A Chair of Basic Animal
Science for the Department of
Animal Science has been made
possible through a grant of
$125,000. The chair is a first
for the College of Agriculture.
Electron microscopy, widely
used in the many science and
engineering fields at A&M, will
expand operations in a new
laboratory now in the planning
stage. A grant of $109,400 for
the facility was announced last
fall.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
MOSCOW—Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky, the
Soviet defense minister, warned the United States
Monday the Viet Nam crisis threatens a great war
and he said it will be a war in which “imperialists
and the whole system of capitalism will find their
grave.”
He claimed that the defense potential of the
Communist nations is more than a match for the
West’s.
National
WASHINGTON—Sen. Gale McGee, D.-Wyo.,
urged Monday night that the United States serve
an ultimatum on North Viet Nam to quit infiltrating
South Viet Nam by a specified date or face gradu
ally stepped-up bombings.
First to be hit would be all bona fide military
installations in North Viet Nam. If infiltration
continued, bridges, highways and railroads would
be attacked. Then, if necessary, industrial centers
would be bombed.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—Posters and other displays that
encourage Americans to travel abroad are to be
removed from passport offices around the country,
by State Department request.
A memo from Abba P. Schwartz, administrator
of security and counselor affairs, cites President
Johnson’s suggestion that Americans “see the
U.S.A.” on vacations rather than spend their dollars
on foreign junkets while this country suffers from
a gold drain.
★ ★ ★
CHICAGO—The head of the Black Muslims said
Monday he is shocked by the assassination of Mal
colm X, a former disciple, but “We are not disturbed
because we are innocent.”
Elijah Muhammad spoke to newsmen in his South
Side home, heavily guarded although he said he had
not asked for special police protection.
Texas
AUSTIN—A rare portrait of George Washington
was presented the state of Texas Monday by E. M.
Ted Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News.
The oil painting, by Jane Stuart, is one of about
15 reproductions of the portrait done by her father,
Gilbert Stuart. Dealey bought his copy in London.
It reportedly is the only one in the United States.
★ ★ ★
DALLAS—Dallas and Fort Worth probably will
ask the Civil Aeronautics Board for more time to
make their decision on the location of a regional
airport to serve the area, Mayor Erik Jonsson pre
dicted Monday.
Central Board
Measure Passes
Senate Committee
AUSTIN UP) — The Senate
State Affairs Committe unani
mously approved for floor con
sideration Gov. John Connally’s
Bill, HB1, setting up an 18-mem
ber coordinating board for tax-
supported colleges and universi
ties.
The measure won House pas
sage 141-4 last week. Connally
made the bill his condition for
recommending expanded college
and university budgets. The pro
posed board would have strong
controls over course offerings and
power to classify the 22 state
schools as colleges or universi
ties.
Sen. Bill Moore of Bryan, spon
sor of the governor’s bill, said
he intends to seek a Senate vote
on the measure Wednesday. If
the bill is approved without
change, it will go to Connally for
signature.
Another controversial bill re
ceived Senate State Affairs Com
mittee approval. It would create
a North Texas Airport Authority
in Tarrant County. Dallas Sen.
George Parkhouse opposed the
bill, sponsored by Sen. Don Ken
nard of Fort Worth.
Parkhouse said the measure
would force Dallas County “to
buy a one-half interest in a horse
that’s conscious, but dying.” A
constitutional amendment is need-,
ed for the bill to take effect.
Sponsors of a rules change
which would delay Senate con
sideration of any teacher pay in
crease legislation won Senate
Committee approval of the
change and looked for passage
Tuesday.
The rule extends by 45 days-
to May 12 this session-a Senate
ban on consideration of such
single - shot appropriations bills
as a teacher pay raise or a pay
raise for judges.
Backers of the House-passed
rules change contend it could
aid Gov. John Connally in win
ning support for his graduated
10-year teacher pay plan.
Connally’s plan is receiving
heavy opposition from teachers,
who have gathered strong sup
port for their proposed $405 an
nual increase costing the state
$68 million during 1966-67, about
twice as much as Connally’s plan.
Rules change supporters feared
the teachers’ proposal could win
early Senate approval under
existing rules allowing considera
tion of such measures after 75
days. Such Senate passage in
early April, they feared, could
result in two possible means to
get needed extra money: a big
tax bill, or a cut in higher ap
propriations for colleges recom
mended by Connally.
for it,' Moore said.
“If your amendment goes on,
you’ll have to introduce another
bill because this bill won’t pass,”
an angry Moore predicted.
Rudder and Evans attempted to
explain reasons for wanting to
reorganize the A&M System, and
Rudder pointed out that members
of the Dallas and Fort Worth
Chambers of Commerce desiring a
graduate program for ASC had
initiated the reorganization pro
ceedings last year. The Board
granted ASC a graduate school,
with degrees to be awarded under
the heading “Texas A&M Univer
sity”, in December, a move which
touched off the A&M-ASC con
troversy.
“They’re coming along fine and
we want to see them become one
of the great schools of Texas
in the future. But if we’re going
to put a graduate program up
there next year, somebody needs
to put an arm around Arlington,”
Rudder said.
Late Monday night Moore,
somewhat cooler than he had
been in the morning hearing, re
viewed the committee’s decision.
“I’m not unhappy at all. If
Arlington wants out that suits
me just fine, but certainly we
need the bill if they are to remain
in our System. However, I will
absolutely not support the bill
as it is presently amended. I
submitted the bill based on merit
and good faith and there obvious
ly was organized opposition,”
Moore mused.
“I have appointed a friendly
subcommittee to get the amend
ment out and I expect it to be
removed before the bill is re
ported back to the full commit
tee,’ he continued.
Moore had sharp words for
Arlington State and warned that
he will oppose attempts to ap
propriate further funds for the
college from A&M’s available
monies.
“I will not support any further
expenditure of A&M funds for
Arlington State College because
of their attitude, which finally
came out in the open today. They
showed how they feel about us,
and they outsmarted themselves
as far as finances are concerned,”
Moore emphasized.
Fish Sweetheart
Marsha McLaurin, 18-year-old Bastrop High School senior,
was named Freshman Sweetheart at the Fish Ball Satur
day night. Ag-gie Sweetheart Johanna Leister pins a rib
bon on the beauty, and freshman Don Allen presents roses.
Miss McLaurin was escorted by Jimmy Callahan, also of
Bastrop.