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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 21, 1965
Quick Draft For Dodgers? CADET SLOUCH by ji m Earle
Texas A&M has perhaps never had a
better friend in Congress than Rep. Olin
Teague of College Station.
Many of the large federal grants and
contracts, such as the $1.9 million space
center and the $6 million cyclotron that
have been awarded this school were due in
no small part to Rep. Teague’s tireless ef
forts and influence.
However, we must take issue with a bill
introduced Friday by Rep. Teague which
would draft immediately young men who
got married on Aug. 26, the last day for
married men to be given preference on the
draft rolls.
Our argument involves three points:
1. It would be difficult to determine
which of these men got married on that
date simply to “beat the draft.”
2. No consideration is given men who
had scheduled weekend weddings (Aug. 27-
29) and moved them up by a day or two
after President Johnson’s surprise order on
Aug. 26.
3. The constitutionality of the bill is
questionable, since it provides inductment
for a past deed. The principle that “Con
gress shall make no ex post facto law” is
written into the United States Constitution,
and while Rep. Teague’s bill may not be is
direct contradiction to this principle, it is
quite questionable.
Rep. Teague, chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee, said in intro
ducing his bill that the measure would in
struct draft boards to call up first the men
who married on Aug. 26.
“I’m just trying to help these young men
who have made a mistake,” Teague said in
explaining his action.
“Somewhere down the line, in later life,
these young men will have to face their
wives and children and explain why they
were called draft dodgers,” he continued.
President Johnson issued a Presidential
order on Aug. 26 that men who were mar
ried after midnight that day would be el
igible for the draft the same as single men.
Thus ended the preference that married
men had enjoyed in induction since the late
President Kennedy’s proclamation had
given them the prefered status.
Many youths rushed to the altar in the
eight hours between President Johnson’s
decree and the deadline.
Rep. Teague’s belief that men who were
married on Aug. 26 were “draft dodgers”
is shared by other political observers.
But the fact remains that Teague’s bill
would put into effect a retroactive law and
could not discriminate between legitimate
marriages and “draft dodging” marriages.
If Teague and his colleagues insist on
calling up these men, they could just as well
place all men married on Aug. 25 or March
5 or Jan. 19 on the same list.
It would be no more wrong than Teague’s
proposed bill. There might have even been
a marriage or two on one of these days to
avoid the draft.
Charles The Dissident
History often tags famous men thus:
William was known as “the Conqueror,”
Ivan as “the Terrible”, Richard as “the
Lionhearted.”
Although the 74-year-old Charles Andre
Joseph Marie de Gaulle has not yet run the
full course of his career, historians may
well dub him Charles the Dissident.
Charles the Dissident has a nice ring.
General DeGaulle might even like it. He
has worked hard against popular tides.
General De Gaulle was a thorn in the
side of the Nazis—and of his own allies. He
emerged from World War II a national
hero—Alexandria Daily Town Talk.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
News Editor Tommy DeFrank
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Herky Killingsworth, Gus De La Garza
Campus Editor Mike Reynolds
Amusements Writer Lani Presswood
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“He seems to be such an enthusiastic, jovial, well-prepared
teacher. It makes you wonder if he’s saving his true
personality until after it’s too late to drop th’ course!”
Mike Reynolds
Red China Recognition
Still Question For U. S.
“Last night while going up the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today;
Oh, how I wish he’d go away.”
How long have the ma
jority of the American peo
ple expressed just the senti
ments shown by the above
verse while dealing with
matters that do not please
them? Like ostriches, the
folks of our country stick
their heads in the sand
whenever they choose not to
think about some unpleasant
situation confronting our
government.
The trouble now brewing
over India and Pakistan
brings fresh light again upon
one of the chief problems
that the U.S. has so far
chosen not to think about.
All indications point to a
settlement of the dispute be
tween the two countries by
the United Nations. How
ever, it is impossible to dis
cuss one of the major factors
staring both in the face
simply because we choose to
say that it doesn’t exist. We
cannot ask Red China to sit
down to a bargaining table
because we cannot make a
binding pact with a country
that doesn’t hold any author
ity because we say it doesn’t
hold it.
Now with their threat to
invade India, China could
possibly drag the entire
world down to war. This
seems like an awful lot to
expect from a country that
does not exist. Why do we
not just ignore it a little
more?
Some critics of those who
would give Red China mem
bership in the U.N. still in
sist that Peking is an illegal
government, a bad govern
ment, one with which the
United States doesn’t see eye
to eye. Yet if likeability was
made a requirement for U.N.
membership, its role would
undoubtedly shrink for there
would always be someone
that didn’t like someone else.
“Well, they’re dirty com
munists,” the real reason is
finally blurted out. Since
when, though, is red in Pe
king a different color than it
is in Moscow?
British Prime Minister
Harold Wilson said Sunday
night that his country would
once again push for Red
China’s admission when the
subject came before the U.N.
He stated that his govern
ment had a simple criteria
for recognition of a new gov
ernment—simply that it be
the ruling government of a
country and well in control.
There might have been
some hope at one time that
the Nationalist Chinese un
der General Chaing Kai-shek
would return to the main
land and the United States
would have what it wanted,
but this idea grows more and
more farfetched as the days
go by. We continually antag
onize Red China and then
turn around and expect them
to behave like proper gentle
men.
“You treat a bad boy like
a gangster and he’ll grow up
into one,” Prime Minister
Wilson said. Who can say
what China would be today
if a direct hard line had not
been taken from the start of
negotiations with them.
The right-wingers will yell
‘pinko’ and ‘communist sym
pathizer,’ yet this is no plea
to soften up on our military
policies or our demands in
Asia.
The time is approaching
again to examine our policy
of recognition and could it
not be time to lay our cards
on the table and call a spade
a spade? It is not impossible
for the U.S to be wrong.
Gerald Garcia
Poll Indicates
Public Desires
Draft Changes
Another year is upon us
and the same problems that
plagued us last year are still
around, except in more tense
situations.
Last year the car was in
good condition; the courses
that we signed up for were
with easy profs; our class
schedule permitted us to
sleep until 10; the Viet Nam
war was only a slight prob
lem ; India and Pakistan
were on friendly terms, and
most American males had
their draft status set.
Now, the transmission is
about to fall out of the car;
all our profs are heads of
their departments; we are
booked solid with 8 o’clock
classes; American troops
continue to face increased
pressure in Viet Nam; India
and Pakistan are fighting
a border war with Red China
threatening to intervene, and
American males are unsure
about their draft status.
It was not too long ago
when most young men of
military age were granted
deferments for reasons of
occupation and educational
status, family circumstances
and other considerations.
Now, getting married does
not grant a young man of
military age a deferment.
And only if a married man
is supporting his wife and a
child is he granted a defer
ment.
In a recent Gallup Poll, the
American public voted to
have the present draft sys
tem changed.
The majority of the Amer
ican public wanted the draft
' to be universal rather than
selective and they also want-
; ed younger men to be draft
ed before older men were
called. At present, the draft
is selective and older men
are drafted before the
younger set; or vice versa of
what the majority of the
public would like to have it.
By universal, the public
would like to see all able-
bodied young men perform
some military service,
though not necessarily hav
ing to serve in actual combat.
In the recent Gallup Poll,
this question was asked:
“Many young men every
year are turned down by
local military draft boards
for one reason or another.
Would you favor or oppose
requiring all physically fit
young men who cannot pass
an educational test to serve
for at least one year in some
other form of military serv
ice, such as in work battal
ions behind the lines?
People who favored the
proposal outnumbered those
who oppose it by 7 to 1. This
corner goes along with the
opinion of the majority as
long as the educational
clause is kept.
Concerning the age a man
should be drafted, the Gallup
Poll asked this question:
“If you had a son who had
to spend two years in the
military service at what age
would you like to have him
begin this service?
The result noted that
every three out of four per
sons questioned wanted their
son to serve his military
duty before age 21.
An important point that
was brought out in this sur
vey was that most persons
wanted their sons to serve at
age 18 before they embarked
in their college work, careers
or marriage.
This corner is not in favor
of this move. If a young man
is going to continue his edu
cation he should not be de
prived.
And being drafted right
after graduation from high
school would do more harm
than good. Unless the person
is an exceptional student,
would he be able to be away
from the books for two years
and still make good when he
returns to college.
But if a young man right
out of high school does not
plan to go to college, he
should serve out his military
duty and then embark in a
professional career.
Right now, the draft
should be of utmost concern
to most men of military age.
With the current Southeast
Asia crisis, anything can
happen, including the draft
ing of college students who
do not keep up with the
upper percentile of their
class.
State Capitol Roundup
Decreasing Unemployment
Reflects Growing Economy
As summer ends decreas
ing unemployment insurance
claims reflect a growing
economy.
August claims reported by
the Texas Employment Com
mission totaled 197,142 com
pared with 218,942 for the
same month a year ago—a
10 per cent decrease.
TEC said the total amount
paid dropped by $480,388.
Job placements (non-farm)
increased from 45,054 to 50,
399 during the month. Job
orders placed by employers
increased from 55,109 in Au
gust of 1964 to 62,585 last
month. Applications jumped
from 56,182 to 64,337.
Farm job openings filled
increased from 63,673 to 71,
095 despite expanding mech
anization of farm work.
However, much of the in
crease was due to demands
in other states.
Attorney General Rules
County Clerks and their
deputies do not automatic
ally have to increase their
bonds during their present
term of office in order to
meet the new minimum re
quirements set by the last
legislature Atty. Gen. Wag
goner Carr says.
In another opinion arising
out of the same act of the
59th Legislature, Carr held
it is unnecessary for clerks
to obtain an “errors and
omissions” insurance policy.
Also it’s unconstitutional for
the county to pay for it.
PEANUTS
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BRIEFS
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shastri Agrees To Truce
If Pakistan Complies
NEW DELHI, India—Informed sources
said today Indian Prime Minister Lai Baha
dur Shastri has told the United Nations
he will accept a Security Council demand
for a cease-fire if Pakistan also complies.
The informants said Shastri asked to
be notified at once of any reply by Pakistan
so that orders could be sent to India’s
troops.
The sources said Shastri reported this
course of action to a meeting of leaders of
his political opposition.
There has been no word whether Paki
stan has replied to the Security Cou
demand. It was announced in Rawalpi
Monday night that Pakistani Foreign Ik
ister Z. A. Bhutto will leave for New York
later today to discuss the cease-fire reso
lution.
Shastri’s aides were reported warning
him against accepting the U.N.’s additional
request that he order India’s armed forces
to fall back to positions held on Aug. 5
before the war over the disputed state of
Kashmir intensified. A similar call has
gone out to Pakistan.
Viety Cong Down Helicopter;
Crewmen Presumed Dead
SAIGON—A U. S. helicopter with four
crewmen was shot down in North Viet Nam
as it tried to rescue a downed Americar,
pilot, a military spokesman said today.
The four crewmen and the pilot were
listed as missing.
North Vietnamese troops were seen
heading for the pilot after he ejected from
his F105 Thunderchief Monday, the spokes
man said.
The plane was on a bombing mission
at a bridge south of Vinh, 100 miles north
of the border between North and South
Viet Nam, when it was hit by heavy ground
fire, he said.
Antiaircraft fire also struck the rescue
helicopter and drove off a second chopper,
he said.
Another pilot was presumed dead after
his FI05 crashed into a ridge as it pulled
away from its target, 50 miles southeast
of Dien Bien Phu, the source said.
The two Thunderchiefs raised to four
the number of planes U. S. authorities said
were lost Monday on missions against the
north.
U. S. B52 jet bombers plastered a Com
munist-infested zone today 330 miles north
of Saigon in South Viet Nam, a spokesman
said.
It was the third raid by the eight
engine Air Force planes since Sunday and
the 29th of the Vietnamese war, the spokes
man said.
Child Ca;
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Connally Booster Martin
In Attorney General Race
AUSTIN—Secretary of State Craw
Martin’s announcement that he intends tot!!!:
run for attorney general next year puts
an ally of Gov. John Connally in each of
the top four Texas political races.
Martin said Monday he will seek the
job which Atty Gen. Waggoner Carr is re
linquishing.
Connally’s declaration Saturday in
Amarillo that he will run for a third term
opened the door to a series of moves. Cart
immediately announced he would run for
the U. S. Senate seat occupied by Republi
can John Tower. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith
said he would seek re-election.
So far no opposing candidates have
emerged in Connally’s, Carr’s and Smith's
races, but Martin probably will have com
pany in his second statewide race. Herat
unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor it
1962.
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Intracoastal Waterway
Called Future Reality
VICTORIA — A protected waterway
from Maine to Mexico will be a reality
within a few years, the Intracoastal Canal
Association of Louisiana and Texas was
told Monday.
Members voted to change its name to
the Gulf Intracoastal Canal System because
of increasing participation by Mississippi
Alabama and Florida.
Sen. Allen Ellender, D.-La., chairman of
the public works subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Commitee, discusse
the projected channel, including a bargo
canal across Florida. He called the plat 1
“one of the great monuments to civil enffp
neering.”
New Tropical Storm
No Immediate Threat
MIAMI—Hurricane Carol spawned I0 l1-
mile-an-hour winds near her center today
and was expected to intensify, but for^
casters said the storm would be no thres-
to land during the next day or two.
An Air Force hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft penetrated the eye of the stortf
during the night. Gales extended out 2( ,,
miles to the north and 100 miles to the
south of the center.
Forecasters said the storm was locate
at 5 a.m., EST, about 1,600 miles ea. ;:
northeast of San Juan, P.R., and 2,600 mile- :
from Miami. It was moving toward the
north at 10 miles an hour.
There was a good indication that the
season’s third tropical storm would not hit
the U. S. mainland.
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