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The Golden Door
The golden door has again been opened.
Congress has voted to discard the na
tional origins quota system of immigration
and to substitute a policy of accepting im
migrants regardless of their place of birth.
The system had been the foundation of
immigration policy for 44 years. Under it,
nations were assigned quotas on the basis
of United States population in 1920.
It had hardly been fair. For years this
policy had given onesided favoritism to the
people of northern and western Europe,
people who generally were not anxious for
American citizenship.
Eastern Europeans and Asians, many
of whom sought asylum in the United
States, were not permitted to enter because
of this system.
The quota system has violated the un
derlying American philosophy of “it doesn’t
matter what you are, but what you can do”
that characterized this nation from its
birth until 1920.
The new policy, solidly pushed by Presi
dent Johnson and now in the hands of a
conference committee, had been sought by
Presidents Kennedy, Eisenhower and Tru
man.
President Truman appointed a commit
tee to study the United States immigration
policy in 1953. Its recommendations were
basically followed by Congress this year.
The commission’s arguments for revi
sion were:
1. The Immigration and Nationality
Law embodies policies and principles that
are unwise and injurious to the nation.
2. It rests upon an attitude of hostility
and distrust against all aliens.
3. It applies discriminations on ac
count of national origin, race, creed and
color.
4. It ignores the needs of the United
States.
5. It contains unnecessary and unrea
sonable restrictions and penalties against
individuals.
6. It should be reconsidered and re
vised from beginning to end.
And while it took 12 years to do it,
Congress finally banned the national ori
gins quota system.
The new policy seems quite fair. It
eliminates the quota system; opens immi
gration on a first-come, first-served basis
with preference given foreigners with fam
ily ties in the U. S. and those with special
skills, and raises the annual quota to 170,-
000 as compared to the old 154,887.
The unfairness* of the national origins
system is illustrated by the immigration
quotas of 1961 which allowed 65,361 per
sons from the United Kingdom to enter
this country, 25,814 from Germany, 17,756
from Ireland, about 40,000 from the rest of
Europe and only 6,890 from all of Africa,
Asia and Oceania.
So Italy, with a quota of 5,666, had
more than 130,000 applicants on the wait
ing list; Greece had more than 100,000
applicants for 308 openings and more than
36,000 Russian refugees were waiting for
2,697 passports.
But after this year, the quotas will be
removed—to a great extent. No country
will be allowed more than 20,000 immi
grants, and for the first time the United
States is limiting immigration from the
Western Hemisphere, to 120,000 annually.
The national origins quota system—
with all its discrimination, prejudice and
hatred—is all but dead. There is little
mourning.
Red China’s Offer
The Red Chinese have come across with
what is probably the cheapest, least attrac
tive offer in the history of the travel indus
try.
In a bid to attract foreign tourists,
Communist China has offered a four-day
tour to Canton, for an all-inclusive fare of
$55. The offer was made in Hong Kong as
the American Society of Travel Agents was
meeting there.
Americans won’t be taking advantage
of the offer. Aside from it being like pay
ing a visit to the Wicked Witch of the East,
we do not recognize Red China, and the
State Department frowns on such travel.
It would be tantamount to giving comfort
to the enemy—The Houston Post.
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“They keep sayin’ it’s because of crowded classroom con
ditions, but I’m beginning to wonder!”
Mike Raynolds
Letters To TWU Boxmates
Might Strengthen Relations
Gerald Garcia
Hunter’s Tale:
The One(s)
That Got Away
In past years students at
both ends of the TWU-A&M
relationship have spoken
harshly of the reception
each received when trying to
find or become a date for
Corps Trip.
When people are so swift
ly thrown together, it is not
surprising that some come
away from the experience
repulsed. Everyone seems
to wear their hearts on their
shoulders and feelings do
get hurt.
There is an old tradition
at A&M that could possibly
ease some of the harshness
of the Friday night scram
ble for dates. Writing your
boxmate might furnish just
the contact for any Aggie
seeking more than just hope
on which to cling.
Boxes at A&M run over
8,000 while boxes at TWU
number only up to 3,000.
This could provide some
problems but not ones that
could not be overcome with
ease. Those students at
A&M whose numbers are
above 3,800 should pick out
a number below. Many of
the Tessies are forced to
share boxes. There are any
number of Ags who already
have girls at other schools
and will not be writing for
one reason or another.
The Tessie student gov
ernment is forming a com
mittee to coordinate the
Corps Trip activities and aid
in correspondence. They will
be called on to find more
compatable date for the fish
that draws a Tessie senior.
They will also relocate let
ters that wind up in such
places as the fiscal office or
Vortmann’s Book Store.
Don’t be surprised if you
get a letter first. A similar
column is appearing in the
Daily Lass-0 today giving
information to the girls in
Denton on how to write Ag
gies.
In the event that you re
ceive a letter and do not
wish to take advantage of it,
pass it on to someone who
would.
It all could prevent a lot
of scurrying around at the
last minute, stepping on
toes and hard feelings.
I had my nickname
changed this weekend from
“Dead Eye” to the “Missing
Wonder.”
WHY? Because my first
day out this hunting season
was a flop as far as I am
concerned, but for the dove
it was a laughing matter.
While I was working as a
summer intern at the Bren-
ham Banner-Press, my girl
and I would go and do some
target shooting every chance
we could get. At summer’s
end my aim was deadly and
I could not wait for hunting
season.
I got my chance Satur
day and I muffed it.
My girl’s brother-in-law
took us to his lease. Early
in the afternoon I was more
interested in the game at
Georgia Tech which I was
listening to on a transistor
radio than to go out and
chase a few birds around the
corn patch. But at game’s
end, I was eager to get go
ing.
As we turned into the pas
ture which was to be our
happy hunting ground, the
doves could be seen every
where. They would light on
the fence posts, in the corn
patch and at the water hole.
But as soon as we stopped
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN—Some attorneys
contend that the new code
of criminal procedure abol
ishes the death penalty for
crimes in Texas.
They believe that absence
of procedures for assessing
punishment — where the
state asks for execution of
a criminal — makes it im
possible for a death penalty
to stand up in appellate
court even if assessed by a
jury.
A member of the State
Legislature, Rep. Bob Arm
strong of Austin, is asking
Governor Connally to submit
proposed revisions in the
and loaded the guns, they
disappeared.
We called a strategy
meeting!
My girl and I were to take
the flanks and flush the
doves to her brother-in-law
who would remain in hiding
in the corn patch. This
worked. Hooray for us.
The only trouble with this
plan of action was that I had
to walk and walk and walk
and walk. More walking
than the combined times
since I got a car. But since
it was paying off, I did not
mind. Or was it?
I heard him firing so I
thought he was downing
them left and right.
As the day came to a
close, I started back to the
corn patch. I just couldn’t
wait to see how many he
had downed:
As I got there, I started
to count. One, two, three,
four . . . nine, ten. TEN,
just 10 after shooting up a
whole box of shells?
Maybe I shouldn’t say
anything. I also shot up a
whole box. Let’s make the
count three boxes, including
the one my girl shot.
But she didn’t feel as bad
as I did. She did kill ONE.
controversial code to a spe
cial session of the Legisla
ture. Complains Armstrong;
the revision goes too far in
requiring accused persons to
be warned of their rights
against giving statements to
police.
Seek Federal Funds
Twenty-five Texas school
districts filed early applica
tions for a share of the $81,-
000,000 provided under a
federal act aimed mainly at
helping underprivileged chil
dren. Aid will be dispersed
at the rate of about $195 a
pupil for those from fami
lies with incomes of less
than $2,000 a year.
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OVER...FIVE CENTS, PLEASE
By Charles M. Schulz
THERE ARE SOME CURES YOU
DON'T LEARN (N MEDICAL SCHOOL
THE OocTor
15 0
State Capitol Roundup
Death Penalty
Question Arises
NEWS
BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
Big Battle Raging
North Of Saigon
SAIGON — Hundreds of Vietnamese
rangers and Viet Cong fighters were bat
tling late today in the Phu Cu Pass area,
a U. S. military spokesman reported.
The Viet Cong suffered heavy losses last
week in the area, which is 295 miles north-
east of Saigon and 45 miles northwest of
Qui Nhon.
A Vietnamese army ranger unit reported
that it was engaged with a large Viet Cong
element, possibly one or two battalions.
About 600 men are in a government
ranger battalion and 500 to 600 in a Viet
Cong battalion.
Another Vietnamese army unit reported
making contact at a nearby point with a
Viet Cong group believed to be of company
size.
Rusk, Gromyko Seek
East-West Accord
UNITED NATIONS—Secretary of State
Dean Rusk meets wtih Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrei A. Gromyko Wednesday night
in a new quest for possible areas of agree
ment between the two countries.
Gromyko accepted Rusk’s invitation to
dine at the secretary of state’s suite in
the Waldorf Towers, U. S. officials an
nounced. Both are in New York for talks
with foreign leaders attending the opening
weeks of the U. N. General Assembly,
Gemini 6 Launch
Set For Oct. 25
MANNED SPACE CENTER, Houston-
Officials were confident today of meeting
an Oct. 25 target date for launching Gemini
6, this country’s next manned space flight
A Manned Spacecraft Center spokesman
said a machinists’ walkout Monday at Cape
Kennedy would not delay the launching,
Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra Jr. and
Air Force Maj. Thomas P. Stafford, the
astronaut team picked for the two-day
mission, started two weeks of rehearsals
at Cape Kennedy in preparation for the
flight.
Woman Forsakes Son
She Abandoned
MIAMI—A Detroit mother undergoinf
psychiatric tests has told investigators he
13-year-old mute and mentally retarded sol
is a good boy but she doesn’t want him
back.
“Someone else must take him now,” said
Mrs. Victor Thorne, 44, who abandoned her
son, Richard, at Miami International Air
port last week.
Mrs. Thorne hasn’t seen her son since
she arrived in Miami Sunday night.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
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Tessie Tates By Carolyn Raeke
The Corps Of
TWU’s Fightin’ Females
“Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of their
country,” I type whenever I run
out of news. I keep typing it un
til I firmly believe it and then I
quit.
The other day, however, word
came to TWU that shook up my
typing and in mid-sentence I had
to type “all good men and
women.”
We’ve been militarized. Recent
call-ups for some 650,000 addi
tional GIs for Viet Nam drained
the barrel dry.
“What for?” I asked the P.E.
teacher who hustled me onto the
soccer field for a fierce bit of
calisthentics.
“I don’t want a uniform,” I
pleaded as they took my meas
urements (now classified infor
mation) for a new uniform far
different from my old P.E. ma
roon shorts and white blouse.
“Who says?” I questioned the
barracks mother who told me to
walk off my house council.
I had always believed that by
giving Lady Bird an honorary
degree we were exempting our
selves. I said as much and
promptly received written cor
respondence from a “White
House spokesman.”
Cadettes:
“The United States,” I read,
“needs every able-bodied man and
woman now attending non-coedu-
cational colleges and universities.
We are training them to fill in
the ranks of the armed forces
and upon completion of four
years with the Texas Woman’s
University Corps they will be
commissioned second lieutenants
in the United States Marine
Corps.”
I swallowed miserably as I
jogged from the post office to
the barracks, dodging a wildly-
driven jeep. My regulation uni
form was hot and uncomfortable;
I didn’t like the color of it; the
material was coarse. I also didn’t
like getting up at 5:30 every
morning and doing 25 push ups
before running to breakfast dou
ble time. I though all that sort
of thing was fine at College Sta
tion but I was strictly a spec
tator.
“What will happen to Corps
Trip?” I asked my commander as
I ran by one morning. She is tall
and blond and a former Aggie
Sweetheart. “Now that we all
have to march,” I added.
“Well, I suppose the number of
beautiful girls watching the pa
rade will be reduced greatly.
With everyone from here march
ing the parade will probably be
twice as long as usual also.”
“What about the Pre-Corps
Trip Dance?
“Class-A uniform I guess.”
I was out of breath and couldn’t
ask any more questions. But I
managed.
“May I go to the Daily Taps
office?” I asked. We had found
it necessary to change the name
of our newspaper. “It’s time to
work on this afternoon’s edition.”
Besides that my senior boots
hurt my feet and my saber kept
slamming against my kneecap
when I ran; I didn’t understand
at all why we had to wear those
boots and sabers to run around
campus unless it was to impress
visiting Aggies.
My commander saluted and I
trotted into the Public Informa
tion Office building.
“Anything new?”
“We’re being mobilized,” re
plied my editor.
I trotted back out and disap
peared.
“AWOL,” would read my dis
honorable discharge papers. I
should care. They’d have to catch
me first and I was quite a runner.