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Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1965 Number 229 MSC Council Approves Cash Town Hall App earance Former Student Representative Protests Committee Decision By GERALD GARCIA Battalion Managing Editor The Memorial Student Center Council Monday night retained the Johnny Cash concert in its Town Hall schedule despite strong objection from a repre sentative of the former students. Joe Buser, former students representative on the council, strongly disagreed with an MSC Executive Committee decision to allow Cash to perform here after the country and western singer ★ ★ ★ Speaker Policy Termed ‘Liberal’ Dr. John B. Orr and Ken Vanek, Memorial Student Center Council members, reported Mon day night the university has a “very liberal” policy in approving speakers for campus activities. During the Oct. 11 meeting, the council appointed Orr, De partment of Liberal Arts, faculty representative and Vanek to in vestigate the criteria used by the Executive Committee in ap proving speaker’s lists. The council unanimously agreed during that meeting to go on record as urging the Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs to make every effort to present all major viewpoints in the discussions on Southeast Asia at the SCON A Conference in December. Since university regulations re quire that speakers be approved by the Executive Committee (University Regulations, 38th edition, paragraph 48, “speakers and lectures”), the council felt a clarification of present uni versity policy would be helpful in selecting speakers for future events. Vanek said Dean of Students James P. Hannigan submits pro posed speakers to the Executive Committee for study. The speak ers are not voted upon until the following meeting of the com mittee. “Dean Hannigan said this gives the committee a chance to study the speakers and determine if they are qualified,” Vanek said. He added that no speaker has been rejected in the eight years Hannigan has been here. “If a speaker is highly con troversial, the Executive Com mittee would like someone repre senting the opposing view either on the same program or soon afterwards,” Vanek told the council. The only speakers subjected to rejections are those engaged in campaigning unless all candi dates receive equal opportunity to speak, he continued. was charged with possession of illegal drugs. Mike Nabors, Town Hall chair man, had asked the council and Executive Committee to review the propriety of the Cash show because of the singer’s recent ar rest in El Paso. Cash was released on $1,500 bond Oct. 6, two days after he was arrested and charged with smuggling and concealing illicit drugs. The singer was apprehend ed by law officials at El Paso In ternational Airport after a flight from Mexico. Officials reported he had 66b) tablets of dexadrine, a stimulant, and 475 tables of equanil, a tran quilizer, on his person when ar rested. John Rogers, council president, said the Executive Committee considered Nabor’s request and after studying the issue and the interest of the university agreed to approve the Cash show. “Cash could have broken the contract up to 30 days before the performance and he didn’t,” Rog ers explained, “so the Executive Committee saw no reason to disapprove the performer.” “Speaking from the former stu dents point of view, I do not be lieve that this entertainer would be appropriate,” Buser argued. “I think that taking 1,000 pep pills was for more than just to get a buzz. This could be considered traffic.” Buser asked the council not to allow Cash on campus until his involvement is cleared and to immediately seek a replacement for Bonfire night. “This performer will bring a bad image to A&M,” the former student said. “We should not give the public the impression that we are judg ing Cash, and anyway a person is innocent until proven guilty,” countered Dr. William B. Led better, professor in the Depart ment of Civil Engineering. After a heated discussion the council followed the Executive Committee’s recommendation to bring Cash here Bonfire night. In other business, the council: Heard a report on the progress of the eleventh Student Confer ence on National Affairs from Craig Buck, SCONA chairman. Buck said the SCONA committee was pleased with progress of the conference and that approximate ly 85 colleges and universities would send delegates to the con ference. SCONA’s topic will be “The Far East: Focus on Southeast Asia (The Challenges of a Dyn amic Region” and will be held on campus Dec. 8-11. Was told that the charter flight to Washington for the Christmas holidays was booked. Students who live in the east will fly for $99 which is half of the regular fare. TOWER TALKS POLITICS Senator John Tower, left, chats with Dr. John Huff after an address before Bryan and College Station Lions Clubs Monday night. Huff, an A&M assistant professor of vet erinary microbiology, is first vice president of the College Station Lions Club. Johnson Signs Bill To Aid Students WASHINGTON <A>)—The high er education bill which President Johnson signed into law Monday provides scholarships for needy college students and financial help for colleges struggling with the enrollment boom. The $2.6 billion measure also authorizes a national teacher corps designed to bring special help to children in impoverished areas. But Congress failed to provide funds to launch the corps. The scholarships, called educa tional opportunity grants, would go to an estimated 140,000 stu dents the first year. Scholarships could run from $200 to $800, with a $1,000 ceiling allowed for a student in the upper half of his class int he preceding year. They are expected to aver age $500. The bill also contains funds for two other types of college student aid—a work-study program and insured private loans with Wash ington providing a subsidy to re duce the interest rate. Credit School Set Wednesday A hard-to-answer question— will development of land for ag ricultural purposes pay off?— will be discussed during the 14th annual Farm and Ranch Credit School Nov. 10-12 at Texas A&M. The topic will be debated by A. C. Spencer, vice president of the Huntsville National Bank, and Bill Clements, president of the Longview National Bank. These would supplement the direct federal loans already avail able to needy students under the 1958 National Defense Education Act. The bill liberalizes this NDEA program to allow full forgiveness of a loan for a graduate who teaches for seven years in an area with numerous poverty-stricken families. Under the old law, half of the loan is forgiven for a person who teaches five years any place. The bill also will: —Establish a new program of university community service to aid urban and suburban areas. This is modeled ont he long-exist ing extension service program in farm areas. —Authorize funds to improve college libraries and train libra rians. —Provide grants to aid small and newly developing colleges, including two-year institutions. Negro schools are expected to benefit from this. —Increase by $230 million for the current financial year the federal grant programs for con struction of college classrooms passed in 1963. This doubles the old authorization. —Provide fellowships to permit teachers to obtain graduate de grees. —Set up a new program of grants to higher education insti tutions to buy television, audio visual equipment and other teach ing aids. Tower Urges Hanoi Bombing Senator Proposes Strikes Against Pinpointed Targets By TOMMY DeFRANK Battalion News Editor Senator John Tower urged Monday night that the United States bomb military targets in and around the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi in order to prevent “a bigger war on a broader front at a later date.” Tower, speaking to Bryan and College Station Lion Clubs also proposed bombing Haipong, vital North Vietnamese port com plex. The senator stressed, however, that he was not advocating bombing of civilian areas in North Viet Nam. “I favor pinpoint bombings of known military targets — pinpoint bombing which our Navy planes are capable of doing,” he said. “The fear of such action in Washington is that we might escalate the war so fast we would draw the Chinese in and cause them to bomb Saigon,” he continued, “but the fact is they don’t have the Air Force to do it.” The Republican senator also endorsed the American stand in Viet Nam and urged the administration to take all steps needed to insure victory. “There has not been a declaration of war but we are at war and we had better under stand it,” he said. “We must go the extra mile and spend whatever is necessary to win that war. “We must convey to the rest of the world that we are willing to do battle with the Communist aggressors and destroy their will to fight,” he added. “The security of the entire free world depends upon Viet Nam, and we are there because we must be.” Tower, who will leave on an inspection tour of Viet Nam in 10 days, criticized dem onstrations against the war and urged Amer icans to voice their support for the Presi dent’s policies. “Those muddy-minded intellectuals and ir responsible elements of our society . . . may convince Hanoi we are going to quit,” he claimed. “These people have failed to learn a lesson from history — that every time we have met Communist agression with force or intended force they have backed down. “We have the muscle to win but we must also have the will and determination to win,” he added. “It’s a dirty, nasty, lousy little war we’re fighting over there, and we need to show our boys we are behind them.” Tower also urged that field commanders in Viet Nam be allowed more freedom con cerning military operations. “There are several military and political considerations to be weighed, but we could do some things more effectively,” he argued. “We should give our commanders more latitude. “I don’t propose letting them decide if they should use nuclear weapons, but they should be allowed more authority as to selec tion of targets of a military nature.” Tower called the recently-completed first session of the 89th Congress “the most pro ductive session in recent history” and con ceded it was particularly successful from President Johnson’s standpoint. “The Congress acted favorably to most legislation initiated from the White House. We passed the aid to elementary and sec ondary schools bill and also created a De partment of Urban Affairs.” He noted that adminstration-backed bills regarding highway beautification medical care for the aged and rent subsidies for low- income families were also approved by Con gress. One major piece of legislation the Pres- dent did not get, Tower pointed out, was the controversial repeal of Section 14-B of the Taft-Hartley Act. That section allows states the right to prohibit compulsory union mem bership as a prerequisite for holding cer tain jobs. The bill calling for repeal of 14-B passed the House and received Senate committee approval but was stalled by Tower and other opponents on the Senate floor. “The bill is very much alive and will surely be brought up next session,” he pre dicted, “but I am confident we will have sufficient strength to stop it.” Tower also commented on these national and international issues: —Cuba— “It is a threat to the security of this hemisphere and the longer we do nothing to get rid of Castro the harder it will become. We should recognize the Cuban government in exile and also aid insurgent elements both in and out of Cuba.” —Trade with Communist bloc coun tries— “When we send them food and ma chinery we enhance their ability to wage military, economic and political war. “The policy of aiding and abetting the enemy is foolish, particularly when 150,000 American boys are under arms in Viet Nam.” —Dominican Republic —“The President’s action in sending troops prevented a Castro- ite takeover but we did make mistakes. We supported pro-Communist Juan Bosch’s re turn and threw out General Wessin y Wessin, a steadfast anti-Communist.” —Admission of Red China to the United Nations— “It would make a mockery of the very reason for the existence of the United Nations. Red China is a virulent aggressor bent on fomenting war. “We should seriously consider withdrawal from the United Nations if Red China is ever admitted.” Aggie Players Production Termed Best Ever See Review Page 2 BUSINESS TRIP ROMANCE Harry Gooding and Marie Crook stage a hotel scene during the Aggie Players season premiere, “Death of a Salesman,” Monday night in Guion Hall. Gooding played Willy Loman, while Mrs. Crook was The Woman. COMPASSIONATE WIFE Aileen Wenck, cast as Willy’s wife, looks on tells of his unsuccessful sales efforts. The with sympathy as her dejected husband play is at 8 p. m. nightly through Saturday. THE LOMAN BROTHERS Tim Lane, right, tries to convince Kirk Stewart that city life is the best life in an opening scene. Lane played Happy Loman. Stewart was his brother, Biff.