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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1965
Number 244
Freshmen Election
Candidates To Vie
For 14 Positions
By DANI PRESSWOOD
Battalion Staff Writer
A record 110 names, including
18 presidential candidates, will
appear on the ballot when fresh
men vote for class officers Thurs
day. Polls will be open from
8 am. until 6 p.m.
“We expect a good turnout,”
said Election Commission Chair
man Harris Pappas, “because of
the spirit stirred up by the large
number of candidates.”
A further breakdown of the
candidates by offices shows 13
running for vice president, 10 for
secretary-treasurer, 9 for social
secretary, 23 for election commis
sion and 37 for Student Senate
representatives.
According to Pappas the voting
procedure will be altered slightly
this year. For the first time the
voting machines will be located in
the basement of the Memorial
Student Center. Signs will be
placed in the MSC to direct vot
ers.
Freshmen wishing to vote will
be required to show their identifi
cation cards this year to prevent
any foul play.
Last year’s election was mar
red by the charges of election
procedure violations, namely, un
intentionally permitting students
more than one vote. Pappas ex
pressed confidence the election
commission has prepared strong
security precautions to prevent
any such recurrence.
M We don’t anticipate any trou
ble,” Pappas said. “The ID’s
will be punched in one comer for
the first election and in another
for the runoff.”
The run-off will take place
Dec. 16.
The candidates are: „ •
President — Raymond L. Arm
our, Russell L. Boggess, Douglas
Corey, Leroy W. Edwards, John
H. Focke, John M. Gevig, Robert
E. Glazener, Thomas K. Hamilton,
Harley J. Harber, Emil H. Koeing,
Thomas J. Leeds, James A. Mob
ley, Joseph A. Sauter, Craig M.
Smith, Joseph S. Spitzer, James
B. Starling, Timothy G. Terrell
and John C. Sutherland.
Vice President — David J. Del
linger, James P. Bartlett, Harvey
SCONA Chairman Buck
Well Suited For Position
Craig Buck, chairman of the
eleventh Student Conference on
National Affairs which opened
today, has the credentials for the
job.
The 21-year-old senior govern
ment major has been preparing
himself for the leadership post
for three years.
Buck was vice chairman of
SCONA X and represented A&M
at a student conference on Africa
att he U. S. Naval Academy. Two
years ago he attended a confer
ence on international affairs at
the U. S. Air Force Academy.
In addition, the Tyler resident
LBJ, Aides
Discuss
Viet War
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. <A>> _
President Johnson and key ad
visers talked for hours Tuesday
about the nation’s defense needs
for the next fiscal year, includ
ing money and manpower needs
for the war in Viet Nam.
This set the stage for an even
bigger get-together at the LBJ
Ranch Saturday involving Sec
retary of Defense Robert S. Mc
Namara, Deputy Secretary Cy
rus R. Vance and members of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This will give the Pentagon’s
military chiefs an opportunity,
before final budgetary decisions
are made, to tell Johnson what
they think they need in the way
of money and manpower in Viet
Nam and elsewhere.
McNamara, Secretary of State
Dean Rusk, McGeorge Bundy,
presidential assistant for nation
al security affairs, and Bundy’s
deputy, Robert Komer, took part
in Tuesday’s discussions.
Whatever decisions on spend
ing result from the conferences
may not become known until
January.
has made two SCONA trips to
Mexico.
Buck is parliamentarian of the
A&M Student Senate and active
in the Young Democrats Club off
campus.
The straight “A” distinguished
student worked last summer in
Washington for Congressman
Olin Teague of College Station.
Representative Teague is a
SCONA XI panelist.
As an intern, Buck met many
political and military leaders,
among them A&M graduate Gen.
Bernard Schriever, head of the
Air Force Systems Command;
Carl Albert, House Majority
Leader; Hale Boggs, House
Majority Whip; Congressman
George Miller of California,
House Space Committee Chair
man; all the Texas congressmen,
and nummerous others.
Buck was impressed with the
leaders, but contends that to get
results! n Washington a person
needs to know the staff people.
“The staffers have a lot of in
fluence,” he said. “They decide
whether or not you get to see
somebody. As a resultt hey are
very effective.”
Buck remembers a comment by
President Johnson in a meeting
wtih interns at summer’s end.
“Mr. Johnson said if we liked
everything we saw in Washing
ton our summer had been wasted,
but if we had seen some things
we would like to change, our sum
mer had been well spent,” he re
called.
The SCONA XI chairman used
his free moments to talk with
prospective speakers and round
table chairmen for the conference.
Buck feels the SCONA theme,
“The Far East: Focus on South
east Asia (The Challenges to a
Dynamic Region)” is timely in
view of interest expressed
tthroughoutt he world in regard
to U. S. policy in Viet Nam.
“It has a special meaning at
A&M, where so many things are
accepted without question,” he
noted. “For those who partici
pate, SCONA will aid them in
forming opinions on Viet Nam
by logic and rationale, rather
than by blind sentiment.
“Every national point of view
will be expressed,” Buck added,
“from those who say ‘get out’ to
those who say present policy is
the best to be proposed, to those
who suggest escalation of the
war.”
Next summer Buck hopes to go
to Bolivia, possibly on a Fulbright
Scholarship. He plans to study
political science at the University
of Florida or international rela
tions at Stanford or Columbia in
the fall.
Buck has spent countless hours
working on SCONA, but has kept
pace with his studies and job as
a grader in the history and gov
ernment department.
How does he do it?
“I have a lot of confidence in
the people on the committee,” he
said. “I’m a firm believer in
delegation of authority, and I
don’t mind handing down assign
ments.”
L. Cooper, Richard L. Goode, Mil-
ton K. Herrman, Stephen A. Hol-
ditch, Rodger Johnson, Jerry
Keys, Paul M. Mebana, Michael
L. Morris, Miles L. Sawyer, Wil
liam T. Seely and Terry M. Stolk.
Secretary-Treasurer — John L.
Bearden, Steven L. Bourn, Thomas
C. Chestney, Mack L. Frazier,
William G. Janacek,, Michael E.
Murphey, Douglas M. Scott, Ker-
mit L. Stosberg, David E. Thomp
son and Glynn I. Wilson.
Social Secretary — Robert E.
Bishop, Charles Bradley, Garland
H. Clark, George K. Donalo, Gary
R. Mayes, Richard K. Newman,
Max M 1 .Stratton, Bill Waltner
and James A. Woffold.
Election Commission — Ronald
D. Beddingfield, Charles C. Clark,
Stephen A. Collins, Gary L.
Davis, Max B. Fitzhugh, Milton
J. Freeman, Wayne Fritschell,
Richard L. Geisler, Charles E.
Hancock, Patrick R. Harris, Ken
neth B. Langford, James J. Mac-
hala, Ernest R. Musick, Jerry T.
Northcutt, Charles A. Parada,
Larry G. Parsons, William S. Pit-
mann, Walter L. Riggs, Robert
O. Segner, John E. Short, Harold
D. Talley, Gerald L. Wall and
Robin A. Young.
Student Senate Representatives
— John C. Abshier, Robert J.
Adair, Larry K. Adams, George
M. Antilley, Lanie J. Benson, Fre
derick M. Bosse, John B. Cheat
ham, John E. Clark, Frank Davis,
John C. Davis, Lome A. Davis,
Kenneth J. Eiwards, Allen G. El-
liff, John W. Fuller, Thomas G.
Gunter, Len R. Heimer, Kenneth
F. Hensel, Patrick G. Hill,
Davis M. Howard, William R.
Howell, Michael J. Keeton, Arth
ur B. Lane, Dale V. Matthews,
Larry B. McWorter, Robert L.
Metzler, Larry C. Napper, Patrick
J. O’Reilly, Benjamin J. Sims,
Donald A. Swofford, George A.
Teer, James S. Wilheok, Dennis M.
Williams, Joseph W. Hely, Ste
phen A. Melman, William W. Ze-
manek, Alan M. Zscheck and Tim
W. Davis.
SCONA ROUNDTABLE
Craig- Buck, right, SCONA XI chairman,
greets Lt. Col. Andrew Nisbet, Lt. Col.
James A. Lillard, middle, and Capt. Charles
Johnson, second from right, as they arrived
late Tuesday afternoon at Easterwood Air-
CHAIRMEN ARRIVE
port for the eleventh Student Conference
On National Affairs. Maj. Victor E. Chand
ler, left, also met the men. The four men
are from John F. Kennedy Special War
fare Center in Fort Bragg, N. C.
Keynote Speaker Wurfel
Opens Student Conference
The eleventh Student Confer
ence on National Affairs was un
derway Wednesday afternoon
after a keynote address by Dr.
David Wurfel, professor of po
litical science at the University
of Missouri.
More than 200 delegates from
86 colleges and universities heard
Wurfel present views shared by
many persons who oppose the ad
ministration’s policies in South
Viet Nam.
Theme for the four-day confer
ence is “The Far East: Focus On
Southeast Asia (The Challenges
of a Dynamic Region).”
Dr. Frank Trager, professor of
international affairs at New
York University, will deliver the
second SCONA address at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Ballroom.
Trager will speak on “U. S.
Policy in Southeast Asia (Agree
ments and Disagreements).” His
address will discuss the adminis
tration’s viewpoint in Southeast
Asia.
Thursday activities include an
8 p.m. panel discussion moderat
ed by College Station Congress
man Olin E. Teague.
Panelists include Col. A. N.
Griffiths of the British Embassy
Staff in Washington, Gen. Paul
D. Harkins, former commander
of American forces in South Viet
Nam, and Kenneth T. Young Jr.,
president of the Asia Society in
New York.
The panelists will review the
Corps of Cadets at 3 p.m. Thurs
day on the mail drill field across
from the MSC.
Other Thursday activities in
clude a 6 p.m. Texas-style bar
becue in DeWare Field House,
and a Christmas Concert by the
Singing Cadets following the 8
p.m. plenary session.
Delegates will divide up into
nine roundtables for close discus
sion of conference topics. Each
roundtable will be presided over
by co-chairmen and will meet six
times.
Wurfel, Wednesday's keynote
speaker, is chairman of the Com
mittee on Asian Studies and as
sistant director of “The United
States and Japan,” a mid-Ameri
ca assembly scheduled for next
spring. He was also coordinator
of a Thailand Peace Corps train
ing project earlier this year.
He was graduated from San
Diego State College, received his
master's from the University of
California and his doctorate in
government from Cornell.
He was a Southeast Asia Fel
low at Cornell and conducted field
research in the Philippines and
Southeast Asia as a Ford Foun
dation Fellow in 1956.
Wurfel has taught at Wells
College, Cornell, International
Christian University and the
University of Singapore.
All SCONA sessions are open
to the public and no admission is
charged. All plenary sessions will
be held in the MSC Ballroom.
★ ★ ★
Red Chinese Motives Still Unknown
SCONA Event Schedule
WEDNESDAY
2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Plenary Session (Keynote Address)
(Memorial Student Center Ballroom)
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.
First Round-table Meeting
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Smorgasbord (MSC Ballroom)
8 p.m.-lO p.m.
Plenary Session (Keynote Address)
(MSC Ballroom). Reception Fol
lowing (Assembly and Birch Rooms)
THURSDAY
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Coffee and Informal Discussion
(Serpentine Lounge)
8:30 a.m.-ll :45 a.m.
Second Round-table Meeting
12:45 p.m.-l p.m.
Luncheon (Duncan Dining Hall)
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Third Round-table Meeting
3 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Review — Corps of Cadets (Parade
Ground across from MSC)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This ar
ticle was recently published in
the Chicago Daily News.
By GEORGE ANNE GEYER
RACINE, Wis. — Hovering
over a symposium of Southeast
Asia was the shadow of the
great unknowable, Red China, a
mystery to the Western world.
Is China a munificent country
that has showed great" restraint
toward her neighbors ? This was
suggested.
Or is she an empress with an
insatiable appetite for power 1 ,
determined to march to the South
Seas and throw the peasants of
the world against the gates of
the cities of civilization? This
was suggested, too.
Top scholars and American and
United Nations officials wrestled
recently with the problem of
Southeast Ajsia and, of necessity,
with the mysterious reality of
China at a provocative conference
at Wingspread, the Johnson
Foundation conference center in
Racine.
The viewpoint that Red China’s
record to date is that of a re
strained and more-or-less respon
sible world power was put forth
most strongly by Dr. Dr. Hans
Morgenthau, professor of politi
cal science at the University of
China.
“One must be impressed with
the great restraint and very lim
ited aims the Chinese govern
ment has tried to pursue by mili
tary means,” he told the group,
“so I have arrived at the fact
that the threat China presents
is not in the nature of military
conquest, but of relentless pres
sure on other countries.
“What we have in Asia is not
the march of the armies of Chi
na into non-Communist terri
tories of Asia but the pressure of
culture and the political pre
dominance of China on her
neighbors.”
Prof. Morgenthau said that all
the policies China has pursued,
even the taking of Tibet, are
part of the traditional national
ist and imperial policies of China.
They were even part of the
policies of Chiang Kai-shek, he
said.
In recent months, Morgenthau
has been one of the foremost
critics of the administration’s
Viet Nam policy, arguing that
the defense of Viet Nam is not
necessary of efficacious for the
containment of Red China.
“Military means,” he said at
the symphosium, “are improper to
contain a political threat. In
deed, they are counter-productive.
They intensify the very threat
and danger you are trying to
meet.”
Dr. Morgenthau pooh-poohed a
report by Red Chinese Defense
Minister Marshal Lin Piao and
published officially by the Chi
nese on Sept. 3. The report,
which has been compared to
“Mein Kampf,” says the peasants
of the world wiU take over the
urban centers, in particular that
the peasants of Asia, Africa and
Latin America will take over
America and Europe—the “urban
centers’ of today’s world.
“This is obviously nonsense,”
Morgenthau said. “Where are
the peasants to march on the
American cities? They say these
things, but they act quite dif-
rently, quite calculatedly. I have
watched Chou En-lai and he is
one of the smartest statesman
in the world today.”
Strong and acid disagreement
same from Leo, Cherne, executive
director of the Research Insti
tute of America, who said of
the recent Chinese manifesto:
“I don’t see how we can ignore
explicit statements of intention.
This statement is like ‘Mein
Kampf.’ We sit here ad infini-
SCONA XI
In Perspective
turn talking about what we think
China wants. We set this aside
and have genial discussions on
what China might do.
“They have spelled it all out.
But it is too horrible. Like
‘Mein Kampf.’ we cannot afford
to believe it.”
Coupled with this call of Chi
na to destroy Western civiliza
tion in China’s historic, centuries-
old “drive to the South Seas,”
that is, to Southeast Asia, said
another participant.
“This notion of China’s march
to the South Seas is a feature
of Chinese history that cannot
be written away,” said Frank N.
Trager, professor of internation
al affairs, New York University.
“It has been a constant feature
of Chinese foreign policy. This
notion is one with which we have
to deal.”
Some symposium members felt
that all of China’s actions were
simply a mystery.
“If anyone could explain to
me why China invaded India in
1962, I would be glad to know,”
said C. V. Narasimhan, under
secretary of the United Nations.
“I don’t think any Indian knows.”
But even if it is the overt poli
cy of China to take over the coun
tries of Southeast Asia—Burma,
Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, South
Viet Nam, Malaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia and the Philippines—
what then should U. S. policy
be?
Should we continue our present
policy of containing China at its
present borders, as we did Soviet
Russia after World War II and
as we are now attempting to do
in Viet Nam ?
Or should we withdraw from
Southeast Asia, as administration
critics have urged, and depend
upon the historic revulsion of
Southeast Asia against Chinese
dominance, to keep a balance?
While several university pro
fessors suggested we withdraw,
the Southeast Asians at the sym
posium had a different view.
Boonrod Binson, representative
of Thailand on the Asia and the
Far East Committee for Co
ordination of Investigations of
the Lower Mekong Basin, gave
an original viewpoint of the real-
politik of this part of the world.
“Thailand can be friendly with
the United States because we
have no border with China,” he
said, “but when the time comes
that they are knocking on our
door, we will have to change
our song.
“Look at Cambodia,” he said
referring tp a government that
is vociferously pro - Chinese.
“They are so afraid of Red Chi
na that they are acting the way
they do.”
He suggested that only a “Unit
ed States of Southeast Asia”
could resist Red China, but noted
that this was difficult because
of the strong nationalism in each
country.
Vu Van Thai, a prominent
Vietnamese economist now with
the United Nations, offered the
non-Communist Vietnamese view.
“American military aid at this
point means protection against
being enslaved in a Communist
world where we know how diffi
cult it would be afterwards to
transform society from within,”
he said.
“We non-Communists are seek
ing any reasonable way for non-
Communists to live with Com
munists.” Vu Van Thai argued
further that the prevalent image
of North Viet Nam leader Ho
Chi Minh as a nationalist, and
only secondarily a Communist, is
“very over-simplified” because
“he has become purely Commu
nist in thinking and not merely
nationalist.”
The symposium, sponsored by
the Johnson Foundation, the Asia
Society and The University of
Chicago, offered an unusual op
portunity for academics and gov
ernment officials to exchange
views on the conference theme,
“The Prospects for Southeast
Asia.”
In past months, at the much-
publicized university teach-ins
professors and the administra
tion have been at each others’
throats, over Viet Nam.
Here there were substantial
indications that differences have
lessened.
The meeting itself came out
of the President’s Johns Hopkins
University speech of last spring,
when he offered $1 billion in aid
for regional development in
Southeast Asia.
“The President’s speech seemed
to open a new door,” said Ken
neth T. Young, president of the
Asia Society and symposium
chairman. Young was one of the
men who, after the President’s
speech, drew the three groups
together in the hope of offering
suggestions to Washington and
increasing understanding.
The symposium ended with on
ly the broadest areas of agree
ment: that the United States
should not entirely abandon or
entirely escalate in Viet Nam;
that regional development plans
are highly desirable; that mili
tary means alone cannot bring
peace to Southeast Asia; that the
United Nations must become
more involved in this part of
the world; and that in the long
run what happens to Indonesia
may prove more important than
what happens in Viet Nam. No
easy answers.