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Cbe Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1966 Number . 355 Hottelet Notes Difficult UN Position GUEST SPEAKER Kenneth S. Armstrong (left), guest speaker night, is shown here chatting with a couple for the Great Issues Series presentation to- of helicopter pilots in South Viet Nam. Armstrong, Asian Observer To Narrate Viet Nam Film W orld Organization Worn But Hopeful South Viet Nam will be the subject of correspondent Kenneth S. Armstrong 1 in a Great Issues Series presentation tonight. Armstrong, an expert on South east Asia, will show a document- A college “drop-in” raccoon got dropped out of circulation re cently during an impromptu “coon hunt” by several occupants of Hart Hall. THE YOUNG RACCOON was first spotted near the back door of B ramp of Hart by Bill Pechanec, a mechanical engineer ing major from Houston. It quickly eluded Pechanec by racing across the Nagle parking lot and became “treed” just out side the west door of the Physics Building. Pechanec’s story brought out several Hart residents, 1 e d by Bill Brumley with a burlap sack. It quickly eluded Pechanec by racing across the Nagle parking ary color film and lecture at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. GREAT ISSUES CHAIRMAN Steve Kovich said the specialist in world affairs has spent more lot and became “treed” just out side the west door of the Physics Building. Pechanec’s story brought out several Hart residents, led by Bill Brumley with a burlap sack. WITH THE HELP of several of the 15 to 20 spectators, whose arsenal included a flash light, a mop, and much enthusiasm and noise, Brumley soon had the ani mal in his sack. The raccoon turned out to be more hungry than shaken by the episode and soon settled down to enjoying a dime pack of cookies. The “bandit” was later given to the Wildlife Department for keeping. than a year traveling throughout South Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand since 1962. Armstrong’s visit to A&M last year was a highlight of the Great Issues Series, Kovich pointed out. Several hundred persons attended Armstrong’s film-lecture. Since 1960, Armstrong has shot 11 miles of film footage in South east Asia. HIS ARTICLES in the Cleve land Plain Dealer indicate that only through deeper knowledge of the people, their history, re ligion and customs, can one under stand the events in South Viet Nam. Armstrong is a 1948 graduate of Michigan University. For 13 years he was news and public affairs director for WJW-TV, Cleveland. His sphere of inter est from 1956 to 1960 was Eur ope, where he concentrated on Russia and the satellite nations. THE SPEAKER’S citations in clude the Press Club of Cleveland Award for outstanding reporting. Tickets are available at the Student Program Office and at the door. A&M students with activity cards are admitted free. By JOHN FULLER Batt News Editor The United Nations is in grave trouble, in a world that is in grave trouble; but if there were no UN today, one would have to be invented. This was the paradoxical con clusion reached last night as Richard C. Hottelet, Columbia Broadcasting System U.N. Cor respondent, offered the first pres entation of this year’s Great Is sues series in the Memorial Stu dent Center. HOTTELET, who has served in his present post for the past six years, spoke on “The United Nations on its 21st Anniversary.” The organization takes Oct. 24, 1945 as its birthdate, he explain ed, because the member nations ratified the charter on that day. Hottelet turned early in his remarks to point out the contro versial nature of the U.N. today, particularly in the United States. “THERE ARE people who say the meeting in San Francisco which produced the U.N. char ter was the most important meet ing since the Last Supper,” he noted. “On the other hand, there are those who will inevitably attempt to draw up a sort of scorecard based on the accomplishments of the last 21 years and call the U.N. a dismal failure.” HOTTELET ATTACKED those he termed “cynics, who don’t realize the destructive difference between healthy skepticism and cynicism,” adding that “this is no time for wishful thinking or flippant generalization.” He emphasized the importance of objective thinking where the U.N. is concerned, warning again st “illusions, escapism, and the cave of fanaticism,” which are Attorney General Waggoner Carr, Democratic nominee for United States senator, arrived in College Station Wednesday after noon on the Central Texas leg of his campaign tour. CARR WAS greeted by local dignitaries including State Sena tor Bill Moore, County Judge William Davis, former Speaker of the Texas House of Represent ative Judge W. S. Barron, Brazos County Sheriff J. W. Hamilton, and local business executive Cecil Culpepper. Accompanying Carr to College Station was State Senator Dr. H. J. Blanchard of Lubbock. CAR AND his party went to the local television station, KBTX, where he made a broadcast in support of his candidacy for sen ator. able to influence opinions. “The U.N. was never meant to be a fairy godmother, to pull people out of their individual messes,” he asserted. “Neither is it a world govern ment, greater than the sum of of its parts. A much stronger organization would be needed to impose a set of standards on the world, and thus the standards set forth in the charter have been accepted by the nations of the world in name only.” BUT HOTTELET went on to describe the accomplishments of the past 21 years, pointing out that “given the proper frame of reference, the U.N. has func tioned well.” The Congo crisis of 1960 il lustrated one important facet of the U.N.'s capabilities, Hottelet said. This “vacuum-filling” ability helped prevent a direct confront ation between American and Soviet forces in Africa, he assert ed. ’’PREMIER Khrushchev was the great gambler of the Krem lin at that time,” Hottelet ex plained. “He saw Patrice Lum umba as the perfect vehicle to run interference for him on the international scene.” The United States warned the Russians that no open or covert intrusion into Africa would be tolerated, Hottelet went on, and the stage was set for an open collision when Russia threatened to send in “volunteers.” “BUT THE U.N. stepped in and prevented a great war,” he concluded, adding that the im provised U.N. force sent in by the late Dag Hammarskjold re mains in the Congo today. “The situation there today is anything but perfect,” he noted, Wednesday night Carr attend ed a $10-a-plate dinner at the Ramada Inn in College Station given by the local members of the Democratic party. AN AUDIENCE of 350 at the dinner listened to the candidate’s comments on, among other things, Viet Nam. “We have shown patience, and we seek an honorable peace,” said Carr. “But if all of President John son’s effort for such a peace are ignored, then it’s time to take off the gloves and begin using both hands and end this war,” Carr said. “OUR CAMPAIGN has really caught fire these last two weeks.” said Carr, “just like the Texas Aggie football team.” Raccoon ‘Drop-In’ Finally ‘Treed’ By Impromptu Dorm Coon Hunt B-CS Carr Dinner Spearheads Central Texas Senatorial Race United Chest 1 50% To Goal WHOOPING IT UP FOR UF “Red Feather” Indians Kathy Robinette and Fritz, a dachs hund, powwow in favor of the United Chest drive now underway. Kathy, 7, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Robinette, 3210 Green, Bryan. Fritz is one of the family, too. The College Station United Chest fund drive is 47 per cent complete with two days to go, officials announced Wednesday. Drive Director James E. (Joc ko) Roberts said about $10,000 has been donated, with several large departments at Texas A&M still to report. “One called me yesterday for more envelopes and material, so we may get some unexpected boosts when they report,” he said. The Oct. 10-21 drive has a $21,000 goal. “Though some people are not personally solicitor, we expect them to contribute,” Roberts add ed. Associate Director George Taack estimated contributions “are coming in a little slower than last year, though the rate has been pretty steady.” The 1965 United Chest drive reached its goal in eight days, one over the allotted time. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings cer tificates. —Adv. OPEN WIDE CADET Capt. Charles Lewis, M. D. checks cadet Thomas D. Faver of 703 Eagle Pass, Bryan, as Air Force physicals for sopho mores continue at the University Hospital. The doctors, from Bergstron AFB, handle approximately 60 cadets a day to check physical qualifications for the Air Force contract program, RICHARD C. HOTTELET “but the Congo is no worse off than the other African nations and Africa was not the scene of World War III.” Another function of the organ ization has been as a “shock ab sorber,” as in the Korean Con flict, Hottelet said. “FOR THE U.S. to go into the Asian mainland so soon after a world war would have been high ly inadvisable to say the least,” he asserted. “The U.N. forces, though largely American troops, were able to go in without bring ing about such an awkward inter national situation.” Furthermore, the U.N. played a “modest but very useful role” in the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis, as a “third party,” through which, according to Hottelet, most of the negotiations that led to a peace ful settlement were carried out. As a “center for aid and de velopment,” the organization has helped new countries become ac cepted as equals, Hottelet added. Finnally, the U.N.’s “forum” function has seen its application in setting up a “Court of World Opinion,” in the late Adlai Ste venson’s phrase, during the mis sile crisis. One of the biggest difficul ties faced during the 21 troubled years since the founding of the U.N. has been its own internal problem, Hottelet said. He discussed the Soviet pres sure on Secretary-General U Thant and the organization’s fin ancial problems, noting that nei ther problem has a readily-visible solution. “U Thant has never indicated definitely whether he will seek election to another five-year term,” Hottelet pointed out, “and who his successor might be is currently the $64 million ques tion.” He said the only candidate be ing mentioned prominently is the current General Assembly presi dent, a Pakistani delegate. Hottelet termed the 1964 de cision to shelve the debt claims against the U.S.S.R. as a “phony and feeble deal,” adding that when the situation comes up again, he feels the U.S. will not take a similar stand. SUMMING UP his remarks, Hottelet said the main function of the U.N. during the past 21 years has been to “buy time until man comes to his senses” — and, he added, “There is already much to indicate that we have begun to face reality in respect to large-scale conflicts.” Hottelet emphasized his convic tion that the U.S. must not aban don the U. N. Quoting former President Harry Thurman’s say ing, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” he said there are only two alternatives in our present situation. “EITHER WE CAN face up to our responsibilities as a world power,” he concluded, “or we can get out of the kitchen — but we’ll be carried out in the garbage pail of history.” Storm Provides Cruise Research By JAMES PLAKE Battallion Special Writer Hurricane Inez forced the A&M research vessel “Alaminos” to change course and seek refuge in Vera Cruz, Mexico, it was re vealed this week. OFFICIALLY labeled Cruise 14, the expedition remained in the Mexican port about 36 hours, then went back into the western part of the Gulf of Mexico along the same stopping points it had visited before the storm. This was the first time any where in the world biologists have been able to compare the water masses before, and immediately after the effects of a full force hurricane. IN ADDITION to the record set by the biological research ex pedition in investigating the ef fects of the hurricane, A&M set another record: For the first time, three Mexican scientists were on board the “Alaminos” participating in the research. DOCTORS Guillermo Saledo Chavez, Hector Romero, and Jesus Macias Ortiz used their experience from past work at the marine biology station in Vera Cruz and the biology station at Tampico in the research con ducted on the cruise. Dr. Sayed Z. El-Sayed, chief scientist, explained the presence of the visitors on the ship. “WE WANT TO foster future cooperation between Texas A&M and Mexico in the field of Bio logical Oceanography.” Cruise 14 set out from Galves ton October 3. It traveled to the western part of the Gulf along a route connecting predetermined points. “The overall objective of the cruise was to study the biological productivity of the western Gulf of Mexico and how it was affected by the continental shelf in that area,” Dr. El-Sayed said. “WE WANTED to make an assessment of the production potential of plants in that region. Many tests were run using the relatively new Carbon 14 testing technique. Chemical aspects of the sea were also observed. The scientists took specimens along the route to investigate the effects of tem perature, salinity, and light on the productivity of the area of the western Gulf. “WE ALSO hoped to continue our research on the chemical constituents of water, with spe cial emphasis on the distribution and concentration of nutrient salts such as phosphates, silicates, and nitrates,” Dr. El-Sayed said. “We also measured the depths to which light penetrated the sea with a submarine photo-meter.” IN ADDITION to the three visitors, the crew of scientific personnel consisted of Dr. Sayed Z. El-Sayed, chief scientist; Wil- (See Storm, Page 5)