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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, January 5, 1967
Become Involved
(You Are Anyway)
If one reason might be given for the existence of
“Big Government,” that reason, we think, would have to
be the decision on the part of otherwise good men “not
to become involved”.
Men and women are elected to public office by people,
and they are responsive to the wishes and desires of those
who elect them. They are dependent upon the electorate
for ideas, advice, and direction. And they are going to
be more responsive to those who put them in office than
they are to those who opposed them. This is a simple
truth which too many people either refuse to recognize
or tend to ignore in evaluating the performance of our
elected representatives in the Congress and in the state
and in the cities and towns across the country.
If you helped to elect a man to a position where he
is charged with expressing the wishes of his constituents,
let him hear from you — frequently. For we cannot imagine
a more lonesome person anywhere than the man or woman
occupying the position of a lawmaker who never hears from
the people who put him there.
We are going to have government, you may be sure
of that! But whether you have good, effective, efficient
government is going to depend, in large measure, upon the
kind of communication existing between the electorate and
the elected.
We are all involved in the business of government, and
we are all contributing to the end result in one way or
another.
If our involvement is passive, then we have abrogated
our responsibility as citizens; and we cannot, by any stretch
of the imagination, consider ourselves as having contributed
anything of value to the administration of the public’s
affairs if things should turn out well.
If, on the other hand, things should turn out ill, there
is no way we can escape our part in such turn of events,
for our passivity was a contributing factor to the outcome.
The man or woman who lets his interest wane as soon
as the ballot is marked or the lever is pulled has discharged
a very minute percentage of his responsibility as a citizen,
for citizenship is a full-time job; and the overtime can
result in rich rewards as well!
We are already involved. Let’s make it count for
something of value during the year ahead. — Official pub
lication of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hospitality Group Read Battalion Classifieds
To Host Reception
In Student Center
Texas A&M international stu
dents will meet President and
Mrs. Earl Rudder at a reception
Wednesday at the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Sponsored by the University
Hospitality Committee, the 7 to
8:30 p.m. reception will be in the
MSC Ballroom. Miss Sadie Hat
field is Hospitality Committee
chairman.
A&M has 633 foreign students
from 58 countries. The majority
of the record international enroll
ment comes from India, Mexico,
Pakistan, China and Tunisia.
Association Head
To Visit Architects
£ArtcS JAu &7
‘Roomate, there’s something we need to talk about!”
Sound Off
Dr. E. D. Rosenfeld, president
of the American Association of
Hospital Consultants, will visit
Texas A&M’s Research and Grad
uate Center Monday.
James R. Patterson of A&M
said Dr. Rosenfeld will review
the research and make recom
mendations. Patterson is project
director for a Public Health Serv
ice research program to make pa
tient care buildings more adapt
able to changing demands.
Dr. Rosenfeld also is president
of E. I). Rosenfeld Associates
Inc., New York.
A&M’s Research and Graduate
Center is a division of the School
of Architecture.
Mansfield Predicts
Editor’s note:
The following letter was re
ceived recently by President Earl
Rudder in response to a letter
sent to T. J. Barlow (Class of
’43) of Houston upon being
named president of Anderson,
Clayton and Company.
‘Society’ Changes
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON UP)_Senate
Democratic Leader Mike Mans
field of Montana predicted Wed
nesday that President Johnson
will limit his requests to the new
Congress largely to improve
ments and modifications of exist-
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in radio to qualify for member
ship. Few members go into the
radio field after graduation, but
many maintain their amateur
status.
Unusual contacts are frequent
for W5AC radio operators. They
chatted this week with a Uni
versity of Oklahoma researcher
involved in sleep research at the
South Pole.
Treasurer Robert McKinzie of
Corpus Christi handled a phone
patch for the Association of
Former Students just before the
A&M-TCU football game this
fall. President Royce E. Wisen-
baker spoke with an A&M dele
gation in Mexico City.
A&M Hams have talked with
operators in more than 100 coun
tries this year. They have con
firmation cards from Russia and
other Iron Curtain countries.
When energetic W5AC opera
tors want to add color and clarifi
cation to their call letters, they
say “This is Whiskey Five Alpha
Charlie calling . . .”
ing “Great Society” programs.
Mansfield, who conferred with
Johnson by telephone this week,
said in an interview he does not
look for the President to make
any sweeping new proposals in
a State of the Union message
expected to be delivered person
ally before Jan. 17.
“I expect the new session of
Congress to be devoted primarily
to the correction, modification
and amendment of the laws the
last Congress passed,” Mansfield
said. “I don’t think there will be
any sweeping new presidential
proposals.
“WE SHOULD exercise over
sight over the programs which
have already been passed. We
should assume the degree of re
sponsibility that is inherently
ours to see that the laws we have
passed are carried out efficiently.
“We know what the legislative
intent is and we must see that it
is carried out. We should not
permit our responsibility in this
respect to be delegated to the
executive departments.”
Mansfield predicted that John
son will carry out his announced
intention of trimming back do
mestic expenditures by $3.5 bil
lion in the current fiscal year
ending next June 30. He said
Congress should help.
“WE SHOULD take the bull
by the horns, face up to the ne
cessities of the times and put
these spending cuts into effect,”
he said.
Dear Mr. Rudder:
Thank you very much for
your kind letter of December 1.
Like most A&M men, I have
a special feeling about what
the school did for me.
Starting as a freshman in
the corps and progressing
through the senior year is so
nearly a carbon copy of life’s
work that it is a shame we
cannot convey the message to
young men while they are still
young. It is a matter of sacri
fice, hard times and gain with
time and experience leading up
to the final year when respon
sibilities increase but so do re
wards. The corps at A&M is
the best place I know to teach
such a lesson—a n d this is
where we have an advantage
over other schools, not in the
books.
Water Course Set
Debate Team
To Compete
In Two Meets
Texas A&M debate teams will
compete in two tournaments in
January, announced Carl Kell,
debate coach.
James Byrd of Houston and
Robert Peek of Jacksboro will
compete in the 27th debate tour
nament at Millsaps College in
Jackson, Miss., Friday and Sat
urday. The A&M sophomore and
freshman won second in the jun
ior division of the recent Harding
Invitational Tourney.
Jan. 27-28, Byrd, Peek and an
other team to be announced will
be among teams from 60 institu
tions in the 1967 Mardi Gras Na
tional Invitational at New Or
leans.
Tulane University conducts the
tourney, which includes teams
from Berea College, NYU, Emer
son, Florida, Cal Tech and the
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Six Texas Schools entering teams
are A&M, Rice, San Jacinto,
Texas Lutheran, Baylor and West
Texas State.
Thanks again. I appreciate
your taking the time to write.
Sincerely,
T. J. Barlow
A Water Laboratory Technol
ogy course is scheduled Jan. 23-27
at James Connally Technical In
stitute in Waco by Texas A&M’s
Water Utilities Section.
Chief Instructor Leon Holbert
said 20 water superintendents,
chemists and laboratory techni
cians will receive 40 hours of in
struction and laboratory practice.
Purpose of the course, Holbert
explained, is to impress class
members with the value of water
analysis and interpret results.
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