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THE BATTALION
College iStat'ion, Texas Tuesday, February 20, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Mistake To Leave
Out South Korea
An Aggie joke swept the campus yesterday was that
the USS Pueblo had been released by the North Koreans . . .
two Aggies had exchanged it for the carrier Enterprise.
Of doubtful humor, it did point out the continuing
concern students and all Americans have for that ship
and its crew of 83, which have been detained since Jan. 23.
Until the focus of attention had been drawn away
from Vietnam, few people realized that 15 years after the
Korean “conflict” this country still had 50,000 men poised
below Korea's demilitarized zone.
It is common knowledge that since the Pueblo was
seized American representatives have met with North Ko
rean representatives at the truce village of Panmunjom.
Although no details have been made public, both sides
have met privately at least seven times to seek a settlement.
Most officials, including the President, felt that the
ship and crew would be released in return for some type of
appology and admission of tresspass on North Korean ter
ritorial waters by the U. S.
But the United States forgot to consult South Korea,
whose problems of guerrilla infiltration into its country is
much more important to them than the Pueblo.
While we were saber rattling with ships off the North
Korean coast we had not raised a voice against constant
and more ominous North Korean raids across the DMZ.
South Korean President Park Chung-hee rightfully
questioned our priority judgement.
To deter another Korean War he said the South Korean
government would arm one million reservists by the end of
the year as part of its efforts to strengthen defenses against
the Communists.
Unready for such a reaction and not desiring another
international political problem, the President dispatched
his number one Red Cross worker and trouble-shooter,
Cyrus Vance, to patch up differences.
South Korean Foreign Minister Choi Kyu-hah said
Saturday that an agreement had been reached that any
further Communist terrorist raids would be considered
“acts of agression” by both the United States and South
Korea.
In the event of such raids, Choi said there would be
immediate consultation between the U. S. and S. Korea to
determine what action would be taken under their mutual
defense pact.
For now that would seem to placate the South Korean
government, but United States bad manners during the
Pueblo crisis will have left its mark.
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The United States has become very pushy and defen
sive in thinking about its own problems in Southeast Asia.
We may be able to get by with such an attitude in Vietnam
where the government is corrupt and we have such an over
whelming influence and importance.
But we cannot expect the same head bowing from
South Korea. They are in a better bargaining position, have
tasted war, and an uneasy truce, and back their statements
with a little bit more meaningful manpower. (We salute the
South Korean “Tiger” division helping us in South Vietnam
and their effective and lethal
Editor,
The Battalion:
In regard to the article in last
Friday’s Battalion concerning the
Senate’s refusal to add the cloth
ing opinion poll in its present
form to the spring ballot, I would
like to clarify two points:
First, the opinion poll is not
“ . . . a referendum on clothing
regulations ...” It was designed
to be an opinion poll, and so it
states at the top of the poll. In
order to change any university
regulation, a proposal must be
submitted to the President, then
to the Executive Committee, and
then to the Academic Council
composed of all the deans.
The intent of the Civilian Stu
dent Council was to poll the en
tire student body before making
any proposal if one should be
necessary.
Second, I believe that the sec
ond portion of the poll, which
was not printed by The Battalion,
was very specific in regard to
exactly what clothing regulations
the student felt just or unjust.
I personally feel that Texas
A&M should have clothing regu
lations; however, I believe that
the students should have the
right to express their own views.
The opinion poll would have
accomplished this end. I am sorry
that the Student Senate did not
feel this way.
David M. Wilks ’69
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Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter concerns a Texas
A&M tradition I don’t want to
see dead. On most other campuses,
students pass each other on side
walks and in halls and don’t say
a word to one another. Students
speaking to students is one thing
which has helped gain for A&M
the reputation it has for being
outwardly friendly to others.
I have noticed more and more
the tendency of A&M students
not to speak to each other on
campus. The big, friendly “HOW
DY” that used to be just isn’t
any more. I see every day civilian
students passing each other in
silence. Corps members are many
times just as guilty as the ci
vilians about not speaking to
other students. I have also no
ticed that a large percentage of
civilians will not respond even
when greeted by a cadet or an
other gung-ho civilian. These
things tend to remind one of the
habits and practices of a certain
institution over in Austin.
In short, let’s respond with a
big “HOWDY” when greeted by
another student. But don’t wait
for the other guy to speak first;
YOU do it. I think the big “HOW
DY” is one of the finest tradi
tions Texas A&M has. Let’s keep
it alive.
Merrell B. Richardson ’70
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envoys to patch up communi
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