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ill Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, June 6, 1968 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: ... At College Station, I was witness to the Grand-daddy of all Aggie jokes. Not the usual Ag gies joke involving one or two Aggies, but a mass joke on over 3,000 of thise uncouth characters from the Brazos bottom. “You’ll notice on your quiz that the questions do not re quire ‘true’ or ‘false’ but instead ‘heads’ or ‘tails’!” The setting for this joke was the Final Review of the Corps in which those 3,000 young men marched, stood, and paraded in the hot sweltering sunshine, simply to pay their respects to a few hundred of their number who were graduating from the University. Don’t you Aggies realize that such expressions of sentiment went out with chivalry ? This joke was the more amusing by the appearance of those young men. Uniforms were spotless, boots were mirror shiny, hair was cropped to a military length, and there wasn’t a beard in the crowd. By VERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN—Texas’ Constitution al Revision Commission has com pleted its series of winter and spring work sessions, rewriting the Texas charter of government. It will not meet again until August. Any fair analysis of the status of constitutional revision in Texas would have to be based on a note of pessimism regarding the chances for ultimate acceptance of the committee’s work to date. Main problem for the 25 re visionists to overcome was cre ated when the Commission was established—by a divided legis lature—in the spring of 1967. Originally the Commission was to be formed by a joint House and Senate resolution. However, the Senate refused to go along with the plan so the House acted alone. Speaker Ben Barnes named a House Committee. But Lt. Gov. Preston Smith declined to make any appointments. Gov. John Connally gave considerable moral support to the committee, but now he is a “lame duck” and will not be governor when the Com mission submits its report to the Legislature next January. In terms of the substantive pro- the governor. They maintain that a majority of the state agencies are virtually free of his influence and can carry out public policy without regard to his wishes. Opponents of the proposal point out that the governor already has Senator Kennedy (Continued From Page 1) his condition, and that did not develop.” Salinger announced the body was to be taken from Los An geles between 10 and 11 a.m. PDT. He said the family, friends and some staff members were to be aboard. The Requiem Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. The body will be placed on a train at 12:30 p.m. for the last journey to Washington. It is ex pected to arrive at about 4:40 p.m. The funeral route will take the cortege past the U. S. Senate Office Building where Kennedy worked, and the Department of Justice, where he served as at torney general. SALINGER SAID KENNEDY will be buried at about 5:30 p^m. authority to appoint 3,000 office holders. Commission voted 8-7 to limit the governor to a single term— a procedure which would, in ef fect, make every Texas governor a lame duck for some undeter mined portion of his term in office. Commission also favors providing the governor with a four-year term rather than the current two-year term. Tentatively, the group approv ed a provision which would re quire the governor to be elected during “off-years”—years with out presidential elections. Many Capitol observers recall that a constitutional revision commission created by the Legis lature in 1957 submitted recom mendations after several years of meetings, but no action has ever been taken on them. CONNALLY WIN CERTAIN Governor Connally’s control of the State Democratic Convention in Dallas on June 11 apparently will be by overwhelming majority. Will Davis, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, says 215 of the 254 coun ty conventions passed resolutions endorsing Connally’s favorite son candidacy, and 22 more counties posals for a new constitution Saturday in Arlington, probably are sending uninstructed delega- the Commission has been far from decisive to this point. Reports have been heard from various subcommittees on the executive branch, the judiciary, political subdivisions, taxation and other topics. These reports have been given tentative approval by the Com mission as a whole, but on all votes it was made clear that de cisions made now can be reversed during the next slate of meetings this coming fall. One of the most heated debates in the brief history of the Com mission came from a recommen dation for the appointment of the judges on the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals by a five-man commis sion. Voters would either approve or remove them. At present these judges are elected by the people. Two members of the Commis sion were particularly forceful in their argument against this pro posal. H. S. (Hank) Brown of San Antonio, president of the Texas AFL-CIO, opposed the measure as being a dangerous trend for a democratic society. Brown argued that the people have a right to elect their judges. Rep. Dick Cory of Victoria con tended that such a provision in the revised constitution would in sure its defeat when the matter is put to a vote. Dr. Janice May, government professor at the University of Texas, said Cory and Brown are overlooking the realities of the current system of judicial selec tion. “Right now two-thirds of all our judges are initially named by appointment from the governor. Then, as a matter of practice, they run for re-election and are almost always retained in office,” she said. Most of the members of the Commission have expressed some desire to strengthen the hand of at the hillside site where his brother’s body lies. Salinger said “all legal re quirements” would be met be fore the body is removed from California. This apparently was in reference to an autopsy. President Johnson said of Ken nedy’s death: “This is a time of tragedy and loss. “During his life, he knew far more than his share of personal tragedy,” Johnson said. “Yet he never abandoned his faith in America.” KENNEDY WAS HIT at least twice as his assailant emptied an eight shot, .22-caliber revolver in a swift volley as he passed through a kitchen passageway at the Ambassador. One bullet struck his shoulder and lodged in his neck, the other penetrated to his brain. Vice President Hubert H. Hum phrey, in Washington, expressed “profound personal loss” at Ken nedy’s death. “We have all lost a great American,” he said. The vice president appealed that America may find the strength “to dispel the forces of irrational hate among us.” Kennedy’s assassination brought presidential campaigning to a halt, as candidates suspended their search for political support. And it left the future Democra tic picture in turmoil. Kennedy’s victory in California has pledged to him 172 delegates to the Democratic National Con vention. They will represent Cal ifornia at the convention despite his death. Kennedy entered the race on March 16, four days after Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, D.-Minn., demonstrated the breadth of op position to the administration by holding Johnson to a standoff in the New Hampshire presidential primary. McCarthy is the candi date Kennedy defeated in the California primary. tions to the state convention. SPECIAL SESSION There will be a hot time in this old town . . . extending from the June 4 opening of the special legislative session until whenever it ends . . . and that is anybody’s guess. Main business, of course, is passing a $2,500,000,000 appropri ations bill to finance state gov ernment for the 1969 fiscal year beginning September 1 and ap proval of about $125,000,000 in new taxes. Governor Connally has recom mended general revenue spending of $465,200,000. That would re quire $123,800,000 in additional state taxation. Legislative Bud get Board proposes a budget of $471,000,000 from the fund over which the legislature has direct control, which would boost the tax bill to $129,600,000. Connally’s tax bill calls for an increase of the state sales tax rate from two to three per cent, with cities to get most of the additional revenue in the form of a direct rebate. Many services not now taxed also would be included in the three per cent levy. Statewide tax would do away with one per cent local sales tax now charged in more than 300 cities that contain the vast majority of Texas’ popula tion. Session also is expected to come to grips with the explosive issue of liquor by the drink. A slight majority of the legislators live in districts which approved the May 4 mixed drink referen dum by margins ranging from slight to overwhelming. But that’s no assurance the measure will pass. Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin, Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and House Speaker Ben Barnes also are urg ing Governor Connally to submit riot control bills to the legisla tors. Ovinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student ivriters only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter- prise edited and operated by students as a university and community neivspaper. THE BATTALION Represented nationally by National Educational Ai ices, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles icisco. Service Francii ational Advertising and San The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for ^publication of all new dispatches credited to it or not herwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous in published herein. Rights of republication of all other herein are also reserved. ond-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. ot orig: matt Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Arts; F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. News contributio 846-4910 or at tne Building. For advertising or delivery call 846-6415. 846-49 ons the ay be made by telephoning 846-6618 iditorial office. Room 217, Services The Battalion, a student newspaper ablished in College Station, Texas dailj at Texas A&M is published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2% sab MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Battalioi Texas per Advertisin on, 77843. 6 per bject ertising rate furnished on request. Address Room 217, Services Building, College, Station EDITOR JOHN McCARROLL r-ti- .mi' - -JU. In this day of student protests and uprisings, this can only in dicate that you Aggies are an illiterate lot who don’t know what makes up acceptable campus ac tivities. To make the joke even more hilarious, we need but consider the attitude of each young man when the Band began to play The Star Spangled Banner. Every back straightened to a ramrod stiffness, every pair of shoulders squared, and every eye, looking straight ahead, developed a gleam of fierce pride and awareness of the part each man was playing in the overall ceremony honoring God, Country and School. In this era of draft card burnings, Flag defacing, love-ins, and hippie groups, it is obvious that you Aggies are truly a backward lot. All in all, it was a grand joke. To think that so many young men would willingly give up a Saturday afternoon of their free time, parade a drill field in the hot, humid weather, and take a fierce pride in doing so, simply to honor and pay tribute to their graduating friends, is indeed a reason for ridicule and scorn. There is but one thing that bothers me; just who is the butt of this joke? Louis R. Morris Lamesa Research Planned On Subsonic Flight Corpus Plan ‘Open House' On Alaminm Texas A&M has been selected by the Department of Defense to establish a “center of excellence” in subsonic flight dynamics re search. Dr. A. D. Suttle Jr., A&M’s vice president for research, said the program is part of DOD’s Project Themis, in which the uni versity currently participates in the fields of meteorology and op timization with grants totaling $1.25 million. Suttle noted funds for the three-year flight dynamics pro gram will total approximately $600,000 and be administered through the Department of the Army. RESEARCH efforts, he ex plained, will emphasize unsteady aerodynamics as it influences flight dynamics of fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) air craft. Dr. W. P. Jones, aerospace engineering research professor, will be technical director for the project, with Dr. Richard E. Thomas, also an aerospace engi neering professor, heading the flight program. “T h e r e’s been considerable space research work going on in Bolshoi Ballet Tickets On Sale A Texas A&M group will at tend a performance by the famed Bolshoi Ballet from Russia in San Antonio June 23. J. Wayne Stark, A&M’s Mem orial Student Center director, said 78 tickets have been re served for the 2:30 p.m. Stars of the Bolshoi production at HemisFair '68. The matinee performance of the Bolshoi will feature Act II of F o k i n e’s “Les Sylphides,” known as “Chopiniana” in the USSR. It also includes the pas de deux from Vasily Vainonen’s “The Flames of Paris,” “The Dy ing Swan” and other selections. Plans call for the A&M con tingent to board buses at 6 a.m., June 23, in front of the MSC. Coffee and pastry will be served on both buses, Stark said. Tickets will be available from the MSC’s director’s office, he said. this country for several years,” Dr. Jones observed, “but there has now been a rekindling of interest in low-speed aero dynamics” Jones said A&M will develop a well-balanced program involving theoretical, flight and wind tun nel work. A major goal of the program will be a better understanding of clear-air turbulence. “WE PLAN to make a detailed study of what happens to an air craft when it flies through tur bulence,” Thomas noted. He said this phase of the research will involve use of a unique gust gen erator developed at A&M. One of the most difficult as pects of the study, the engineer pointed out, is detection of clear- air turbulence. He said a device must be developed that is more sensitive than radar. Once a technique has been per fected to detect turbulence, Thomas continued, then engi neers can devote their energies to creation of a system for air craft similar to shock absorbers for automobiles. A&M’s flight dynamics re search for Project Themis will emphasize the interdisciplinary approach, Suttle stressed. He said the program will utilize meteorology, mechanical engi neering and computer science personnel, in addition to those in aerospace engineering. The University’s Project Themis program in meteorology centers around subjective fore casting in localized areas, where as the optimization effort deals with basic mathematical and sta tistical regimes for a number of physical operations. DOD au thorized both three-year pro grams last summer. A six-week cruise of the Ala. minos, Texas A&M’s oceanogra. phic research ship, includes a so- cial call at Corpus Christ!. The ship departed Galveston Monday and be on the Gulf o( Mexico until July 18. A 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. open house and dinner aboard the 180-foot vessel is set at Corpus Christ! Sunday, announced Dr. Richard A. Geyer, Oceanography Depart- ment head. The “social” is in conjunction with the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce’s promotion of ma- rine sciences work out of the port, and the U. S. Geological Survey, Marine Geology and Hy drology branch office in Corpus Christi. The office headed by Henry L, Berryhill Jr. is cooperating with A&M scientists on one leg of the Alaminos cruise. Dr. Arnold H. Bouma, oceanography professor, is chief scientist for the first part of the cruise. Under his direction, seismic re flections, piston coring and sam plings in the Northwest Gulf will be used as tools in a search for Pleistocene (glacial age) river courses on the shelf. Samples also will be taken from Alaminos Canyon off Galveston and Brownsville. 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