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THE BATTALION
Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Friday, September 20, 1968
Campaign ’68
CADET SLOUCH
bynm Earie Wallace CanH Be Elected,
Thurmond Tells GOP
“It became a decision between a selfish motive of studyin’
this weekend for personal gain or else devoting my efforts
to the encouragement and involvement in our common cause
at Baton Rouge!”
The
And
Imag<
Men
‘New Nixon’
There are few things we like better than to see an
underdog to public opinion struggle back into the Happy
Image Grounds. The politician who can walk all over his
tongue and live to walk another day could surely qualify
as the ’60’s answer to Horatio Alger heroes.
That’s why we’ve watched the Richard Nixon resurrec
tion with wonderment and, admittedly, somewhat grudging
admiration. How much credence can be placed in the concept
of a “New Nixon” depends on a number of considerations
which we won’t debate here; the point is, Nixon seems on his
way to being elected President, and his new image appears
to be the key.
DALLAS <A*) — Sen. Strom
Thurmond, R-S.C., Thursday
night said George Wallace would
not win the presidency even if a
close three-way vote throws the
election into the House of Repre
sentatives.
The Southern leader arrived
in Dallas with Rep. Melvin Laird,
R-Wis., to address a fund-raising
dinner for Richard M. Nixon, the
Republican candidate for presi
dent.
The dinner is sponsored by the
Republican National Finance
Committee and a group called
Texans for Nixon under the lead
ership of Dallas financier Ben
Carpenter.
ASKED IF HE knew the din
ner was closed to newsmen, the
senator and Rep. Laird said they
had found that fund-raising pro
grams were very much like off-
the-record briefings for report
ers.
“I can assure you we are not go
ing to say anything at the din
ner that you couldn’t hear,” Rep.
Laird said. “It’s just that our
supporters seem more at ease in
these brief sessions if they are
private.”
Senator Thurmond, the Dixie-
crat presidential nominee in 1948,
said that he came closer to win
ning the election then than Wal
lace will come in November.
“ALL OF THE 11 original
Southern States and the four or
five border states are dominated
b y Democratic congressmen,”
Thurmond said. “It is obvious
that they would support Hubert
Humphrey in the House even if
the popular vote went to Nixon.”
The Republican visitors were
to address the Dallas group after
Nixon and his running mate,
Gov. Spiro Agnew of Maryland,
talk to the audience by closed-
circuit television from Spring-
field, Mo.
Both Thurmond and Laird said
they did not have prepared
speeches, although Thurmond
handed out a partially prepared
text in which he accused Vice
But the AP story on this page contains an off-key note
in the candidate-press harmony that is New Nixon’s theme
song. Senator Strom Thurmond and Representative Melvin
Laird glossed over the reporter’s challenge to the closed
doors of the Dallas fund-raising dinner, explaining that
their supporters “seem more at ease in these brief sessions
if they are private.” To be doubly sure that the supporters
could be at ease, the report adds, Thurmond and Laird did
not have prepared speeches to give the banished reporters
an idea of the substance of their remarks.
Library To Loan
Prints Wednesday
Granted, the much-discussed Texas Open Meetings Law
applies only to public groups and not political parties. But
Texas newspapermen are just getting used to the increased
freedom it has given them in very similar situations, and
it is probably significant that the AP reporter in Dallas
made a point of describing the closed-door situation early
in the report. Furthermore, Nixon’s spokesmen displayed
something less than statesmanship in refusing to release
prepared texts while assuring reporters that nothing would
be said “that you (reporters) couldn’t hear.”
It’s a minor point, and Nixon’s opponents have been, and
will be, guilty of worse lapses in press relations. But Nixon
is committed to a Number-Two-Tries-Harder approach in his
bid for Number One, and it’s probably a safe guess that the
Thurmond-Laird episode won’t be cause for rejoicing in
Nixon headquarters.
—J.W.F.
Prints of renowned artists’
paintings will go on loan Wednes
day (Sept. 25) at the Texas A&M
library for the fall semester.
Dr. James P. Dyke, library di
rector, said the lending print col
lection may be charged out one
per student beginning at 2 p.m.
The 80 framed, ready-to-hang
color prints will be due Jan. 10,
1969. Borrowers will be held res
ponsible for lost or damaged
prints. Replacement cost ranges
from $25 to $40.
John B. Smith, assistant direc
tor for public service, noted that
in three years of print lending,
the library has not had to assess
charges for lost pictures.
The collection covers a broad
range of artistic styles and rep
resents 80 artists including Ma
tisse, Picasso, Goya, Velaquez and
Rembrandt.
Loan policy is on a first-come,
first-served basis to A&M stu
dents only, Smith added.
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President Humphrey and associ
ates of “influence peddling and
cronyism.”
IN THE PARTIAL text, Thur
mond said “past and present
aides to Humphrey had been in
volved in three separate scandals
totaling nearly $20 million in
U. S. Government loans and con
tracts.”
Sen. Thurmond anticipated a
question about his change from
the Democratic Party to the GOP,
saying merely that he supported
Nixon “because he is a man of
integrity.”
Ending the Vietnam War was
uppermost in the Senator’s con
versation. He called for an hon
orable victory and said, “Proper
use of our powers could have
brought this war to an end in any
of three ways — militarily, eco
nomically and politically.”
A QUESTION about his op
position to Justice Abe Fortas’
appointment as Chief Justice was
answered in a restatement of his
opinion that Fortas “was not the
man for the job.”
Thurmond, in the airport in
terview, repeated his opposition
to the non-proliferation treaty,
saying he felt it dangerous to
deal with the major power in the
world that he said openly “states
a goal of taking over the world
by force.”
The tall, thin senator with thin,
graying hair pointed to the in
vasion of Czechoslovakia as
underscoring his feelings.
★ ★ ★
ABOARD HUMPHREY CAM
PAIGN PLANE <A>> __ “They’ll
never live long enough to run me
off the platform because they’re
basically cowards.”
That was Vice President Hu
bert H. Humphrey’s reaction to
demonstrators such as those
who tried to shout him and Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy down at a
Boston street corner rally Thurs
day.
“They’ve met a tough guy,”
said Humphrey.
“THESE PEOPLE are inten
tionally mean, anarchistic, rude,”
the Democratic presiderttial can
didate said about the Boston dem
onstrators.
“They do not believe in any
thing — this is the hard core.
Take a look at them, filled with
hate and bitterness. Look at
their faces filled with violence.”
“These aren’t McCarthy peo
ple,” Humphrey added. “This is
the hard core. They spent days
bringing these people in.”
HUMPHREY was asked about
a political backlash from such
demonstrations and whether he
would rather have the demonstra
tors or not.
“I’d rather not, but they are
there,” said Humphrey. “What
they’re really after is to try to
stop us from going out.”
Humphrey was asked why they
heckled him and not his Repub
lican opponent, Richard M. Nixon.
“Because a liberal has always
been the focal point of the an
archists, Fascists and Commu
nists,” he replied. “That always
has been the tradition in Europe
and several places.”
BUT HUMPHREY said again:
“They’ll never run us off the
platform. They’ll never stop us
from speaking.”
Humphrey made an unsched
uled stop at Chicago. He had
decided to switch to a smaller
plane able to land at the Huron,
S.D., airport so he could visit his
87-year-old mother in a rest
home there. An aide said the
plan was dropped because time
was too short, but because the
plane was already in the hold
ing pattern, it landed in Chicago.
★ ★ ★
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (A>) —
Wealthy backers of George Wal
lace joined the former governor
and Gov. Albert Brewer at a
fund raising luncheon Thursday
as supporters sought to raise $1
million in one day for Wallace’s
presidential campaign.
A newsman estimated that
about 200 persons attended the
luncheon where some of Wal
lace’s more affluent backers were
reportedly paying $500 per plate.
A Wallace aide said the attend
ance was 311 but his count appar
ently included tickets sold and
not used.
BREWER IS one of 10 regular
Democratic candidates for presi
dential elector who are pledged to
support Wallace. He joined the
former gov ernor as part of
Thursday’s George Wallace Day
events.
At night the program included
a $25-a-plate dinner and then a
rally at the state-owned Garrett
Coliseum expected to attract up
wards of 10,000 persons. Tickets
for the rally cost $10 each.
BESIDES THE $10 admission
charge, Wallace supporters at
tending the rally were counted
on also to circulate fund-raising
petitions to get others to con
tribute to the campaign. That
approach has been used through
out the nation and, campaign
leaders say, has been effective.
The former Alabama governor,
who returned home early Thurs
day after a three-day trip
throughout the southwest and
midwest, flies to Florida for
three speeches Friday — at Tal
lahassee, Daytona Beach and Or
lando.
By MONTY STANLEY
In three long years at this in
stitution, a person can go months
at a time without hearing a word
from or about colleges in the
outer world. Those who read this
column will not be able to make
that remark in clear conscience.
In the weeks to come, “On
Other Campuses” will feature
items of interest to fellow Ag
gies, in the form of various news
bits from colleges and universi
ties around the country. Con
centration will be mainly on
Southwest Conference schools,
but hopefully will include items
from all over the country.
Those readers who would like
to see something in particular in
the column, or who are hacked
about something they do see in
the column, are encouraged to
write suggestions. “On Other
Campuses” is intended to be in
teresting and informative, and
anything constructive will be ap
preciated.
The very first of the school
year, as usual, offers nothing
really out of the ordinary to re
port. However, as things pick
up, we at the Batt will be screen
ing all the different campus
papers in order to keep the Ags
informed.
leader Jack Holladay. (Politic!
ly-oriented Jack, it seems, kj
noticed how little advancemtt
has been made by those preacl
ing “Division.”) In any case, ft
first “spirit trophy” will be git.
en at the pep rally Septenftt;
26.
In the same vein, beware i
the University of Houston, fm
its cheerleaders, according ti
The Daily Cougar, “have mi
to stop at nothing to entice sou*
times meek Cougar supporters ti
the upper levels of frenziej
chaos.”
Two schools at least are start.
ing the year off big in the enter, jn '
★★★
Texas University this fall is
converting from the 3-point to
the 4-point grading system, as
will A&M next fall. Furthermore,
though, TU has set up a limited
pass-fail system under which a
student may take as many as
five semester courses in electives
and two courses in his major on
this basis.
Grade sheets will show a CR
for a passing grade and F for
a failing grade. The student’s
GPR is averaged from his other,
regular courses during the se
mester.
Result: hopefully a student
will be encouraged to explore
fields outside his specialties
without fear of harming his
GPR with a low mark.
Yale went over completely to
this controversial pass-fail sys
tem last fall, and SMU is cur
rently studying the system for
possible use.
Also from SMU comes word of
a new, improved Spirit Commit
tee whose key word will be
“Unity,” according to head cheer-
tainment area. Oklahoma hai
the Buckinghams, and the U of]||ast
is sponsoring India’s Ravi Shai.
kar, the famous sitar player.
All we’ve heard from Baylor j
that its trustees have approvij
a tuition hike. Associated Pren
announced that the boost wouli
bring the cost for an averap
student’s tuition to about $451,
or $30 per semester hour.
At the TU-Austin campus, i
rejuvenation of the Tower liu
been completed. The clock was
cleaned and painted and the goli
surfaces regilded at a cost of
$5,060. Which sort of makes o®
wonder what our own Academit
Building is supposed to look lib
on top.
Listen Up
Aggie Air Force Officers Attend
Armed Forces Staff, Air War College
Air Force officers who attend
ed Texas A&M are in advanced
military schooling at the Armed
Forces Staff College and Air
War College.
Lt. Col. Richard I. Lay Jr., a
1952 graduate, is studying na
tional power and aerospace re
sources in a 10-month program
of the Air War College at Max
well AFB, Ala. He is an Air Na
tional Guard officer and instructs
math at the University of Texas,
Austin.
Maj. Ray A. Kropp is in the
five-month Department of De
fense school at Norfolk, Va. The
staff colege prepares officers for
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The 1954 graduate from Thorn-
dale studied agricultural educa
tion and commanded Squadron
17, a freshman composite regi
ment unit.
Editor,
The Battalion:
Except for a brief period oi
life and some well-spaced art
ctes in the last three years tint
I have read the Batt, it has bm
the administration’s organ of ii|
struction and dictates to the sto
dent.
It seems to avoid the issue!
that trouble the country and iti
students. As far as the Batt ii
concerned there is only one vie*
to the war in Vietnam, discus,
sion of politics is forbidden, tin
idea that youth can raise a pru
test against what it believes ii
wrong. Apparently towards thii
end you have eliminated criti
cism of the university by censor,
ing the letters to what used tr
be “Sound Off.”
If so, as a newspaper you have
been dealt the final blow. I will
I could say cancel my subscrip,
tion, but unfortunately I han
been forced to pay for this also
Carlos Almaguer
(EDITOR’S NOTE: We plan ti
answer Mr. Almaguer, and
clear up some evident misundn
standings, in Tuesday’s issue.)
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