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HHHRH a XBRART dakpus 15 COPIES Cbe Battalion VOLUME 64, Number 45 « Stnrnti frsitp mtn’s J COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1968 Telephone 845-2226 ites Sat-In KEYNOTER CONSIDERS QUESTION Walt Rostow, right, special assistant to President Johnson.. istens intently as delegates to the Fourteenth Student Conference on National Affairs pose questions following lostow’s keynote address at the conference Wednesday. Die conference continues through Saturday. (Photo by V. R. Wright) At Guion Hall Shaw Production 1 HUT ants tmpanies sey/New -27 at the len State w Jersey. jpon- jment ■ of the lations 533, To Open Monday “Arms and the Man,” Aggie ’layers production opening Mon- ay at Guion Hall, provides a modern viewpoint on wail in con- rast to the theatrical group’s ■rat season play. The George Bernard Shaw- Titten anti-war satire will run lec. 9 to 14 with curtain at 8 m., announced C. K. Esten, Ag- ie Players director. “Arms and the Man” follows 16 Aggie Players presentation f Euripides’ “The Trojan Wo- nen.” “Both are anti-war, as is any E&sonably humane person,” not- 1 Robert W. Wenck, production irector. “But the approaches take W( > different forms. Euripides mployed high tragedy; Shaw ses satire, a thing he does bet- r than anyone else.” WHERE EURIPIDES tries to show horror and tragedy result ing from war in “Trojan Wo men,” Shaw displays the ridicu lousness of those who find honor and glory in warfare, Wenck added. >raduate Council iks Changes In Traffic Situation The Graduate Student Council Wednesday drew up a list of 19 Poposals dealing with on-cam- Ps traffic problems and submit- pl them to Dean of Students J. I' Hannigan for approval. The proposals, divided into ®destrian, parking and automo- The plot revolves on Captain Bluntschli, played by George Mc Coy of Marble Falls, Swiss mer cenary who reveals a pragmatic attitude toward armed conflict, a young girl and soldier who are disciples of the “higher love of war for glory’s sake.” Raina, portrayed by Mrs. Becky Ingraham of College Station, is a romantic young girl whose high ideals of the glories of warfare are shattered when she meets the professional soldier. Marc Fleishman of Dallas appears as the soldier Sergius. “VISUALLY, this is the most exciting play done by the Aggie Players,” observed Esten. The set includes a revolving stage designed specially for the play, period and style costumes from American Costumes of New York and authentic props includ ing Solingen cavalry sabers and a Russian imperial dress sword. “It’s a hilariously funny play, serious in intent but written with Shaw’s tremendous flair for ton gue-in-cheek humor,” Esten add ed. recommendations, included: Removal of all “Dumpster” fa sh containers blocking side- slks to eliminate offensive od- 18 from sidewalk areas. Paving of the parking lots e tween the Mechanical Engi- *ering Shops and the Chemistry folding. Building of sidewalks ^° Un d this parking lot to add the attractiveness of the area ^ keep pedestrians off the Beets. Removal of the “tank ’ (cement block barriers) in r°nt of the Memorial Student ^nter at Houston and Lamar ’ re ets, with replacement by a fir-way stop to again open -° Us ton Street to two-way traf- ) C an< f Provide smoother traffic across the campus. SCONA Tonight S. Military Programs ln Foreign Countries” Gen. Harold K. Johnson ° P- m., MSC Ballroom Other members of the cast are Jim Weyhenmeyer of Livingston, N. J., as the man-servant Nicola; Candy Yager of Bryan as Louka, family maid; Irene Woodard as Catherine and Travis Miller as Paul, Raina’s parents, and Bruce McKenty, a soldier. THE COMPANY roster in cludes Alejandro Bernal as assis tant director; Mike Link, stage manager and set crew head; Aug ust Lester, props, Tim O’Hara, music and sets; Robert Nesmith, sound effects; Ruth Reeves, house and Brenda Hathaway, publicity. Numerous other A&M students and locals work in the production. Tickets will be available at the door, which opens at 7:30 p.m. each day of the run, or at the Memorial Student Center pro gram office. “Many local clubs and organi zations have been given oppor tunity to buy tickets at a sav ings,” Wenck said. “Patrons should check with groups to which they belong about this possibili ty.” WEATHER Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. Friday — Cloudy, winds East 10 to 15 mph. High 53, low 29. Saturday—Partly cloudy, winds East 5 to 10 mph. High 68, low 27. U.S. Must Stay Involved, SCONA Keynoter Says ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gold Standard Called Key To U. S. Inflation Problem By TIM SEARSON If the United States went off the gold standard tomorrow, our modern society would not be plagued with the problem of in flation, SCONA XIV panel mem bers agreed Wednesday night. Dr. James M. Buchanan, pro fessor of economics at the Uni versity of California at Los An geles, and a member of the Ex ecutive Committee of the Ameri can Economic Assoc., acted as moderator for the second presen tation in the conference. “WHAT 90% of the economists agree would strengthen our econ omy is a demonetizing of gold by letting the dollar float on its own,” said Buchanan. “We would release any commitment to using gold.” “There are two other possible solutions which the United States could use to solve the problem. By tightening our belts and de flating the domestic economy through an increase in taxes and a cut in expenditures, we would be faced with more headaches.” “Likewise, by imposing credit controls over travel and imports with brute force, though an in creasingly papular idea, is en tirely wrong.” “Our total trade in goods and services overseas approaches only 5-7% of our Gross National Pro duct. In comparison with other countries in the world that de pend on their international trade, such as Britain, we must be class ified as a domestic economy.” “THEREFORE, we should not gear our economy toward inter national trade involvement,” said Buchanan. “After World War II, our economy pushed the produc tion of goods for our domestic market, a policy expanded under the Kennedy administration.” Buchanan told how Kennedy tried to keep the flow of capital from gong abroad, while the gold stock kept going down. By 1965, the claims on the American dol lar by foreign countries had be come serious. “WHAT WILL go down in his tory as the Johnson Inflation saw a jump in price levels and a more rapid price increase,” said Buchanan. “Our deterioration in ternationally was not helped by the vicious attempt of President Johnson to impose on the right of free travel by Americans.” Buchanan referred to the at tempt by Johnson to impose a tourist tax on any citizen travel ing abroad under the Trade with the Enemy Act of 1918. He slam med it as one of the most under handed actions any president could try. “THE RECENT trouble in the economy in France has helped make our balance of payment situation look better,” said the noted economist. “However, our balance of trade looks much worse with the disturbing increase in imports.” Edward S. Marcus, second mem ber of the panel, is the first presi dent of the National Association of the Partners of the Alliance and Executive Vice President of Nieman-Marcus. He has worked for more than 25 years in inter- American affairs and received the highest civilian award of the Peruvian government. “AMERICAN business has fin ally realized its responsibility to educate and promote the poorly trained above the standard of poverty in the American econo my,” said Marcus. “Our next ad ministration, in acknowledging this, will delegate more responsi bility to business in departments usually reserved to government.” “In trying to build a healthy world we must expect to have friends to help us. American busi nessmen, realizing this, have be come more aware of the social needs of our fellow man, here and abroad.” THE THIRD member of the panel, Dr. William R. Kintner, is the Deputy Director of the For eign Policy Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. “Our foreign commitments are influenced by our domestic de mands, as can be seen in the un popularity of the Vietnam war,” said Kintner. “Our commitments in the next decade will depend on whether the Paris peace talks fail, or the United States makes a complete withdrawal, or the war is terminated with terms fa vorable to the U. S.” “TURNING TO neo-isolation- ism would be a serious threat. Already our sea power is threat ened by the Soviets and our su premacy may determine future world stability.” “Our firmest commitment, then, is to defend! the North American continent and the external parts of the United States. We must honor our alliances with Western Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the Philip pines.” “We should eliminate commit ments to areas not important in affecting our position in the world. At present the Soviets are putting more productivity into their military than we are.” “The simple truth is, we can afford to survive if we want to,” said Kintner. By TOM CURL Battalion Staff Writer The United States must continue, and in some cases increase, support and involvement in world affairs, noted Walt W. Rostow, special assistant to the President, in the keynote address to SCONA XIV Wednesday. “None of the things that have been done in the past eight years could have been accomplished without the determined and often courageous use of American economic, political, and military power,” Rostow said in the opening session. “But, equally, none of these things could have been accom plished by the United States acting alone,” he continued. ROSTOW MENTIONED some of the problems facing America when he started work with the Kennedy administration in 1961. • Fidel Castro had taken over Cuba and the rest of Latin America was worried about communist takeover. • Nikita Khrushchev was attempting “nuclear blackmail” in Berlin and seemed certain that the U. S. would back down. • Laos was beginning to collapse and the necessity of U. S. in tervention was becoming a dis- — Freshmen Name Eight Officers; Run-Offs Set For Nine Others Freshmen Wednesday elected eight class officers andl tentative ly sent nine others into the Dec. 12 run-off elections pending an election commissioner’s protest filed against five of the run-off candidates. Students placing in the run-off elections for president were Kir by Brown with 303 votes, Law rence Pfrench, 151, and Peter Johnston 161; for vice president, Gerald Bratz with 121 votes and Gary D. Newsom, 242. Also in the run-offs for secre tary-treasurer, were Joe D. An derson, 191, and Ivan Langford III, 151; for social secretary, Joe Schriever 344 votes and John Briedon with 182 votes. Election commissioner Tommy Henderson filed a petition charg ing five candidates with posting campaign materials on unauthor ized University buildings. They are presidential run-off candidates Peter Johnston and Lawrence Pfrench; presidential candidate William Scherle; and vice presidential candidates Mic hael Tiemann and Charles Mad dox. Election Commission Presi dent Jerry Geistweidt said that a commission hearing would be held before the run-offs to de cide whether or not the candi dates were guilty of the viola tion.” Members of the freshman class elected election commissioners are A1 Bradley 464 votes, Patrick Buckley, 413, Bill Curtis, 430, Michael Essmeyer, 417 and Ray mond H. Kopecky Jr., 486. Freshmen elected to the Stu dent Senate are Don Mauro, 325, Phillip Morley, 478, William Hartsfield, 251, and Dwain G. King, 334. tinct possibility. • Many African countries were facing governmental crises. • Relations with Russia were strained and U.S. troops in Eur ope were causing problems in the balance of payments. The dynamic eight years since 1960 have changed many of these situations. Castro has been contained and is no longer considered a real threat. “In no sense is Castro’s Cuba . . . regarded as a model for de veloping nations,” Rostow com mented. THE BERLIN crisis was faced down in the winter of 1961-62 and the U.S. is actively engaged in the defense of Southeast Asia. Indonesia has freed itself from the Communist threat and Japan has left its isolationist role to become involved in the problems of Asia. “President Johnson will turn over to Nixon a strong NATO — despite the French defection — which, in the wake of the Czechoslovak crisis, deeply un derstands that a vital NATO will be required as far ahead as any one can foresee,” Rostow said. According to Rostow, the American dollar is still a source of stability in the world attempt to build a cooperative interna tional monetary system. WORLD FAITH in the Amer ican economy has been reaffirm ed in the last eight years and is again overshadowing Soviet methods. “Most advanced thought in Communist nations now looks, in fact, not to the Soviet Union but to the United States, Western Europe and Japan as represent ing more nearly the way a mod em, sophisticated economy should perform,” he remarked. Rostow cited several develop ing countries such as South Ko rea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran, Tunisia, Mexico and Colom bia for their economic growth in the last few years. He pointed out, however, that For SCONA Round-Tables Chairmen Represent 8 Nations the present administration has not been completely successful. “We regret that an honorable peace in Southeast Asia could not be brought about in our time of responsibility,” he said. “EFFECTIVE unity” is still only a dream in Europe and the acceptance of responsibility that would result from such unity is not yet a reality. The Senate has not yet acted on the Non-Proliferation Treaty and missile talks with Russia have yet to begin. The Middle East is still boil ing and the Czech crisis means even more problems for the al ready troubled world. “In short, there is no reason to believe our successors will find time on their hands or be short of challenging tasks; and I am reasonably certain that my suc cessor will be called by the White House Situation Room quite often in the night with news of crisis and danger in one part of the world or another,” Rostow con cluded. Rostow quoted President John son concerning the U.S. hope for the future and said that as other countries grow in strength the burden carried by America hope fully can be gradually decreased. “IN EVERY quarter of the globe, within the Communist world as well as outside, men and nations desire to take a larger hand in shaping their own destiny,” Rostow commented. “They cannot do so, however, in a world as interdependent as ours unless they set aside old- fashioned nationalism and learn to work together,” he continued. “This kind of world cannot be created by the United States act ing alone; but we remain, wheth er we like it or not, the critical margin . . .” he said. “AND WE shall remain the critical margin in the years ahead if the world is going to make its way through the great transition towards the goal of stable peace,” he emphasized. According to Rostow, inter national unity is the answer to international problems. “The nation — state — what ever its size and resources—can not solve the vast problems now before us or foreseeable in the tary in fairs at “Round-Table” Co-chairmen of SCONA XIV who are leading del egate discussion sessions through out the conference, include rep resentatives of eight foreign countries and the U. S. Military and Air Force academies. Shinichiro Asao is first secre- charge of political af- the Japanese embassy in Washington, D. C. He has served at Japanese embassies in Australia and Indonesia. Hans Helmut Freundt is the first secretary of the West Ger man embassy in Washington. He has served in his country’s foreign service in Europe, the Near and Middle East and Africa. MRS. BARBARA B. de Gomez is executive director of the Ex periment in International Living in Mexico. She has served the U. S. government in the Office of Strategic Services, the Foreign Service and the embassy in Boli- M. G. Kaul is Minister for Co ordination at the Embassy of India in Washington. He was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations in 1966 and 1967. He currently deals with all aspects of Indo-U. S. trade and assistance in food and other agricultural commodities. Dan Pattir is counselor at the press office of the Israeli embas sy in Washington. He has been a member of the country’s U. N. delegation and served as a press aide to the President of Israel on trips to the United States and Canada in 1966 and 1967. DR. K. W. REININK is coun selor for political affaire at the embassy of the Royal' Nether lands in Washington. He has served the Netherlands Foreign Service in Bonn, Berlin, Warsaw, La Paz, Moscow and Havana, among other cities. I. J. Sagay is first secretary of the Nigerian embassy in Wash ington. He served in the embassy in Ghana from 1964 to 1967. Dr. Gutierre Tibon is editor-in- chief of the Mexican Encyclo pedia. He is an ex-professor at the National University of Mexi co and the author of several books. His Excellency Agha Shahi is Ambassador of the Pakistan Mis sion to the United Nations. MAJ. J. L. Abrahamson is an assistant professor of social sci ence at the U. S. Military Acade my at West Point, N. Y. He has served as executive secretary of the Student Conference on U. S. Affairs (SCUSA), the Military Academy’s equivalent of SCONA. Maj. F. D. Margiotta is with the Department of Political Sci ence at the U. S. Air Force Acad emy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Thomas J. Barnes is country officer for Laos, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in the State Department. He has served in several East Asian countries and is author of the “Pocket Guide to Vietnam” issued to U. S. servicemen stationed in that coun try. JAMES H. Boren is the direc tor of the Partners of the Alliance Programs, Alliance for Progress, State Department, Agency for In ternational Development in Wash ington. John T. Barton is supervisor in engineering for the Dow Chemical Co. in Freeport, Texas. Charles Blaschke is manager of the education programs for the Institute of Politics and Planning in Arlington, Va. He is a graduate of Texas A&M and was Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets. Dr. George F. Carter is a dis tinguished professor of geogra phy here at A&M. His specialties include a study of cultural his torical evidence on the origin and spread of ideas with special reference to transatlantic and transpacific pre-Columbian voy aging. Dr. Manuel M. Davenport is head of A&M Department of Philosophy and Humanities. He has done a Peace Corps survey where he visited with Dr. Albert Schweitzer and has also been a coach of a College Bowl Team in New York. future,” he said. “We shall achieve arrange ments of authentic partnership — based on mutual respect and acknowledgment of interdepend ence — or we shall not move successfully through the great transition,” Rostow concluded. CadetReview Is Called Off The Corps of Cadets’ first formal review of 1968-69, sched uled today for the 14th Student Conference on National Affairs, has been cancelled. Col. Jim H. McCoy, comman dant, said wet ground prevented practice for the main drill field appearance of the 2,800-cadet Corps. Four graded march-ins for home football games and Corps trip parades in Dallas and Aus tin have been the Corps’ official appearances so far this year. University National Bank ‘On the aide of Texas A&M. —Adv.