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VOLUME 64, Number 47
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968
Telephone 845-2226
U.S. Power Implies
Obligation: White
“When you have the power,
you have the obligation to use
it,” Pulitzer Prize-winning politi
cal columnist William S. White
emphasized Saturday at the clos
ing session of the 14th Student
Conference on National Affairs.
White was round-up speaker
for the four-day session in which
students from 61 North American
colleges and universities delved
into “The Limits and Responsi
bilities of U. S. Power.”
THE SYNDICATED Washing
ton-based journalist suggested
the conference theme could have
more realistically been termed
the “Obligations and Responsibil
ities of U. S. Power.”
“It’s idle to talk about limiting
our power,” White remarked, “be
cause I don’t think we can.” He
said it also is unrealistic.
White observed that circum
stances of history have made the
U. S. the “guardian of Western
power.” He noted there are only
two real powers, “the Soviet
Union and U. S.”
“IT’S FOOLISH for us to say
we will limit ourselves to country
“A” or country “B,” he pointed
out. “It’s very unwise to proclaim
in advance that you won’t do this
or won’t do that.”
“When you happen to be the
repository of power, you can’t act
as if it didn’t exist,” the former
Associated Press editor pointed
out.
WHITE SAID he was “abso
lutely in favor of the Vietnam
War, just as I was in favor of the
Korean War.”
“I believe the Vietnam War is
necessary,” he stressed. “I don’t
believe we have ever fought a
Black America
Seminar Set
An intensive three-day study
of Negro efforts to achieve so
cial change and equality starts
Tuesday in a Great Issues “Black
America” seminar.
“The Riot Commission Re
port,” “White Reflections on
Black Power” and “Why Riot?”
are topics of talks for the next
three days at 8 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center ball
room.
Featured speakers are Con
gressman James C. German, Cal
ifornia Democrat and riot com
mission member; Charles E. Fa-
ger, Harvard Divinity School
student who has had extensive
direct contact with the civil
rights movement, and Daniel H.
Watts, “Liberator” magazine ed
itor Recognized as a spokesman
of the ghetto Negro.
Series Chairman Tom Fitz-
hugh of Waco challenged the fac
ulty-staff, students and the uni
versity community to gain new
insight on the racial problem
by attending the three seminar
presentations.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
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more necessary war.” He said he
fully realized, however, how dif
ficult the war is.
The 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner
noted that history probably will
condemn the Vietnam War, but
he added that doesn’t necessarily
mean it is wrong. He indicated it
could merely mean that most his
tory writers are against the war.
HE SAID the real reason the
U. S. is in Vietnam is that “we
cannot allow Chinese Communist
doctrine—one of open aggression
—to succeed.”
White was the third major
speaker for the A&M meeting
where most of the time was
spent in student “round-table”
discussions.
Special Presidential Assistant
Walt Rostow opened SCONA with
the observation that the U. S.
will remain the “critical margin”
if the world is to make its way
through the transition from nar
row nationalism to international
partnership and stable peace.
Gen. Harold K. Johnson (Ret.),
former Army chief of staff, told
the delegate* they must avoid
compartmentalizing the elements
of national power. He said the
political, economic and military
elements are interrelated.
FDT Wins 1st,
7th Spots In
Competitions
Texas A&M’s Freshman Drill
Team won first and seventh
places in its first competition
appearances of the year.
The first team, commanded by
George Barrientos of San An
tonio, placed seventh in the
sixth Gulf States competition in
Houston while the second team,
headed by Arthur Eng of San
Antonio, won first in the annual
Bryan-College Station Christmas
Parade.
Three units formed from 85
cadets on the team made the
simultaneous appearances Sat
urday.
The University of Houston’s
annual drill meet has come to be
a “Junction - type” proving
ground for the Fish Drill Team.
Few freshman teams, including
last year’s national champion,
have faired well in the meet,
noted Mike Casey of Houston.
The Marion Guard of St.
Mary’s University won first, U-
H second and Sam Houston State
third.
First place in the drill team
division of the Bryan parade car
ried a prize of $100.
WEATHER
Wednesday — Partly cloudy,
winds Northerly 5 to 10 mph.
High 64, low 38.
Thursday — Cloudy. Winds
Southerly 5 to 10 mph. Inter
mittent rain late afternoon.
High 63, low 43.
4 Freshmen Disqualified
For Campaign Violations
COMMISSION HEARS EVIDENCE
Election Commission Vice-President Tom Henderson, left, displays an application which he
said freshman class office candidates were required to sign before running in last week’s
election. Seated are Gerald Geistweidt, center, Election Commission president, and Corps
Commander Hector Gutierrez, who spoke in defense of the five freshmen charged by the
commission with violations of the election code. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Fledgling SDS Chapter
Organ
By TOM CURL
Battalion Staff Writer
Is it possible, the SDS here ?
Texas A&M, long a stronghold
of Southern conservatism, will
soon have a chapter of the Stu
dents for a Democratic Society
if some A&M students are suc
cessful in their organizational ef
forts.
“Students’ voices aren’t being
heard when administrative deci
sions are being made,” contends
Brian Foye, a senior economics
major and chief SDS organizer
here.
FOYE AND a small group of
students are attempting to bring
change to A&M through affilia
tion with the national organiza
tion of the SDS.
The group says the local chap
ter of the American Civil Liber
ties Union has “shown a very
strong interest” in SDS attempts
to gain campus recognition
through the Memorial Student
Center. Foye said a similar case
is pending in court concerning
the SDS chapter at the University
izes. Sets
of Texas at Arlington, and if the
courts rule in favor of the SDS
there, the A&M chapter should
have “no difficulty” obtaining of
ficial campus recognition at A&M.
“WE’RE NOT a typical SDS
chapter; we’re concerned mainly
with problems facing students at
Texas A&M,” Foye emphasized
Some of the issues being con
sidered by the planning group
include campus parking, dormi
tory housing for women students
and most important, direct com
munication with the administra
tion headed by President Earl
Rudder.
Long walks to parking lots and
the high incidence of thefts from
student autos are targets of the
A&M organization.
“EVERY DORM has a parking
lot beside it; but you can’t park
there,” said Larry Gill, a fresh
man psychology major from Lub
bock and member of the group.
He pointed out that Michigan
State University and Texas Tech
both have bus service from the
perimeter to the center of the
Goals
campus and the students park in
outlying parking lots.
“I WAS A day student at Tex
as Tech and didn’t mind at all
parking on the edge of the cam
pus,” Gill said.
“The Campus Security depart
ment deserves some credit; they’
ve tried to cut down on some of
the thefts,” he continued.
“I would feel a lot safer if I
could park my car besides my
dorm instead of the other side
of Kyle Field,” he added.
The group questioned why up
perclassmen should have pre
ferred parking areas when many
of them are transfer students and
have not been at A&M before.
THE GROUP also wondered
why women were allowed to at
tend A&M but were automatically
discouraged because there are no
women’s dormitories on campus.
“Weil go on record as support
ing girl’s dorms on campus,”
Foye said.
Foye added that although many
(See Fledgling, Page 2)
Junior Class VP
Succeeds Gingrich
By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Four freshmen were found guil
ty and one innocent Monday in
an Election Commission hearing
on election rule violations. The
decision came after more than
three hours consideration.
The four were disqualified by
the ruling from running in any
elections sponsored by the Elec
tion Commission through the next
school year.
“This would mean,” Gerry
Geistweidt, election commission
president, told the freshmen, “that
you could not hold an office until
your senior year.”
Lawrence R. French, Peter R.
Johnston, Charles J. Maddox and
Michael A. Tiemann were found
guilty of displaying campaign ma
terial within buildings other than
dormitories or university apart
ments. Scherle was tried on the
same charge but found not guilty.
CHARGES against the five
were filed by Tommy Henderson,
Election Commission vice-presi
dent. Henderson acted as prose
cutor during the hearing. Hector
Gutierrez, Corps commander, act
ed as defense counsel.
In a precedent-setting action
before the hearing, the Commis
sion voted to move Jimmy Dun
ham, Junior Class vice-president,
into the president’s slot vacated
last week by John Gingrich.
Gingrich was removed from of
fice after being placed on conduct
probation for an incident in Dun
can Dining Hall Nov. 21.
TO FILL the vacancy created
by Dunham, filing for Junior
Class vice-president will take
place from today until Dec. 17.
The Junior Council will elect a
new vice-president from among
those who filed Dec. 17.
The ruling was made under a
university regulation stating that
vacancies created during the year
shall be filed for as directed by
the Election Commission.
Henderson began his prosecu
tion in the freshman hearing by
citing parts of the revised election
rules passed on Nov. 14 by the
Student Senate, which include
the following stipulations: “ . . .
No signs will be placed on monu
ments or flagpoles, nor will signs
be nailed to any tree or shrub
bery.
“ALL CANDIDATES for stu
dent offices will become familiar
with the above election regula
tions and any other election regu
lations which the Election Com
mission and the Student Senate
may approve by the required
method and announce publicly in
print.”
Henderson said each candidate
had “ample opportunity to read
the regulations and each signed
statements when filing that the
election rules had been read. He
noted that his petition was turned
in to Geistweidt before the votes
were counted.
David Maddox, Senate vice-
president, testified that he had
seen signs in the Academic Build
ing and had reported them to
Henderson, knowing that they
were in violation of election rules.
HENDERSON listed violations
he had observed. Each candidate
was included in the list. He cited
three separate articles in The
Battalion stating that the new
regulations would be enforced
and explaining where to obtain
copies of the regulations.
Gutierrez then presented the
defense, which he said centered
on inefficient distribution of the
rules. He objected to articles in
the Battalion and the “come by
and get them” arrangement that
currently was in effect to get
the rules to all candidates.
He charged that the Election
Commission had not properly in
formed the candidates of the rules
involved. Those who tried to get
copies, he asserted, were unable
to get them and were told to
return later.
CHARLES Hoffman, called by
Gutierrez, testified that on the
last day of filing there was only
one copy of the rules available in
the Student Programs office. Late
in the afternoon, he noted, there
were “several hundred” copies
available.
Henderson interrupted to point
out that several copies were
available three or four days be
fore filing started, and that he
had delivered them personally.
FOLLOWING the presentation,
both sides summed up their ar
guments and the Commission re
tired in closed session to consider
each case individually.
“The penalty seems grossly un
fair, since none expected to vio
late rules,” commented Geist
weidt. “Yet guilt or innocence
was judged not on intent, but on
fact.
The four found guilty now have
three courses open to them, ac
cording to Geistweidt: accept the
ruling, protest the verdict to the
Student Senate, or protest the
punishment to Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
The Inquiring Battman
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BRIAN FOYE
Texas A&M
“I liked best the free interchange
of ideas that covered a complete
spectrum of political thought
from students of the United
States as well as Mexico and
Canada. However the speakers
were all spokesmen for the ad
ministration. There should have
been a better balanced list of
speakers.’”
DARLA ROSE
Texas Technological College
“The most striking and beneficial
facit of the Round-Table discus
sion was the freedom of exchang
ing ideas and opinions: I disliked
the limiting factor in the discus
sions due to the length of the
general topics. I think we would
have benefitted more by being ex
posed to more fact possibly by
having the conference speakers at
our immediate disposal.”
TOM WHEELOCK
U. S. Military Academy
“I enjoyed the speech by Gen.
Johnson and the participation in
the discussions by the various
delegates from campuses all
across North America. I liked
least the length that some of the
sessions stretched to, and I think
that what was said could have
been said in a shorter session.”
JOHN K. LEONE
University of Missouri
“The thing that I appreciated
most is the opportunity to ob
serve the “habits of mind” of our
great decision-makers and diplo
mats. Although many of the
situations we are discussing may
be the same tomorrow, the
approach these people use can
teach us quite a bit toward the
solution of the problems.”
BOB MADDOCKS
Texas A&M
“SCONA XIV has provided an
atmosphere that has alowed
outstanding students to integrate
their basic political, economic,
and military philosophies and to
be able from this to gain an
insight in each others' beliefs.
However it had one bad point in
that at times( co-chairmen tended
to dominate Round-Table discus
sions.”
Give Impressions
Michael Ford
Trinity University
“I liked the conference because
it gave people a chance to gain
an understanding of the complex
ity of our present situation. The
thing I liked least, however, was
that too many students were un
familiar with certain historical-
factual data. They talked more
from opinion than actual knowl
edge.”
JULIAN SALAZAR
University of the State of Mexico
“The Round-Table discussions
helped me and other foreign stu
dents to evaluate our opinions
and feelings towards the United
States. I hope the conference will
help to start a movement in the
United States and foreign coun
tries where students can better
exchange ideas among them
selves.”
(Photos by W. R. Wright)