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SB , , - ■ Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 30, 1971 CADET SLOUCH Army goofed Words which adequately describe our feelings concerning Lt. William L. Galley’s conviction Monday are not hard to come by. Irrational, hypocritical and convenient are but a few. Of course, for Galley to be tried in the first place is incomprehen sible—it’s nothing more than trying a man for what you paid him and ordered him to do. If anyone ought to be tried, shouldn’t it be the man who issued the orders? It seems clear Galley was, or thought he was, following orders. But he’s the low man on the totem pole, and it’s easiest to pick on him because he can’t really fight back. Yet it’s strange pilots who bomb villages when ordered to aren’t tried for murder. It is strange trials like this were not held during “popular” world wars. Galley never had a chance in a military court. Given civilian sentiments concerning My Lai, and the Army’s current poor image, the soldiers on that jury had to convict Galley just to keep the Army’s esteem from slipping any further. We think they were wrong, that Galley’s conviction is another black mark for the Army. We are not against the military, and we believe armed forces are necessary for the survival of the United States. All we mean to say here is that the military seems habitually to behave in an unwise manner, and the Galley conviction is but another example. Maybe somebody ought to send the Army a copy of a popular country and western song—“Stand by Your Man.” 19 living distinguished alumni will meet here for first time Nineteen of Texas A&M’s 26 living Distinguished Alumni will assemble on campus April 15 and 16 for the group’s first convoca tion, announced Richard (Buck) Weirus, executive director of the Association of Former Students. The distinguished former stu dents will meet in conjunction with the inaugural festivities for A&M President Dr. Jack K. Williams. Williams asked for the Distin guished Alumni to join the in augural procession as honored guests and wear regalia, Weirus said. Inauguration of Texas A&M’s 17th president is scheduled April 16. Also, J. H. Galloway, W. T. Doherty, W. C. McGee Jr., Michel T. Halbouty and Edward J. Mosher, all of Houston; H. B. (Pat) Zachry and C. C. (Polly) Krueger, San Antonio; Cong. Olin E. Teague, Washington, D. C. and College Station, and Texas A&M Executive Vice Presi dent Alvin R. Luedecke. by jim Earie Calley’s hope is My Lai opens eyes to war’s ‘hells FT. BENNING, Ga. <A>) — “I hope My Lai isn’t a tragedy but an eye-opener, even for people who say war is hell,” said Lt. William L. Galley, who was con victed Monday of the premeditat ed murder of 22 unresisting Vietnamese civilians. He faces the death penalty or life imprisonment. Galley, 27, was white-faced and visibly shaken after the verdict in his court-martial, unprece dented in Army history. No other American had ever before stood accused of murdering more than 100 persons. “My Lai has happened in every war. It’s not an isolated inci dent, even in Vietnam,” he told The Associated Press in an ex clusive interview to be released after the verdict. Galley, who was a fledgling second lieutenant when he led his platoon on a devastating in fantry assault on the tiny ham let of My Lai March 16, 1968, said in the interview: “The thing that makes My Lai so unique, it was a small tragedy in a small place, but for once, man was able to see all the hells of war all at once. “I can’t say I am proud of ever being in My Lai, or ever participating in war. But I will be extremely proud if My Lai shows the world what war is and that the world needs to do something about stopping wars. “Many people say war is hell who have never experienced it,” Galley added, “but it is more than hell for those people tied up in it.” Galley, commenting on his four-month trial, the longest in U.S. court-martial history and the most publicized in modern warfare, said: By JOB Ruddc A&M I taste of during School £ Twen' nied bj military staff; version in patrc “No one has yet triej analyze the problems, to knowledge, what caused not) My Lai, but the war in Viet itself. “I am hopeful that My will bring the meaning of to the surface not only to nation but to all nations. “My recommendation is," added, “that this nation ca afford to involve itself ini Galley said then even if i mounts' victed, “I still feel st» try offb about the Army. This i» offi cers needs a strong army, what I’ve seen of the wori communism, we definitely i an army.” Galley, who received mail from throughout the n during his trial, said, “Thei port of the American peoplt the only thing that has kept going.” FDT seeks fourth straight this Saturday in Washingto The Fish Drill Team will un furl its Class of 1974 guidon in Washingotn, D. C., Friday for the unit’s fifth appearance in na tional championship competition. A simple, two-foot trophy mod- led for the national capital’s famous landmark—the Washing ton Monument—will be the goal. “All I’m sayin’ is that you should check th’ regulations about that mustache!” Refiners oppose octane posting Distinguished Alumni Convoca tion activities begin at 2 p.m. April 15 with an Academic Sym posium in the Library. Distinguished Alumni planning to attend include Marion J. Neeley, Fort Worth; J. Harold Dunn, Amarillo; John W. New ton, Beaumont; DeWitt C. Greer, Austin; Dr. Sam H. Sanders, Memphis; Horace A. Sawyer, New Orleans, La.; William E. Morgan, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Ernest D. Brockett, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Roy B. Davis, Lubbock, and W. W. Lynch, Dallas. HOUSTON <A>) _ Petroleum refiners challenged Monday the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to require that gas oline octane ratings be posted on service station pumps. A 25-page petition filed with federal Judge Carl O. Bue Jr. seeks an order enjoining the commission from carrying out a Dec. 30 rule directing that such postings be made no later than June 28. The petition warns that en forcement of the rule would re sult in higher gasoline prices to motorists. It brands as false a commission contention that fail ure to post the ratings is unfair and deceptive. Research octane numbers are Numbers in ( ) denote chan-i nels on the cable. 6:30 3 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night 15 (12) 15 (12) Sesame Street (PBS) (Repeat Monday) 7:00 3 (5) 3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle 15 (12) 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk 15 (12) University 7:30 3 (5) Instructional 15 (12) 4:00 3 (5) That Girl 8:30 3 (5) 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched 15 (12) 15 (12) What’s New 9:00 3 (5) (NET) 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 15 7191 15 (12) Misterogers’ Neighborhood (PBS) 9:30 15 (12) 5:30 3 (5) CBS News 15 (12) Sesame Street 10:00 3 (5) (PBS) 10:30 3 (5) 6:00 3 (5) Final News Beverly Hillbillies Campus and Community Today Green Acres San Francisco Mix (PBS) Hee Haw Realities (NET) All in the Family Viewpoint Marcus Welby, MD Because We Care (PBS) The Advocates (PBS) Final News Movie—The Sheriff Bingo—Weekdays at 5, BCS*TV/9. Nothing to buy. You need not be present to win. laboratory measurements of gas oline anti-knock characteristics. The National Petroleum Refin ers Association, the American Petroleum Refiners Association and more than 30 individual re finers are plaintiffs in the suit that asks Bue, after a final hear ing, to declare the Dec. 30 rule null and void and in excess of FTC’s statutory authority. The petition contends the rule is arbitrary, capricious, contrary to fact and law, and unsupported by any substantial evidence. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said the central issue of the suit is the long-debated legal ques tion of the commission’s substan tive rule making authority. The petition contends Congress repeatedly has refused to give the commission such authority except in specific and unambiguous cases. The refiners brand as false the commission’s contention that fail ing to post octane ratings de prive consumers of a criterion to which they can relate gasolines with engine requirements. “Research octane ratings are only one indicator of the anti knock qualities of gasolines,” the petition states. “Harmful knock is readily audi ble to users, affording ample op portunity for the user to change fuels. The octane requirements of identical model vehicles com ing off an assembly line may vary as much as 10 or more oc tane numbers.” Also branded as false were the commission’s contentions that failure to publish research oc tane ratings may result in en gine damage and that many con sumers are paying higher prices needlessly for gasolines of higher octane ratings. “The historical designations of gasoline by grade, such as regu lar or premium, have proven sat isfactory to motorists,” the peti tion states. “There is no sub stantial information in the com mission’s record to the contrary.” The refiners listed adequate fuel vaporization, proper rela tionship between volatility and altitude and climate, low gum and sulphur contents, and good oxidation as additional factors important to the performance of gasolines. “As a direct result of the com mission rule, many consumers will be purchasing higher octane than their automobiles require,” the petition states. “By overemphasizing octane ratings and endorsing research octane as the sole measure of quality in gasolines, the commis sion would mislead the motorist into buying gasoline on the basis of research octane alone and thereby inhibiting improvements in the many other determinants of gasoline quality.” Bulletin Board WEDNESDAY Marketing Society will hold its 1971 Sales and Marketing Clinic beginning at 9 a.m. in the As sembly Room of the MSC. Junior Class Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 113 of Na gle Hall. Intervarsity Christian Fellow ship will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 304 of the Physics Build ing. THURSDAY Canadian Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at David and Bobby Ayres’ home, 203 Davis in Bryan, for an organizational meeting. Marketing Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the MSC to hear Tome Cale of A. C. Neilson speak on “The Competitive Edge—Market ing Research.” Houston Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3D of the MSC to elect officers for 1971-72. The 30-member team com manded by William L. Peppard will march in the National Inter collegiate ROTC Drill Champion ships Friday and appear in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival Parade of Princesses Saturday. In the team’s four previous Washington appearances, nothing less than a second place finish (1967) has been accomplished. “The exhibition performance by the fish during the high school competition was one of the best by a drill team on the A&M campus,” commented Malon Southerland, team sponsor. “We were not satisfied with our performance during the college drill meet,” he went on. “How ever, I have full confidence that the team—because of the efforts of the cadet advisors—will make an outstanding showing. And I believe they can win a fourth national championship.” The team will depart by bus for Houston early Thursday and board Eastern Airlines Flight 146 for an 8:55 a.m. takeoff. After 1:36 p.m. arrival at Dulles International Airport, the team will check in at Fort McNair. Senate office building Long«i Cafeteria for the evening Saturday morning, the Clti Blossom parade will move do Constitution Avenue with I FDT in the first division. Hindered by the deatholstri advisor Richard A. Hanes j before the spring compel schedule began, the 1970-71 lo has a first and second pla« its credit. The fish won a Lu meet and were runners-up ill annual A&M competition. Francis S. (Chip) Conatyl since been named senior ad?) "enjoi Junior Louis Ullrich of San 1 Life I tonio assumed duties in the matte: terim. But at a passaj _ _ „ ^ „ , , suram L. Larsen of Dallas and sop g ecur Other upperclassmen wort with the team are junior Lu mores Beverly S. Kenned; Austin, David A. McClun; Shreveport and Leonardo 5 nandez of San Antonio. National championship compe tition at the D. C. National Guard Armory will be conducted Friday, with the fish marching late in the afternoon. Chemical Engineers Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. T. P. Eubanks’, 2515 Towering Oaks in Bryan, for a program by Dottie Clark of the Spinning Wheel Yarn Shop. The National Capital A&M Club will host the team at the Capt. Donald Macalui went a AUS nienibe Honda; could— an in\ stock s cials. 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