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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:
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“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
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Gomer Pyle
15
(12)
3:30 3
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Town Talk
15
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University
7:30
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15
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4:30 3
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9:30
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5:30 3
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CBS News
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Sesame Street
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(PBS)
10:30
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(5)
6:00 3
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Mix (PBS)
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Viewpoint
Marcus Welby,
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The Advocates
(PBS)
Final News
Movie—The
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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:
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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
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