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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
•A 1 )—^The U.N. General Assembly
handed the United States a
stunning defeat Monday night by
voting to seat Red China and
expel the Chinese Nationalists.
The vote on the Albanian res
olution was 76-35 with 17 absten
tions. It put an end to a 22-year
battle over China’s U.N. repre
sentation, climaxed during the
past weeks by an all-out U.S.
effort to prevent the ouster of
the Taiwan government.
Just before the vote the Chi
nese Nationalist delegation, head
ed by Foreign Minister Chow
Shu-kai, walked out of the blue
and green assembly chamber
after Chow had announced he
would not participate further.
Until the end, the United
States had predicted victory.
The battle was lost, however,
when the assembly defeated a
U.S.-backed proposal to declare
the expulsion of China an “im
portant question.”
This would have required a
two-thirds majority for expulsion
of Nationalist China. It offered
the only hope for defeating the
Albanian resolution.
The “important question” reso
lution was defeated by a vote of
55 in favor, 59 against and 15
abstaining. With only a simple
majority .needed, approval of the
Albanian resolution was assured
since a similar proposal had re
ceived a 51-49 majority a year
ago.
Adoption of the Albanian res
olution automatically killed a
rival U.S. plan for “dual repre
sentation” which would have
seated Peking in the U.N. and
given the Chinese Communists
China’s permanent seat in the
Security Council while permitting
the Nationalists to remain.
Before the key vote, the United
States had won a preliminary
test on a motion to give the “im
portant question” resolution pri
ority in voting. The vote on this
was 61-53 with 15 abstaining.
There was no comment at once
from the White House.
The American side had lost an
earlier test when the 131-nation
assembly rejected a proposal for
an overnight delay in the voting.
Communist China’s friends in
the hall applauded for two min
utes when the rejection of the
important question” was flashed
on the automatic voting board.
They applauded again when it
was announced from the chair.
U.S. Ambassador George Bush,
looking glum, proposed deletion
of the part of the Albanian res
olution that would expel forth
with the representatives of Chi-
ang Kai-shek,” but was ruled out
of order on grounds voting had
already started on Saudi amend
ments to that resolution.
Tunisian Ambassador Rachid
Driss then announced, to ap
plause, that he was withdrawing
three resolutions he had intro
duced and would vote for the
Albanian resolution.
New cadet uniform
is made available
Cadets will soon begin appear
ing in a new, more casual uni
form designed for wear in labs
and during study periods where
the usual uniform would be in
convenient or impractical.
The new uniform grew out of
a need for a more casual cadet
dress for after 7 p.m. and for
wear to labs, said Corps of
Cadets Commandant Thomas R.
Parsons. One of the major com
plaints in the past has been that
of the restrictiveness of the uni
forms, he said, and this is a step
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Texas Woman’s University sophomore Becky McCreery is the 1971-72 Aggie Sweet
heart. The 20-year-old fashion merchandising major was selected from 10 finalists and
introduced to the student body during halftime activities at the A&M-Baylor football
game Saturday afternoon. Miss McCreery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McCreery of
Elgin, is a 5-1 blond with blue eyes. She is active in the Gig ’Em Club, a TWU organiza
tion boosting A&M activities. Contestants included five A&M coeds and five from TWU.
BY JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
Last week’s published reports
of an uprising on the Aggie foot
ball team were called untrue and
inaccurate by several of the
squad’s seniors yesterday.
“People shouldn’t say anything
unless they know the entire situ-
Tomorrow
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By DEBI BLACKMON
Staff Writer
The new University policy
pertaining to the operation of
bicycles on campus will be pre
sented to the Traffic Panel Com
mittee Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in
the Memorial Student Center.
Under the proposed regula
tions, it will be a misdemeanor
for any person to do any act for
bidden or fail to perform any act
required in the regulations. The
University Police will have juris
diction and the right to enforce
the regulations with the right to
move or impound any bicycle
operated or parked in violation of
these regulations. The owner of
the bicycle will be also required
t° pay the cost of moving, im
pounding and storing of the bi
cycles.
One clause in the proposed
policy will outlaw any bicycle
ra ce, speed competition or con
test. It states that “no person
shall in any manner participate
ln an y such race, competition,
contest, test, or exhibition.”
The negotiations also state:
“Every person convicted of
fleeing or attempting to elude a
Police officer shall be punished
Of presents
Ed Wendler
here tonight
Great Issues will present Ed
Wendler tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
The Director of the Texas In
tercollegiate Student Association
(TlSA) will speak on “Student
Rights in Texas.”
Wendler, along with Tom Hen
derson and Gary Mauro, two
former students of A&M and
aiembers of the Executive Coun
cil of TISA, will be available for
further questioning today in the
Senate Office.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
by imprisonment for not less than
thirty days nor more than six
months or by a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $500,
or by both such fine and im
prisonment.”
“No person shall drive any
vehicle upon a sidewalk or side
walk area except upon a perma
nent or duly authorized tempo
rary driveway. No person driving
a vehicle shall cross a sidewalk
or drive through a driveway,
parking lot, or business or resi
dential entrance without bring
ing the vehicle to a complete
stop.
“No person driving a vehicle
shall cross, drive in or on such
sidewalk, driveways, parking lots
or entrances at an intersection
for the purpose of making either
a right or left turn from one
street or highway to another
street or highway.”
“Each bicycle will be placed in
a university-provided bicycle rack
when not in use. These racks are
located at various strategic loca
tions on the campus. The bicycle
while in the rack will be secured
with a lock.”
“All bicycles owned, operated,
or parked on the campus at any
time by students, faculty, or staff
must be registered in the Uni
versity Police Office at a cost of
$1.00 per year. Any false in
formation given at the time of
registration will automatically
render the permit voidable.
“All employe, faculty and staff
bicycles are to be registered at
the beginning of each school year
or at any time they begin to drive
on campus.”
“Campus registration plates
must be firmly atttached to the
rear wheel brackets beneath the
driver’s bicycle seat. These identi
fication plates are not transfer
able. Plates must be removed
when the ownership of a vehicle
changes or at the expiration
date.”
The complete new bicycle policy
will be discussed and revised by
the Traffic Committee’s subcom
mittee which includes Steve
Wakefield, student senator, An
dre Piazza, president of the A&M
Wheelmen, Dr. Robert Cornish,
sponsor of the Wheelmen, and
Debi Blackmon, chairman of the
Bicycle Committee of the Stu
dents’ Council on Pollution and
Environment (SCOPE).
“As it now stands, the pro
posed bicycle policy is a totally
unrealistic interpretation of the
current relationship between bi
cycles and pedestrians on cam
pus,” Piazza commented. “We
will iron out our differences this
week.”
ation,” kickoff man and defensive
halfback Mike Bellar said. “I
can see trying to get a team down
in spirit, but this could hurt
Coach (Gene) Stallings’ future
and some of our chances to go
into professional ball.”
The Houston Post and the
Texas Football magazine carried
stories of a “revolt,” in which
seniors allegedly made demands
on Stallings to lessen the work
out load.
“We were just talking to him
about the practice schedule,” end-
linebacker Mike Lord explained.
“It was no revolt, and he knew
we were behind him all the way.
It sure is distressing for people
who have no source of reliable
information to write stuff like
that.”
Both publications attributed
their version of the meeting to
“sources close to the team.” The
players said, however, that there
was a lot of difference between
what happened and what they
read a week later.
“Just about point for point,
everything printed was untrue,”
cornerback Bland Smith stated.
“There was a meeting, but not
like they said.”
“It was blown all out of pro
portion,” Bellar said. “Out of
context, it sounds awful, but it
really wasn’t that big a deal. 1
take my problems to Coach Stall
ings all the time, and that’s what
this was.”
Several rumors, both verbal
and printed, have implied that
there is dissension on the team,
and that Stallings is willing to
give up some of his authority to
win. The Aggies were 1-4 at the
time of the meeting and 1-5 when
the reports were published.
“He hasn’t been losing, it’s been
us,” Bellar said. “Eliminate the
mistakes, and we win, just like
against Baylor. Coach Stallings
is interested in winning, but he
cares about the betterment of the
whole man. He tries to relate
what we do in football to what
will happen to us in later life.”
Lord said that maybe the tim
ing of the meeting was poor, but
that the results were good.
“Team-wise, we’re a lot closer
now,” he said. “The coaches and
the players have a better rela
tionship too.”
toward solving this problem.
“This u n i f o r m,” Parsons
stressed, “is a study uniform, not
a formation uniform.”
The uniform, labeled Class D,
will be a voluntary, individual-
purchase item for each cadet,
said Cadet Colonel Tom Stanley.
The cost is expected to run about
$8-$10 per uniform. The outfits
are presently available at Lou-
pot’s.
The new uniforms will be dark
grey and of a coverall or jump
suit design with zippered pock
ets. The complete uniform will
consist of a nametag, Army or
Air Force R.O.T.C. shoulder
patch, and a class identification
mark on the right collar. Each
of the three upper classes will
wear a different color and the
freshmen will not have one. The
colors will cycle with the rising
sophomores taking the gradu
ated senior’s color the next year.
The jumpsuits were subjected
to much testing before one was
finally picked.
“We experimented with differ
ent styles and different colors
and let people wear them around
to see which they liked best.
Then we sent them to the A&M
laundry- The one we picked held
up well,” commented Stanley.
“Everything on the uniform
is such that it will not have to
be taken off to be sent to the
laundry. There is no brass on
the new uniform,” said Stanley.
The new uniform is expected to
be incorporated into the stand
ard laundry listing at no charge,
but this has not been decided
definitely yet.
At Political Forum
Proxmire
criticizes the SST
“Only the rich one per cent
would benefit from the use of the
SST,” said Senator William Prox
mire during last Friday’s Politi
cal Forum.
Proxmire criticized the SST
proposal as being a strictly
commercial venture.” He feels
that the project should be left
in the hands of private enterprise.
Proxmire has represented Wis
consin in the U.S. Senate since
1957. He has been a critic of
waste in federal spending and has
led the fight against the super
sonic transport. He has advocated
holding down expenditures on the
miiltary budget as well as the
space program and public works.
His speech is one of a series
of lecture-discussions which are
being presented by the Political
Forum and the Great Issues Com
mittee. The series concerns sci
ence, technology and public pol
icy. Proxmire’s topic was
Politics of Science.”
“The
“The SST’s adverse effect on
the environment greatly eclipses
its small economic advantage,”
said Proxmire. He went to say
that homes within 10-15 miles of
an SST airport would require
sound-proof structures. He men
tioned that the plane pollutes the
ozone area of the atmosphere as
well as creating an unpleasant
sonic boom.
Proxmire feels that England
and France would not gain eco
nomically on the United States
with the absence of the SST. He
quoted a Frenchman who called
the SST “an industrial Vietnam.”
The funding of the F-14, a con
ventional fighter plane, is another
question that received criticism
from the senator. Eighty-four
“untested, unproved planes” were
bought at a cost of $2.5 billion
dollars he said. He questioned the
practibility of this plane which
is not versatile in dogfights, costs
$400,000 to fire a shot, would
only be effective in a conven
tional war and requires slow, awk
ward aircraft carriers.
Proxmire feels that Congress
should adopt a “Fly before you
buy” policy. Often, he said, pro
duction of airplanes begins before
tests are given. He would like to
see independent offices supervise
the tests and act as a “fox to
guard the chickenhouse.”
The senator said that a ceiling
should be set on the amount of
appropriations for government
projects.
He criticized the government
for holding back information
needed in congressional investiga
tions. “Too many investigations
are held back by the ‘Classified’
stamp,” he said. He mentioned
that a fallacy of the C-5A air
plane was discovered by the gov
ernment but that this fact was
held back from Congress until
after appropriations
for it.
were voted
In the question and answer pe
riod Proxmire admitted that rhe
United States should not reduce
its military strength. He empha
sized that government money
should be put to better use and
that the large degree of idleness
with government personnel should
be done away with. “We should
withdraw one half of our troops
from Europe,” he said. He says
that more submarines and their
missiles are needed, however.
“I strongly endorse the Mans
field proposal which sets a date
for U.S. withdrawal from Viet
nam,” Proxmire said. He is afraid
that if a date is not set for with
drawal, that our participation in
the war could last another 10-15
years. “I supported Johnson’s es
calation of the war but now we’ve
discharged our responsibility
there,” he said.
WREATHS WERE PLACED at four different memorials
on campus Monday to honor those who have died in Amer
ica’s wars. Here John Sharp, Student Senate president,
places a wreath at the plaque at the Memorial Student
Center. Wreaths were placed at West Gate, Duncan Me
morial, and the main flag- in front of the Systems build
ing as well. (Photo by Joe Matthews)