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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1975)
Students for Responsible Expression THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1975 Ad hoc committee for Birchers By MARK KELLEY Special to the Batt The John Birch Society does not ■ exist at Texas A&M, officially. B However, its members are active in [campus organizations, particularly, i Students for Responsible Expres- jsion. “Since the society won’t allow us to organize an official chapter on campus, what we have done is or ganize a sort of ad hoc committee,” said Terry Tooley, executive direc tor of the SRE. Tooley is an avowed member of the John Birch Society. The chairman of the SRE, Rod ney Deschamps, a sophomore civil engineering major from Houston, is also a member of the society. Tooley refuses to be called a spokesman for the John Birch Soci ety. He considers himself merely an active member. The ties between the SRE and the JBS are strong. “We in the SRE work for preset goals and they coin cide with those goals of the John Birch Society,” Tooley said. “We have designed this commit tee so that we may promote these goals without being an official arm of the Society, and to where people can be in our organization and not be a member of the Society, ” Tooley said. The John Birch Society does not consider itself a political party, but an educational organization, Tooley explained. “Say anything besides street talk and religion and people say you are talking politics,” Tooley said. “The John Birch Society does not get involved with politics. As it hap pens, a lot of our ideas are used by politicians and a lot of our people go into politics. They do it on their own; the Society has never en dorsed any candidate for anything,” Tooley said. The major goal of the society is, as Tooley puts it, “to fight the rising collectivism that is present in every civilization. ” By collectivism, Tooley refers to communism and big government. According to Tooley, the normal cycle of collectivism takes about 800 years in any given society. “For the United States, the period has been much shorter. Here it has been only 200 years and already we are very far on the downswing of that movement to ward collectivism,” says Tooley. The John Birch Society credits an international conspiracy with this trend. The goal of the society is fighting this conspiracy, Tooley said. The SRE works toward the goals of the John Birch Society by selling books, showing films and sponsor ing speakers who spread the word of the Society, Tooley explained. The conspiracy, Tooley says, has been in existence since about 1910 and has been a major factor in every “political, social and economic movement since that time.” “It would seem that there is an uneven battle and that we are op timistic to even give ourselves a chance at winning the struggle,” Tooley said. “There is one quotation the Bir chers like to use; it is by George Washington. He said: “Truth will ultimately prevail if pains are taken to bring it to light.” FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS, INC. CASUALTY AGENCY AUTO-HOME-MOBILE HOME-BUSINESS-BOAT 303 College Main 846-8791 College Station Broome’s SUNSHINE LAUNDRY 3815 E. 29th ST. — BRYAN, TEXAS 77801 PHONE 846-7921 Open 7 Days Weekly 7-10 Mon.-Frl./8-8 Sat.-Sun. SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY C0IN-0P DRY CLEANING PROFESSIONAL CLEANING ft LAUNDRY WASH-DRY-FOLD SERVICE Family affair in Court Wife, son, daughter licensed WASHINGTON (AP) — It was family day at the Supreme Court. First, Washington lawyer Milton V. Freeman asked the justices to admit his wife, son and daughter to practice law before the court. Then, Phillip V. Mattes of Scran ton, Pa., petitioned on behalf of his two grandsons. “They didn’t take it seriously,” Freeman said of the reaction from the justices Monday when he moved to have the three members of his family admitted to the Sup reme Court bar. “They all laughed. ” But Freeman was serious, and, following a brief ceremony, his wife, Phyllis; son, Daniel; and daughter, Nancy Freeman Cans, took their place among the 5,000 or so lawyers expected to be admitted to Sup reme Court practice this year. “It was a very exciting and mov ing experience,” said Cans, who lives and works in Boston. Both she and her brother, who is on the staff of the House District of Columbia Committee, said they hope to argue cases before the Supreme Court someday, as their father has done before them. Mrs. Freeman practiced law briefly 34 years ago but is not active at present. She said she sought ad mission to the practice before the Supreme Court because “that’s the highest you can go in the law. ” To be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, an attorney must be a member of the bar of the high est court in his state for at least three years, must get a certificate of good standing from that court and must get two members of the Supreme Court bar to sponsor him. For Mattes, the admission of grandsons Charles W. Corddry III of Fairfax, Va., and Thomas Lawson Kelly Jr. of Dallas to practice before the highest court of the land was the continuation of a family tradition. Mattes, 87, now retired from ac tive court work, has been licensed to practice before the Supreme Court since 1922. His son Roger, a partner in a Scranton law firm, also is a member of the Supreme Court bar. “It was very gratifying to us,” Mattes said of Monday’s ceremony. He said it was part of a family celeb ration that included his and his wife’s 61st wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Of the 95 lawyers admitted to the Supreme Court bar on Monday, only nine appeared in person, in cluding Freeman s family and Mat tes’ grandsons. ©&a>s>s®¥ 311 University — North Gate 846-1713 NEW HOURS 5:00-12:00 MON.-FRI. 5:00 -1:00 SATURDAY 5:00 - 12:00 SUNDAY f P — ——'I I I BUY ONE PITCHER OF BEER (ANY BRAND!) AND GET REFILLS FOR ONLY $1.00 WITH THIS COUPON Expires Thursday, April 3 GOOD ALL HOURS 8 I ll !i The community of Calvert will host its third annual Robertson County Springtime Pilgrimage and its spring 100 Texas Place Arts and Crafts Show and Sale April 26-27. Eight historic Victorian homes, one contemporary ranch home and five historic churches will be open to the public. 100 Texas Place will host 145 ar tists and craftsmen from across the state. Many will demonstrate their techniques. 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Corner of Ranch Road 2222 and City Park Road. Parking: No parking hassles near the concert Refreshments: Beer, food & cokes. Tickets: $7.00 in advance . $8 at the gate. For more information, call (512) 454-1796 JERRY JEFF WALKER. WAYLON JENNINGS. & WILLIE NELSON (and friends).