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Battalion EditorialsTHE WORLD TODAY
Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1952
South Texas Politics Has Reached Boiling Point
Foreign Students StudyingInvestigation ^ ^ ,.Plans Set System s Agency OperationsBy McGranery
/CITIZENS OF THIS STATE had better take ^ notice of the political situation boiling over in a few of its counties to the south.
For many years two factions have fought for supremacy in Duval, Jim Wells, and neighboring counties. Democratic primaries there usually result in many contest suits, and Duval County regularly makes news with its overwhelming vote for certain candidates.
The political rivalry has existed for many
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Sincerely yours,National Cotton Council Memphis 1, Tenn.”
P.S. The Battalion would like a duplicate of the applications sent in by candidates. Selfish reasons.
years,-and no one has found anything in particular that can be done to curtail the flare- ups which occur every election year.
Now a tragedy has occurred there which is branded with the name, “politics.” The son of an Alice political leader was shot to death, apparently mistaken for his father who had fled after being warned of someone’s plot to take his life. The father was a leader of the party which opposed the faction now in power.
Charged with the murder and held without bond is a young attorney who was recently nominated to a political post in the Democratic primary. The attorney was supported by the party in power.
How much longer is the rowdy south Texas politics to continue on the upswing? How many more deaths will be necessary before action is taken to quell this political fervor? Must gunmen stalk dark streets seeking out their opponents when all tactics of political warfare have failed?
Can this untimely death of a popular university student create enough interest among south Texans to do something about cleaning up their politics?
Nothing Seems Right Anymore
6Going Hollywood’---Gone?By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD — <A>)_ I s the phrase “Going Hollywood” becoming obsolete?
Not many years ago, everyone knew what it meant to go Hollywood. It immediately brought to mind a starlet who found fame overnight and blossomed out with mink-lined swimming pools and block-long limousines. But that descriptive phrase seems to be fading from the American lan-
Tu rkeyAgen tsShort Course In Session
Thirty-five flock selecting and blood collecting agents representing breeders, flock owners, hatcheries and feed dealers are attending the Turkey Short Course at A&M.
The course was designed to train agents who will work in connection with the National Turkey Improvement Plan.
Agents who registered for the course include: Mary Abbey ofPoolville, W. H. Bogard, J. E. Boykin, Jr., and Eugene Conner of San Saba, William E. Bradberry, Raymond D. Matlock and Charles E. Minear of Brownwood, Don J. Brown and John H. Irwin of Abilene, Florian E. Dean of Sealy, Nathan A. Garlington of Whitney, Clayton Gurley, Ed Harris and Grady O. Scroggins of Austin, Sylvia D. Harlow of Lone Grove, T. A. Hensarling of Stephenville, John T. Hudson of Denver City, Johnson W. Maynard of Azle, Glen O. Jones and Sammie L. Maultsby of Cherokee, Ernest F. Karnowski of Temple, Lucian D. Kent of Johnson City, Julian J. Kurtin of Fort Worth; Howell L. McClain of Bi'y- an, Francis X. McGuire and Arthur Oppermann of La Grange, Guy W. McLen-an of Voca, Raleigh R. Neal and Mi's. S. A. Steubing of San Antonio, Erie M. Rasch of Hearne, Hooper Sanders of Corsicana; Dayman G. Sessom of Llano, Bill Speed of Sagnaw, Fred H. Spretz 6f Luling, and E. M. Daniel of Sulphur Springs.
guage. Janet Leigh gives a hint as to why: New stars can no longer afford to go Hollywood.
I chatted with Miss Leigh at the North Shore Tavern at Lake Arrowhead, where she and a few other free-loadei's attended the premiere of “Just for You,” the Bing Crosby-Jane Wyman workout. Above the din of the celebrants, we were discussing the good old days in Hollywood and the good new ones.
The question arose: How can today’s film stars, hampered by lower salaries, higher taxes and bulging expenses, put up a front and appear to live like film stars?
“They can’t,” Miss Leigh replied flatly. “There’s no sense because it just isn’t possible financially.”
She went on to describe how she and her husband, Tony Curtis live. It’s a Spartan life, compared to the lavishness of Jformer days in Hollywood.
“We live in a one-bedroom apai’tment,” she remarked. “We never go to the night clubs. Only recently have we gotten to' the point where we each own a car.”
“I don’t lavish money on clothes. I bought some dresses in New York last year and I’m still wearing them. The last dresses I bought here in Hollywood were last March. Because clothes are necessary in my business, I can deduct a certain percentage of the expense on my income tax. But they still cost money to buy.”
Having two paychecks coming in is no advantage, she added; it
Scouts to Show Fall Fashions
Local Girl Scouts will present a show of Fall Fashions Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC.
Sponsored by the Bryan-College Station Girl Scout Council, the show is to raise funds for the coming year. All proceeds will go to the Girl Scouts.
Beverly Braley’s clothing store in Bryan is supplying the fashions to be worn in the show.
Tickets may be obtained at Beverly Braleys, Canady’s in Bryan, or any Girl Scout.
merely means more tax going out. And they have numerous expenses.
“We must have a maid,” Miss Leigh remarked. “I can’t leave the apartment at 6:30 in the morning, return at 7 at night and do the cooking and housework. We must have a secretary. And we have to hire our own fan mail service. The studios will help us answer letters, but they won’t handle postcards. We feel postcards are just as important, and so we take care of answering them ourselves.
“This year we had serious drains in our finances. Tony’s father was very sick. Tony was on suspension from his studio. And he was sued by an agent in New York. To avoid a long and expensive suit, we settled for $5,000. It takes a long time for us to make $5,000 in the clear.”
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON — <JP) — In the slightly more than three months he has been attorney general, James P. McGranery has achieved no sensations. In fairness to him, he promised none.
When he gave up a lifetime federal judgeship last April to succeed Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath, at the request of President Truman, McGranery made this promise:
“My job will be to restore the faith of the American people in the government of the U. S. and it will be done completely by the Department of Justice.”
Scandals—No. 1The Truman administration had
been scored by scandals which Gen. Eisenhower now calls the No. 1 issue in the presidential race. Because of Senate delay in confirming his appointment, McGranery didn’t take office until May 27.
Since then he has begun some investigations and fired a U. S. district attorney and a U. S. marshal in the field. In the Justice Department he has made some changes but no one has been officially fired there although several top men have resigned and one suspended lawyer quit.
McGranery has four months to go, since the Truman administration ends in January and will be succeeded by the new administration of either Gov. Stevenson or Eisenhower, who could keep him on or let him go. i Investigations Planned
Although he won’t mention them publicly, it is known McGranery has spoken of plans for various kinds of investigations. He has therefore the limited time of four months to carry out those plans.
It cannot be said, in fairness to all concerned, that what has happened in the Justice Department is a “cleanup,” which has the connotation of getting rid of wrongdoing.
It must be assumed that the attorney general would not permit a person suspected of wrongdoing to resign but would fire him and attempt to pi’osecute him. In the department there have been only resignations and reshuffling.
McGranery fired one U. S. district attorney, in Topeka, Kan., and had the President fire a U. S. marshal in Springfield, 111. In addition he suspended a department lawyer, James Mullally, for outside activities. Mullally resigned the next day, denying any wrongdoing.
Slavonic Chair Added To Modern Languages
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Two year courses in Czech and Russian are being offered this fall term, according to Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Teaching of the courses was instigated by a grant from the Supreme Lodge, S.P.J.S.T., Slavonic Order of Texas, Dr. Abbott added.
Dr. John M. Skrivanek will serve as chairman of the Chair of Slavonic Languages within the modern languages department.
This will be the first time that' Czech has been offered at A&M although Russian has been offered before. Abbott said the Slavonic Order has been interested in starting such studies at tha college for several years and that the grant is an outgrowth of that interest.
More than 300 million persons speak the Slavonic languages today and about 10 million Russians are studying English.
Few Study RussianOnly a few thousands of Amer
icans are studying Russian, however, despite a need for at least 50,000 persons who can speak the language competently. State Department work, translation and industry are some of the opportunities offered.
Dr. Kkrivanek says that a knowledge of one of the Slavonic languages is a key to all the others, enabling a person to carry on a conservation in Slovak, Slovene, Pole, Croatian and Russian.
Dr. Skrivanek is a fourth generation descendant of Texas pioneering stock. He attended school
Gausman Assigned To Weslaco Post
Dr. H. W. Gausman, assistant horticulturist, has been assigned to the Weslaco sub-station No. 15 as an associate agronomist.
Gausman came to A&M from Morris, Minn, in June, 1052.
He also attended University of Maine and received his Ph.D. in plant, physiology . fron; University, of Illinois.
Dr. John M. SkrivanekHeads New Chair
at Caldwell and received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas. He received his Ph.D. degree from Charles University and also attended Sam Houston State and North Texas State Colleges.
Since 1948 he has been chairman of the Department of Slavonic Languarges at the University of Houston and chairman of foreign languages and extension courses at South Texas College.
Mohammed A warn Nimr, a senior member of the department of agriculture, Khartoum, Sudan, arrived here recently to study the American agricultural set-up.
His main interest is agricultural extension work, in preparation for
helping to develop a similar program for the Sudanese. He will study the intei'-relationship between county, state and federal work in the field.
He arrived in Washington, D.C. July 17, and will visit- that city
Physics Add New Profs; Kent Returns To Teach
Jack T. Kent, professor of Physics, has returned to A&M after spending a year at Yerkes Observatory under the auspices of the Ford Foundation.
Professor Kent was a member of a small group of college instructors in the United States selected by the Ford Foundation to improve their qualifications for university teaching.
Awarded primarily for work done in furthering interest in Physics 312, an extra-curricular astronomy course, Professor Kent’s fellowship was for a year’s study at the observatory.
For interested persons, Professor Kent will teach a course in astronomy. Physics 312, to be offered at 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall semester, according to Dr. O. C. Potter, head of the physics department.
Two new instructors will begin teaching in the physics department this fall. Alfred Hilton, with a master of science degree in physics from Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute, will teach Physics 315, a photography course, offered Monday, Tuesday or Fi'iday afternoon in the fall semester.
Hilton, a photographer for the Public Relations Office at VPI, was editor of the William and Mary engineer magazine. Attending William and Mary College for his undergraduate work, he also served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II.
Another addition to the physics faculty is Wilbur Zingery, who received his B.S. from A&M in January, 1950. Zingery also took his Master of Science degree at A&M in February, 1951.
Returning to A&M after heading the physics department at Trinity University in San Antonio, Zingery recently was employed in the research laboratories of the Sperry Gyroscope Co. and also by Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
Zingery was an instructor in physics on a temporary basis during the spring semester of 1951 at A&M.
again before leaving for home, on .Oct. 31.
The 50-year-old man has served with the Sudanese Department of Agriculture for more than 30 years. Among other activities, he set up the first Training Farm for Tenants’ Sons.
More than 200 representatives from at least 40 nations, representing most or ' all of the freeV world, have studied or visited parts 7 of the A&M System during the 1 past two years.
They studied subjects ranging# from journalism and agricultural sociology through all^ phases of agricultural experimentation and practices to extension service work.
Undergraduates and OfficialsPersonal qualifications of the
visitors and students varied from undergraduate students seeking bachelors’ degrees in some phase of agriculture to the director general of the ministry of agriculture^ for Iraq, and other high-ranking officials.
A number of different programs < and organizations are involved in*'' the process of providing this training program, in addition to those individuals who come at their own expense.
Among governmental agencies which encourage technical visits by representatives of other nations are the Mutual Security Agency, formerly the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United Nations’ FAO, and offices of President Truman’s Point Four program.
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