The Cadet. VMI Newspaper. October 23, 1965 - New Page 1 [www2 ...

EDITORIAL
14-B
Last week the United States Senate by
way of a filibuster led by Senator Everett
Dirksen, put an end to the proposed repeal
of Section 14-B of the Talf-Hartley Law.
What 14-B actually does is to permit individual
states to pass laws banning the union
shop. A total of 19 states have passed such
laws. Under the union shop system a person
is required to join the union in order to
work in a unionized factory or business. The
filibuster permitted these state laws to remain
valid.
The Senators had no middle positions to
take on the issue. Those who voted for the
cloture on Oct. 12, 1965 would presumably
have voted for repeal if they had gotten a
chance; and those who voted against dolure
on the same day presumably would have
voted to retain the section in the law.
The proposed law will not, however, come
to a vote at least in this session of Congress.
This may be viewed as the Johnson Administration's
first setback in the field of major
legislation. Whether or not this defeat will
precipitate others is still left to be seen.
English Society Starts
Memorial For Daniels
The Eriglish Society of the Vir-
0inca Military Institute has voted
io egtablish, in conjunction witJi
Ibe faculty of the VMI EngUsh
I>epaa-tnient. a memorial book collection
in the English Department
liibrary to the memory of the late
Jortaftiban M^Tick Daniels, a 1981
distinguished graduate of the Instkute.
VMI
Gradate
Jonathan Myiick Daniels graduaded
from VMI in 1961 after a
iietinguished career at the Institute
as both a situdent and a member
oif the Corps. He was a winner
oi Honors in the English cu--
rieula. Valedictorian of his class,
ftod the redipienl of a Danforth
Foundation Fellowship for graduaite
studies. Ait the time of his
death, he was a studeret for the
priesthood of the Episcopal
Church, and his untimely death
caused nationwde reactions.
Society's Purpose
K is the purpose of the English
Bociety, in setting up this Memoonal
book colleation, to honor the
This was also the first major piece of legislation
for the Johnson forc^ which did
not receive majority support from the populace
of the United States.
The medicare bill, the voting rights bill
and other civil rights legislation, and immigration
and education bills have all attracted
more supporters than opponents.
The Gallup Poll on this issue which was
conducted just prior to the start of the Senate
filibuster revealed non-support of the
bill
"Do you think a person should or should
not be required to join a union if he works
in a unionized factory or business?"
Should be required to join a union 44%
Should not be required to join a union 47%
No opinion 9%
As of now the evidence seems to imply
that the majority of the people and their
representatives are opposed to repeal of 14-B.
LBJ will have to give careful consideration
before he decides whether or not to scrap
the proposal permanently. '
If it attempts to pass the repeal again in
the next Congress in order to fulfill his 1964
platform policy, he may alienate some of his
important support in Congress. However,
should he decide to drop the issue entirely,
it could cost him a great deal of his Eastern
industrial following.
As of now the White House has said noth
ing on the matter.
man and the devotion to ideals
which he learned as a cadet at the
Institute.
Through this memorial the English
Society is srtressirrg that, in
cases such as this, it is not the
cause for wthich a man died which
should be remembered. It is the
fact that this man, a member of
the growing lisrt of alumni, had
convictions which he believed in
strongly enough to support with
all his abikity . . . and it is this
true dedicaiaon to a cause which
deserves to be commemorated.
Ticket
Sales
Funds for this book collection
are being raised through profits
realized through the sale of tickets
from the English Society
film series and through private
contributions. Contributions will
be accepted by the VMI Foundation
or the Library; checks
from those wishing to donate to
this memorial should be made out
to "The VMI Foundation, English
Etepartment Memorial Fund."
VMI Foundation, Incorporated
Admminters Scholarships
In 1936 an interested and farei^hted
group o( VMI alumni bc-
Sun what is probably the only
penmanenit endowment of an undeangraduate
state-supported college
aiding academic excellence
ttod not speci&c research. The en
dowment, and the organiration
ubich admdnisters it, became the
mU Foundation, Incorporated.
Active
Program
It was not untU after WW II,
lliowerver, that the Foundation real-
^ began an active pro^am of soliciOatiion.
Since that tkne, a scant
•e years, the funds have risen to
t t ^ . 8 3 9 . 0 6 (April, 1965). Such
proefanw as the General James A.
ikadttr^ Educational Fund, class
• i^lflTr and individual • donations
^Wfltitute the sole source of in-
^mm-ftc^^tke organization.
Edacniloaal Fund
j, • Tile V GeiUBffBl James A. Andear-
•" niii'KllirKliiiint rir-f .first,^vis^'
'
ualized by former Governor Colgate
Darden, »4JO, shortly after the
Generals death on November 16,
1964, ex!pressed a desire to make
a contribution to VMI in his honor.
Many of the great Generals other
friends also realized appropriatness
of such a tribute and so a
twenty-nine-man committee was
formed to get the fund started.
Convmissioner Douglas B. Fu^te,
who studied under the General at
VMI, w»s named chairman. Since
the fund was to be of unrestricted
nature, the Foundation uses it
in accomplishing its four nvajor
goals; faculty opportunities for expanded
graduate study, scholarship
aid to promising and deserving
cadets, adequate retirement
benefits for the iaculty and an expanded
library.
Final Goal
' i
The fund has a final goal (set
for early IMS) of -4100,(K)0 and
IRC
On Asia
For
Discussion
Slated
Wednesday
The VMI International Relations
Club will hold the first in a series
of panel discussions on the Threat
of the Third World on Wednesday
nigiht, Nov. 3rd in room
318 Scott Shipp Hall.
Cadets and Faculty
The first discussion will be on
Southeast Asia, its place in the
Third World and its threat to the
status quo. The first panel will
consist of Col. George H. Simpson,
Col. Brownly, PMS of Washington
and Lee University, Dr.
Dean Foster and Cadets Roger
Nerone, and David Pinkus.
The first discussion will cover
Indonesia, Viet Nam, China, Laos,
Cambodia, and Thailand. These
nations will be discussed in the
light of the "Revolution Of Rising
Expectations," Asian Nationalism,
and Chinese goals in the
the intermediate goal for Finals
1965 of $50,000 has already been
met. Of the $60,000 that the General
James A. Anderson Educational
Fund presently has, 850,000
came from individual and corporate
friends of the General, who
have no VMI connections. Thus it
can be seen that not only alumni
and parents of cadets contribute to
the Foundation. Not all are gifts
of a monetary nature.
Tablecloth
A recent example of such a gift
can be seen in the presentation
of a beautifully embroidered table-cloth
and twelve matching napkins
by Dr. and Mrs. K. L. Huang
of Singapore, parents of Cadet Vic
to K. Huang '68. The Huangs re-
I quested that the cloth be accept-
I ed as their donation to the VMI
i Foundation, Inc. Dr. Huang suggested
that the set be auctioned on
Parents Weekend, October 22, 23
and 24, 1965, to the highest bidder
and that the proceeds from the
auction be placed wkh the Foundation
in their name.
Third
Source
A third source from which the
Foundation gains funds is class
memorials, there are 25 now in existence.
The Class oi l9Vt
has the
distinction of being the first "rat"
class (in 1964) to establish suc4
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Past In Review
From 1850 until after World
Wair II, the music for the corps
of cadets was provided by a group
of professional musicians, commonby
known as the "nine old men."
The strength of this organization
varied from one parade to the
next. By strength we mean the
naiimiber of men present at a certain
parade which could be as few
as two or three, or as high as
twenty musicians. The instrumentation
was never more than six,
even when this profesional band
played at full strength.
Translation
The transition from this so-called
professional band to the present-
day cadet band has been slow.
The first band was organized in
1946 under the direction of C.
Richard Eichon, a member of the
class of 1947, and at this time,
Chief Warrant Offiffcer Swiecki
omen
was sent to VMI from the 371st
A. G. F. Band at Font Meade,
Maryland.
The Regiimental Band in 1950
numbered fifty, and the corps began
to appreciate the band as part
of the pride of VMI, especially at
football gaimes, parades, and various
concerts held throughout the
year. In the same year, the compfany
chose to enter Gamett Andrews
Competition, because the
band wanted to feel that th» organization
was as much a part of
tihe corps as any other company.
Some Functions
The present-day Regimental
Band has the same functions as
the band in 1950. Since that year,
the band has won several awards
in festivals and parades. In 1951
and 1952, the Regimental Band
won first place honors in the Ap-
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