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MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, April 23, 1948
VET NEWS
(Continued from page two)
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Army with a 15,000 boost to man
power, and with a substantial in-
creasment for the Air Force, which
will mean more draftees than the
estimated 220,000. The House Armed
Service Committee has already ap
proved UMT and will present the
draft bill separately: however, the
House will not pass UMT.
The Vodunteer Flight Training Pro
gram run by th Air Force for 17-24
year olds as a substitute for UMT is
scheduled for induction in Congress
this week. Rep. William (D., Ga.) is
now drafting a bill to set up Air
Force schools for the primary train
ing for young men on Volunteer
cadt-like basis with the objective of
building a strong reserve of men with
flight knowledge. Cadets will not be
enlisted in the Air Force but will
wear uniforms and will be subject
to military disciipline. They will be
paid the approximate W’age of Air
Force corporal and will be assigned
into the Reserve component upon the
completion of the course. The .period
of training will be 12 months.
The petition which was introduced
for a House vote on the Veteran
Bonus Bill for World War II, filed
by John E. Ranklin, (D., Miss.) the
author of H.R. 4927, stands no chance
of success this year. Only three sig
natures of the required 218 were on
the petition on the time it was filed.
If 218 signatures could be obtained
then the petition would force the
Rankin bill out of the Committee or
Veterans Affairs and require a “yes”
ro “no” vote on the floor of the
House.
In the neatest parliamentary trick
of the year, Sen. Wayne Morse, (R.
Ore.), freshman member of Senate,
this week scored a big and long-
delayed victory for World War II
Veterans, at expense of Sen. Robert
A. Taft (R. Ohio), Senate leader and
would-be president, when the Senate
passed S-1393, so-called on-the-job
ceilings bill.
History of S-1393 is indictment of
almost complete failure of Vet or
ganizations to follow through on vital
Vet legislation, in favor of headline
grabbing activities of questionable
practical value, also provides perfect
example of how-not-to-legislate, how
parliamentary procedure of Congress
may be twisted to avoid technicalities
if Congress so desires, and how poli
ticians can abandon “rules” when the
chips are down.
Credit for final approval by Senate
of S-1393 rests exclusively with Sen
ator Morse. Blame for the long delay
rests exclusively with Senator Taft
S-1393 in final form provides that
on-job trainees without dependents
may earn as much as $145 a month
those with one dependent as much as
$180 a month, those with two or more
dependents as much as $200 a month,
and still receive the full $65 or $9C
a month subsistance alowance pro
vided such trainees under the G1
Bill. When earnings exceed those
The Poor People
Of Puerto Rico
By Carmen Rodriguez;
For years Puerto Rico, where 1
live, has had the problem of sub
standard living conditions of the poor
men f the country, whom we call “el
jibaro” because of the way in which
they dress, talk ,and behave.
The most outstanding quality or
these peoiple is their courage in
facing the problems of daily life.
Their living quqarters are clean, but
in every part of their houses one can
see the results of their struggle for
existence.
These unfortunate people work day
by day, starting before the sun rises
and laboring until after it sets. They
work in sugar cane fields and coffee
plantations, where they don’t earn
enough money to support their fam
ilies properly.
They have many good qualities
such as honesty, loyalty, and a deep
religious feeling, but I think the most
important, as I said before, is their
courage. I say “courage” because
they really have it. They have to fighl
against diseases such as anemia, vi
tamin deficiencies, and tuberculosis,
which lower the health standards of
the people.
The whole life of the jibaro is
based upon misery and fear of the
future. The families are very large,
and they don’t get enough to eat
They raise their families to continue
the same way of ilfe that they have
always known. In theiri faces the
jibaros have sad expresions, but in
side they are happy, and their folk
songs show it. They don’t a.sk much
from life—just a house in which to
live, a pice of land to cultivate, and
some food and clothing.
Their education is not too exten
sive because sometimes they live too
far from schools, or they have to
begin working when they are eight
or nine years old to help their fathers.
They cultivate p roducts such as
plantains and bananas, which later
they sell in the city. A jibaro can
be recognized by his straw hat, by his
horses or donkeys, and by his clothes,
which are usually faded and worn.
In spite of all the troubles they
have, they don’t stop worshiping God.
They come to town every Sunday
dressed in their best Icothes, and
there they go to the Catholic church
to pray to God with all their hearts
for a better life.
The jibaros are white people; some
are short—others are tall. Most of
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them have green r blue eyes, and
they always have a smile on their
faces for strangers.
Their main source of amusement is
the rina de gallos, which is a oock
fight, shooting dice, and dancing. For
playing music, they use guitars,
guiro and cuatro, which are instru
ments made by themselves.
From this you can see that the
power of the courage the jibaro has
is strong enough to resist the kind
of life I have described.
As Enrique A. Laguerre, the author
of “La Llamarada”, a Puerto Rican
novel based on the life of the jibaro
who works in the sugar cane fields,
thinks, our jibaros are being taken
by the earth. By this, I mean that
they get diseases while they are
working in the sugar cane fields
because of lack of food, and also be
cause they work so close together
that when one gets a disease the
other one is sure to catch it. It is
my idea that it is the fate of the
jibaro to remain living a life of misery
while the owners of the refineries
become richer.
Elon Wins, 14-9
To Sweep Series
With Sanford
The Fighting Christians made a
clean sweep ot their series wuh saii-
lord, defeating the Spinners 14-9 in
a slugfest at College Park, Thursday
April IStli.
Both teams pounded base hits with
frequent regularity, but fourteen bases
on balls by three Sanford pitchers
made the difference in the ball gam;.
the Spinners tallied twice on siai. er
Art Fowler on a couple of hits and the
same number of errors and countered
four times in the fifth before the young
freshman twirler gave way to C. K
Siler, who finished for Elon. In th-t
big hfth, the Spinners touched Fowler
for five hits, and then in tlie next in
ning they greeted Siler with three
runs as big Hank Nesslerode c’eared
two saturated sacks with a long homer
over the left centerfielcl tence.
Elon scored three tim;s in the
erond on wa ks t^ Thurso Ms^wain,
Billy Matze, Ed Ellis ’and Gene Cav-
iness plus a fielder’s choice to F'owler
and a bingle bv P'ck York.
Then Coach Mallory’s crew attemp
ted to turn the ball game into a farce,
scorincj seven tim"s in the t' ird o '
five hits and four bases on balls. Left
fielder Lou Savini started off the fire
works with a single and then added a
walk in the same inning as eleven
batters strol'ed to the | lat".
Elon added four more in the fifth
ind sixth to sew up the contest.
It was the second victory for bowler
and the seventh in ten starts for the
P'ighting Christians.
Rightfielder Gene Caviness, who was
hold hitless for the firrt time in the
Guilford contest, came b:tc.k in splen
did fashion, pol'ng three singles and
\'t''ing two walks for a perfect dav
at bat. Savini had a double and single
and Dick York t.vo singles to aid the
victorious cause.
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Elon o 3 7 o 2 2 o X 14 lo 3
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Ham, Cartner, Stone.
Elon: Fowler, Siler and Greggs, De
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