The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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Mitchell Harris, Zana Underwood—All-Tarlefon Man & Woman
The J-TAC
51st Year
Wednesday, April 21,1971
No. 20
Three Vie For Pros, Two For VP In Election Today
-R, Harris, Rochat, Reed
By Bill Atkins
Next year's Student
Body President and Vice-
President will be decided
on today. Students may vote
in the Student Center until
4:00 p.m.
There are three candi-
dates running for president:
Scott Harris, an Accounting
major from Breekenridge;
Jimmie Reed, Physical Edu-
cation major from Kileen,
and Larry Rochat, Physical
Education major from Miner-
al Wells. All are juniors.
Two candidates are run-
ning for the office of vice-
president: Eddie Garner, a
junior Chemistry major from
Stephenville, and Ronnie
Stilling, a sophomore Animal
Science major from Oglsby.
bast week the candi-
dates were presented with a
questionnaire consisting of
. their objectives and opinions
on certain campus issues.
I. What, if any, changes do
you think need to be made at
TSG?
Harris; 'Just like any other
college there are changes
that need to be made. Our
college cafeteria is an area
PMS Discusses Galley Trial
fly Bill Atkins
In the recent controversy con-
cerning the court martial of Lt,
William Calley, who allegedly
killed at least 20 civilians at My
Lai, there has been a consider-
able amount of pro-Calley news
reporting in the news media.
Perhaps, then, it would do no
harm to show the other side,
with no editorializing or opinion
added.
In an interview with Tarle-
ton's Professor of Military Sci-
ence, Lt. Col. Arthur C, Barker,
some interesting points are
brought up. I talked with Lt.
Col. Barker after the conviction:
Q, Do you believe that the con-
viction of Lt. Calley was fair?
A. Yes I do. I base my belief
both on my own experiences
in the Army and on following
the trial on TV and in the
papers, I am expressing my
own personal convictions, no
one else's.
Q. Do you feel that Calley may
have been a scape goat?
A. Absolutely not. There were
t'vVo tragedies at My Lai. The
first was a tragedy to the na-
tion. .-.'a massacre; the second
was to the Army - a cover up.
Under military law, it is the
job of the Army to find out
who committed these offen-
ses and to bring the accused
to trail. It is the job of the
courts-martial to determine
their innocense and guilt.
Calley's court-martial received
the most publicity because he
was the principle offender and
the one directly responsible
for most of the murders.
Others are to be tried.
Q. Isn't the Army passing the
buck? It trains men to kill,
it sends them to Vietnam
to kill, and when they 'kill,
the Army charges them with
murder.
A. This is the most far fetched
rationalization I have ever
heard. In my years in the
military, I never remember
receiving any instruction on
execution of civilians. On the
contrary, the doctrine has
been to treat civilians and
POW's humanely. .As an in-
strument qf American for-
eign policy, the Amry has to
conform to these principles
of restraint. But just as im-
portant it has to abide by
these rules for military rea-
sons. First off, when looting
and murdering are allowed,
units lose their effectiveness
and morale. Secondly, inhu-
mane treatment by one Army
makes the opposing Army
fight that much harder. The
Japanese fought to the last
man because they had been
led to believe that capture by
Americans was automatic
death. On the other hand, the
Germans surrendered in
droves to the American for-
ces and fought to the death
against the Russians in the
last days of World War II be-
cause they knew they would
get fair treatment from the
Americans. Thirdly, inhu-
mane treatment of the civilian
population forces themunder-
ground. This was very appar-
ent in Greece, Yugoslavia and
France.
Q, But as you know Vietnam is
a different type of War, these
old rules of war have little
application in Vietnam, do
;"they?
A. One of the reasons we entered
into Vietnam was to stop at-
- rocities committed by the
Continued on page 4
where I feel there are sever-
al changes needed. These
changes cannot be made
overnight. They must be
worked out gradually between
the establishment and our
organized student body.'
Reett; 'The most important
change I feel needs to take
place at Tarleton is an in-
crease in the cooperation be-
tween the students and the
administration. The student
body here at Tarleton needs
mare of an opportunity to
take an active role in the
decisions which effect them.
Coupled with this increase
in cooperation between stu-
dents. and administrators, I
feel that there is a need for
more cooperation between
themselves. One possible
method of developing this
attitude is for Tarleton to
invest more in its athletic,
program so that it can be-"
come a foundation for the
development of a mutual
pride in all of Tarleton's
activities, no matter whether
athletic, social or academic,'
Rochat: 'Some definite
changes need to be made in
the parking situation at
TSC. AUo, I believe some
changes are necessary to
make the boys dorms more
comparable to the girl's
dorms, in comfort.'
Garner (vp): 'One immediate
problem that I feel needs tn
be deft with is the parking
problem. As for any others
the following questions will
answer these.'
Sullins (vp): 'I believe that
the academic situation here
at Tarleton is not in need of
a peat change but simply
that an addition of facilities
is needed in several depart-
ments to better prepare stu-
dents for their jobs upon
graduation,'
2. If elected, what is thevone
most important objective you
will try to accomplish?
Harris; 'I have lived in the
dorm and eaten in the college
cafeteria for three years. I
am well aware of the prob-
lems in this area and will
• make this one of my most im-
portain objectives if elec-
ted,'
Reed: 'My main objective
will be to serve as a spokes-
man for the students here at
Tarleton, and to make the
Student Senate a place where
students can feel free to
bring their ideas, grievan-
ces, and problems. The job
of the Student Body Presi-
dent is to listen and to act.
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