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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday May 10, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Sound Off
“If you think Federal Inspection was tough, wait ’til our
Mothers hit this room Sunday!”
Johnson,Committee
Compromise Tax
President Johnson will apparently get the 10 per cent
tax surcharge which he has been calling for with increas
ing urgency during the past year.
But in the compromise which has developed in order
to get such a bill past the powerful House Ways and Means
Committee and its chairman, Wilbur Mills, the administra
tion had to agree to do some heavy budget cutting.
A joint Senate-House committee insists that spending
for the coming fiscal year be cut by at least $6 billion, which
is $2 billion more than President Johnson feels is necessary
to meet the nation’s needs.
The President has urged the tax surcharge to prevent
uncontrolled inflation and build confidence in the U. S. dol
lar abroad. The administration will probably accept the
proposed cut in federal spending in order to finally get the
tax into operation.
For individual taxpayers, it would be retroactive to
April 1, and would mean that for every $100 you paid in
taxes this year would pay $107.50 next year. For many
taxpayers the amount would be less than $75.
With prices, wages, mortgages and the price of loans
jumping faster than in any boom period in the past, the tax
increase should have a somewhat stabling effect. Together
with the compromise cut in federal spending, the use of
funds will be more carefully regulated and spent, and top
priority will be given to management personnel who can
effectively cut waste while maintaining efficiency.
If Congress initiates the new bill quickly it will mean
that the new witholding tax schedule based on the new sur
charge will go into effect about June 1.
We would hope that the conditions which favored a
stepped-up wartime economy will level off, and that the
peace negotiations which are abount to begin in Paris will
lead to a cessation of hosilities in Vietnam.
The effect could be a more stable budget, an end to the
surcharge, and the availability of federal funds for this
nation’s internal problems.
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is about the SDS
news story that appeared on the
front page of the April 30 issue
of The Battalion.
In at least one respect the
story was incomplete and there
by made it easy for readers to
get the wrong impression. In
another respect the story did not
have the facts straight.
As to incompleteness it stated
that “Students for a Democratic
Society organized in the Coffee
Loft . . It failed to say that
the SDS borrowed the facilities
of the Coffee Loft, as do other
organizations, for a meeting
place. This omission made it
possible for readers to get the
mistaken impression that the
Coffee Loft is organizing or
sponsoring SDS. The fact is
merely that its doors are not
closed to them just as they are
not to others.
The name “Coffee Loft” as
used in The Battalion story
means a room in the United Cam
pus Christian Fellowship Center,
which on Friday and Saturday
evenings is the location of the
coffee house known as the “Cof
fee Loft”. This is sponsored by
the UCCF. At many other times,
however, the Coffee Loft room
and other UCCF facilities may be
reserved as a meeting place by
groups not organized or spon
sored by UCCF. This was the
case on the occasion of the SDS
meeting reported in The Bat
talion story.
Other groups independent of
UCCF that have reserved the
“Coffee Loft” in recent months
include the Young Democrats, the
Young Republicans, Phi Delta
Sigma, a philosophy discussion
group, Paranoia, social gather
ings, local church groups, the
Brazos Civil Liberties Union, vis
iting speakers to the campus and
several groups working for polit
ical candidates — some local and
some national, including Nixon
and McCarthy.
UCCF policy is to make its
facilities available and reserva
tion by such groups so long as
property is protected and they
are not used for social contact
that is frequently disapproved in
the supporting churches.
United Campus Christian Fel
lowship is a united campus min
istry both locally and statewide
of four denominations. They are
the Presbyterian Church U. S.,
the United Presbyterian Church,
the United Church of Christ, and
the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ). The Episcopal Church
cooperates with these churches in
supporting the Coffee Loft.
Now as to incorrectness. The
Battalion story reported that a
program “sponsored by SDS”
will take place in the Coffee Loft
on May 10. This is not correct.
The program on Cuba was plan
ned and will be sponsored by the
Bulletin Board
SATURDAY
The Former NSF Summer
Geology Students will have a bar
becue at 7 p.m. Information can
be obtained from Prof. Smith of
the Geology Department before
Friday.
The Chemistry Department in
vites all faculty, graduate and
undergraduate students in the
Chemistry Department and their
wives to the annual Chemistry
Department Barbecue at 11 a.m.
at the Fellowship Hall on Tabor
Road. For information, call
Linda Salitros, 846-3508 or Adri
enne Stout, 846-6163.
MONDAY
The Peace Corps Club will have
a program presented by two
Peace Corps recruiters who were
volunteers at 7:30 p.m. in Room
3C of the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
NEXT WEEK
The Amarillo Hometown Club
is planning an outdoor party.
Anyone interested must call
either 846-8502 or 846-3369 by
this week.
THURSDAY
The Bryan Bass Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at the Bryan Cham
ber of Commerce Building. Color
movies about fishing and the
outdoors in general will be
shown. Members, prospective
members, and guests are invited
to attend.
THE BATTALION
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The Campus Religious Work
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Workers’ Association
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Editor,
The Battalion:
On May 14, all who are mem
bers of both the Class of ’69 and
the College of Science will select
their representative to the Stu
dent Senate. I, Mary Custer, am
a candidate for that position. I
am a member of the Department
of Chemistry and have been
closely associated with the De
partment of Biology, Physics,
and Math during the past three
years.
As a i-esult, I have come to
know the students in these areas
and their particular problems. It
is my opinion that you who are
students in these and related
fields need the sort of repre
sentation that I can definitely
give you — mature and un
biased.
Being female, I am not a mem
ber of any special interest group,
be it civilian or Corps. There
fore, I feel that I can fairly
represent the combination of spe
cial interests which comprises
the College of Science.
According to the Registrar’s
Office, there are 186 juniors in
the College of Science. If I
should be elected your repre
sentative, one of my first projects
would be a letter to each of you,
in which I set forth regular “of
fice” hours on campus. I would
thereby be able to give your sug
gestions and complaints personal
attention. This is an integral
part of representation, since it
would be my job “to furnish the
voice by which you could speak.”
If you think you need and
want a representative that is
interested in you, will work dili
gently for you, and most impor
tantly, keep in contact with you,
consider me for the office of
senior representative from the
College of Science.
Mary C. Custer
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Class of ’71,
School of Agriculture:
Tuesday is the day we elect
our representatives to the Stu
dent Senate, I’d like for you to
consider the responsibilities of
the office and think of the type
of man you want speaking for
YOU, on issues of importance.
I think you will agree with me
that Marcus Hill is best quali
fied to serve us. He is a farm
boy that has served in many
leadership positions in school,
church, and youth organizations.
He served us well as President
of our Freshman Seminar. Let’s
show our confidence in him by
voting Tuesday.
Bill Smith ’71
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