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Vol. 67 No. 8
College Station, Texas
Friday September 10, 1971
Saturday — Partly cloudy,
widely scattered afternoon rain
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845-2226
Asian reconciliation
Rostow’s GI topic
By BRUCE BLACK
“I am not a pacifist because I
will not accept the consequences
of being a pacifist,” Dr. Walter
Rostow, former advisor to Presi
dent Johnson on foreign affairs,
said before an over-flow crowd
in the first Great Issues presen
tation of the year Thursday
night.
“The only two places we’ve
gotten people killed in the post
war years was in Korea and Viet
Nam where we’ve led people to
believe we’d be out to lunch if
they went in,” the University of
Texas history and economics pro
fessor said. “And only when
they did go in was when we put
our foot down.”
By pulling totally out of
Southeast Asia at this time, Dr.
Rostow continued, the result
would only be a larger war, and
possibly a nuclear war.
“In this century, we have only
acted abroad in the face of a
clear and present danger,” he
said.
By signing agreements, we
Barnes
Aggies
will meet
Saturday
Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will
meet with A&M students at a
barbecue followed by a panel dis
cussion in the Skaggs-Albertson
parking lot Saturday afternoon
at 12:15.
Barnes, who will be here for
the A&M-Wichita State game
Saturday night, will answer ques
tions from a panel of seven stu
dents.
Students having questions or
comments for Barnes should con
tact members of the panel.
The panel members include:
Greg Eastin, Kirk Hawkins, Bar
ry Click, and Rolando Ramirez,
all senior political science majors,
and Barry Hards, sophomore po
litical science major.
Also included in the panel are
Wayne Edwards, senior parks
and recreation major, and E. Don
Webb, sophomore accounting
major.
John Sharp, Student Senate
president, will be master of cere
monies.
A panel of the remaining four
students will be positioned to
wards the back of the audience
and will gather questions and
comments from the spectators.
After approximately 20 minutes,
the second panel will present the
lieutenant governor with the au
dience’s questions and comments.
The barbeque will be catered
by “Jetton’s,” caterer to former
president Johnson.
Tickets may be purchased from
the MSC, Sbisa, or staff ser
geants in the Corps. They may
also be purchased at the parking
lot. Prices are: A&M students
—$1.00; Aggie dates—$.50; and
Aggie guests—$1.00.
have deceived countries all
through this century, such as
waiting until the last minute to
cut off aid to Japan before
World War II and North Korea
in the 1950’s, Rostow said. And
we are in danger of doing it
again.
“We are a nation that has vital
interests for which we will fight
when the chips are down,” he de
clared.
“There are many forces which
can lead to world peace, and the
outcome depends greatly on the
actions of the United States.”
A major diffusion, has come
about starting about 1948 in
Moscow as well as for the United
States in Europe.
The missile crisis convinced the
world that Russia was not an
overpowering threat,” Rostow
said. “Countries could exist sep
arate from Russia as well as the
United States.”
“In the developing continents,
nations were beginning to march
to their own beat,” he continued.
“In the post war years, we
did not spend our money trying
to orbit satellites,” Rostow com
mented. “We tried to help the
underdeveloped countries, lead
ing the way to help the world
in its drive of economic growth.”
During these years, the Soviet
Union was busy defending its
borders, he said.
Now the attitude in Peking is
not to look at the United States
as an enemy, but as a force of
balance, he continued.
“It is my opinion that the Ko
reans, as the Chinese, see that
all this tough policying in Asia
isn’t getting the U.S. anywhere,”
Rostow said.
TEENAGERS THUMBING RIDES at Palos Verdes, California, get results. A local civic
committee decided one of the reasons kids fight with their parents is over use of the car;
so an area security company furnishes the cars and teenagers drive them. Note the re
semblance to a well-known hand symbol used in this locale. (AP Wirephoto)
V. C. welcome Porter,
Paris peace negotiator
PARIS <A>) — The Viet Cong
welcomed President Nixon’s new
peace negotiator, William J. Por
ter, to the Vietnam talks Thurs
day with an offer to meet with
him privately to explain the
Communist seven-point peace
plan.
The United States and South
Vietnam immediately branded the
offer as a propaganda gesture
and completely unacceptable.
North Vietnam and the Viet
Cong in turn rejected Porter’s
proposal to place the entire con
ference under a wrap of security
in the hope of making progress
toward a settlement away from
the glare of publicity.
Opening the 128th session of
the talks, Porter urged Hanoi
and the Viet Cong to consider
his arrival as “an opportunity to
make some progress toward a
peaceful settlement.” He revived
a proposal made by his predeces
sor, David K. E. Bruce, for se
cret sessions where all four dele
gations could “present their
views, respond to adversary
views and find areas of com
promise.”
Hanoi’s chief negotiator, Xuan
Thuy, shook hands with Porter
to welcome him to the talks, but
flatly rejected his proposal for
secret sessions.
“We had previously rejected
this proposal and thought it had
left the conference table at the
same time as its author, Mr.
Bruce,” Thuy said. Thuy’s
spokesman, Nguyen Thanh Le,
said Porter’s suggestion was a
maneuver designed to avoid re
plying to the seven-point plan.
The plan, submitted * July 1,
called for a total and uncondi
tional American withdrawal and
a simultaneous release of pris
oners held by both sides.
Since the plan was presented,
As far as nuclear threat, he
commented, the Soviet Union
could build up to the point where
an exchange would destroy the
United States and still leave
Russia under communism. “Such
insanity is not likely, but pos
sible. And we should not give
the Soviets the chance.”
Russia could also try to get
the United States into a domes
tic backdown in the Middle East,
he said.
“There must be in Cairo and
Moscow a great temptation to try
again in the 70’s.”
Concerning the amount of Arab
oil production and its effect on
the United States, Rostow said
we have little to worry about at
present.
“The men who have the oil
want to sell it,” he said. “And
they have to sell it someplace —
they can’t drink it.”
Over population is another
factor.
“The advance in crop yield has
bought us some time for birth
control to catch on,” he com
mented. “But we still didn’t
solve the problem in the 60’s.”
“But as far as total peace,”
Rostow said, “if folks would just
stay at home; not cross borders
and kill people . . . This is my
definition of peace. I’d just like
to see the killing stopped.”
BY PULLING TOTALLY OUT of Southeast Asia at this time, the result would only be
a larger war, and possibly a nuclear war, Walt Rostow told an overflow crowd at the MSC
Thursday night. The former deputy assistant for national security opened this year’s
Great Issues presentations. (Photo by Joe Matthews)
At CSC meeting
Best resident hall debate
issue
the United States has repeated
ly asked the Communist delega
tions /or clarification, but has
never received a reply.
“If the United States really
needs further explanation, we
are disposed to meet with the
American delegate in private and
give him the clarifications he de
sires,” acting Viet Cong delegate
Dinh Ba Thi told the meeting.
Since the talks first began
three years ago, Hanoi has tried
to bring the United States into
direct negotiations with the Viet
Cong — excluding any repre
sentative of the Saigon govern
ment. U. S. spokesman Stephen
Ledogar told newsmen Thi’s lat
est proposal remained as unac
ceptable to the United States as
all previous similar Communist
suggestions.
Porter gave notice that he in
tended to renew his demand for
secret sessions of all four dele
gations at subsequent meetings.
Continuing the annual “Out
standing Resident Hall” award
became an object of debate last
night at the first Civilian Stu
dent Council meeting.
A few of the dorm presidents
didn’t see any purpose of the
campus-side contest, and others
questioned the methods used in
choosing the most outstanding
resident hall of each year.
Currently, the award is pre
sented to the resident hall on a
high point basis. Points are giv
en to each hall, depending on its
ranking in general subject areas
that involved all of the civilian
resident dorms. Each dorm is
rated on its achievements in the
annual intramural athletics in
which all dorms compete. Also, the
social activities sponsored by each
dorm and the campus and com
munity activities. Each dorm’s
innovations are taken into con
sideration.
One hall president said he did
not believe that some of the
halls had an equal opportunity
to compete because of a measur
able portion of some halls just
didn’t participate.
“I’m not just looking for a
trophy in my dorm lounge,” he
continued, “it would be stolen.”
He added that, “each dorm should
be judged more on its progress
from year to year.”
Many disagreed saying that the
competition among the resident
halls was the whole idea. One
hall president said that his hall
looked forward to working for
the award each year and discon
tinuing the award would be a let
down for his particular hall.
Several opinions were voiced
on the subject and the motion of
continuing the annual award was
China, Russia
bicker over
new accord
TOKYO — The ideological
feud between Peking and Moscow
grew hotter today as China ac
cused Russia of “unscrupulously
selling out the sovereignty” of
East Germany in the Big Four
accord on Berlin.
It also accused the Soviet news
agency Tass of helping spread
Nationalist Chinese “rumors”
that the Communist Chinese had
agreed to accept U. S. help to
develop oil deposits and build an
aircraft factory.
tabled for the next meeting on
the grounds that no one was pre
pared to discuss it. Many wanted
to find out what their hall mem
bers thought about it.
Gordon Pilmer, president of
the Civilian Student Council, an
nounced that A&M is to partici
pate in a “College Bowl” type
program on Channel 9, Midwest
Hurricane
Galveston
GALVESTON <A>) — Pregnant
with heavy rain, Hurricane Fern
took a shy step ashore Thursday
night, steadily losing some of the
blustery threat she’d built up
after several days at sea.
“She barely has hurricane
force winds now,” said Dave Ben
ton, chief meteorologist for the
National Weather Service here.
Fern’s winds dropped from 90
miles an hour to 80 mph Thurs
day afternoon. When her windy
vanguard began raking the Tex
as mainland Thursday night,
winds dropped to from between
70 and 75 miles an hour.
“We can’t count on the wind
diminishing f u r t h e r,” Benton
said, “but it should after it gets
well over land.”
As the front edge of the storm
began moving ashore, heavy rains
began lashing the flat, coastal
area with weathermen predicting
as much as four to eight inches
of rain before Fern dies.
Nearly two inches of rain had
fallen in Galveston at 7 p.m.
A Coast Guard cutter was
searching the angry sea 17 miles
offshore here for a shrimp boat
which had reported itself in dis
tress.
Meanwhile, a 572-foot Liberian
tanker, the “Eleanor” was an
chored in Bolivar Roads east of
Galveston with a disabled main
engine.
A buoy tender was standing
by.
One of Galveston’s three fer
ries remained operational and Joe
Carmoche, master of the E. C.
Thornton Jr., said the ferry
would continue running between
Galveston and Bolivar as long
as possible.
The Galveston causeway was
to be closed although the San
Luis Pass Bridge remained open
between Galveston Island and
Freeport. These two are the only
bridges to Galveston Island.
Winds at the Galveston air-
Video, a local television station,
this year. The channel planned
to run a program very similar to
the national program seen on na
tional networks. The program
will match dorms to dorms, bat
talions to battalions, and dorms
to battalions, each having teams
consisting of three members.
To be shown every Wednesday
night for the entire fall, the “Col
lege Bowl” will offer $30 and $20
dollar scholarships for partici
pants on each team.
The parking problem was
briefly brought up. Palmer said
some decisions were to be made
next Wednesday night when the
Traffic Appeals & Traffic Com
mittee meets at the MSC.
Fern hammers
with winds, rain
port were gusting to 65 miles
an hour as the storm began mov
ing ashore. Winds in the Hous
ton area, 50 miles to the north,
were gusting between 35 and 40
miles an hour.
The National Weather Service
warned of possible tornadoes
within 100 miles of Galveston and
possible flooding.
Low-lying Kemah, Seabrook
and Baytown to the north of here
were susceptible to rising wa
ters from a number of bayous
and the nearby Houston Ship
Channel.
Nixon requests Congress
to lend support to freeze
WASHINGTON — Presi
dent Nixon urged Congress
Thursday to help him build a
stable economy when he ends the
present 90-day wage-price freeze
in mid-November.
He called for “bipartisan sup
port in meeting the challenges
of peace” and said the current
freeze will be followed by some
other system of wage and price
stabilization to be worked out
later.
The President’s 25 - minute
speech in the House chamber to
a joint session of Congress, his
second this year, was televised
and broadcast nationally.
Nixon was interrupted about
20 times by applause led mainly
by Republicans. But the Demo
crats joined enthusiastically in
applauding his declaration that
“in the years ahead, we will re
main a good and generous nation
—but the time hase also come
to give a new attention to Amer
ica’s own interests.”
In general, the President re
peated his earlier request for
removal of the 7 per cent excise
tax on autos, for more tax incen
tive for business investment in
new plants and equipment, and
for a one-year advance in a $50
increase in personal income tax
exemptions.
And he promised to give Con
gress a new tax program next
year.
Nixon gave no hint of what the
new economic program will be
after mid-November but said
“nothing would be more detri
mental to the new prosperity in
the long run than to put the
nation’s great, strong free enter
prise system in a permanent
strait-jacket of government con
trols.”
The White House announced
that Nixon will start meetings
Friday wtih a cross-section of
business, labor and congressional
leaders to discuss what will fol
low the 90-day free. AFL-CIO
President George Meany, a strong
critic of Nixon’s policies lately,
will be among the labor leaders
attending Friday’s session.
The President’s budget chief,
George P. Shultz, told the House
Ways and Means Committee that
Nixon’s new economic plan in
cludes a spending-cut program of
$5 billion, slightly larger than
earlier estimates.
Shultz, director of the Office
of Management and Budget, also
confirmed earlier estimates that
next year’s federal deficit may be
$27 billion or $28 billion. A
major reason, he said, is that tax
collections are likely to be $13
billion to $14 billion lower than
was estimated in January.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.