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Nixon winged westward to Hawaii on the first leg of his 20,395-mile, 13-day journey. “We will have great differences in the future,” he said. “What we must do is find a way to see that we can have our differences without being enemies at war.” From the White House, where school children, Cabinet officers, congressional leaders, government employes and tourists hade him farewell from the winter-faded South Lawn, Nixon flew by helicopter to nearby Andrews Force Base, Md. There he boarded his blue, silver and white presidential jet, “The Spirit of ’76,” for the 10-hour nonstop flight to Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station on the northern shore of Oahu. His departure, which came as light snow fell from slate-gray skies, was televised live nationwide—a prelude to the extensive live television coverage planned for his eight days in China. After a 45-hour stay in Hawaii, recommended by his physician to readjust to time zone changes, the President flies to Guam on Saturday for an overnight stop. With his wife and an official party of 13 White House and State Department advisers, Nixon will arrive in Peking on Monday—Sunday night U.S. time—and become the first American president ever to set foot on Chinese soil. Before returning to the United States Feb. 28, he will have an open-ended series of talks with Chinese leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai, at tend a round of four banquets in three cities and visit the Great Wall and other Chinese shrines and historic sites. Nixon met for 45 minutes Thursday with Demo cratic and Republican congressional leaders, giving them what House GOP Leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan described as “a realistic appraisal of the possible results.” He promised to brief them upon his return. Then, without a topcoat to ward off the winter chill, the President stepped onto the South Lawn to deliver his brief farewell remarks. The President recalled his statement of July 15 —when he announced that a secret summer mission to Peking by his foreign affairs adviser, Henry Kissinger, had set up the unprecedented summit meeting. “That statement was, as you will recall, that this would be a journey for peace,” he said. Nixon noted, too, a toast offered by Chou when Kissinger was in China. “ ‘The American people are a great people,’ ” he quoted the Chinese premier as saying. “ ‘The Chinese people are a great people. The fact that they are separated by a vast ocean and great differences in philosophy should not prevent them from finding common ground.’ ” Nixon said if his talks with Communist leaders bring progress toward finding that common ground “the world will be a much safer world.” And, motioning to the hundreds of school children on the lawn—many of them chattering excitedly as he talked—Nixon added that he hoped “all those young children there” would have a chance “to grow up in a world of peace.” Before turning to walk across a red carpet be tween a military honor guard to the helicopter, the chief executive said: “If there was a postscript I hope might be written in regard to this trip, it would be the words on the plaque left on the moon by our first astronauts when they landed there: “ ‘We came in peace for all mankind.’ ” About 200 Americans—including 87 accredited news media personnel—are flying into China with Nixon, joining about 100 already there making ad vance arrangements. In the months prior to the day of departure, Nixon stressed repeatedly that he had no expectation of spectacular results from the trip. He spoke after of increased communication be tween mainland China and the United States—per haps through an exchange of athletes, scholars, scien tists and students. Vol. 67 No. 80 Che Battalion Clear and warmer College Station, Texas Friday, February 18, 1972 Saturday — Clear. Light and variable winds. High 72° low 48°. Sunday — Partly cloudy. South erly winds 10-12 mph. High 77°, low 48°. 845-2226 is point Ing six credited Knowles y Mik e ally ated ited ear- olo- one his Ft. his yer He [on, ean In- [ J. us ing □ra und to >rk Ar. 3VS rve Lre Handler emphasizes Scientific pursuit is important National Academy of Sciences President Philip Hand ler told a University Lectures Series Audience at A&M Thursday the world cannot afford to turn its back on the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Handler, one of the nation's most articulate spokesmen for science, warned that “to reject science, the only tool Fogg said to he dangerous ship «i!i REVEILLE, A&M’S MASCOT, was on hand at the Corps of Cadets review for the Student Conference on National Affairs Thursday. Both the dog and the cadets felt the un- seasonally warm weather—especially since the uniforms were Class A’s. (Photo by Rob ert Williams) Hughes travels abandons Bahamas, to Nicaragua capitol MANAGUA, Nicaragua UP) _ Howard Hughes abandoned his ho tel and flew Thursday to Nicara gua on a visit officially described as a business trip. In the familiar Hughes pattern, the 15-room top floor of the pyramid-shaped Inter continental Hotel in Managua was taken over and sealed off to vis itors. Hughes slipped secretively away from the suite in Nassau where he had been secluded for 15 months. But in the background of the abrupt pullout was a squab ble with authorities over the work permits of his staff. The trip came while court hear ings were in progress in New York on a purported autobio graphy of Hughes written by Clif ford Irving, a book that has been called a hoax by Time magazine. Both President Anastasio So- nioza’s office and Hughes spokes men in the United States con- flrmed the trip, but the 66-year- old Hughes eluded newsmen in his usual fashion. It was not known whether Hughes, who hasn’t been seen publicly since the 1950s, was in the hotel or at Somoza’s coun try estate 200 miles away. Hotel officials declined even to say whether the suddenly in accessible 8th floor was reserved tor Hughes and his staff. The ele- Installment due The second installment hoard payment for the Spring Semester is due on or before February 22, 1972. The amount is $95.50 for the 7-day Board Plan and $86.00 tor the 5-day Board Plan. Please pay now at the Fiscal Office, Richard Coke Building, to avoid penalty. University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M." —Adv. vators were disconnected to that floor and the fire doors sealed. It was reported the reservations were for five days. After a flurry of reports over Hughes’ movements, his public relations man, Richard Hannah, issued this statement in Los An geles: “Mr. Hughes is in Managua, Nicaragua. He is there at the invitation of President Somoza. His trip is related to business discussions which have been go ing on for some time between representatives of the Nicaraguan government and executives of Hughes Tool Co.” Hannah said this was every thing he knew about the journey and “anything else» would be guesswork.” The office of President Somo za, himself a multimillionaire, also announced that Hughes had ac cepted his invitation to visit Ni caragua. In Las Vegas, Nev., a Hughes Tool Co. spokesman said Hughes “is considering investments in Ni caragua and he considers the economic and political situation good.” He added that the length of the visit is indefinite—“we aren’t saying how long he’ll be there but ‘indefinite’ could indicate a certain degree of permanence.” He also said that Hughes had “no definite plans to return to the United States or to Las Vegas and no plans to conduct a press conference at the moment.” Earlier reports said he might go to the United States shortly and meet with the press. An East ern Airlines Jetstar, believed to have been the plane bringing 66- year-old Hughes to Managua, landed at the Nicaraguan air force strip near the municipal airport at 9:15 a.m. A spokesman for the U.S. Em bassy said that Hughes’ repre sentatives were in contact with the embassy a few days ago to arrange the visit. He denied re ports that the U.S. ambassador, Turner Shelton, knew Hughes per sonally and had helped arrange the trip. The Las Vegas Review-Journal in Nevada quoted Hughes sources as saying it wasn’t the billion aire’s intention to stay long in Nicaragua. “This is just a temporary stop. We expect him to arrive in the United States shortly and there (See Hughes, page 3) GALVESTON, Tex. (A>) — A former pumper on the sunk tank er V. A. Fogg testified here Thursday of leaking pumps and of seeing sparks flying about the vessel while it carried highly vol atile chemicals. The pumper, Charles Floyd Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., told a Coast Guard investigation board that a major pump aboard the tanker broke down and heated up while it was being used to transfer high ly inflamable benzene. Floyd, who served on the V. A. Fogg until just two days before it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico Feb. 1, said he also saw sparks on one occasion flying from the stack of the jumbo tanker. The Fogg exploded and sank about 50 miles off the coast from Galveston while on a short cruise from Freeport to Houston. All 39 men aboard are missing and pre sumed dead. The Jacksonville man also tes tified that leaky pipes and pumps caused petrol chemicals such as benzene to collect in the bilge beneath the pumproom. Fumes from these chemicals, he said, oft en were so thick in some areas on the vessel that he had to wear a breathing apparatus to do his work. He said a pump which failed reportedly heated up and sparked while being used to transfer bene- zene. This revelation triggered a heated exchange between attor neys for the tanker’s owner, Tex as City Tanker Co., and a Mari time Union lawyer. Attomey B. D. McKinney, for the tanker company, closely questioned Floyd about the sparks at some length, causing the sailor to repeat his earlier testimony several times. After about 10 minutes, Marvin I. Barish, the union lawyer, interrupted the pro ceedings with a shout. “If you don’t want the board to know there were sparks aboard your vessel, that’s just too damn ed bad,” said Barish. The hearing was adjourned mo ments later. The inquiry recessed at 1 p.m. today and will not reconvene un til Feb. 29. At that time testi mony is expected from divers who have explored the sunken tanker in its watery grave. Officials said currents are ex tremely swift in the area where the tanker went down and this poses danger to divers. A Coast Guard vessel is sta tioned near the tanker to warn marine traffic. The radar anten na on the tanker extends two feet above the surface. with which we can manage our future ... is to invite the spectres of pestilence, famine and nuclear holocaust.” The former Duke University professor said he was concerned about a variety of subtle changes in national thinking which he noted appear to operate against scientific research as an essential ingredient of our national life. “There is abroad a growing anti-rationalism, which has grasped the minds of at least some fraction of our bright est youth,” he noted. “They suggest affection, tenderness and love can substitute for reason and evidence in the man agement of human affairs.” Dr. Handler added he found the sugggestion by others that some aspects of science should be left unexplored “equally surprising.” “What deeply disturbs me,” he said, “is the easy con comitant damning of science which is now held to account for all the abuses of unregulated technology by insuffici ently understanding individuals.” Dr. Handler said there has been a failure to recognize the collective public responsibility to examine, in advance, the social consequences of new technology before it is made available, and he feels government must take greater re sponsibility in this area. Describing modem resistance to sciences as the modern equivalent of book-burning, Handler said he could see no wisdom in deciding what not to know, but he added that society must use its authority to say how knowledge is em ployed. “Since Prometheus stole fire from the gods, man has been using energy to alter his own world,” Dr. Handler pointed out. “Our era began when Francis Bacon delineated the essence of the scientific method early in the 17th cen tury.” “Armed with Bacon’s intellectual instrument and the fire of Prometheus, he concluded, “man has altered the world to suit himself, multiplying his numbers, fashioning the landscape, determining the fate of all other creatures on the planet and now there can be no turning back.” SCONA XVII Program Friday 8-9:30 Senator John G. Tower 9:30 Social Gathering—Ralph’s Pizza, East Gate Saturday 8:30-9:45 a. m. Sixth Round-Table Session 10:15-12 noon Dr. John R. Silber Share it with administration McGrath pushes college student power Dr. Earl J. McGrath The students of the university should share the power in the ad ministration of the college cam pus, Dr. Earl J. McGrath said Thursday night at the Student Conference on National Affairs. There is a pervasive momen tous relationship between charac teristics and qualities of society and the characteristics and qual- ities of education, he said. Director of the Higher Educa tion Center at Temple University in Philadelphia, McGrath said that if the universities were closed, “society would be seriously impaired.” “Science and technology pro vide the bulk of society, but if sociology, psychology, economics and philosophy were halted, what would happen?” he asked. “There would be a supply of boundless energy that could not be expended. The continuing of the university is fruitfully ex tended to all areas of living. If the activity cannot be entwined with society, then we would be culturally bankrupt,” he said. Teaching must be relevant to the social atmosphere, he added. There are two aspects needed to be considered with the rele vancy, he said. First is that students are not the first to make the function of the university relevant to the society. Secondly, the relevancy of so ciety is entwined with politics. There exists a moral position on social issues in society. Though it exists, there should not be con cern about Vietnam, race, or poli tics. McGrath stressed the need for the administration to give the students a role in legislative bodies. This enhances patrons, he said. In these law making positions, students invoke necessary and various generalizations, McGrath said. Students give a conscious ness of social problems and the disarray of culture such as war, economy, ecology and women’s liberation to society. He felt that students get more action on issues than other groups. McGrath also backed student representation on boards of uni versities. As well as this, the faculty should be willing to ac commodate student assistance on content of courses, teaching proc esses, fees, and degree plans. He called for the reexamination of the faculty, saying that they dominate higher education and need to be watched. Too, students should seek membership on ad ministrative boards because this is where education begins for the college student. All items of student life should be governed by the student, he said.