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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle NlXOll TetUmS f l Olll China WASHINGTON </P)—President Nixon returned Monday night from his historic mission to China, defending his pledge to ultimately withdraw all U. S. forces from Taiwan, and pro claiming his journey had laid the foundation for a new structure of world peace. Taking tacit note of conserva tive criticisms of his Taiwan pledge, Nixon said as he returned to the Capital that no secret agreeements had been entered into to decide the fate of any nation. Addressing a crowd of several thousand jammed into an airport hangar — and a national televi sion audience—Nixon traced the details of the communique issued after his unprecedented talks with Chinese leaders. He repeated a phrase he used several times in China—“Peace is too urgent to wait for cen turies. We must seize the mo ment and move toward that goal now.” “That is what we have done on this journey,” Nixon said. He expressed hope that as a result of his trip “our children will have a better chance to grow up in a peaceful world.” Nixon noted the devotion of the Chinese to their way of gov ernment, but said: “I come back to America with an even strong er faith in our system of govern ment.” He said—without giving spe cifics—that a procedure had been set up to continue discussions with Chinese leaders in the fu ture. The object, Nixon said, is to “talk about differences rather than fight about them.” “There were no secret deals of any kind” reached during his talk, Nixon said. “We do not bring back any written or unwritten agreement that will guarantee peace in our time,” he continued. There is no magic formula, Nixon said, but “we have made some necessary and important beginnings.” He invoked the “seize the mo ment” statement — similar to Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s phrase “Seize the hour” — when he talked of an American redwood sapling planted in China by the U. S. party. The growth of a redwood takes centuries, Nixon said, “so we hope that the seeds planted on this journey for peace will grow and prosper” into a more endur ing peace. Essmyer legislative candidate “Maybe you’d better throw out!” (Continued from page 1) state’s population reached “a saturation point” similar to Cali fornia’s predicament. He ad mitted, as in the abortion ques tion, that the population migra tion problem needs studying and surveying. Concerning welfare Essmyer said that the present system is a cycle that does not promote pride within the welfare collecting indi vidual. “I hate to see people starve to death, though,” he added. Essmyer favors a system similar to that employed in the 1930’s which would have people, even the handicapped, work in some way for welfare money. “I would support a guaranteed yearly income if a person works for it,” he said. “The slackers should be taken off welfare,” he emphasized. that the question of legalizing the drug is a federal problem, not a state one. Essmyer would like to see legislators “do their home work” and make a conclusive study of the drug. Law schools “I would favor legislation that would help Chicanos and blacks get into college,” Essmyer said. He sympathizes with those who received a poor elementary and secondary education but still have the desire to go to college. In having instructions from the Board of Directors to plan for a College of Law at TAMU the big question in the administration’s mind must be “where to now?” It is a very good question. Now comes two years of planning, gathering a faculty, looking for room space, accumulating a library and hoping that those up above will approve. The hoping will probably be the hardest part of the job because if approval doesn’t come, the work will be for nothing. The College of Law must be approved by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, and be funded by the legislature. That isn’t going to be easy. Almost all of the law schools in the state don’t want any others in the game. They have good reasons, too. The state schools don’t want to see anyone else in the regular grab for money. Since they are already established they have a definite edge on TAMU. The private schools will grouse because it may mean fewer or less qualified students for them. With the current situation of private school finance they don’t want to see any more competition either. #jSpoth* groups have the edge in the Coordinating Board and the legislature because of the nature of both groups. The board is composed of Texans from all parts of the state and from all universities in the state. Quite a few come from schools with their own law college. They won’t be wanting to see anymore competition for funds. The legislature is much the same. Most Texas politicians are or were lawyers. They have their own loyalties as well. That means that they will be out defending their own schools. So just what will happen is anyone’s guess. Be sure that everyone is walking softly and hoping a lot. It may take just that. Essmyer favors changing the penalty for possession of mari juana from a felony to a mis demeanor. “The laws for traf ficking marijuana should remain strict,” he said. Essmyer feels When asked about his youth Essmyer replied that age is not a determination of wisdom. “I feel that I have more wisdom than Bill (Presnal) does,” he added. The candidate is 22. Essmyer declared that he is aligned wtih the “dirty 30” and wants to become a part of it. According to Essmyer the money for his campaign “will come from the people in this room.” Door- to-door asking of contributions will be his main source of funds. “I can’t fight Bill dollar for dollar,” the candidate conceded. y/U io Vf’ijj. 7 .1 L-7/ Wortham works to improve quality of ammunition Few consumer industries make the effort to control the quality of their products that the U. S. Army is making in its effort with the SCAMP program, Dr. A. W. Wortham of A&M said. He is the project director for the Army’s Quality Control Re search effort for Small Caliber Ammunition Moderization Pro gram (SCAMP) and head of in dustrial engineering at TAMU. The existing project is being undertaken over a six month period at a cost of $44,105. Dr. Wortham and six other A&M researchers are developing theories and techniques to help the Army control the quality of small ammunition production. “We hope that techniques we develop will be applied to con sumer manufacturing processes, and thereby raise or better con trol the quality of American pro ducts,” he said. “This is one of the most pro gressive modernization programs of the Department of Defense. A program such as this will use not only the most modern materials and manufacturing methods, but also by its very definition, the most modem quality control prac tices and technologies,” Wortham continued. TOWN HALL WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE 1972- 73 TOWN HALL COMMITTEE FROM MARCH 1st THRU MARCH 10th. Application Forms Available At MSC Student Program Office THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 29,1 BURGER HUT Remember Happy Hour! 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