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Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 1, 1973 THE BATTALION Group Finds Faults In Cabinet Plan AUSTIN—Texas may be better off under its present type of gov ernment than the so-called cabinet form being advanced in prepara tion for constitutional revision, according to Texas Research League. League staff members in a new report to the Constitutional Re vision Commission point to ad vantages of the present system and offer these key obsei’vations: While there is room for im provement, Texas government is not the “administrative jungle” portrayed by critics, There are 174 legal entities which might qualify as state agencies, but fewer than 30 of them control 99 per cent of money and personnel in state gov ernment. Texas still has one of the most economical big state governments in the nation. Ohio and Missouri rate slightly lower, but Texas spends more in support of its schools than those two states. Ma- for economies have been in the for evonomies have been in the areas of education and welfare financing. Overhead administra tion and control functions cost 1.9 per cent of Texas’ total bud get, while the national average is 2.6 per cent. Major Texas agencies such as the Highway Department, Educa tion Agency, Department of Cor- The Aggie GOURMET rections and Department of Public Safety rate high nationally. The League found few agencies in other states “clearly superior” to Texas counterparts. While advocates of the cabinet theory claim it provides for hold ing the governor accountable for all aspects of government admin istration, political realities dictate that he can be held accountable at the polls only once or twice. Further, it is difficult for voters to assess thousands of acts by the chief executive during any four years. Whether authority to appoint 20 cabinet officials but no sub-cabi net-level personnel would streng then the governor in policy-mak ing is debatable. Merit system employment to insulate state em ployees from the spoils system is considered part of the cabinet theory. This means echelons be low the cabinet level are beyond the governor’s control. The present pattern of part- t i m e boards, acording to the League, provides opportunity for participation in government by many key citizens, who, in turn, provide a powerful reservoir of support for a governor’s policies. The League suggests more fiscal power for the governor and au thority to order governmental re organization subject to legislative veto. YoungRepublicans Work In Austin The TAMU Young Republicans spent last weekend in Austin working for State Senate candi date Maurice Angly. Angly, a former Austin state representative and unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer in last year’s races, is in a runoff for the District 14 seat. The seat was left vacant when Sen. By S. SHARIQ YOSUFZAI Last week we compared two very good Greek restaurants in Houston. Today the column takes a more local turn and the subject is Japanese cuisine. While Jap anese restaurants have not ac quired the same popularity as Chinese restaurants they have spread quite rapidly in some places, especially in Texas. The three main restaurants in Houston are the Tokyo Gardens, Happy Buddha and the Japanese Steak House. Locally, there is the Tokyo Steak House on Texas Avenue. The Tokyo Steak House doubles as a club and a Chinese restau rant but we will concern ourselves only with the steak room. The steak room here is an authentic sit down room in the best of tra dition from the land of the rising sun. You take your shoes off and sit down to eat around a grill on which your food is cooked. The meal usually starts off with Jas mine tea and a delicious soup fol lowed by a salad. For an entree, try the Sukiyaki steak or the Teppanyaki steak. If you like shrimp, try the shrimp entree. All this is served with heaps of Zucchini, bean sprouts and two kinds of sauces. •Thp' dexterity of the Japanese Chef is delightful to watch as he hurls his shrimp and cuts his meat with all the poise and grace of a ballerina. It is truly surprising to find a Jap anese restaurant of this quality in a relatively small metropolitan area like Bryan-College Station. The Japanese Steak House is located next to the Galleria on Westheimer in Houston. It has superb atmosphere and the size is something the Tokyo Steak House here cannot match. Unfor tunately, the same cannot be said about the food. The restaurant is divided into a communal eating area called the Teppanyaki Room, the “Ah-So” bar and a private eating area called “My Apart ment.” The service and cooking in the latter is done on a mini-grill by a Japanese hostess. While the shrimp tempura, the “vegetable kebab” and the steak are all very good, they are about as Japanese as a cheeseburger. The prices run to a minimum of $9-$50 a person which goes up if you have sake with your meal. Granted, the Jap anese Steak House has superb atmosphere and beautiful decor but the food leaves much to be desired and certainly the quality does not justify the prices. The Tokyo Steak House, here on the other hand, has reasonable food both in price and quality in its steak room and would be the place to visit for someone on a student’s pocketbook but with a gourmet’s palate. We hope you enjoy your next encounter with Japanese food and until then, sayonara. Resp onse Auto Object Of Study A&M Health Center Receives Medical Supplies From Dow Dow Chemical Co. is giving A&M a supply of medicine valued at $21,400 for use in the institu tion’s new student health center. Dr. W. Harold Powe Jr., direc tor of the A&M health center, said the medicine is from Dow’s Novahistine products for treat ment of cold symptoms. Dr. David Morgan, chairman of Dow’s Contributions Committee- Education, formally notified A&M President Jack K. Williams of the gift, pointing out it is the firm’s contribution to the health facility now in the final stages of comple tion. The shipment is enroute to the university, noted the Dow official headquartered at Midland, Mich. Differences in handling and response characteristics of vari ous automobiles will be deter mined and defined during a one- year study of Texas Transpor tation Institute engineers at A&M. Funded by the National High way Traffic Safety Administra tion, a division of the Department of Transportation, the study will attempt to determine what vehicle handling performance character istics are significant to the ma neuvering capability of driver- vehicle combinations. The $224,078 grant is being administered by the Texas A&M Research Foundation. Findings of the study will be made avail able to the sponsoring agency for distribution, according to co principal investigator Gordon G. Hayes, research physicist with the Safety Division of TTI. Hayes explained that all auto mobiles do not react and handle exactly alike. “When you use programmed inputs to automobiles, you get distinct differences in handling performance in some vehicles,” he pointed out. “We will determine what differences, if any, are sig nificant when a driver takes the wheel.” The study, noted Hayes, will also seek to determine to what extent drivers utilize capabilities and characteristics of different automobiles. The research team also will seek to determine the order of importance of the char acteristics identified by the study. Hayes will be joined by co principal investigator Dr. Newton C. Ellis, a research psychologist at TTI, and a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists from TTI and A&M’s College of Engineering. In announcing the new con tract, Charles J. Keese, Director of TTI, said the project is the culmination of work begun at TTI in 1970 on the handling and stability of small passenger cars. In 1973-74, A&M will be a national focal point for vehicle handling research, Keese said.. Cooperative studies will also be conducted with the University of Michigan’s Highway Safety Re search Institute and the Calspan Corporation. Charles Herring resigned to be come director of the Lower Col orado River Authority. The August 14 runoff pits An gly against Austin lawyer Lloyd Doggett, who outpolled Angly by 5,000 votes in the July 17 race. Both liberal Democrat Doggett and Republican Angly beat out favored candidate Don Cavness, an Austin state representative and conservative Democrat who re signed to run for the state senate position. Carol Moore, summer chairman of the A&M club, is also state chairman of the Young Republi can campaign effort for Angly. “We want to urge everyone in terested to come over to Austin and help out in this important election,” said Moore. “Although Texas A&M students are not di rectly affected, there are im portant issues at stake here.” Moore said that the campaign needs people to help going door- to-door, putting up signs, tele phoning and addressing envelopes. She said to call 846-1505 or 846- 3629 for information and rides. LOW, LOW PRICE! UNBEATABLE PRICE PILLSBURV REG. OR UNBLEACHED DETERGENT GIANT SIZE EMIUJ 0 X 15 10 x 15 Inc Ithers i 11 tires :d bah JRGE. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the uniter of the artiele and are not neressarilx those of the l ’nioersity administration or the Board of Direetors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a I'niversity and Coinnninity neiespaper. 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