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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-
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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.
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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.
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