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Vol. 67 No. 289
College Station, Texas
&M Represented
y Student Lobby
By VICKIE ASHWILL
The TAMU Student Senate ap-
roved university wide represen-
ation in national politics by re-
oining the National Student Lob-
y Wednesday night in a roll call
ote of 46-21.
The controversial topic of re-
oining NSL, the only student or-
anization available in Washing-
jn, D.C., was brought before the
enate by External Affairs
hirman Barb Sears during the
our and a half hour session.
"To be effective in our lobby-
ig efforts we need someone in
Washington full-time in order to
«t to know the issues and know
iongress,” Sears said.
“Since the passage of the 18-
year-old majority rights bill there
are several issues in Congress of
vital importance to us and all
other students,” emphasized
Sears.
Among the major issues NSL
is concerned with are education
funding, airline youth fares and
sub-minimum wage. At this time
638 students are attending A&M
with the help from federal grants
with many more students using
such grants to attend A&M sister
schools, according to Sears.
Sears also said the sub-mini
mum wage for students 21 and
under would affect 4,500 A&M
students.
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AN EXTRA DOORWAY was created for Sbisa Dining
II Wednesday after an Aggie crashed through a plate
ilass window. Larry Nathan tries out the quick exit route.
(Photo by Gary Baldasari)
Sears, also a representative
from Region II to the NSL
Board of Directors, pointed out
that NSL worked for several is
sues on a national level that stu
dents were trying to achieve at
home.
Examples include the voter reg
istration drive on the A&M cam
pus while NSL lobbied for post
card voter registration, a day
care center for Aggies while NSL
proposed federal funding for such
programs and the A&M proposal
to the Board of Directors for a
non-voting student member as
NSL proopsed the same issue na
tionally.
The $275 fee to join the lobby
allows A&M to participate in a
spring lobbying conference in
Washington and to receive copies
of the congressional roll call, con
gressional directory, educational
full funding report and monthly
legislative reports as they are
printed.
Rules and Regulations Chair
man Curt Marsh added an amend
ment to the NSL membership pro
posal which will allow for copies
of the student body vote on is
sues to be sent to all Texas con
gressmen.
Several senators were against
membership in the organization
because NSL might support is
sues opposite TAMU viewpoints.
“The fact that they are lobby
ing for things we are against is
much more reason to belong so
we may exert our influence,” said
Steve Eberhard, academic affairs
chairman.
On the state level, the senate
rejoined the Texas Intercollegiate
Student Association which is also
affiliated with the Texas Student
Lobby.
As regional director for the two
organizations, Sears said the
votes in the organization were in
proportion to the number of stu
dents enrolled in the member
school.
Membership to TISA will cost
$160 and $5 additional will add
on TSL.
The result of summer confer
ences Sears attended is the pos
sibility that the two organizations
will consolidate into a Texas Stu
dent Association, allowing indi
vidual schools to lobby on their
own initiative.
One day conferences by TISA
Buchanan Denies Fathering
Campaign of Dirty Tricks
WASHINGTON OP) _ Presi-
iential speechwriter Patrick J.
Buchanan today denied that he
liad fathered a campaign of politi-
ial sabotage and dirty tricks di
rected at Democrats in last year’s
presidential campaign.
He accused the staff of the Sen-
ite Watergate committee of a
Wert campaign of vilification”
md maligning his reputation by
eaking news stories linking him
lo unethical campaign practices.
His complaint brought expres-
lions of sympathy from the chair-
nan and vice chairman of the
bate panel during the day’s
elevised hearing.
Buchanan, who was a stop
tategist in President Nixon’s re
jection campaign, freely admitted
hat he had urged an early attack
>n Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of
Haine when he was the frontrun-
ler for the Democratic presiden-
ial nomination.
But he said he did not author-
re, recommend or was aware of
my campaign of political sabo-
age against Muskie or any other
lemocratic candidate.
He confirmed that he recom-
lended measures to counter what
ie called the liberal bias of large,
ax-exempt foundations such as
he Ford Foundation and the
Brooking Institution.
And he said he and others in
the administration believed that
some Internal Revenue Service
officials were pro-Democratic and
anti-administration.
Buchanan asserted there was
nothing wrong with what he did
in Nixon’s campaign service.
“What tactics would you use?”
asked Samuel Dash, the commit
tee’s chief counsel.
“Anything that was not im
proper, illegal, unethical or un
precedented in previous Demo
cratic campaigns,” replied Bu
chanan. The audience in the
Senate Caucus Room broke into
laughter.
Whatever improper tactics were
actually used, Buchanan said, had
little weight in the outcome of
the campaign.
“Republicans were not respon-
Bike Situation Topic of Meeting
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
The Campus Planning Commit
tee of the Student Government
will focus its attentions toward
the bicycle problem on campus at
its meeting tonight at 7:30 in
Room 502 of the Rudder Confer
ence Tower.
Registration, its advantages vs.
disadvantages, means of enforce
ment, and possible alternatives
will be discussed according to
Chairman Barry Brooks. Other
member schools will be important
this fall where each campus will
host other institutions in a meet
ing to share informations on va
rious topics.
TISA also has plans to estab
lish an intern program for col
lege credit.
The snack bar lost out to the
vending machine, 25-16, in the
senate after a lengthy discussion
on how to use the renovated Ex
change Store. Presently, the old
Exchange Store is being remod
eled into a student lounge and
registration headquarters.
Auxilery Service Coordinator
Ed Davis spoke to the senators
about both types of food services.
Davis said the building construc
tion was not intended for a kitch
en which would cost $50,000 to
employ. Likewise, a vending op
eration would cost around $3,000,
which could possibly feature cold
to hot foods with micro-wave
ovens.
In comparison to a snack bar,
a vending operation could allow
the lounge to be open at all hours
and possibly allow such organi
zations as the Memorial Student
Center Basement Committee to
operate a coffee house at some
hours.
After an hour and a half of
often confusing litigation, sena
tors chose Jan Faber (L.A.-Sr.)
as chairman Pro Tern of the Sen
ate in a secret ballot vote of 46-
27 with one abstention against
Debi Blackmon (off-campus-un
der grad.)
Chris Lawson (pre-vet—soph.),
Ron Miori (business-grad.) and
Mike Bunch (off-campus—grad.)
also competed for the position.
Faber, promising to be non-po
litical, won the chair after two
run-offs, including a runoff for
second place.
Thursday, September 27, 1973
Flea Market
Profits to Aid
Needy Children
Thousands of people are expect
ed to attend the flea market in
the upper portion of Townshire
Shopping Mall in Bryan on Sat
urday.
The event begins at 9 a. m. and
lasts until 7 p. m. It is sponsored
by the Brazos Valley Shrine Club
with the courtesy of Townshire
merchants and will feature hun
dreds of antique and garage sales
from tables and booths. Atten
dance is free and entertainment
will be provided throughout the
day consisting of Western music,
combo bands and colorful clowns.
The Shrine Club will hold a
cake auction at 11 a. m. and a
merchandise auction at 3:30 p. m.
which includes such items as 100
Whataburgers, a security mail
box and stand, and many other
things for general needs.
Shrine proceeds from the flea
market event will go to the treat
ment and rehabilitation of dis
abled children. This event will
take the place of the annual A&M
Freshman game the Club usually
sponsors but was unable to this
year since A&M freshmen are
playing varsity instead of fresh
men games.
Refreshments will be available
on the lot.
THURSDAY — Considerable
cloudiness with occasional rain
and scattered thundershowers
today, tonight and tomorrow,
variable winds 5-15 m.p.h. be
coming northerly 8-18 m.p.h.
this evening. The high today
will be in the mid 80’s with a
low tonight in the upper 60’s.
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A Fault Once Denied,
Is Twice Committed.
THE SUL ROSS statue seems to have an acute nasal
problem which drew a crowd of concerned coeds. Actually
girls from the Omega Phi Alpha sorority spent part of
their afternoon polishing the A&M landmark. (Photo by
Kathy Curtis)
Rhodes Forms Available
Applications for Rhodes Schol
arships for study at England’s
Oxford University will be avail
able through Oct. 12 at A&M.
Dr. Paul Van Riper, Political
Science Department head, is the
Rhodes Scholar representative at
TAMU.
Application forms and further
information are available from
Dr. Van Riper in 130 Bolton Hall.
The oldest of international
scholarships involving American
students, Rhodes Scholarships be
gan in 1904 through the will of
the famous British financier and
entrepreneur. The present nation
of Rhodesia is named for him.
Thirty-two awards are granted
annually on a state and district
basis throughout the U.S.
“I will make recommendations
to the vice president for academic
affairs, Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr.,
who submits candidates’ names to
the state committee,” Van Riper
said.
To be eligible, a candidate must
be a citizen between ages 18 and
24, an unmarried male with
senior or near-senior classifica
tion and with a grade point ratio
of at least 3.5. Quality of char
acter and intellect are the most
important requirements for a
Rhodes Scholarship, Van Riper
said.
Students who are residents of
Texas or who have attended
TAMU for at least two years
may apply through Dr. Van
Riper.
The scholarships, awarded for
two years, cover tuition, assist
ance for travel to and from Ox
ford and a stipend equivalent to
about $2,400 a year.
U. S. Overseas Troop Cutback
Defeated in Close Senate Vote
WASHINGTON (^—Overturn
ing a vote taken earlier in the day,
the Senate Wednesday rejected an
attempt to force a 40-per cent cut
back in U. S. land-based troops
stationed abroad.
A 49-46 vote Wednesday morn
ing had resulted in tentative ac
ceptance of the amendment by
Senate Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield. But a second vote was
necessary to tie the provision to
the defense-procurement authori
zation bill.
That vote was 51 to 44 against
the amendment.
sible for the downfall of Sen.
Muskie,” he said. “Republicans
were not responsible for the nom
ination of Sen. (George) McGov
ern. . . . The McGovern people
won their own nomination, and
they lost their own election.”
Buchanan also testified about a
series of political memoranda that
he had written, some as long ago
as 1969.
Although he had refused to sup
ply the committee with copies of
the documents, on grounds that
they were privileged presidential
papers, the panel obtained its
own copies from other sources.
Buchanan his dark suit well
tailored and his mid-length hair
neatly combed chuckled as he con
firmed he had once urged in a
memo that the administration
“ought to turn all the dogs loose
on Ecology Ed,” meaning Muskie.
Aspects may be introduced by
committee members of interested
students.
Need for a channel for student
Suggestions as to the overall
campus plan prompted the forma
tion of this committee in the fall
of 1972. It provides student in
put to the development of A&M’s
master landscape plan handled
by the architectural firm of My-
rick, Newman, and Dahlberg, Inc.
of Dallas.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES for the burial of two
small fuel tanks near the University Laundry. Two million-
gallon tanks have also been buried near Finfeather Rd. in
anticipation of a winter energy crisis.
The management, strongly op
posed by the Nixon administra
tion, would have directed that
188,400 of the estimated 471,000
troops stationed abroad be with
drawn by July 1, 1976, with at
least 47,100 being pulled back by
next July 1.
Mansfield, asked his reaction,
said, “I have nothing to say. We
lost.”
Asked how the votes were
switched, he said: “You’ll have to
ask the Defense Department, Gen.
Goodpaster and the White House.”
The reference was to Gen. Andrew
J. Goodpaster, the chief NATO
commander. Mansfield had said
Schlesinger and other officials
had undertaken intensive lobby
ing.
The proposed withdrawals
would have applied to U. S. troops
in all foreign countries.
U. S. forces are stationed on
every continent, including Anarc-
tica.
Mansfield had asked for a 50-
percent withdrawal, but amended
it at the last minute to 40 per
cent. A second vote on the amend
ment was to come on tying the
cutback to the $21-billion military
procurement authorization bill.
Before the order could become
effective, it would have to win
approval of a House-Senate con
ference and later of both houses,
and be signed by President Nixon.
The House voted earlier this
year against a 20-per cent cut
back in foreign-based troops. And
Nixon has said this is the wrong
time for a withdrawal.
But Mansfield told the Senate
that action is long overdue.
Sen. John G. Tower R-Tex., said
the Mansfield amendment would
sabotage planned U. S.-Soviet ne
gotiations on mutual and balanced
force reductions in Europe.
Responding to statements that
European nations have not con
tributed their share to NATO,
Tower said, “We are not in Eur
ope for some altruistic reason”
but for protection of American se
curity interests.
Sen. John O. Pastore, D-R.L,
noting arguments that a U. S.
presence in Europe is essential
to the defense of that continent,
asked: “Why don’t the European
nations do their share? Any time
we try to pull back one man, they
shout “the Communists are com
ing, the Communists are coming!”
He said that when dependents
of U. S. servicemen, foreign na
tionals hired to support them, and
U. S. civilians abroad are included,
American taxpayers spend $30 bil
lion a year for maintaining a
U. S. military presence around the
world. Of that amount, $17 bil
lion goes for troops in Europe.
Seven Republicans joined 42
Democrats in voting for the cut
back; 12 Democrats and 34 Repub
licans opposed it.
In addition to Europe, major
U. S. troop commitments are in
Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, Oki
nawa and the Philippines.
Annex Pool
Closes Today
The swimming pool at the
Texas A&M Research Annex
will close for the season today
announced Dr. C. W. Landis®,
head of the Health and Physical
Education Department.
Dr. Landiss said the university
will keep Wofford Cain Olympic
Pool open as long as the weather
remains favorable, after which
time the indoor pool in Downs
Natatorium will be available at
specified periods for recreational
swimming.
The indoor pool will be open
for recreational swimming from
7:30 to 9 p. m. Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday and from 1 to
5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday.
Landiss noted the pools are
available free of charge for A&M
students and on an individual or
semester fee basis for faculty-
staff and their families. Univer
sity identification cards are re
quired for admittance.