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Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 10, 1973 THE BATTALION Political Card-Marking Queried In Sharp Case By RICK BROWN What’s this? John Mitchell testifying upon subpoena from Frank Sharp’s law yers? But the Watergate Hotel isn’t in Sharpstown is it? Or did Frank Sharp own the Watergate? Maybe he put it up as collateral. I know, he’s the one that loaned Nixon all that money for his houses. But why would the Justice Department wiretap his phone if he is a friend of the President? Oh, I forget, Nixon taps every body, even his own brother. He must have a new Sony or something. Wagonner Carr, former Texas Attorney General, said shame on those nasty Republi cans. He said the only reason he was. prosecuted was because he was a Democrat, never mind the fact that he might be guilty, A Priority Question By almost any standard one cares to use, America today possesses the highest standard of living the world has ever known. Yet, individuals have seemingly been lost some where in the assembly line of a mass-production society. Involvement in Viet Nam has shaken up America’s foreign policy, while resources have dwindled due to ex panded defense and social welfare programs. It’s beginning to look like it will be necessary to give up some environmen tal gains in order to keep up with soaring energy require ments. A re-examination of our personal and national priori ties is going to be necessary if we are to develop as a “whole” country in the future. This re-examination is the topic of this spring’s nineteenth Student Conference on National Affairs. In an effort to consider a broad spectrum of re-ordering priorities, SCONA workers have broken the topic down to two broad categories: individual and national priorities. In our highly industrial society, it seems that Americans are beginning to shift away from mass-produced materialism toward stronger inter-personal relations. Many questions arise from this, such as will this trend lead to a revolution ary new life-style? Does a man owe society anything? If so, how great is his dept and how should he be forced to pay? In the national outlook, student delegates will be ana lyzing America’s gradual shift to isolationism in contrast to the pursuit of diplomatic relations with China and the USSR. As military cutbacks continue and governmental re strictions on economic policy increase thought is being gen erated as to the effects these will have on our military posture and worsening market stability. High on the Amer ican priority list, of course, is the increased need for energy supplies and the threat this holds for an environment al ready in jeopardy. These are the basic elements for roundtable discussions. No sweeping answers can be found for these issues in SCONA. But, it will give students an opportunity to hear and evaluate pertinent facts and opinions on each issue. Hopefully, they will leave the conference with a better under standing of the problems of our time. Currently, SCONA committee members are screening interested A&M students for participation in the conference. Everyone has an opportunity to listen and some will get the privilege of being delegates. If you are interested in being a delegate, check by the MSC Student Programs Office for an application to be a delegate. Requirements aren't that a person be “Student Govern ment material” because it doesn’t necessarily help in the interviews. What counts is the “burning desire” to take an active interest in the future of America. Listen Up— Turnabout Deemed Fair Play For Corps Car Pranksters Editor: investigation is done it could lead on this campus to be dealt with. Everybody understands the to retaliation by Krueger-Dunn Mrs. Janice Kramer parking situation on campus and residents. Turn about is fair play, ★ ★ ★ I am sure everyone feels some- and I don’t think the Corps would Editor: thing needs to be done about it. like that too much. Corps students Re: Listen Up, Oct. 9, “I don’t This includes the corps, civilian, wouldn’t sit back and let happen care what the peace queers think, faculty and staff alike. But I feel to them what they are doing to I just want to kill some chinks.” that bashing in the sides of cars. When I was four years old, I slashing tires, and letting the air e .f & . ye , ea ls " would play army. I also had many out of peoples tires is certainly cu . s f . a ^ 1 en ® an f 1 e a nursery rhymes and songs. At not the answer. ^ y f prac ice, w y one t j me there was a verse “Eee- I am referring to cars with a doe ^ n 11 he this problem out ny> meeny> minnie , mo » that I now KD parking sticker on them that m ® open. eas warn rue- realize was quite a horrible slam have to resort to parking in the pr-Dunn residents of what may upon a certain race. At the time Corps parking lot because of lack h& ?^ n ^ th f r c& ™ ^ nothing is I sung it, I was ignorant to what of space . . . eohie to be done about I was saying. I agree with the police that it If some students feel that the Therefore, I ask for a little un- would be a task to try and find toothpick problem at Sbisa is a derstanding, for some day those out who the culprit is, but I feel problem (reference to letters to children will stop playing- army that they are letting the problem the Battalion), I really hope that and realize they too didn’t really go ignored. If no night patroling students will realize that there know what they were saying, or guarding or spot checking or are far more important problems Casey Cutler ’76 €bt Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the University administration or May, and once a week during summer school. the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a MEMBER University and Community newspaper. The Associated Press, Texas Press Association LETTERS POLICY 777. “ TT 1771 7 7 T 7 , ,. . , Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school LctlCTS to trl€ editor Should not exceed 300 words year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 5% and are subject to being cut to that length or less if sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: , -r-i. ... 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Photo Editor Rodger Mallison Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising ^^ )0 !7^ S T b ' d ^ 0r "-r:’i'-7 ^^ Services. Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Ass t. Sports Editor Ted Bonskie that is beside the point. But that doesn’t sound right. Republi cans prosecuting officials for being crooked. And besides, it’s hardly fair prosecuting an attorney general for being crooked, it’s all backwards. I keep forgetting though, that’s the way it works nowadays, witness Mitchell. Why do they put possible crooks in charge of catching crooks anyway ? May be it just take one to know one. Patrick Gray is being subpoenaed, too. I didn’t know he was a Texan. John Osorio, former state insurance commissioner, said Gray, Mitchell and Assistant U.S. Attorney General Peterson will prove that Osorio is just an innocent victim of cruel Republican persecution, which certainly wouldn’t be anything new. But wasn’t Osorio found guilty in court? Was it an all-Republican court? All these scandals are too confusing. Why can’t those crooked Republicans stick with ITT and all that far-away stuff and leave Texas Democrats alone? Besides, we can’t have any crooks in Texas government, we haven’t had a Republican governor in a hundred years. All the crooks are Republi cans, aren’t they? I have even heard said that Texas has the best politicians money can buy. But how can one buy a politician? It must be possible. I talked to some milkmen who bought a politician once, a real important one, too. Say it was the best money they ever spent. TRiS GOUNlkY HAS TOO MW RJMSCN/ l WFLFAKEi 'DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1970-71 I PAID THE SAME AMOUNT IN TAXES AS THE PRESIDENT?' And they ought to know about money, what with the way milk has been going up lately. But Sharp doesn’t own any milk. He owns a town. No, that’s not right. He owns a bank. No, he doesn’t even own that anymore, all those nasty crooks in Austin took it away from him. If the above sounds vaguely reminiscent of the style of some Hollywood gossip col umnists, I apologize. I hoped to capture the mood of the sometimes childish denunci ations, accusations and excuses offered by officials caught in the act of being some what less than public spirited. U.S. officials and former officials sub poenaed to testify on Justice Department handling of the Sharpstown scandals were brought to court by lawyers of Osorio and Carr. They requested the subpoenas in hopes that testimonies would indicate parti sanship in the methods used by the U.S. Attorney General’s office in handling the affair, specifically regarding immunity granted Sharp in return for testimony im plicating his cohorts in the operations. That may be true. The Justice Department should handle all cases on their legal, not political merits. 11 the present hearings do in fact indicate that political considerations figured heavily in the Sharpstown Bank prosecutions, then presumably the judgments could be re versed, not because the defendants are any less guilty, but because the Justice Depart ment isn't all that saintly either. No one should be denied his constitutional rights, but two wrongs do not make a right and the guilty are not made innocent through their prosecutor’s ineptitude. Sharp said he was the biggest loser in the whole Sharpstotwn deal. But, that is a lie, of course. Because when we get crooks in government, at any level, the biggest loser, the real loser, is you, my fellow voter. SHOE FIT COMPANY Introduces THE MORGAN QUINN Available In Two- Tone Brown — 6V2- 13 Black/White Blue/Bone Blue/Bone Burg-andy/Bone SHOE PIT CO. 822-1239 Downtown Bryan 113 N. 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