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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1974
U.S. military spy ring denii
. . THEN FLASH THEM THE 'V' SIGN AND TELL THEM THAT THIS IS THEIR FINEST HOUR!'
WASHINGTON (AP) —Secre
tary of Defense James R. Schles-
inger said Thursday “there were
clearly improprieties” in the 1971
transmission of White House doc
uments to the military chiefs.
However, he scoffed at the idea
of a spy ring.
“I think the thing has been
blown out of all context,” Schles-
inger said at a news conference.
Saying his investigation had
turned up no evidence of any il
legal actions, the Pentagon chief
added that “I don’t think that
there was a spy ring or a ‘Seven
Days in May’ exaggeration there.”
Listen Up
The car-
a guzzling menace to society
Editor:
In all problems that face the
nation, all changes that must be
made to provide solutions to our
problems must originate with the
educated portion of our society.
We the students and faculty of
TAMU, who claim to be educated,
have the unique opportunity to de
stroy the fallacy of man's psych
ological dependence on the ulti
mate tribute to man’s laziness.
I’m talking about that deadly, gas
guzzling, menace to society-the
automobile.
Wake up people! Why do we
need them; are they necessary?
Do we need to grow fat riding in
them ? Do we need to expand our
country’s fuel resources with
them so we can buy repair parts
or wash them every time we go
out in them ? Must we keep intact
our inherited right to buy new
ones every time Detroit changes
body styles, or to sell our old ones
for one-fourth the price we
bought them for? Must we contin
ue in the production of smog un
til air is more scarce than gaso
line? Can we justify in our minds
the terrible waste of time, energy
and lives that the automobile
causes for the simple pleasure we
get from impressing people with
our wealth, status, or indepen-
dance. Can we go on with the
criminally immature practice of
driving around in our glorified
phallic symbols ? I say no!
If you own a car, you’re a suc
ker! There is absolutely no reason
or excuse for operating one. And
yet there are very good reasons
for not. Imagine what it would
sound like on this campus with
out cars rumbling down the
streets. Imagine what it would
look like with the parking lots
converted to fields or planted with
trees or grass. I defy anyone to
write a letter supporting the ne
cessity of automobiles (not trucks,
tractors, trains or buses) on this
campus, or in the United States
today. If the students and faculty
of this University have the intel
ligence and ability to analyze and
solve the problem at hand I’m
sure they will do the only thing
that will make any difference at
all-sell their cars and either start
walking or buy a bicycle. I will.
Doc Shroff ’74
★ ★ ★
Editor:
The men of Moses Hall are very
annoyed at the unbased accusa
tions directed against our integri
ty by the Maggies from Keathley.
I would refer to them as women
but careful observation with high-
powered binoculars has yet to
conclusively prove this.
The basic function of a window
is to look out of it, and if you
could see the drab color our walls
are painted (where the paint
hasn’t chipped off yet), you could
easily understand why looking
out the window is such a popular
diversion. These good Mags fail
to understand that we looked out
these same windows when there
were men in Keathley and we
would continue to look out of them
even if the Administration were
to tear Keathley down and put a
feedlot in its place, which might
even improve the view. Then we
wouldn’t have to look at towels
and underwear hanging out to dry
on corridor railings.
The charge that our residents
act like they are intent on rape is
little more than wishful thinking
by oversheltered little girls, away
from home for the first time.
If the problem is that serious,
let the Keathley Dorm Council
allocate the money to construct
a barrier between our respective
dorms. But they won’t, for then
who would there be for their im
aginations and over-inflated egos
to feed on?
Harry C. Bloomfield of the Moses
Hall Public Relations Department
In the novel Seven Days in May
members of the Joint Chiefs staff
plotted to seize control of the
government.
Schlesinger indicated he has
gone about as far as he intends
to go for now in investigating
the 1971 episode. He gave Adm.
Thomas H. Moorer, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs, a vote of confi
dence even while saying “it is
clear that Adm. Moorer was less
than fully alert” that he was get
ting unauthorized material from
the National Security Council
files.
Schlesinger disclosed that his
top aide had been denied access
to a tape recording of an inter
rogation by a member of the
White House “plumbers” of Rear
Adm. Robert 0. Welander, who
headed the Joint Chiefs staff liai
son office at the White House.
The defense secretary said J.
Fred Buzhardt, President Nixon’s
counsel, told Schlesinger’s aide
that the tape would not be avail
able but that “it was not clear to
me whether it was impounded” in
connection with court proceed
ings.
In any event, Schlesinger indi
cated he had little regard for the
plumbers, a small group set up in
the White House toi on * d “ 3 I r
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leaks.
“I’m i n c 1 i n ed k 4
plumbers had the amieV
inger said.
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of Business Administration Dr.
Earl D. Bennett presented the re
quest.
The request is $50,000 over the
amount athletics received from
student services last year, but is
$22,000 under last year’s request.
“As the student population in
creases, it takes away from the
buying population,” said Tate,
noting that public tickets will in
crease to $7 per person next fall.
Tate mentioned that the athletic
department could probably handle
a user fee but said it was better
to know exact figures. According
to Tate the student services fees
are the only stable income the
athletic department has.
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Convention said ahead of schedule
AUSTIN <A>) — Texas’ Consti
tutional Convention neared the
end of its third wee today with
top officials claiming it is run
ning maybe a week ahead of
schedule.
Committee hearings were sched
uled again in the morning with
former Gov. Preston Smith of
Lubbock, a feature witness to tes
tify about powers of the execu
tive department.
A general session was set for
1 p.m. when delegates will be
asked to formally approve a $1.7
million budget for the task of re
writing the much-amended 1876
Constitution.
The budget was approved
Thursday by the Administration
Committee after a public hearing,
minus $100,000 for a documentary
film which was made subject to
an attorney general’s opinion.
Many of the legislator-dele-
gates planned trips home after
today’s session but a number will
stay in Austin for Saturday com
mittee hearings. At least two
committees have scheduled meet
ings, including one on the contro
versial subject of branch bank
ing.
“As the third week of the con
vention comes to an end, we are
still ahead of the proposed 90-day
schedule,” Speaker Price Daniel
Jr., the convention president, said
in a statement.
“We are adopting the conven
tion budget a week ahead of the
date required by the rules and I
anticipate that we will vote on
the first article, the Bill of Rights,
next week, a week ahead of the
proposed schedule’s first date for
floor consideration of any com
mittee report.”
The new constitution’s pre
amble and the Bill of Rights were
approved Thursday by rights and
suffrage committee, without
change from the current Consti
tution.
Daniel also said he was highly
pleased with what he called the
“tremendous escalation” of inter
est and participation by the pub
lic in the convention. The toll free
convention telephone has been re
ceiving 75 to 100 calls a day from
interested citizens, he said.
One of the busiest witnesses be
fore committees Thursday was
Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz.
“I propose that we say in the
constitution that the legislature
will have the power to levy and
collect taxes,” he told the Finance
Committee. “The legislature
should have the maximum flexi
bility in this. That should be the
spirit of .this convention.”
Hofheinz stressed that he
thought the constitution should
say that all taxation should be
equal and uniform, particularly
real estate taxes.
Later he testified before the
Local Government Committee.
University of Texas law profes
sor Allan Smith told the Judiciary
Committee to go slow in recom
mending a proposal that high
state judges be appointed instead
of elected. “My opinion is that
merit selection is not like some
things — like the Trinity Canal
or Christianity — they’ve been
around so long they are accepted
— I think you ought to question
merit selection . . . the system
we have now is not so bad we
should abandon it.”
Smith said the present system
could be improved to a great ex
tent by providing better admin
istration of the state judicial sys
tem.
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