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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1974
CADET SLOUCH
Your Man at Batt
by Greg Moses
Harold Pettit paid $11.50 for running a stop sign in
College Station and found the penalty for the same offense
in Bryan was $7.50. “I realize that the city officials set the
rates between some minimum and maximum issued by the
state. Wiry is College Station so much higher?” asked Pettit.
There are limits set by the legislature. The fines for
running a stop sign may legally range from $1 to $200. The
reviewing judge is at liberty to set the fine within these
limits at his discretion.
The judge one sees depends on who the arresting
officer is. A citation from the Department of Public Safety,
a Justice of the Peace Constable or sometimes a University
Police officer will usually be referred to the Justice of the
Peace Mike Callaham, says his clerk Glenda Chaney.
Citations from College Station Police will come
before Judge Phillip Goode (a management professor).
Bryan tickets are reviewed by Judge Bill Langford.
Each has a printed list of the fines he will assess for
moving violations. (Moving violations on campus are a flat
$5. Repeaters are charged $10, then $15 and $20. After
$20 other measures, such as license revocation are taken.)
As it turns out, Pettit’s question has good timing. The
difference in fines will soon be rectified. “We are in the
process of updating our fines to conform better with those
assessed in this area,” said Judge Langford. Sometime this
month, the cost of running a stop sign in Bryan will be
changed from $7.50 to $12.50.
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A student taking Psychology 624 questioned the
validity of the $5 lab fee charged for that course. “They say
we have to pay the fee because of the tests we use in the
course,” he said. “There are 19 people but only eight tests.
Why should the other 11 have to pay for someone else’s
test?”
Psyc. 624 is a course in individual testing, designed to
teach testing techniques. The testing kits referred to are out
with repeated usage, said Dr. Clessen J. Martin, head of the
Psychology Department. An example is the Stanford-Binet
Intelligence Test which a student would take and
administer to 15 or 20 others (usually children).
Dr. Martin estimates that this test costs $300, paid
for from the departmental operating expenses. “I would
like to offer a larger range and number of tests,” he said.
“But the budget makes this unfeasible.”
The student also said, “I have heard that sometimes
the department does not receive money from the lab fees,
but that it goes into the general university fund.” He is
almost right. Departments never directly receive the lab fees
assessed the student. Departmental operating budgets are
fed by the Texas Legislature which takes into account the
cost of labs. This year the legislature appropriated to
TAMU $5,605 million to cover departmental operating
expenses. The university then supplemented that budget
with $138,000.
Lab fees are paid to the Fiscal Department and go
into the university operating budget. “Lab fees between $2
and $5 are authorized by law,” said Controller of Accounts
Clark Diebel. Every June the lab fees are re checked by
department heads to reconsider old fees and perhaps
suggest new ones. The fees are finally approved by the
president.
“Th’ note says that he’ll be held until all those in dorm 12
are given A’s in all courses!”
NSL delegates disappointed
after talk with number two
By WALTER R. MEARS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON <A>)—On paper
it looked fine: a system of regu
lar congressional pay raises, with
no need for politically trouble
some Senate and House votes to
boost the salaries of members.
But that plan has come apart.
As a result, congressional pay
may stay at $42,500 a year, even
though most members would like
more. While the outcome is not
yet clear, a similar raise for
judges and top administration of
ficials may be blocked, too.
If there is one thing a politi
cian can do without, it is an elec
tion-year vote to increase his own
salary. It can be a made-to-order
issue for a November election ri
val, particularly with the econo
my troubled and with signs that
this may be a difficult year for
incumbents.
PRESIDENT NIXON proposed
the pay raise, 7.5 per cent a year,
to boost congressional pay to
$52,800 in 1976. The package in
cludes similar 22.5 per cent, three-
year raises for the judiciary and
for executive branch appointees,
some 10,000 people in all.
It is all part of a system creat
ed in 1967. Under that law, a
nine-member advisory commission
examines the congressional, exec
utive and judicial pay structure
every four years, and recommends
any changes it deems warranted.
In turn, the President makes
his recommendation, effective in
30 days unless either branch of
Congress votes to reject it. In this
case, the deadline is March 6 of
a congressional election year, and
a rejection vote appears likely.
When the commission plan was
enacted, everybody seemed insu
lated, Congress by the presiden
tial judgment as to what its sal
ary level should be, and the Pres
ident by the guidance of the sal
ary commission recommendations.
Statistically, if not poll
there are strong argun®)
the increase. The officials!;
ed have not had a raiss
1969. In that period, as oik
member noted, civil servi#
ployes have had raises t(
36.5 per cent, average mj
comparable private empli
have gone up 28 percent,®;
cost of living has increased
per cent. Having offered
figures, the congressman
nounced his opposition tear;
raise.
ACTUALLY, THE CURRENT
commission voted 7 to 2 for an
immediate 25 per cent pay raise,
emphasizing the need for higher
pay to attract and keep federal
judges and top civil servants.
Nixon recommended somewhat
less and spread it over three
years, noting that the govern
ment has been asking private in
dustry employees to forego big
increases.
The package pay plat
created another problem sir«
law, the top civil services!
cannot exceed the botton
rung for appointed officials,
has stalled salaries for tt
government executives at IS
a year, and has some bosses
subordinates at the samepa;
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All Congress had to do was
nothing, and the raise would have
taken effect. But there was pres
sure for a vote, particularly
among senators who are going to
be candidates in November. The
result could be rejection of the
whole package, although a for
mula awaiting Senate motion
would drop only the congressional
raise.
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By VICKIE ASHWILL
Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, DC — Nine
National Student Lobby delegates
left Senator John Tower’s office
here Wednesday expressing dis
appointment after meeting with
his legislative aide.
The delegates met with Gary L.
Lieber when Tower was retained
on the floor of the Senate after
they spent two days getting an ap
pointment.
Lieber said he suspected the
senator could support some in
crease in educational funding.
Lieber also said Tower generally
supported stand-by discount fares
on air, bus and train transporta
tion.
TEXAS DELEGATES brought
up the Big Thicket issue. The Leg
islative aide noted that the House
had already passed a bill concern
ing the Thicket and the Senate
expected a bill in March.
“Although I don’t like the term
‘legislative taking,’ the senator
(Tower) is in favor of it,” said
Lieber.
Legislative taking refers to the
government buying lands with im
mediate possession at the legisla
ture’s whim.
“The committee (for the Big
Thicket bill) is against taking,
and I understand the House Inter
ior Committee is also against it,”
Lieber said.
HE SAID HE HAD been told
the Senate committee decided to
take one last trip down to the
Thicket before making any de
cision.
“We do support the youth sub
minimum wage, particularly for
those under 22 years of age who
are out of school,” said Lieber.
“I think there is a tremendous
support within the Senate,” said
Lieber. “Unfortunately the AFL-
CIO doesn’t support it (the sub
minimum wage), and right now
they control the Senate.”
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