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IV BA-USTIN UP) — Constitutional dele-
[tes, some of them angry at being
compared with a biblical prostitute, fin-
ly approved a guaranteed college
lilding fund Thursday.
A 107-55 vote for a compromise pro-
isal ended three days of debate on a
itate Higher Education Assistance
nd (SHEAF) for the 22 state schools
jtside the University of Texas and
B a mil! TAMU systems.
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>tar M day night after legislators came close,
v er the on a 76-76 tie vote, to killing SHEAF
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tive appropriation equal to this year’s
Available University Fund, which
amounts to $31 million.
The legislature could, if it wished,
increase the amount but could never
reduce it. The money could be used to
pay off construction bonds, acquire
land, buy library books, purchase equip
ment, repair buildings or for other pur
poses authorized by the legislature. The
available fund consists of each year’s
investment income from the Permanent
University Fund and may be used only
by the UT and A&M systems.
Legislative compromisers knocked out
the original SHEAF provision re
quiring the legislature to match the
ever-growing available fund, which is
expected to balloon as rising oil and
natural gas prices inflate the perma
nent fund.
Rep. Jim Mattox, D-Dallas, who made
the almost successful attempt Wednes
day to keep SHEAF out of a new con
stitution, held out to the end.
Calling for a Bible, Mattox said he at
first had compared himself and his col
leagues with “Moses trying to lead the
children of Israel out of bondage.”
“But I decided I was the prophet
Amos. He married a prostitute and
was very happy with her and loved her
very much . . . She kept going about
her ways. But he kept preaching to
her and finally she came home,” Mattox
said.
Mattox later told newsmen he had
the wrong prophet. It was Hosea who
married a prostitute, he said.
Mattox, who also had opposed con
tinuing UT and A&M’s exclusive grip
on the Permanent University Fund,
said 20 lobbyists for colleges and Uni
versities were around the door of con
vention hall when he came to work
Thursday morning.
“They turned their backs on me —
they turned their backs on me,” he said,
his voice rising higher and higher.
“We are not representing college
presidents down here today. We are
representing the people,” Mattox said.
Rep. Bob Davis, R-Dallas, strode red
faced to the back microphone and told
Convention President Price Daniel Jr.,
“he is impugning the integrity of the
delegates . . . and the man should be
called to order.”
Daniel said he hadn’t heard every
thing Mattox said and overruled Davis’
point of order.
Sen. Jack Hightower, D-Vemon, a
former Midwestern University regent,
said the compromise would give the 22
schools the ability to make long-range
plans without requiring giant tax bills
in the future.
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Schools taking part in the fund could
float bonds equal to 50 per cent of the
Permanent University Fund at the time
they are issued. The fund now stands
at $692 million.
SHEAF reportedly was the price de
manded by, or offered to, the smaller
colleges in exchange for their agree
ment not to seek participation in the
permanent fund.
Legislator-delegates rejected, 83-81,
an amendment by Rep. George Preston,
D-Paris, that would have removed a
provision making the Texas College Co
ordinating Board a constitutional
agency.
Rep. Billy Williamson, D-Tyler, com
mented that the board was established
in 1965 at the request of then Gov.
John Connally.
“I’ll give the Devil his due. When
it came to higher education, John Con
nally was 100 per cent correct,” he said.
Sen. Ron Glower, D-Garland, asked
backers of the provision:
“Are you trying to pawn off one of
John Connally’s ideas on a Democratic
legislature ?”
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3LIEVERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS numbered over 2,400 Thursday during the
dent referendum. Voting at the MSC booth run by Phi Sigma Beta are Will Anderson
ft) and Mike Clark. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
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MARY RUSSO
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Coming from the big city of
New York to A&M could cause
>Mems for some, but Sally
slow, assistant college and ca-
r editor for Mademoiselle, got
ht in step.
‘She sawed Varsity’s horns-off
id really thought the horse
laugh at the Baylor game was
ery appropriate,” said Chet Ed-
ards, who escorted Coslow to the
ame.
“She got involved and talked to
le students in an informal way.
he wasn’t especially out-going,
f et was friendly in return to
friendliness,” Edwards said.
Coslow is originally from North
)akota and found the campus
coking, “very much like home,
'he vegetation is different, but
he flatness and general climate
re similar.”
The writer was on campus to
prepare a general profile of the
school for the May issue of the
Bagazine.
“The campus is super friendly,”
loslow remarked to Carolyn
Idair, program advisor for the
(emorial Student Center.
“She was impressed with the
tudents. Sally found them con-
cious of the future and knowing
Ifhere they are going.”
Coslow told Kay Evans, chair-
ttan of Host and Fashion, that
he was amazed at the attitude
the students had about the admin
istration. “Students aren’t hateful
or distrustful of the administra
tion here.” She seemed amazed at
the “open door” policy which ex
ists at A&M.
“So much tradition is rare for
any campus, but it’s strange to
see so many wrapped up in it,”
LATONYA PERRIN
Staff Writer
Students voting in the referendum Thurs
day rejected walking on the MSC lawn.
The lawn-use policy failed by a vote of
1,904 to 539. The MSC Council ruled ear
lier in the semester that it would be left to
the discretion of the individual whether or
not to walk on the lawn.
David White, Student Government Treas
urer, sponsored the referendum because he
said that he felt the students should have a
voice, although the referendum is not bind
ing on the council.
All of the proposed amendments to the
constitution passed except number two. The
second amendment dealt with allowing peo
ple to serve on more than one of the
branches of the Student Government. It
would also establish an executive director
position for campus projects such as Parent
of the Year and the blood drives.
The amendment would have also involved
changing the vote needed by the Senate to
override a veto by the Student Body Presi
dent from two-thirds to a simple majority.
University appointments would have been
approved by the Senate.
As a result of the passage of the first
amendment, many offices will have name
changes. All committee chairmen will be
come vice presidents, the vice president will
be speaker of the Student Senate and the
chairman pro-tempore will become speaker
pro-tempore.
The speaker of the Student Senate will be
elected by the Senate instead of the student
body. The Judicial Committee will become
the Judicial Board and the Legal Rights
Commission will be dissolved. The positions
of recorder and corresponding secretary will
be combined into recording secretary.
Amendment number three will establish
a ceiling on the number of voting members
of the Senate. A 75-member Senate will be
distributed into 40 college, 30 living area
and five freshmen representatives. This is
a reduction of 14 seats from last year.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
SALLY COSLOW
Coslow said to everyone who
asked her about her feelings of
the campus.
“She spent a lot of time talking
with David Corbin, commanding
officer of the second Battalion,
and asked him about tradition and
the Corps place in it. She also
asked all about the uniform and
its meaning,” said Kathy Arm
strong.
Coslow and Armstrong had pre
viously visited the Vet School.
“She seemed very humanitarian
about her concern for the ani
mals. How the animals were drug
ged for surgery, how they were
put on and taken off the table,
and how they were brought out of
anesthesia interested her and she
seemed impressed with the care
taken of the animals,” Armstrong
said.
Getting right into the “kicker”
mood of the campus, Coslow or
dered two western belts with her
husband’s and her own names in
the back. Earlier she had mention
ed how the editors of Mademoi
selle told designers about differ
ent fashion accessories found on
campuses. “I’m sure the people
in New York are going to really
like these,” Coslow said.
“New York is a really excit
ing place where people are swal
lowed up and become involved
with the atmosphere,” said Cos
low. “It has a kind of European
flavor, especially since most peo
ple in New York use mass tran
sit.”
The writer advises graduates in
the business field to seek employ
ment in New York, “because with
two years of experience, employes
in other parts of the United
States recognize you as very
knowledgable.”
“The only problem with New IT WAS THE END of the month and many gas stations
York living,” Coslew said, “is the around the city ran out of their allotments. Vacant stations
cost of housing. Because space is surrounded the campus. March shipments should alleviate
so valuable, a garage can cost $75 the shortage, but most station will probably not get any
(See MADEMOISELLE, Page 3) gasoline until next week. (Fish-eye photo by Gary Baldasari)
Senator’s responsibilities will be clearly
defined in the constitution under the fourth
amendment. These responsibilities will be
to keep informed on issues, relaying their
views to their constituents and serving on a
Student Government committee and/or pro
ject.
The last amendment requires all people
filing for government office to get a peti
tion signed by members of their constitu
ency. Anyone running for president or any
vice presidential office must submit 50 sig
natures and senators must submit 15.
Amendment For Against
1 changes names of some
offices 1,739 574
2 allowing service in
more than one branch of
government; veto override 791 1,649
3 ceiling on size of Senate 1,637 666
4 Senators’ responsibilities 2,206 205
5 petitions for positions 1,777 596
MSC lawn resolution—
students should not walk
on the lawn 1,904 539
Today
Streaking letter p. 2
Corps history p. 3
Border Olympics p. 4
Weather
Partly cloudy Friday af
ternoon. Winds from the
south-southwest, 10-20
m.p.h. Today’s high in
the low 80’s. Tonight’s
low 60°. Continued cloudy
and warm Saturday with
temperatures in the low
80’s.
Nixon rules out gas rationing
To use veto on emergency energy bill
WASHINGTON hP) — President Nixon
said Thursday the United States is not go
ng to have gasoline rationing and an-
lounced he will veto the emergency energy
>ill passed by Congress.
f “That bill will result in longer gas lines
and also would inevitably lead to compul-
iory rationing in this country, and that we
ire not going to have, and we should not
lave,” Nixon said.
It was the most unequivocal statement yet
>y the President that there won’t be any
rationing. At a news conference Monday
light, he had said chances were much bet-
er than 50-50 there would be no rationing,
tod he had said earlier he wanted to avoid
•tioning if possible.
Asked later at a news briefing if the
’resident meant to say so flatly that there
would be no rationing, White House Deputy
Press secretary Gerald L. Warren said: “I
will not qualify his statement.”
Nixon’s announcement that he will veto
the energy bill was no surprise because the
White House had been saying in recent days
the bill would be rejected if not changed.
The aspect of the bill most objected to
by the White House would roll crude oil
prices back to $5.25 a barrel but would per
mit increases back to $7.09, which is still
lower than some current prices.
Nixon said he would veto the bill “not be
cause I am against lower prices, because I
am for lower prices; not because I am
against more gas and oil available to the
American people, but because I am for more
gas and oil available to the American peo
ple at prices they can afford to pay.”
The administration believes a price roll
back would make gasoline and oil scarcer.
The President said Congress should act
on proposals the administration has had on
Capitol Hill “now for months, in s< me cases
for years, which would increase the supply
of energy in this country.”
“By increasing the supply the price will
go down, the gas lines will certainly disap
pear and we can move forward as a coun
try with the energy that we need,” Nixon
said.
Nixon’s comments on the energy bill came
during a half-hour speech at the opening of
a Young Republican Leadership Conference
in Washington.
Later, at a White House news briefing,
Warren said the energy bill had not been re
ceived at the White House and thus he
could not say precisely when a veto mes
sage would be sent back to Congress.
Democratic
party near
end of suit
WASHINGTON (^—Dem
ocratic National Chairman
Robert S. Strauss announced
Thursday that virtually final
agreement has been reached
on a $775,000 settlement of
party suits growing out of
the Watergate break-in.
Suits by the Democratic
party and several of its top
officials against officials of
President Nixon’s campaign
committee, along with the
Republican counter-suits to
taled more than $5 million.
Negotiations for an out-of
court settlement have been in
progress for many months.
No details were announced.
Blood Bank takes
donations to Dallas
Some key statements in a recent Battalion
story involving the St. Joseph Blood Bank and the
Wadley Blood Bank of Dallas need clarification.
The article implied that a TAMU student who
donated his blood through Wadley would be
unable to obtain blood supplies from Wadley
unless he was in Dallas at the time. Actually, blood
transfusions come from any blood bank close to
the student or his immediate family at the time of
need.
Wadley then transfers blood credit to pay for
the blood.
For example, if a TAMU student donates a
pint of blood to Wadley, he and his dependents can
draw upon the Wadley blood supply up to one year
from the donation date.
If the student is not in the Dallas area and
needs blood transfusions, he will get the blood
from a blood service other than Wadley’s. That
blood service (in this case, St. Joseph’s) has then
been required to use its own limited supply for a
patient under a different blood program.
The student gets free blood, but Wadley
replaces the blood in a strictly paper transaction.
No actual blood is sent from Dallas to replenish
any supplies used by Wadley donors in other cities.