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WASHINGTON <A>>—A secret
Watergate grand jury report fo
cusing on President Nixon is to
go to the House impeachment in
quiry Tuesday. And the White
House was granted more time on
another matter—a subpoena for
more documents.
Lawyers for former White
House aides H. R. Haldeman and
Gordon Strachan decided not to
go to the Supreme Court in a
renewer attempt to deny the
House Judiciary Committee the
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grand jury report and a satchel
full of accompanying material.
They lost that fight last week
both in District Court and the
U.S. Court of Appeals.
The deadline for delivering the
report, set by the appeal court in
its 5-1 decision, was 5 p.m. Mon
day.
At mid-day, U.S. District Judge
John J. Sirica said that barring
an application for Supreme Court
review “the grand jury material
will be delivered to the House
Judiciary Committee at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday.”
The White House had a Mon
day deadline to answer a sub
poena issued March 15 by Spe
cial Watergate prosecutor Leon
Jaworski for one of the three
Watergate grand juries.
But over the weekend presi
dential lawyer James D. St. Clair
asked for more time and Jawor
ski agreed to wait until Friday.
“In agreeing to the White
House request, Mr. Jaworski re
emphasized the grand jury’s need
for the material covered under
this subpoena,” said a brief an
nouncement from Jaworski’s of
fice.
Neither Jaworski nor St. Clair
would say what is asked in the
subpoena.
But Jaworski complained to the
Senate Judiciary Committee re
cently that he had been denied
27 tape-recordings and other ma
terial asked for earlier in the
year.
Jaworski’s predecessor in the
job, Archibald Cox, was fired
when he refused to agree not to
pursue his quest for additional
materials through the courts.
The White House said that no
consideration is being given to
firing Jaworski should he attempt
to force compliance for the ma
terial.
A spokesman for Jaworski said
the subpoena did not involve the
Watergate cover-up or White
House plumbers cases, in which
Che Battalion
indictments were returned earlier
in the month.
In another Watergate-related
development, United Auto Work
ers President Leonard Woodcock
called on Congress to proceed
with the impeachment of the
President.
Woodcock had called for Nix
on’s resignation following the
Cox firing last October, but said
he now prefers impeachment be
cause the President’s quitting
would only leave the “myth of a
martyred President.”
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Candidates for student government or other leader
ship positions often reach only part of their constituency
during the campaign period.
Consequently, often students go to the polls
uninformed as to a candidate’s positions on vital campus
issues.
In an effort to reduce this problem. The Battalion
requests each candidate for student office to answer by
Friday a 12-point questionnaire posted in the Battalion
office, Room 216 of the Reed McDonald Services Building.
Due to space limitations only “yes”, “no” and “no position
at this time” responses will be recorded.
The results will appear in The Battalion April 2.
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Candidates
for SG posts
interviewed
Increasing the coverage of Stu
dent Government elections, The
Battalion is printing a series of
interviews with all candidates for
the executive positions this week.
The interviews with candidates
for each office will be printed
together for ease in comparison.
The Battalion encourages its
readers to save the issues this
week for handy reference April 4,
the day of the elections.
AUSTIN UP) — Constitutional
Convention delegates rejected an
attempt Monday to give colleges
blanket authority to assess stu
dent fees to finance campus con
struction projects.
The Finance Committee pro
posed restrictions on “building
use fees” which students pay with
tuition when they register.
But an amendment was pre
sented to continue the use of such
fees as a fund-raiser for colleges.
The amendment was defeated, 65-
99.
Rep. Walter Parker, D-Denton,
said tuition plus building use fees
“still give Texas students the best
bargain in the United States.”
He said the highest semester cost
per student at a senior state-
financed school is $189 at the
University of Texas at Austin.
By comparison, he said, a stu
dent at Ohio State University
pays $375 a semester and a stu
dent at UCLA, which has no
tuition, pays $322 just in fees.
Dep Bill Munson. D-Denison,
said Texas senior colleges had
run up bonded indebtedness of
nearly $500 million since 1965
when the legislature first author
ized the use of building fees to
finance construction.
“There is no legislative con
trol now over the building use
fee bonds,” said Munson.
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No show of “Pink Flamingos”
was the decision of the Memorial
Student Center Council Monday
-ight.
“Quality programming” became
the point of conditioning during
the rerun of the earlier Executive
Committee debate.
The Arts Film sub-committee
had been moved in executive ac
tion intitiate by Don Webb, presi
dent of MSC, last Thursday.
The action had been taken after
Webb found the sub-committee
was in debt somewhere in the
neighborhood of $350 to $600. The
committee has ordered $8,000
worth of films, overspending their
budget of $3,000. Gate receipts
should theoretically pay for the
films.
A resolution to show the film if
preceded by a presentation on the
film and followed by a question-
aire, was offered by Bill Davis,
president-elect of the Council.
“Showing the film could pro
mote educational debate and
awaken people to what is and
what is not art,” Davis said.
“The MSC has to consider many
things when dealing with program
ming though,” Webb said after
relinquishing the chair. “Things
like how many people will be of
fended by the showing of a film,
or if students want to underwrite
such presentations for a few or
if such a program will enhance or
damage the MSC’s reputation of
good programming.”
The controversy touched all
bases again. Whether the showing
of people eating dog excrement
or visions of a 300-pound trans
vestite can be considered art of
high enough quality to meet MSC
standards was discussed.
Tim Manning, chairman of the
Art Film sub-committee, contin
ued to say that the film was
made to make a statement.
“Showing of unnatural acts
every 9.3 seconds does not further
the form of fine art or contribute
to a feeling of good tastes,” John
Wayne Stark director of the MSC
said.
(See FLAMINGOS, p. 3)
He said the proposed provision
would allow such bonds if the fees
to finance them were restricted
to one specific project, such as
a gymnasium.
Sen. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin,
complained that such bonds are
“a gaping loophole in the ‘pay as
you go’ principle.”
“ ‘Building use fee’ is a euphe
mism for tuition—a back door to
state debt, a back door to a
tuition increase,” Doggett said.
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The first vote was close enough,
decided Rep. Dave Finney, that
he planned to try again today
to restrict how much money state
government can collect in taxes.
Constitutional Convention dele
gates were expected to finish
work today on the finance article,
which they have debated for four
days.
Finney, a Fort Worth Demo
crat who is a candidate for House
Speaker next year, proposed Mon
day to limit all state taxes to 6.75
per cent of the total personal in
come in the state.
This means state taxes could
not be increased much over the
present level because, said Fin
ney, the tax yield is now ap
proximately 6.4 per cent of in
come.
But Finney’s amendment lost,
79-84. He said he would submit
it today as a proposal which the
voters could consider separately
from the new constitution the
delegates are writing. If it were
defeated it would not pull down
the entire document, but if it were
accepted it could be included in
the constitution.
On Finney’s proposal, Rep.
Terry Doyle, D-Port Arthur,
protested that “it gives to the
comptroller power unheard of in
any state government.” The
amendment would direct the
comptroller to estimate the total
personal income, and the tax rate
would be limited by his estimate
each year.
“The comptroller is an elected
official,” said Doyle, “and the
more conservative he is in figur
ing what the legislature must
work with, the more popular he
is with the people.”
Sen. Walter Mengden, R-
Houston, claimed Finney’s pro
posal was the “first opportunity
the people have ever had to tell
state government how much of
their money government can
take.” Those opposing Finney’s
amendment, Mengden said, “have
a strong bias against any effort
to control government growth.”
Another amendment which was
rejected would have pro
hibited any public money from
being used to “influence the out
come of any election of a public
official or legislative matter.”
Several delegates said they
feared this would even prevent
a college president from support
ing the school’s request for state
money to run the school.
Black Awareness Week
f eatures variety of activities
Divine, a transvestite in ‘Pink Flamingos’
African customs, superstitions
and art formed the nucleus of
the Black Awareness Committee
launching of Black Awareness
Week.
Last night’s presentation
opened with Funsho Olugboye
speaking on “African Marriage
Customs.” According to Olug
boye, the marriage begins with
the betrothal of two children by
an informal agreement of their
parents.
When he comes of age the
groom asks the formal consent of
the girl’s parents as the second
step of the marriage process, then
the dowry is decided upon. After
the wedding, a woman can never
remarry and she becomes the
property of that house. When
her husband dies, she is inherited
by the head of the family.
“Divorce is almost non-exist
ent,” he concluded.
An explanation of superstition
in Africa was presented by
Yemme. He explained the origins
of superstitions about the eating
of various animals, in particular,
of a certain fish that once, sup
posedly, quieted a crying child so
his mother could finish her
work. Today the people of this
tribe do not eat this fish, he said.
Nagib Brimah, President of the
African Students Association,
gave a slide presentation on the
art of Africa. “Many people do
not understand African art be
cause it is so abstract,” he said.
“This abstractness is due to the
spiritual significance Africans at
tach to their art.”
The meeting concluded with two
films on African life. The first
was a portrayal of the Colonial
aggression in Africa, and the
second showed a detailed life of
a liberated section of the country.
Continuing Black Awareness
Week, Harriet Murphy, member
of the U.S. State Department’s
Diplomatic mission to South
Africa, will speak on the political
climate of South Africa, Tuesday
at 12:15 p.m. in Room 301 of the
Rudder Tower. There is no ad
mission charge for students with
activity cards, all others are 50*
at the door.
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., the
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
Funsho Olagboye
Sudan Arts' Southwest will pre
sent “The Voyage From Africa
to America, through Skit, Poetry,
and Song.” The show will be in
Room 701 and there is no charge
for students.
Wednesday the BAG Talent
Show will be given at 8 p.m. in
the Rudder Center Auditorium,
with the “Ghetto Sounds” from
Houston at the Afro Ball on
Friday. The ball will begin at
9 p.m., admission will be $2 pre
sale, and $2.50 at the door.
A picnic at Lake Somerville
Saturday will wind up Black Ex
perience IV. Participants will
meet at the MSC to drive over
together.
The Black Awareness Com
mittee invites all individuals to
take part in the week’s activities,
Robert Wooten, incoming BAG
chairman said.
“We are also trying to involve
black students from Africa who
are attending Texas A&M,” he
said.