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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1974
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Gov. Dolph Briscoe, after twice
;rying to avoid confronting the
ssue, Tuesday denied that he re-
varded political contributors with
ippointments to state boards and
ommissions.
His Democratic primary op-
icnent, former Rep. Frances
i’arenthold, said in a statement
;hat 183 Briscoe appointees or
;heir spouses had donated a total
>f $247,942 to his campaigns.
“I do not want to be unfair to
the current governor, but this list
does raise a serious question as
to whether appointments to state
boards and commissions are still
for sale to campaign contribu
tors,” Mrs. Farenthold said in a
statement that was accompanied
by an itemized list of appointees
and their contributions.
Briscoe was asked for his re
action following a swearing-in
ceremony for Robert Shelton of
Kingsville, the governor’s latest
appointee to the Texas Public
Safety Commission. Shelton said
later he had not contributed to
any Briscoe campaign.
“I am going to run a positive
campaign . . . based upon the
record of this administration—a
record I am very proud of,” was
Briscoe’s first response.
When pressed, he said: ”1 am
very proud of those I have ap
pointed—men and women of top
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Then, when asked whether
there was any relationship be
tween contributions and appoint
ments, Briscoe said: “Absolutely
none.”
Earlier in the day, his cam
paign press secretary, Bob
Hardesty, had said Briscoe would
issue no comment on the Farent
hold statement.
Briscoe also was asked for his
position on the pari-mutuel horse
race betting referendum on the
Democratic and Republican pri
mary ballots, something that Mrs.
Farenthold has made an issue in
the campaign.
He referred newsmen to his
earlier statements, apparently to
his remark in Victoria last
Wednesday that “I am not going
to involve the office of governor
in that issue.”
The governor was asked if he
was willing to make a commit
ment to holding regular news
conferences if re-elected. He has
held 19 formal news conferences
in Austin since he was sworn in
Jan. 16, 1973, according to his
office records. Usually these have
been in conjunction with an an
nouncement he wished to make.
“When there is a need for them
or a reason for them,” he replied.
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UT controversy still in the air
AUSTIN <A>) _ Gov. Dolph
Briscoe said Tuesday he will not
comment now about the possible
reappointment of controversial
Regent Frank Irwin Jr. of the
University of Texas.
He also told reporters he wants
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“I think it is important for people to adopt a more healthy attitude about
death,” said Rawson in a recent interview.
Rawson is a junior environmental design major at TAMU. He said that he
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to wait a while before giving his
reactions in detail to the article
on the executive branch that has
been tentatively approved by the
Constitutional Convention.
Erwin’s present six-year term
expires in January. He has come
under fire from some students re
cently because of the regental
decision to eliminate mandatory
student funding for the Daily
Texan, the UT-Austin newspaper.
The paper has been critical of
both Erwin and the board.
“That is beyond this election,”
Briscoe said of the Erwin matter.
“I have not made any decision on
appointments that expire — I’m
not sure I’m using the right word
—anyway, the terms end beyond
the election.”
Of the executive article, Briscoe
said “the part providing for re
moval of state board and commis
sion members I think serves a
very good purpose. A safeguard
should be there where a governor
could not arbitrarily remove those
appointed by other governors. The
check where it would have to be
approved by the Senate is a
proper check.”
He also said he agreed with a
limit of two four-year terms on
all governors and approved of the
section requiring the governor to
submit a plan to reorganize state
agencies to the legislature.
As for the balance of it, “I
would like to respond at a later
time in detail,” Briscoe said.
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at 7 :30 p.m. in Room 607 of the Tower.
The movie will be "Fur Fuc
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