Trade-Mark Reg. THE BATTALION Page 3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1974 State Rep slams Saxbe’s proposal REP. CRAIG WASHINGTON Adult proficiency to be discussed DA End! Are you literate just because you an read and write? The answer will be presented at a lublic meeting here, Oct. 30. Dr. Norvell Northcutt, director )f “adult performance levels” studies for the University of Texas Division of Extension, will speak on the figures at 8 p.m., room 601 of Sudder Tower. He is sponsored by he TAMU chapter of Phi Delta (appa professional education soci- ;ty. Northcutt, a former student, will eport on three years of research ttmpleted on a five-year project hat says many adults have trouble n accomplishing every-day tasks. The research was in areas of con- iumer economics, occupational (nowledge, government and law, immunity resources and health. Examples of such tasks not usu- illy performed well would include illingout income tax forms, buying he best economic offering in the market place, applying for and ch aining a job, or finding where to go the community for a certain ser- ice or commodity. While the meeting is open to the mblic, says Dr. James L. Boone, industrial education head at TAM U, the information should be especially interesting to educators and teachers. It shows what is taught in school is not always what is needed to be taught. Rep. Craig Washington of Hous ton told an A&M audience Thurs day that U.S. Attorney General Wil liam Saxbe’s call for a get tough pol icy against criminals is “an emo tional, political reaction.” “It’s political ploy by a politician,” he said. “Saxbe is a politician and 90 percent of what politicians say is smoke. A politician will do anything at anytime to anybody for what he thinks the people want to hear.” “Saxbe begs the question when he says to crackdown on convicts- —and keep them in prison longer,” Washington said. “That’s an admis sion that his system doesn’t work. The concept of ‘doing time’ has not been successful. “An ex-head of the Texas De partment of Corrections told me that 65 percent of the people in prison shouldn’t be there,” he said. “They could be dealt with better in another manner.” “The law is perfect,” Washington said. “It’s special interest groups that make the law unenforceable.” He stated Texas laws make theft of wool or meat in any amount a felony, at the same time pointing out that sheep and cattle raisers were instrumental in having them passed. “Special interest groups don’t make the law wrong but rather make the application wrong,” he said. Washington also condemned cap ital punishment, saying the percen tage of crimes in that punishment category had actually gone down since the law was declared uncon stitutional. He also noted it was dis criminatory. “I’ve never known of anyone in Texas who makes over $25,000 a year who has gone to the electric chair,” he said. “It would be much more benefi cial to society to get at the real reason for crime—education rather than punishment,” Washington said. “Also victimless crimes like marijuana possession and prostitu tion shouldn’t be punished by prison sentences.” Washington, a Prairie View A&M University graduate, was asked about separation of Prairie View from TAMU. “I think Prairie View would fare better if it had its own board of di rectors made up of people who are more attuned to the needs and aspi rations of its students,” Washington said. “The constitution of 1876 calls for the Permanent University Fund to be split between the University of Texas, an agricultural and mechani cal college and a college for colored youth,” he said. Then chuckling, “I’ve almost for got how to spell ‘colored’; you don’t hear that much nowdays. “I say Prairie View should have been entitled to one-third of the Permanent University Fund from the beginning. If Prairie View got out of the A&M system, they would be eligible for a fair share of the Permanent University Fund and I think we’ve got a good legal case for it. I think Prairie View and Texas A&M should be unshackled from each other,” said Washington. You are invited to attend classes on the doctrine and sacraments of the Episcopal Church, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. St. Thomas Chapel and Episcopal Student Center 904 Jersey Street 846-1726 311 University 846-1713 A&M chemist probes hardening of arteries SMORGASBORD All you can eat for $1.59 Monday-Friday 5:30-7:30 Open: Sunday-Friday 3:00-12:00 Saturday 3:00-1:00 Delivery Boys Wanted. Apply in Person Subsidence costly, TAMU report says ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment" 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 'uj fid —i La Petite Academy of Dance REGISTER NOW CLASSES START SEPT. 9 3 Vr. Olds Thru Adults tap-ballet-jazz Classes Limited JAN JONES HAMMOND Teacher J* 06 s - College 823-8626 Bryan Subsidence costs the Houston- Pasadena area $109.6 million, said a study originating at TAMU. Subsidence is the sinking of land surface on the coast due to with drawal of underground water. Almost half that figure was done during Tropical Storm Delia last year when a six-foot tidal wave hit the Ship Channel area, said the study, done by the Texas Water Re sources Institute. The information was compiled during the summer by three TAMU agricultural economists and a graduate student—Drs. Lonnie Jones, Wade Griffin and Ronald Lacewell along with John Griffin. Part of the figures were given at the recent Water for Texas Confer ence on campus which drew the state’s top water men. “Sinking of land surface has reached critical proportions in many areas and subsidence of as much as eight feet has occurred,” the report stated. Subsidence has been linked to the decline of underground water levels caused by the pumping out of around 120 billion gallons a year. “Frequent inundation renders many formerly dry areas virtually useless for residential or commer cial purposes and often results in abandonment of property,” the study said, leading to continued ef forts by government to raise roads, repair damages and construct dikes and drain facilities. Nearly 450 questionnaires were analyzed, along with other data, in an area concerning 300 square miles, about one tenth of all land in the region affected by subsidence. Damages have grown from a re ported $8,775 in the 1943-54 period to over $53 million from 1965-73. As for solutions, it will be cheaper to abandon water wells and switch to surface water sources, claim the researchers. They suggested a study, in progress, to determine how much underground water can safely be withdrawn, then supple ment needs with imported supplies of the precious liquid. The next six-foot tide might do up to $63 million in damages if some thing isn’t done, said observers. A six-foot tide such as the one last year comes on the average of every 5 years and 35 days. A TAMU chemist and a Nobel Prize winner for chemistry have col laborated on a paper that could shed light on why arteries harden and what causes heart disease. Dr. C. A. J. Hoeve said he just sent a letter of congratulations to his friend, P. J. Flory of Stanford, for winning the prize, announced less than a week ago. Hoeve and Flory co-authored a paper titled “The Elastic Properties of Elastin, Biopolymers 13.” “The breadth of Flory is ex tremely wide,” Hoeve said. “He was one of the pioneers in polymer science. Flory judged Hoeve’s doctoral thesis in 1957 and then they worked together for seven years. During this time, they began their work on elastin. “We are doing research on the main constituents of arteries and skin that are elastic,” Hoeve said. “The big question is why do the ar teries get hard.” “I want to emphasize that what we’re doing is not medical work, ” he pointed out. “This is fundamental TODAY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Old Exchange Store Lounge. There will be an infor mal coffee hour. FREE TUNES, sponsored by the Basement Commit tee, will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Rudder Center fountain. Tim York and Mike Hawthorne of theT&M Express will lie perform ing. 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Right now we’re looking more for insight than a cure. “We’ve hypothesized recently a theory that might explain why ar teries harden,” Hoeve said. “We have measured in the lab that if elastin, which makes up part of the artery, loses water it goes into a glassy state and becomes brittle,” he noted. “We think this is the basic reason for hardening and thus a major cause of heart failure. “I saw Flory in the spring in Los Angeles where he was receiving the Priestley Prize for Chemistry,” Hoeve recalled. “We told him then that he should have won the big one—the Nobel. He merely shrug ged his shoulders about his chances of getting it.” VISIT US ... . We Know About Budgets So Check Our Prices And Our Quality! • Foliage Plants • Dutch Bulbs • Cushion Mums • Terrarium Supplies • Macrame Hangers • Decorative Pottery • Shrubs • African Violets • Sunset-Potpouri Books j bobs ^ g reen^H uTnb„nu Kse r y “top qiiallty^wjthy^rof«i*iona^Sj*r