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lent in 1971-72, is campaign
ii linator, which involves setting
nd-raising events and organiz-
county campaign chairmen,
a ), who declined an earlier offer
irk for the Bentsen presidential
aign, was a budget examiner for
legislative Budget Board two-
-half years'before resigning in
imher to work for Gramm,
ganizingGramm’s media efforts
il Nicolaides, a Yale graduate,
[aides ran the media campaign
onservative U. S. Sen. James
ley, R-N.Y., in a race The New
Times called “the upset of the
ry: ’ Nicolaides also aided Re-
ican Hank Grover in his surpris-
close race against favored
h Briscoe in 1972.
;nnis Goehring, president ol the
of A&M, is the campaign trea-
ftir Gramm’s campaign,
ides has organized a media
:hat has saturated the state with
releases and “Gramm-grams.
e son of a disabled veteran,
bom and raised in
hgia, attended Georgia Military
ferny, and entered the Univer-
)fGeorgia in 1961. Less than six
later he received a Ph.D. in
miics.
certainly don’t look like a movie
and I’m not very dramatic, he
a state capitol reporter. “1 have
mpaign on the issues,” he con-
d, “and convince people I am
re and know what I am talking
it.”
1967 Gramm joined A&M’s
lomics department and has au-
every course offered by the
rtment.
j*|ly goal was to be a good
lomist. 1 made that, Gramm
“My next goal was to be a full
ssor. I made that,
amm was not interested in try-
gto advance up the academic lad-
erlbut instead tried his hand as a
l-time economic consultant,
ih, he says, earns him more than
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the energy crisis began making
headlines, Gramm ventured away
from the university more often to
make speeches. He said he was en
couraged by a following, mostly in
the business community, which
liked to hear what he had to say, and
by his peers, who were impressed
with his oratory abilities.
One A&M economics professor
said, “He missed his calling. He
would have made millions as a faith
healer. ”
University and economics de
partment press releases gave
Gramm more access to media cover
age. In January of last year a past
president of the Association of
Former Students and an indepen
dent oilman, Joe H. Moore, gave the
association $5,000 to establish the
.“Free Enterprise Study Fund,”
which was to aid Gramm’s
speechmaking efforts. (The fund
paid for secretarial help and for the
salary of an economics student who
wrote press releases and prepared a
mailing list.)
“He missed his calling. He
would have made millions
as a faith healer.’'
His speechmaking snowbidled to
the point where he had to take a
leave-of-absence from teaching in
the spring. On one September day
he appeared on a television program
in Corpus Christi and addressed
groups in Fort Worth and Albuquer
que. Later that day he attended a
convention in Anaheim, Calif, where
he spoke on the same program with
President Gerald Ford. He later
boasted that he received an ovation
which was twice as long as the Presi
dent’s.
Gramm has had two articles pub
lished in The Wall Street Journal
which attracted hundreds of letters
and kept the phones ringing in his
and President Jack K. Williams’ of
fices.
Last year he helped found an Au
stin citizen’s lobby, Common Sense
Inc., which is somewhat the conser
vative answer to the national Com
mon Cause lobby group. Gramm has
since taken a leave-of-absence as a
board member of Common Sense to
run for the Senate.
But it’s in Washington, D.C., not
Austin, where our currency is being
created with printing presses, and,
according to Gramm, our economic
woes originate. Gramm had his eyes
on Olin E. Teague’s seat in 1973
when it appeared that the College
Station Congressman might step
down to become head of the Vete
rans Administration, and later, when
Teague’s health deteriorated and his
retirement seemed imminent.
But Gramm didn’t want to oppose
Teague, who has been the 6th Dis
trict’s representative since 1946. In
January 1974, Gramm attended
hearings and evaluated energy bills
for Teague, who he got to know per
sonally and admire as a politician.
With typical immodesty, Gramm
explained why he chose to oppose
Senator Bentsen.
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“There are two reasons. First, I
understand the issues; he doesn’t.
Secondly, I have solutions; he
doesn’t.”
Gramm contends that by trying to
project a “middle of the road” image
to bolster his presidential aspira
tions, Bentsen has “made a lot of
enemies” and “has alienated the
people who put him into office.”
Gramm says that his own
philosophy makes him an enemy of
big business, even though he sup
ports the oil depletion allowance and
wants fewer governmental controls
over the business sector.
“To say I have the support of big
oil is ludicrous. I have the support
from the engineers and geologists,
but not from the fat cats in the board
room,” Gramm said.
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