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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1976 Page 7 es file suit Uncle Sam r more money Drill team not limited to men f System warns of lu Bv LINDA GILLIAM because she was the commandintr of- Thev wear the same blouse but wear * Associated Press KINGTON — Forty-four of tion’s federal judges, comp- that they’re being cheated by n, are taking Uncle Sam to 0 get fatter paychecks, se in the unusual reversal ot i»s irom judge to plaintiff include J, Carter, currently presiding (the trial of Patricia Hearst in Francisco. suit was readied for filing y inthe U.S. Court of Claims. A |tement by the judges mentions “10 judge of that court “is in- i as a plaintiff in the lawsuit” any decision in favor or the iffs presumably would favor all I judges. judges base their suit, naming nited States as defendant, on a tutional provision that pay for lifetime-appointed judles “shall |e diminished. fey say that compensation “in its tutional context does not mean but purchasing power.” For lawyer, the judges chose Supreme Court Justice Ar- oldberg. Even before the suit was filed, judges in diff erent parts of the [try distributed a “my dear ’’letter along with the petition separate statement. The letter we have been unfairly singled d discriminated against. ” suit asks that the government Inirse the judges for a 34.5 per nt decrease in the value of their ollar in the perid from March |969, to Oct. 1, 1975. During eriod, federal district judges d $40,000 a year and appeals judges $42,500. ;y claim that inflation reduced spending power to about H00 a year for district j udges and ||i00 for the appeals nlike most citizens of the Un- ed States who are gainfully nployed, iniluding most deralemployes, federal judges re- id no increase in salary to adjust is decrease,” the petition says, intiffs are 38 district judges and |om appeals courts. Eleven are judges of their district and two kief judges of their appeals One plaintiff, Thomas Lam- fCieveland, said “judges could jut working as lawyers making 4 or three times their judicial - .juries.” He said that “unlike others in gov- nnient such as senators and rep- sentatives who can supplement ieii income through outside ac- dties, we are totally and com- ettdy withdrawn from other ac- Another plaintiff, Judge Thomas .lacllride of Sacramento, Calif., said •Judges are seeking a “catch-up.” ieftaid his “chief law clerk, who is at of law school just over a year, es almost one half of my salary, lothstanding that I’ve been out 'upfnamba Eddie Dominguez ’66 Public Service of This Newspaper & The Advertising Council E! for 36 years and a federal j udge for 14 years. ” Some federal judges not involved in the lawsuit said they were against the idea of judges suing and ques tioned the ethics of such a step. One judge said most judges ask to be named to the bench and if they don’t like the salary they could resign. The plaintiffs argue that Congress and the president “have acted affir matively” to prevent federal judges from receiving increases in salary” to offset the eroded value of the dollar. By LINDA GILLIAM For the first time in its 30-year history, the Fish Drill Team must now share its role as A&M’s drill team representative with a newly- formed Texas A&M Women’s Drill Team. As a result, the Women’s Drill Team is not yet too popular in the male hierarchy of the Corps of Cadets. Mark Banneyer, a junior adviser to the drill team, asia about per cent of the Corps is against the new girls’ drill team, especially because they carry weapons. “They think it isn’t ladylike,” said Banneyer. “But we don’t want them to carry pom-poms or anything like that,” he said. This new unit, composed of 13 girls from outfit W-l, is commanded by Both Ann Schumacher, a junior from Gettysburg, Pa. Schumacher said she was selected as commanding officer of the team because she was the commanding of ficer of her high school drill team and had some experience. The idea for the girls’ unit was first suggested last year by Trigon offi cials. Since women Corps members cannot participate in the Ross Volun teers, Aggie Band, Parson’s Mounted Cavalry or Fish Drill Team, it was thought a special wo men’s performing unit should be ad ded. The suggestion finally took shape at the end of last semester and the Texas A&M Women’s Drill Team is already practicing for their only competition this semester. They will corqpete in the senior division of the Texas State Championship Meet here April 3. The Women’s Drill Team is also tentatively scheduled to perform at the Elephant Bowl and possibly at the Military Weekend Review. The Women’s Drill Team outfit is similar to the girls Corps uniform. They wear the same blouse, but wear a khaki culotte instead of the skirt. Weapons are an integral part of the team’s drill work. They carry re plicas of a Springfield 03A3 weighing about four pounds each. The Texas A&M Women’s Drill Team is a volunteer organization open to any girl in the Corps that can maintain a 2.0 GPR. There are freshmen, sojihomores and juniors now on the team. Of the 29 girls in W-l, 14 are on the drill team. This is an organization semester, said Banneyer. Even though the unit is recognized and funded by the University, the team can only afford the culottes and weapons for now. If the team performs well in the meet here, perhaps more money will be forthcoming for meets next year, said Banneyer. The Women’s Drill Team prac tices daily from 5-6:30 p.m. on the intramural field between the tennis courts and Kyle Field. 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