Page 2 THE BATTALION.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976
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MADISON, Wise. — On the day before
the great debate, and the day after the
Playboy-interview flap, Jimmy Carter was
home in Plains and Fritz Mondale was
“carrying the can” through Illinois and
Wisconsin.
Carrying the can is what vice-
presidential candidates are hired for — the
dirty, disagreeable work that the presiden
tial nominees don’t want to soil themselves
performing.
Mondale had seen his mentor, Hubert
Humphrey, perform the chore for Lyndon
Johnson, so the task was no surprise to him.
And on this fall day, he was shouldering the
load with a cheerfulness that would have
made Humphrey proud of his protege.
He was asked how he liked the task of
explaining Carter’s controversial com
ments on love and lust. Mondale replied,
with a smile, “It’s a challenge.” Then, turn
ing to an aide, he asked: “Did I remember
to say that it showed his candor? I thought
I’d try that.”
Among some of Mondale’s friends, the
Playboy interview was further proof that
the searching scrutiny Carter applied to his
potential running mates might better have
been used to test Carter’s own tempera
ment and judgment.
But the only regret Mondale himself
would voice, even privately, was that the
Playboy caper — like the earlier Carter-
provoked imbroglios over Clarence Kelley
and the income tax reforms — was an un
necessary diversion from the Democrats’
David S.
Broder
main line of attack.
As the Democratic ticket’s designated
hitter for traditional allies — organized
labor, the Jews, the blacks, the elderly —
Mondale has a stump speech that whacks
the daylight out of Republicans as par
simonious, cold-blooded enemies of the
working folks.
Like Humphrey, he’s not above rather
grandiose exaggerations in order to make a
point. At the Illinois AFL-CIO convention,
Mondale inveighed against the “insensitiv
ity and heartlessness’’ of the Ford adminis
tration. He said that whenever there’s “a
news report that somebody got a job, they
meet in emergency session at the White
House and all those great, warm-hearted
persons, Alan Greenspan and Bill Simon
and those folks who love human beings so
much, get together and try to figure out
how to prevent that trend before it gets out
of hand.”
When a reporter asked Mondale if that
didn’t border on demagoguery, he said,
cheerfully, “Well, I made that remark pri
vately the other night, and I thought I’d try
it in a speech and see how it went over.”
Then, turning serious, he added, “I’ve
been with those guys like Simon and
Greenspan and unemployment is not a
very important factor in their lives.”
An argument that Republicans love un
employment is not going to persuade many
undecided voters in this election. But
that’s not Mondale’s job. His job is to steam
up the troops in the Democratic heartland
from Minnesota to Massachusetts — the
liberal, labor crowd that finds it hard to
regard Jimmy Carter as one of their own.
golf
That is not easy work. Here in Madison,
where independent candidate Eugene J.
McCarthy retains a strong residue of sup
port and many McGovern-Udall liberals
are shunning the Carter campaign,
Mondale received little encouragement.
His audiences were small and tepid, and he
failed to win an endorsement of Carter
from the city’s popular young mayor, Paul
Souglin, who still harbors doubts about
Carter’s commitment to liberal causes.
then
tick
Mondale’s task seemed like a secondary
assignment of no great significance when
the campaign began with Carter 25 points
ahead. It looks a lot more vital now, as the
embattled Georgian — very much on the
defensive — seeks some kind of solid foot
ing for his race.
In the hour of adversity, it has become
obvious that Carter needs the Democratic
Party — its officeholders, itsleaderst
allies in traditional interest groups-:
than it needs him.
And among those groups, Monj
credentials are in better order tha
ter’s. Mondale has fought their ba|
Congress for 12 years and has Humpl
protective cloak to wear as well.
Thus, the success Mondalehasii
up the faithful in these friendlypt®
becomes an important factor in
What Mondale’s reward will be ft
forms this mission is somethingbeisi
dined to discuss in any detail
that a President Carter — withbisaJ( 0U (
ous agenda for reorganization
merit and reform of programs-
need a savvy Senate handtobuildal
on Capitol Hill.
Previous vice-presidents, withalh
good credentials, have entertain^
same hopes. But Lyndon
shunted to the outer ring of the la
administration, and Humphreyw#
excluded in the Johnson years.
Mondale prefers not to dwellonlkj
He finds hopeful auguries inCiljofl
willingness to listen and learnonan
of subjects — from the CIA tothe&l
bishops. And he assumes that beiii
excluded from real influence,
have been, by a White Housepalacep
H is enthusiasm for his worhj
genuine and touching. He
happy, carrying the can.
(c) 1976, The Washington Post
‘No confidence" resolution stops short;
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By STEVE REIS
No confidence. Instead of just being a
title for a resolution of student governmen
tal debate, it may express student opinion
of student government in general.
There is much discussion among student
senators and other student government of
ficials about the pros and cons of a no-
confidence bill. Proponents of the resolu
tion say it will pressure candidates into
campaigning harder for their positions.
Opponents of the resolution say it will
not. And besides adding no pressure, they
say it will act only to delay filling some
governmental offices.
Disagreement about the resolution
ranges from calm disapproval all the way to
references to the Student Senate raping
the Student Body.
It has not been pointed out clearly that
the no-confidence resolution would affect
only the president and vice-presidents. It
would, in no way, affect senators.
It seems there is a double-standard pre
sent.
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Whether the resolution is accepted or
not will be up to the individual but one
point is clear; if passed it should include all
student government positions. It should
also be present on all referendums pre
sented to the students. It would act as an
indicator of student concern.
When asked why the senators should not
be included, general opinion holds that
senators are of minor importance. Others
feel that since it is more of a popularity
contest, some would vote no-confidence
just because it’s there. This is an abuse that
Student Body President Fred McClure
deems likely.
But are these suppositions true?
Are senators unimportant? If Student
Government is important or useful in any
way, the senator is the foundation on which
it is built. They are supposed to be the
voice of the students. They are supposed to
represent their constituency’s desires.
Isn’t this true? Don’t they? If not, then
why are they still in office?
As for abuse — wouldn’t it be just as
likely abused on the presidential ballot as
the senatorial? Why would someone abuse
“no-confidence” one time but not another?
The argument holds no water.
An argument against no-confidence on
the senatorial ballot is a valid argument
against it on the presidential ballot. But
some of the senators do not see the logic in
that statement. Perhaps some of them are
afraid to impose the same rules on them
selves as the president and vice-
presidents. Selfish interests?
But the entire argument about the “no-
confidence” resolution is valid only if the
students care about student government.
The concern or lack of concern is evi
denced by the fact that some senators were
elected to their positions by receiving only
a handful of votes. The fact that only thir
teen of the fifteen off campus senatorial
positions were filed for last year when more
than 50 per cent of the students live off-
campus is a matter of concern.
And it would appear that concern is lack
ing and apathy is running through the malls
of A&M.
If a “no-confidence” resolution must
pass, it should include not only the execu
tive positions, but be present on all ballots.
The first time the students vote, it would
be evident whether or not the students do
have “no-confidence” in student govern
ment.
Campus sidewalks need bicycle lanes
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Tickets now
available
for the wildest,
roughest rodeo
behind bars.
Editor:
Allow an avid bicyclist to react to
Steve Reis’ war stories (Battalion,
Sept. 24). I think he did an excellent
job and put his finger on a very sore
spot indeed: campus traffic.
I spent twenty-five years in Hol
land, bicycle territory par excel
lence. The hair of our adminis
trators, traffic cops, and undertakers
has turned grey over the issue. One
of our conclusions — even the
Queen tours the palace gardens on
her two-wheeler — has been that
bicyclists should be provided with
their own lanes, where they can
reach a safe minimum speed. It is
easier to keep cyclists in a lane than
pedestrians, who can lift their legs
and cross curbs easily.
Considering the psychologies of
both cyclist and pedestrian, I doubt
if more consideration is the key we
are looking for. Rather, we need
physical barriers that can sort out the
traffic. We cannot impose walking
regulations on pedestrians. They are
liberals. Cyclists will not dismount
for infantry: such is the nature of the
rider.
curbs or make the cycling lanes that
much lower than the rest; enough to
keep the users from climbing out on
their wheels. Survival of the slowest
and all that.
Jeff Stuyt
Proud of band
THIS IS Pot^
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Ag Elementary
Editor:
A loud “Whoop! goes up from the
crowd as the Aggie band marches
onto the field at half-time playing the
“Aggie War Hymn.” Everyone mar
vels at the precision accomplished
by the band members.
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5 Sundays in October at The Walls in Huntsville
• Bull Riding
• Saddle Bronc
• Bareback Bronc
• Mad Scramble
• Wild Horse Race
• “Hard Money” Bulls
• Cowgirl Events
A cyclist hates to dismount and we
will have to take advantage of that. I
have never observed a situation as
dangerous as here on campus, and
am convinced that handlebars are
going to be bent — but not inten
tionally. Can you imagine spokes
penetrating senior boots or umbrel
la’s hooking into 10-speed mecha
nisms? I can.
An example of a missed chance on
campus seems to be the recently
completed pavement that runs
around Bizell Hall towards the
MSC. The concrete was intended for
bicycles, the pebbles for pedest
rians. But somebody has forgotten
the little curb in the middle and the
result is chaos.
Editor:
Isn’t it about time for Aggies to
stop calling the University of Hous
ton “Cougar High”? After Saturday
night’s results, if U of H is “Cougar
High,” then this must be “Aggie
Elementary.” Correct me if I am
wrong, but I believe that the series,
which dates back at least twenty
years, is in fact now tied.
I haven’t met an Aggie yet who
doesn’t feel extreme pride and re
spect for his school at these
moments. The band seems to em
body the spirit of Texas A&M Uni
versity.
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Either give us those three-inch
The truth of the matter is that both
schools are first rate universities,
academically and athletically. It does
us no honor to degrade such a worthy
opponent.
Robert Stout
I would therefore like to thank all
the corpsmen who work so hard to
make the band what it is today. I
hope that it will always be an impor
tant part of Texas A&M so that future
Aggies can experience that same
feeling of pride. Thanks again to the
“Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.”
for- rv\y PJ^’j
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Susan Riff, ’79
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