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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1976 Page 9 ICI{ ersus Ric, * Kramer °P Passer ii ‘ Scc ondsiK, () n Homerl '8 he watch Cook cop er go on ense stopH expected to, Company to Air Comma l)e very ’ EPA plans investigation uses DDT without permit tin ')-! mbles thro '<1 a strong because ta n did notp ople were Fosdick si| missed prad ay.” ' Arkansas heir thirdl ir. They! ■ond in thep I (Continued from Page 1.) occasion, use in very specific instances,’ he said. “We try To use (it) in a very judicious fashion. ’ One worker reported DDT being used at least once a week for a three week period. The employe also said the flower beds at the south end of Kyle Field were treated with DDT before each home football game this semester. Safety and Health Officer James Presswood said yesterday that he was un aware of the use of DDT on campus, adding that he would look into the matter. Roger Miller, assistant to the president, also said he was unaware of grounds maintenance use of DDT. “I’m sure that if he (Ray) is using some thing that’s illegal and is unaware of it, it will be stopped. Miller said. The presence of DDT on campus was substantiated last week after a sample taken from an ant mound near the east entrance was analyzed as containing 23.5 per cent DDT. DDT, a member of the chlorinated hy drocarbon group, was recognized as an ef fective insecticide in 1939, and was used extensively during World War II to control typhus and malaria. After 1945, DDT became a widely used agricultural pesticide due to its reasonable cost, effectiveness, persistence and ver satility. The demand for DDT declined after 1959 when more effective pesticides were developed, and increasing public concern over environmental side effects led the government to begin regulating its use. It was in 1958 that the United States Department of Agriculture began phasing out its use of DDT. After federal regulation of pesticides was transferred from the US DA to the EPA in 1970, notices of intent were issued warning of a major curtailment of DDT. Chevron Corp., manufacturer of the Ortho line of chemicals, discontinued its commercial DDT products after the 1972 ban. Chevron District Manager Dick Noel, Roanoke, Texas, said the company paid large sums of money to get its product off the market during the EPA studies and in the six month period between June and December 1972. “We issued credit to all our dealers and distributors in the field to remove it (DDT products) from their shelves and destroy it, or return it to our warehouses for us to destroy,” Noel said. He said Chevron Corp. has since rereg istered the label, PEST-B-GON, as a bait pesticide, confident that the DDT product has been phased out of use. “We thought we cleaned out PEST-B- GON,” he said. “When we discontinued selling DDT, we provided free many cases of PEST-D-GON as a substitute. ” Tax system, federal subsidies blamed Author says cities can help poor Fifteen Texas A&M Army ROTC Sophomores were recently awarded three-year scholar ships by the Department of the Army. The group of winners consisted of EVERY cadet who had applied for the scholarship from A&M. Benefits which will go to the cadets include payment of all tuition, fees, books and necessary supplies plus $100 per month spending money. The Aggie winners are: First row: James Jares, Michael Jechow, Larry Yancy and David Hyde. Second row: Robert Evans, William Robbins, Donald Parker and Joseph Seydler. Third row: Kevin Troller, Patti Maness, Charla Gwin and Rudolph Klein IV. Fourth row: Lloyd Walker and Gilbert Sawtelle III. Try Army ROTC Learn What It Takes to Lead. |*< ,/ .J. \ f „-\ ^ * c? -c-• j f H r \ j: * ■ $ ■pa* 4 ■ i ^ k —a#* 4 home gam t the Univeti By JOHN TYNES The only way large cities can solve prob lems concerning the poor is to institute structural changes in their political sys tem, a social critic said here last night. “We have to have a vision of a new soci ety, critic Michael Harrington said in a speech sponsored by the Great Issues Committee of the Memorial Student Cen ter. Harrington, a social critic and author of “The Other America, blamed the Ameri can systems of taxation and unjust federal subsidies for the financial and social prob lems that many large cities face. Harrington cited statistics that show that one-fourth of the American people own no material assets in American soci ety. “I think that’s an understatement of how bad off they are,” he added. He pointed out how the present tax sys tems offers many loopholes and deduc tions to the wealthy, and practically none to the poor. However, he did not advocate increased taxation of big business. “I’m not a big fan of high corporate taxes,” he said. He explained that he was confident of corporate ability to pass on higher taxes to the consumer. Harrington proposed that the only form of taxation imposed on Americans should he a “very progressive income tax.” Harrington Used the financial crisis of New York City as an example of how bad government practices have created prob lems for the poor. He explained how gov ernment subsidizes corporations that want to leave New York and take jobs elsewhere to maximize profits. Harrington said this “out-flow” of jobs creates a burden for the city as unem ployment rises. He suggested that gov ernment stop giving corporations mone tary advantages for moving out of New York and start giving them advantages for moving in. H e also said that present welfare pro grams benefit the wealthy and middle- class far more than the poverty-stricken few they were designed for. He added that the government should try to get rid of welfare instead of trying to improve it. “1 think the aim of any decent society should be to abolish welfare, he said. Harrington also said that unemploy ment could be reduced significantly if the American political system was not gov erned by the priorities of profit-motivated corporations. * He pointed out that five per cent un employment is now considered to be full employment by the federal government. “American corporate society is hostile to full employment, he added. A government-owned and operated gas and oil company would be the best solu tion for utilizing public natural resources, Harrington said. He opposed letting pri vate oil corporations use public resources For their own gain. ufb -tk Smokey the Goat?! 1 ^Two I France (AP) — Officials in ' i q ,1 ■wthern France are trying a new l 1 Weapon to fight forest fires — goats. 0(V(U\ owfl . 1 t 11 1 • .1 1 . iC# I na contr °n e d experiment, a herd ^ df 50 goats will be used to cut fire breaks k/thetrugged forestland along the French Riviera which is swept by Ires each summer. Kept in line by electric fences, the goats will munch the underbrush for the next three years in a closely watched area. Louis Perrin, a local farmer, came up with the idea. He has used 60 (jl goats and 50 sheep to keep some 250 * acres of undergrowth on his property under control since 1951. 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