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Meany sup ported Carter in his bid for the presidency. And Carter and his administra tion have been paying dearly ever since. The president has gone out of his way in trying to please organized labor, as personified by the 84-year-old Meany. Carter long ago paid his political debt to Meany. And for his trouble he got nothing, but abuse And so, on a recent day, it appeared that the president finally had realized that Meany is not interested in what is fair or reasonabe or in the best interest of the country. An aide said Carter’s patience was “used up” because of Meany’s continual criticism. Sad to say, hopes were raised in vain. Meany was back at the White House last week. He denied there was any feud between him and Carter, and said the president was “all smiles” during their session. We can only marvel at how many cheeks the president is willing to turn. Wheeling, W.Va., Intelligencer News doesn’t tell whole Nicaragua story Nicaragua has made front-page news in the last few days in major newspapers around the world. I believe there should be some things cleared on the Nicaraguan situation. This small Central-American country, with 2.5 million inhabitants, has been dominated by members of the Somoza family for more than four decades. In 1926, the United States Marines oc cupied Nicaragua for the second time this century. They remained in this country until 1933 with strong opposition from General Agusto Cesar Sandino’s guerril las. Before the U.S. Marines left in 1933, however, they formed the Nicaraguan Na tional Guard and left it in the hand of General Somoza Garcia. Somoza Garcia assassinated General Sandino and became the de facto arbiter of Nicaraguan Politics. In 1936 Somoza Garcia overthrew Presi dent Sacasa and remained in power until 1956. Since then, Luis Somoza and Anastasio Somoza, sons of the predecessor, have ruled the country. They have remained in power thanks to pre-arranged Presidential elections and several changes in the Con stitution. However, their main source of Readers Forum power has been the repression and brutal ity of the National Guard. The National Guard has continually received training and armaments from the United States. For years Somoza has been considered to be Washington’s strong man in Central America. The U.S. Government has been the main ally of the Somoza Dynasty. The Somoza family has not only taken over governmental control in Nicaragua, but also economical control. As columnist Jack Anderson once said, “there does not seem to be enough room in Nicaragua for Cash register politics By ANN ARNOLD UPl Capitol Reporter AUSTIN — Money is the key that opens the do6r to political office and TevhS can didate^ are earnestly, seeking morodollars* as the final campaign stretch begins. Bill Clements says he will raise an un precedented $2 million at a star-studded Dallas dinner Sept. 12 — but John Hill may have beaten him to a new record for campaign fund-raising with an unpub licized Houston luncheon. Hill raised $320,000 and obtained pledges for more at the Aug. 1 luncheon attended by only 40-45 individuals. Lowell Lebermann, Hill’s finance chairman, said another 5 to 10 individuals who could not attend sent contributions. Although Hill and other candidates have raised more money at one time with state-wide dinners or other mass func tions, no one else appears to have col lected so much from such a small group of individuals, Lebermann said. “We’ve talked to a lot of people and no body knew of anything to match it,” Lebermann said. Clements is counting on selling 2,000 tickets at $l,000-a-plate to his Sept. 12 dinner and is using former President Gerald Ford, ex-Govs. Ronald Reagan and John Connally and a veritable “Who’s Who” of Texas Republican politics as drawing cards. Hill’s luncheon featured only the candi date. Lebermann said he was amazed at the largesse of the individuals who contri buted $5,000 to $10,000 each and prom ised to help raise even more for the attor ney general’s bid for governor. One man who backed Gov. Dolph Bris coe for re-election in the primary against Hill not only contributed $10,000 person ally, but promised to hold a fund raiser and collect another $50,000 to $70,000, Lebermann said. “As we were leaving I told the general ‘Pardon me, but I don’t remember ever having seen anything like that,”’ Leber- Slouch by Jim Earle all of Somoza’s properties’*. The Somoza family owns ships and air lines, banks, construction companies, sugar mills, insurance companies, com mercial fishing fleets, etc. For years the Nicaraguan people have tried to end the Somoza domination. Op position has risen since the October 1977 guerrilla attacks and has continued to rise with the assassination of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, the owner of La Prensa. The National Guard’s repression has in cremented to unbelievable extremes. There is a list of nearly 600 missing per sons, many of them believed to be dead or held in the National Guard’s jails. Tins list is getting larger. Somoza has only his Na tional Guard with him. Businessmen have declared a Nation-Wide strike demanding the resignation of Dictator Somoza. All political opposition parties, ranging from the Conservative Party to the representa- tives of one of the factions of the guerrillas movement, have united to plan strategies to overthrow Somoza. The recent brave popular uprising in the city of Matagalpa have demonstrated, once again, the unpopularity of Somoza and the willingness of the people to fight until death for freedom. The U.S. government is considering in re-establishing the military aid it cut off to Somoza for the 1978 fiscal year. On Sep tember 20, Congress will decide whether or not it will re-establish military aid to this killer, taking into consideration the predictable continuance of massacres of the Nicaraguan people. Because U.S. citizens have freedom and justice, they should feel obligated to op pose such barbaric goings on as that of the Somoza regime. You can help by writing immediately to the U.S. State Depart ment protesting the idea of continuing aid to Somoza. William Vigil is a member of the l J .S. Nicaraguan Student Association. mann said. “Lowell, that’s because there’s never been anything like that, Leberrpann quoted Hill'saying. Lebermann said Houston contributors start donations at higher financial level than most residents of other areas of the state. “In order to be a major player $5,000 is sort of the number where they start,” he said. “They have a sort of peer group pres sure and history of giving more, and more freely, than any people I ever saw.” Lebermann said that during the two-day visit to Houston when the luncheon was held, Hill’s campaign received more than $400,000 in contributions. Many of the hefty contributions, Lebermann said, came from people who had donated with similar generosity to Hill’s primary campaign — when his pros pects were considerably riskier. Lebermann said a number of the large contributions, however, came from some of Briscoe’s long-time financial backers. “They’re good, solid Democrats. They had prior commitments to Gov. Briscoe. But they’re simply going to be that gener ous with the Democratic nominee, Lebermann said. Lebermann said he anticipates Hill’s fall campaign will cost a total of $1.1 to $1.2 million — slightly less than the $1.4 mill ion spent on his race against Briscoe for the May 6 Democratic primary nomina tion. Hill will be well on the way to meeting his budget after a dinner in Austin next week, Lebermann said. Lebermann said state-wide solicitations have brought some $525,000 in ticket sales for the dinner. Lebermann said he has not paid much attention to Clements’ fund-raising efforts and is not worried about the Republican nominee outspending Hill. “He has the money available personally and if he raises it or if he borrows it from his own personal wealth, we ll be up against a $4 to $5 million campaign,” Lebermann said. Rusty warfare “THEY SAID THAT I WAS BEING ASSIGNED TO A VERY CONVENIENT PARKING LOT; BUT WHY DID THEY GIVE ME A MAP TO FIND IT?” By LeROY POPE UPI Business Writer NEW YORK — U.S. industry is waging an expensive war against corrosion which is eating away metal goods at the rate of $75 billion a year. Fully 40 percent of U.S. steel produc tion goes to replace corroded and rusted parts, according to the National Bureau of Standards. And fully half the steel lost is in automobiles that aren’t effectively recy cled by junkers. Considering that the United States now has to import much of its iron ore and some steel, that figure, which would have delighted the steel mill barons 50 years ago, is alarming today. Various sources, including the Bureau of Standards; Frost & Sullivan, the New York industrial reserach firm; the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, which has its headquarters in Houston, and Pur chasing Magazine, agree that the nation’s total bill for corrosion is $75 billion a year. Frost and Sullivan says United States industries alone are spending about $10 billion a year on anti-corrosion techniques and this will increase to $24 billion a year by 1985. The big spenders on methods to fight corrosion are the petroleum industry, which spends $1 million a day to protect its underground pipelines alone; chemical and paper and pulp manufacturers; elec tric utilities; metals fabricators; general manufacturers, and the construction in dustry. The paper industry estimates that corro sion of its machines and equipment runs the cost of paper up $6 to $7 a ton and some engineers believe 3.5 percent of the nation’s energy is wasted by corrosion. Some of the various ways of combatting corrosion are substantial businesses in themselves. The market for anti-corrosion coatings is about $4.6 billion a year, cathodic protectors are a $640 million-a- year business, instrumentation and ser vices to combat corrosion run to $2.8 bill ion a year. The big loss of steel to corrosion and rust in automobiles continues although Detroit has quadrupled the use of more corrosion-resistant steel coated with weld able zinc-rich primers in the past two years. Another anti-corrosion market is in hibitors, mainly chromates, added to in dustrial waters and process chemicals. These are very effective, but also are so toxic they create their own problems. Substitution of fiberglass and thermop lastics for metals, if possible, is about the most effective way to curb corrosion — glass is the most corrosion resistant mate rial known — but for many applications this isn’t practical. Business The rare metal tantalum, which costs $30 a pound, is the most corrosion- resistant metal, followed by titanium. Al loys like Inconel and Monel come next, followed by the stainless steels and bronze. Some types of aluminum resist corrosion well and are less expensive than the other resistant metals. Copper rates fairly high, but its softness makes it un suitable for many purposes. Metal cladding, in which a thin layer of a corrosion-resistant metal is bonded by one of three processes to a base sheet of carbon steel, is making headway. It also has been learned that design has a lot to do with corrosion. Sharp-edged surfaces or surfaces that are overstressed and craze easily will cause a metal part to corrode much more quickly. And in piping systems, designs that keep the pipes full and prevent air being trapped in them re duce corrosion effectively. Correction In Wednesday’s edition, the Bat talion incorrectly stated that more than $1 million was donated to the “Texas A&M University Athletic Club.” The article should have said those donations were made to the “Texas A&M Athletic Department.” The Battalion regrets the error. Top of the News Campus Six cadets win ROTC awards Texas A&M University cadets stepped front and center whenhoiijM were passed out for Air Force ROTC summer training this year.Sj cadets, led by Robert L. East of Marshall, were individuallycilffl They were among 76 Texas A&M officer candidates in training at Id, Air Force bases around the United States, bast won the ComtDffl dant’s Tropin based on attitude, military proficiency evaluaffffl leadership, personal traits and military bearing. Recipients o/ffl Vice Commandant s Awards, based on the same criteria, incMa James E. Edge of San Antonio and Squadron 3; Michael fi. Ha^ Houston, Texas Aggie Band; Robert P. Meadows, Laredo, Squadr: 8, imd Richard E. Pepin, Hurst, Squadron 8. Thomas D. Dean if I Waco won the athletic award. Research awards offered Applications ar e nou being accepted foi the National ResearchCoibL cil Research Associateship Programs for 1979. These progamspro vide scientists and engineer s opportunities tor postdoctoral researdl Awardees conduct research on problems of their choice in selects federal research laboratories. The programs are open to recent red pients of the doctorate and to senior investigators also. Applicatwf must be made to the NRC and must lie postmarked by January 15; 1979. Results will be announced in the spring. Details about spedfit opportunities are available from the Associateship Office, JH 608-D1 National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W, Washington, D.C. 20418. State Auto insurance rate increase IH Sonul 11111 Hie $62 million increase in insurance rates for autos and other molor vehicles approved by the state insurance Ixiard Tuesday will men premium increases .is high .is 6.9 percent in some areas of the state, h na while other regions will enjoy reductions. Residents of Harris Coueh K)y will face a3.9 percent iiu iease plus a Si 1 covcrage increase, keepwBenQ Houston iates the higln st 111 tln st.iti- Dallas cover.igi-premiums li go up 1 percent raising bills $ 1 annually San \ntonio premiumswiftitorl go down .7 percent lowering bills $2 annually . Austin rates are a-Bs, pet ted to iis I 7 percent raising annual rates S 13 Premiums in Brya^norf will go down .9 percent or $2 each year. LJ.T. student attacked A University of Texas freshman says he xvill quit school because ofu incident last week in which he was beaten, kicked and subjected to sexual attacks by several members of a fraternity. The student told police he and his roommate were walking home from a liar last Thursday night when two men grabbed them and dragged them towards a fraternity house. The roommate said he escaped and tried to get help from police, but the jxilicemeu I ittHj him.’ Assistant police chief George Phifer s; that we may have misinterpreted requests lor help. “th VV "Its pj S|not g u >1 ev won t hurt |bed, 'oncemrt IP When ■ Nation Legionnaires disease strikes st I rffi I is ml Besi h I {closcl Me pers(| ffrith City health officials in New York reported Tuesday that one man has Bund! died from Legionnaires’ desease and another six cases, including one fatality are “highly suspicious. The dead man and the suspected victims all worked in Manhattan’s Garment District. Dr. John Man, director of epidemiology for the New York Health Departmemt said investigators had yet to identify the source of the desease’s bacteria w hich is believed to he carried through the air. The National Center of Disease Control in Atlanta sent specialists to help in the investiga tion. Bruce 1 room I ves thtl forf Seven bombs in Indiana suburb A police car was destroyed by a bomb Tuesday night, marking the seventh bombing in the Indianapolis suburb of Speedway since Fri day. No one was im the car at the time of the blast. No injuries have been reported in any of the seven bombings, but police cannot exp lain who is responsible or w'hy the explosions have been planted. Police Chief Robert Copeland said the explosions cannot he blamed on out-of-towners attending the races. World South Africa rejects U.N. aid On Wednesday South Africa rejected Secretary General Kurt Wal dheim s proposal for a large-scale U.N. peace-keeping operation to guarantee free elections and peaceful transition to independence. South African Foreign Minister Roelof Botha, said South Africa would not accept a U.N. force of 7,500 men and 1,200 civilian offi cials. Botha also objected to a proposal postponing the envisioned independence date beyond Dec. 31, 1978. Botha complained about the continuing guerilla war launched by the South West Africa People’s Organization. He emphasized that South Africa had negotiated believing that all hostilities would cease before the inde pendence plan would go into effect. 361 Weather Partly cloudy and warm becoming milder tonight. High in the mid-90s and low in the mid-70s. The temperature Friday near 90s. Easterly and northeasterly wind at 5 to 10 mph, lightly variable. Probability of rain 20% for today and 30% for tonight. The Battalion LETTERS POUCY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and arc subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit such letters and does not guarantee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for verification. 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