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Vol. 72 No. 99
10 Pages
Monday, February 19, 1979
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Grizzly cartoon
Vietnam is at war again, and
the Asian conflict may involve
the United States, especially if
Russia steps in. See page 2.
]ramm talks
Chith
a, IRS
i Ab-M visit
By SCOTT PENDLETON
Battalion Staff
lecognizing the People s Republic of
na as the government of Taiwan was a
take, freshman Congressman Phil
imm said in College Station Sunday.
I don t think you make new friends by
ning your back on your neighbors and
rold friends,” the representative from
liege Station said.
ne bill Gramm is co-sponsoring calls
the recognition of the Republic of
ina as the legitimate government of
wan and for the United States to reaf-
its military commitments there. He
III
If
Ithat recognition of the communist re-
le as the government of the mainland
all right, since it was merely recogniz-
reality.
Juramm met with reporters Sunday at
ip Memorial Student Center to discuss
■ activities in the 96th Congress so far.
|t was his first visit to Brazos County
cehe took office Jan. 15.
Sramm, a Texas A&M University pro-
sor of economics, was granted a leave of
sence to run for the 6th Congressional
strict seat vacated by Olin E. Teague,
io retired.
I feel things are going well,’ Gramm
jd. Most of the things I have tried to do
pfar have been successful.
■Gramm is co-sponsoring several pieces
legislation. One is a “Taxpayer’s Bill of
pts. It would require the Internal
|venue Service to use due process in its
pings with citizens. •
[For instance, taxpayers being audited
I the Internal Revenue Service would
| v e to be notified of the fact, advised of
pr rights, have the right to counsel, and
}ve a right to a “day in court” if they have
;grievanc^ with the IRS.
iGramm is co-sponsoring two bills to re-
ke bureaucratic regulations. The first
Puld give the appropriate congressional
mmittee the power to veto regulations
W exceed the law.
The bureaucracy, Gramm said, has be-
lue less subject to the executive and
F e like a fourth branch of government.
f me federal agencies even have legisla-
^ e > executive and judicial powers.
The proposed bill would keep the bu-
ttucracy from making rules not founded
f" 1 the law.
The second bill would grant states an
tension of the deadline for compliance
ith Environmental Protection Agency
''inclines.
In order to end the boom and bust cycle
at the beef market goes through,
_ ramm said he is co-sponsoring a bill to
^ quotas on beef imports. The quotas
rr“ f* 6 enlarged when demand is high,
Pn diminished when demand is low, thus
cping the price stable,
ranun is working to extend federal
grams designed to increase medical
ponnel, especially nurses, in areas that
mor e. He called Carter “penny-wise
Pound-foolish” for cutting that item in
L^^ et Proposal. Gramm pointed out
■ : exas has one in twelve of the nation’s
•spitals.
^ r ^ Irirn introduced a balanced budget
L jj me nt, his number one priority, on
fen session. Since then 11
ails e f en ^ at i ves , including five Republi-
j .j /’ om districts ranging from California
q ° ama > are cosponsoring the bill.
. n *he strength of this sponsorship,
^ has asked the House Judiciary
puttee to favor his amendment over
j! j r 0n es. Nine balanced budget
0n ^nts have been proposed this ses-
Q
iys S ’ t ^ le s hortest among them,
'Us a, L^ on & r ess shall make no law that
i 0n es ^ United States to spend more
; p. e ^ ^han it receives in a fiscal year, ex-
ln hme of war or national emergency.
i en j arnrn Predicted that, if his amend-
tifv > etS ° Ut 0 f Congress, 38 states would
’j'jj 1 "'hhin two years.
, dcr e ain endment would cure inflation
in” an officiency displacement sys-
n, Gramm said. That sys-
u d l .. ,c h would include zero-based
lake an< ^ SUn set legislation, would
fcis nfu rarns com pete for funds on the
ig Se w hich does the best job of provid-
Miller: agencies
may ruin country
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Last week Rep. Phil Gramm made his first trip home since taking office in
the U.S. House of Representatives in January. Sunday he was in College
Station and said he’s pleased with his first two months in Washington.
China stops invasion
United Press International
BANGKOK, Thailand — China’s inva
sion force has stopped six miles deep in
Vietnamese territory, but military analysts
said today they were unsure if Peking or
dered its troops to halt or if the attack was
thrown back by Vietnamese defenders.
“There is no sign the Chinese are pul
ling back, but they aren’t advancing
either,” said one source.
Hanoi claimed to have halted the inva
sion, but there also are signs the Chinese
halted their own drive even before
Moscow warned it would honor the terms
of its military pact signed last November
with Hanoi.
A two-paragraph statement Sunday
from the Kremlin said, “Those who decide
the policy in Peking should stop before it
is too late.
In a related development, a Vietnamese
official in Bangkok indicated his nation
would not call for direct Soviet interven
tion but said Vietnam appreciates Russia’s
moral support.
Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping
said today his country will not prolong or
expand the Sino-Vietnamese war and reit
erated that China has no territorial ambi
tion, according to a Japanese news report
from Peking.
The Kyodo News Service said Teng
made the statement during a meeting with
Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the
Organization of American States.
The dispatch quoted Teng as saying
“The combat action this time is a limited
one and retaliation for provocations (by
Vietnam). It will not drag on or expand in
any form.” ,
In one day, the invasion, which began
Saturday, had overrun scores of villages
and at least two key towns along the bor
der, reports said. Hanoi claimed to have
checked the invasion, knocked out 80
Chinese tanks and “put out of action
3,500 troops, including routing 12 battal-
10 A delayed official report Sunday from
Peking — its first actual battle dispatch —
reported fighting at the northwestern
cities of Lao Cai in Vietnam and Hekou in
China. It said the fighting was continuing
with Chinese troops “forcefully beating
back the Vietnamese aggressors.
In Bangkok, Thailand, Western intelh-
eence specialists said the possibility of
Soviet intervention in the China-Vietnam
war could not be ruled out.
The Soviet Union has a small flotilla of
warships in the South China Sea near the
Paracel Island held by China, but claimed
by Vietnam. There also have been reports
that Soviet troops on the China frontier
have increased their readiness.
By JANE LYON
Battalion Reporter
Dr. Jarvis Miller, president of Texas
A&M University, said Saturday that at
titudes and inspection procedures of gov
ernment agencies will kill the United
States, and termed false most of their re
ports warning of possible dangers of foods
and other substances.
Miller made the wrap-up speech Satur
day morning for the 24th Student Confer
ence on National Affairs in place of Lt.
Gov. Bill Hobby, who was prevented from
coming to College Station by the weekend
ice storm.
J. Wayne Stark, director of the Memo
rial Student Center, said Miller spoke
with about 15 minutes advance notice.
Stark said the University had planned to
send a plane to pick up Hobby, but de
cided that would be too dangerous be
cause of the weather.
Miller said the attitudes and “harass
ment” inspection acts of regulations, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
and Occupational Safety and Health Ad
ministration would kill the country.
“We have people in this country con
vinced that everything they eat is harmful,
that everything they eat is going to cause
them problems later in life.”
He said that almost all reports of this
nature are untrue. He named food dyes
and DDT as examples of items found rela
tively safe in recent detailed studies.
“We, in the guise of attacking the prob
lem, have created a real monster,” Miller
said. “Certainly there are problems, and
certainly we need realistic solutions, but
we do not need partial solutions which
create bigger problems than the ones we
had.
“We have loose in this country now
what I call the ‘know-nothing’ attitude.
We seem to have a rebellion against sci
ence and technology ... and some of the
same forces that are tearing other coun
tries apart are tearing our country apart in
the same fashion.”
Miller illustrated the attitude with
examples in the areas of food, safety, wel
fare, and energy.
In the name of trying to feed hungry
people. Miller said we are entering a mas
sive worldwide welfare program that will
ultimately waste the country’s resources
without finding the solution to world
hunger.
“Nuclear science is under attack by the
same forces in a time that we desperately
need every type of new knowledge,” Mil
ler said. He added that the regulations
being imposed are completely unrealistic
in terms of stimulating and promoting the
development of safe energy.
“Because Americans are afraid of some
thing, we automatically try to regulate its
use,” including research on the subject, he
said. “We have too much emphasis on the
sensational. We have too much emphasis
on the partial solution.”
Miller concluded, “We must have a
broad, comprehensive approach to these
problems defined as national problems
and items of national priority.
“We must develop and implement real
solutions to these problems.”
Also speaking Saturday, Texas Secretary
of State George W. Strake, said he wanted
to try to reduce the present budget or op
erate under the one already predicted.
The Legislative Budget Board recom
mended a 22.5 percent increase in the
budgets for all agencies across the state
over what they received last time, Strake
said. But he said the increase will actually
be smaller than that.
For fiscal year 1980, Strake estimated
the budget will increase 2.25 percent over
what was spent in 1979, and 1.18 percent
in 1981. These percentages are too high,
he said.
“What I think we got in the November
election,” Strake said, “was the people
sending a message that the people want a
man who represents less government, bet
ter performance by their public officials,
less taxation, and more discipline among
their people.
“We re faced now \xfith the survival as a
free people,” Strake said. “I am convinced
that between Propositon 13 of California
and the Clements election here in the
state of Texas, that we can change the
whole United States.
“It’s not like 200 years ago where we
had an island we could run to if we didn’t
like what was going on,” Strake said. “This
is the last island.”
Washington’s
holiday today
Don’t try to cash a check today.
It’s the federal holiday for George
Washington’s birthday.
All federal institutions, including the
banks and Post Office, will be closed.
Washington’s actual birthday is Thurs
day, Feb. 22. Several years ago the U.S.
government decided to celebrate most
holidays that fell in the middle of the week
on the Monday proceeding it — to create
more three-day weekends.
If the father of our country were alive,
he’d be 247 years old Thursday, on his real
birthday.
A&M will keep special fund, official says
By DIANE BLAKE
Battalion Staff
Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice president for
academic affairs, told the Academic Coun
cil Friday he believes that the Permanent
University Fund will still be used to “pick
up the requirements of all Texas A&M and
University of Texas systems.”
Prescott said he felt the ad valorem tax
fund, which finances 17 other Texas uni
versities, would be abolished. But in its
place, he said, a state higher education as-
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice president for academic affairs here, says Texas
A&M University and the University of Texas will continue to use the
Permanent University Fund for expenses. Bills have been introduced in
the Texas Legislature that would change distribution of the fund, which
annually supplies millions of dollars to the two university systems.
sistance fund would be created. However,
there is no source of money for the higher
education assistance fund, Prescott said.
“The question is whether the governor
will allow a new dedicated fund to be
created for the other institutions,” he said.
The Permanent University Fund, as
specified in the state constitution, is di
vided between the University of Texas and
Texas A&M University systems. A
number of bills have been introduced in
the Texas Legislature that would change
distribution of the fund. Miller also said
that Texas A&M is “making a strong pitch
to increase funding for organized re
search” to the Legislature. He said the
four major state universities, Texas A&M,
the University of Houston, Texas Tech
University and the University of Texas,
should get direct funding. Safeguards
were needed for other universities, he
said, because “there is no question that
there has been abuse in some institu
tions.”
Near the close of the Academic Council
meeting, Texas A&M University Presi
dent Jarvis E. Miller said that he does not
expect any changes at the System adminis
tration level when a new chancellor is ap
pointed.
“I have been assured that the Texas
A&M University administration will re
main the same. There will be no change in
operational procedure.”
Miller said he doesn’t know how long it
will be before the Board of Regents
chooses another chancellor, but said, “I
sense that they do not feel any pressure to
make a decision.”
In other action, the Academic Council
approved proposals to change transfer re
quirements for the College of Business
Administration, to add members to the
Library Council, and to stiffen require
ments for allowing graduate students to
take final exams.
The Council agreed to lower the trans
fer requirements into the College of Busi
ness Administration from a 2.5 grade point
ratio to a 2.0 GPR.
Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, acting dean in
the college, said this change is only tech
nical — it will put business students who
are listed on other college’s rosters into
the business college itself.
Last semester, Phillips estimated that
about 400 students outside the College of
Business Administration are, for practical
purposes, business majors. They could not
enter the college because of the higher
transfer requirement. Now they can.
Also passed was a proposal to include
representatives from student services and
a non-voting member representing library
faculty in the Library Council.
The Council approved a revision in final
examination rules for graduate students to
require a 3.0 GPR before being given a
final exam.
After the meeting, the Association of
Former Students presented to department
heads $33,500 in Departmental Enrich
ment Funds.
Each department will receive $300-750,
depending on its size. This is the second
year the Former Students have awarded
this fund.
Also announced was the dropping of a
complaint filed with HEW by a woman
charging discriminatory treatment in ad
missions to the graduate school in the Col
lege of Business Administration. Phillips
later told The Battalion that the woman,
who was denied admission two and a half
years ago, filed the complaint last fall. She
has since withdrawn her complaint.
Prescott announced that a $250,000
interest-bearing trust has been set up for
“quality students who are the grist for our
mill at Texas A&M.” He said 28 students
with grade point ratios of 3.8-4.0 had been
given $500-a-year, four-year scholarships,
and two students were given $750-year,
four-year scholarships.
Other “quality” students are given a
free dorm room.
Prescott also said 25 $1,000-year, four-
year scholarships will be offered for “eco
nomically disadvantaged, mostly minority,
students.”