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By KURT ABRAHAM
Battalion Reporter
Texas A&M University will have a great deal more to offer Pan
American countries in the future as its foreign assistance program
expands in new directions, says the school’s president. Dr. Jarvis
Miller.
In remarks before a Pan American Round Table audience on the
Texas A&M campus Wednesday, Miller said a new type of linkage
stressing mutual exchange of information is being established be
tween land grant universities and similar institutions abroad.
“The growth of these institutions, particularly those in Pan
America, finds them becoming more sophisticated, both vertically
and horizontally, ’ said Miller. “We see a major role for Texas A&M in
this, especially as regards research.”
Most of the current research provided by Texas A&M for countries
abroad is carried out by the University’s agriculture and engineering
experiment stations.
The role of land grant universities as primary agents of research
and technology transfer for countries abroad has been recognized by
the U.S. Congress, said Miller.
In Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1975, Congress
provided funds for federal assistance to land grant schools. The
money aids the universities in strengthening their internal capacity to
respond to foreign demands for technological help.
Title XII also provided for federally sponsored projects abroad that
induded five agricultural programs in which Texas A&M has played a
major role. Miller said the extent of Texas A&M’s participation is
especially significant. No other school in the country is involved in
more than one Title XII project.
While the role of the foreign assistance program, which began in
East Pakistan in 1954, is being expanded, Miller stressed that the first
responsibility of the university is to the citizens of Texas.
As the assistance program expands, Texas A&M will be coordinat
ing its activities with those of other Texas institutions such as the
Bishop
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abortion
United Press International
AUSTIN— The Roman
Catholic bishop of the Austin
diocese said he may quit the inf
luential Texas Conference of
Churches because of that group’s
failure to pass an anti-abortion
resolution at its annual meeting
which ended Wednesday.
Bishop Vincent Harris, whose
150,000-member diocese covers
27 counties, said the resolution
he helped draft endorsed the
concept that life begins at con
ception.
The conference revised the
resolution, however, to avoid the
organization taking a stand on
when life begins. After a sharp
floor debate, the conference ta
bled both resolutions.
“It really was sticking a knife
in the back of a lot of people,”
Harris said. “To me not to sup
port an anti-abortion resolution
is an evil.”
Texas A&M “President Jarvis Miller tells a “Longhorn joke”
before his talk to the Pan American Roundtable Thursday
night. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
University of Texas to avoid duplications. “We will attempt to in
crease the fund of knowledge about the rest of the world for the
benefit of Texas citizens and avoiding duplications will help us to do
so in the most efficient manner possible,” Miller said.
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By ROBIN THOMPSON
Battalion Reporter
Starting this month, students who
irk off campus will have a repre-
mtative from the Department of
ibor nearby to hear complaints
id answer questions.
Robert K. Anderson, an inves-
;ator for the Department of Labor,
be in Bryan twice a month to
list in employment related prob-
ns.
He does not have jurisdiction
er public employees, which in-
udes those working for Texas
iM University.
Before this program was started,
rsons wanting to file complaints
ith the Labor Department had to
to Houston.
“Ninety percent of our work is in
earea of non-payment of wages, ”
iderson said.
Other problems that can occur,
iderson said, include failure to be
lid at least semi-monthly, failure
be paid final wages within six
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calendar days, and unauthorized
deductions from wages to offset
theft allegedly caused by an em
ployee.
Anderson said these problems
occur most often in blue-collar jobs
like construction and clerical work.
When a complaint is filed, the
first thing Anderson does is send a
letter to the employer citing the
violation he has been charged with.
Anderson said that many times
after receiving a letter the employer
sends a check immediately to the
employee.
“Fifteen to 20 percent of our cases
are settled very quickly,” he said.
If the letter is ignored, Anderson
said a full-scale investigation is
started which takes about four to six
weeks to complete
Student Legal Adviser Jim Locke
said that from September 1978 to
January 1979 his office has received
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only 14 complaints in the area of
employee rights. He sees approxi
mately 250 students a month.
However, Anderson said this is
because most University students
do not use their services.
“They just chalk it to experience
when they don’t get paid,” he said.
Anderson will be in Room 511A of
the Varisco Building in Bryan on the
second and fourth floors Tuesdays
of each month.
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