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AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements,
apparently upset,at recent counts
showing his highly touted effort to
reduce state payrolls has not suc
ceeded, is sending letters to state
bureaucrats calling for commitments
to cut staffs 5 percent by Aug. 31.
“Iffor any reason your agency can
not possibly meet or exceed this ob
jective, I ask that you provide me in
writing a very detailed explanation of
such reason by Feb. 1, 1980, " Cle
ments said in his two-page letters to
top agency administrators and board
members.
Clements for months had been
saying the state bureaucracy was
well on its way to meeting his payroll
reduction plans, claiming the num-
Gov. Bill Clements
ber of state workers had been cut
4,000 since he took office a year ago.
Figures released by Comptroller
Bob Bullock last month, however,
showed there were 2,931 more peo
ple on the state payroll in November
than when Clements became gov
ernor.
Clements athirst suggested Bul
lock’s figures were incorrect but
apparently learned it was his count
that was off at a Dec. 21 closed door
session with top agency heads.
In the letter released Monday Cle
ments said, T was concerned by the
fact that while state agencies are re
sponding by planning to reduce the
number of budgeted positions by
Aug. 31, 1980, they are not project
ing sufficient reduction in actual em
ployees on the payroll as of Aug. 31,
1980.”
Clements noted that state agen
cies traditionally budget or request
more job slots than actually are
needed and customarily have more
positions than they intend to fill.
Thus the agencies can cut their
“budgeted positions’ without reduc
ing the actual size of their staff.
Clements indicated Monday such
cuts in paper positions were re
ported by some agencies that in
creased their staff size.
Southwest to fly despite strike
“My objective has never varied
from the day I took office in that I
have called for reduction in the
actual number of state employees,
not for a reduction of some budget
number which was never intended
to be filled, Clements said.
“While it is appropriate to plan for
or budget a reduced number of em
ployees it is also imperative that the
actual number of employees also be
reduced. ”
Clements said he wants 8,000 jobs
eliminated during the fiscal year that
ends Aug. 31 as part of his four-year
goal for cutting 25,000 people from
state payrolls.
The comptroller’s office reported
the number of workers on state
payrolls increased from 167,144 em
ployees in January 1979 to 170,075
employees during November.
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DALLAS — Officials of Southwest
Airlines, which is operating on a re
duced schedule because of a day-old
machinists strike, said Monday they
expect to continue flying indefinitely
with supervisors maintaining air
craft.
The 125 International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace workers
struck the regional air carrier Sunday
morning, grounding one-third of
Southwest’s airplanes.
“We expect to continue indefinite
ly to perform maintainence with su
pervisory personnel,” said South
west spokesman Judy Christa.
“Things seem to be flowing
smoothly.”
Pickets were placed at Dallas
Love Field and Houston’s Hobby
Airport, but most trades were cros
sing the lines to work.
Joe Medley, IAW district 46
assistant director, said pickets were
planned for all 12 cities Southwest
serves. In addition. Medley said the
union was appealing to other unions
not to handle Southwest equipment.
Though the strike has forced a cut
back in service to December 1978
levels, the company said there have
been no layoffs and none are antici
pated.
“As far as I know we re not looking
at any layoffs,” Christa said.
Officials said that though all per
sonnel who show up for work will be
paid their basic rate at least through
Feb. 1, there was some loss of per-
flight bonus pay because of the ser
vice reduction.
The union walked off the job in a
dispute over pay, which it claims is
the lowest in the nation. Current
salaries are about $9.10 an hour,
while similar workers at other air
lines make more than $11 per hour.
The contract ran out in August
1979 but negotiations continued un
til early Sunday morning, when the
union overwhelmingly rejected what
the company said was its final offer.
Airline spokeswoman Camille
Keith said schedules had been re
duced since only 12 of the carrier ’s 18
Boeing 737s were in service. She
said, however, all 11 Texas cities
served by Southwest, and New
Orleans, were still receiving service.
The strike forced the airline to
cancel 745 of its weekly flights, leav
ing it with 901. All Saturday flights
have been temporarily discon
tinued, said Southwest President
Howard Putnam. A revised flight
schedule will be published in news
papers today, he added.
The union represents mechanics,
stock clerks and airplane cleaners
among Southwest’s 1,500 em
ployees.
Emergency’ causes hijacking in Gulf
United Press International
FREEPORT — A shrimp boat
captain and crewman are back on dry
land after being held captive for 24
hours. The kidnap occurred early
Saturday when another erbw mem
ber told them he was anxious to re
turn home because of an emergency.
Robin Alexander Stansbury, 22, of
Brownsville, was charged with
“crime on the high seas — kidnap
ping”.
An FBI spokesman said no motive
had been established for the inci
dent, which involved captain Jack
Waller Jr. and crewman Ronald
Bush, also of Brownsville.
The shrimper Easy Rider was
anchored about 25 miles southeast of
Morgan City, La., when the kidnap
happened. The boat was finally stop
ped 200 miles later by Coast Guards
men and FBI agents.
Waller said he was down in the
boat’s engine room when he went
topside to find Stansbury holding a
pistol and a rifle.
He (Stansbury) said he wanted to
go to Brownsville. He said he had an
emergency, which didn’t make any
sense, since we had a radio,” Waller
said.
Stansbury had worked for Waller
for 13 days before the incident as a
“header,” preparing shrimp for
storage.
Waller said he raised the anchor
and headed toward Brownsville. He
put out a mayday call, saying he was
being held at gunpoint.
The Coast Guard began tracking
the Easy Rider on radar, and finally
boarded the boat Sunday morning.
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Build your own banana split—Extremists welcome!
Campus minister in MSC 9 A.M.
appointment.
2 P.M. Call 846-2394 for counseling
Aggie Supper—6:15. BASIC FAITH II
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693-2122 or 846-2394 for details.
Joint UCM Winter Retreat in the Texas Hill Country
TAMU and LAMAR UNIVERSITY.
Location: Camp Crysalis
Theme: Journey to the Center of Life
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