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Thursday, November 6, 1980
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eagan putting economy
s nation’s top priority
; United Press International
)S ANGELES — Ronald Reagan says
rst priority will be the economy and
fthe things he wants to do is institute a
g freeze on federal employees,
an interview with ABC-TV Wednes-
Reagan also said he intended to
jach the major decisions of his pres-
:y as though he would only be in office
mr years.
Iced if he planned to serve only one
, Reagan replied: “I have no way of
ering that. I am going to make every
ion that has to be made on the basis
[ only have these four years. I think
leep better if you do it that way. What
an is, no decision will be made on the
of discussing the political ramifica-
hen it will be up to the people to de
al the end of four years if they want you
ntinue or not.”
response to a question about his first
ity, Reagan said, “I would like to put a
e on hiring of employees to replace
: who leave government service.
h did that also in California and found
ost effective in holding down the
th in the size in government, but I
d like to get immediately at the econo
program that I have discussed in the
aaign to bring an end as quickly as
hie to the things that are putting our
ile out of work. ”
sagan was scheduled to hold his first
> conference since the election at 2
ESI today.
lagan spent most of his first day as pres-
Ijt-elect Wednesday in the seclusion of
’acific Palisades home, discussing the
ition in administrations with running
mate George Bush, who flew in from Hous
ton, and staff members.
One of Reagan’s first acts as the newly
elected chief executive will be to confer
with President Carter on negotiations to
bring the 52 American hostages home from
Iran, said Chief of Staff Edwin Meese.
“We will work out a way in which to
cooperate in any fashion that might help
our national interest and help in getting the
hostages home,” Meese said at a news con
ference.
Meese said there is no agreement yet on
how Carter and Reagan will work together
on the hostage situation “because the two
gentlemen just talked last night. ”
Among the names already mentioned for
the Reagan team that will move America
from a Carter administration to a Reagan
administration, is that of Richard V. Allen,
the senior foreign affairs adviser who drop
ped out of the campaign after he was ac
cused of using Nixon administration ties to
promote his consulting business.
Lyn Nofziger, Reagan’s press secretary,
confirmed that Allen, who has denied the
accusation, would be a member of the tran
sition team. Reagan has said he has “full
confidence” in Allen and aides said there is
no truth to the allegations of impropriety.
Other members of the national security
transition group will be Sen. Henry Jack-
son, D-Wash., former Florida Democratic
Sen. Richard Stone, and prominent
Washington attorney Edward Bennett Wil
liams, Reagan aides said.
At the news conference, Meese said
Reagan would be spending time both in
California and Washington, D.C., during
the two and a half months until his Jan. 20
inauguration.
over, business goes on...
World watching U.S.
United Press International
Washington, the nation and the world
are looking for the meaning of America’s
“turn to the right” 1980 election that put
Ronald Reagan into the White House
and a conservative Republican majority
into the U.S. Senate.
The nation’s capital, which has seen
39 presidents come and go in the last
189 years, awaited the arrival of the
triumphant Republicans with detach
ment that masked below-the-surface
jockeying for preferred places in the
new administration.
Across the country, the voters waited
for concrete evidence of the change they
mandated in giving Reagan a crushing
electoral vote landslide and, for the first
time in a quarter century, partial GOP
control of Congress.
And foreign governments watched
with varying degrees of interest and
anxiety for signs of change in the Amer
ican role in world affairs, especially in
the U.S. approach to the Soviet and
Chinese superpowers.
The first indications could come
quickly: Reagan conferred Wednesday
with running mate George Bush and
scheduled his first news conference as
president-elect this afternoon (2 p.m.
EST) in Los Angeles.
President Carter talked to reporters
in the White House Wednesday before
taking some time off. He made clear
there were still some accomplishments
on his agenda in the 10 weeks left before
he rides with Reagan to the inaugura
tion stands on Capitol Hill Jan. 20.
“I will do everything I can to work
with Governor Reagan,” the defeated
Democrat said. “But I will be president
for the next two and a half months until
he takes office.”
Carter specifically mentioned con
tinuation of his efforts to free the 52
American hostages in Iran, which has
made the first concrete proposals for
their release since the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran was seized a year ago.
Carter did not offer his own predic
tions of what would change under
Reagan, except to say, “I have a firm
belief that Governor Reagan will do his
utmost to keep the peace.”
That issue was of vital interest abroad,
where Reagan’s campaign proposal to
junk the SALT II treaty and seek a bet
ter arms limitation agreement with Rus
sia had caused some concern.
Most of the major U.S. allies offered
what diplomatic observers called “pro
forma” congratulations to Reagan, with
perhaps the most enthusiastic coming
from Britain’s Conservative Prime
Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
The Soviet Union pledged continued
efforts to maintain good relations, but
said the fate of SALT II was a factor.
China, which was upset early in the
campaign by Reagan’s proposal to im
prove U.S. relations with Taiwan,
issued a rather blunt warning against
harming the current Peking-
Washington ties.
Carter taking time off
to plan transition
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Carter is
taking a few days off at Camp David to
ponder his future outside the White House
and to make plans for a smooth transition of
power to Ronald Reagan.
But he made it clear in an Oval Office
meeting with White House reporters be
fore taking off for th mountaintop hideaway
Wednesday that he is still in charge and will
be until Jan. 20.
“I’m going to stay at Camp David off and
on, probably, for about a week,” Carter
said, adding he would be returning to the
White House several times to meet with his
advisers.
Carter designated White House Chief of
Staff Jack Watson to stay in touch with
Reagan’s transition team and to ease the
way for a Reagan presidency.
He said he is preparing an agenda of the
bases he must touch before leaving office,
including preparation for a special session
of Congress this month. He also will be
meeting with Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin on Nov. 13, hoping to
keep the Middle East peace momentum
going.
"I feel very much at ease and look for
ward to getting a few days rest, and I want
to go out of this office in two and a half
months and make this, hopefully, the best
two and a half months of the whole adminis
tration,” he said.
He said he and his wife Rosalynn will
have “a chance to talk about what we want
to do. ”
Carter appeared to have no major regrets
and said he hopes that his achievements,
particularly in foreign policy, will become
more clear to the American people as the
years go on. He said he did not think the
election was a rejection of him personally.
He seems to be at peace with himself and
looking forward to his future after the
White House and writing his memoirs.
He said he believes that Reagan, despite
campaign promises, will be hamstrung by
many of the same problems he faced, in
cluding “inexorable historical movements
that we don’t have control over as we for
merly did.”
Carter said he did not think the pres
idency itself is in trouble, saying it is “still
strong and intact.”
“If we have failed, I think it’s in not
getting across to the public the significance
of these key issues that we have addres
sed,” he said.
Asked if he was looking forward to being
free of the burden, he said, “Well, in a way.
There’s no way to escape day or night.
“Somewhere in the world something is
going on about which you have to be con
cerned,” he added. “I have not found it to
be onerous. It has been a very gratifying
experience for me. I’ve looked forward to
each day with anticipation. I’ve never
approached even the most serious crisis
with a sense of dread, but obviously for
someone else to be dealing with the routine
duties will be a relief.
“And I’d like to contemplate about his
tory and perspective and where our nation
goes from now. Still, like I said (on election
night), I love this country, its people, and
the election hasn’t affected that feeling.”
mis & Crofts
give bonfire
irformance
he MSC Town Hall committee has con-
ifed Seals & Crofts for a Bonfire concert
jNov. 25.
kets go on sale at the Rudder Box
Thursday, Nov. 13, for $7.50, $7 and
btion pass holders may get their tickets
day through Wednesday.
[tlanta asks
BI to help
id killer
United Press International
kNTA—Two FBI agents joined the
Jih today — temporarily — for a killer
Itbrizing the black community, but
lor Maynard Jackson angrily insisted
pity needs full-time support from the
feau to solve the murders of 11 children
|the disappearance of 4 others.
: a “Day of Reconciliation” memorial
dnesday, Maynard lashed out at the
Bl|before joining a crowd of 200 who link-
pands at the Central City Park
phitheater, praying for the victims,
rch bells tolled in the distance.
_| r\\lQ Maynard said he had urged FBI officials
(J O V w I Washington on at least four occasions to
4p the city’s 35-member task force.
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Iran says Reagan’s victory
could delay hostage release
United Press International
The head of Iran’s hostage investigating panel predicted the
release of the 52 Americans will take longer because of President
Carter’s loss to Ronald Reagan, and he revived the threat of spy
trials for the captives if Iran’s four conditions are not met.
“We would have finalized the matter earlier if Carter had been
re-elected,” Hojatolleslam Musavi Khoini, deputy speaker of
Iran’s parliament, was quoted as saying Wednesday, the day that
the dimensions of Reagan’s stunning victory became known.
Tehran radio said Khoini, head of the commission which inves
tigated the hostages, told Greek television that Reagan’s election
“has no effect on the issue of the hostages,” but a solution “will
take longer because Reagan has only just taken over.”
In fact, Reagan assumes office Jan. 20, leaving the Carter
administration 10 weeks to deal with the hostage dilemma, and
Wednesday Algerian Ambassador Redha Malek, the U.S. inter
mediary with Iran, met for one hour with Deputy Secretary of
State Warren Christopher.
Malek was told the United States is still studying the Iranian
conditions for the hostage release — a pledge not to interfere in
Iranian affairs, dropping financial claims against Iran, freeing
Iranian assets frozen in the UVNITED States and a move to return
the wealth of late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
But Khoini said if the conditions are not met, the hostages will
stand trial — a threat that has been repeated intermittently as the
369-day hostage drama has been played out.
State Department spokesman John Trattner in Washington
made no comment on Khoini’s remarks that Reagan’s election
would delay release of the hostages, now a year and two days in
captivity.
Carter has said he would dedicate the remaining 10 weeks of his
presidency to bringing the hostages home. In Los Angeles, a
senior Reagan adviser said although there is no agreement yet
between them on a joint approach, both sides have expressed a
desire to work together.
Lame duck session to be short
United Press International
WASHINGTON — With the new Senate firmly under Repub
lican control and the House governed only by a shaky Democratic
majority, the lame duck session of the current Congress promises
to be short and unproductive despite a pile of pending legislation.
The lame duck session — now being called the “dead duck”
session — begins Nov. 12 with numerous bills still hanging,
including the fiscal 1981 budget and all government money bills.
Rep. Bob Michel, R-Ill., now No. 2 in the House GOP leader
ship and a candidate for the top spot in the new House, suggested
that all remaining legislation be postponed until the new Reagan-
era Congress meets next year, with the government continuing to
run under a temporary continuing resolution.
“I would think we would have to explore the possibility of a
caretaker resolution,” said Michel in a telephone interview from
his Peoria home.
Senate GOP leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, who vowed he
would be re-elected and become majority leader of the new
Senate, said he would like to work on the budget and major
appropriations bills now, but put off any other substantive legisla
tion — including a tax cut — until the new 97th Congress next
year.
Congress has given final action to none of the appropriations
bills that are necessary to run the government during the fiscal
year that began Oct. 1. Nor has it passed a budget resolution for
the current fiscal year.
mate votes down alcohol bill
MSC Basement to go suds-less
By NANCY ANDERSEN
Battalion StafT
be student senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday
eep beer out of the MSC Basement,
he Basement Competitiveness Resolution was defe-
I by a 54 to 18 vote after limited debate. A motion to
insider the vote was also defeated.
I The bill asked that the senate recommend that permis-
be granted for the MSC Basement to apply for a
nit to sell beer on weekends. The bill’s purpose was to
ease the MSC Basement’s ability to compete with
liar off-campus establishments serving alcohol,
he cons brought out in debate against serving beer
e:
: would change the crowd that goes to the Basement,
Ward II Senator Rick Seger.
t would degrade the quality of entertainment and
ild generate a lot of trash, said Aston/Dunn Senator
tt Hall.
bm Esselbum, college of agriculture senior senator,
[arguments which say the MSC Basement is not a part
be MSC because it has a separate entrance and Corps
ladet members are not required to wear uniforms are
valid. “You don’t have to be a building construction
or to see that the Basement is a part of the MSC,”
elbum said.
t might set a precedent for selling alcohol in other
Paces on campus, said Tracy Cox, vice president for
•nance. Also, Cox said, people go there because there is
no beer. “Somethingis wrong with the Basement if selling
beer is the only way to increase attendance,” he said.
Supporters of the bill said during debate:
“This is something that will help the MSC Basement,”
said Julie Spinn, vice president for rules and regulations.
“It will help attract better entertainment and provide
better service to students.”
Pat Pearson, Ward II senator, said serving beer in the
MSC might create an alternative to the overcrowded
Northgate bars.
Janet Golub, graduate off-campus senator, said the
senators needed to be a litde more realistic. “It sounds
like Aggies are a bunch of teetotalers.”
The vote came after these few arguments.
No action was taken on any of the other bills on the
agenda.
The Row Indication of TAMU Parking Lots which
would put row markers in nine of the larger parking lots is
being held in committee until the end of the semester.
Two of the bills were withdrawn.
The Ticket Distribution Bill attempted to guarantee
good football seats for seniors by issuing tickets only from
certain sections on senior draw day. Sponsor Brian
Shepherd said he withdrew the bill because “I decided
that it wouldn’t do any good.”
The Drill Field Memorial Bill recommended replacing
the plaques on the oak trees surrounding the drill field.
These trees serve as memorials to the Aggies who died in
World War I. Eric Langford, vice president for student
services, said this is already being done by Gen. Ormond
Simpson, University assistant vice president for student
services, and his staff.
The senators heard three bills on first reading, which
means that unless placed on emergency no action can be
taken.
The Happy Hour Bill would extend the “happy hours”
when students can run computer programs without
charge from the current 7:30 to 10 p.m. Monday through
Thursday to 5:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thurs
day. Bill sponsor Steve Crumley said “this would increase
the availability of computer times and decrease waiting
lines.”
The bill also recommends that printed information ab
out all computer facilities’ locations and hours be distri
buted through computer-related classes.
Also, the Enhancement of Silver Taps Bill recommends
the closing of all campus-wide facilities from 10 to 11 p.m.
when Silver Taps is being held. Bill sponsor Cox said he
originally wrote the bill to stop any intramural events, but
extended it to include other source of noise during the
ceremony.
The Campus Beautification Bill recommends that
appropriate action be taken to clean up the rut paths
around campus created by continous pedestrian traffic.
The worst areas are the two paths by the fish pond and the
one behind the Zachry Engineering Center, sponsor Cox
said.
But it doesn't mean me...
Apparently bicyclers tend to disregard the no parking sign behind Hel-
denfelds Hall. The sign requests that the space remain clear for wheel
chair, delivery and emergency evacuation access.
Mao Tse-Tung widow
formally indicted
United Press International
PEKING — China said today a formal
indictment of treason against the widow of
Mao Tse-tung and other conspirators has
been handed to a special court to open the
way for their long-awaited trial.
The announcement of the indictment
was the last legal obstacle to the trial of
Jiang Qing, three other members of the
notorious “Gang of Four” and six followers
of the late Defense Minister Lin Piao.
The long-awaited trial is now expected to
open within the next few days after several
further technicalities are fulfilled.
The official Xinhua news agency said the
prosecutor’s office handed the indictment
to the special court which was now examin
ing the document outlining several charges
of treason against the defendants.
This examination will conclude “in a
couple of days” when the indictment will
then be served on the defendants them
selves. The trial will start about seven days
after that.