The Battalion
Vol. 74 No. 79
14 Pages in 2 Sections
Serving the Texas A&M University community
Tuesday, January 20, 1981
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ast-minute snag delays hostage release
United Press International
|The United States and Iran reached total
ement today on a deal to free the 52
ges in exchange for $9 billion in frozen
i assets. The White House said all
; transferred and it expected the
litious release of our hostages.”
White House spokesman Jody Powell
said, ‘‘The president was informed at 8:17
(a.m. EST) that the government of Algeria
has notified the government of Iran the
transfer of the previously frozen assets to an
escrow account has been completed.
Powell said the financial snag that bede
viled the release of the hostages most of
Monday dealt with how much interest was
due on Iranian accounts in U.S. banks.
“We had a difierent view of how to deal
with it than they did,” he said.
But now, he said, that problem has been
ironed out and “we now have every right to
expect and do expect the expeditious re
lease of our hostages.
“We have done everything that we have
said we would do prior to the release of the
hostages,” Powell said. He added officials
expected the 52 American hostages to be
released by the Iranians “without undue
delay. ”
In Tehran, Iran’s chief hostage nego
tiator Bezhad Nabavi said, “Now the hos
tages are ready to fly. All preparations are
made and the hostages will go home to their
families.”
Powell, who stood by through the last
night of the Carter administration, said,
“The president was informed just a few
minutes ago by (Treasury) Secretary (G.
William) Miller all the funds accumulated
from all the (U.S.) banks are now in the
Federal Reserve in London.”
An Iranian government communique in
Tehran said the United States had agreed
to all its conditions for the release of the
hostages, and “a large portion of the Iranian
assets consisting of cash, gold and prom
issory notes has been received by the Alge
rian central bank to be dispatched to Iran in
due course.”
‘Secret appendix’
denied by Sta te
Fender Bender
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
Wet weather was the contributing factor in a three car accident that
occurred around 12:45 p.m. Monday. One vehicle southbound on Wel-
born road collided with another car entering the intersection of Joe
Routt and Welborn Rd. A third car, stopped at the intersection, was
struck by one of the cars sliding on the wet pavement. No charges had
been filed and no injuries reported in the accident report filed by
College Station Police.
unshot wound kills former Speaker
United Press International
TY — Investigators said today
yplanned to question the wife of former
sllouse Speaker Price Daniel Jr., who
Bshot to death at his home late Monday.
“She was pretty hysterical and they took
(ertothe hospital, gave her a sedative and
ehaven’t talked to her yet,” said Liberty
unity Sheriff Buck Echols. “We expect
;to Mrs. Daniel later today.”
Echols said officers found Daniel's body
i hallway between the kitchen and a
ort shortly after 7:43 p.m. Monday
Mrs. Daniel summoned an ambu-
! to the home.
recovered a shot gun and a .22
lliber rifle from the house. We believe at
is time he was shot with the .22, ” Echols
He said wounds indicated Daniel was
t more than once” and authorities re-
feved two spent cartridges in the kitchen.
Daniel and the couple’s two chil-
i were believed to have been in the
me when the shooting occurred, he said,
d’s body was taken to Ben Taub
1 in Houston, where an autopsy
1 be performed, Echols said.
s deputies were notified after
: attendants arrived and disco-
red Daniel was dead.
:1,40, was the son of Price Daniel, a
mer governor, U.S. senator and Texas
preme Court justice.
[ The former speaker also presided over
: Texas Constitutional Convention in
171, and ran unsuccessfully for the Demo
cratic nomination for attorney general in
1978, losing narrowly to Mark White.
Daniel’s attempt for the statewide office
was marred from the outset. His second
wife, the former Vickie Moore of Liberty,
filed for divorce shortly after Daniel
announced his candidacy in 1977. She
withdrew the petition a month later, but
Daniel’s almost flawless image had been
damaged by his divorce three years earlier
from his first wife and the second divorce
petition just as his campaign was begin
ning.
The younger Daniel had built his cam
paign for the speakership first among the
“Dirty 30” group that opposed Speaker
Gus Mutscher during the 1971 Legislature,
then won the backing of labor and a wide
philosophical range of new House mem
bers in 1973 as the Legislature underwent
one of the biggest membership turnovers
in history.
He pledged during his campaign to serve
only one term as speaker, and campaigned
on a platform of nine so-called “reform”
bills. Those proposals included the Open
Meetings Act, Open Records Act, lobby
control and registration, and campaign fi
nance reporting for speaker candidates
and ethics.
“My primary goal is to bring about a
change — reform if you will — in the way
the House operates. We can restore public
confidence in the legislative process,”
Daniel said in 1972 after he had clinched
his election as speaker.
“I want all 150 members doing what they
know is right. We’re going to try to do a
good job for the people of Texas instead of
playing games up here.”
Randall Wood, lobbyist for Common
Cause during Daniel’s term as speaker,
gave Daniel the primary credit for the pas
sage of the reform bills.
“I guess the Open Records Act had
more impact than anything else he did,
and we pretty well take it for granted now
days. I think that was the first such piece
of legislation passed by any state in the
country at that time,” Wood said late
Monday.
“That was all part of his contribution, and
I don’t think it would have been passed
without him. You can attribute some of that
to the times, it was the right point in time to
pass that legislation, but more than that, he
was sincere about it and worked for it very
hard.”
Daniel worked his way through Baylor
University and the Baylor law school by
operating a rare book business and invest
ing in and managing rental properties. He
was justice of the peace in Liberty County
in 1966-67, and was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1969, serving a total of
three terms.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — State Department
officials deny there is a “secret appendix” to
the hostage agreement with Tehran, and
confirm Iran will receive some previously
ordered U.S. military spare parts.
State Department and White House
officials were responding to Iranian charges
an 11-page appendix on banking proce
dures was “an under-handed” last-minute
attempt to hold up the exchange of the
hostages for Iran’s assets.
Secretary of State Edmund Muskie de
scribed the technical papers attached to the
agreement as “implementing documents”.
“We are plowing our way through it, and
I think it’s managable,” he said.
Detailed public explanation, including
the exact amount of money involved in the
swap of frozen Iranian assets for the 52
hostages, will be withheld until the Amer
icans are out of Iran, officials said.
State Department spokesman John
Trattner said the military spares Iran
ordered and paid for before the Nov 4,
1979, seizure of the U.S. Embassy are in
cluded in “other assets”—besides financial
ones — that will be returned.
Iran had about,,$500. million in spare
parts ordered and paid for. Some of the
equipment — the State Department will
not say how much — since has been taken
over by U. S. military forces, and the frozen
Iranian bank accounts have been reim
bursed.
Underlying the deal is the simple con
cept of exchanging the 52 Americans for
Iran’s assets, as they existed 14V2 months
ago.
However, since those assets have be
come entangled in a labyrinth of lawsuits
and loan defaults, the idea becomes ex
tremely complicated.
The final agreement consists of two “de
clarations” by the government of Algeria,! ;
which acted as intermediary. The device j
preserves the fiction, insisted on by Iran,! j
that there were no direct negotiations with !
the United States.
One document establishes a nine- j
member international arbitration panel, in- j
eluding three Americans and three Ira- I
nians, to settle contractual disputes be
tween Iran and the United States.
The other is designed to frdfill the four :
conditions laid down by Ayatollah Ruhollah j
Khomeini on Sept 12, 1980:
—The United States pledges to not in- j
tervene militarily or politically in Iran’s j
affairs. Iran insisted the United States in-j I
sert the phrase “from now on,” implying an! •
admission the United States had inter-j |
vened in the past.
—The United States is to return Iran’s
frozen assets, while Iran promises to set up| j
a $1 billion fund as a guarantee that all
successful legal claims against Iran by
American companies will be paid.
—The United States revokes all trade
sanctions against Iran, presumably includ
ing the ban on the purchase of Iranian oil.
Other Western countries and Japan were
expected to follow.
—The U.S. government “will promptly
withdraw” all claims against Iran, and bar
lawsuits by the hostages or anybody else
against Iran in U.S. courts or the World!
Court.
—The American government will freeze'
assets of the late Shah Mohammed Reza|
Pahlavi and “his close relatives,” and will
order U.S. banks to identify such property.!
The United States will not stand in the way
of Iranian suits attempting to seize those
assets.
Special meeting set for tonight
Council tables reorganization
\Reagan to be sworn in
United Press International
j WASHINGTON—Jimmy Carter leaves
; today as the 39th president, denied
is deep hope to end four years in office by
' in a happy ending to the hostage
Carter was forced to cancel plans to fly to
nany Monday to welcome the Amer-
i hostages when Iran failed to release
i and Carter’s travel time before the
uration ran out.
But Carter quickly accepted President-
t Ronald Reagan’s invitation to repre-
it the nation as a private citizen while the
hostages recuperate in Wiesbaden, West
Germany.
In the final hours of his presidency to
day, he and Mrs. Carter will welcome the
Reagans to the White House.
After Reagan takes the oath of office at
noon and gives his inaugural address, Car
ter will walk from the West Front of the
Capitol to the East Front and board a
motorcade for a short farewell ceremony at
Andrews Air Force Base.
Carter — acting as a special envoy —-
may fly to Germany tonight or early
Wednesday, should the hostages be freed.
Ross Volunteers to march
in inaugural parade today
Today marks not only a big day for
Wald Reagan, soon to be 40th president
^ the United States, but also one of the
more exciting days for the Texas A&M Uni-
rsity Ross Volunteers.
TheR.V.s this afternoon will represent
»e nation’s military marching units in the
lugural parade.
And those who watch closely just might
atch a glimpse of them on national televi-
ftn marching in their traditional white pa-
kde uniforms, toting drill rifles.
Since preparation to attend the pres
idential inauguration began in May last
year, the R.V.s were never quite certain
they were going until recently. First, Gov.
Bill Clements refused to approve the use of
state funds to cover the cost of transporting
the 104 active members of the organiza
tion.
Then, Reagan decided to decrease the
number of military units in the parade,
before deciding to reverse that decision.
By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
MSC Council members accepted a re
port to reorganize the executive structure
Monday night but tabled a motion to imple
ment the report’s recommendations.
President Ernen Haby cast a tie
breaking vote which delayed voting on the
reorganization until more of the council’s
19 voting members were present. The vote
for tabling was 7-6.
Amendments to the constitution and
bylaws which would implement the recom
mendations will be voted on in a special
meeting tonight.
After a lengthy, controversial discussion
of the report prepared by a reorganization
committee, council members abruptly
voted in favor of the report.
The report presented an expanded ex
ecutive structure with six vice presidents:
Development, Finance, Operations, Pro
grams, Public Relations and Student De
velopment.
The report also recommended 17 assis
tants — known as directors and coordina
tors — to assist the vice presidents.
The main point of controversy among
council members was the increase in per
sonnel within the structure. There are 19
council officers now; the plan calls for 24.
Sara Morse, vice president of programs,
explained that the aim of the reorganization
committee, composed of council members,
staff advisers and faculty, was to create a
structure which would eliminate work
overload for specific officers and also pro
vide for growth within the entire MSC
Council and Directorate structure.
Paul Fischer, director of operations,
spoke firmly in favor of the structure as
presented.
“This structure is very well what we
need to allow for growth,” he said.
In contrast, however. Directorate Rep
resentative Kirk Kelly said the proposed
structure is too large for the MSC’s present
needs. He suggested eliminating several of
the proposed positions under the vice pres
idents and letting each vice presidential
area grow to require those subordinate
positions.
President
VP-Development
VP-Finance
1
3"
Director
Director
Dev. Finance
of Accounts
Director
Director
Fund Raising
of Funds
Director Dev.
Director
Public Relations
Budget/Planning
Director
VP-Opcrations
VP-Programs
VP-Public
Relations
VP-Student
Development
Director
MSC Services
Director
Non-MSC Svcs.
of Procedures
Coordinator
of Programs
Coordinator
of Programs
Director
of Promotions
G
Director
of Personnel
Director
Ads/Publicity
Coordinator
of Programs
Coordinator
of Programs
Coordinator
of Projects
Coordinator
of Projects
The Council will consider the proposal again at 6 p.m.
today.
This table shows the proposed organization of the MSC
Council under a plan the Council tabled Monday night.
Another item of controversy concerned
input by Directorate members who would
be affected by the proposed structure. Sev
eral Directorate members said Directorate
chairmen did not have adequate time to
review the proposed structure and submit
their views to Council.
The agenda was passed out Monday.
Directorate members also said the prop
osed structure would lessen the leadership
given to their committees by the vice presi
dent of programs (VPP).
The VPP serves as chairman of the
Directorate, which is composed of the
chairmen of the 19 MSC committees.
Under the plan the VPP would gain four
program coordinators, each to work with
five committees. The VPP would direct
those four coordinators and two project
coordinators who would work with the
council’s special projects.
Bryan Hall, Directorate representative,
said the proposed structure is too compart
mentalized and would attract quality stu
dents away from Directorate committees.
The Coordinator postions would be filled
by students now working on committees.
A committee of 15 Council officers,
Directorate representatives, staff advisers
and faculty created the proposal based on
research that began in March.
The constitutional amendments and
bylaws which would implement the prop
osed executive structure require a two-
thirds majority vote of all voting members
to pass.
If passed, the proposal will then be sub
ject to approval by Dr. John Koldus, vice
president for student services, and Dr.
Charles Samson, acting president of Texas
A&M University, before taking effect next
fall. All changes in the MSC Council’s Con
stitution require approval by these admi
nistrators.
Council members will meet at 6 p.m.
tonight in the conference room of the Stu
dent Programs Office (216T MSC).