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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1981)
Matures re ' 70, he doesn t want to be‘Monday morning quarterback’ >fthe ■rhisbdii >y other,' “W slit, hopes fo,, •uildabff '■Dallas, not appj ^asnotp 'is propoi raents on ‘f tie lean legisli [° worl( l; : he can 11 have mo ™g,a(li it was hettei ss thanii ergr. luch mn he vm ays the elligent had indai needs off :ed to ph 12 ntotrouh related i ! why heli V camp In rayed G 1 man* sibleforl 14 yean planned who sts to G» rice Daniel, Sr. United Press International LIBERTY — Price Daniel Sr. spent four decades in public office — as legislator, Texas House speaker, attorney general, governor, U.S. senator and judge. Now retired, he keeps his thoughts to himself, at least until his book is published. He refuses virtually any comment on state and national affairs. ‘ I’m no Monday morning quarterback and don’t care to be in a position of telling people how to run their government,” Daniel says. “It’s not my responsibility and I haven’t studied the facts. “When you retire, you still have ideas. But I certainly am not going to spend my time deciding what is right or wrong for other people. ” (Daniel’s son, Price Daniel Jr., 39, was shot to death at his home Monday, prior to his being interviewed by UPI.) At 70, Daniel has become a more private man, preferring to work on the book, tend to his ranch, practice a little law, spend time with his wife and family — or just go fishing, run his cattle and enjoy the scenery of life. Daniel has mellowed, but he remains a lively conversation alist. The man whose ancestors settled in Liberty in 1824 and who has held more offices than any other Texan in history, quickly and politely cuts off talk about himself. “I don’t see anything great about me,” he said. “The great men—Sam Houston and Jim Hogg — fought hard for the state and the people. I tried to follow the example of those two, but I didn’t have the opportunity to do as much as them except in the tidelands.” History probably will record as his most important accom plishment the tidelands case, when he fought for years with the federal government for state control of revenues from oil and gas found in the 4 million acres of submerged lands within 10 miles of the Texas coast. As attorney general, U.S. senator and governor, Daniel continued the battle until he won. Because the courts finally agreed with him, more than $600 million has been put into the state public school fund and used for the education of Texas children. “That was my major accomplishment,” he said, folding his hands on his large wooden desk, his light blue eyes shining proudly through his glasses. Daniel — the great great grandson of Hugh B. Johnson, the first “alcalde” of Liberty under Mexican rule in 1831 — gradu ated from Baylor University in 1932. His wife is the great great granddaughter of Sam Houston. Daniel set up a law practice near the Liberty County Court house on the same spot where Houston had his law office. Daniel admits to having been ambitious. However, he said he has never had his eye on the White House. “I’d rather be governor ofTexas than president of the United States,” he said. “There’s too many problems and too much responsibility in being president. But being governor can still be handled by one person.” Daniel was 29 when first elected to the Texas Legislature in 1939. He served three terms as a representative. At 32, in his last term, he became speaker of the house. After a stint in the military, he was elected for two terms as Texas attorney gener al in 1946. Daniel returned to public service in 1971 when appointed by then-Gov. Preston Smith to the Texas Supreme Court. He retired from the bench in December 1978. Looking back over all the different jobs and years of service, Daniel says it was the Texas house speaker’s position in 1943 that he enjoyed most. “I lived in the Capitol near my office, I got to be with my family and there wasn’t too much misery because the (Legisla tive) session lasted only two or three months,” he said. But politics have changed in the past quarter century and Daniel said he doubts he could win election now because costs have risen. “I don’t know if I could run for a statewide office now because it is just too expensive,” he said, “I bet I ran my campaign for one-tenth of what it costs today.” He explained he would not want to be indebted to the many special interest groups which contribute heavily to politicians. However, Daniel said he has little desire to re-enter poli tics. It is not because he thinks he is too old, rather that he wants to enjoy retired life on his 6,000-acre Holly Ridge Ranch. “Some of the smartest men in the world made their greatest accomplishments after they were 70. Being 70 doesn’t mean you can’t perform well,” he said, acknowledging President Ronald Reagan’s success at 70. Daniel now works as chairman of the Texas Library and Archives Committee and recently helped establish the Sam Houston Regional Library and Archives in Liberty on land he donated to the state. THE BATTALION Page 11 FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1981 WAS transit ear on ing to „ coat had Metro Wedn. been tui rected hi about a had several losers Pfensteihl said mink coat had He later cor- only been a query But the news there was a mink coat to be claimed had already spread. “A lady called Lost and Found and said she was looking for a black full-length mink coat, but she didn’t know where she lost it,” Pfansteihl said. _ In another call, he said, “A limousine rental ser vice man called on behalf of a lady from New Jersey. She thought she lost a mink coat in the subway.” ALPHA TAU OMEGA SPRING RUSH KICK OFF FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 8:30 p.m. Briarwood Apt. Party Room 1201 Hwy. 30 For more information call: David 693-7325 or Craig 845-7708 1, defei dentofsj ;e they® rmilrl Postertobe hot item ato/IIl ijKJA V United Press International DOStefS have beet Ci wed for rubber prove aid civi Taylor.’! reasoi md pi that he ireciatel t. F deserth he enei ra servifi" charges. SS lardof a boss ourt’s iction iscre- ■d the siness ninis- ideral n. -e the judge lialof mein icavy 1938 -year :ing a in jail er ot neto United Press International JANSAS CITY, Mo. — A rubber j iply that has not kept up with cur- At demand, an unsettled intema- scene and the rising costs of ileum-based products have all fed an interest in a native Amer- j i desert shrub as a possible natu- rubber source. Guayule, pronounced wy-oolee, 2-foot-high shrub that grows wild the semi-arid plateaus of the ithwest. Lately it has become a is of research and experimenta- iby the scientific community and federal government in the search M a new, domestic source of ural rubber. The United States’ supply of natu- rabber is presently in a preca- usposition. The demand for natu- rubber is increasing at a steady and experts estimate the de ad will outstrip supply by the next ade. Since the mid-19th century when eat Britain introduced the Hevea ibertree into its colonies, South- tAsia has been the major world tee of natural rubber. However, in recent years the poli- J unrest and the ravages of war in itnam and Cambodia have taken irtoll on the rubber plantations, ithe United States is still depen- nt on Southeast Asia for that )ber. Dr. Edward Lawless, head of nsas City’s Midwest Research In- ute Techology Assessment Sec- », said while synthetic rubber is a alternative, it is a petroche- al product relying on increasing- costly oil. In addition, synthetics do not all the qualities of natural rub- 1, which is preferred in applica- isthatdemand high elasticity, re- iency, tackiness and low heat "up. The combination of these factors to an increased interest in lyule, a renewable source of rub- ‘f which can be produced domes- %, as a major source of rubber. Because of this interest, the Na- Wial Science Foundation spon- a study by the University of toonaand Midwest Research Insti- |teto assess the implications of the ’elopment of a new U.S. agribusi- Ksbased on guayule technology. Lawless concluded that the be- of full-scale guayule produc- UWould be many and the costs and «involved few. On the local level, Lawless said »t guayule commercialization cause minimal impact, "lyule would be grown mainly on "J that has been farmed with little 'tes or on selected irrigated lands. The shrub can survive on 5 to 10 inches of rainfall a year, but ideal ly prefers 15 to 25 inches. Since guayule farming can be mechanically cultivated and har vested like cotton or soybean pro duction, Lawless said major guayule production would not be an exten sive labor-intensive agribusiness. The study indicated that-on the national level, successful commer cialization of guayule would provide a degree of self-sufficiency in natural rubber for the United States and on the international level, an increased use of domestically produced guayule rubber would help the U. S. balance-of-trade deficit. At this point, Lawless said there is no commitment to a major program for commercialization of guayule. But major U.S. rubber companies, universities and on a smallscale, the federal government, are all involved in guayule experimentation and re search and several demonstration guayule plots have sprouted in the Southwest. United Press International MIAMI — The “Miami — See It Like a Native” posters of model Gale Kelly’s bare back are likely to be come collector’s items. Only about 7,000 were circulated to travel agents before the outraged protests of feminists caused the Dade County Commission to halt their distribution two years ago. Since then, the remaining 23,000 posters have been locked up while commissioners squabbled over what to do with them. Tuesday, with one pro-poster commissioner attending Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in Washing ton, another ill and a third absent, the anti-poster group put the matter to a vote once again. They voted, 4-2, to destroy the posters. IH THE .<* FRENCH’S SCHOOLS • 4 Convenient Locations • After School Fick-up • Infant, Day Care, Kindergarten & Private First Grade • Tap-Ballet Classes ^;oo • State Licensed -JUU Almost better than Grandma’s. THE BROTHERS of A Public Service of This Newspaper & The Advertising Council Kappa PIKE HOUSE * * i ANNOUNCE SPRING RUSH M ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * J * i ^JANUARY 21, 22, 24 & 27 4- AT THE y Pike House 4- ^ OPEN BAR PLENTY OF BEER * * * * * * FOR MORE INFO: 693-8067 845-3984 LARRY D. BREWER RUSH CHAIRMAN BUBBA OLIVER assistant