ary 26# Battalion/Page 5 January 26, 1983 ia t Gramm: taunts won’t hurt by Maureen Carmody Battalion Staff —" Ex-Democrat Phil Gramm lid he wasn’t too concerneci ith the verbal attacks of Rep. ill Alexander, D-Ark., and thei House Democrats who ave accused him of being a de- dtful “double dealer” who jied for the Reagan adminis- •adon. “1 don’t take their attacks per- Rally,” Gramm said. “I know ley were told to write these let- :rsby House leaders. Abraham ™*^\incoln once said, ‘If you have ^ 't ori K view's you are going to ave strong enemies.’” Gramm said House leaders HIHw'ilhout any success to tell Brajim how' to vote in Washington. iB^low they’re trying to tell the k |^)le in the district how to ate. :are2,M “1 suspect they will be just as area;! nsuccessful at this,” he said. “I i last year,I OKt believe name calling ever Hpeen successful.” las been!) Gramm also said he thinks the ng people lalonal Democratic Party anathe«®s to think out its campaign edict rategy a little more. :k to wort ‘‘1 lie strategy by the National ichargddemocratic leadership is to try ireattort) fragment the vote to produce :s in para runoff,’’ he said. “I don’t think ir Otaris strategy is w'ell thought out. Gramm-l don’t think that many people d, woukll ill go to vote on Saturday (Feb. dent loam I) who aren’t sure w ho they’ll dollar!, fte for.” ni is el«f There are two main issues the Republican candidate Phil Gramm people will consider when vot ing, Gramm said. The first issue is whether a congressman should vote for the people or for the leadership of his party. The second is the issue of balancing the budget and taking care of the deficit. Gramm said he thinks he has a big advantage in this race. “I live in the district, went to school in the district, and taught at A&M for eight years,” he said. “My wife taught at A&M for eight years and my children were born here. We know the people. This produces a type of grass root.” Gramm said he first looked to the Democratic Party not only because he came from a family of Democrats, but because he thought he could promote Democratic ideals. “I feel my views and my re cord are perfectly in line with the founder of the Democratic Party, Thomas Jefferson,” he said. Gramm said the tw'o most im portant items that need atten tion are the economy and the prevention of the government’s waste of the laborer. Gramm said he remains con servative toward the issues of abortion and prayer in school. “The issue that I have voted on is federal funding of abortion and I have consistently opposed this,” he said. “I have also sup ported prayer in public schools as long as it is voluntary.” Two considerations should be made on the issue of tax credits for parents with children in pri vate school, Gramm said. “Number one, I don’t think that we can spare the revenues,” he said. “And number two, I have been concerned that such tax credits might undermine sup port for public schools.” Gramm said his next cam paign move will be this weekend. He plans to take a bus tour of the district and his wife, children and friends will join him. He also plans to visit shopping malls and city halls with a coun try 8c western band accompany ing him to provide entertain ment. Gramm said he plans to visit Texas A&M Tuesday. “I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “I wonder how many students realize I have spent a third of my life at A&M? I’m really proud of that.” iversities ivs impmi n can do ii iak said.‘I cut in rel et urn. Bui ug up." Now you know 25 DAYS ’TILL on ii House L 1 __United Press International [low strong is the acid in our )machs? Apparently strong ough to digest razor blades. Swallowing a razor blade can sily kill you. But David E. jtpff, a gastoenterologist at University of California hool of Medicine in San ego, noticed recently that dntally ill patients who swal- ived them were sometimes )ne the worse, reports Science gest magazine. To Find out why, he placed Fferent blades in stomach- rength acids. He found that rrorision could destroy as uch as 18 percent of the blade a single day. 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