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Page 2/The Battalion/Monday, November 14, 1983 Asiatic travel for Deaver and a commendation for Fischer by Helen Thomas As a consequence, he arranged a trip 11 United Press International WASHINGTON — Backstairs at the White House: Deputy chief of staff Michael Deaver is fast becoming an expert on Asia. Deaver made two trips to the Far East to plan President Reagan’s trip each step of the way. As soon as Reagan’s trip to South Korea and Japan is over, he will hop an Air Force plane from Seoul to China to plan for Reagan’s trip to the mainland in April. The China trip is expected to be lon ger than the president’s two-country six- day Pacific swing. He has indicated he may visit countries that were dropped from his current itinerary, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Deaver and his wife, Carolyne, traveled to the Pacific with the president and Mrs. Reagan in 1971. As a Califor nian, like Reagan, he has a special feeling for the Far East. Deaver had a shattering experience following his final trip to South Korea to put the finishing touches on arrange ments for Reagan’s visit. He had breakfast with the foreign ministers and other South Korean offi cials on a Sunday and then flew back to Washington. Presdient Chun Doo Hwan and members of his Cabinet flew to Bur ma for a visit. A few hours after he re turned home Deaver was awakened to be told that the foreign minister, with whom he had breakfast, and other foreign dig nitaries were killed in a terrorist blast in a Burmese mausoleum. Deaver also recalls that when Reagan was governor of California the Japanese consul general in San Franciscoo was Ikichi Hara. He said that in 1970 Hara was the only person in the Japanese government who thought Reagan would someday become president of the United States. to Japan for Reagan and his party as we th - as a meeting with Emperor Hirohito an unprecedented event because Reagan was not a head of state. Years passed, Hara retired from the foreign service, but when Deaver arrived in Tokyo to plan Reagan’s trip, the diplo mat showed up and told him, “You see, I was right.” Mrs. Reagan will supervise the decorat ing of the White House for the yuletide season. Her theme this year is secret as usual, but she is a traditionalist and is not expected to stray far from an old- shi< fashioned Christmas tree. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, whose department includes the Secret Service, had a special word of commen dation for David Fischer, the White House aide who was one of the hostages taken by a gunman at the Augusta Na tional Golf Club three weeks ago. All the hostages were released but not without some anxiety on their part. In a letter to Fischer, Regan said, “Per formance and courage under pressure are qualities to be admired and after the episode at Augusta you have my admira tion, not only for these qualities, but also for your good judgment and fast think ing. You handled that delicate situation with great skill that helped prevent any one from getting injured. “As one who has seen the strength and frailites of the human spirit in times of combat,” Reagan said, “I thought your actions that weekend were commend able.” Regan and Secretary of State George Shultz were the only two Cabinet officials who accompanied Reagan on the weekend outing. Mrs. Reagan hit the jackpot in her Nielsen ratings after the showing of “Chemical People,” a PBS program about drug abuse among teenagers. She appeared on the program to promote town meetings around the country where the problem was being discussed among youth and parents. Mrs. Reagan appears to have more television exposure than any of her pre decessors. Because of her training in dra ma and her career in Hollywood, she seems more at home in front of a camera. She has appeared on such programs as “Different Strokes” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis led the way in 1961 when she took America on a televised tour of the renovated White House. First ladies who followed her were in terviewed on television from time to time, but none have been on as many programs as Mrs. Reagan. The White House has found a way for President Reagan to run the gauntlet of reporters who are lined up on one side of the diplomatic entrance behind a rope and shout questions at him as he heads for the helicopter and a weekend at Camp David. The president and Mrs. Reagan are headed for their mountain-top ranch am-top Thanks near Santa Barbara for the 1 nanksgiving holiday and annual gathering of the clan. Like most families, the first lady stays with the tried and true menu; roast tur key with all the trimmings, corn bread dressing and giblet gravy. Soon after they return to Washington, Long-term problems not solved by farmei ‘tractorcade’ protest! by William Cotterell United Press International UNADILLA, Ga. — A few years ago, farmer Tommy Kersey led “tractor- cades” to the Georgia State Capitol, to President Carter’s home in nearby Plains, and to Washington with the same mes sage. If America didn’t drastically change its farm policies, the American Agriculture Movement warned grimly, the country soon was not going to have enough to eat. And when that happened, there would be a change of presidents, Congress members and state administrators. When there was no substantial change in the agricultural economy — certainly nothing like the AAM wanted — Carter was retired to Plains and the chairman of the Senate agriculture committee was toppled. But not much has changed for far mers under the new administration, Kersey says. “We feel like we made most people in the country aware of the fact that the farmers have a problem,” Kersey said when asked what all the tractorcades, farm strikes and protest rallies accom- E lished. “As far as solving any of our >ng-term problem, I guess we didn’t. “Something happened — we just lost our head of steam. Back in ’78, Carter couldn’t even hardly come home. Every time he came to Plains, we had it wrapped up in tractors.” Kersey, who grows cotton and soy beans with his father and two brothers on 3,800 acres in Dooly County, was the foc al point of protests in the fall of 1978. Farmers parked their heavy equipment in the fields, posting protest signs on them with demands for price parity, and rode their tractors in traffic-strangling motorcades to Atlanta and Washington. When Carter came home for Christ mas that year, tractors filled the tiny streets of Plains — some of them locked down with their plowshares extended to keep the State Patrol from moving them. Kersey headed delegations that met with then-Gov. George Busbee and ex-Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, headed the agriculture commi!; Although Carter himselfi| peanut business, southerc! turned against his administrate! and gave much of their vote: Reagan. Kersey said growers with Reagan’s refusal to reiti Soviet grain embargo afterthtf Korean Air Lines 007 iet,wli 269 people. Reagan’s adfmin drawn criticism, however, fort YV’ ndy ing a debt moratorium on fait “The worst thing — the\; thing— Reagan has donetofa". reappointment of Paul Volcker ; l al Reserve Board chairman/sai! “Those high interest rates aret^ AAM planned a conference: la High School this weekend(N:jvi j to organize for the 1984 eleo^?1 appea La said most farmers still suppon more for philosophical reasons, his administrative decisions. by “If I had to make achoicers Bar it’d be real tough. 1 think aloto: Texas Al would prefer Reagan, butthai^hy now choice,” he said. “Deep down. e *P state ‘ got a lot of gut feeling for fa®, are patriotic Americans, some> : has the good of the land athraj rias me goou oi me lanu dinar want to see the country prosperj TT themselves, and I think Reaganr A same gut feelings. Kersey said the nation’s f» 'w | will be a major issue in 1984,v“' k - yf food shortages” possible as earttlp ary. He said a federal farm teil‘p* ment moratorium similar to if A Deal’s Debt Readjustment Aaol^ needed to give farmers a three year breather while financings and equipment investments. by Bai “I think if the consuming any idea of the critical situation* ^ food supply, they’d panic,”sak^^g in , ard figures thrown arc » cu ,i t y an T’ve heart igures tnrov the lowest world food supplyoca e rsity Pol January of 1944, when they hadl; The U of fooa reserve. ic idea ai “By Jan. 1, 1984, they predict ons ‘dere( down to under 60 days worldv ir ^dor R supply,” he said. There lent on v\ Secretaries, young staffers and interns are rounded up and put behind a rope on the other side of the entrance. When Reagan comes out, he walks over to them, shakes their hands, all the time turning his back to the press, and then strides to the helicopter turning to wave and smile before he gets on the chopper. Slouch byj Thd. 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Rights of reproduction of all other matter herein reserved. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77843. Predicted changes in climate will affect the tourist industry by Dick West ter tourist season supported largely by now i United Press International WASHINGTON — If, according to a couple of recent studies, we have world peace for the next 100 years or so, Earth will undergo a catastrophic warming trend that will melt the polar ice caps and flood coastal cities, among other disas ters. But if, according to two other studies, we have all-out atomic war, Earth will undergo a catastrophic cooling trend that will wipe out life forms that survived the blast. So there you have it, ladies and gents. A “greenhouse effect” or a “nuclear win ter.” The choice is yours. Perhaps it will help you decide be tween freezing and drowning if I point out a few negative factors not included in the long-range weather forecasts. The warnings of climate changes ahead are largely composed of dire pre dictions for food production and other economic and political upheavals.What they don’t cover is the potential impact of the warming trend on tourism. We were merely tantalized with projec tions that by the year 2100 New York City could have a climate like Daytona Beach. Florida, you know, has a lucrative win- cold weather refugees from New Yor and other Northern cities. It stands to reason that if future New Yorkers can step outside in January and get as good a suntan as they might now acquire at Daytona Beach, they aren’t likely to invest hugh sums in winter travel to Florida. stock car classic that thousands of racing enthusiasts! Sunshine State? With the trackurti ter, will that event to combined'* 1 annual auto race up Pikes Peak? Overall, however, I can see a bright future for tanning lotions. Sunbathers who reside in frosty climes are going to need year-round smearings of lotions they now use only in summer. Tourists, always a hardy and res ful lot, can learn to shift for t' I’m sure. Should you need so.... brood about, try picturing whatlk ter Olympic games in the nextd might be like. : rosy outlook applies to bikini : absence of nuclear war, the The same sales. In the greenhouse effect could create a much longer season for exposing female )ide With such sports as downhill and bobsledding no longer practic winter games could feature wore competition in downhill apple epidermis to solar rays. Hockey players can always take# ter polo, of course. But I just $ ■fe surfers renting chalets in the Ocean resorts, on the other hand, probably will suffer. As the seashore moves inland, vacationers may be going to the Mojave Desert to get sand in their shoes. And what of the Daytona 500, the We may yet have a “nuclean'i* but in the meantime it isn’t too!? start preparing for the warmingU 11 mean, if you think you’ve got ph 1 ' with basement dampness now, i® 1 what it will be like after the polark f melt.