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HOUSTON (AP) — Texas
should not be fined $800,500 a
day for failing to comply with a
federal judge’s order to improve
prisons because the state is work
ing to solve its prison problems,
! attorneys for the state contend.
^State attorneys appear today in
Houston before U.S. District
Judge William Wayne Justice to
ain argue the more than de-
de-long prison reform case.
On Dec. 31, 1986, Justice
found the state in contempt of
court for failing to carry out
prison improvements as it had
promised and gave the state until
April 1 to comply or face the
Ines, which would total $24 mil
lion a month. These fines subse-
Miently were delayed pending the
.■coming hearing.
■ The state also has appealed the
fines to the federal appeals court
tl New Orleans, which has not yet
led in the matter.
“In general, the state of Texas
d Texas Department of Cor-
pctions have taken significant
pps to address the conditions
|at led to the court’s contempt
der,” F. Scott McCown, special
isistant attorney general, said in
efs filed prior to the hearing
fore justice.
“Rather than fining the state,
iht court should allow the gover-
jirand Legislature time to effect
long-term solutions through the
Igular tax and appropriation
wocess,” he said. “Fining the
St. e would interfere with the
Kite's prerogative of raising and
Hocating money.”
I But William Bennett Turner,
Iht attorney for the inmate plain-
tills, says he’ll pursue the fines
sand argue that the state is not
loving on prison problems.
l“We know full well, and so do
Key, they have not complied,” he
laid. “They’re just sticking Band-
■dson problems.”
Expert warns against U.S. sanctions
By Staci Finch
Reporter
The United States should be care
ful about instituting sanctions
against Japan for trade violations,
said Dr. Larry Wolken, administra
tive director of Texas A&M’s Center
for International Business Studies.
Wolken explained that Japan has
apparently been “dumping” com
puter chips to other countries below
cost, and U.S. manufacturers feel
they cannot afford to meet these
prices.
“Japan had agreed not to do this,
and it is for this reason President
Reagan has decided to impose sanc
tions against Japan,” he said.
Wolken said there are two factors
Reagan has considered in bringing
these sanctions.
“There are a certain amount of
E rotectionist feelings in Congress,”
e said. “There are some bills being
discussed that would go much fur
ther in putting restrictions on Japan
than the measures taking effect later
this month. By imposing these re
strictions, Reagan may be able to dif
fuse those protectionist pressures in
Congress.
“Also, the sanctions may alleviate
the frustration many people in
America are feeling. The United
States has been discussing the trade
imbalance with the Japanese for five
or six years. The Japanese have been
history, solving problems between
countries by imposing trade sanc
tions has only resulted in more prob
lems.
“What usually results is an escala
tion of trade restrictions between the
“What usually results is an escalation of trade restric
tions between the countries. This is what happened in
the ’20s and ’30s with the Great Depression. ”
— Dr. Larry Wolken, administrative director of Texas
A&M’s Center for International Business Studies
very polite and have said they will do
something, but it’s not always easy to
see the results.
“Many of the perceived barriers to
American goods entering Japan are
not legislative barriers like tariffs but
are invisible, and the United States
feels the Japanese are dragging their
feet and are really not doing any
thing to change the situation.
“For Reagan, the proposals are a
way to tell the Japanese that the
United States is frustrated and wants
some changes made.”
Wolken also said that throughout
countries,” Wolken said. “This is
what happened in the ’20s and ’30s
with the Great Depression.
“The sanctions are really very lim
ited. Reagan has proposed restric
tions on a small number of goods
like televisions, disk drives and ste
reos, goods that Japan is trying to
f ain a market for in the United
tales. These restrictions will only
amount to about $300 million in
goods.
“However, this approach over
looks the fact that, while trade re-
stricions may keep foreign goods out
of America, benefiting some Ameri
cans by saving jobs, foreign coun
tries won’t have as much money to
buy American goods, and businesses
involved in exporting will be hurt.”
,Wolken said he feels sanctions are
a weapon the United States
shouldn’t use, because of the possi
bility of escalation. He said he hopes
that through international organiza
tions and diplomatic channels a satis
factory agreement can be worked
out.
Americans have grown spoiled, he
said. Other countries are becoming
major industrial competitors with
the United States.
“There are other countries in the
world that are producing the same
products we are,” he said, “and not
everybody is flocking to our mar
ket.”
Wolken said the solution is to be
come competitive and research their
market. “That means learning about
the culture and society of the Japa
nese, learning the language, just
really getting to know the Japanese,”
he said. “That’s what the Japanese
have done in America, and it’s ob
viously working.”
A&M police recover stolen Hobby painting
By Curtis L. Culberson
Staff Writer
University Police recovered the portrait of
Oveta Culp Hobby that was stolen from Hobby
Hall after they were tipped by two anonymous
phone callers responding to a Crimestoppers re
port that aired on KBTX-TV Tuesday night.
Director of University Police Bob Wiatt said
that officers found the painting, reported stolen
Feb. 4, in a white plastic trash bag behind All-
Faiths Chapel Wednesday night. Police also
found three plaques, which also had been stolen,
with the painting in a brown paper bag, he said.
The first caller gave police the first name of a
student who the caller claimed stole the painting.
Police interviewed the suspect at about 4:30 p.m.,
Wiatt said.
“We didn’t have enough evidence to charge
the student,” Wiatt said. But an hour later police
received another phone call from a student who
revealed the location of the painting and plaques,
he said.
Wiatt said the student told police she learned
of the painting’s whereabouts from an anony
mous caller.
Oveta Culp Hobby is the mother of Lt. Gover
nor Bill Hobby and her portrait, an oil painting,
is valued at more than $800, Wiatt said.
According to a police report, the painting and
three plaques were stolen from the first floor of
Hobby Hall between January 21 and February 4.
Wiatt said it was a joint decision of UPD> the
Brazos County Sherrifs Office and the Bryan
and College Station police departments to use
the Crimestoppers Program in the case.
“All four departments meet and decide on
which cases to use,” Wiatt said. “Then we turn
the information over to Channel 3 who produces
them.” He said the Bryan-College Station Eagle
newspaper also participates in the program.
“This program has been particularly effective
in providing valuable advice,” he said.
The program usually pays informants $1,000,
but neither student was paid in this case because
the callers were anonymous and the UPD didn’t
have enough information to prosecute anyone,
Wiatt said.
“Someone felt the heat and decided they bet
ter turn the items in,” he said.
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