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Thursday, March 9,1989
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Repub
lican Leader Bob Dole, struggling to stave
offrejection of John Tower’s nomination as
defense secretary, proposed Wednesday
night an extraordinary six-month trial con
firmation period so senators could judge
whether Tower lived up to his no-drinking
pledge.
Senate Democratic Leader George
Mitchell expressed “immediate serious con
cerns” over the proposal, but promised to
consider it overnight.
Dole made his dramatic hid to salvage the
nomination at the end of the fifth day of a
draining Senate debate, and after conced
ing it would “take a miracle to win confir
mation.”
Under Dole’s proposal, Lower would he
confirmed, hut would submit a letter of res
ignation to President Bush dated Oct. 1,
1989. If Tower’s performance were satis
factory, there “probably” would be no need
to reconfirm him, Dole said. Otherwise, “he
probably wouldn’t be the nominee.”
Dole said he offered his proposal after
discussing it with Tower. It came as the
Senate neared a climax in its bitter struggle
over the nomination.
Lloyd Bentsen of Texas became the third
Democrat to endorse Tower’s confirma
tion, but his speech was bracketed by decla
rations of opposition from Claiborne Pell of
Rhode Island, Bennett Johnston of Loui
siana, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut
and Charles Robb of Virginia — Democrats
who had been lobbied hard by the Bush ad
ministration as potential pro-Tower votes.
An Associated Press survey found 51
Democrats and Republican Sen. Larry
Pressler of South Dakota either solidly op
posed or leaning against confirmation with
41 Republicans and three Democrats either
supporting or leaning in favor of the nomi
nation.
Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the Sen
ate.
Dole made his extraordinary proposal to
deal with Senate concerns over Tower’s his
tory of drinking. “I think we ought to give
him a second chance that many of us have
had,” said Dole, who was seriously
wounded during World War II but has
risen to a position of power and promi
nence in the Senate.
“It gives this Senate a second opportu
nity,” Dole said. “It addresses the concerns
raised by the chairman and the majority
leader and by others at the same time it
gives President Bush his choice for secre
tary of defense.”
Earlier, Dole suggested Tower be per
mitted to come to the Senate and answer
the allegations against him, but did not im
mediately press the issue when Mitchell ob
jected.
There was little doubt that Dole’s maneu-
verings were his final bid to save the nomi
nation. Earlier, he conceded it would “take
a miracle” to do so, and Johnston’s speech
seemed to deflate Republican hopes.
“In the nuclear age we can’t afford to
take a chance on the man who holds the fu
ture in his hands,” Johnston said on the
Senate floor.
The Louisiana Democrat said he was
troubled by Tower’s drinking habits and
that alcohol altered the former senator’s
judgment. “There seems to be a personality
change that occurs in Senator Tower,”
Johnston said.
Earlier, Bentsen became the third Demo
crat to support the embattled nomination,
saying, “I hope that when I get the next
chance to talk with John Tower about the
tough job of keeping this country strong, it
will be while he’s in his new office at the
Pentagon.”
Tower said, “I’m both honored to have
his prestigious support, and grateful for his
humane understanding of what my family
has endured.”
Despite Bentsen’s decision, Mitchell re
peated his claim the Senate will reject the
nomination, and he led a chorus of Demo
crats who called for a quick vote.
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Mudfest
Residents from five U. of Florida
(UF) dormitories competed in
events such as mud polo, vol
leyball, flipper races and tug-of-
war in UF’s 20th annual Tolbert
Area Mudfest. Greg Schuckman,
vice president of the Tolbert Area
Council, said the purpose of Mud
fest was to “blow off some steam
during midterms.” Although the
festival lasted only five days, Wil
liam Brown, director of the event,
said it took about a week for resi
dents to recover from their wounds
and make up class assignments.
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AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic
state Sen. Hugh Parmer launched
his bid for the U.S. Senate on
Wednesday, charging that incum
bent Republican Phil Gramm talks
one way in Texas while he votes a
different way in Washington.
Parmer, a two-term senator and
former Fort Worth mayor, said
Gramm is out of touch with Texas
families and their values.
“He talks like an East Texas
farmer in Lufkin but votes like a
Wall Street banker in Washington,”
Parmer said of Gramm.
“In Texas, he says he wants to be
tough on crime. In Washington, he
voted against the appropriations for
drug enforcement and even the FBI
... In Texas, he says he wouldn’t
hurt senior citizens. In Washington,
he voted against funding for Meals
on Wheels for shut-in elderly.”
Parmer, 49, became the first Dem
ocrat in the 1990 Senate face.
Many party officials had expected
Agriculture Commissioner Jim
Hightower to take on Gramm, but
Hightower decided in January to
seek re-election to a third term and
concentrate on populist political or
ganizing efforts.
Gramm reportedly has said he can
raise $20 million for a re-election
bid. Parmer said he wasn’t worried
about the size of the Republican’s
war chest, although he admitted it
would be a tough fight.
“Sure, I expect it to be difficult,”
he said. “One of the good things
about American democracy is that
we don’t auction off seats in the U.S.
Senate ... If you could just buy a
seat for $20 million, then I won’t
have it. But I don’t believe that.
“What I need is an adequate
amount of money to get across a
message. And the message is: Phil
Gramm does not represent the va
lues that Texans believe in, and I do.
I’ll have enough money to get that
message across. And when I get it
across, I believe I’ll win.”
Parmer, who never has run a
statewide race, downplayed early
public opinion polls that show
Gramm running strongly.
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taken during the
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rectives pertaining
to syllabi content and distribution.
The bill, introduced by senators
Beth Ammons and Mark Williams,
came amidst concern over the fail
ure of some professors to adequately
explain course content or tell stu
dents of books and supplies that
would be needed for t heir course.
Williams said the bill is not trying
to restrict the professors at all, but
require them to inform students up
front how much they’re going to
have to spend for the class.
Also during the meeting, a resolu
tion was passed encouraging the po
sition of an Advisory Student Regent
to enhance communication between
students and the Board of Regents.
The bill, which was introduced by
Ty Clevenger, a sophomore genetics
major, passed unanimously en
dorsing the position, while support
ing the Legislative Study Group’s ef
fort to present this viewpoint to the
Texas Legislature.
One viewpoint the Senate hopes
George Bush will hear, is - that A&M
wants to be the site for the George
Bush Presidential Library.
Clevenger introduced the resolu
tion from the Academic Affairs
Committee. The University of Hous
ton, Rice University and Yale Uni
versity also are in the running to at
tract the library.
“We want to stir up enough sup
port to give A&M an advantage in
getting the site,” Clevenger said.