The Michigan Daily-Friday, September 8, 1978-Page 7A CARTER SCORES STRONG VICTORY: House upholds carrier veto WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter won a surprisingly strong victory in his first veto confrontation with Congress as the House yesterday upheld his rejection of the Defense Authorization Act and its $2 billion nuclear aircraft carrier. Despite an intensive bipartisan cam- paign mounted by the armed services committees in both House and Senate to override the Aug. 17 veto, Carter was sustained with power to spare. THE VOTE to override failed 191-206, or 74 votes short of the necessary two- thirds. Leaders on both sides of the issue had predicted a much closer out- come. The overall $317 billion measure vetoed by the President was sent back to committee, where the carrier, decried by Carter as wasteful, will be deleted and other projects may be ad- ded at his behest.' In a statement issued at the White House while he was at Camp David for the Middle East summit, Carter said he was very pleased'with the outcome and eager to work "closely and cooperatively with the Congress in enacting a new bill which will provide the strongest possible national defen- se." AATA won't lose st ate funds (Continued from Page 1) we'll simply reactivate the project," he said. The Dial-A-Ride controversy has been evolving since the April election of Mayer Louis Belcher and his appoin- tment of three board members whose philosophies on Dial-A-Ride differed with then AATA Executive Director and Dial-A-Ride architect Karl Guen- ther. Guenther resigned under fire over a dispute with the board concerning its intentions to curtail Dial-A-Ride in or- der to expand line bus service. Questions about those intentions have generated community concern and con- tinuous friction between Guenther and the board. Board members assert that they are merely exploring potential transportation alternatives and adop- ted a resolution to that effect Wed- nesday night. Guenther lauded the resolution but added that board members had ordered AATA staff to consider revisions in Dial-A-Ride service last June. THOUGH HE had vetoed four other bills earlier in his presidency, none drew an attempt to override. But his decision on the authorization bill, the first veto of a major defense measure in modern history, angered Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss.), and Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill.), the armed services chairmen, and drew charges that the chief executive was usurping their con- stitutional duty. A disappointed Stennis moved im- mediately after the House vote to re- introduce the same bill, minus the carrier. "A new start must be made and time is of the essence," he said. However, Carter hopes that rather than simply cutting out the carrier, the Congress will add several new programs, including $200 million for research and development. Most of his " "I The University of Michigan Professional Theatre Program proposals would bolster the Army and Air Force. PROPONENTS of an override had optimistically pointed to the fact that the House originally passed the bill 319- 67 and the Senate did so by an 87-2 margin. But those numbers could not hold up in the face of the majority leadership's campaign on the President's behalf. The $2 billion carrier was charted as the Navy's fifth, and would have replaced the old Midway in about eight years. Carter says he will ask for a conven- tional carrier in his fiscal 1980 budget, at a savings of about $1 billion. Those who favor the nuclear model insist that the conventional ship probably would cost far more, at perhaps no saving at all. 'T! ' Australian meat lobby asks Nixon Qo speak in the Power Center SALLYANN HOWES EARL LOIS WRIGHTSON & HUNT Of MUSIC also Sarnnq TERRY SAUNDERS October 6-8 HERMIONE GINGOLD IN November 3-5 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Australian Cattlemen's Union, ignoring a heated controversy over Richard Nixon's stated intention to visit Australia, has invited the former American President to speak at its an- nual convention later this month. Leaders of the group - one of Australia's most powerful lobbies - believe Nixon can tell them how to fight proposed legislation in Congress that would limit Australian beef exports. "MR. NIXON knows where the bodies are buried," said Ian Park, executive director of the cattlemen's union. "His knowledge and ap- preciation of the U.S. lobbying scene could be invaluable." Australia's conservative government last week turned down Nixon's request to make an official visit to meet with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. It said such.a visit would be "inoppor- tune" because of other official visits during September and October. But Nixon said through an aide he plans to come here anyway - and the 'speaking invitation from the cat- tlemen's group was his first. BARRY CASSELL, national director of the cattlemen's group, yesterday said the union sent the former American president a telegram Wed- nesday officially inviting him to be the guest speaker Sept. 23 during its annual. convention. Nixon has not said whether he will accept the invitation. Park said the proposed "Meat Import Act 1978" could reduce Australian beef exports to the United States by up to 20 per cent over the next decade after an initial but temporary increase in the first three years. The proposed bill has been approved by a House Ways and Means subcommittee and currently is the subject of intensive. lobbying in Washington, Park said. Cassell said the United States is the biggest export market for Australian beef but that the U.S. market is highly susceptible to pressure from American cattlemen. r At %+au DIRECTIONS IN FIBER Sept. 6 - Oct.1 of .ical 'I trnrtamsen tt MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM February 2-4 Reception: Sept.8, 7-9 Tues - Fri. 10-6 Sat, Sun. 12- 5 764-3234 VINNLTTECARROLS F ~ 40UR AM Too SHORT2BOX April 20-22T O FIRST FLOOR MICHIGAN UNION SUBSCRIBE NOW to receive these special benefits: " Best choice of tickets! 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