Page 2-Thursday, May 10, 1979-The Michigan Daily U.S., Soviet Union to sign SALT H (ConUnued from Page 1) a "few remaining secondary items"-the treaty was finally wrapped up. U.S. OFFICIALS said there were no hitches. They said the remaining details were technical and could be handled by the U.S. and Soviet delegations in Geneva who will prepare the treaty text over the next, two or three months. Vance emphasized the hope the pact carries for "a safer America and a safer world." But he said the agreement.limiting long-range bom- bers and intercontinental ballistic missiles will enhance the security of the United States and its allies. "The treaty is a message of hope for us, and for all the people of the world," Vance told reporters crowded into the White House briefing room. DEFENSE Secretary Harold Brown represented the Pentagon and gave assurances that "SALT will contribute significantly to our security." Brown said that even with the treaty, the United States will have to expand its defense efforts, and particularly its strategic nuclear forces. In Tokyo today, China criticized the Soviet Union for its part in the SALT II negotiations, charging Moscow is preparing new weapons and recon- naissance methods despite agreement- with the United States to curtail the use of nuclear arms. THE STRATEGIC arms limitation treaty-SALT II-will impose restric- tions on U.S. and Soviet long range bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles through 1985. It sets overall ceilings on the total number of these weapons as well as limits on how many missiles they can deploy with a multiple number of warheads. Vance House expected to consider gas rationing plan today (Continued from Page 1) I ~ ruie rlr ge the number of registered vehicles in a household. The rationing plan is intended only as a standby program, one that would be kept on the shelf until needed ina crisis. And once Carter invoked such a plan, Congress would have 15 days in which either chamber could veto it. "In the absence of contingency plans, including rationing, we would not be able to deal with the crisis except in anar- chy," Sen. Henry Jackson (D- Washington), chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, told colleagues. EARLIER YESTERDAY, Jackson and other Senate leaders were still several votes short, touching off a furious round of negotiations between the White House and key senators. To pick up needed additional votes, President Carter promised shortly before yesterday's Senate vote to: " Use his rationing powers only when there is a 20 per cent loss in U.S. oil supplies, either from another oil em- bargo, sabotage in oil fields, an act of war or hositility, or from an "act of God that destroys substantial production." " Provide additional supplies of gasoline during rationing to help grow crops and to help bring them to market. *Make extra gasoline supplies availble to industries which produce more energy than they consume. THESE CONCESSIONS won ad- ditional support for the plan needed for victory-including picking up the backing of Sen. Ted Stevens (R- Alaska), who had previously led the op- position. 'Defeat of this plan would leave this country vulner- able and defenseless against a supply interrup- tion.' -President (arter Stevens complained that the original plan did not set any guidelines on how serious a shortage there would have to be before rationing would be con- sidered. Sen. Bennett Johnston (D-Louisiana) told the Senate, "This plan is not to be invoked to permit temporary relief from lines at gas stations." AT ISSUE WAS the third version of Carter's standby rationing plan. The White House sent up its current proposal Monday. It would make a state's past per-vehicle gasoline con- sumption the prime test for distributing coupons. Under the rationing plan, individuals would get coupons based on the number of autos or trucks in their households-for up to a limit of three vehicles. BUT THOSE living in high consumption states would get more coupons for each vehicle than those living in low con- sumption states. According to Energy Department figures, 24 states-including Michigan-and the District of Columbia would get more coupons under the new plan than under Carter's original proposal to allocate strictly on the basis of registered vehicles. Italian Pan Pizza By The Slice ' Antipasto Salads e Wine ' Beer * Liquor m " COCKTfIl L withTH E COU NT ... ' 9 PM to 12 Midnight-Mon. -Thurs. 50$ off mixed drinks 0 25+ off beer $1.00 off pitchers o Who's COUNT-ing? - 4 PM-6 PM-DOUBLES FOR THE o PRICE OF SINGLES .o " Italian pan pizza by the slice 3 11 am-2 am-Sun. 4pm-12midnightN n a 668-8411 1140 South University a jneqledS . jonbll Jeep * euIM e spotS o sodgeuy . ealls eqs. Five states would get the same num- ber of ration coupons-coupons for roughly 46 gallons of gasoline a month assuming a 20 per cent overall oil shor- tage. Twenty-one states would receive less than this amount. Prof. awarded William Randolph Taylor, University professor emeritus of botany, has been awarded the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal in Phycology from the National Academy of Sciences. The medal, established in 1975 and given triennially, is "conferred upon an individual in recognition of published research of unusual merit on marine or freshwater algae." TAYLOR RECEIVED the medal, with an honorarium of $5,000, "for his outstanding contributions to the knowledge of the marine algae of Florida, the Caribbean Sea, the North- western Atlantic, and the tropical Pacific Oceans." A University professor of botany and curator of algae in the herbarium since 1930, Taylor retired in 1966. He was named Henry Russel Lecturer at the University in 1964, the highest honor the University can bestow on a senior faculty member. Taylor is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He also is a member of many other professional organizations in the United States, Europe, Central and South America, and the West Indies. In 1961 the Botanical Society of America awarded him a Certificate of Merit as an out- standing American botanist. THE MICHIGAN DAILY (USPS 344-900) Volume LXXXIX, No. 7-S Thursday, May 10, 1979 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. 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