Wednesday, May 23, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY Page Three BUDGET DIRECTOR BILL Senate overrides Nixon veto WASHINGTON AP - The Senate yesterday voted to override Presi- dent Nixon's veto of a bill requiring Senate approval of two key White House budget men. The vote was 62 to 22, six more votes than the necessary two thirds voting to override. THE MATTER now goes to the House, where Democratic leaders said the veto would be difficult to override. A House vote is scheduled for today. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said before the Senate vote: "This issue af- fects squarely the balance of the execu- tive and legislative branches . . . The Senate faces one of its most severe tests on whether it is ready, willing and able to restore itself to the status'of a co-equal branch." Sen. Charles Percy, (R-Ill.), said the President's veto "clashes directly with his expressions of a new era of cooperation." THE SENATE had originally passed the bill requiring confirmation of the direc- tor and deputy director of the Office of Management and Bidget by a vote of 73 to 19. House passage had been on a vote of 229-171. The original Senite margin was larger than the two-thirds required for passage over a veto. The Iose vote was less than two-thirds. Both branches hav to vote to override or the veto stands. The measure, drafted by Sen. Sam Er- vin, (D-N.C.), would have the immediate effect of the Senate having to vote on confirmation of the current chief officers, Roy Ash and Frederick Malek, respec- tively. ERVIN AND his allies see this as one element in what they call reasserting Congress' constitutional powers. The budget head has become one of the most powerful officials in government, often having a major voice as to whether and how a department's programs are to continue. In vetoing the bill Nixon said the bud- get director has been a White House of- ficial for 50 years, serving as an intimate adviser to the President. THE PRESIDENT won two other veto tests this year with the Senate failing to reject the veto on a vocational rehabili- tation hill and the House sustaining his killing of a rural water and sewer grant bill. On the OMB test, Sen. John Tower, (R- Tex.), said before the vote: "As of this moment I would think the veto would be overridden." He said that "given the current cli- mate, it will be more difficult" than the vote last month on upholding the voca- tional bill veto. ASKED WHETHER he was referring to the Watergate scandal by mentioning the current climate, Tower, who is chair- man of the Senate GOP Policy Commit- tee, replied: "What else could I be talk- ing about?" Daily Photo by TERRY McCARtTHY "Raindrops keep fallin'.. A pair of passers-by step quickly past the Union entrance yesterday as a third person, not so hurried, walks beneath the solitary shelter of an umbrella. WEAK PROPAGANDA: 2 -: So vIets husM h assrN..ssj. AVc Reaske retreats Another liberal candidate has announc- ed his withdrawal from the school board race. Christopher Reaske, an assistant professor of English, described the rea- sons for his decision to drop out yesterday as "personal". Six liberal candidates, meeting earlier this year, decided a smal- ler field of liberals would stand a better chance against the conservatives. Nat Sci ripoff Two students were robbed M o n d a y night while working in a lab in the Na- tural Science Building. According to po- lice, one student was accosted by two men - one of whom was armed - and forced to give up about $5. When the oth- er student entered the lab he was relieved of soae $17 in cash. The thieves fled after locking their victims in a small room next to the lab. Happenings ... . . . are for the artsy-craftsy types to- day. Registration for the Artists and Craftsmen Guild's Third Annual F r e e Art Fair (July 18 - 21) has begun. Con- tact Vic Gutman at the guild's office in the Michigan Union or call 761-1107. . . . Newly-opened Andro-Media Galleries is currently exhibiting the work of artist Al Nalian. You will find the gallery between the Stadium Restaurant and the Ann Ar- bor Music Mart if you look. . . . Have a cup of the Think Drink at the Grad Cof- fee Hour, Rackham at 8 p.m, A2's weather .. . the outlook is spongy. Continued rainy and cool with a possible switch to fog later. Highs around 63, low tonite Watergate news By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst While the Voice of America broadcasts to the world details of the Watergate scandal, the Soviets are doing their best to keep the whole affair a secret from their people. Going back to the end of World War II and the beginning of the cold war, it is the first time in this correspondent's memory that the Russians have failed to take full propaganda advantage of any event which could prove embarrassing or damaging to the United States. IN BONN, Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev made it clear to correspondents that Watergate would make no difference in his plans to confer with President Nixon in Washington next month. To the Russians, Watergate is a minor - albeit incomprehensible - issue, t o9 small to interfere with the grand strategy as seen both by Brezhnev and Nixon of a new era of friendly relations accompan- ied by vast increases in trade. But thanks to Watergate, the Russians also have been able to leave a back door ajar for use in case of failure. LATEST COMMUNIST propaganda of- fers have labelled Watergate part of a plot by reactionary forces in the United States to prevent rapprochement be- tween the Soviet Union and the U.S. Both Brezhnev and the President have much at stake in the coming negotiations. In his address to the nation on the Watergate affair, April 30, the President declared "it has claimed far too much of my time and my attention . there is vital work to be done toward our goal of a lasting structure of peace in the world - work that cannot wait, work that, I must do." SPECIFICALLY, he mentioned his ap- proaching meeting with Brezhnev. For the moment Brezhnev has stilled his critics in the politboro but now he must demonstrate success. U.S.-Soviet trade increased nearly five-fold last year to nearly $1 billion but both Brezhnev and Nixon see it only as the beginning. Florida university wails for canine heirs to die DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. {4P) - Five years after they inherited a fortune, 74 dogs still stand between a university and about $14 million. When Eleanor Richey died 'in 1968, she left her $4.5 million to 150 stray dogs she had adopted over the years. Her will stip- ulates that when the last dog dies, or in 20 years, the money goes to Auburn Uni- versity for veterinary research. FOUR RELATIVES contested the will in 1971 and were awarded five per cent of the estate apiece - the rest went to the dogs. At the time of the court ruling, the estate had grown to more than $14 million. "I think we'll have dogs here for 10 years," says Dr. L C. Frederickson, the veterinarian who visits .the ranch three days a week to examine the dogs in their private clinic. He said the youngest dog is five years old, and their number statis- tically increases the chances that some will be very long-lived. A basset hound that was 10 years old when Richey adopted it died last winter at the ripe old age of 18. TO GUARD against another generation of tacky dogs, the animals are segre- gated by sex. A spokesman for Broward National Bank in Fort Lauderdale which acts as trustee for the estate, said the dogs' money is invested in stocks and bonds which insure long term growth. Btut unlike the happy mutts that roam with neighborhood children, the rich ca- nines lead a dog's life, spending most of their time in small fenced runs. They get out for a bit of exercise each day.