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Rusk Center cuts states ’ red tape
By SKIP HULETT
Staff writer
Shaded by the great white
oaks of the University’s Old
Campus, the rettpvated white
facade of the old Federal-style
building is an instant eye-catch
er. Small in contrast to neigh
boring buildings, the Dean Rusk
Center for International and
Comparative Law seems to have
adapted well to»!ic 158-year-old
hall which has served as its
home since the center’s creation
two^ears ago this week.
But lest the building’s age
conjure up thoughts of musty
old men poring over musty old-
volutnes. one need only visit the
law center and become ac
quainted with the staff*s current
projects to see the contrast
between past history and pre
sent function.
* "Erected in 1821 to house the
State College of Agriculture and
the Mechanic Arts. Waddel Hall
(as the building was called until
the center's origin in 1977)
served the University in many
ways over the years, from a
storehouse for the cream of
University cows to housing the
University of Georgia Press
offices prior to the Rusk Cen
ter’s dedication.
Now. whatever their historical
function may have been, the
interior walls of the center stand
dressed from head to toe with
yardsof legal reference materials
to serve the men and women
workingon matters which stretch
far outside the ivied halls of
higher education.
Chief among the center’s
current endeavors, and a prize
showhorse for the staff, is the
creation of a computerized
communications network de
signed to provide governors
with a means for collecting,
distributing and collaborating
o?) matters of interstate and
international relations.
Dr. Frederick Huszagh. Uni
versity law professor and execu
tive director of the Rusk Center,
spoke highly of the system in a
recent interview and strove to
dispel any notion the system
would be little more than
another link in a bureaucratic
chain.
“We were interested in giv
ing states the information they
need to set discreet priorities in
foreign policy areas.” Huszagh
said of the system, which
. entered an experimental stage
of operation Nov. 1.
The system uses computet
typewriter terminals, connected
via telephone hookups, to send,
receive and store bits of infor
mation important to guberna
torial staffs working on pro
grams otherwise requiring time-
consuming dialogues with fed
eral agencies or other states.
Initially, the information tra
veling over the system will be
provided by the Rusk Center.
Huszagh explained. For in
stance. if a member of Gov.
George Busbee's staff is busy
on a proposal concerning the
state's trade relations with
Japan and is not sure of federal
guidelines, he will be able to
refer to the system instead of
relying upon the proper-
Washington-based agency for
the needed data.
Basically, the system is de
signed to decentralize the in
formation function now per
formed almost exclusively by
the federal bureaucracy and
transfer the capability to the
individual states. Huszagh said.
But. if the center assumes the
responsibility for gathering such
information from the respective
federal agencies then it appears
that the states are simply sub
stituting dependence upon one
institution (a federal agency) for
dependence upon another—the
Rusk Center.
Not so. Huszagh maintained,
because by supplying informa
tion to the states the center is
helping them build their own
“thinktanks" of stored data
and. thus, diminishing the
center's role as a main conduit.
Also, as more and more states
gain access to the system and
feed it with their own collection
of information, it is likely they
will engage in dialogues with
other states to secure necessary
material. Huszagh said.
In addition, he said the
communication network has un
limited capabilities in terms of
participation. Designed with the
interests of the National Gover
nors Association in mind, the
system will be at the disposal of
anyone wishing to gain access
so long as there are no
intentions of controlling the
information flow. Huszagh said.
Describing the need for the
network. Huszagh pointed out
the difficulties experienced by
Pennsylvania’s Gov. Richard
Thronburgh during the nuclear
accident at Three Mile Island.
Pa. Pennsylvania executives,
without the facilities needed to
expedite matters, had to rely on
telephones as a means of
gathering the volumes of feder
ally-collected data regarding
nuclear energy intallations.
Thus, the situation emphasized
the necessity for a means by
which state officials could send
or receive information which
might not be available in emer
gency situations, Huszagh said.
As the system was being
readied for operation Huszagh
said the only participants pre
pared to go on line were the
National Governors Association,
based in Washington. D.C.. and
the center itself. The system will
undergo an experimental six-
month testing period, engaging
further participation as addi
tional states install the neces
sary telephone and computer
hardware. Huszagh said.
Huszagh said several states,
including Georgia and Florida,
have expressed strong interest
in the system. He said he
expects to involve between 10
and 20 states within the first
three months of the experi
mental period but conceded he
could not do anything more than
speculate based on comments
made to him by various state
officials.
Members of Busbee's staff
lauded the center's progress
with the communications net
work and pledged Busbee’s
support for it.
Jack Burris. Busbee's direc
tor of intergovernmental rela
tions. said the system will make
his job easier by placing valu
able information before staff
members drawing up programs
which Busbee. as chairman of
the NGA's Trade and Foreign
Relations committee, is involved
Bums said. "The other day.
for example, there was a
conference call for the Governor
on a Department of Energy
proposal. Such a matter re
quires quick methods for scan
ning pertinent information that
may consume page after page of
reports and you can't very well
wait for it to come in the mail
before you make a decision. And
to try and absorb it over the
phone would be impossible."
In general. Hus/agh said the
center is involved in numerous
pursuits of which the communi
cations system is only one. In
addition, the center's small staff
of professors, law students
(primarily working as research
assistants) and postdoctoral stu
dents have been working to
compile a fact book on the
comparative trade policies of the
United States and its chief
hemispheric neighbors. Mexico
and Canada.
However. Busbee's role on
the governor’s trade committee
has been a key factor in the
center's work over the past year
and a half. Huszagh said.
Perhaps the most obvious
example of this work was the
center’s role in preparing the
groundwork for the reworking
and renewal of the Export
Administration Act of 1969,
renewed by Congress on Sept. 4
of this year. The center's efforts
in schooling governors for Con
gressional testimony and in
reworking the act to reduce the
number of agencies with a hand
in export licensing was exten
sive. Huszagh said.
Gubernatorial press secretary
Duane Riner said Busbee has
been "in constant contact with
(Dean) Rusk and Huszagh."
and he said the center had
proved an invaluable asset to
Busbee's staff in matters re
garding international economic
and trade matters.
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Jimmy Stewart honored at testimonial
HOLLYWOOD (UPD—Holly
wood's old guard, diminishing
in numbers, paid tribute to
Jimmy Stewart this week in a
touching testimonial that
brought together some of the
greats in film history.
Four of its most brilliant
directors—Frank Capra. Wil
liam Wyler. George Cukor and
Mervyn LeRoy—sat on the dais,
along with such longtime Ste
wart friends and costars as Cary
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Peck. Lucille Ball. Loretta
Young and Jane Wyman.
Among the guests were for
mer President and Mrs. Gerald
Ford and retired Air Force
General Curtis LeMay. in recog
nition of Stewart’s rise from
private in 1941 to brigadier
general in the Air Force.
The evening, sponsored by
the Friars Club of California,
was not exactly an outpouring of
sentimental nostalgia. Neither
was it a roast. It was a night for
laughs rather than tears.
Stewart was given the Friar’s
Life Achievement Award in the
grand ballroom of the Beverly
Hilton hotel, filled to over
flowing with Stewart admirers
in recognition of his 76 movies
over a career that has spanned
some 45 years.
It started off on a humorous
note with Henry Fonda attempt
ing to match opera star Robert
Merrill in singing the National
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Anthem accompanied by the
United States Air Force Band.
Milton Berle. brash as ever,
was the toastmaster, flinging
insults with abandon, sparing
almost no one. least of all the
jack-legged, mumbling guest of
honor.
Uncle Miltie looked around
the dais and set the tone of the
evening early. "If a bomb hit
this hotel right now, show
business would go on as usual.
Berle caught former Presi
dent Gerald Ford laughing and
said, "If you'd shown that much
animation while you were in
office, you wouldn't be unem
ployed today."
Red Buttons did a turn,
complaining he could not com
prehend why Stewart was get
ting a testimonial dinner when
other famous persons of history
had been denied the honor.
His biggest laugh came when
he said. "Jimmy Carter, who
said to Pope John-Paul as he
was leaving the White House.
'Next time bring the Missus
never got a dinner.”
Berle returned to the micro
phone to acknowledge the pre
sence of Carol Burnett and said.
"Carol has made thousands of
people laugh, unfortunately
while appearing before mil
lions."
He next turned his humor on
Lucille Ball. Stewart's neighbor
in Beverly Hills, saying. “Lucv
is a great American patriot. She
broke off relations with Cuba
two years before the United
States did"—in reference to her
divorce from Cuban-born Desi
Arnaz.
Henry Fonda, a friend of
Stewart since they were starving
young actors sharing a room in
New York City, recalled a 1932
evening in their youth when they
wrote their initials scatologically
in the snow of a Manhattan
street.
Producer-director LcRov. who
directed Stewart in The FBI.
said of his old friend. "He is a
man of enormous heart. I never
had anyone in front of the
camera who did more than
Jimmy."
Gregory Peck also praised the
guest of honor. “A couple of
years before I got to Hollywood I
saw Jimmy in a picture that
knocked my socks off.
"Jimmy is a decent, compas
sionate man who revealed the
idealistic side of the American
character in Mr. Smith (Joes to
Washington. I watch it every
time it is replayed on television.
“There's never been a credi
bility gap with Jimmy. He’s
made of the right stuff."
President Ford said. "1 thank
you Californians for taking us in
when we were out of work and
had no place to go. As for
Jimmy, he epitomizes the best
in the American character. In all
ways he is a giant of goodness."
In recognition of the acco
lades. Stewart stammered
through a brief speech and
ended wtih the observation. “1
thank you for the kind thoughts
which were more than I de
served. but a helluva lot less
than I expected."
By NELSON d. ROSS
Staff writer
Toni Waits turned back the
calendar Tuesday night, strut
ting his smokey. romantic world
of blues-jazz and hard-luck life
to an enthusiastic audience at
the Georgia Theatre.
Waits’ two hour show was
more a mood than a concert.
While his records reveal
Waits to he a First class
story-teller, painting portraits of
the “losers" in society, his
stage act adds the visual
element to his words.
Waits is a master wordsmith;
a combination sideshow carny
and sleazy nightclub enter
tainer. His show is the ultimate
nightclub act taken to rock clubs
and theatres.
Waits led the four piece
ainibo through a 17 song set
featuring selections from his
last three albums.
High points in the show
included “Romeo Is Bleeding,"
"I Wish 1 Was In New Orleans."
and ''Burma Shave."
On "Romeo," Wails was at
his storytelling best casting his
characters in the band’s musical
mosaic. Standing at center-
stage. his legs contorted. Waits
wrapped his whisper rasp vocal
around the soulful saxaphone
playing of Herbert Hardesty.
“New Orleans” was a great
hand workout with all of Waits'
excellent players distinguishing
themselves. Waits even tossed
in a few verses of “Someone’s
In The Kitchen With Dinah."
"Burma Shave" was a good
example of how Waits takes a
lyrically and melodic ally out
standing song, and strips it down
loan almost spoken, rather than
sung incarnation. The version
worked well as as segue with
“Summertime."
Waits teased the crowd with a
Fine, lengthy instrumental
beginning of "Summertime"
before launching into "Burma
Shave.” Leaning op a gasoline
pump. Waits hushed the crowd
with his talc of the girl escaping
born the dying town. Smoking
perhaps his twentieth cigarette
since the show started. Waits
gave a slow, dramatic tour de
force lesson tn the art of
cigarette smoking. In the hands
of some, the act of smoking a
cigarette is a mundane act of
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death, but Waits turns it into a
joyful act of life.
As much an actor as he is a
singer. Waits prowls the stage
dramatizing the fantasy he
lives.
Dressed in u black suit and
hat twenty years out of style.
Wails' appearance matches his
music. He is one of those people
dial Kurt Vonncgut refers to as
“unstuck in time."
Bui Waits is above all else
believable. All his strutting,
dramatic gestures and posing
only dramatize what is real to
him. It’s his life.
At the piano. Waits personi
fies the barroom piano player.
He would be as much at home
playing in a brothel as he would
in a rock club.
His between-song conversa
tion revealed a dry wit which
was another element of his
whole act.
"It's nice to be at the Georgia
Theatre; just this side of a
thrill." Waits told the audience.
"I’ve played some real
toilets." Waits said.
Tom Waits is in his low-key
way as hard a working per
former as his rock counterparts.
He believes in his art and rarely
gives a bad show. Tuesday’s
show was vintage Waits, and
that is a Fine wine indeed.
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