THE RECORD

JULY 6,1976

No.25

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EDITOR Hoyt H. Purvis

KENNETH BOUIDING NAMED TO SLICK PROFESSORSHIP

Professor Kenneth E. Boulding, an economics scholar of international renown, has been named first recipient of the Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

Boulding is currently at the University of Colorado, where he directs a program of research on general social and economic dynamics in the Institute of Behavioral Science.

His professorship at UT Austin becomes effective September 1 and extends through May 31, 1977.

The Slick Professorship, endowed from the estate of the late Tom Slick of San Antonio, will provide support annually for a continuing program of research, graduate education, and public enlightenment related to the study and understanding of conditions of world peace.

In addition to teaching and lecturing, each Slick Professor will conduct a major conference on some peace-related topic.

Professor Boulding, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and former president of the American Economic Association, uses economic modular approaches to illuminate problems of peace and war. His work also has broadened to include an interest in international ecology and survival in the biosphere. In addition, he has made contributions in ethics, religion and general systems theory.

Holder of B.A. and M.A. degrees from Oxford, Professor Boulding taught for many years at the University of Michigan before going to Colorado in 1967. He formerly directed the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution at Michigan.

He has been president of the Society for General Systems Research, International Studies Association and Peace Research Society (International) and has held visiting professorships in Jamaica, Japan, South Africa, and Scotland.

He is the recipient of 19 honorary degrees and the American Council of Learned Societies Prize for distinguished scholarship in the humanities. Among his 26 books are Economic Analysis and Beyond Economics (nominated for a National Book Award in 1970).

STUDENTS SERVING INTERNSHIPS

Fifty-seven students who have completed their first year at the LBJ School are serving summer internships in a variety of government and public services agencies.

The largest numbers of interns are concentrated in Austin (25) and in Washington, D.C. (20), with others scattered from California to New Jersey and one student working at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France.

These internships, which are required of all LBJ School students between the first and second years, involve students in the practical workings of the policy process and deepen their understanding of public affairs.

Here are the 1976 internships and their assignments:

Deborah Beckett, Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor, Austin; Sheila Beckett, Legislative Budget Board, Austin; Cathy Bruns, Division of Planning, State Comptroller's Office, Austin; Wayne Campbell, Coastal Bend Council of Governments, Corpus Christi; John Carlson, Texas Office of State-Federal Relations, Washington; Dan Carter, Agency for International Development, Washington; Steve Clyburn, Office of Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Washington; Lynn Cooksey, Texas Department of Public Welfare, Austin.

Cloteal Davis, Milwaukee Independent School District, Milwaukee; Nancy Davis, Capitol Area Planning Council, Austin; James Dodds, Office of the Texas Attorney General, Austin; Barbara Dydek, Texas Office of State-Federal Relations, Washington; Hannah Eisner, New Jersey State Department of Education, Trenton; Rodney Ellis, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington; Susan Engelking, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington; Robert Farley, California Energy Resources and Development, Sacramento; Scott Fleming, U.S. Forest Service, Washington.

Elsa Flores, Division of Economic Opportunity, Texas Department of Community Affairs, Austin; Jorge Garces, Office of Early Childhood Development, Texas Department of Community Affairs, Austin; Jesus Garza, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington; Cassie Goyne, Office of Representative Jake Pickle, Washington; Terry Grogan, Congressional Budget Office, Washington; Mary Ann Hauber, State Comptroller's Office, Austin; Marc Huber, Economic Development Administration, Denver.

John Hunt, Office of the Mayor, Austin; Marc Jacobson, Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives, Austin; Lea Johnson, National League of Cities, Washington; Ellen Jones, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington; John Kamensky, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington; Stan Kaplan, Congressional Budget Office, Washington; Russell Kempner, Office of Council Member Lowell Lebermann, Austin; Norman Linsky, U.S. General Accounting Office (Department of the Interior), Washington; Ken Leonczyk, Office of Texas Secretary of State, Austin.

Joe Lopez, Office of the Mayor, Madison, Wisconsin; Roy McCandless, Human Resources Council, City of Austin; Carol McDonald, Resources Division, Office of the Texas Lieutenant Governor, Austin; Cynthia Martin, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington; Thomas Martin, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Dallas; Stephen Morgan, Office of Texas Secretary of State, Austin; Joe Morin, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Austin.

Bob Nicholson, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison; Donna Nilsen, Texas Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Austin; John Riddle, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France; Greg Roberson, Texas Research League, Austin; Wayne Roberts, City Manager's Office, Dallas; Herb Rubenstein, National Academy of Sciences, Washington; Mary Jo Seeman, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison; Rita Seymour, Agency for International Development, Washington.

Sarah Smith, Office of Representative Robert Krueger, Washington; Paul Smolen, Texas Office of State-Federal Relations, Washington; Bill Statesberry, Texas Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor, Austin; Steve Stubbs, Texas Senate Committee Research, Austin; Vicki Tynan, Texas Department of Public Welfare, Austin; Luis Vallejo, Office of Secretary of State, Austin; Gerald Weller, Wisconsin Department of Planning and Budget, Madison; Norman Wigington, Texas Education Agency, Austin; Bonnie Young, City of Austin Management and Budget Office.

"On the Record"

. Dr. Sidney Weintraub, Dean Rusk professor at the LBJ School, took part in a panel discussion which opened hearings before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Economic Relations of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee June 28. Appearing with Weintraub on the panel were Tom E. Davis, director of the Latin American Program at Cornell University, and Dr. Abraham F. Lowenthal, director of studies for the Council on Foreign Relations. The hearings are intended to review U.S. policy toward Latin America.

. Two major events are scheduled for the fall. A symposium, Toward New Human Rights: the Social Policies of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, will be sponsored by the LBJ School and the LBJ Library, September 12-16. A number of outstanding speakers will take part in the program, which will feature an assessment of social policies and programs. November 10-12, the LBJ School will host the First Tom Slick Memorial Conference. Topic of the conference will be Conflict, Order, and Peace in the Americas.

. Women in Public Life, the report of the November, 1975 conference sponsored by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and the School of Public Affairs, will be available soon through the Office of Publications. The 60-page report in an 8 1/2 x 10 format contains excerpts from and summaries of the speeches, panel discussions, and workshops at the conference, as well as a list of conference participants. Edited by Beryl A. Radin and Hoyt H. Purvis, the publication sells for $3.50.

. Barry Lovelace, director of research at the LBJ School, has been elected as President of the Austin Society for Public Administration for the forthcoming year.

. Dr. Marlan Blissett of the LBJ School has been appointed to the Mining Task Force for Coal and Lignite Studies of the Governor's Energy Advisory Council. The purpose of the Task Force is to provide guidance and assistance to the Governor's Energy Advisory Council in preparation of a report which will identify coal and lignite policy questions of importance to the State. This report will then serve as input to the possible drafting of legislation to deal with the policy questions identified. The final report will be available to government, university, industry, and public sources for review and use in subsequent studies.

. Dr. Beryl Radin was a panelist at the Second National Conference on Alternative Public Policies, held June 10-13 at St. Edward's University in Austin. A number of other faculty, students, and graduates of the LBJ School also participated in the conference.

. Dr. David Warner took part in a panel discussion on national health insurance on "Austin Issues Focus" on Austin Community Television (ACTV). Also taking part was Sophie Weiss of the Texas Legislative Council, with Hoyt Purvis serving as moderator. The program was the Austin follow-up to a program produced by the Brookings Institution and carried by ACTV.

HAZLETON VIEWS NY COASTAL AREA

Professor Jared Hazleton visited Long Island, New York June 22-24 at the invitation of the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board.

Dr. Hazleton briefed members of the Board's staff on the economic features of the Texas Coastal Zone Management Project, a four-year interdisciplinary study conducted by faculty members at the University of Texas at Austin under joint sponsorship of the National Science Foundation, Research Applied To National Needs Division, and the Office of the Governor, Division of Coordination Planning. The highlight of the trip was a helicopter tour of Long Island.

"While the natural features and economy of Long Island are different in many ways from the Texas Coastal Zone, we found that many of the techniques developed in the Texas project were applicable to the planning problems facing the two Long Island Counties," Hazleton said. (Professor Kingsley Haynes has also been associated with the Texas Coastal Zone Management Project.) The LBJ School has conducted two policy research projects related to the UT Project.

1976 GRADUATE PLACEMENT REPORT

Placement Director Wilda Campbell reports that these members of the 1976 graduating class have accepted jobs:

Roberta (Sue) Bartow, Office of the Speaker, Texas State Legislature, Austin; Bruce Byron, City of Plainview, Texas; Deborah Cartwright, Office of the Speaker, Texas State Legislature, Austin; Steven B. Cobble, (Southern Regional Council, Little Rock, summer), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington; Mary Ann Coursey, Houston Lighting and Power, Houston; Sarah C. Cox, Office of Transportation, City of Austin; James B. Dear, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Glenn Deck, State Comptroller's Office of Planning Research, Austin; Chris Delker, World Education, New York; Al Donelan, Legislative Budget Board, Austin; Larry Eisenberg, Wisconsin State Department of Administration, Madison; Rick Gentry, Office of the Speaker, Texas State Legislature, Austin; Mark Hendrickson, Arkansas State Department of Local Services, Little Rock; Tom Howarth, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Washington.

Evelyn F. Ireland, Texas State Board of Insurance, Austin; Peter J. Lemonias, U.S. General Accounting Office, Boston; Malcolm McDonald, Texas Department of Public Welfare, Austin; Melanie McCoy, Steelman for Senate Campaign, Dallas; Nan McRaven, Travis County Commissioner Bob Honts, Austin; Joe Murphy, Touche-Ross, Houston; Alice (Cis) Myers, Texas Lt. Governor's Office, Austin; Francine Pegues, Texas State Board of Insurance, Austin.

Brian J. Petraitis, Office of Lt. Governor, State of New York, Albany; Barry Robinson, U.S. Army; Herman M. Schwartz, Arkansas State Department of Local Services, Little Rock; John Shillingburg, Congressional Budget Office, Washington; Frank Sturzl, Research and Planning Consultants, Austin; Peter Weingarten, Wisconsin State Department of Transportation, Madison; Julius Whittier, Office of the Mayor, Boston; Peggy Wilson, NASA Meals for the Elderly Project, Austin.

RIVLIN CITES NEED FOR POLICY ANALYSTS

As the nation's problems grow more complex, the public has become attuned to hearing simple-sounding solutions in political rhetoric, Dr. Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office, said at the fifth commencement ceremonies at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, May 22.

Dr. Rivlin said that is one of the paradoxes with which those entering public life must deal.

Receiving the first $100 Emmette S. Redford Award for Outstanding Research was Glenn Evan Deck of Wichita, Kansas. The award was for a study he completed on "General Revenue Sharing: Issues for Texas Government Finance."

Dr. Rivlin said she was "bemused" by the simplicity and mythology of this year's rhetoric regarding public problems. She indicated that difficult public choices must be illuminated by skilled policy analysts.

She pointed out that while some political candidates would have citizens believe the size of government is "growing astronomically" or is a "bloated bureaucracy," the federal bureaucracy "has been declining slightly."

And, she noted, even though the federal budget has quintupled since 1950, "so has everything else."

Simplistic rhetoric about the national debt also might lead the public to think the government is already bankrupt, Dr. Rivlin continued.

"But the truth is that the federal debt is not particularly terrifying," she said, explaining that it is smaller now in relation to the gross national product than it was at the end of World War II.

Dr. Rivlin said there were also conflicting myths about subjects such as poverty, voiced by speakers who, hearkening to some "golden era" of "honest carefree workers and sturdy peasants," think today's poor live in luxury.

However, she said even though most people are better off than their parents and the share of income going to the poor has improved, "the gap between the very rich and the very poor widens—and everybody knows how the rich live because they see it on TV."

The Congressional Budget Office director declared that many of the nation's complex problems—ranging from auto-based pollution to increased Social Security benefits—demand public, not private, solutions. Many of the problems, she added, are those with which "reasonable people can cope."

A former Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Johnson Administration, Dr. Rivlin said President Johnson understood the complexities of public problems.

Yet, the feeling in the Johnson Administration, she said, was that "problems were in some sense soluble—there was no throwing up of hands." She contrasted those times with the present "fascination with hopelessness and helplessness and doomsday."

In the audience was Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, a member of the UT System Board of Regents.

Noting that the nation's problems need public affairs experts with "clear heads, fresh views and dedication to solutions," Dr. Rivlin reminded the LBJ School graduates that "politicians can't do it alone—they need help from the policy analysts."

SEMINAR CONSIDERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A professional development seminar to help improve the management insight of administrators in local government units was sponsored by the LBJ School June 28-30 at the Thompson Conference Center.

The seminar presented an overview of key elements involved in local government management. The sessions were designed for administrators who may move into supervisory or management positions.

Discussions centered on five areas—the policy process, fiscal management, managing human resources, grievance procedures, and management by objectives.

Instructors for the seminar included Professors Albert Blum, Jared Hazleton, and Richard L. Schott of the LBJ School; Joseph J. Liro, assistant city manager of Austin, and Professor Jim L. Tarter of South Methodist University.

WEINTRAUB, TOLO IN BORDER MEETING

Professor Sidney Weintraub and Acting Dean Kenneth Tolo were part of a six-member UT-Austin planning group that met June 22-24 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with representatives of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) and other Mexican institutions.

The occasion was the First Binational Seminar on the Study of the Frontier Region Between the U.S. and Mexico. Following several months of discussion among University of Texas faculty, this Cuernavaca session produced agreement between the Mexican and UT policy delegations on a list of borderland zone policy research priorities of importance to both countries.

Activities during the next few months will include the identification of current U.S. policy research in these priority areas and the investigation of possible funding sources for new research studies.

MEALS SYSTEM PROJECT REPORTS TO CONGRESS

Professor Jurgen Schmandt testified before the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs on June 17 on the results of the joint LBJ School-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Meals System for the Elderly project.

Schmandt's testimony was part of a hearing on "The Homebound Elderly—Our Most Dependent Citizens." Both Senator George McGovern, who chairs the Nutrition Committee, and Senator Charles Percy, the ranking minority member, expressed great interest in the LBJ School's meals system concept. "I think it is an imaginative and interesting concept," Senator McGovern said, "and one that we will certainly want to explore further. I want to commend both NASA and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs for their joint participation and development of this program."

Senators McGovern, Percy, Edward Kennedy, and Robert Dole introduced legislation that same day to establish a national "meals-on-wheels" program. This proposed National Meals-on-Wheels Act (S. 3685) would include a demonstration program to study the Meals System for the Elderly project in three states.

In introducing the legislation, Senator McGovern said, "The bill would establish a demonstration project to study the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Meal Systems for the Elderly. This system, developed in cooperation with the LBJ School of Public Affairs at Austin, Texas, and United Action for the Elderly, mails or delivers a package of seven complete, shelf-stable, freeze-dried or canned meals to homebound elderly on a weekly basis. Preparation of these meals by the elderly requires only facilities sufficient to boil water. In the past year, the NASA-LBJ project has been tested successfully on over 120 elderly participants in Texas.

"It is important to note that this system is not intended to replace either the regular congregate or home-delivered meal programs. Personal contact with the elderly is an important feature of these programs and should not be displaced. Rather, this system is designed to provide meal service only to those persons who are beyond the reasonable reach of any current meal service. The NASA Meal System can effectively serve those persons who are geographically isolated, live in an area where no program exists, or are on waiting lists of programs with limited caseloads.

"The pilot project would be conducted in portions of three States, chosen to provide an appropriate mix of rural and urban environments. Each demonstration project will include a medical evaluation to assess, at minimal inconvenience to the participants, the health benefits of nutritional support for the elderly."

HOUSING GROUP BRIEFS HUD OFFICIALS

Faculty and students from the 1975-76 Housing and Community Development Policy Research Project brief the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington on June 24 on the project's findings and recommendations concerning the block grant program.

The LBJ School delegation included project faculty Victor Bach, James Hartling, and Barry Lovelace, and students Fran Zorn, Bob Farley, Ken Leonczyk, Rod Ellis, and Dan Carter. The briefing was well-attended by HUD representatives, and provoked a good deal of discussion and continuing interest in the forthcoming report. The Washington trip was also an opportunity to establish ongoing contact with Congressional staff concerned with housing and community development legislation.

The Washington briefing followed an Austin conference organized the previous week by Jim Hartling in the Community and Regional Planning program, on the implementation of the new housing and community development programs in the larger Texas cities. Key program actors from about a dozen Texas cities were brought together to react to the findings of the national study conducted by the Policy Research Project, and to confer on problems and opportunities Texas cities were finding in the new HUD programs.

TOLO PARTICIPATES IN YUGOSLAVIA MEETING

Acting Dean Kenneth Tolo was an invited participant in the Biennial Round-Table Meetings of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) and the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, May 23-29.

Tolo was a member of the Working Group on Public Sector Manpower and Education Planning. Results of the Round Table will serve as the basis for further planning in preparation for the 1977 IIAS/IASIA Congress.

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The Alumni Association's Alumni Services Committee has announced the initiation of a monthly "Start-off-the-Week-Right" gathering at Scholz' Garten. Alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to stop by from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The first gathering will be Monday July 12, with subsequent get-togethers each second Monday of the month.