Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - January 9, 1977, Walla Walla, Washington Walla Year Sunday January 25 Cents Mondale to carry Carter message abroad PLAINS Ga AP elect Carter said Saturday he will send Vice President-elect Mondale on a trip to Europe and Japan the first week of the Carter administration The President-elect said he himself probably will attend an economic summit meeting of the world's in- democracies this year probably in late May or June Carter also said he likely will meet with Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev sometime before next fall and hopes by that time to have achieved substantial progress on a new strategic arms limitation treaty On another subject Carter said he has every hope that tax rebate checks a key element of his plan to stimulate the lagging economy will be sent to millions of taxpayers by Alaska can buy back oil leases JUNEAU Alaska Oil Co of California has agreed to sell back its Bay oil and gas leases to the state for million Gov Jay Hammond announced Saturday Although the agreement calls for Standard to receive million more for the leases than the firm paid for them in 1973 Hammond said the deal does not represent a profit for the big oil company If approved by the legislature the deal would climax a long-standing political and environmental battle over the leases which were sold by the administration of former Gov William Egan without public hearings I was convinced that the leases should not have been issued in this particular area which is so rich in marine Hammond told a news conference There are many places where oil exploration in this state can proceed without con- but this is one area in which our renewable resources should receive the most stringent tion Hammond said he will seek a million appropriation from the coming legislature to cover a little more than half of the cost of the back deal early spring Carter said he still intends to minimize his own travel in the first year of his administration but would make an exception for the economic summit Carter talked to reporters at a chilly outdoor news conference on the lawn of his home I've asked Sen Mondale to go to West Germany to France to Great Britain to the European Community headquarters in Brussels and also to Carter said He said arrangements for the trip already have been made and that he will speak with the prime ministers or leaders of those nations by telephone sometime next week He said the purpose of the Mondale trip is to let America's closest allies know in some detail what I and the United States Congress propose to do about the stimulation of our economy In addition to that he will explore with them better means by which we might coordinate our NATO policies deal with the problems of the in- creased oil prices and also share with them some of our potential plans at that point for helping to resolve the potential problems surrounding Cyprus and Turkey and Greece the Middle East and of course the ern Africa question In the latter case Carter said that the United States plans to play a supportive role and will not pre-empt the leadership position taken by the government of Great Britain Mondale later issued a statement from his Washington office ex- pressing pleasure with the ment from Carter He said the trip will allow the new administration to consult closely with allies to exchange views with them and to prepare for a possible economic summit Finally I expect this trip to provide an opportunity for a frank exchange of viewpoints in other vital areas including East-West relations the European Community and the NATO alliance the Middle East and Cyprus the world energy situation and various trade and monetary Mondale said Carter said he himself probably will meet with the leaders of the nations Mondale will visit later in the year probably in the framework of an economic summit meeting He expressed the hope that other meetings with foreign leaders during his administration's first year take place in the United States Carter said he has exchanged with President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France about the timing of an economic summit The meeting is expected to be held in Japan Carter said Mondale will be his personal emissary As a means of getting acquainted with them letting them know in some detail the hopes of tration in international matters particularly relating to tension in world trouble spots I think Sen Mondale can do as good a job on his first trip as I could do Carter said He said the Mondale trip will be just the first in a series to be made early this year by other members of the administration On Friday Carter and key congressional Democrats proposed a two-year program to stimulate the economy through jobs and public works programs a permanent tax cut and a one-shot tax rebate that could give individual taxpayers up to A reporter asked Carter about reports that Congress might not be able to act on the rebate portion of the plan for several months I would hope the information from is Carter said I don't foresee any difficulty in getting the rebate checks out very said Related stories page 25 Downhill tubing Jim Parsons 7 gets some help from dad Ron Parsons Saturday afternoon as they take advantage of the steep slopes and packed snow on the hill photo by Dennts Dimick above Milton-Freewater The Parsons live at 219 DeHaven Milton-Freewater Strohmaier sees nothing personal in appointment by Ray Of The Union Bulletin It would be difficult for anyone to say Gary appointment last week to head the Washington Department of Agriculture was a return of a personal favor More correctly Dixy Lee Ray probably appointed the Touchet wheat producer because she feels he is the most qualified person for the job The Strohmaier says he didn't even know Miss Ray until he met her briefly when she was in Walla Walla last October We talked for about two he says And being director of the agriculture department was the farthest thing from mind at that time because he was busy with his own bid to win a State Senate seat in a race with Jeannette Hayner His dreams fizzled following the November election when he was defeated not over- but by a mere 543 votes by Mrs Hayner It wasn't until more than a month after the election that Strohmaier started thinking he could serve well as the state's director of agriculture When I ran for the Senate people would ask me Why go through all this My answer to that was I liked to be involved I like to get things done The desire for involvement was the reason Strohmaier decided to sit inside today's U B Et 3839 3537 2731 16 13 13 34 ia 13 Arts Business Classified Deai Abby DT T People Spoils TV schedule 37 16 37 3 7 33 1722 9 16 the weather Forecast for Walla Walla Continued cold cloudy with patches of fog and light snow today highs winds light and variable chance of snowfall 30 per cent Weather report page 3 You can't learn this in the classroom Seepages down in December and write a letter and a page resume to Miss Ray seeking the position of agriculture director He got to know the upcoming governor a little better last Monday during an interview in her office at Olympia It was more of a casual con- versation than an Strohmaier recalls Her first comment to me Gary I want you to know it is my opinion that the department of agriculture is one of the more im- portant departments in the State of He said Miss Ray told him she thinks there is a lot of for further expansion of the state's largest industry She's going to be deeply dedicated to agriculture Strohmaier a father of five says he thinks Miss Ray chose him because of a combination of his past activities not necessarily because he has all the answers to the problems of agriculture That experience includes being an assistant to both U.S Rep Mike McCormick and Rep Thomas Foley now chairman of the House Agriculture Committee In addition Strohmaier has served as president of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers a member of President Johnson's advisory committee for wheat and feed grains and he belonged to the Partners of Alliance a self-help partnership between Washington and Ecuador Strohmaier says he sees his primary job as head of the ment as an administrator of the laws of Washington as they pertain to the agriculture industry He sees his first big job as director as one of making a speedy and transition between outgoing director Stewart Bledsoe and himself The first thing I want to determine is if the department is efficient and highly ethical If it's not meeting any of those then I'll make the necessary changes Strohmaier says he will also make an effort to bind people in the urban areas of Washington with those in the rural areas Farmers are consumers just like the people in urban areas Many times in the urban areas seem to feel the farmer is not a consumer I'd like to emphasize the fact it cost a farmer just as much for a dozen eggs as it does the engineer at Boeing Strohmaier admits it will be an impossible job to solve all the problems of agriculture Farmers have had problems ideas and interest for years and years and years They're going to continue to have problems It's a growing industry and we're still suffering growing pains On other subjects Strohmaier much government control of Iff I TOUCHET WN Gary Strohmaier at Touchet farm in warmer weather agriculture deprives the independent farmer I like local control as much as possible The further away we can stay from state and federal control in all areas of our society the better off we'll be illegal alien problem if there is a problem is a federal government problem not a state one Farmers should not be held responsible for unknowingly hiring illegal alien workers opposes initiative 59 a water rights proposal The way it is written right now I do not totally agree with it Strohmaier says the limitation is too small and the initiative deals with corporate ning Corporate fanning should be dealt with separately according to Strohmaier I feel it is the of elected in the House and Senate to pass legislation or consider legislation on how the state's water should be used and by whom It should not be the decision of any department on the administrative level of state government Neighbors say accused spy didn't hide love for Russia A former Russian merchant seaman who told his New Jersey neighbors he defected to the United States several years ago was described by the FBI on Saturday as a cool-headed spy who passed American defense secrets to the Soviets Ivan Rogalsky a unemployed mechanic was held without bail in the Bergen County Jail on espionage charges punishable by death He was represented by a public defender at his arraignment Saturday morning before U.S Magistrate William J Hunt Rogalsky a bachelor is a resident alien described by his Jackson Township neighbors as sometimes lonely often troublesome They said he made no attempt to hide his love for his native land which he told them he left when he jumped ship in a German port in 1971 He said he came to the United States later via Germany and Spain according to acquaintances Rogalsky was arrested Friday night in rural Lakewood Township He had in his possession a classified document from an RCA Corp research center that works on top secret communications satellites and defense projects The FBI complaint portrayed Rogalsky as a patient espionage agent who tried to cultivate a U.S contact to feed him vital American defense secrets The information was passed to Yevgeniy Karpov a member of the Soviet intelligence network posing as part of the Russian delegation to the United Nations according to the federal court complaint As second secretary of the Soviet mission at the Karpov has diplomatic immunity and cannot be arrested by authorities He can however be asked to leave the country Louis A Giovanetti FBI agent in charge of New Jersey said Karpov had long been suspected of being a Soviet intelligence agent Neither he nor the State Department would comment on when or if Karpov would be expelled from the United States Authorities said Rogalsky had been under surveillance for six months before his arrest They said he held nearly a dozen meetings with Paul S Nekrasov an RCA engineer who was secretly cooperating with the FBI Related photo page 25 Compare Rates and Customer Services You'll See Why First Federal is over MILLION IN ASSETS High Interest and Insured Safety Bv law amounts ft air maturity earn AND IOAN ASSOCIATION
