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THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Robert Walters
Problems unique
in Silicon Valley
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the restrictions and controls
which invariably accompany
government assistance in any
nation.
Like this country’s federal
bureaucracies, MITI can be in-
sensitive if not oblivious to
developments on the leading
^dge of the technologies it sup-
posedly is promoting, as the
Sony Corp. discovered in the
1950s.
When Sony sought government
permission to secure Japanese
rights for the production of tran-
sistors, the company was rebuff-
ed by MITI on the grounds that
the technology was not im-
pressive enough to justify a ma-
jor expenditure.
After two years of pressure
and persuasion, Sony convinced
MITI to reverse its initial deci-
sion — and then was able to
manufacture the transistor
radio which launched one of the
world’s most successful con-
sumer electronics empires.
Notwithstanding MITI’s exag-
gerated reputation as the driv-
ing force behind “Japan, Inc.,”
those who have closely examin-
ed its operations note that the
government agency never has
had the power to push Japanese
firms in a direction they did not
want to go.
What MITI has done most suc-
cessfully has been to remove
legal and regulatory barriers
which inhibited Japanese firms
from proceeding in directions
they had chosen.
“Competition in the (com-
puter) industry has been so
tumultuous that MITI could hot
have played resource allocator
even if it had wanted to,” noted
an editorial last year in the Har-
vard Business Review.
“MITI is but a spectator in this
disorderly boom. Its blueprint
for the 1980s is long on rhetoric
and short on specifics,” added
the editorial.
Thus, the solution to the pro-
blems"'faced by this country’s
computer industry is probably
not a “national industrial
policy” — and surely not a
federal effort based on an MlTI
experiment whose reputation ex-
ceeds it achievements. '
Robert Walters is a columnist /or Newspaper
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SAN MATEO, Calif. - Like
virtually every other interest
group in the country, the en-
trepreneurs in California’s San-
ta. Clara Valley are beseeching
the federal government for
special status, privileges and
assistance.
But the appeals emanating
from the “Silicon Valley,” which
stretches south from here to San
Jose, are both qualitatively and
quantitatively different from the
requests originating elsewhere
because of their massive scope
and size.
Some business leaders here in-
sist that nothing less than a “na-
tional industrial policy” backed
up by a multi-billion-dollar
government support program is
required to protect them from
potentially ruinous Japanese
competition.
Specifically, they are pressing
for a federal effort to match the
ambitious program of Japan’s
Ministry of International Trade
and industry, which has
targeted computer-related
research, development, produc-
tion and marketing as a
“sunrise” industry eligible for
favored government treatment.
Industrial targeting is not a
new technique for Japan. In the
decades since the end of World
War II, MITI has orchestrated
government-sponsored
preferential programs for the
steel, shipbuilding, heavy
machinery," petrochemical and
consumer electronics industries.
None of those efforts has been
as ambitious, however, as the
campaign to protect and pro-
mote the producers of semicon-
ductors or integrated circuits,
which provide computers with
their artificial memory.
At first glance, the Japanese
government appears to have
been extraordinarily generous to
the industry during the late
1970s, providing almost $150
million in interest-free loans,
which apparently never were
repaid, as well as $1.6 million
worth of low-interest loans from
the Japan Development Bank.
But the total value of that
multi-year loan program is only
slightly larger than the annual
research budget of the Interna-
tional Business Machines Corp.
From Sun files
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: Two significant military developments have sparked
: heated debate in Washington among Defense Depart-
ment “brass” and politicians.
An internal Pentagon document says the Army has
equipment shortages and military preparedness is in-
adequately funded despite pronouncements about high
priority accorded readiness.
A report on the document prepared for Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger and dated Feb. 17 came
on the heels of comments by the Brookings Institution
study relating to the military.
Reagan administration plans to expand the armed
forces and deploy more highly sophisticated weapons T:
could force resumption of a peacetime draft by the f
1990s, the Brookings report said.
All-volunteer military services in future years likely
will be faced with a declining pool of qualified recruits
and increasing demand for highly skilled personnel.
The Pentagon document concluded that although the
Defense Department can anticipate continual, gradual
improvements in readiness of active and reserve forces,
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WASHINGTON — Four years cooperating in federal investiga-
ago, Jerry Van, a convicted ex- tions of arson, mail fraud and
tortionist and muscle man for white slavery. Van “gave full
the overall picture throughout the military IS somewhat California racketeers, gave and complete information to the
federal agencies crucial in- federal grand jury, ” Schloss told
Unless the American people can be counted on to sup- formation that led to nearly a the judge, adding: “A very large
dozen indictments and convic- percentage of that information
tions of his former associates in has been corraborated by in-
dependent investigative
mixed.
port a peacetime military draft, the Brookings study
concluded, it would be risky either to expand the size of
the armed forces or to develop increasingly complicated He hoped to earn himself a means.”
weapons systems. break on his state sentence for Despite alj the favorable
Before the advent Of nuclear weapons, it was relative- unrelated charges of extortion testimony, the California pro-
ly safe for nations to let their military guard down in and assault secutor recommended no lenien-
peacetime. That is no longer true .Even though there &£££££ ^
may be few or no more conventional wars, this does not with a i6-year sentence — 10 in opposing Van’s appeal of his
mean strong conventional military forces should not be years more than his partner 16-year sentence, the California
maintained at peak combat readiness. The volatile received on identical charges.
world political and military climate dictates such a Worse- when Van started t0 that "no promises were made to
“sing” to a congressional com- Van, state or federal, regarding
mittee about alleged'misconduct a reduction of sentence in ex-
within the Justice Department, change for his cooperation.”
the feds put him in deadly
jeopardy. He was abruptly wise. In March 1982, Corradini
withdrawn from the Justice * wrote to the state attorney
To The Sun: the editor of The Baytown Sun Department’s witness protection general: “It is important for me
I read the big-notice in the for the July 16 editorial, "Crimes program and turned loose to demohstrate“to Mr. Van that
Aug. 2 Baytown Sun where Against Children”. among the general prison the government is starting the
Peace Tabernacle sent a note to Thousands of children, our population, where he could have process of living up to its pro-,
the person or persons who stole most precious resource,' are been easy prey for the mobsters mises.”
their flag. I agree with them brutally abused both physcially he had helped to send up. Deputy U.S. Attorney General
completely that it is horrible for and sexually every year. When Van’s dangerous situa- Sandy Kriegler responded: “We
someone to steal anything from As the editor pointed out, tion became known to Rep. remain committeed to our
anyone much less the Flag of the tougher laws to punish these per- Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chair- original agreement and will
Unifed States; but my reason for sons that victimize children are man of the House Select Com- abide by it after the conclusion
writing this letter to the editor is " needed. mittee on Narcotics, the con- of your trial.” The agreement,
to voice my opinion as to the way However, that Republican gressman wrote to Attorney spelled out in the sealed
Peace Tabernacle has also been Congressman of ours, Jack General William French Smith transcript of the pre-sentence
dishonoring the flag of the U.S. Fields, does not seem to feel as demanding an explanation.
The proper respect for our flag str0ngly as the editor of The
' has not been shown when they let
the underworld.
attorney general’s office argued
course.
. Readers' views
The record indicates other-
Cedar Bayou principal in
familiar setting in 1954
hearing, called for a maximum
“Shortly after Mr. Van made sentence of six years in return
Baytown Sun. He was one of only allegations...he was transferred for Van’s cooperation,
it stay out during the rain and 31 Members of Congress to vote from protective custody into the The prosecution was suc-
flying after dark. against Title III of the “Child general prison population,” cessful. But the state reneged on
1 hope they find their flag real Abuse Prevention-and Treat- Rangel wrote. “While I do not its agreement until last month. A
soon, and I hope that they will ment Act.” This vote on H R. want to draw conclusions from., state judge finally lopped six
appoint someone from their con- l904 occurred Feb. 2,1984.
gregation to responsible for Specifically, Republican tions, particularly what condi- shy of the original promise,
taking proper care and display Fields voted against “The Fami- tions have changed that would .
It of our flag. ly violence miff dimiriisfiThe need for Mr .'Van fo~* UNDER"
It is a beautiful sight to be— Treatment Act.” This bill pro- be under witness protection.”' Federal Election Commission
driving down Garth Road and to vided funds to the states to The letter got quick action, has ruled that Sen. Ted Stevens,
see that glorious flag and how establish, maintain or expand Van was hastily restored to the R-Alaska, could properly
much more beautiful and signifi- family violence prevention pro- safety of a segregated cell under designate his adult daughter
cant it will be if the members of grams. the witness protection program. Beth as an “aide” so that her
Peace Tabernacle will also learn j think it is disgraceful for our 'As I reported recently, Van’s travel expenses could legally be
how to display our flag with congressman to turn his back on charges against the federal paid by an organization he had
dignity and honor! our most innocent citizens, organized-strike force in Los been invited to address. But it
Morally, I cannot vote for any Angeles led Rangel to ask Smith ruled his 2-and-a-half-year-old
politician who cannot stand with to investigate allegations of “of- daughter Lily was not an eligible
The Baytown Sun to protect our ficial corruption and dereliction “dependent” for expense pur-
children.
From The Baytown Sun files, of Goose Creek, kills a big rattle-
this is the way it was 40 and 30 snake near his hometown of
Duncanville. The snake was 14
. f eetand6 incheslqng a
- rattlers.
be sworn in as district deputy t
grand exalted ruler of the Elks
this act, it raises certain ques-
years off Van’s sentence — still
and 20 years ago:
AUG. 10,1944
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AUG. 10,1954
Paul D. Hodge, new principal
Lodge for the Southeast District 0f Cedar Bayou Junior High, will
in a ceremony Aug. 26 in be in familiar surroundings this
Chicago. * fail. His office is the same one he
Second Lt. James D. Jones, had as principal of Cedar Bayou
former Baytonian, is killed in ac- High Schoo} before consolida-
tion in France, his brother,
Hawe Jones, owner of Jones
Furniture Co. in Baytown,/is
notified. /
Lt. R.W. Baker Jr. of Baytown
is making history these days
over Europe in the Texas Blue-
bonnet, a Liberator bomber that
made 12 missions over enemy
territory in one month.
A short circuit causes a fire at
Palace Theater but the flames
tion.
Navy Mothers Club members
are entertained at a picnic sup-
per in the J.L. King home in Oak-
land Estates. ‘ I
Nancy K. Stewart
9111 Courtney Drive
Highlands
of duty relating to narcotics en- poses,
forcement in the Southwest...”
— Rep. Paul Simon, D-Ill.,
The Justice Department is meanwhile, has a good word to
Nell Guthrie and W.F. Muller,
diversified occupation teachers
at Robert E. Lee High School,
return from a conference in
Austin on industrial cooperative
training.
To The Sun:
First, I would like to commend
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322 Barnes now conducting an investigation say for congressional travel in
of the current strike force direc- his latest book, “The Glass
tor and his predecessor, both of House.” Acknowledging
whom have emphatically denied criticism of legislative junkets,
accusations of wrongdoing.
Van believes he was betrayed a lawmaker’s perceptions of the
by authorities who didn’t like his world, and that not traveling
charges against their colleagues would be a greater abuse of the
on the strike force. It took con- public trust,
gressional pressure to get the
Justice Department to in- EYE ON THE economy: Gov-
vestigate the charges after emment officials don’t rule out
the possibility that one or more
The House committee’s of the nation’s 10 biggest banks
special investigator told my could fail because of unwise
associate Indy Badhwar that loans. Even though the. federal
Van received a punitive prison government recently came to
sentence’ after promises were the re^ue:bf 'UbntinehtSr nii-
made to intercede for him for his nois, a “confidence crisis”
cooperation. This is also the opi- might develop that would cause
nion of Assistant U.S. Attorney massive withdrawals — and fail-
P a u 1 Corradini,- who ure.
acknowledged the valuable help
Van provided in breaking up the be, these Cassandras’ views are
Berry's
World
Simon says that travel broadens
AIJG.10,1964
An estimated 12,874 pupils will
enroll this fall in Baytown public
schools.
are extinguished before any
damage occurs. So quickly and
quietly was the fire tapped out
that people attending the show
were unaware that anything
happened, Goose Creek Fire
Chief N. J. King says. ,
S.J. Yeager, pioneer resident and.burned.
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Fresh Water District Office No;.
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..........Editor and Publisher
Assistant to Publisher . biggest, best organized and most not shared by all federal banking
Editor and Publisher, 1950-1974 profitable arson ring in the coun- regulators, for one simple rea-
"r son: The panic-stricken deposi-
In January 1980,, several tors would either have to stuff ,
federal agents testified in Van’s their money in mattresses or put
behalf at his pre-sentence hear- it into another bank, which
ing in the California state cotirl v would be just as vulnerable to a
Dennis Schloss, a Justice chain-reaction confidence crisis.
- - Department special prosecutor,
testified that Van had been
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 244, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1984, newspaper, August 10, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153370/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.