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...paradox is particularly apparent when one realizes that the AFL-CIO spent over five and one half million dollars in the 1976 campaign to have Jimmy Carter elected president under a law that bars corporate contributions to campaigns yet allows unions virtually unlimited spending through their "political education" committees...
Union leaders are wary of guidelines because they believe wages are monitored more closely than prices. "We are very, very leary," says AFL-CIO President George Meany. "Our experience has been that the employer becomes very civic-minded, very patriotic and says, 'No, I can't give you any more than a certain percentage.' " Moreover, when there are no guidelines, manufacturers are able to set high prices and union leaders are freer to strike for hefty settlements without arousing a public outcry or getting into an argument with the President. Without the Ford Administration committing itself...
Very Wary. Black politicians, who argue persuasively that the overwhelming pro-Carter black vote guaranteed his victory, are anticipating a handsome reward. Wily George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, was well aware that labor's vote in many metropolitan areas was another major element in the Georgian's election, and was not bashful about pushing some Cabinet favorites (see box). Nor was he bashful about making his policy preferences known. Carter has suggested voluntary wage and price guidelines, rather than formal controls, to curb inflation. Meany made it clear at a news conference last week that...
...Labor has two favorites, both being pushed by AFL-CIO Boss George Meany: Harvard's John Dunlop, 62, to return to the Labor Department he headed effectively until he quit in a policy dispute with President Ford, and U.A.W. President Leonard Woodcock, 65, to become Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Andrew Brimmer, 50, one of the nation's most distinguished economists-and a black-is considered a possible Secretary of the Treasury. So, too, are Peter Peterson, 50, a Commerce Secretary dropped by former President Nixon; Robert Roosa, 58, an Under Secretary of the Treasury...
...Attitude toward labor. Many businessmen worry that Carter has mortgaged his policymaking future to the union chiefs whose get-out-the-vote drives helped him squeak through to victory. The AFL-CIO's crusty old president George Meany pooh-poohs that idea. Says Meany: "The only commitment I have from Jimmy Carter is that when we've got a problem, he'll consider it." The numerous executives who doubt that may take some heart from the fact that Meany also opposes wage-price controls, which he feels hold down wages more than prices...