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...toward peace until that cutoff date, since "any incentive for the enemy to negotiate is destroyed if he is told in advance if he just waits for 18 months, we'll be out anyway." Nixon seemed goaded into insisting that he hoped to end the war even faster, although the goal he stated of being out "before the end of 1970 or the middle of 1971" extends past Goodell's deadline. "We're on a course that is going to end this war," he declared. "It will end much sooner if we can have a united front...
...cost of welfare assistance to the poor. During the Lindsay years, welfare has replaced education as the city's biggest single expense, now totaling $1.5 billion, or 23% of the $6.5 billion budget. The number of people on relief has doubled, to roughly 1,000,000, and although city officials contend that the rate of increase is now slowing appreciably, this is scant consolation to the wage earner of moderate means who knows that one out of eight New Yorkers is getting welfare help. "Work is the answer to an awful lot of the problems we have here," says Procaccino...
...Although both Procaccino and Marchi have obviously benefited from white backlash, neither is a racist. Further, the white voters whom Lindsay needs are not in the mood to have their consciences addressed. Jews, in particular, feel that for many years they have supported legitimate Negro demands by voting for liberals and financing civil rights causes. It was all very well for Lindsay to be one of the most assertive members of the Kerner Commission and for his aides to take as gospel the commission's key argument: that white racism is at the root of much urban turmoil. Except...
...social radical, and both have voted often enough for conservative causes. Scott and Griffin supported the President on the ABM. Last year Griffin led the Senate fight against Abe Fortas' appointment as Chief Justice. Both Senators have generally subscribed to the President's Viet Nam policies, although Scott has been anxious for accelerated troop withdrawals. Both Scott and Griffin are liberal on civil rights. Last June, Scott attacked the Administration's positions on voting rights and school desegregation guidelines. During the 90th Congress, he voted less than half the time with the conservative Senate coalition. Scott...
...Although we don't necessarily think that the Faculty should take a stand on all political issues, we feel this one is of special importance," Ptashne said. "The situation with the war is so serious that to say nothing is to take a stand...