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...other black leaders met to hear Carter. According to one participant, Carter declared: "I can win the primaries and I can win the nomination. But I can't win the election without the support of blacks outside of Georgia." To get that support, Carter agreed to: 1) appoint blacks-from a list submitted by the black Democrats-to the 14 policy task forces that are drawing up position papers for him on energy, foreign policy and other issues; 2) appoint no whites who are clearly unacceptable to the black community (that assurance was not explicitly stated but strongly hinted...
...reference to a supercharged GT model with a $25,850 price tag. Nonetheless, Jerry drew cheers again when he pointed at Mervyn Dymally, California's black Lieutenant Governor, and shouted: "If I go to Washington, he goes to Sacramento. If I'm elected President, I will appoint the first black Governor in the United States." Unfortunately, the Governor was off on both his authority and his history. If Brown is elected President, Dymally will automatically succeed to the governorship. And during Reconstruction, P.B.S. Pinchback, a black man, served as acting Governor of Louisiana for 36 days...
...including 26% for the Socialists and 23% for the Communists. Recent polls suggest that Socialist-Communist Union of the Left candidates will win a majority of the races in the 1978 parliamentary elections. If they do, Giscard, whose own term as President runs until 1981, may be forced to appoint a Premier from the left. The result, many French politicians believe, could be a paralyzing deadlock between the President and a hostile parliamentary majority, leading to a flight of capital, street demonstrations, strikes and, perhaps, the collapse of the Fifth Republic...
...Kanawha County power base. So then Rockefeller got Hechler to run, holding out the promise of a Senate seat. You see, the senior senator from West Virginia is Jennings Randolph, who is 77 years old. In the event of his death or resignation, if Rockefeller was governor, Rockefeller would appoint Hechler to the open seat. If Randolph did not choose to die or resign, well, there's lots of things Hechler could do. Like become a director of the Rockefeller Foundation, for instance...
Dean Rosovsky yesterday announced the formation of a search committee to appoint a new dean of Harvard College...