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...President-elect who, during only one week of Cabinet choices, not only draws the disapproval of Ralph Nader, but also will not appoint Bella Abzug as Secretary of Transportation...
Under pressure from minority groups to appoint someone to replace Leonard, who regulated Harvard's affirmative action plan, President Bok names Daniel Patrick Moynihan to the post, citing his experience in the Ugandan Studies Department...
...explanation of Moynihan's rather unusual service, Bok says, "I don't think it would be fair to anyone--especially to minority groups and women--for me to appoint anyone but the most qualified person to this or any other job. That's why I prefer to stand with...
While Bell's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee could be lively, the committee is chaired by Mississippi's archconservative James O. Eastland, who urged Carter to appoint Bell. At week's end, moreover, some black organizations that had loudly opposed Bell appeared ready to recon sider in view of his pro-civil rights decisions. Certain Carter watchers, meanwhile, forecast that the President-elect will name some well-known civil rights activists to important jobs at Justice just to speed up the cooling-off process...
...sake of noninflationary growth. He also forecasts a highly informal "prenotification" standard−a request that businessmen and labor leaders inform the new President privately of planned wage and price hikes and discuss their justification in advance. Pechman, director of economic studies at Brookings, urges that Carter appoint a new chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, who would vigorously denounce excessive wage and price hikes...