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Effectiveness Doubted. Not many of Burns' critics have yet gone so far as Labor Leader George Meany, who has declared Burns to be "a national disaster." But they do question whether the man and his stubbornly restrictive policies are an asset at a time when the nation is deep in its worst postwar recession and unemployment is above 8% and still rising. The essence of the dispute between Burns and his opponents is whether the Federal Reserve has pushed hard enough to expand the money supply and ease credit so that buying by companies and individuals can begin...
Newly elected Tory Party Leader Margaret Thatcher defended the expenditures on the grounds that the monarchy is "our most precious asset." Others, though, are beginning to see it differently. Said Labor M.P. James Wellbeloved during the floor debate: "In my household, and in every other, there is another sovereign, the housewife, who is struggling to keep her family afloat in the turbulent sea of inflation. We must prevent people like this from becoming resentful of the institution that leads them." For some M.P.s, however, the reaction of Britain's housewives was of less concern than the reaction of Britain...
...nomination does not mean that Muskie would refuse to run. As a Muskie staff member in Washington told The Crimson, "He is receptive to the Presidency in terms of a draft, [and] he would accept a draft." That Muskie does not seek the nomination may indeed be an asset in 1976, not only because of public distrust of politicians who lust after the Presidency, but also because faction-ridden Democrats could more easily settle on a nominee who has not alienated voters in presidential primary elections...
...freshman Senator has made no move toward the presidency. But on the stump he is probably the most ap pealing of the party's fresh faces, and that could turn out to be a prized asset in the eyes of the pros...
...enter the first round out of personal loyalty to Heath. Her strongest opponent is William Whitelaw, 56, who became party chairman last year after a universally acclaimed performance as Heath's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The jovial, bushy-browed Whitelaw's greatest asset may be his incorrigible amiability. But his critics contend that he lacks both the temperament and the intellect to deal with the heated polemic exchanges that characterize parliamentary debate. Especially in the critical field of economics, Whitelaw would have a hard time standing up to the combined dialectics and expertise of Prime Minister...