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Federal affirmative-action programs in the valley have also increased white tolerance for black newcomers. The programs obligate large companies-Rockwell, Bendix and Lockheed, among others -to hire more minorities, a difficult task given the scarcity of black residents north of the mountains...
...half proposal was put forward by Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal-unenthusiastically. The former chairman of Bendix Corp. at first sought to defend the expense-account lunch. But in a long session in the White House earlier this year, Blumenthal and his aides came away convinced that Carter's moral conviction compelled him to take action against what he believes to be an unjustified excess...
...gave the U.S. Navy one of the worst beatings in its history and left Marines on Guadalcanal stripped of support. A year later, the island and its airstrip were dramatically saved-a rescue made famous by Richard Tregaskis in his book Guadalcanal Diary (1943) and by Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Anthony Quinn, et al., in the movie version...
Carter's request, promised the President and the Senate that he would divest himself of his shares in the bank before Dec. 31. (Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal made a similar pledge to divest himself of Bendix Corp. stock...
...Some other Cabinet-level officers may be tempted to whisper under their breath about Strauss. His nomination brings another powerful figure into the new Administration's increasingly crowded economic policy lineup. The man who appears to be getting crowded most is Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, the German-born Bendix Corp. president, who seemed to have been recruited by Carter for his drive and expertise in foreign commerce; he had been an effective international trade negotiator in the Kennedy Administration. Even before Strauss's nomination, Blumenthal's clout in the new Administration had appeared to be limited...