Word: businessmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...term as chairman of what has been called the nation's "Supreme Court of money" expires Jan. 31? At 73, Burns had become a rock-like symbol of resistance to inflation at home and a champion of a strong dollar abroad. He was trusted and admired by U.S. businessmen and foreign finance ministers, precisely the two groups most skeptical of Carter's own savvy as an economic manager...
...Businessmen in the area had mixed feelings about the proposed complex. Shirley Orkin, manager of the Jewel Box, hoped the new stores would bring new business to the area but added, "If it resembles a mall too much it will disrupt the character of Harvard Square...
...University of Cincinnati. Apparently she has heeded President Carter's executive order of last November calling for "simple and clear regulations" and less interference with individuals and organizations. She pared by half the number of OSHA forms that employers must fill out, and virtually eliminated them for small businessmen who employ ten or fewer people. In December, she announced that OSHA is abolishing 1,100 of its more than 10,000 regulations; her hit list will require more than 250 pages of explanation in the Federal Register. By reducing trivia, Bingham hopes to concentrate on the genuine dangers that still...
...Bingham does not intend to reduce OSHA's staff of 2,700, which has almost doubled in the past five years, or its annual $134 million budget, which has nearly tripled in that time. So far businessmen give her good marks for intentions, lesser ones for accomplishment. Says James D. McKevitt, Washington counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business: "Talking a good game is one thing, but getting those bureaucrats at the bottom to implement it is something else. They often wall off the most well-intentioned administrator. They have the traffic-cop attitude. They just like the power...
Prospects are excellent for speedy passage of the Carter tax plan, though Congress may add another $5 billion or so in tax cuts. Businessmen and economists cautiously endorsed Carter's proposals as beneficial to the economy, even though the stimulus will be largely offset by new increases in Social Security taxes, which will begin taking effect...