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...title of White House Counsellor, and gave them broader authority. Caspar W. Weinberger will not only be HEW Secretary but will also supervise all of the "human resources" functions now scattered in various departments. James T. Lynn, the HUD Secretary, will administer all community-development programs, and Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, has a new mandate over all "natural resources" activities. Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff has warned that any attempt by the President to reorganize the Executive Branch by decree poses a constitutional issue...
TACKLES. Greg Marx, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 5 in., 235 lbs., and Dave Butz, Purdue, 6 ft. 7 in., 279 lbs. The Fighting Irish have long been a kind of front-four farm team for the pros (recent graduates include Walt Patulski of Buffalo, Mike McCoy of Green Bay, and Kevin Hardy of San Diego). Marx, though, is rated as "the best pass rusher to come out of South Bend in recent years." Beyond that, the scouts like his hustle, an "enthusiasm that makes him attack as though it were more than just a game." Butz possesses...
...although he would likely accept an appointment to the Supreme Court. In that case, Kissinger might move over to State, formalizing in that department the kind of harddriving, fast decision-making he instituted in the White House. Most likely to remain in their posts are Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson, Interior Secretary Rogers Morton, Treasury Secretary George Shultz and HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson, although the last-named is seen as another prospect for State if Rogers leaves...
...regulate their wages. In 1970 that wage was $1.65 an hour for top workers, and before the 1971 wage was set the wage-price freeze went into effect. When Phase II thawed matters some, the 1971 rates would have raised top workers 10? an hour, but Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz ruled that the increase need not be paid until Jan. 10, 1972. "That is a big joke for Louisiana," says Sister Anne Catherine Bizalion of the Southern Mutual Help Association, "because by Jan. 10 there is no more work." The crop...
...Still, there is the wheat scandal, and we do call it a scandal down here, which had a very negative effect on President Nixon," White said. "This is an early wheat harvest belt; our farmers lost millions of dollars. Of course, (Secretary of Agriculture Earl L.) Butz said that the farmers gambled and lost, but the feeling of our farmers is that they were the only ones who had to gamble...