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...head of the Environmental Protection Agency, were more reassuring on the question of the danger to human health. NRC data showed that the largest dose of radiation anyone in the immediate area received was 80 millirems; by comparison, an average American absorbs 200 millirems each year. HEW Secretary Joseph Califano testified that he expected no additional cancer deaths among the population within 50 miles of the plant. He also announced that the Food and Drug Administration was testing food, milk and river and drinking water in the vicinity of the site. No hazardous increase in radioactivity had shown...
...jail for refusing to release confidential FBI files, Washington Lawyer Charles Morgan Jr. teasingly sent his good friend an unusual present. The Attorney General escaped the jail threat, but he hung the gift on his office door. It was still there when Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. faced a contempt threat as a result of a North Carolina civil rights suit. Bell, who would be called on to defend his fellow Cabinet member, forwarded the offering to Califano. "What a hell of a thing," said Joe. "To find that the guy who is going to help...
...Neill and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd to hold back on social legislation. Said Byrd: "We're not going to be trying to pass a lot of new programs." But Carter had long ago received that message, loud and clear. As evidence, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano last week revealed that the Administration intends to introduce only a modest national health plan this year. Carter had campaigned on a pledge to fight for a comprehensive medical insurance program, but his proposal would simply improve existing coverage, protect against catastrophic medical bills and cost $10 billion to $15 billion a year...
...Secretary Joseph Califano must act on the recommendations before they have the force of law. Bishop Thomas Kelly, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has urged Califano to continue the ban because there is already "public repugnance" over tax funding of abortions. Whatever Califano decides, Father McCormick predicts that his board's report is "going to be controversial, not only in the Catholic community but in every other...
Jimmy Carter insisted that the bill had to be passed. Alfred Kahn, the Administration's anti-inflation strategist, declared that it would contribute more to curbing the rising cost of living than any other piece of legislation. HEW Secretary Joseph Califano termed it "the litmus test" for all members of Congress "on whether or not they have the guts to do something about inflation...