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Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, testifying on the Hill this summer warned of the changing dependency ratio in the United States--by the year 2000 one-fifth of the population will be over 65; three workers will support one retiree as opposed to the six that now support each senior citizen. There is no doubt that the social security system will have to undergo a major revamping in the upcoming years unless the next generation of the labor force is willing to accept an inordinate increase in social security taxation...
...favor of less qualified blacks. In an early draft of a brief stating the Government's position on that "reverse discrimination" case, McCree came down in favor of affirmative action, but explicitly against quotas. After loud protests from black leaders and some Cabinet officers, including HEW Secretary Joseph Califano, McCree and Assistant U.S. Attorney General Drew Days, who is also black, changed the emphasis considerably. Avoiding the question of quotas, the final draft strongly argued that race can be "a factor" in professional-school admissions...
Taking advantage of the Camp David momentum, Carter is not only fighting for unfinished bills that have been placed before Congress but is even reviving legislation that his opponents thought they had killed. He and Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joe Califano decided to resuscitate the hospital cost containment bill, which was suppressed in committee last summer by pressure from the medical lobby. Carter probably figures he has nothing to lose politically since the public is angry about inflation in general and about soaring medical costs in particular. In August, hospital costs rose .9%, second only to the 1.1% leap...
...seemed to be a second Pentecost, a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, to those Cardinals who participated in the conclave; and his pontificate, brief as it was, had suffused the church with warmth and hope. "In a few days, he captured the world. He really did," said Joseph Califano, the only Roman Catholic in the U.S. Cabinet, after attending a memorial Mass. The Netherlands' Johannes Willebrands spoke for many Cardinals: "It's a disaster. I cannot put into words how happy we were on that August day when we had chosen John Paul. We had such high hopes...
Joseph A. Califano Jr., secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, said Monday Carter will veto the legislation because it would fuel inflation, increase government regulation of education, and would not be based on financial need...