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...system. That of course suggests some Strangelovian scenes such as Hamilton Jordan, Carter's top pol, in a domestic command bunker, farm boots up on the computer console, phone in hand, lights flashing across huge screens: "Get Strauss out to Pittsburgh. The steel areas are angry red ... Tell Califano to shut up on tobacco. North Carolina has dropped off the map ... Can Brown pump some defense contracts into the West Coast? Unemployment is edging up ... For God's sake, is Bergland loose again? Kansas is turning blue...
...regulations are not due to go into effect for colleges or universities until July 21, and with the deadline drawing near, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano has asked his aides to review the whole matter again. The net result: HEW so far has not denied a penny of federal funds to any high school or college for discriminating against women in athletics, and Hester Lewis, a Title IX attorney in HEW's Office of Civil Rights, admits: "I would say that practically no college or university will be in compliance [with Title IX] by July...
...Califano's few critics at the White House chuckled when the Secretary was caught placing a 402-word notice in the Federal Register for what amounted to a departmental chef but which camouflaged the fact that the main duty would be cooking. Although most departments hire such help for VIP business lunches, Califano's notice sought an "extremely confidential, personal assistant...
...most often involved in HEW's activities. Says he: "We both have similar philosophies and goals. It is impossible not to like Joe. He is a fighter for the things he believes in." Even Peter Bourne, Carter's top adviser on health matters, who has had some clashes with Califano, concedes: "The White House staff has sort of a love-hate relationship with him. He can drive you up the wall and yet be increasingly impressive at the same time...
...Califano has antagonized some key Democrats in Congress. Indiana's John Brademas, majority whip in the House and chairman of the Select Education Subcommittee, was incensed when Califano pushed legislation for an HEW reorganization plan without consulting him first. He accused Califano of practicing "the same damn arrogance, the Nixon arrogance of power." Brademas now says: "I know he rides roughshod, but I think he is well motivated...