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Appearing before a Senate subcommittee on behalf of the Carter Administration, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano asked Congress to impose federal restrictions on recombinant DNA research, a new form of genetic inquiry involving E. coli. The urgency of Califano's request underlined the remarkable fact that a longtime dream of science, genetic engineering, is at hand -and, some fear, already out of hand. In laboratories across the nation, scientists are combining segments of E. coli's DNA with the DNA of plants, animals and other bacteria. By this process, they may well be creating forms of life different from...
...Califano came up from his office in the new HEW building just a few blocks down Independence Avenue, and took the witness chair next to Walsh...
Walsh reluctantly agreed with Califano that the whole affair was basically a "misunderstanding" about how much supervision Califano wanted the General Counsel's Office to exercise. Califano and the senators then agreed that Walsh was a fine investigator, and that welfare cheaters should be prosecuted, and that Champion was a fine choice for Undersecretary. On that note, with half the senators standing up in their rush to leave the hearing, the Finance Committee voted unanimously to confirm Champion. The full Senate is expected to approve his nomination sometime this week...
...there is one minor scandal that is still brewing on the sixth floor of HEW's offices on Independence Avenue. On the day of Champion's confirmation hearing, the world learned that Califano hired a private chef for himself and Champion, using a 402-word job description that never mentioned words "chef" or "cook." After answering about ten minutes' worth of reporters' questions about Souza, Walsh, and his own nomination, the ice finally broke...
Champion: Well, uh,...I never had a lunch there (at HEW with Califano) that wasn't working...