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...situation is much the same in the House. Arkansas' Wilbur Mills, who lost Ways and Means after his Tidal Basin antics, is retiring. In a virulent outbreak of democracy, freshmen in the House Democratic Caucus last year forced the ouster from chairmanships of Louisiana's F. Edward Hebert (Armed Services), and Texas' Wright Patman (Banking) and W.R. Poage (Agriculture). All were replaced by Northerners...
WELLS COLLEGE (515 women; Aurora, N.Y.). At the 1972 Democratic Convention, Frances Tarlton ("Sissy") Farenthold, fresh from a defeat in the Texas gubernatorial primary, was nominated for the vice-presidential slot on the McGovern ticket in a symbolic gesture by the Women's Caucus. Her being chosen as the first female of Wells' thirteen presidents, however, was anything but symbolic. The school, which has a modest endowment of $8 million, needed someone of note to help boost sagging enrollment. On the job since March, Farenthold, 49, has made this fall's entering class the largest...
Last spring Griffin was sent to Iowa to round up the delegate votes that won that state's crucial caucus for Ford. He also ran Ford's successful campaign in Michigan and devised the plan for the President to whistle-stop through the state...
Members of Whitlam's cabinet, chosen by the Labour Party caucus, favored fairly radical redistribution of income. His first labour minister, whose position permitted him to influence the nation's wage rates markedly, consistently supported unions engaged in mandatory federal arbitration. he "came to office with the conviction that it was time to give the workers a bigger share of the cake," according to a recent issue of The Economist. Unions received favorable legislation and generous wage increases. Salaries doubled in two years with women's wages rising 85 per cent. Public employees' pay hikes paced the nation...
Jimmy's wife Rosalynn was everywhere-from convention hall to caucus meetings to a black women's press conference. At a luncheon sponsored by a group of New York professional women, she explained that she had earned her husband's professional respect when she kept the books for the family peanut business. "Jimmy asked me 'How's this doing?' and 'How's that doing?' So I became an adviser...