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Congress did indeed keep the faith-with itself and the American people. In the next 48 hours, Powell's House colleagues coldly cashiered him from the chairmanship of the perquisite-rich Education and Labor Committee, and then barred him, at least for the nonce, from taking his seat in Congress...
...sponsored by the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Vietnam, under the chairmanship of Hilary W. Putnam, professor of Philosophy at Harvard. More than 250 members of the Harvard faculty signed the ad, which will appear again in next Sunday's Times with an additional 2000 signatures...
This week's House Democratic caucus would doubtless approach the Powell problem with the utmost diffidence, even though the pressure was on to corral him. Sensing that this was the case, Powell issued a statement condemning efforts to dump him from his committee chairmanship as part of a "conspiracy of enormous dimensions." His critics, he said, "are trying to politically castrate one of America's most powerful Negro politicians." If they persist, Powell hinted, he would blow the whistle on other congressional sinners. And, though many if not most Negro leaders privately hold Powell in contempt, they were...
This leaves Powell's colleagues with only one method of disciplining the Harlem Democrat: depriving him of his chairmanship of the House Education and Labor Committee. But this alternative also has serious disadvantages. In effect, it would punish Powell for his abuse of his powers as chairman of a committee, not for his defiance of the courts which is clearly his most serious offense. What is more, Powell's practices as a committee chairman have been no different in principle from those of many of the other major committee heads in the House. Singling out Powell for punishment would, therefore...
Despite Rockefeller's disclaimers of persisting presidential ambitions, some pros are nervously watching him for signs of a relapse. Percy, yet to serve a day, has an eye on the chairmanship of the G.O.P. Senatorial Campaign Committee?the platform from which Barry Goldwater soared to prominence. Hatfield is also believed to harbor presidential ambitions. Reagan denied having any presidential plans, but did hint that he might go to the convention as a favorite son if there is "a need to avoid a divisive