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...first campaign for election to the House in 1970, he has won three later contests by ever increasing majorities. He has earned a prized place on the immensely powerful House Rules Committee, and with continuity of service he would be virtually assured of eventual succession to its chairmanship. Why he should risk so golden a political future remains a mystery to many of his supporters...
...prickly, hyperaggressive liberal Californian who began his race for leader more than a year ago and is generally considered the front runner with an estimated 100 votes pledged to him. Burton played a key role in early 1975 in thwarting a move to oust Wayne Hays from his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee. When Hays was forced to resign after the disclosure that he kept bosomy Elizabeth Ray on the Government payroll. Burton lost some support. Though Burton insists, "Tip and I will work very well together," the two men are often at odds; twice, Burton has challenged...
Perhaps the most potent policy push of all came from Arthur F. Burns, the highly independent Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. His chairmanship runs until 1978 and he is in a position to move monetary policy in directions that could conceivably nullify any Carter initiatives. Burns warned against efforts to stimulate the economy through easy credit, more Government spending or a tax cut. Carter has considered all three options, but most notably a tax cut, if the economy does not improve by the time he takes office. While his mind is open to a possible tax cut later, Burns...
...personality if not in rank, just about everyone agrees, in fact, that Richard is far better suited for the chairmanship than the rather remote, moody and brittle Crosland. The son of a coal-mining engineer, Richard was born in South Wales, where he became a Labor supporter, as he puts it, "almost by the time I had learned to talk." He won a scholarship to Cheltenham, a leading private school, then went on to Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1964. When he lost his seat in 1974, Harold Wilson dispatched him to the U.N., where his quick repartee, enormous stamina...
...reported that Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 was likely to accept the offer of a chair endowed in his name at Columbia University. If he decided against that, the story went on, he reportedly could choose from offers such as the presidency of the Ford Foundation, the chairmanship of CBS, or "the vice-presidency of Harvard University." Although any of those reports may eventually become true, none had been confirmed at that time. One local radio station broadcast the Kissinger-Columbia story briefly, but soon took it off the air, deciding it was too flimsy...