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...into the leadership vacuum, gearing up for a legislative onslaught worthy, on paper at least, of the New Deal or the Great Society. To that end, they are undertaking a major reorganization in the House. In meetings this week, the Democratic caucus intends to strip slow-moving, conservative committee chairmen of their power by putting more liberals on key committees. The caucus, in fact, plans to reassign Democrats to a better than 2-to-l majority on every committee, arousing cries of legislative tyranny among Republicans...
Other potential conflicts, over various rules that may increase the authority of the national party over the state parties, could surface this weekend and would pit state chairmen and most governors, particularly George Wallace, against party reformers and liberals of the McGovern camp
...began trying to rebuild. In Illinois, for example, the party in recent years had fallen under the control of conservatives, who alienated moderates. "We'd better get the message," declared Senator Charles Percy, as he called for a strategy meeting next week of the Illinois party's county chairmen and other officials...
Steiner also said yesterday that he had informed department chairmen that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which will give students access to their files, will also require students to sign "consent forms" allowing persons other than the recommender to see documents of recommendation...
...black applicant pool. As a result, the minority applicant pool remained practically identical in size to that of the previous year. GSAS administrators justified the lack of an organized recruitment program by questioning the validity of such programs in general. In addition, several of the graduate school's department chairmen--who are ultimately responsible for admissions--justify the small number of blacks by saying there is a lack of qualified applicants. These cyclical arguments are absurd...