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...local politicians idolized Moses. It was not until 1945, after he left office, that Mayor La Guardia remarked on how much dangerous power Moses had acquired. He pointed out the vehicle too: appointive office in quasi-public institutions that were financed by bond issues and administered under special charters, beyond the reach of elected officials or the public. Moses' Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority was the mightiest. After all, "the best bill drafter in Albany" had rewritten the charter-and on his own behalf. Like most such authorities, Triborough was closed to public scrutiny. Unlike them...
...real administrative power lies with James Leo Sullivan (no relation to the mayor), the city manager. The council appoints the manager who, according to the city charter, has complete control over the heirarchy of commissioners and departments within the city's government. The council, the charter says, cannot order the manager to take any specific action; it can only "request" that he comply with its resolutions. In reality, of course, when the City Council says "jump," the city manager responds, "How high...
TIME'S Chief European Correspondent William Rademaekers observes: "The new leaders in Europe want more joint cooperation and less public clashing over cosmic proposals such as Kissinger's Atlantic Charter speech of 1973. To them this means more consultation on a range of problems from inflation to the environment. It does not necessarily mean summitry or an American President living out of a suitcase. It does mean hard talking at the Cabinet level, and a President who can deliver on his promises-get bills through Congress and lobby with the American people for what he believes. Europeans joke...
...great struggles in our nation in these times cannot be contained within our good and faithful Constitution. Time has passed it by. The message at the heart of our agony in this century is this: we need a new charter. James T. Anderson
...manager. "All we get this year are the young backpackers, touring Europe on the cheap." Applications for U.S. passports this year have fallen by 15%. Ac cording to the latest figures, passenger travel across the North Atlantic on scheduled airlines is down by 4% and off by 27% on charter flights. One reason of course is that air fares have jumped by about one-third in the past year, largely because jet-fuel prices have climbed so high. Longer trips are especially forbidding; thus many Japanese and Brazilians as well as Americans have never got off the ground...