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George McGovern acted yesterday to widen his support among Democratic regulars by confirming his choice of Lawrence O'Brien to remain as head of the Democratic National Committee. And he announced he will seek a fence-mending session this week with AFL-CIO president George Meany...
...surface, the whole higher education bill seemed doomed under the conflicting crossfire of the busing arguments. Opposed were liberal Congressmen, the House Black Caucus, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the UAW and the League of Women Voters, all because they did not want any busing restrictions. Also against it were Southern Congressmen, many conservatives and the House Republican leadership, because they felt the busing limits were inadequate. Only the most skillful maneuvering by House Democratic leaders, who played on the fears of both opposing forces, pushed it through. As one key operator, Indiana...
Today, the town's local magistrate is a woman, and so are its health-services chief, its notary public, its postmaster, the heads of its two power and light districts and its two school districts. Police Chief Maurício de Freitas, who concedes that his job is frankly "tranquil," is the town's only male official of any importance. As for Mrs. de Almeida, her troubles are the same as any mayor's. "We need to build more roads, more public parks and more schools," she says. "My two biggest enemies are time and lack...
...Chicago's Graduate School of Business. Nixon named Shultz Secretary of Labor in 1968. Since then, Shultz has become an Administration insider, taking on countless quiet missions for the President. He has negotiated compromises with Southern school officials over desegregation, and kept lines of communication open with AFL-CIO President George Meany...
Administrators of O.S.H.A. in the Labor Department have a budget of only $38.5 million; for next year the proposed budget is $97 million. AFL-CIO officials say that at least $166 million is needed to deploy a minimum of 1,550 inspectors instead of the current 500. The Labor Department, working on a "worst-first" basis, is concentrating its inspectors on the policing of industries that have extremely high accident rates: longshoring, roofing and sheet metal, meat packing, mobile-home manufacturing and lumber and wood producing. Indeed, accidents are so common on the docks that, on the average...