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Another area being investigated involves rental contracts made by the General Services Administration on behalf of various federal agencies for office space. Such agreements are frequently reached without competitive bidding, and the political clout of landlords is a clearly understood part of the negotiating process. One such contractor with impeccably bipartisan connections is, of course, Rodgers, whose firms began doing business with the Federal Government under Lyndon Johnson and prospered even more under Nixon. Since 1967, Rodgers' companies have received a total of $19.6 million from the GSA, and last year they collected $5.7 million; some of his leases...
Until the U.N. attains more political clout, that call may be ignored. But as far as Amnesty International is concerned, a start will have been made...
...increases averaging about 7% over each of the next three years. However, the freeze on company prices could complicate final negotiations. A warm relationship has grown between Teamster Boss Frank Fitzsimmons and President Nixon, and there had been some fear among truck owners that the union would flaunt its clout in the White House to push for a much higher settlement...
...this, the clout that the President once wielded over Congress has diminished. Last week, for instance, the House thumbed down by 19 votes an Administration minimum-wage proposal and passed instead a more generous Democratic bill that Nixon's aides had handily blocked in 1972 on grounds that it would be inflationary. More such defeats will inevitably come unless the President can demonstrate that he has regained the energy to govern purposefully. The announcement of a new anti-inflation program this week would be the best way for Nixon to start: it would demonstrate that he recognizes which problem...
...there is a strong feeling that an advocate group for women at Harvard must exist. If this new office proves effective, it will probably be the only Radcliffe administrative structure to survive total merger. As Horner herself said last month, "The existence of a separate corporation gives women more clout but is irrelevant if good alternative structures exist." Essentially this office represents the "unfinished business" mentioned prior to signing the 1971 contract...