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...said that he will consult Robert Shenton, secretary to the Board of Overseers, today to find out whether the Overseers have to approve the plans...
Under the new streamlined setup, the duties of science adviser will fall to H. Guyford Stever, director of the National Science Foundation. On policy matters, he will consult with Treasury Secretary George Shultz, the Administration's new economic czar; on money requests, he will go to Roy Ash, head of the Office of Management and Budget. An aeronautical engineer and former president of Carnegie-Mellon University who once was an M.I.T. faculty colleague of Shultz's, Stever is convinced that he will always get an adequate hearing from his new bosses. "I might have to jog a little...
...frequently trumpeted as "our most important ally in Asia." The Nixon shokku of 1971, when former Premier Eisaku Sato was told of Washington's dramatic policy shift on China only three minutes before it became public, was bad enough. But now the American failure to consult-and include-Japan on post-Viet Nam policy has aroused deep doubts concerning the sincerity of public U.S. pronouncements that Japan should play an active role as one of the pillars of peace in Asia...
RATHER than seeking publicity, O'Neill circulates behind the scenes, building upon an unquestioned record of credibility. On the House floor, he towers over his collegues, regularly providing counsel. A close working relationship has been established between Speaker Carl Albert and O'Neill: The two constantly consult on the floor and off. O'Neill is so competent in dealing with all congressmen, in fact, that he has gained a non-regional reputation. As one South Carolinan representative noted in seconding O'Neill's nomination last month: "He'll be a great leader; he knows every one of the members...
...quite self-sufficient when it came to making important decisions," Chadwick said. "Not that he didn't consult other members--he did. But he wasn't as dependent upon others' input as many before and after him had been. He was very proud to be the first Democratic speaker in Massachusetts. We knew that if Tip wanted to move forward in politics, he had the capability...