Word: controled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heavily dependent on the federal government and foundations for its money. But the large donors have created more problems than they have solved: "So far, the new university desired by the nation has been stimulated by its suitors but not fed." The universities, now grown huge with little control over their parts, are forced into the business of business to make money--"the mirage of owning factories and handling patent rights." This gets the university into problems that SDS has recently brought to the surface at Harvard--should the university be a ruthless landlord? Or even a benign...
...report further charges that the system is unlikely to perform well, is "highly susceptible to penetration,' cannot be tested, would probably start a new round in the arms race, and "would seriously impede the conclusion of an arms control agreement...
Another advantage of this new university in Washington would be the proximity to federal money itself. Lipset writes, "Presumably distinguished scholars in Washington will find it easier to secure funds, or, conversely, will be offered funds since they will be the people best known to those in control of money in Washington." Lipset admits that the ease that the faculty members will have in getting federal money may cause hard feelings in other universities. He suggests, then, that the new school "have as a rule that no member of the faculty could consult for a government agency or handle government...
...Council also received last night a proposal of the City Manager's committee to study rent control and related issues. The proposal was in the form of an ordinance which asked that "every owner of taxable real estate in Cambridge who rents or leases any structures or portion thereof" be required to file a statement with the Board of Assessors listing the rent he receives on the property and an itemized accounting of all his expenses related to it. The rental statements filed with the Assessors would become public property. Failure to file the statement would incur a fine...
...Richard Butler, chairman of the Rent Control Committee, said that the ordinance would "make available rent incomes for all to see and thus make known previously undisclosed practices like rent gouging." Butler added that the public disclosures of rent income would provide the Assessors with information for a possible increase in the City tax base...