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...alternatives to disciplining the young, the elderly, the unemployed, and the residents of declining cities. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) wants to eliminate tax writeoffs for intangible oil drilling costs and for accelerated depreciation of high-income housing, saving $4.5 billion. He also feels we could maintain our defense without a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Rep. James Shannon (D-Mass) suggests cutting back tax credits for money American companies pay foreign governments. Rep. David Obey (D-Wis) recommends raising the 46-per-cent top corporate tax rate to 48 per cent again, as well as imposing...
William Proxmire (D-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has proposed the Attorney General appoint a special prosecutor. We urge Benjamin Civiletti to reconsider his earlier rejection of this move. Only a special prosecutor can probe the past conduct and present candor of a Cabinet member without suspicion of political influence. President Carter's campaign literature trumpets his insistence "that everyone in government be held to the highest standards of ethics and accountability, with no exceptions." The Secretary of the Treasury should not be an exception...
...public is going to risk a billion-and-a-half on Chrysler. Congress should toughen Carter's proposal, and make granting the aid conditional on a commitment from Chrysler to use the money to retool for production of small, fuel-efficient cars, and also, as Rep. Henry Reuss (D-Wis) has advocated, for buses and rail equipment...
...assembly also passed a motion, backed by the Dunster House delegation, to award a "Quirk Award" to individuals and groups associated with Harvard. The award is patterned after Sen. William Proxmire's (D-Wis.) "Golden Fleece" award and will be used to "expose oddities, anomalies and illogicalities in the way the University...
...sluggishness has drawn fierce criticism from citizen and environmental groups, prodding some congressmen into action. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) introduced a bill to force the EPA to enforce a ban on 2,4,5-T herbicide, but the bill has never received serious consideration in the Senate. Several private citizens are sueing the EPA, the Forestry Service and the Dow Chemical Company, one of the major manufacturers of the herbicide. Dow denies any responsibility and published the results of company-sponsored experiments that deny any connection between the adverse effects of dioxin dosage in lab animals and dioxin intake...