Word: democratics
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Meeting for three days in Washington, the nation's Governors were equally gloomy and concerned. Said Illinois Democrat Dan Walker: "There should be some plan to do the job on righting the economy without hurting further the very people who are already being hurt. Maybe we're going to have to look elsewhere for leadership." Added Michigan Governor William Milliken, a fellow Republican from Jerry Ford's home state: "There is in my judgment a very urgent need on the part of the Federal Government to recognize some of the very immediate problems we face...
...Democrats on the Hill were backed up by the Governors, who voted 28 to 12 against Ford's tariff plan and then approved by a 30-to-l vote a resolution calling for a more voluntarist program. Minnesota Democrat Wendell Anderson added his voice to the protests of the Northeastern Governors, who oppose the tariff increase because of their region's heavy dependence on foreign oil. "The $3 import tax would have a disastrous effect on Minnesota," said Anderson. "One-half of our fuel comes from Canada, and from 60% to 80% of the state heats homes with...
There was evidence last week that Congress also will compromise if it has to, or even retreat. Wisconsin Democrat Henry Reuss, chairman of the House Banking Committee and a zealous critic of the policies of the Federal Reserve Board, introduced a pair of bills to make the Fed more of a "creature of Congress." One was a reaction to Chairman Arthur Burns' tight-money policy in 1974; Reuss called for increasing the money supply at an annual rate of 6% with the aim of bringing down interest rates. His second bill would establish a mandatory credit allocation program...
...bowling alley and bingo parlor in Chicago during his 16-month campaign to defeat five-term Mayor Richard Daley in next week's primary. At many of the stops, city employees-among them transit workers, policemen and firemen-have been sidling up to offer encouragement to the maverick Democrat. "Lotsa luck, Alderman. We're with you," are words often heard. That people who owe their jobs to Daley's political machine would even cautiously express such support for an opponent is a token of what has happened to Singer's campaign. The impossible dream...
This week Illinois Democrat Adlai Stevenson III plans to introduce in the Senate a bill calling for creation of a National Energy Supply Corp. Its purpose: to operate alongside existing energy firms and offer the public a "yardstick" by which to realistically gauge the industry's prices, profits and overall performance. The notion of a federal oil firm is likely to be given an even stronger push by another bill, also scheduled to be put forward in the Senate this week, by the current front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Washington's Henry M. Jackson. His legislation...