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...course these proposals are only short-term cures and even then only for inflation and economic slowdown. They could not begin to provide fulfilling work for more men and women, or to diminish the massive concentration of this nation's economic power in a few hands, or make a dent in the even greater disparity in wealth between the industrial nations and the rest of the world...
...likewise. Fisher does not really expect homeowners to cut their fertilizer usage, and he holds out only limited hope that a letter-writing campaign urging a similar course of action on the Government will bear much fruit. At best, the savings in fertilizer would make only a dent in the world's food problems. But it is reassuring that small acts of conscience can still take root and prosper...
Ford appears undecided on whether he will retain Secretaries Claude Brinegar of Transportation, Peter Brennan of Labor, Frederick Dent of Commerce, James Lynn of Housing and Urban Development, and foot-in-mouth Attorney General William Saxbe. If Saxbe is asked to resign, a good stroke might be for Ford to reappoint Richardson to the job thus putting the Justice Department back into the hands of a man who early insisted that Watergate be fully investigated and that those involved be prosecuted. Chances are, though, that if Richardson is brought back into the Cabinet, it will be in a less prestigious...
...should be reinforced by an array of other policies, all of which should be put into effect together. No one of these policies is likely to have much impact on its own, but cumulatively they could put a substantial dent in the inflation rate...
...idea of starting a tabloid for the campaign to get news to the organization, and the request by Maurice Stans, the re-election committee's finance chief, for permission to eat in the White House mess. Haldeman accepted without comment the news that Political Adviser Harry Dent had counseled that President Nixon could break "without undue political flak" an unwritten promise to National Urban League Chief Whitney Young that the Veterans Administration would create $9 million worth of jobs for blacks. Dent had recommended, Strachan reported, that the funds be used instead for recruiting blacks "who can deliver...