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...least, the schoolboy remained honorable. He reported the FBI's threat to the Soviet embassy in Washington, which in turn protested to the State Department. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher complained to the White House about the FBI'S disregard of the State Department, and Joseph Duffey, then Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, took the matter up with Vice President Walter Mondale. At least one indignant official accused FBI hard-liners of deliberately trying to sabotage detente. Much more likely, FBI bureaucrats were stubbornly, and ham-handedly, doing what they considered...
...left wing of the Democratic Party is especially dubious, fearing that his independence may be a camouflage for a closet conservative. He is also not part of the old-boy liberal network. When he won in New Hampshire, liberals held some anguished meetings about what to do. Says Joseph Duffey, director of the American Association of University Professors: "The anti-Carter sentiment is the cultural provincialism of a group that finds it hard to relate to someone who is neither a knee-jerk liberal nor an ideologue." Mark Shields, a Washington-based Democratic campaign consultant, believes the "problem is that...
...vacuum created when Senator Edward Kennedy declined to enter the contest. The Muskie team has put together a proficient political organization and plans to field a tough-to-beat delegate slate that will help Muskie capture all of the convention votes from Massachusetts. In Connecticut liberal leaders Joe Duffey and Anne Wexler have climbed aboard, assuring Muskie the support he needs...
...laws in many states make it extremely difficult to qualify to vote, particularly if one is poor, uneducated, or new to the state. Residency requirements alone prevent millions of transient Americans from voting. Common Causes' voting rights division, headed by Mrs. Ann Wexler, a veteran of the McCarthy and Duffey campaigns, is concentrating on changes in state laws on residency requirements, closing dates for registration and full voting rights for 18-year-olds...
Thursday's seminar on worker control of production and other economic issues facing unions will be moderated by Joseph Duffey, national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action. Participants will include representatives of the Teamsters, the AFL-CIO, and the academic world...