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During the campaign Nixon promised to reconcile disaffected groups to his Administration "by giving them a piece of the action." His first appointments, besides assuring the academic community that even Nixon appreciated it, suggested that Nixon the President-elect viewed problems more reasonably than Nixon the Republican nominee had. Henry Kissinger as National Security Assistant seemed to imply caution on the arms race; Lee DuBridge as Science Assistant seemed to indicate concern for basic research; Paul McCracken as head of CEA seemed to be a shift from medieval fiscal policy to full employment economics; and of course Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
...Cabinet members are completely dependent on the President-elect for their new political existence. Nixon first named his closest friends and then filled up the remaining slots with men who would probably not have been national figures in any other Republican Administration. Politicians who had once tried to establish a base beyond their own constituencies were selected only if their attempt failed completely--Governor George Romney, who will be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, dropped out of the Presidential race against Nixon before the first primary, and Governor John Volpe, who will head the Department of Transportation, was trounced...
...Starting extensive social projects which will cause greater involvement and influence of minority groups (including students) in the decision-making process. White members of the NDC in New Jersey hope to help Newark blacks to elect a black in the up-coming mayoralty elections...
...diplomatic blunder, reinforcing Arab claims that Israel is bent on expansion and likely to bring on irresistible popular demands for war. Israel has reacted angrily to U.S. pressures to return most of the occupied territories. Any additional attempt to impose a settlement would pose several risks for President-elect Nixon-who last week sent former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton on a tour of the Middle East to sound positions on both sides. Among those risks: the wrath of the U.S. Jewish community and other pro-Israeli sympathizers. Yet, asks Washington, what is the alternative to taking a strong diplomatic hand...
...Economics"-the policy of flexibly adjusting taxes, Government spending, and the money supply to influence the economy -and he sold Kennedy on the idea of cutting taxes to stimulate business and employment. His successors, Gardner Ackley and Arthur Okun, have acted as important policymakers within the Johnson Administration. President-elect Nixon says that he will give "a major role" to the council, and he hails McCracken as "a centrist, a man who is pragmatic in his economics...