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...before him, believe repressive methods necessary. So much for the profit Democrats hope to make off of this national 'tragedy.' When the Republican Party in the aftermath of the Civil War profited to consolidate the rule of the Northern middle-class, when the Democrats profited from the Depression to enact the welfare legislation demanded by the sinking middle-class, major realignments were brought about in American society, reflected in American politics...
Kissinger also found little understanding when he personally begged congressional leaders not to cut off funds for U.S. bombing in Cambodia until he concluded his negotiations. Five hours later, the Senate responded by voting 67-15 to enact the most sweeping fund cutoff in the history of the Indochina war. If the House-Senate conference committee concurs, the bill will end all past, present and future appropriations for U.S. combat on the ground, in the air and upon the waters anywhere in Indochina without prior approval of Congress...
...rumors that he has linked up with the ultimate business recluse, Howard Hughes. Until the Costa Rican Congress turned thumbs down, Vesco's attempt to set up an international free zone in the country drew an angry public outcry. The plan called for a financial district that would enact its own laws and regulate all banks and trusts in its area. Critics charged that the zone would become a pirates' sanctuary and attract shady operators from all over the world. Figueres' congressional opponents have been loudly castigating him for his close ties to Vesco, hoping to make...
...addition, they supported a move to have Mobil enact a resolution which would require Mobil to begin equal-job-opprotunity programin all foreign countries, including the Republic of South Africa, to augment those it now runs in the United States...
...federal level, there is an added argument against rent control that may yet enable President Nixon to stop the congressional drive to enact it. Even some liberal economists contend that adapting federal standards to the bewildering variety of local housing conditions across the country is an administrative impossibility. But local laws are another matter, particularly in communities where a housing shortage has created an overwhelming temptation for landlords to gouge. In those areas, at least for a limited period of rapid inflation, rent controls may be an inescapable necessity...