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...trouble in HEW began at the top. Secretary Finch had tried to steer between the necessities of the Administration's hard-line budget trimming and the demands of his progressive subordinates, many of them Democrats. In the process, he satisfied no one-least of all himself. "He keeps everything inside himself," says a high-placed HEW physician. "That's why he's sick-it's destroying...
Below the Secretary as the nation's chief health officer is burly, outspoken Dr. Roger Egeberg, who was installed as second choice after an unseemly brawl in which the American Medical Association persuaded the President to veto Finch's favorite for the job, Boston's Dr. John H. Knowles (TIME, July 4). After eleven months on the job, Egeberg succeeded only last week in filling three of the five top spots (carrying the rank of deputy assistant secretary) with nominees who are politically acceptable to the Administration. Among the special agencies under Egeberg's authority...
Yolles himself dates the beginning of his downfall from that courageous testimony, which he reiterated with equal force last September. Many insiders at NIMH disagree. They contend that his troubles stem from his insensitive techniques in dealing with both equals and political superiors at HEW. For whatever reason, Finch's office concluded early this year that Yolles must go. The word spread quickly through...
From Arizona, where he was making a commencement address shortly before he left HEW, Finch hit back, saying that the charges "grossly distort the position of this Administration in the mental-health area." Furthermore, he declared, "Dr. Yolles has consistently shown a complete unwillingness to cooperate in this department's planning for more effective mental-health programs. Rarely, if ever, did he deign to participate or communicate with others in the department in efforts to bring better help to the mentally...
...these problems. The court ordered Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin to stop all interstate shipments of DDT within 30 days or else show the court why such an absolute ban would be a mistake. In the other case, the court ordered Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch to publish in the Federal Register a proposal to establish "zero tolerance" levels for DDT residues in foods for humans. In effect, this will force manufacturers to prove to HEW that specific levels of DDT in foods are safe for human consumption. Since DDT, like cyclamates, has been shown...