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President Nixon's stance on the subject of school desegregation in general and busing in particular has never really been in question. Last year he eased Robert Finch, a close friend who was then Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, out of his job, in part for pressing too hard on integration. Finch's replacement, Elliot Richardson, has now been left stranded. Last week, moving abruptly to "disavow" HEW's busing plan for schools in Austin, Texas, Nixon emphatically restated his position: "I have consistently opposed the busing of our nation's schoolchildren to achieve...
...whose domain includes responsibility for the health, education and welfare of 203 million Americans risks dangerous overreaching or underachievement. When Boston's Elliot Richardson took over the Department of Health, Education and Welfare eleven months ago from Robert Finch, he faced the added burden of trying to master an often chaotic bureaucracy of 110,000 employees and administering more than 250 different programs budgeted at nearly $70 billion a year. HEW is second only to the Defense Department in cost and third to Defense and the Post Office in personnel. The frustrations of the job have exhausted Secretaries...
...personnel, Richardson wisely retained Under Secretary John Veneman, Finch's best appointment, a health and welfare expert enjoying considerable respect on Capitol Hill. Otherwise, Richardson has transformed the departmental hierarchy. With the departure of James Farmer, the only black in the department's upper reaches, and outspoken Education Commissioner James Allen Jr., HEW has lost important symbols of social passion. But two of his appointees, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Laurence Lynn Jr. and the education commissioner, Sidney Marland Jr., have brought a new level of expertise and technocratic brilliance...
...bill supported by the Administration. Says New York's Senator Jacob Javits: "Sure, there is always a touch of arrogance. But it is not empty. He's got something to back it up that commands respect." Richardson revamped the congressional liaison staff and spends more time than Finch did in coddling Congressmen. When differences crop up, they tend now to exonerate Richardson and attribute the problems to White House demands...
Married. Tricia Nixon, 25, daughter of the President; and Edward Finch Cox, 24 (see THE NATION...