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Heard made the statement at a press briefing following a meeting with Nixon. Also present at the meeting were James E. Cheek, president of Howard University, who advises Nixon on problems at black universities, and John H. Finch, former Secretary of HEW and now special counsel to the President...
...blacks and whites. For an Administration widely thought to be wedded to a "Southern strategy," the new hardline tactics add up to a welcome drive to end de jure segregation in the South. Elliot Richardson, sworn in last week as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and Robert Finch, his predecessor, have vowed publicly that by the time Southern schools reopen in the fall, the great majority of school districts will be desegregated. That prediction now seems sound...
...blue," said an aide. But the President simply had Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler explain to reporters that Agnew was speaking for himself, that Rhodes would not be replaced because the President wanted "a wide range of views" represented on the commission. Later, outgoing HEW Secretary Robert Finch who joined Nixon's White House staff, observed that the incident only served to strengthen the commission. Said Finch: "It might perhaps have given it more legitimacy and visibility than it had before...
...Finch was painfully aware of the internal criticism of his stewardship. Shortly before Nixon informed him of his transfer to the White House, Finch, while taking a doctor's-orders rest, was planning to cope with those objections. His aim, as one associate put it, was to be "more assertive, provide stronger leadership, get more policy attack." Thus his desire for another six months in which to vindicate himself...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Robert Finch, LL.D., Counsellor to the President, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare...