Word: franks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...evidence of Carter's emphasis on he fight against inflation, his top aide, Hamilton Jordan, moved in to supervise strategy. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal wanted to wait until January in order to give the Administration time to establish a more comprehensive program. Congressional Liaison Frank Moore urged that the program be started well ahead of the elections so that the voters would have an opportunity to understand the plan's complex provisions before they go to the polls. "No one will make a decision," complained one White House economist. Jordan sided with Moore. He instructed Jerry Rafshoon...
Vote white," implored Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo at a recent ward meeting. There was no reaction from his white working-class audience, which took the remark as a matter of course. But next day, despite Rizzo's insistence that he did not intend to be taken seriously, black leaders seized on it as further evidence that the combative former cop is a racist at heart...
...total electorate, and even Rizzo realizes that he faces an uphill battle. The most recent Gallup poll has him trailing nearly 2 to 1. But the mayor is confident. Said he: "We're going to win by 50,000. Philadelphia wouldn't be the same without Frank Rizzo...
...private meetings, the exchanges were frank. Confided one Administration representative: "We got a real going-over on Government barriers to exports." Yet, unlike earlier meetings, when most council members were depressed by what they saw as Jimmy Carter's aloofness to them, White House emissaries found the atmosphere generally friendly. Said General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones, who often visits the White House for private chats with President Carter: "Government officials understand problems a lot better than a year ago. The Administration is now more open-minded...
...last of all, "frank," my son's spelling is atrocious, so please tell him to get on the ball. Our family actually spells it's name "D-O-N-N-O-L-L-Y," not D-O-N-L-E-Y." Sincerely, John...