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Though he had harsh words for Nixon's early handling of labor problems in the construction trades, Dunlop was picked by the President to head a tripartite panel formed by the Administration early in 1971 to hammer down the grossly inflationary settlements that then prevailed in the building industry. He cannily persuaded union leaders that by exercising restraint, they could win back power from increasingly militant local leaders-and win back jobs for union members, who had been losing them to lower-paid, unorganized workers. He has been frequently criticized for running a secret, autocratic outfit, but the results...
...Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, has been similarly criticized. A pipe-puffing moderate, Scott can grandstand if necessary but prefers low-key methods. He and Mansfield are good friends and work well together, despite certain differences on the Administration and the Viet Nam War. Mansfield, a harsh critic of the Nixon Administration and an outspoken foe of the Viet Nam War, now seems intent on restoring Congress's position vis-a-vis the Executive. He insists that reform is inescapable. Criticized for his methods, Mansfield once replied: "I am what I am, and no title, political...
Among these policies are the harsh disciplinary measures that agents consider unjust; the persistence of power cliques that virtually run the bureau; the perpetuation of Hoover's notorious "blacklist" of people to be shunned, socially and otherwise, by FBI agents; the maintenance of so-called penal colonies, field offices to which agents in disfavor are banished; and leaking FBI in formation to embarrass officials Gray considers to be his enemies...
...marathon flight to Cuba (TIME, Nov. 27), Castro ordered them jailed and called for broader measures to put the clamps on aerial piracy. With that, the U.S. and Cuba, through Swiss intermediaries, began negotiations that could lead to a mutual agreement to ensure that hijackers would face harsh punishment for their crime in both countries...
Under the harsh Texas light, Louis Kahn's building is exactly what it seems...