Word: hesburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is almost an established class of commissioners who are tapped repeatedly for service. IBM Board Chairman Thomas Watson Jr and former Xerox Executive Sol Linowitz are favorite choices to represent big business. Walter Reuther and George Meany speak for labor, Notre Dame's president, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, for Roman Catholics and Whitney Young Jr. and Roy Wilkins for Negroes -although not necessarily for militant ones. The process of forming a commission reminds Sociologist Daniel Bell of a Communist front group. Though the purposes are clearly different, both bodies try to achieve luster by seeking "big-name" representatives...