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Another object of the shakeup: Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, revealed that he had been asked to resign as chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission-and that he would do so. The commission, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, was meant to be an independent watchdog agency, scrutinizing progress in civil rights, including efforts of the Federal Government. Hesburgh, who served energetically on the commission since its formation, has been highly critical of Nixon's antibusing positions and the Administration's lethargy in enforcing civil rights laws...
...pressure on Hesburgh raised broader questions about the ultimate purpose of Nixon's reorganization plans. Granting an exclusive interview to the Evening Star and Washington Daily News (see THE PRESS), Nixon recently declared: "Government in Washington is too big and is too expensive. Reform, using money more effectively, will be the mark of this Administration." The President objected to the idea that the nation needs "some new massive government program...What we need now, rather than more government is better government. Many times the better is not the fatter, but the leaner. What I am standing for is government...
...staff and advisers met for four hours, recalls Gary Hart, to "consider every legitimate name and pare down to a list of no more than six." At first there were about 30 names. Most were politicians, but the list also included John Gardner of Common Cause, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame and Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, even Walter Cronkite...
Even Committee proponents of the amendment seemed deeply impressed by the countertestimony of the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame and chairman of the U.S. Commission an Civil Rights. He protested that busing was a politically overblown issue, based on the too careless reaction by the press to some outraged parents, and that integration was actually working well in many schools-especially when parents did not interfere (see box). "Where you go to school has a determinative effect on your life," said Father Hesburgh. "For many, the only way to get a good education...
...Civil Rights Commission's chairman, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, said that "the Federal Government is not yet in a position to claim that it is enforcing the letter, let alone the spirit, of civil rights laws." Blacks see Nixon, claimed Clifford Alexander Jr., former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, as "actively against our goals." The National Urban League's Harold Sims charged that under Nixon "the nation is still in the grip of a not silent but selfish majority...