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...Health, Education and Welfare. Finch, 43, one of Nixon's oldest friends and political associates, will be no ordinary Cabinet member. He will oversee Nix on's entire domestic program. Finch may also eventually head a new agency. Nixon has tentative plans to ask Congress to combine HEW with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, forming a new Department of Human Resources. The purpose of the merger would be to unite all urban, welfare, public-health and education programs under a single executive-one with total access to the President...
While the formidable responsibilities of HEW are more than enough, the job may be made even more onerous...
Nixon carries out his reported plan to combine HEW with the Housing and Urban Development Agency to create a new Human Resources Agency...
California's Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch was a good bet to become overseer of Nixon's entire domestic program, possibly as Secretary of HEW or HUD. Campaign Manager John Mitchell is a fair guess to become Attorney General. The Nixon camp leaked the word that G.O.P. National Chairman Ray Bliss, 60, will probably be sacked. Nixon believes that the Republicans need a more activist, youthful image, but the move will cause bitter feelings among party regulars...
...Agriculture or Interior along with North Dakota's Democratic Governor William Guy. California's Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel is also a possibility for Agriculture. A Humphrey Cabinet would almost certainly contain Republicans, and might include a woman, perhaps Patricia Roberts Harris, former Ambassador to Luxembourg, for HEW...