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Complaints about excessive paper work are universal. Last year the states were asked to work up plans of at least 200 pages in order to qualify for a new vocational training program. Because of all the paper clogged in the HEW pipeline, a textile training school was maintained in Lowell, Mass., five years after the textile industry in the area had disappeared...
...school board in Acadia Parish, La., was ordered by HEW to answer a five-page questionnaire dealing with two applicants for teaching jobs. After the entire central office staff spent three days wrestling with the forms, the board decided to give up $150,000 in federal aid rather than waste any more time. A Tulsa...
...Okla., hospital official admits: "We come dangerously close to spending more to control the flow of money and comply with guidelines than we actually get from grants." Califano has managed to cut an estimated 9.5 million hours from the 47 million hours a year that are spent on HEW forms, but he admits that it is hard to notice the difference. Says Education Commissioner Ernest Boyer: "The problem is that you have five people in one town who are affected and 50 in another, and they never get together to celebrate. It's not noticeable because it's so spread...
...program of coverage that would be phased in over a period of five to ten years. Califano argued that a comprehensive program, including private plans, would be the best way to bring medical costs under control and, in the long run, to fight inflation. But his program would cost HEW a staggering $30 billion a year in addition to the current $43 billion. Although he was backed by White House domestic advisers, Califano was opposed by Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal, OMB Director James Mclntyre and Charles Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. They argued for a smaller...
...smaller scale, Califano has also made some strides, not without controversy. Calling cigarette puffing "slow-motion suicide," he has added $8.5 million to HEW's $30 million-a-year antismoking campaign. A reformed puffer, the Secretary is pushing the crusade with the righteous zeal of a convert. He argues that reduced smoking would cut back health problems?and the resulting HEW expenses...