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...left the University when his contract was terminated in 1975. Asserting that the University let him go because Cohen attempted to publicize Harvard's improper--and possibly illegal--administration of federal research grants awarded to him by an agency of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), Cohen has undertaken a one-man campaign to uncover the possibly commonplace abuses of such federal contracts within the University...
Cohen recently disclosed HEW documents in his possession indicating additional cases of such misuse by University researchers, materials he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. One item--a signed letter from Thomas O'Brien, vice president for financial affairs, sent to an HEW official last January--revealed the existence of instances in which various costs amd salaries related to unfunded research projects were charged to research grants awarded for separate scientific studies. Unfortunately, the O'Brien letter supplies virtually no details as to the principal researchers responsible for the alleged overcharges, the amount of funding involved, or the purpose...
Cohen deserves high praise for summoning the courage to take on the University and triggering HEW's first full-scale audit of the University's administration of federal contracts received over the last three years. Harvard must now furnish to the University community and HEW all information in its possession relating to the examples of research grant misuse cited in the O'Brien letter in order to clear up doubts raised as to the efficiency and propriety of Harvard's handling of government monies. University Hall has promised to publish a financial administration manual this fall explaining in explicit detail...
...conservatives. The new majority promptly forced Superintendent Ludwig to resign. In an election this fall, the voters turned out the last progressive on the board, which must now find a permanent successor to Ludwig. Several candidates are under consideration?and are being examined closely to see if they will hew to the back-to-basics line. The board has also decreed that a "comprehensive testing program" be introduced to test basic skills...
...commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Va., Defense Secretary Harold Brown found a way to deplore the fact that the nation "relies on overseas sources for half the oil we consume." On a swing through Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano strayed from his talks on welfare problems to argue that the poor would suffer most if the Senate failed to approve Carter's plan to rebate the wellhead tax on crude oil to consumers. Califano protested that less well-to-do Americans would not be compensated...