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...HEW allocation provides a particularly needed shot in the arm because budget overruns had put the program in serious financial straits. The Work-Study Office had spent more than half of its 1976-77 budget on summer work-study funding...
...domestic-policy chief, began shaking things up in his new post almost immediately-if in small ways. He decided that signatures on staff memos should appear on the bottom instead of the top; he dismissed as inadequate the daily four-page "green sheet" news summary prepared for the HEW Secretary and ordered up expanded editions of as many as 20 pages. He also dismissed one-third of his own staff, figuring he could get along with about 100 people. It did not seem to bother Califano that as an architect of the Great Society, he was partly responsible...
Action by Carter on some more campaign promises is coming soon. As a start in reorganizing the Executive Branch, he plans to consolidate the energy agencies by late February into a Cabinet department headed by James Schlesinger. The President has directed HEW Secretary Joseph Califano to draw up a package of welfare reforms by May 1. But Carter has decided not to make good on two other promises this year: tax reform because of its complexity, and national health insurance because of its cost, which might upset his hopes of balancing the budget...
Tough Luck. Joseph Califano, the prospective HEW Secretary, reaffirmed his opposition to using federal funds to pay for any woman's abortion. "What you're saying is that if she is poor and can't afford a private abortion, then it's just tough luck, isn't it?" asked Oregon Republican Bob Packwood...
Champion could not be reached for comment yesterday, because he spent the day in meetings with HEW's transition staff. Maria T. Champion, his wife, declined to comment on the rumored appointment...