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...task force composed of experts from various federal departments is now monitoring the day-by-day impact of the weather on the economy. They are trying to determine whether to add to the rebates in Carter's stimulus plan that now total $11.4 billion. Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps thinks that an increase is inevitable. "What the weather tells you," she says, "is that you really have to have a bigger package." The additional amount could range from $2 billion to $5 billion...
...Carter could claim proven experience among other nominees. Minnesota Congressman Bob Bergland, his prospective Agriculture Secretary, is a real farmer. Carter also managed, finally, to find women for his Cabinet: black Washington Attorney Patricia Harris, who will be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Economist Juanita Kreps, named to Commerce...
American business was introduced last week to a Commerce Secretary unlike any other. Juanita Morris Kreps, 55, administrative vice president of North Carolina's Duke University, is the first woman ever appointed to that 63-year-old Cabinet office. She is also a labor economist, a graduate of a college that catered largely to penurious families in Southern Appalachia and a low-key feminist determined to help women find their place in the sun. She comes to Commerce with a very definite aim: to "encourage business to perform well all tasks that improve human welfare...
...Roberts Harris, a Washington attorney, who could be named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Two other women were interviewed by Carter for possible Cabinet posts: Joan Manley. Time Inc. vice president and publisher of TIME-LIFE Books, who might be under consideration for Commerce; and Duke University Economist Juanita Kreps, a possibility...
...JUANITA KREPS...