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...assistant secretary of education, and is currently the deputy chancellor of New York schools. The other contender. Deputy Mayor Robert Wagner Jr. '65, has served New York in several political positions, most of them budgetary and none of them in education. Hence the controversy that erupted when Mayor Ed Koch, who effectively controls the seven-member Board of Education which will make the appointment, announced his support for Wagner. The New York situation bears a striking resemblance to Washington's battle in Chicago...
...York Post, Minter answered questions in an elegant and straightforward manner; referring to his 32 years of achievement in education, he simply said. "I've stood on professionalism and will continue to do so." Wagner drew the only laughter of the debate by suggesting that Mayor Koch's endorsement was based on merit (Wagner's father used to be Mayor of New York.) Without a record to speak of, Wagner emphasized that "I am a candidate based on my belief that this is a job I really want...
Naturally, Black New Yorkers see the propping up of a white bureaucrat over a qualified Black educator as a slap in the face, particularly because two-thirds of the school population is Black and Hispanic. Yet in a show of hypocrisy best described as Orwellian, Koch and his ever-faithful handmaidens on the editorial board of The New York Times continue to argue that the appointment should be based on "merit and not ethnicity." To some, it represents yet another example of the cheerful politics of polarization which continue to be Koch's trademark...
...Prejudiced whites in Chicago and New York, in their fearful haste to bar Blacks from positions of political authority, condemn residents of those cities to suffer under the uninspired, under-prepared men of mediocrity they throw in as buffers. The sooner demagogic purveyors of racial fears like Epton and Koch are made unwelcome, the sooner "merit" can truly improve the quality of leadership in America...
Hertz was the last holdout. Since October, it had a program that allowed frequent renters to build up points toward free hotel accommodations and plane trips, but the company resisted giving gifts to all comers. Says Craig Koch, a Hertz general manager: "We made an honest attempt not to get into the premium thing and to let some of our market share go for three or four months. But Avis wouldn't quit." When Avis claimed that its market share had risen six points, to 29%, Hertz jumped in, adding merchandise prizes to its travel bonuses. A customer...