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Created by Congress in high hopes and great expectations, the independent regulatory agencies, the "fourth branch of Government," have long counted among Washington's most notorious messes-entangled in red tape, beset by lobbyists, tainted with scandal, and years behind on their work. Within days of his election John...
Last week Landis submitted to the President-elect a stingingly frank 87-page report charging "inordinate delay" in cases before the regulatory agencies, "deterioration"' in the quality of personnel, total lack of coordination among the various agencies, and undue influence by lawyers and lobbyists serving clients with pending cases...
Landis, no stranger to politics, was not only "For Jack Before Wisconsin" but as early as 1952 when he endorsed him for Massachusetts senator against Henry Cabot Lodge, whose election he charged would be "dangerous to the future of our country."
In a letter to the CRIMSON bringing together three of this fall's contestants eight years ahead of time, Landis criticized Lodge's absenteeism and endorsement of McCarthy, also referring to his "happy acceptance of Dick Nixon's praise on platforms throughout Massachusetts." As his final pitch for Kennedy, Landis...
Besides Stevenson and Landis, another intellectual "working with" Kennedy in the new administration will be David E. Bell, the new director of the Budget Bureau. Although, like Landis, Bell is no stranger to Washington, he was not an old acquaintance of Kennedy but was suggested to the resident-elect by...