Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much of the blame for programs that misfire is placed on the bureaucracy itself. In their commendable determination to enforce the letter of the law, officials become too addicted to formulas, too oblivious of ends in their concentration on means. Says Carl Coleman, a public affairs officer in HEW'S regional office in Denver: "HEW gets the social engineers, the people they call do-gooders. They're committed, and they make a lot of mistakes because of their ardor." His favorite example: the West Coast bureaucrat who tried to ban father-son school banquets on the ground that they discriminated...
...bureaucrats, HEW'S critics claim, are rewarded for initiative. Says Robert Mollica, who deals with federal-state relations for the Governor's office in Massachusetts: "Occasionally we will find a bureaucrat who is courageous enough to interpret the spirit behind the programs rather than carrying them out to the letter whether or not that makes sense...
Kennedy and Sen Adlai Stevenson III '52 (D-Ill.) have already explored an alternative to legislation. They sent a letter in late May to Joseph A. Califano Jr., secretary of HEW, asking him to consider the possibility of using section 361 of the Health and Public Safety Act, which would enable him to impose the NIH guidelines on all DNA research without special legislation...
...already taken a position against such a proposal. In a letter sent to Kennedy a few weeks ago, signed by Hale Champion, Harvard's former financial vice president and now undersecretary for HEW, he expressed his support for new legislation, and explained that department lawyers had advised that the secretary might exceed his authority if he invoked section 361. However, a source involved in monitoring DNA legislation, who asked to remain unidentified, says there are indications that Califano may reconsider the policy, especially if legislation is tied up indefinitely in Congress, a situation Kennedy's inaction on the bill...
...complaints from tenants, the property management division, which will be responsible for property maintenance, is equally important. Since Zeckhouser and Wyatt are still figuring out transitional details, it is not yet clear which properties Harvard will take over from their main managers, Hunneman and Co. Real Estate. In a letter sent last week to Richard W. Bland II, vice president and director of Hunneman, the University notified the company of its intentions to renegotiate the contract. Bland says his company's relationship with Harvard is permanently in flux, so the letter was inevitable. He hasn't seen any gross problems...