Word: mansfield
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Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the Government Department, said yesterday that the absence of any summa recommendations in his department this year "is unfortunate, but not unusual. It happens every few years...
...Mansfield, who received one of the Government Department's two summas in 1953, said yesterday that the low number of magna and cum laude degrees in Government this year is the result of a new, tougher policy...
...whether the 15-month inquiry conducted by Frank Church's Senate Select Committee would lead to the creation of a truly effective congressional committee with oversight powers on the intelligence agencies. But for the efforts of a few Senators who dug in their heels-Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Government Operations Committee Chairman Abraham Ribicoff and California's Alan Cranston among them -the answer might well have been an emphatic no. Yet last week, acting out of a palpable frustration caused by the long trail of illegalities starting with Watergate, the Senate finally redeemed itself...
...Then Mansfield stepped in and, in one of his last major accomplishments before retiring at the end of this session, persuaded the chief antagonists to compromise. He suggested clipping some authority from the proposed new committee: it would share FBI oversight with the Judiciary Committee and defense intelligence oversight with the Armed Services Committee. But the new committee would be the exclusive overseer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and it alone would be empowered to authorize funds for the CIA. It would also be advised in advance of the plans for all U.S. intelligence agencies. No penalties for leaks, however...
Fumble or Fortify? Mansfield's settlement quickly generated Senate support. The new committee will be composed of eight Democrats and seven Republicans. Members would be limited to eight-year terms to prevent the growth of cozy relationships between the watchers and the watched. Among those legislators picked at week's end were Democratic liberals Birch Bayh, Adlai Stevenson, Gary Hart and Joseph Biden, and Republicans Clifford Case, Howard Baker, Mark Hatfield, Strom Thurmond and Goldwater. Though Church might be a natural candidate for chairmanship of the new committee, he ruled himself out. The expected choice is Democrat Daniel...