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Scott joined Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.), three other Democrats and two Republican colleagues in securing passage of a resolution addressed to the Common Cause campaign against newsletters and the mailing frank. The resolution, S. Res. 411, asserts, in part, that dissemination of newsletters about federal legislation is "part of the official business of a Senator under the Constitution...
...Such a declaration is intended to cover services to constituents ... including informing constituents through newsletters, news releases and speeches," Mansfield said prior to the unanimous approval of the measure. "These activities are clearly acts within the official business of a senator and may be properly conducted by mailings under the frank unless the mailing also contains personal or political references...
Senate leaders agreed to introduce S. Res. 411 because, as Mansfield said, the Senate should claim "its traditional privilege that information secured by employees of the Senate pursuant to their official duties may not be revealed without the consent of the Senate. Having supplied the information relevant to the use of the frank, the Senate should resist any further intrusion in the operations of the Senate and individual Senate offices," Mansfield said...
Susann split with Geis after a dispute over money. She and her husband Irving Mansfield then went on to demonstrate that they understood the new hustle better than anyone. As old show-business hands, they appreciated the value of contacts and details. It was not uncommon to find Susann at a distributor's warehouse greeting the truck drivers who would deliver her books to the store. In fact, the Mansfields practically wrote the book on modern literary promotion. The color of a Susann dust jacket was carefully chosen for television appeal. Once on, Jackie, who died in 1974, quickly...
While you're about it, would you say whether you think a condition of grade inflation exists at Harvard, and if so, what you think should be done to remedy it? Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. '53 Professor of Government