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...world has now discovered the dangers inherent in the Federal Reserve Board's pursuit of tight-money policies. It is tragic to see 12 million Americans unemployed, thousands of U.S. companies in bankruptcy and hordes of Third World countries on the brink of default. No wonder John Maynard Keynes warned us to avoid high interest rates...
...platforms that included ending brutality. Newark's Kenneth Gibson has cut the rate of shooting by 75 percent since he entered office in the late 1970s. In Detroit, the average number of annual deaths caused by police fell in the late 1970s from 32 to 21. For Atlanta under Maynard Jackson, the average went from 11 to four. Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, an ex-cop, allows the District Attorney to conduct frequent investigations into how and when his police fire their guns...
...minority journalists have risen into management jobs of even moderate power. Only one, Publisher Robert Maynard of the Oakland Tribune (circ. 179,000), runs a large paper with a predominantly white audience. Claims Maynard: "White males are often promoted on the basis of potential, but minorities and women need proven ability." Minorities hold three editorial management positions at the New York Times and Chicago Tribune, four at the Boston Globe, and four of 123 supervisory positions at the Los Angeles Times. Editors blame the dearth of minority managers on rapid turnover, particularly as promising reporters depart for better...
...from Begin's policies than they ever had before. Three of the largest organizations, B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress, all formally called for exactly the independent Israeli investigation into the massacre that Begin initially refused to permit. Said Maynard Wishner, president of the American Jewish Committee: "Every step must be taken by every party involved, directly or indirectly, including Israel, to determine how this tragedy occurred and by whom these crimes were perpetrated...
...present multitrack system, he maintains, must therefore be completely reformed. In The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto (Macmillan; $2.95), published this week, he proposes a sweeping, nationwide, twelve-year, single-track academic program with virtually no electives and no vocational training. The ringing words of the late Robert Maynard Hutchins are Adler's anthem: "The best education for the best is the best education...