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Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government, said he leaned toward the viewpoint of Justice John M. Harlan who wrote the major dissenting opinion in the case. "I doubt," McCloskey said, "that you can make a very powerful historical case for the Court's decision...
...Price, Jr., professor of Government, agreed with McCloskey. He said that he thought Congress should be set up with equal representation whenever this was practical. He doubted, however, that the Court had jurisdiction over the case...
...McCloskey pointed out, however, that the Republican party would make gaint in the suburbs, also under-represented, but predominately Republican. "We can only guess," he said, "but probably the best guess is that the changes will cancel each other out and the political balance will remain the same...
...McCloskey, who resigned his ambassadorship only last month, had nothing to say about Baker. Of the VA hospital suit, he declared: "We can successfully defend our position." Meanwhile, White House aides hastened to point out that the ambassador's resignation was only a coincidence, had nothing whatever to do with his difficulties. McCloskey had intended to resign anyway, they said, to help raise money for the coming Democratic campaigns...
...firm is prime contractor for the $82.9 million Rayburn House Office Building. McCloskey also worked on the new $24 million east-front face on the U.S. Capitol and on the $4 million Senate underground monorail system, and he is sole contractor for the huge $12.6 million "Federal Office Building...