Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past 16 years, the case has come before the Supreme Court no fewer than eight times. Some 39 companies, Government agencies and private citizens have joined the case over the years. At one point, a bill was introduced in Congress to exempt the El Paso-Pacific Northwest merger from the antitrust laws, but it died in committee. El Paso paid close to $16 million to lawyers and public relations men during its losing fight...
...first the merger appeared routine. Pacific Northwest, formed by a group of engineers in 1954, did little better than break even during its first three years. With the approval of Pacific Northwest directors, El Paso bought the firm for stock worth $151.8 million. El Paso executives explained that they wanted the pipeline primarily to link their company's own pipes with new gas finds in Canada. But Justice Department lawyers thought that El Paso was really out to protect its position as the only major out-of-state supplier of natural gas to California. Pacific Northwest had not then...
...argue, however, that the legitimacy of RUS as a body politic does not rest upon its perception as "representative" by Radcliffe women, but upon its function in the larger community. That is to say, women at Harvard, whether their own individual experience verifies this classification or not, remain, until merger, a distinct group in the eys of University administrators. Therefore, they require an agent with the authority to voice their collective interests and the power to work for them...
...their business, money is provided by the Harvard administration, and therefore indirectly by Harvard students. And these committees should be so financed because they are dealing with issues that affect the entire student community, regardless of any one individual's perception of that fact! Similarly, until such time as merger is complete, RUS can legitmately demand support from all women in its effort to promote the role of Radcliffe students at Harvard University...
Whether differential treatment of Harvard and Radcliffe students results from intention or oversight, it is likely to continue until merger. Until then, RUS, as one of the closest approximations to student government at Harvard, stands as indispensable forum for women's issues and as mediator between Radcliffe women and the Harvard administration. To promote its effective operation, Radcliffe students must bear the responsibility for providing financial support and manpower; RUS in turn, must communicate with and respond to its constituency. Debi Neipris '73 is a member of the RUS and co-authored this article with five other members...