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Gill says her relations with the two intelligence agencies were never idyllic--"I was paid one-third under the minimum wage by the FBI"--but they steadily worsened. She had a final falling out with the FBI in 1970, and the bureau "moved" her to New Hampshire, where she now quietly attends school, works in a local hospital, and is planning to write a book about her undercover experiences...
...refused to go into her methods of operation, what type of information she made available to the intelligence agencies, how or to whom she passed the information, or how much she was paid, other than that her salary was "under the minimum wage...
...Brennan managed to remain all but invisible: he held no formal press conferences, granted precious few interviews and avoided appearing before Congress. Last week the former hardhat from Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen finally surfaced to detail for a House subcommittee the Nixon Administration's minimum-wage bil−and with that single appearance, Brennan provoked a maxi-split with his old colleagues in the union movement. Said AFL-CIO President George Meany: "We are aghast that Brennan has so completely abandoned the trade-union principles he espoused for all of his life before coming to Washington...
Judged by the overall figures, what Brennan said hardly seemed to warrant that reaction. He suggested raising the minimum wage nearly 44% over the next four years, to $2.30 an hour. But men like Meany and Wurf learned long ago to read the fine print in any proposal. They were predictably annoyed that this year's increase would only be from $1.60 to $1.90 an hour, a dime less than the Administration itself proposed two years ago. The earnings of a full-time worker who got the minimum wage this year would stay well below the poverty line...
Three weeks ago, State Representative Charles F. Flaherty Jr. (D-Camb.) filed a bill requiring Harvard to grant a minimum of 25 Indian fellowships. The bill cites a 1693 agreement made by Harvard and the Commissioners of Massachusetts. In the pact, the University agreed to provide "rent-free" studies to Indian students in return for permission to demolish the Indian College, built in 1654. The Indians were to live in the new building that Harvard erected to replace the structure...