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Agnew flew to California last week for just such a conference of state and local officials. He listened thoughtfully, then delivered a mellow speech on local fiscal problems. To be sure, his older style briefly asserted itself when he flailed away at Ralph Nader and other "pontificators and pundits." But the Vice President has obviously learned some valuable lessons. "All I'm saying," he remarked at one point, "is that life is a very complex matter. There are two sides to every argument...
...manufacturer had no black directors. Chairman James Roche replied blandly: "Because none have been elected." Behind that blase front, G.M. management has been more concerned than it has ever admitted by insistent charges that it does not show enough social responsibility. The charges have been leveled primarily by Ralph Nader and his followers in "Campaign G.M." The workers in Campaign G.M. raised a ruckus at the last annual meeting and are now ready to begin soliciting proxies for the next one. But General Motors is not waiting. Last week the corporation elected a black to its 23-man board...
...which called into question the intelligence procedures of the U.S. military. Americans were much more preoccupied with a recession-cum-inflation that raised the unemployment rate to 5.8%, the highest level since 1963, and firmly resisted Nixon's best monetary and fiscal prescriptions. The consumer movement championed by Ralph Nader gathered strength, often in alliance with the year's overriding cause, ecology (see page...
...remedy the situation, Nader recommends for nursing homes receiving federal funds: rigorous enforcement of existing standards, stricter medical review and licensing procedures, as well as the development of such alternatives as subsidized private housing and in-home care for the elderly...
...Nader's report has already come under attack from at least one industry spokesman. L. Malcolm Rodman, executive director of the Maryland Health Facilities Association, called the study "clandestine, superficial and haphazard." But the committee, which began its current investigations in January, seemed generally impressed by the testimony of Nader's young investigators. Senator Frank Moss, a Utah Democrat, is looking toward establishment of a corps of federal inspectors to see that the homes come up to standard. Moss also hopes to change the system of federal payments to reward those homes that provide high quality care...