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...unbeschrie-benes Blatt (blank page)-is not a drawback as far as Nixon is concerned. He intends to be his own policymaker in foreign affairs; most Presidents are. Nixon has often called diplomacy his "strong suit," the field in which he will "call the turn," and does not need another John Foster Dulles. He does need an able administrator to run, and, if possible, streamline a disorganized department, a skilled and well-liked advocate on Capitol Hill, a shrewd and discerning representative in dealings with allies and foes abroad. For these assignments Rogers is already qualified. Nixon emphasized that...
...will be White House aide for congressional relations, that he had 16 years of congressional seniority, that he could help the Nixon program in the House, that he hoped to be House Speaker some day, that he was a lifelong legislator, not an administrator. Nixon's reply: "I need you." On Dec. 7, Laird yielded...
After the 1964 Goldwater debacle, Laird recognized the need for change within the Republican Party. He decided -and the party agreed-that the Federal Government should be active in such fields as education and welfare, but only as backstop to states and local communities. A leading backer of the Viet Nam war, he made a calculated switch last year and argued that the Republicans must appear as the party of peace, that Viet Nam was something to hang around Lyndon Johnson's neck. Laird does not plan to visit Viet Nam until his appointment is confirmed by the Senate...
...classified as a conscientious objector, a man need not be a Quaker, a Mennonite, or a member of some other sect that opposes war as a matter of religious conviction. Instead, a federal law exempts from active military duty anyone who cannot serve because of "religious training and belief." In amending the law last year, Congress struck out the requirement that such a belief be "in a relation to a Supreme Being." In view of this, could an atheist-a person who expressly disavows faith in God -be excused as an objector...
Concerned that U.S. colleges and universities may not be healthy enough to handle the challenges of the next dec ade, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education last week prescribed some preventive medicine. What is needed, said the commission, is nothing less than a $10 billion annual increase in federal spending, plus the creation of 550 new colleges. Without that expensive and expansive dose, the 14-man committee of educators and businessmen reported, the U.S. will fall far short of meeting a vital need for more and better higher education for more and more students of all income groups...