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When California Business Consultant Phillip Sanchez, former director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, was sounded out about becoming Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, he refused. Said Sanchez: "It would be financially impossible for me to go back into Government at this time." The job...
The Reaganauts breathed a little easier. Pierce, who is best known for his work in labor law, is the Cabinet's only black so far. An Eastern Establishment Republican, the son of a prosperous dry cleaner and real estate man in the New York suburb of Glen Cove, Pierce...
Pierce's background worries some critics, who wonder if he has enough feeling for the problems of U.S. minorities. Says the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, head of the Black United Front, which is based in Brooklyn: "As far as I know, there's no track record of any involvement...
But Vernon Jordan, president of the National Urban League, says that Pierce has "always cared about civil rights, and he's always been involved. It's reassuring that blacks are going to be involved in this Administration at the highest level." Adds William H. Oliver, president of the...
Pierce, who has been involved in low-cost housing projects as a trustee of the N.A.A.C.P.'S National Housing Corporation's Special Contributions Fund, favors tax incentives for businesses that move into blighted areas and create new jobs. Says he: "Anything that's reasonable to get business...