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When it returns from its election recess, Congress should delay the application of the law for 60 days to allow time for public hearings and to give Buckley's office a chance to answer the remaining questions. But the basic fiber of the Buckley amendment should remain intact. In a time that has seen the drawbacks of secrecy and the benefits of accountability in bureaucratic structures, Harvard shouldn't even want to be an exception...
Faced with such questions and theories, Subcommittee Chairman Hungate declared: "I'm not sure just what we'll decide to do, but we've still got a lot to do. We'll decide after the recess." When Congress reconvenes following the elections, Hungate's subcommittee could vote to hold more hearings. A probable star witness: Alexander Haig. For Jerry Ford and the G.O.P., the problems of the pardon are far from over...
...unusual midnight ride with several Cabinet members to Andrews Air Force Base to demonstrate wholehearted support of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger by seeing him off on his latest trip to the Middle East (see THE WORLD). He lobbied scores of Congressmen on the eve of their campaign recess. He held his third press conference as President. He spoke at Republican campaign dinners in Burlington, Vt., Philadelphia and Detroit...
...month-long election recess, Congress last week rushed to clear the decks-and in a few instances, did so by heaving worthwhile measures overboard. As expected, it approved a monumental reform in the financing of Presidential campaigns, providing up to $20 million in public funds for major candidates...
...days. Ford had termed any curtailment "a misguided and extremely harmful measure," since it would hinder U.S. efforts to resolve the Cyprus dispute. The House vote to apply the cutoff was 187 to 171. Ford indicated that he would promptly veto the measure. Congressional leaders then postponed the recess until this week, when an attempt will be made to override the veto...