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...address was partisan. Economist Milton Friedman hailed Nixon's decision to avoid wage-and-price controls. University of Minnesota Professor Walter Heller found the President's espousal of wish-boning "better than nothing, but not much." Banker David Rockefeller, who had urged the President to appeal for restraint, termed Nixon's proposals "excellent." But A.F.L.-C.l.O. President George Meany, who has supported Nixon on Viet Nam, disagreed with his plans to end inflation. "I fail to see how they will curb inflation, reduce unemployment and cut interest rates," he said. Emil Mazey, secretary-treasurer of the United...
...recommending that her contract be renewed. Last week the regents had what they obviously hoped would be the last word. After arbitrarily taking the matter out of Young's hands, the regents voted 15 to 6 to oust Davis on the grounds that she failed to exercise "appropriate restraint" in her public speeches...
Most of all, Washington needs to recognize that the economy is operating under new rules. The classical demand-restraint methods for curing inflation may eventually work, but social conditions no longer permit the sort of recession that might be needed to make them work as fast and as thoroughly as necessary?a point Arthur Burns well recognizes. By advocating an incomes policy, he has demonstrated a willingness to recognize changed conditions and use whatever policy tools seem appropriate. The Administration will need that flexibility in helping to shape tomorrow's economic policy...
...Confidence. The Administration vehemently opposes both the Cooper-Church and McGovern-Hatfield amendments. Last week in a closed meeting with G.O.P. Senators, Administration spokesmen argued that any restraint on the President would be a show of no confidence. Next day White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler stated Nixon's case strongly and publicly. "The White House feels," he said, "that there should be no restraint on the powers of the President as Commander in Chief, as stated by the Constitution. It is the role of the Commander in Chief to protect the security of forces in the field...
...quite familiar stray casually across the pages-Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, Country Joe and the Fish, Timothy Leary. Everything is new and exciting in McNeill's eyes, and he talks about the community's development as if it were a shining, delicate toy, to be handled carefully and with restraint...