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That's unfortunate, because Energy and Security deserves very serious consideration. Its 14 contributors-all energy and foreign policy experts-assail current energy policies as unwise and even counterproductive and see dire results for national security and world peace if the U.S. fails to revamp its strategies...
Harvard officials worry that legislation affecting the University--bills that would increase grants for scientific research and aid to medical school students, as well as a measure designed to revamp federal patent procedures--may be ignored in the upcoming "lame duck" congressional session as Republicans wait for their new reinforcements to arrive and Democrats try to bandage their wounded...
...allowed to do its work in an election year. Already various Carter constituencies are screaming as the screws are turning. Even while the President was telling newsmen last week that the recession was "probably" at hand, he was also announcing an additional $75 million in federal spending to revamp the housing subsidy program by cutting interest costs for builders and home buyers. After everyone has so long anticipated the recession, the temptation now will be to stop it quickly with a new rush of spending from Washington...
ASIA. East Germany's most recent aid efforts have supplemented the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Planes from the GDR have flown medicine and other supplies to Kabul, and have started to return to East Berlin a number of Afghan wounded. East Germany is reportedly helping the Kabul government revamp and upgrade its secret police apparatus, which has been in disarray since the December invasion. East Germany's assistance to Viet Nam dates back to the 1960s, and has multiplied ever since. Annual aid to Hanoi now totals tens of millions. East German assistance has also extended to Hanoi...
...price controls immediately. Then the task of raising output by putting Americans back to work can begin. Programs to make the nation more energy-efficient are the best way in the long run to stop inflation, by improving productivity and lessening dependence on foreign oil. This entails efforts to revamp buildings, industry and transit which would employ many more people--and which would signal the end of bondage to outmoded economic ideas. President Carter can use his discipline on those, like the oil companies, who could use it, and give the rest of us a shot at the Puritan work...