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Once changed by the conservative Finance Committee, the bill faced strenuous opposition on the left from the more liberal Senators. It was clear that the Administration would have to be willing to accept a compromise. One promising proposal came from Connecticut Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff. The "Ribicoff-Administration" measure, as the Senator called it, set the guaranteed annual income for a family of four at $2,600 and stipulated that it rise automatically with the cost of living. It also stated that no welfare recipient would be required to take a job that paid below the minimum wage...
Drinan, on the other hand, has been hitting "Jewish issues" hard. His campaign literature includes statements of support from Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) detailing Drinan's commitment to Israel; copies of an article Drinan wrote in the Jewish Advocate last July professing the Congressman's belief in the importance of U.S. help for the Israeli cause, and a New York Times, article from last March which tells of Drinan urging President Nixon to plead for the release of Soviet Jews on his trip to Moscow. Indeed, last Thursday night Ribicoff appeared with Drinan at Brookline High School to "report...
...reason is that any trade deal granting Russia most-favored-nation status will require congressional consent. As Senator Abraham Ribicoff, who heads the hardening congressional opposition to expand trade with the Soviets, said last week, "I do not see how any Senator or Congressman could vote for new trade concessions for the Soviet Union at a time when the Russians are trading in human lives. The ransoming of Soviet Jews is one Soviet export all decent men must absolutely refuse to accept." The Administration is also troubled. Although doing business with unpalatable regimes is no novelty in the U.S., continued...
...dropping of Eagleton because of the uproar over his medical history was virtually unprecedented.* The rebuffs encountered by McGovern as he sought a reassuring replacement only added to the party humiliation. McGovern wooed them and practically begged, but one by one, Edward Kennedy, Abraham Ribicoff, Hubert Humphrey, Reubin Askew and Edmund Muskie all declined for various reasons their party's second highest honor. The selection of Shriver, a personable Kennedy in-law and former head of the Peace Corps and Office of Economic Opportunity (see following page), may turn out to be a good choice, but had the public...
Married. Abraham Ribicoff, 62, senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut, former state Governor and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Kennedy; and Lois Mell Mathes, 50, Miami civic leader; she for the third time, he for the second; in Washington...