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Christopher C. DeMuth '68, lecturer in Public Policy. DeMuth, a former president of the Ripon Society, waited in vain all spring to find out if he would be nominated to head the Environmental Protection Agency. He wasn't, although he had been a leading contender for hte post. But his critical outlook toward regulations ultimately earned him a position in the Office of Management and Budget, the mileu of chief budget-slasher--and an old DeMuth associate--David Stockman...
During the rules committee hearings in Detroit this week, Josiah Lee Auspitz, a member of the liberal Republican Ripon Society, plans to offer a resolution to change party rules to make it easier for ethnic groups to become convention delegates and members of the R.N.C. The present process discriminates against the larger states, where ethnic voters are concentrated. Auspitz is a member of the R.N.C.'s outreach program, which makes a special appeal to minorities. Yet he complains: "The party tells these groups, 'Give us your vote, but your participation stops at the ballot...
...Ripon Society President John A. Cairns would be a worthy addition...
...Ervin Committee's report, which is due to be released soon, will concern redressing the current balance, which has shifted too far in favor of the presidency. Moving ahead of the committee, New York Republican Senator Jacob K. Javits, in a speech last week before the liberal Republican Ripon Society, recommended seven measures that would permit Congress to "reestablish itself as a truly coordinate branch of the United States Government." Javits' proposals...
...only two votes in one precinct. Governor Francis W. Sargent's last major campaign operation in the city was led by Democrat Joe DeCuglielmo--who is now, coincidentally or not, a judge. (The governor's most recent judicial appointment is a Cambridge Democrat named McGovern.) Even the Republican Ripon Society closed its doors here and moved to the banks of the Potomac in August. One party rule has arrived in the City of Cambridge...