Word: role
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While he has accepted the Government's responsibility for society's problems, Finch, as a card-carrying Republican, believes in a greater role for individuals and nongovernmental agencies. "In the middle third of this century," he says, "social problems were looked upon as the exclusive province of the Federal Government. In the final third, we are going to have to mobilize resources far beyond mere federal dollars if we're going to deal effectively with those problems. We're going to have to engage a full cross section of the entire private or nongovernmental sector, individuals, institutions and other groupings...
Most Americans (52% to 32%) think a third World War can be avoided, and lopsided majorities favor reducing East-West tensions in general. In particular, they would approve agreements with the Soviet Union to enlarge the U.N.'s peace-keeping role and to control nuclear weapons. While they support such initiatives, however, the only one given a real chance of success is nuclear-arms limitation; 51% think that is likely to come about, while 28% disagree and 21 % are uncertain...
This article is the first of a two-part series. Today's installment tells about Calkins' role on the Harvard Corporation and his roots in Cleveland. Tomorrow's installment will deal with his campaign for the Cleveland School Board, how his views on education affect his opinions about Harvard, and how one Corporation member lives at home...
CALKINS was also grossly out of place on the interlocking-directorate charts that some radical students had prepared to show how the Corporation dominates American business. Calkins' only tangible business involvement was his role as director of a Rhode Island manufacturing company. He later said he took the job to help a friend whose company was in trouble...
Aside from his role in local good-government organizations. Calkins' first real fame came in 1960, when he was appointed deputy director of the President's Commission on National Goals...