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Inside the Bass house, Ford was preparing to veto some ecological legislation already passed by Congress. The strip mining bill he refused to sign called for regulating all strip mining and a 35-cent-per-ton excise tax on all surface-underground coal to pay for reclamation. Oddly enough, the measure would have cost Bass an estimated $100,000 annually because of his many mining leases...
Steiner announced yesterday that he has drafted a new form that students will have to sign to waive the right of access to a particular letter...
Steiner also said that nothing in the new law compels a professor to write letters of recommendation--which means that a Faculty member can refuse to write a recommendation for a student who refuse to sign a waiver...
During his presentation yesterday, Steiner said that students will now have to sign special consent forms in order for Faculty members to write letters of recommendation...
Ford refused to sign the bill after arguing that it would have hampered domestic coal production "when the nation can ill afford significant losses from this critical energy source." Though his veto was anticipated, it is sure to be unpopular. The strip-mining bill was supported by environmentalists, Ford's own Interior Department, the AFL-CIO, the United Mine Workers, United Auto Workers and farm and ranch organizations. It was even backed by a few big coal companies that were anxious to have some law-any law-enacted to clear up the uncertainty that has clouded their future...