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...even those who sympathize with him are not sure what he is trying to do, and this gives them the uneasy feeling that he and his inexperienced staff may not know what they are doing either. Notes Anthony Moffett, a Democratic Congressman from Connecticut: "People are saying to him, 'Tell me where I'm going and I'm ready to go.' But they aren't getting an answer." A revealing account of this uncertainty came from a Carter campaign veteran who is now a White House aide: "I really think that for all his political...
...President instructed his staff last week to drum up support for his tax-reform bill. But since the program entails higher taxes for many, it has a small constituency indeed. And there is already a revolt brewing over the explosive increase in Social Security taxes that was passed by Congress last December. It almost seems as if Carter is oblivious to the is sue. Congress, keenly feeling the wrath of its constituents, is not. Disregarding the President, the House Ways and Means Committee began voting down Carter's tax-reform proposals last week. "The trouble with Carter," said Barber...
...decolonization of Africa is just as important for the international community as the emancipation of blacks was for the United States, Herschelle S. Challenor, staff director of the House International Relations Committee subcommittee on Africa, said last night...
...Burns, acting director of the University parking office, says the requirement that all undergraduates park their cars at the Business School is a rule set "long ago" by the Council of Deans. Like many other Harvard institutions, the rule has continued through the yeas; and Jesse Garner, a staff assistant in the parking office, says, "we (the parking office) can't really change policy although it;s obvious that something needs to be done. I guess no student has shaken the tree hard enough...
Since Bok took office the Corporation, and the Office of the Treasurer, have had fewer day-to-day financial affairs to handle. When Bok became president, the University had one vice-president, no significant presidential staff, and a treasurer working part-time on running Harvard's investments. In addition to setting up the Harvard Management Company, Bok brought in four new vice presidents, including Hale Champion, to handle financial affairs. Bok also brought in Daniel Steiner '54 to be general counsel to the University. Last year the University showed a small but welcome budget surplus, and according to Putnam...