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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Davis said the Sunday hours option will be discussed at a Coop management meeting today, but he cited the desire to avoid undue strain on executive staff and regular personnel as the main reason why the Coop may not open on Sundays...

Author: By Adam W. Glass, | Title: Blue Laws | 10/28/1977 | See Source »

...street corners, tarring his Republican opponent, State Sen. Roy M. Goodman '51, in at least eight different languages. For his part, Goodman--whom Farber describes as "a Lindsay clone"--has waged a yeomanlike battle against the Conservative nominee's barbs on one side, and massive desertions from his campaign staff on the other. It is an interesting fight: the sharp country boy matching phrases with the cool, statistic-laden Harvard grad. It is, however, strictly a battle for third place...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Battle of the Clones | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

However, both the year-by-year extension and a final two-year extension were voted down. Yet a last ditch effort resulted in an extension of Nutrition's life through 1977; the extension had certain provisions: no staff positions could be filled as staff members left, and staff members would not be granted certain benefits accorded to staffs of other phased-out committees. It is indicative of the dedication of the staff members that none of those who had not previously planned to leave have left...

Author: By Matthew D. Slater, | Title: Protecting the Poor: The Fight for the Senate Nutrition Committee | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

...politically necessary at the time). Specifically, the liberal Democrats got more opportunities for liberal leadership by increasing the numbers of subcommittes, and were allowed to keep the Joint Economic Committee (largely liberal in it's economic outlook); the Republicans obtained the option of naming one-third of the committee staff and of receiving some separate funds. Third, poor people still are not a potent enough political force really to affect Congressional action. If the retention of the Veterans, Aging, and Joint Economic Committees can be explained by the power of their respective groups, the loss of the Nutrition Committee...

Author: By Matthew D. Slater, | Title: Protecting the Poor: The Fight for the Senate Nutrition Committee | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

Matthew D. Slater '78-3 worked as staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from September, 1976 through August, 1977. Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Congress recognized the critical role of nutrition in the safe delivery and healthy development of children. WIC was established in 1972 on a pilot basis, and made a national program in 1975. (Humphrey and the committee created the WIC legislation.) Only after pressure by the committee and subsequent court decisions did the Department of Agriculture begin to implement the program properly; the program still does not nearly reach...

Author: By Matthew D. Slater, | Title: Protecting the Poor: The Fight for the Senate Nutrition Committee | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

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