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Romero was not the only official to be surprised. Secretary of the Interior Thomas Kleppe, whose department is responsible for drafting statehood legislation, learned of the proposal the night before it was released. Senate leaders were notified a few minutes before the announcement, but House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. was not. "The whole thing is crazy," said an aide to the Senate Interior Committee, which monitors Puerto Rican affairs. Added a House Territorial Subcommittee staffer: "The key is for Puerto Rico to show some interest in becoming a state, and it hasn...
Jimmy Carter, Ford replied testily: "Because I'm President until January 20." The statehood surprise surely reflected the familiar predicament of a lame-duck Chief Executive whose desire to deepen his mark in history is matched only by his loss of real power. That was evident, too, in a flurry of other last-minute moves by the President...
Most Puerto Ricans are apprehensive about statehood because they fear steep federal taxes, and are also afraid that mainland U.S corporations will leave the island, Felix M. Torres '79, a son of Puerto Rican immigrants, said yesterday. The corporations may leave because of a loss of tax incentives and a loss of cheap labor due to an imposition of minimum wage laws, Torres added...
Puerto Rican statehood would help the growing Puerto Rican upper class and hurt U.S. corporations, Cortiella said...
...Statehood "wouldn't make a big economic difference" he added, "except to be a rationalization of the labor markets in a capitalist sense...