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Seldom in U.S. history has it been so urgent that calm and reasoned voices be heard above the tumult and the shouting of a divided nation. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger provided such a voice last week in a speech to the American Law Institute. In it he counseled patience to the radical reformers and rebuked those who might be tempted to restore order at the expense of America's fundamental freedoms. Excerpts...
Such a ringing defense of the urban environment can be cheered by those who have long suffered the ills of the city−or think they have. Yet disquieting questions remain. Has Banfield quite grasped the tumult of feelings involved in being black? He may have underestimated the less obvious, lingering forms of discrimination that are so galling to blacks precisely because they are often too subtle to combat. If it is true that many federal programs have failed to make a dent in the city's poverty, this does not mean that others should not be tried; public...
...tumult and name-calling ended when the latest Nielsen report came in. By its own calculation, CBS had won for the 15th consecutive season-by .2%. "This is the greatest thrill of my 21 years in programming," crowed Mike. In his exultation he added: "I think I could have elected Humphrey." Over at NBC, Paul Klein snorted: "They didn't win the season. They won their season. This is what McLuhan called 'the dinosaur effect.' CBS has blown to its biggest size just before extinction." Industry evolution has indeed swung toward the Klein emphasis on demographics...
...their President. Nonetheless, apprehension persists that the substance, if not the appearance, of leadership is absent from the White House. Says Correspondent Sidey: "The presidency as a positive force is a concept which has escaped Nixon. His Administration has an aura of negativism." For many citizens weary of tumult, negativism may be enough. But if last week showed anything, it showed that the part of the nation which demands more than negativism cannot be silenced for long...
...canny blend of firmness and sympathy, Yale long escaped the student tumult that disrupted other Ivy League campuses from Columbia to Harvard. But last week Yale was brought to a halt by a coalition of black students and local black militants; they were protesting the forthcoming New Haven trial of Bobby Scale and seven other Black Panthers, who are charged in the killing of a fellow Panther and alleged police informer. The result, for one of the nation's great founts of reason, was an astonishing display of emotion: 75% of Yale's 4,600 undergraduates quit classes...