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When James Watt was signed on as Interior Secretary, he told the President exactly what policies he wanted to pursue. Federal lands must be opened for development of energy and mineral resources, said Watt, pledging to undo "50 years or so of bad Government." Said a delighted Reagan: "Sic 'em." And Watt did, promptly becoming the most ideologically controversial member of the Cabinet. As he puts it: "I was brought in to yell down a new chain of command on environmental issues. I yelled, and to my surprise, I was obeyed." He proposed offering for lease 1 billion...
...will have replaced the corporation's eleven board members with people who question much of the LSC's current thinking. Ronald Zumbrun of Sacramento is expected to be announced shortly as Reagan's choice for the LSC chairmanship. "The poor will have their own James Watt," groans CRLA'S Al Meyerhoff. Zumbrun frequently tangled with CRLA over funding cuts when he was a deputy director of Reagan's department of social welfare and more recently in his position as head of the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation. Charges outgoing LSC President Dan J. Bradley: "Zumbrun...
...according to Joseph Fontaine, 48, president of the Sierra Club, the largest citizens' petition ever presented to Congress. Its message: "Interior Secretary James Watt must go." Last week the 240,000-member environmental organization, backed by representatives of similar "green vote" groups, brought that petition to the steps of the Capitol. There the 50 bundles, containing some 1.1 million names, were accepted by House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill and California Democratic Senator Alan Cranston. As for the subject of all this wrath? Watt, 43, was out on the hustings staging his own "green" campaign-drumming up Republican...
Bach Society Orchestra--Diana Watt, music director; Jessica Krash, piano soloist; music of Rossini, Beethoven, Ives and Haydn; Sanders Theater...
Jess Velma, president of the Harvard Democratic Club, said the group had collected 50 per cent more than the 1000 signatures they originally hoped to collect from the Harvard community. Vince Chang, secretary of the Democratic Club, said before the presentation. "The main point of the Watt petition was to increase our visibility and general awareness on campus...