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...Corn is under no illusion that his task will be easy. Already bills are piling up in Congress that would weaken the original OSHA act. One would essentially exempt from regulation businesses employing 25 or fewer workers. OSHA has tangled with other federal agencies over who has jurisdiction in safety matters involving aircraft, railroads and interstate trucking. And recently in Texas, a federal court ruled that OSHA inspectors cannot enter a workplace without a search warrant...
...candidate best supplied, in quantity at least, with economic advice is, of course, President Ford, who can draw on the whole policymaking apparatus of the Government. Currently, Ford's aides are reporting that the recovery from recession is picking up enough speed to weaken what the Democrats had expected to be one of their strongest issues (see following story). Other candidates, lacking the power of the White House, must get their advice wherever they can find it-generally from economists at universities and research organizations who have time to ponder major public issues...
President Valery Giscard d'Estaing would regard devaluation as a defeat and will hold out as long as he can-with some reason. A drop in a currency's value makes imports more expensive. That aggravates inflation, which tends to weaken the currency still further. The floating-rate system has made adjustments in money values smoother and continuous; it has not made them painless...
...effect of the latest Moynihan flap was undoubtedly to weaken his position within the State Department and at the U.N., but to strengthen once again his personal position with the public...
Kissinger indicated that in order to "normalize" diplomatic relations with Peking, the U.S. may eventually pull its troops and the U.S. embassy out of Taiwan, replacing the embassy with a liaison mission. But Ford hardly wanted to make any compromises with Communist China last week that might further weaken his position with Republican conservatives. It was clear enough well before the trip, moreover, that the deteriorating health of Mao and Premier Chou En-lai precluded any serious dealings on the touchy subject of Taiwan. This awaits the successors to Mao and Chou and, as Ford and Kissinger may have reflected...