Editorial on Humphrey Hawkins Bill Upsets Free Enterprise
The piece rails against the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act known as Humphrey Hawkins, arguing it inflationary, costly, and a threat to free enterprise. It cites Galbraith, notes no cost estimates, and contends deficit growth would curb private sector growth and durable jobs while warning farm stockpiles would harm farmers and favor foreign interests. It urges reliance on expanding free enterprise rather than more regulation and welfare-aligned public works.
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House
Humphrey-Hawkins
John Kenneth Galbraith
Kennedy
Congress
Carter
United State
Comment on sports, energy limits, and schooling policy
Delbert W. Bixler laments energy curtailments amid a coal strike while praising televised sports and a planned State Basketball Tourney. He questions public policy, school conditions, and media ethics, criticizing commissions and what he sees as government overreach.
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Public Service Commission
Immodesty in the OB Ward A candid hospital memory
A patient recalls the birth of her first child in a Midwestern hospital, detailing crude hospital humor, awkward gowns, and the loss of modesty. She describes nurses and visitors, jokes about medical staff, and the lasting vow to never return to pale, demure behavior. COPYRIGHT 1978 FIELD ENTERPRISES INC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sombeck
Pearl Harbor
Vanity Fair
Hester
Evision Repairman
Field Enterprises, Inc
Shrinking US Navy under Carter policy threats
A column argues US defense under Carter erodes naval strength and global security. It cites Safire criticizing Harold Brown, notes Navy downsizing from 900 ships to under 500, canceled F-14 Tomcat funding, and calls for policy change to prevent Soviet naval superiority across sea, land, and space.
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Harold Brown
America
William Safire
New York Times
Louis Johnson
Truman
Korea
Safire
Secretary of Defense
U Navy
Carter
Britain
Royal Navy
Civilian Defense Dept
Indian Ocean
Roland F. Herbst
United States
Pentagon
Congress
Phillips survey on revolution and Howard Jarvis tax revolt
An examination of Howard Jarvis and the California tax revolt, framing it as a radical solution to entrenched government and bureaucracy. The piece links Jarvis to broader anti establishment sentiment, cites reactions in New Hampshire politics, and contrasts revolutionary rhetoric with fears of political upheaval and stagnation. It notes Jefferson’s revolutionary cadence and questions whether the era calls for radical change or conservation.
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Py Neva E. Phillips
Washington
Howard Jarvis
Shays
Boston
California
Jarvis
George III
Howard Harvis
Brother Jarvis
New Hampshire
Thomas McIntyre
New Right
McIntyre
Ronald Reagan
America
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Energy liberty by ALICE Wise yER NEW YORK CITY
ALICE Wise argues energy liberty is urgent for the United States not energy independence. She blames OPEC, ecologists, and labor unions for limiting energy, cites Con Ed’s Indian Point nuclear plant, and urges rapid development of commercial nuclear energy to break current constraints.
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Alice Wise
New York City
OPEC
Ecologists
United Mine Workers
International Union of Electrical Workers
Boston
Con Ed
Indian Point
Indiana
Mone
Inter
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc
Wisconsin, Ave
Washington, DC
U.S
United Mineworkers Union
Wildcat
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