Editorial: The Bureaucracies A Road To Collapse
The piece argues that government bureaucracy grows when elected officials abdicate power to agencies. It cites HEW as a prime example and notes career bureaucrats shielded from discipline while Congress drags feet on reform. It urges Congress to restore direct legislative detail and push welfare reforms to curb the fiscal drain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Treasury
Write Your Legislators Washington DC Contacts
Listing of senators and representatives with room numbers in Senate and House office buildings. Includes Hartke Bayh Dennis Hillis Bray and district areas Greresening and Regumenting the Sth District. Contains the preamble text of the U S Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sen. R. Vance Hartke
Washington, D.C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
David W. Dennis
Woking D.C
Greresening
Madison
Delaware
Henry
Sth
Grant, Tipton
Hamilton Counties
William G. Bray
Rayburn
Hancock County
America First echoes in Nixon speech urges home growth
Holmes Alexander notes limited cheers in Congress as Nixon’s New Economics stresses America First. He highlights a 10 percent surtax on foreign goods and praises Job Development Credit to spur domestic toolmaking, while warning expectations should be modest and morale may outpace job gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
America
Nixon
Congress
Ican
American Enterprise Institute
Japan
USA
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Federal Diary: House eyes Oct 5 vote on pay raise delay
House leaders plan Oct 5 to vote on Rep Waldie's measure to derail Nixon's delay of a federal pay raise until mid 1972. AFL-CIO and congressional backers push for Jan 1 raises, arguing the freeze is unfair to federal workers and military personnel. White House and GOP strategize to hold votes, while Civil Service Commission issues clarifications on pay during the freeze and supervisor contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nixon
Organized Labor
Jerome J. Waldie
D-Calif
Afl-Cio
Capitol Hill
Mason-Dixon Line
John D. Ehrlichman
Civil Service
Robert E. Hampton
GOP
Leslie C. Arends
White House
Post Office Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
CSC
Con
Rockefeller as 1972 GOP VP or Secretary of State
Speculation centers on Nelson Rockefeller potentially replacing Spiro Agnew as vice president or moving to the State Department under Nixon. Backers argue his wealth, reach in New York and New England, and foreign policy record aid re election chances, while Kissinger’s role could complicate any shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Washington
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Spiro Agnew
New York
U.S
Agnew
White House
State Department
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Great Lakes
Latin America
Chase Manhattan Bank
Council On Foreign Relations
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Malcolm Wilson
King Features Syndicate
Devaluation critique and the dollar’s shaken prestige
The piece argues against U.S. currency devaluation praising by officials, noting foreign distrust in the dollar amid rising deficits and weak defense posture. It links dollar value to national prospects, urging restraint, reduced welfare spending, and restored military strength to regain global confidence and monetary value.
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Max Dehn
Washington
U.S
Great Britain
Britain
America
Okahoman
United States
Southern States Industrial Council
Nashville
Tenn
Canada
Venezuela
Latin America
Africa
Switzerland Moves to Forefront in World Affairs
Alice Widener notes Switzerland’s wealth and neutrality position as pivotal in a shifting global order. The Swiss finances and gold-backed currency bolster influence, with Switzerland poised to shape monetary discussions and offer financial support behind a neutral stance amid U S and Soviet power decline. Belgium and Luxembourg are cited as partners in the emerging European economic landscape.
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Paris
France
London
Maurice Schumann
Berne
Switzerland
Europe
America
United States
Soviet Union
Schumann
Geneva
George Washington
United Nations
Belgium
New York City
Washington, D. C
Order of Things International
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Elwood H. Hillis
United States of America
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Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
ECONO
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Phillips’ Survey
By Kevin P. Phillips
Phillips
Alice Widener
By Alice Widener
U.S.A. Syndicate
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