Nixon's Dilemma on Wage Price Controls for Construction
Nixon faces a political bind as he pressures labor and management in the construction industry to propose wage and price stabilization steps. Hodgson and Dunlop urge a broad plan, with potential wage and price freezes seen as likely, while critics warn such action risks wider economic disruption and political backlash. The issue tests Nixon's mettle amid calls for a wide price control bureaucracy and fears of black markets and patronage.
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James B. Hodgson
House
Senate Economic Committee
Nixon
Hodgson
Miami Beach
Harvard
John Dunlop
Cio-Afl
C. J. Haggerty
Aft-Cio
Building and Construction
Congress
Reblican
Code War Panel Focuses on Blue-Collar Workers
The Urban Coalition forms a new panel to study labor impact amid a broad code war. Earthquakes feared as scientists warn of a peak in a V-year wobble cycle impacting global stability and safety.
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Urban Coalition
Japan Launches Four Stage Space Rocket to Orbit
Henry J. Taylor reports on Japan achieving a permanent orbital satellite with a four stage rocket, making it the fifth nation to launch solo. The piece contrasts Western Europe’s Europa project with US NATO cautions, notes France's reduced 1971 space funding, and discusses nuclear stockpiles, deterrence, and President Nixon's push to strengthen US and NATO defenses amid SALT talks.
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Ussr
France
Red China
Europe
NATO
Lan- Won
Paris
Bonn
Rome
Brussels
The
Hague
European Space Research Organization
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific
Helsinki
Vienna
Nixon
Melvin Mt. Laird
Mt. Laird
Dean Acheson
Washington
Western Europe
Western
Brusgelis
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
You Cant Fool All The Students All The Time On Campus
Russell Kirk critiques campus radicalism and student disillusionment amid protests and the Cambodia and Laos campaigns. He notes declining fervor for Black Panthers and Weathermen, the Yale Seale trial crowd, and growing concerns about expansion and impersonal education while forecasting continued campus unrest beyond Vietnam.
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Laos
Leonard Weinglass
Chicago Seven
New Haven
Bobby Seale
Yale
Seale
Algiers
Elridge Cleaver
Timothy Leary
Guinea
Stokely Carmichael
Aduate
Tter
Behemoth University
Our
Congress stalemate and stalled leadership in February
Richard M. Nixon argues that Congress, split from the White House, fails to act. He notes Democratic control limits progress on desegregation, health, housing, and welfare, urging immediate action rather than prolonged debate. He criticizes leadership and the stalemate threatening key reforms.
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Democratic Congress
Sam
Johnson
Nixon
Congress
Connally Compared To Kennedy In Treasury Vision
Washington column argues John Connally has changed since Dallas and could shape Nixon era policy. It compares him to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and predicts a strong Treasury influence on domestic programs, while noting uncertain odds of a presidential run.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Bhun Nion
Washington
D.C
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Senate
Dallas
Abe Forfas
Clark Clifford
Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
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Defense
State Departments
Treasury
Treasury Department
John
Joe Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kenney
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al Smith
Financial Sheriff's
Notable events on this day in history
In 1920 Germans formed the National Socialist party forerunner of the Nazis. In 1922 Henri Landru known as Bluebeard was executed in Versailles for murdering 16 of his 13 lovers. In 1345 American troops liberated Manila from Japan. Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah was ousted. French writer Pierre Corneille is quoted on insult.
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Henri Landru
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France
Manila
Wea
Nakrumah
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