Carter Cabinet Picks Stir Debate In Transition Era
The Carter transition faces scrutiny as selections for Labor HUD and HEW posts draw praise and criticism. Ray Marshall, Patricia Harris, Harold Brown, and Griffith Bell draw mixed reactions, with concerns over minority outreach and club affiliations influencing public perception of the new administration. Carter stresses personal judgment over group pressure.
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Jimmy Carter
George Meany
Labor
Carter
John T. Dunlop
James R. Schlesinger
Defense
Dunlop
Schlesinger
Ford
Ray Marshall
University of Texas
Harold Brown
California Institute of Technology
DOD
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
Patricia Roberts Harris
Washington
HUD
Harris
Law School
Howard University
U.S
Luxembourg
Mideast Opportunity for Carter as Oil Policy Presses Negotiations
The Saudis use oil policy to push Israel toward concessions while the Rabin government seeks a peace mandate. The incoming Carter administration gains room to pursue a dual track of a just Near East settlement and a coherent energy policy, with Schlesinger as energy czar to strengthen leverage for negotiations and price moderation.
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United States
Israel
Near East
Carter
Yitghak Rabin
Rabin
Ford Administration
Shimon Peres
Peres
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Cyrus Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Warren Manshel
New York
Brzezinski
Mr. Rabin
U.S
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Political Preaching and Practice by Ralph de Toledano
The piece recalls a decades old inquiry into liberal Congress members whose children attended private schools while demanding public school integration in Washington DC. It notes the district’s rising black student population, Carter’s pledge to enroll his daughter in public schools, and the controversy over the cost and security implications of public schooling for a presidential family amid mixed political reactions.
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Congress
James Earl Carter
Washington
Amy
White House
Secret Service
Carter
Plains
Washington Post
Post
Walter Mondale
Senate
Walter Faumtay
D.C
House
Shelly Wright
Edward M. Kennedy
Boston
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
California
South
Ameh
National Press Club Witl
Newsmhen
Aflcio
Tabor
New York
National Association For ‘the Advancement of Colored People
Mondale
Carter's Unorthodox Choice for Attorney General Griffs Bell
The piece outlines Carter's resistance to an expected pick and details why Griffin Bell was chosen as Attorney General. It notes aides doubted Bell's fit, Eastland's endorsement, and Carter's aim for a non political pick, while contrasting Blumenthal and Brown as other potential cabinet choices. It also references a Washington Post survey on private schooling among officials and includes a personal anecdote about media discussions and civil rights labels.
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Griffith Bell
Georgia
U.S
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Mr. Carter
Atlanta
Beil
O Net
Ll .Fink Jimmy
Bell
Appeals Court
New Orleans
James C. Eastland
Mississippi
Eastland
Justice Department
Treasury
Defense
Jimmy After
Griffin Bell
Charles Kirbo
Bendix Corp
Michael Blumenthal
United States Presses Vietnam on Missing In Action Names
The United States demands North Vietnam account for 80 to 1000 Americans listed as missing in action before diplomatic ties are discussed. State Department officials say the request is realistic and supported by the Ford and possibly Carter administrations. Washington has supplied Hanoi with a list of unaccounted names and seeks cooperation in locating information after relations are restored.
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Saudi Arabia
Sadi
Alireza
Kissinger
Washington
United States
OPEC
PEC
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S. State Department
Ford Administration
Transition Carter
Thhose
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson as Fiscal Example
Washington analyzes New Hampshire under Gov Meldrim Thomson, praising his low tax, restrained spending approach. The piece credits Thomson with attracting business, fueling 2 percent industrial growth since 1970, and a 10 percent population rise in six years while unemployment remains 3.1 percent. It notes Thomson’s three-term tenure, GOP support, and the perception he challenges tax-spending dogma.
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Buncombe
Meldrim ‘Thomson
New Hampshire
Thomson
News and World Report
Arand
Meldrim Thomson
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Shis
Aucretary
DL Uefense
Cal Teth
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Kirby
FBI
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Manchester
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