Editorial: How big is a hole in government rules
The piece cites Ford on trimming red tape and cites Weidenbaum on a managerial shift from private to government control. It argues federal regulation costs consumers indirectly, urges rational cost assessment, and questions OSHA spending and the growth of unneeded rules. It calls Congress to shrink regulation before it absorbs so much that it takes from citizens.
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Ford
National Chamber of Commerce
Murray L. Weidenbaum
the Treasury
Nation’s Business
Weidenbaum
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Congress
James L. Buckley
New York
Consumer Product Safety Commission
OSHA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ar. Ford
Big Daddy
Letters on foreign policy and public services reform
An editor letter condemns nuclear threat language by Ford and Schlesinger, urging humanitarian policy and shared principles. A second writer criticizes postal delays and praises Congressman Hannaford for nursing care funding while arguing for Medicare cost fairness. A third reader corrects a misread food additive claim, distinguishing monosodium glutamate from papain used in meat tenderization.
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Ford
James Schlesinger
Daniel J. Boorstin
Time
Schlesinger
Congress
William D. McIlvaine
Los Alamitos
Helen Dandy Ne
Ford seeks to curb over regulation in U S life
The piece argues President Ford aims to reduce federal and state rules that burden business and citizens. It notes regulatory agencies, costs, and forms number in the thousands, praising market and common law as guiding forces while acknowledging essential health and safety protections.
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Washington
Ford
National Federation of Independent Business
Mrr. Ford
Indian democracy in retreat under Indira Gandhi rule
A critical commentary laments India's democratic collapse under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It contrasts Gandhi's nonviolence legacy with new measures, censorship, arbitrary arrests, and political corruption, arguing the nation risks sliding toward one person’s rule amid severe economic and social strains.
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Washington
India
Gamshi
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PVE
Young Democracy
Gandhi
Indira Anda
Mrs. Gandhi
Indira
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