Editorial: Feeding bureaucracy and the call to cut waste
The piece argues that while 1974 voters and lawmakers favor budget cuts, few act on them due to reelection concerns and the sprawling federal system. It urges a top down budget commitment, screening of new jobs, periodic obsolete-agency eliminations, and citizen demands for specific promises to curb government waste.
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If game by Toynbee reshapes history through speculation
A fragment describes Arnold Toynbees imagined rule bound game If every sentence starts with if addressing alternate histories from Alexander the Great to Watergate and Nixon with a prompt to continue the hypothetical chain.
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Congress may clip CIA covert ops in election year
ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK report that Congress may push to ban all covert CIA operations abroad, sparked by Angola funding battles. The piece notes a strong anti CIA mood among both parties, a possible showdown on covert aid, and how recent briefings under new law failed to spark questions.
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Moon a Messiah with a Money Motive Provokes Capitol Hill
Arthur Hoppe lampoons Rev. Sun Myung Moon arriving in a Lincoln with entourage to debate wealth and faith. The piece parodies moonie followers, Congressman Ichord, and Live Sea Scrolls while lampooning Moon’s wealth, Divine Enterprises, and biblical storytelling. The satire ends questioning scroll authenticity.
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Veto urge on Hatch Act repeal echoes editorial warning
The writer commends an editorial on December 9 analyzing danger in Congress efforts to repeal the Hatch Act. They say they voted against the bill and will urge President Ford to veto it. They stress the act, enacted in 1939, shields civil servants from partisan politics and warns of risks if removed.
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AFL-CIO Board Misreads Nuclear Safeguards Initiative
The AFL-CIO executive board appeared to misunderstand a petition that seeks public hearings and state approval for nuclear facilities. It calls for testing safety systems, solving waste disposal issues, and removing federal liability limits to allow plants if three safety questions are answered.
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