Word: civilizer
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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expand the GM board of directors from 24 to 27 members to include three "representatives of the public." If it passes, Campaign GM will nominate Betty Furness, President Johnson's special assistant in consumer affairs: Rev. Channing Phillips, a Washington civil rights leader; and Rene Dubes, a University of Chicago environmentalist...
Those remarks, coupled with Agnew's attempt to blame the Senate votes on "the liberal media" and "organized labor and civil rights activists," have an ominous ring, just as the President's statement does. The words not only may foreshadow a more abrasive campaign this year than might otherwise have been expected, but represent a failure by progressive elements within the Administration to hold ground against the steadily growing influence of what might be called the Mitchell-Agnew axis...
Almost lost in the maneuvering on the postal-pay question was the latest flurry of congressional action on Nixon's once-vaunted plan to modernize the mail system by making it a nonpolitical, Government-owned corporation. Several junior members of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee made a last-gasp effort on behalf of the concept by pushing through a bill embodying the original Nixon proposals. Politically, however, the bill was dead on arrival. Many powerful Congressmen have been opposed all along to corporate reform of the postal system, and they have the votes to defeat...
Beads and Bombs. When the Prince was ousted, the new government welcomed reporters -but covering Cambodia suddenly became a highly dangerous venture. As scores of U.S., British, Australian, French, German and Japanese correspondents poured in, they found a countryside torn by civil strife and infested with Viet Cong patrols. The government could not provide escorts; local drivers refused to leave the capital...
...popular teacher whose courses (one: Law and Poverty) deal with contemporary legal problems, Sovern is an unapologetic liberal with a special interest in eliminating racial discrimination in employment. In addition to turning out an impressive number of scholarly articles and books, he is an activist in the cause of civil rights. As director of training institutes for the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, he supervises continuing legal education for civil rights lawyers in various parts of the country. He has also been a vocal opponent of both the Haynsworth and Carswell nominations to the Supreme Court...