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...Wielding Clout. The gravy train took many routes, according to the committee report. For example, in 1963 Penphil paid 165,000 for 10,000 shares of Great Southwest Corp., a Texas-based land developer in which Penn Central was also investing. After the railroad gained control of the company, Penphil sold its stock to Penn Central for $377,500, realizing a profit of $212,500 in less than two years.* Beginning in 1966, Penphil bought 21,380 shares of First Bank & Trust Co. of Boca Raton, Fla., for $332,924. A real estate subsidiary of the Penn Central, Arvida Corp...
...Larry O'Brien, was virtually unknown when J.F.K. took office. But in the first few weeks all of their appeals to Kennedy drew a stock answer: "Have you talked about this with Larry?" The Congressmen got the message and O'Brien became the man to see; he had the clout...
...present preoccupation of Common Cause volunteers, who nightly man a 14-telephone "boiler room" in their M Street offices in downtown Washington. The volunteers telephone important Common Cause members around the U.S., asking them to put pressure on their Senators and Representatives for reform. If a member has special clout, Cause may arrange for him to come to Washington, usually at his own expense, to talk to the capital's movers and shakers. The seniority question now has priority because the crucial chance for immediate change will come when the 92nd Congress convenes...
...Added Clout. While no industrialists have yet perished from the monks' verbal barbs, some have been shaken. "We want no curse on us-period," says an electric-power-company executive. Despite such grumbling, no one has legally attacked the cursers. "If any of the corporations concerned wanted to sue us," says one mendicant with a wry smile, "they would have to begin by establishing themselves as the polluters mentioned in our incantations." Tokyo Psychologist Kazuo Shimada explains the industrialists' nervousness: "We Japanese all have a tinge of mysticism in our blood and tend to be vulnerable...
Buoyed by their impact thus far, the group plans to expand its excoriation campaign next month. And last week Japan's Diet gave the curses added clout. In response to growing public rage, the upper house passed an unusually tough environmental package aimed at polluters who endanger human health. Those caught and convicted now face up to seven years in prison...