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Around a scoffing Pentagon, that kind of dialogue is projected if new proposals to organize labor unions in the armed forces should ever be realized. Formally, the Defense Department proclaims in a policy statement that collective bargaining in the military inevitably would cause an "erosion of command authority." Informally, one Pentagon official vows: "We'd fight it to the death. There's no way you can have an army that...
...that lies ahead, and last week Jerry Ford seemed to be confident that he could take on anyone and win. To show he was in command, Ford personally briefed the press on his budget-the first President to do so since Harry Truman (see story following page...
...course, I reflected biterly, I could "stabilize" my relationship to students like these simply by trading upon my assets and employing or managing them, learning the habits and subtleties of command; their racism need not concern me. My present teaching is impotent, naive; why beat my head against the wall...
...Registrar's Office in Holyoke Center, there's a room called Classrooms and Examinations that's an informal command headquarters for exam period administrative crises. The office is run by Jay Halfond, who is young and looks a little like the actor Richard Dreyfuss. This is the time of year, Halfond says, "that I'm crankier than usual...
...legal prose last week as he announced his findings in four lawsuits attacking the entire Alabama state penal system. To Johnson, the situation was so critical and responsible officials were so derelict that in the most sweeping order ever aimed at a state correctional system, he virtually took command of Alabama's prisons...