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...Reagan Administration opposed extension of the Voting Rights Act, affirmative-action programs and busing to achieve school integration. In 1986 the Republican National Committee supported the purging of voting lists in Louisiana, ostensibly to eliminate residents who had moved or died but actually, as it conceded in an internal memo, to reduce black turnouts. Only recently, Reagan contended that some black civil rights leaders cling to profitable posts by claiming falsely that blacks are victims of discrimination...
...move, designed to trim costs and take advantage of increased competition among private vendors, was revealed in a January memo sent to all University offices...
...interview yesterday, O'Hara would not comment further on his office's closure beyond giving the April target date. But in a January 17 memo issued to all offices, Purchasing Director William F. Valentine said the decision to close HUS was made for reasons of cost and efficiency...
...Harvard University, as an urban campus, has access to a wide variety of qualified vendors who can provide the University with competitive prices and timely delivery," the Valentine memo states. "As a result, I have concluded that there is no longer a need for maintaining an on-campus Stores operation. Therefore, Harvard University Stores will begin phasing out operations immediately...
Joan Looney, the assistant director of purchasing, said that in the future "all the departments will be buying from vendors directly." Until direct contacts are established with private vendors, however, departments have been instructed to ask purchasing personnel for assistance, the memo states...