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Even in attempting to address the hunger problem, Reagan ran into criticism. In a memo to Counsellor Edwin Meese, he noted that he was "perplexed" by accounts that people in the country were going hungry and asked for a "task force to bring me a no-holds-barred study" of the problem. Meese commented sanguinely: "It may turn out to be all a figment of TV's imagination." The panel is expected to be chaired by the dean of U.C.L.A.'s Graduate School of Management, J. Clayburn La Force. Complained Martha Ballou, who coordinated Minnesota's Task...
...recent advisory memo from the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office said that a city council cannot refuse to submit an initiative petition to the electorate if it believes the measure to be unconstitutional. "The note added that the council's duty to place something on its ballot is a ministerial one, with no discretion...
...County. Reagan was equally taken with the amiable Clark and made him chief of his Sacramento staff early in his first term. Clark's staff included Edwin Meese III and Michael Deaver. To lighten the paper flow into the Governor's office, Clark developed the famous "mini-memo" system of single-page briefings, which is still in use at the White House. When aides groused that many ideas were too complex to be boiled down to a one-page memo, Clark replied, "If you can't get it on one page, you are unable to understand your...
Stymied at Geneva, the U.S. has been seeking other talks with the Soviets. Secretary of State George Shultz, in a recent memo to the President, argued that expanded contacts could now be pursued, since Reagan's military buildup had put him in a position to negotiate from strength, and that failure to seek better relations with Moscow would only enhance Reagan's reputation as a dangerous hardliner. Visiting with the President in Washington last week, West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher reiterated the enthusiasm of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who met with Soviet President Yuri Andropov in Moscow...
...also supplied information not found in the garbage can. Jones claimed that he had met his Carter source only once and had not even learned "his" name, but promised to help the FBI identify the person if asked to do so. The fact that Jones' memos were addressed to such senior aides as Meese, now Counsellor to the President, and Casey, who is CIA director, complicated their attempts to isolate themselves from the brouhaha. Declared Meese: "I do not have any recollection of any memo from Jones or anyone else that mentioned a mole in the White House...