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...assessing the tangibleresults of the new cointelpro, Hoover pointed out that the Communist Party headquarters in New York had recently been bombed--"a typical hoodlum technique," he said. But Hoover decided to cancel Hoodwink on July 31, 1968, explaining in a memo that the Communist Party was not concerned with "civic issues" and "reformism," and could not be goaded into responding to the FBI provocation...
...those revelations, and many more, are contained in a 13-page White House memo that was uncovered by a U.P.I, correspondent last week when he inquired whether the President plays canasta. The list was compiled in the summer of 1977 by a student intern who was assigned to the White House Office of Media Liaison. Why? Well, these are the kinds of questions often asked by reporters. And that, in turn, is a kind of commentary on the press. Many reporters would rather call the White House on such trivial questions than leaf through the book from which most...
...memo signed by Frank J. Weissbecker, director of the Food Services Department, asks food service managers to allow some interhouse dining. Students at the five Houses served by the Central Kitchen may now eat at either Leverett, Lowell, Kirkland, Eliot or Winthrop Houses...
...also appears to have no trouble relaxing at his Washington home, where he lives with his wife, Mary, a silk-screen artist; they have three children. Kahn swims, skis, jogs and likes to sing Gilbert and Sullivan tunes. A certain whimsy is often on display. In a memo he once urged his staff to avoid gobbledygook and write "as though you are talking to or communicating with real people. I have heard it said that style is not substance, but without style what is substance?" Kahn concluded: "A final example of pomposity, probably, is this memo itself...
...record, public or private, of Harvard professors' outside jobs. The Business School, whose professors are encouraged to work in the corporate world, does require that they report outside work. Dean Winn Currie, assistant dean for educational affairs, said the dean of the Business School each fall sends a memo to all professors reminding them to let him know about their "outside activities." This information isn't intended to prevent conflicts of interest, Currie added, as much as to coordinate activities among professors and students...