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...English program had assumed that students would study the history and criticism of English and American literature," Morton Bloomfield, chairman of the department and a member of the committee, said last night...
Walter J. Hickel confounded his early critics by becoming, in Ecologist Barry Commoner's words, "too effective." Now conservationists wish they could be sure that the next Interior Secretary will be even a half-Hickel. Indeed, many fear that Rogers C.B. Morton, 56, President Nixon's Secretary-designate, is not really qualified for the job. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Hays Gorey last week, Morton admitted: "I can understand the apprehension...
...alleged problem is Morton's past two years as chairman of the Republican National Committee. "He knows too well where the G.O.P. gets its campaign funds," says John Esposito, a leader of Ralph Nader's Raiders, implying that Morton may be soft on big industrial polluters. On the other hand, Chairman Morton has proved himself an able administrator and skillful politician-qualities that Hickel tended to lack...
Another worry is Morton's voting record on environmental matters as a four-term Congressman from Maryland. According to the scorecard kept by the League of Conservation Voters, Morton rates - 14 on a scale that goes from a perfect + 25 (Representative Henry S. Reuss of Wisconsin) to a miserable -25 (Representative Page Belcher of Oklahoma). Morton voted against highway beautification and for the SST, which environmentalists consider a disaster. Except for fostering the Assateague Island National Seashore, his attention to bills relating to wildernesses and national parks was spotty. He missed the roll call on proposals to preserve areas...
Eastern Advantage. For all that, the huge (6 ft. 7 in., 285 lbs.) Morton is not without defenders. They stress that he is an Easterner. Traditionally, Interior has gone to Westerners, who tend to be under intense home-state pressure to develop natural resources, not conserve them. In theory, Easterners can escape that pressure...