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"There are no winners or losers," says Lassor Blumenthal, a freelance writer who worked on the kit. "The players are all in the same boat." What the discussion basically teaches is the art of making value choices, deer v. developers, for example. Ecologist Golley calls such choices "the strategy of...
One 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...
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...
For his part Morton makes no secret of the fact that he has long wanted the job. "It's a tremendous opportunity to move the power of the bureaucracy," he says. Morton has always been a mover within established systems. A Yale graduate, he successfully managed his Kentucky family...
Special Pressure. Morton has firm ideas about the job ahead. He feels that the new Environmental Protection Agency (TIME, Nov. 23) will take care of law enforcement. Conservation, he says, will be his major responsibility. "It is a discipline. It must be practiced by all if it is to succeed...