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Ruth Darmstadter, a former Nader staffer writing in the Washingtonian, charges that "the popular image of a band of 60 to 70 dedicated idealists working in happy concert with Nader is, quite simply, a fiction. When you couple Nader's incompetence as an administrator with the importance of employees remaining in his favor, you have the formula for a poisoned atmosphere." One dramatic expression of that atmosphere was the mysterious, nighttime removal of a personal diary from the office of Ted Jacobs, a high-level Nader associate, who says he was then fired by Nader for "misconduct...
Patch added that the drug is being tested at McClain Hospital and the Washingtonian Center, both in Boston, but under different control conditions. Patch would be the first to use the drug on former inmates...
...Says Washingtonian Guy Farmer, a frequent adviser to management negotiators: "We simply have a more peaceful labor scene." The standout reason is that paychecks are finally keeping ahead of inflation. In the years just before 1972, ever-fatter wage settlements negotiated by unions were all but canceled by increases in the cost of living, keeping the actual buying power of U.S. workers just about level and breeding bitter discontent in the factory. By contrast, real earnings have inched ahead about 3.2% in the past four quarters (see story, page 53). In effect, a drop in the inflation rate has made...
...Congress issued a statement of Washingtonian resonance: "The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the nation together through the personal, educational, literary and business correspondence of the people." Note the common word bind. Suddenly that vital concept is threatened. For with the abrupt increase in rates, the binding would weaken or break. Many a magazine would disappear...
...Died. George Angus Garrett, 83, wealthy Washingtonian who was the first U.S. Ambassador to Ireland; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A partner in the firm of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith from 1940 to his retirement in 1959, Garrett was also a prominent capital host and fund raiser for philanthropic causes. Harry Truman selected him to head the U.S. legation in Dublin in 1947, then promoted him in 1950 when the mission was raised to embassy status. Garrett resigned in 1951, later championed urban redevelopment in Washington as boss of the Federal City Council...