CHARLOTTE REID
Silly and unsubstantiated charges have recently been leveled at Charlotte Reid, former U.S. Congresswoman from Illinois and now a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. With all the…
Category: Congress
LEONOR SULLIVAN ON THE PANAMA CANAL
Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan has just written a letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warning of a possible “Communist takeover” of the Panama Canal. She called for…
APPOINTMENT OF ROCKEFELLER
We all cheered when President Ford told us to support candidates, regardless of political party or ideology, ”who consistently vote to cut the cost of government, restrain Federal…
FEDERAL HOUSING
Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949 to the accompaniment of high-flown phrases about government’s duty to provide “a decent home and suitable living environment for every American…
THE PSRO ACT
The secret activities of the “plumbers” in breaking into the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist have been almost universally condemned. But if the “plumbers” had delayed their raid…
CUT FEDERAL BUDGET
Polls and commentators keep reminding us that Watergate has caused the American people to lose faith in their government leaders. But this dark cloud has one bright silver…
EVACUATION OF CITIES
When Defense Secretary James Schlesinger presented his massive annual report to Congress earlier this month, it included the momentous announcement that the Pentagon is making plans to evacuate…
HOUSE INTERNAL SECURITY COMMITTEE
The kidnapping of Patricia Hearst proves that there are subversive conspiracies which threaten our internal security and the lives of individual Americans. But where do we turn to…
SECRECY/JOINT CHIEFS
The passion for secrecy, which has prompted President Nixon and his White House aides to deny information and documents to Congressional committees and to the courts, is unfortunately…
18 ½ MINUTES/5 YEARS
A “big issue in the current Congressional session is the mystery of the lost 18 ½ minutes on that White House tape. Those lost minutes reflect on the…