Land Use Control
The land controllers are back again with retreads of last year’s defeated bills. Congressman Morris Udall’s Land Use and Resource Conservation Act of 1975 could prove to be…
Category: Congress
India’s Ingratitude
Of all the faults that poison human relationships, surely ingratitude is one of the most detestable. Shakespeare called it a “marble-hearted fiend” and pronounced it worse than “lying,…
PARTY CONVENTION RULES
There are two basic approaches to permitting people to partici pate in their government. The first, called functional representation, is based on the theory that society is made…
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…
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…