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Sen. John Melcher. D Mont,. has called President Reagan’s attention to what he terms duplication and wasteful use of tax dollars involving the Department of Energy and forest resources. DOE. Melcher charged in a letter to the President. is duplicating U. S. Forest Service programs designed to develop and manage wood energy resources. “It is… Continue reading Melcher C hurges Merit Study

Citizen action to block a controversial provision liberalizing a sex law in the city of Washington, D.C. well might serve as a pattern for other areas in which ‘proposed changes are not in keeping with accepted values in the community or state. With a firm push by community and church leaders, city council members backpedaled… Continue reading Juvenile-Sex Legislation Merits Citizen Action

With its authorization set to expire Sept. 30. the federal Clean Air Act will come under congressional review in the months ahead. Obviously the act should be extended in some form in a continuing effort to upgrade the environment. But equally obvious after the country’s experience with the law – is the need for changes… Continue reading Clean Air Acts Needs Cleanup

The American dream of home ownership is starting to resemble a nightmare with name buyers and builders caught in the inflation-high interest rates squeeze. The Commerce Department announced this week that the average new house in April cost a record $84,000 and sales of new dwellings dropped to their second lowest annual rate in 11… Continue reading Buying House, Truly cs Dreamy

Does the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 invite abuses and serve as a “loophole for deadbeats’?” A charge to that effect has been made by an official of a national lending association which reports an 82 percent increase in personal bankruptcies last year and attributes this in part to the new law. a worsening economy.… Continue reading Bankruptcy Act Warrants Study

Periodically someone rises in Congress and calls for a fight against fraud and waste in government. The idea is always great. but it gives the taxpayer cause to wonder why more pressure in ferreting out waste and corruption can’t be applied on a continuing basis. One ongoing program of fairly-recent vintage that apparently is paying… Continue reading Anti-Fraud Hotline Good Ideo

President Reagan’s tax rate reduction – voted in three phases by Congress – has moved into its second stage, tanning cautious hopes for economic gains. During the next 12 months, the slash will total as much as $39 billion nationwide. according to an Associated Press dispatch. This, combined with a 7.4 percent increase in Social… Continue reading Tux C ut Gives Roy of Hope for Economy

Why does the U,S. Senate examine the backgrounds and qualifications of men and women nominated for cabinet positions? This question is being asked these days as the public spotlight falls on president-elect Ronald Reagan’s cabinet nominees. The answer is that the Senate has a constitutional duty to advise and consent to cabinet rank appointments, The… Continue reading Why probe cabinet appointees?

A waming by two United States officials of the activities of Soviet-backed Cuba in supporting violence and insurgencies in the Caribbean and Latin America should not go unheeded. Addressing the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in midDecember, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders said Cuba is most active… Continue reading Red Influence Growing i n Latin America

Cheer up, Americans things aren’t so bad after all! Despite the prophets of gloom and doom, inflation. crime and unemployment. most Americans are quite satisfied with the quality of their lives, according to a government survey and report. “Social Indicators Ill,” a nearly 600-page report prepared by the Bureau of Census and released by the… Continue reading Americans’ Happiness Glowing