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Berry: Leading
the 'E' In HEW
E IGHT YEARS AGO Mary Berry was a University
law student at the receiving end of educational
policy decisions. Back then, like today, controversy
surrounded problems such as rising tuition, declining
admission standards, and minority enrollment.
But now, Berry can do more about these issues than
just complain or listen. As assistant secretary for
education in the Department of Health, Educatioan
and Welfare she is working, through the government,
to upgrade the nation's education programs.
Berry is responsible for overseeing the 'E' in
HEW-a chunk of the largest civilian bureaucracy
which is oiled by an annual budget of $13 billion. But
recently, Berry has been pushing to establish an
education department independent of HEW-a move
Carter has pledged to bring to fruition. According to
Berry, education priorities get lost in the tangled HEW
bureaucracy because they are overshadowed by more
immediate concerns the agency handles, such as
health.
Education problems are not so obvious, Berry says.
"They're not as immediate as looking at someone's
face and realizing that they're not learning anything.
You can't see the damage until later on when you find
out they're stupid."
Berry rejects the claim that a new department will
'I ,t s i tonly add to the government bureaucracy.
I wouldn't want to stay in this job for eight "If you're a school superintendent now and want to
years. It would be crazy.' See BERRY, Page 8
Cutler: Regulating nature
By Richard Berke
Ad Ford found success iWashington. But he isn't the ony Universitygraduz
ay the power game in goveknment circles.
Fod's succeessor has appointed over a dozen university graduates to policy-ltr
tosa. The University ranks as the eighth-best repr ted school in the sti stratit
adandRacliffe, f'l to20per cent of high tivranposts.
Th switch from long nights in the UGLI to fo ulating and exectng m
1lprogramsmay not be easy, but these five ile who ade itprov that
into" are not stodgy, middle-aged conservative ..
ni'sliUfestyles are as diverse as their personalities. Twa mrri
whileboth women are single. Their dispositioi ragfrom
t all share one bond beyond their common alma nterba
} ~ 4~kiaiSrarely esce their ic t ttti in twelve
'menIs Leslie Goldman, 154hour workday -plus w
. It took a bleeding ulcer last year to convince M Rupf
epartment to cut his working hours to a 7 a.m. to 7 o.m. sc
the numbers who work under Carter in Washington, HE W a
ot difficult to spot an6ter U ' itJ.aduate, "People (frth #
n stamp ...you do sort of ferret each other out after a lot of convew
in meetings," she says.
.All five enco ter; 11 Un' rsit ra tes ca'nariy, but, acco
not often e uiho ys woflik s o nivrsity alumni '
ential ranks And ea w she cls iqu a ini ration circl
rd and alrates___ ___ __
ut if some e " irnrfti tt, astniversity g
r says she spends her spare time with about fifteen University alumni wh *shntn otl orait n lwes Imawysgtigkde
'Michigan Mafia" because of the bunch of us that hang around," say l auer
This University is repted to prodce b;evers from Presldent of the Uni
s to the founder of the once-powerteStuduhts &r a t*rY(Vrtc Society, to the
ti* people,who each hold a slice of influence *r A 'can life through thfade
eop in Washington. This is their story.
Goldman: ExtraN
energy concerns
L ESLIE GOLDMAN says there's not much he
enjoys more than success in a political battle.
Even so, Goldman avoided the marches, walk-outs and
demonstrations that prevailed at the University
during the Vietnam War, when he was-a student here.
"I came around to feeling that the war was a mistake
early on. I was sympathetic to those who were trying to
bring an end to the war, but I was not sympathetic to
some of the tactics used at the time," he says. "I've
always believed this is a society based on laws."
Goldman believes in law. In fact, he says the whole
governmental process fascinates him. But even
seasoned political strategists don't envy the challenge
of Goldman's role in that process: to help get the
president's national energy plan through Congress.
The package has been before Congress for 17 mon-
ths, and in that time has been victimized by so manyc p.a.ms t rl e
compromises and amendments that it hardly resem-
bles the original legislation.
"This (energy) is one of the greatest planning
challenges that democratic societies have ever faced,"
Goldman declares. "I personally believe that the
future of this country may well depend upon our ability
to meet that challenge."
And Goldman, who helped formulate energy
programs as adviser to the Senate Subcommittee on
Oil and Natural Gas Production and Distribution, says 'Energy is one of the grea
the consequences of ignoring that challenge are grave. lenges that democratic sc
See GOLDMAN, Page 8 faced.'
Bauer: Pushing the,
M EALS AT A recent American
Foresters conference in Albuq-
querque, New Mexico caused some
uneasiness for M. Rupert Cutler. He
had lunch with Michigan State forestry
alumni and dined, later that same day,
with University graduates.
"It was really a tough adjustment,
singing the MSU fight song at noon and
the Victors that evening," says Cutler.
As a graduate of both universities,
Cutler says it's a toss-up as to which
school his allegiance belongs. But when
it comes to managing three of the larget
agencies in the Department of
Agriculture, he doesn't hesitate to
make his beliefs known.
"The buck stops here on national
issues dealing with forestry. soil con-
servation, and agricultural science," he
declares.
As the Agriculture Department's
assistant secretary for conservation,
research, and education, Cutler over-
sees theForest Service, the Soil Con-
servation Service, and the Science and
Education Administration.
The mammoth HEW structures
which dwarf the nearby Agriculture
Department buildings are no indication
of a disparity between the staffs. Many
of the Department of Agriculture's em-
ployess are scattered in field offices
throughout the country. Cutler alone is
directly responsible for a staff of 70,000,
with which he spends about one-third of
his time working as a "conflict
resolver."
One of Cutler's priorities, scraping up
funds to manage public forests and
providing assistance to landowners to
Drotect privately-owned natural
Richard Berke is a Daily Night
Editor. Photos by Andy Birnbaum,
Rick Berke, and the Associated
Press.
resources, has been blocked by a lack
of money-not an uncommon
predicament for administrators.
"We're essentially funded at the
same level as in previous years," he
says. "It's a difficult problem to try to
reallocate those resources ... we have
resistance on Capitol Hill from, those
who lose their federal program support.
in order for us to turn those resources in
other directions."
The 45-year-old Cutler says he
genuinely enjoys the outdoors despite
the hours he spends pushing paper from
behind his desk.
After graduating in 1955, Cutler
worked with conservation, wildlife, and
resource development organizations un-
til he entered MSU, where he earned a
masters and Ph.D. in resource
development.
Before receiving his government ap-
pointment, he taught Environment
Policy Process and several other cour-
ses at MSU.
Though Cutler won't rest his
allegiance with either the University or
MSU, he says he would like to see both
operate on the same academic
schedule, "so students could attend
both simultaneously and get the best of
both." This is an appropriate com-
promise, perhaps, for Cutler, whose job
demands almost constant compromises
with Congress.
P AT BAUER says if she's away
from newspapers for too long she
gets nervous.
Luckily, however, her line of work
precludes her from having that
problem. Bauer's job is to read
newspapers day in and day out.
Bauer is editor of the White House
News Summary, the publiction
designed to capsulize for the president
what the nation's news media are
saying about him and the issues.
Bauer, her four salaried co-workers,
and two college interns spend their
days reading through the stacks of
newspapers (120 in all) that inundate
their office in the Old Executive Office
Building, next door to the White House.
Metropolitan dailies, small weeklies,
ethnic papers, and television and radio
broadcasts are all fair game for Bauer
and her staff.
Bauer says the object is to find stories
that could have significant national im-
pact, but haven't been picked up by
publications the president ordinarily
sees. Carter regularly reads the
Washington Post, New York Times,
Washington Star, Time, and
Newsweek.
"We generally look for emerging
issues," the 1973 University graduate
says. "Recently, we got the story on the
big insect blight out in the Midwest ...
before the Washington Post ever got it
because we read it in the Fargo (North
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'Problems are a lot more difficult to solve than people think they are. '
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Carter's labor progarams
T HE TROUBLED relationship that exists these Employment Act, the minimum wage bill, and what
days between the Carter administration he calls one of the most intense battles ever fought
and labor is of more than casual concern for in Congress-the Labor Reform bill which is
University Law School graduate Nik Edes. As struggling through Congress.
deputy under secretary of labor for legislation, it is "Some people call me a lobbyist," says Edes,
Edes' job to sell-or try to sell-the Labor Depar- "but it's more than a lobbyist's job because I don't
tment's legislative program to Congress. just take policy and peddle it."
Edes is not a pushy administrator. He accom- What Edes means is that before he can promote
piishes his tasks with a serious, determined style. his department's policies, he has to decide just what
The soft-spoken man does not joke around and con- those policies are. He is one of the five principal
veys a business-like attitude; he is absorbed with the leaders in the department who make labor and em--
business of government. ployment policies.
The 34-year-old Edes recalls his years at the Despite his policy-making role, Edes' lobbyist-
University with the same solemnity he uses to type duties are extensive. He handles the depar-
discuss his administrative duties. tment's political relations not only inside, but also
"I really have not spent a lot of time in a rah-rah outside of Congress. Spending hours a day on the
type of situation," he says. His office lacks "Go phone and making personal visits, Edes tries to
Blue" momentos and Edes has put his past aside to _-smooth out the department's ties with governors,
look towards the challenges of his present work. mayors. county officials, and urban and community
Edes has been on the front lines fighting.for the leaders.
president's policy in legislation including the Youth S ee EDES, Page 8
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