The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, July 31, 1979-Page 5
SEATE MOVES QUICKLY TOWARD CABINET APPOINTMENT
Pan1el O s Duncan nom ination
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate
Energy Committee unanimously ap-
proved the nomination of Charles Dun-
can as secretary of energy yesterday,
as the Senate moved swiftly to confirm
President Carter's appointments to his
born-again Cabinet.
Meanwhile, Carter's choice to head
the Federal Reserve Board, Paul
Volcker, pledged to the Senate Banking
Committee that he will remain in-
dependent of the administration and
take a tough line on inflation.
VOLCKER SAID the Federal Reser-
ve Board - an independent body not
part of the Cabinet - will not attempt to
lower interest rates at a time of soaring
inflation. He declined to speculate
whether interest rates must go higher.
The nominees testified as the Senate
moved swiftly to confirm the appoin-
tments made by Carter to the Cabinet
he has overhauled drastically in the
past two weeks. i
Only two nominees - both announced
last Friday - have not gone before
Senate panels yet. They are Moon Lan-
drieu, former mayor of New Orleans,
named secretary of housing and urban
development, and Neil Goldschmidt,
mayor of Portland, Ore., appointed
secretary of transportation.
OF CARTER'S seven key appoin-
tments, one already has won Senate
confirmation - Patricia Roberts
Harris as secretary of health,
education, and welfare.
At least three more are expected to
go to the Senate floor this week - At-
torney General-designate Benjamin
Civiletti, Treasury Secretary-designate
G. William Miller and Duncan.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is
expected to approve Civiletti's
nomination today after three days of
hearings. The Senate Finance Commit-
tee has been holding hearings on Miller,
former Federal Reserve chairman.
Volcker's nomination as Miller's suc-
cessor also could go to the floor this
week. A Banking Committee vote on his
appointment is expected tomorrow.
THE SENATE Energy Committee's
16-0 approval of Duncan's appointment
came after the 52-year-old former
Coca-Cola president, who now serves as
deputy defense secretary, assured
senators he had been promised direct
access to the president and that he will
not serve simply as a minion of the
White House staff.
"I have a clear understanding that I
will report directly to the president,".
said Duncan, who would succeed James
Schlesinger at the Energy Department.
Senators reportedly have been con-
cerned that Carter's shake-up would
consolidate power in the White House
and take Cabinet members out of the
policy decision-making process. Dun-
can sought to assure the senators that
he, not the White House staff, "will deal
with policv."
Jerry Brown takes
first step in run for
U.S. presidency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - ploratory period in whic
California Gov. Edmund (Jerry) evaluate his support before
Brown, Jr. took his first formal step full-fledged candidate.
yesterday toward a second plunge into His top aide, Gray Dav
presidential politics, moving at a pace governor expects the explo
that has little resemblance to his to possibly last "a few n
whirlwind campaign of 1976. wouldn't say if Brown h
The Democratic governor announced decided to go beyond that.
that an "exploratory" campaign com- "I don't want to try toc
mittee will takea look at his chances in his state of mind," Davis sa
the 1980 presidential race. The commit- who thinks seriously about;
tee will be headed by Tom Quinn, a country's highest officeo
longtime Brown advisor who will resign permitted a period of refle
as chairman of the State Air R.esources his strength."
Board. BROWN'S OFFICE said t
FORMATION OF the committee had informed the Federa
formally marks the start of Brown's Commission about his co
second attempt to wrest the move that makes him an(
Democratic nomination from Jimmy didate in the commission'se
Carter. Federal elections law a]
And although his announcement tial presidential candidat
comes at a time when Carter is in bad money to test the politi
political shape, that doesn't necessarily without registering with
mean smooth sailing for the 41-year-old mission and reporting c
Californian. He has his own troubles in and expenditures.
California - the Democratic-controlled Fred Eiland, a commissi
.legislature has recently overriden two ficer, says that explorat
Brown vetoes - and he has been could include spending mot
criticized as opportunistic. things as polling and travel.
Brown defeated Carter in three BUT BROWN aide Tony
primaries in 1976 in a last-minute bid to says a Brown exploratory
head off the Georgian's drive to the like those of some other p
White House. didates, would go beyond
BUT THIS year Brown is moving
more deliberately, talking of an ex- See BROWN, Page
:h he would y
becoming a
is, says the
ratory stage -
nonths." He
has already
characterize
id. "Anyone
seeking this
ought to be
ction to test
he governor
l Elections
mmittee, a
official can-
eyes. y
lows poten-
es to raise
ical waters
the com-
ontributions
on press of-
ory activity
ney on such
Dougherty
campaign, AP Ph
ossible can- California Gov. Edmund Brown, Jr. boards a Western Airlines flight for
d the law's Mexico where he will meet with Mexican President Jose Lopez-Portillo.
Brown says he will announce plans about an "exploratory" presidential
10 campaign committee this week.
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House defeats move to expel Diggs PREPARE F:
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CMass.), asking for the opportunity to O'NEIL TOLD reporters earlier in
Immediately after the expulsion consider the expulsion. the day, he felt the matter had been GMAT - OCAT - VAT - A
motion was offered by Rep. Dan They objected that the one hour of fairly considered by the ethics commit-
Lungren (R-Calif.), Assistant debate scheduled for today would not be tee, which recommended censure.
Democratic Leader John Brademas(D- enough for the House to fully consider The ethics committee ended its in-
Ind.), moved to table the motion. That how to deal with Diggs. . vestigation of Diggs last month when it A TBOA DS
blocked any debate on the Diggs case. "THE RESOLUTION of this question accepted an offer from Diggs to plead NURSING A
Before he offered his motion, will directly affect how the public views guilty of violating a House rule, to ac- Flexible Programs & H
however, Lungren said the House each one of us as a member of this cept censure, to repay $40,031.66 to the Tere 1s a difference
should first be able to consider the more body, not only Mr. Diggs," said the let- U.S. Treasury, and to apologize for his
Sev nih t f ion bnt ter signed by 42 House members. actions.
Oere pun1s1 men t expulsiui ,
would be prevented from doing so un-
der the rules set by the Democratic
leadership.
"EXPULSION would be a moot
point" if the House waited until today
and approved the censure motion
recommended by the House ethics
committee, he said.
Earlier, the Republicans had sent a
letter to Speaker Thomas O'Neill (D-
Asking that the House set aside three
hours for the Diggs debate today, the
letter said "it is difficult to believe that
we can dispose of the outcome of one
man's entire career in just one hour."
Lungren said it was decided to press
the matter yesterday when it became
apparent the leadership would not
grant the additional time for debate on
expulsion today.
French missionaries Jacques
Marquette and Louis Jolliet discovered
the Mississippi River in 1673. Their
mission established the existence of
waterways from the St. Lawrence
River to the Gulf of Mexico, which
would become a vital factor in the
colonization of North America.