THE RECORD
No.
47
December,
1977
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
EDITOR
Marilyn Duncan
MYRDALS TO HOLD SLICK PROFESSORSHIP
Gunnar
Myrdal, world‑renowned Swedish economist and 1974 co‑winner of the
Nobel Prize in Economics, and his wife, Alva, sociologist‑diplomat and
onetime nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, will teach at the LBJ School of
Public Affairs during the 1978 spring semester. They will be coholders of the
Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace. The Slick
Professorship, endowed from the estate of the late Tom Slick of San Antonio,
promotes research, teaching and public enlightenment on the subject of world
peace.
The
Myrdals' appointment was approved November 11 by the UT System Board of
Regents.
Dr.
and Mrs. Myrdal, who shared the Peace Prize of West Germany in 1970, will
conduct a weekly graduate‑level seminar on the problems of world peace
for LBJ School students and qualified students from other areas of the campus.
They also will plan and be major participants in a colloquium on peace to be
held at the LBJ School in March.
The
Swedish couple are currently in residence at the University of Wisconsin, where
he is working in the Institute for Research on Poverty, and she is writing.
The
Christian Science Monitor once described the Myrdals as perhaps being the
couple "who have contributed the most to the international community in
our times."
"As
social scientists, political leaders, international educators, commentators on
the social scene in various parts of the globe, they are catalysts of change
wherever their interests take them," the article reported.
Gunnar
Myrdal has been referred to as "a towering figure in the world of
economics and social science" and is considered Sweden's leading authority
on American affairs.
He
is probably best known for his landmark study An American Dilemma: The Negro
Problem and Modern Democracy, which
was published in 1944 and which maintained that the racial problem in America
was entwined with the democratic functionings of American society.
A prolific author, Dr. Myrdal has written on a
variety of subjects ranging from population to world poverty. His later works
include the monumental three‑volume Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the
Poverty of Nations and The
Challenge of World Poverty. He
currently is preparing an update of An American Dilemma and while at UT Austin will use the LBJ Library as a
resource for his study.
In
addition to his scholarly pursuits, the Nobel Laureate is a former member of
the Swedish Senate, former Swedish minister of commerce, and former executive
secretary (1947‑57) of the United Nations Economic Comission for Europe.
He
was long associated with the University of Stockholm, where he founded the
Institute for International Economic Studies. He is former chairman of the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The
economist holds more than 30 honorary degrees and is a member of such
distinguished bodies as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the British
Academy.
Mrs.
Myrdal is distinguished in her own right. In addition to her influence as a
sociologist‑educator, she has been a Swedish cabinet member, ambassador
and member of Parliament.
She
was Sweden's ambassador to India, Ceylon, Burma and Nepal from the late 1950s
to the early 1960s and has been the cabinet minister of disarmament and of
church affairs in Sweden. From 1962 to 1973, she was chief of the Swedish
delegation to the disarmament conference in Geneva. During that same period,
she was a member of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations General
Assembly. She also has served as principal director of the UN's department of
social affairs and as director of the department of social sciences for UNESCO.
Mrs.
Myrdal has been awarded nine honorary degrees and special honors such as the
Wateler Prize of the Hague Academy of International Peace, the 1977 Gold Medal
from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, and the 1977 Gold Medal
"Ceres" from the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
Like
her husband, Mrs. Myrdal is the author of more than a dozen books, the most
recent being The Game of Disarmament.
(UT
News & Information Service)
FULBRIGHT‑LBJ VISITING FELLOWS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
The
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs has been selected by the U.S. State
Department as the locus for a new mid‑career development program for
Latin American professionals and managers.
To
be initiated for the 1978‑79 academic year, the non‑degree program
will be known as the Fulbright‑LBJ Program for Visiting Fellows.
The
program is sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs under the authority of the Fulbright‑Hays Act of 1961.
Funds will be provided by the State Department and the Latin American agency
from which each Fellow comes.
Under
the program, 10 promising Latin American professionals and managers now at mid‑point
in their careers in governmental agencies, education, journalism, business or
other areas will be selected to spend nine months at UT Austin pursuing
graduate‑level studies in the areas of their interest.
The
new program is only the second of its kind that has been formed to enhance the
skills of Latin Americans who bear promise of future leadership in their
countries. Since 1975, the State Department has sponsored a similar program at
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Dean
Elspeth Rostow said the LBJ School is honored by its selection to participate
in the program. She noted it is "appropriate" for schools of public
affairs to offer mid‑career opportunities and expressed pleasure that the
LBJ School is "further involving itself in hemispheric relations."
Fulbright‑LBJ
Fellows will be assigned faculty advisers from the LBJ School who will guide
them in course selection and research efforts not only in the LBJ School but
also in other departments of the University.
UT
Austin is recognized as being an international center for study and research on
Latin America, having one of the world's outstanding Latin American libraries,
an active Latin American studies program, and other programs with close ties to
Latin America.
In
addition to their studies, the Fellows will have an opportunity to participate
in a special biweekly series of lectures devoted to the broad theme of
interdependence. Aspects of the theme to be explored in the lectures will
concern energy, environmental issues, food and nutrition, and population.
Dr.
Sidney Weintraub, who holds the Dean Rusk Chair in the LBJ School, will be
chairman of a University‑wide committee that will supervise the Visiting
Fellows program. He says the Fellows, before beginning their studies next
September, will undergo a six‑week orientation program on the UT campus
to familiarize themselves with their new environment.
Dr.
Weintraub reports that the screening process for selecting the Fellows will be
a rigorous one, involving evaluations from a prospective Fellow's agency,
Fulbright Commissions or cultural affairs officers in U.S. embassies in Latin
American countries, the University of Texas and LBJ School faculty, and the
Board of Foreign Scholarships.
Those
accepted for the program are expected to have a proficiency in the English
language and to meet requirements for admission to the UT Graduate School that
are applicable to foreign students, he says.
Dr.
Weintraub says the new program at the LBJ School will conform to the main
objective of the Fulbright‑Hays Act of 1961, which is designed to
increase "mutual understanding between the people of the United States and
the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural
exchange."
Serving
with him on the committee to oversee the Visiting Fellows program will be Dr.
Stanley Ross, scholar of Mexican history; Dr. William Glade, director of the
Institute of Latin American Studies; Dr. William H. Cunningham, associate dean
of the Graduate School of Business; Dr. David Eaton of the LBJ School; Dr. Joe
Neal, director of the International Office; and Dean Rostow (ex‑officio).
(UT News & Information
Service)
'ON THE RECORD'
Professor
Sidney Weintraub will be conducting a series of seminars and participating in
symposia in Japan from December 2 through December 14 under the sponsorship of
the State Department and the Federation of Japanese Business Organizations. The
theme of these discussions will be U.S.‑Japanese trade relations, the
role of exchange rates, and the international adjustment process. Professor
Weintraub will be accompanied by the Chief Economist of the Joint Economic
Committee of the Congress and a third participant from George Washington
University. The symposia will take place in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and
Tokyo.
* * * * *
The
LBJ School hosted a lunch for Dan Davidson, Austin City Manager, on December 2
in the Dean's conference room. Faculty members and department heads had an
opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest with Mr. Davidson.
* * * * *
Installation
of a new PBX phone system for the School is scheduled for mid‑December.
Under the new system, a central switchboard will service the entire School
under one number.
* * * * *
Professor
Albert Blum recently testified on a proposed White House Conference on the Arts
before a subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee chaired by
Representative John Brademas.
* * * * *
Two
second‑year LBJ School students, Connie Maneaty and Susan Heitmann, have
been nominated by the University of Texas for the Luce Fellowship.
* * * * *
Professor
Jared Hazleton, Associate Dean of the LBJ School, is in the Middle East from
November 28‑December 12 as a consultant to the U.S. AID (Agency for
International Development). His assignment is to review a number of projects in
the Jordan Valley and to develop the parameters for an information system to be
used by AID in monitoring the projects.
* * * * *
Professor
Victor Arnold was asked by the Appalachian Regional Commission and John D.
Rockefeller, IV, Governor of West Virginia, to speak at a conference October 26‑27
in Charleston on "Structures of Federalism as They Relate to Balanced
National Growth." His suggestions were adopted by the conference and will
be voted on by the 13 governors of the Appalachian region December 8.
Dr.
Arnold is currently assisting in the preparation for the National Conference on
Balanced Growth to be held in Washington, D.C. at the end of January, 1978. He
is serving as policy liaison between the White House Conference and the
Congress, as well as major corporations.
* * * * *
Elaine
Sanchez, clerk‑typist in the Public Affairs Library, gave birth to a 7
lb. 6 oz. baby girl, Luz, on November 20.
* * *
* *
The
Annual Christmas Party for LBJ School students, faculty, staff, and alumni will
be Friday night, December 16, from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Thompson Conference
Center. Ticket information is available in the OACIP (471‑4175).
* * * * *
The
Office of Publications is moving up in the world. The editorial offices are
scheduled to relocate to the third floor in December, pending installation of
the new School phone system. Marilyn Duncan and Sharon Hanson will move to
Rooms 3.322 and 3.323, respectively, rooms previously occupied by the Office of
Conferences and Training. OCT Secretary Jean Land is moving down the hall to
Room 3.312.
* * * * *
On
November 16‑17, Professor Jared Hazleton attended a meeting in
Washington, D.C. on U.S. graduate education, at the invitation of the Office of
Education. The purpose of the meeting was to review the Title IX program and
the needs for Federal support of graduate education in order to assist the
Office of Education in preparing background material for the Commissioner's
annual report to Congress. Representatives from 3 2 graduate schools attended
the Conference, and Dr. Hazleton represented the National Association of
Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
* * * * *
Staff
holidays for all UT employees will be December 26‑January 2. All LBJ
School offices, including the Public Affairs Library, will be closed during
that period.
Academic Schedule
December‑January
Dec. 19
LBJ School faculty meets for December
evaluations.
Dec. 20
Students meet with faculty advisers.
Dec. 21-Jan. 8
Student Holidays.
Jan. 9-11
Registration for the spring Semester.
Jan. 10-11
Fee bills to be paid.
Jan. 16
LBJ School classes begin.
Jan. 16-19
Late registration (Note: late
registration now carries a $5 penalty charge).
Jan. 23-24
Fee bills for late registration to be
paid.
Jan. 31
Deadline for graduating students to
pick up degree candidate packet from the Graduate School.
FOLLY LA LA LA...
One
night in the recent past, second-year students decked the halls with bows of
folly as the rest of the School indulged in the spirits of the occasion.
The
Third Annual LBJ School Follies were held November 21 in the Texas Union
Ballroom, with a large crowd in attendance.
Highlights
of the evening included a powerful sermon on the promised land of career
opportunities by the Rev. Chauncey Nealy, a beautifully pathetic rendering of a
song from "David Eaton Superstar" by Collette Knisely, an upbeat poem
on cosmic debris in a coffeehouse setting by Lawrence Levitz and Mark Sayers, a
remarkable mindreading performance by guest guru Chris Dobbs (with David Osborn
posing answers), background music by an arm pit orchestra, and legs by J.R.
Prestidge,
LIBRARY HOURS ANNOUNCED
The
Library is temporarily increasing its hours to provide improved services to
students during the period of final examinations. Temporary hours, spanning
from December 3 through December 16, 1977 are as follows:
Sunday
12 p.m.‑ 11 p.m.
Monday
8 a.m.‑ 11 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m.‑ 11 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m.‑ 11 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m.‑ 11 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m.‑ 5 p.m.
Saturday
10 a.m.‑ 5 p.m.
The
holiday schedule will be the following:
Dec. 24‑Jan. 2
closed
Jan. 3‑Jan. 6
8 a.m.‑ 5 p.m.
Jan. 9‑Jan. 13
8 a.m.‑ 5 p.m.
Jan. 15
2 p.m.‑11 p.m.
ALUMNI FORUM
The
Professional Day for the LBJ School alumni is still in the development phase.
The Board is soliciting your support and ideas as to what topics should be
addressed during the day. We want the agenda to be both pertinent to our own
career needs and useful to the LBJ School in planning its curriculum.
Some
topics tentatively scheduled to be discussed include these: successful
management (or coping with unsuccessful managers); grantsmanship (or organizing
bake sales); the private sector (or earning a living wage); and mobility
between the different levels of the public sector (or how to avoid
concentrating your highly skilled generalism).
You
are welcomed and encouraged to join in the planning of this Professional Day.
Feel free to contact Nancy Davis (477‑6511) or any member of the alumni
board with your suggestions. Also let us know of your willingness to be on a
panel discussing one of the above‑mentioned topics.
Thanks
go to the approximately 50 persons who have made a financial contribution to
the LBJ School Alumni Association. These persons will be receiving their
complimetary copies of the Alumni Directory in December and will be kept
informed about special events at the LBJ School to which alumni are invited.
If
you have not already made a financial contribution to the Association, please
do so and a copy of the Directory will be forwarded to you. Your personal and
financial support is appreciated and is needed to make the Association viable.
The
alumni board would like to express its gratitude to Greta Rymal for
coordinating the publication of the Alumni Directory and to Nancy Davis for
playing the lead role in planning the Professional Day. Also we extend our best
wishes to Jan Younglove, Bob Farley, and Sarah Smith, all of whom were recently
married.
Coming
Events:
Christmas
Party—All alumni are invited to Dave West's home, 3304 Whiteway, (off
Shoal Creek about three blocks south of Anderson Lane) on December 15 about 7
p.m. for an informal potluck dinner. Please call us if you need more
information.
"Brown
Bags"—The alumni board in cooperation with several alumni is
planning to invite some of the senatorial and gubernatorial candidates to
discuss their ideas with us. A schedule will be developed soon.
--Malcolm
MacDonald
475‑6071
(work)
443‑1799
(home)
KISSINGER SPEAKS HERE
Former
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited the LBJ School November 7, meeting
informally with School faculty, staff and students before offering a public
speech in the LBJ Auditorium. Dr. Kissinger came to Austin as part of the
Distinguished Lecturer Series of the LBJ School and LBJ Library and the
Distinguished Lecture Series of the Texas Union Ideas & Issues Committee.
This public speech on past and present foreign policy outlined the United
States' overall world position, noting that "we cannot dominate the world,
nor can we escape from it" and so we must maintain a proper balance
between "strength and the restraint of strength." He emphasized the
complexities and ambiguities in today's foreign policy, stemming from the
advent of nuclear power, the emergence of developing nations, the shifts in
public attitudes, and the economic bases of foreign relations.
In
the question‑and‑answer period following the speech, Dr. Kissinger
observed that the kind of domestic debate the country has witnessed recently
"is not helpful to the democratic process."
"Those
who have insisted on ascribing the vilest possible motives to a succession of
Presidents and other high officials should ask themselves what they have done
to the democratic process," he said.
Also
during the question‑and ‑answer session he expressed the opinion
that former CIA director Richard Helms is a "great patriot" who in
giving evasive answers in open session before Congressional committees in 1973
concerning the CIA's role in Chile "acted correctly in light of
circumstances that then existed." Regarding the Panama Canal treaty, he
said "when four American Presidents of two different parties and their
Secretaries of State have conducted a negotiation, this creates a strong
presumption there must be very strong reasons for doing it." One of those
reasons, he noted, is that the 1903 treaty "is not considered by the
nations of the Western Hemisphere as a treaty that they can support.... For us
to insist on it would be to rest our claims in Panama, as far as they are
concerned, on force...and it would create the most massive problems in our
relations in the Western Hemisphere."
Dr.
Kissinger is currently Professor of Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Services
and Counselor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies at
Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He also serves as special consultant
for World Affairs for NBC.
TAX ASSESSOR INSTITUTE HELD HERE
The
Nineteenth Institute for Tax Assessors, sponsored by the LBJ School's Office of
Conferences and Training, was held in the Thompson Conference Center December 4‑6.
The opening general session on December 5 featured an address on the future of
the property tax by F. John Shannon, Assistant Director of the Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, D.C.
Other
speakers included David M. Kendall, First Assistant Attorney General, State of
Texas, who spoke on the impact of Texas open meetings and records laws on
property tax administration; Jim W. Weatherby, Chairman of the School Tax
Assessment Practices Board, on the responsibilities and programs of the Board;
and Steve Bickerstaff, Head of the County and State Affairs Division of the
Texas Attorney General's Office, on recent legislation affecting property
taxation in Texas.
Several
in‑depth workshops were held concurrently on December 5. Workshop topics
and their leaders included "Making and Using Market/Assessed Value Ratio
Studies" by Alan E. Barnes, research associate of the Texas Research
League; "Appraisal of Rental Properties Converted to Townhouses and Condominiums"
by Bill Burnette, Travis County tax assessor‑collector; "Personal
Property Tax Delinquency: Legal Procedures for Summary Seizure and Sale"
by Jim Blair, Amarillo attorney; "Automatic Data‑Processing
Applications in Property Tax Administration" by Rex P. Stallings, Austin
accountant, and "Effective Organization and Management of the Smaller Tax
Office" by W.J. Dodd, Huntsville Independent School District tax assessor.
The
Institute is designed as an in‑service training course for Texas tax
assessors and their personnel in all units of local government.
RECRUITMENT NEWS FROM ELIZABETH HALL
Students,
faculty, staff, and alumni are involved in broadening the awareness of the LBJ
School in colleges and universities in Texas and outside the State.
A
new brochure, a description of the current policy research projects and topical
seminars, and a list of jobs currently held by graduates of the School make up
the information packets being distributed on various campuses and through
academic departments on this campus. The School continues to attract well‑qualified
applicants, and is especially concerned with increasing minority and women
enrollments.
The
alumni have been asked to assist in this effort by visiting colleges in their
areas or writing letters. Thanks are in order to Kris Kauser and Harlan Cooper
in California, Cloteal Davis in Washington, Jan McCostin in Fort Worth, and
Reed Greene in Boston, for visiting universities in their areas. Others have
expressed interest by requesting information packets.
A
number of LBJ students also deserve thanks. John Hall represented the School at
Graduate School Information Day at Atlanta Circle in Atlanta, Georgia; Manuel
Rios and Frank Garza, at Texas A&I, University of Houston, and Rice; Rhonda
Belt at SMU; and Albert Hawkins at the Graduate School Day at Bishop. Manuel
Rios, Frank Garza, Cris Guzman, and Mima Orozo participated in the Chicanos in
Public Affairs Seminar at the University of Texas. During the months of
December and January visits are scheduled to other campuses, including Huston‑Tillotson,
Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern University, Baylor, North Texas State
University, Texas Women's University, Texas A&M, Trinity University in San
Antonio, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
LBJ
School faculty have also offered their cooperation in the recruitment effort by
writing letters and visiting other campuses whenever possible.
Faculty,
students, or alumni who wish to participate should contact Liz Hall.
GALBRAITH SPEAKS AT BROWN BAG
Dr.
John Kenneth Galbraith, nationally known economist, was featured at a brown bag
luncheon on November 29.
Dr.
Galbraith had addressed the University the evening before under the sponsorship
of the Texas Union, and at the invitation of Dean Elspeth Rostow, met
informally with LBJ School students and faculty before returning to
Massachusetts.
The
topic of his brown bag discussion was the relationship between the study of
economics and the prevailing economic conditions. Dr. Galbraith briefly
described this relationship over the past forty years, from the 1930s (an
"out‑of‑phase" period) through the "golden years of
economics" (in which both the economy and the economists were healthy), up
to the present (another out‑of‑phase period, some say).
Dr.
Galbraith said the central economic problem today—the persistence and
seriousness of inflation combined with the persistence and seriousness of
unemployment—is posing problems for economists because they insist on
looking to obsolete formulas for solutions rather than creating formulas based
on the evolving economic situation. His own solution to inflation/unemployment
spiral involves reaching an agreement with major corporations on a fair
wage/price structure within a tight framework, and supplementing that agreement
with policies regulating civil service pay, a consistent agricultural price
policy, and income tax adjustments for the self‑employed.
Dr.
Galbraith, who formerly taught economics at Harvard, is widely known for his
work in public office, his position as Ambassador to India under President John
F. Kennedy, his work in the Democratic Party, as well as for his work as a
scholar and author. He wrote, filmed, and narrated "The Age of
Uncertainty," now being seen on Public Broadcasting Service television
stations.
PRESIDENCY AND CONGRESS EXAMINED AT CONFERENCE
The
complex relationship between the Congress and the Presidency—its changes
over the past thirty years and its prospects for the future—was examined
in a conference held in the LBJ Library November 15‑17.
The
symposium, entitled "Congress and the Presidency: A Shifting Balance of
Power," was sponsored by the LBJ Library and the LBJ School, in
cooperation with the UT Department of Government.
Participants
represented a wide range of experience and viewpoints related to one or both
branches in question. The conference was divided into seven broad areas of
discussion, designed to place the issues in a historical framework and at the
same time stimulate debate on their fundamental aspects. Broad topics included
"The Imperial Presidency and the Resurgent Congress—Myth or
Reality?," "Points of Conflict Between the Congress and the
President," "Johnson and Rayburn: The 1950s, an Era of Congressional
Government," "An Era of Presidential Government: The 1960s,"
"Reorganization of Congress and the Executive," "The Presidency,
the Congress, and the Press," and "Conflict and a Search for a New
Balance: The 1970s." In all but the final session, papers given by specialists
on the topic in question provided the springboards for panel discussion.
Participants
representing the Congressional viewpoint in various session included ex‑House
Speaker Carl Albert, Senator John Tower, Congressman J.J. (Jake) Pickle, Rep.
Lindy Boggs, ex-Senator Margaret Chase Smith, and Congressman Henry B.
Gonzales. Opinions varied according to political orientation and affiliation,
administrations served under, and length of service in Congress, but in general
this group emphasized the complexity of the Congressional/Executive relationship
and the essential differences between the two branches. The importance of
personality and style in the accumulation and wielding of Congressional power
was illustrated by the speakers and panelists addressing themselves to the
Johnson/Rayburn phenomenon in the 1950s. These included D.B. Hardeman, special
assistant to and biographer of Rayburn, and Ralph Huitt, special assistant to
Johnson as Senate majority leader. Personality was also identified as a strong
contributing factor in the Presidential ascendency in the 1960s. Emphasizing
this viewpoint were Barefoot Sanders, legislative counsel to President Johnson;
former HEW Secretary Wilbur Cohen; and Johnson assistant Horace Busby.
Journalists and news correspondents—including Bill Moyers (CBS), Tom
Wicker (New York Times), Bonnie Angelo (Time), and Sid Davis (NBC)—added to this point the
importance of the Presidential "image" and public opinion in the
determination of power and influence. It was also noted by a number of
panelists that the historical flow of events counterbalances the personal and
public factors affecting the Presidency.
Academic
participants—primarily political scientists, historians, and
economists—expressed a wide range of opinions on the issues. From this
group came the imagery which characterized the mood and movement of the
symposium. The Congressional/Executive relationship was variously labeled as a
see‑saw, a pendulum, an ebbing and flowing tide, a spiral, a cycle, a
game of football, and a game of cards. The non‑elected bureaucracy was
described as a "large gooey mass."
Participating
scholars included David R. Mayhew (Yale), Sam Levitan (George Washington),
Thomas Cronin (Delaware), David E. Price (Duke), Gary Wills (Johns Hopkins),
and Richard E. Newstadt (Harvard), among others. Participating UT faculty
included William S. Livingston (Government), Robert A. Divine (History), W.W.
Rostow (Economics), Clarence G. Lasby (History), Bruce Miroff (Government), and
Elspeth Rostow, Emmette S. Redford, and Richard Schott from the LBJ School.
Some
of the conclusions which emerged from a conference characterized by wide
differences in opinion and perspective were these:
. a strong Executive and a strong Congress are not
mutually exclusive, and a balance is both possible and desirable;
. the Congressional supremacy which existed under
Johnson and Rayburn in the 1950s was a product of history, personalities, and
the prevailing Congressional structure, and could not exist today;
. the concept of power is too complex to define in simple
terms, and its sources, uses, and potentials are as changeable as time itself.
Proceedings
from the conference are being edited by LBJ Professor Richard Schott and UT
Government Professor Lawrence Dodd, with publication tentatively scheduled for
next summer.
December,
1977
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