78-13-B8

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Transcript This is another one of those desk cleaning days. For starters, a prophecy with a catch. It has been predicted that within the next 10 years you won't be able to buy a pound of meat anywhere in the U.S. The temperature in mid-June will hover in the mid 30's and the average woman's waist measurement will be 61. Now before you call for the men in the white jackets let me explain; the author of those predictions is convinced we'll switch to the metric system where things aren't measured in pounds, degrees, Farenheit and inches. It would be nice if some of the other items could be explained away so easily. For example, in spite of all the Washington talk about streamlining, the federal payroll increased by 17,224 employees between April and May of this year. The labor department has approved an $800,000 grant to Caesar Chavez' United Farm Workers earmarked for English language and job training programs. The American Farm Bureau Federation called the grant a "massive abuse of tax funds and a serious violation of the public trust by the Administration." Speaking of language training, a nationwide survey authorized by H.E.W. and carried out by the American Institute for Research in Palo Alto, California brings us bad news about the cost bilingual education programs in our schools. It seems the programs are successful in teaching students their native language but not English. The report goes on to say that student achievement in general is no higher than it would have been in regular classrooms. Another eye opener. We all cheered when the House of Representatives broke with tradition and deleted an appropriation to continue building the half finished but unneeded new U.S. Senate building in Washington. Then it was discovered that Architect of the Capitol George M. White has a master plan for the U.S. Capitol calling for five new Senate buildings and six more for the House plus additions to the present Capitol building and 7,000 new parking spaces for employees. Maybe this one will make you feel better. The Justice Department owns a topless go-go bar about a block from headquarters. It was seized by the government from the "Transportation department embezzler who used mass transit money to buy it. What we don't understand is why the Justice Department refused to sell it to a willing buyer and is continuing to operate it--or do we? For closers, a memo from the U.S. Customs Service. "The designated Acting Branch Chief will be responsible when I am absent or disabled. When the current Acting Branch Chief is also absent or disabled the previous Acting Branch Chief will be responsible. If the previous Acting Branch Chief is unable to act for the current Acting Branch Chief due to absence or disability, the next designated Acting Branch Chief will act for the previous Acting Branch chief who was unabl e to act for the current Acting Branch Chief who would have been Acting Branch Chief in my behalf--the real Branch Chief durin g my absence or disability." Do you suppose that explains some of those other items?		Details Batch Number 78-13-B8 Production Date 09/19/1978 Book/Page N/A Audio Youtube? No
		Added Notes NY Times article about the seizing of the go-go bar