UPI report from January 29, 1985: President Reagan, citing little congressional support, will not recommend closing down the Education Department, a major goal when he took office in 1981, it was revealed today. I have no intention of recommending the abolition of the department to the Congress at this time, Reagan said in a letter to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee.,
from Democratic Underground
