Invisible ghost rule governs White House speech writers
Washington UPI report details the confidential ties between presidents and their speech writers. It notes James Keogh heads the team for Nixon, with Cynthia Rosenwald as Agnew’s chief draft aid, and describes the mix of editors, economists, and policy specialists who shape major addresses and public statements.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
James Keogh
Time Magazine
Keogh
Agnew
Cynthia Rosenwald
Baltimore
Miami
Vietnam
Patrick Buchanan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Buchanan
Ray Price
William Safire
Lee Buechner
William Gavin
Tom Houston
Price
New York
Wallace studies 1970 Alabama bid as step toward 1972 run
Wallace said in a Washington Window interview that he will decide in weeks whether to seek another Alabama governorship as a springboard to a possible 1972 presidential bid. He argues the southern strategy may influence the race while urging action over talk and predicting ongoing party maneuvering ahead of the 1970 elections.
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UPI
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Rogers C. B. Morton
Fred R. Harris
Harris
Morton
Nixon
National Democratic Party
House
Senate
Democrats
Rumsfeld fights on Capitol Hill to save OEO power
President Nixon allies and House Republicans clash over the Office of Economic Opportunity. Don Rumsfeld, new OEO director, lobbies across parties to defeat the Green Quie substitute and preserve direct funding for local antipoverty projects. The victory, framed as a major political win, sets Rumsfeld on a path to reshape the agency’s approach to poverty programs and reduce state control.
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Nixon
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Senate
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D-Ore
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Urban Coalition
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Jixon
Herder State Democras
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