Nixon Withdraws All Nominations Made by Johnson
President Nixon withdrew 14 Johnson era nominations and 141 postmaster nominations, including a former Secret Service agent and a former Maryland governor. The White House said he would study the appointments without prejudice as Democrats had replaced Republicans in 1960.
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Nixon
Johnson
Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Secret Service
South American
Caracas
Maryland
Vietnam
William M. Byrne Jr
U.S
Central District of California
Cecil F. Poole
District of
California
Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr
District of Columbia
Patrick V. Murphy
Justice Department
Ralph G. H. Liu
Wesley Pomeroy
Theodore Mckheldin
Baltimore
The
Indians Claims Commission
William Hill Brown
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Hector P. Garcia
Commission On Civil Rights
Ronald Zeigler
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Zeigler
High Interest Plot Charged by Sen Patman
Rep Wright Patman accused the American Bankers Association of funding a push to adopt a uniform consumer credit code. He warned the code would legalize high interest rates up to 36 percent on small loans and 24 percent on revolving accounts. He urged the House to stop the measure.
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Washington
UPI
Wright Patman
Dtex
American Bankers Association
Patman
House Banking and Currency Committee
House
Nixon Signals Major 69 Legislative Plans
President Nixon signaled a push to win congressional enactment of a broad domestic program in 1969. Dr. Arthur Burns, named counselor with cabinet rank, outlined 18 action areas from electoral reform to health care and education and suggested a State of the Union message in 30 to 40 days. A council for urban affairs was created to coordinate domestic policy and shift powers toward state and local governments.
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Nixon
Arthur Burns
Washington
Congress
Burns
Council of Economic Advisers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Robert P. Mayo
Gavgood
Richard Blumenthal
Washington Post
Christopher C. DeMuth
Republican Ripon Society
Michael C. Monroe
John Price
New York
Leonard S. Zartman
Estman Kodak Co
Moynihan
Secretary of Welfare
Robert Finch
Office of Economic Opportunity
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Paul McCracken
The
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
May
Nixon Talent Hunt Lags as Top Posts Remain Vacant
A survey shows only about one third of top government posts filled under President Nixon. Holdovers from the previous administration dominate many departments as the talent hunt proceeds slowly with security checks and conflicts of interest reviews delaying appointments.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
America
Harry S. Flemming
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
William P. Rogers
United Nations
Paris
Assistat
Defense Department
Pentagon
Maurice H. Stans
George P. Shultz
Johnson Administration
John A. Volpe
Clifford M. Hardin
U S Takes New Look at Middle East Policy at UN
U S ambassador to the United Nations Charles W. Yost said Washington’s Middle East policy, under review, would fully take into account the interests of all regional countries. He spoke after presenting credentials to U Thant and meeting UN correspondents.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nixon
U.N
U.S
Middle East
Charles W. Yost
U Thant
Yost
William Scranton
Israel
Johnson
United States
Groppi Says Nixon Appointee Racist in Civil Rights Panel Row
Rev. James Groppi denounces Jerris Leonard as racist at a Los Angeles news conference. Groppi criticizes Leonard for alleged segregationist ties with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and cites the Kerner report on national polarization. He calls for black and white unity to improve opportunities for all.
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Nixon
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Milwaukee
James Groppi
Los Angeles
Jerris E. Leonard
Order of Eagles
Leonard
The
Eagles
Father Groppi
Civil Rights Commission
Kerner
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Jennings
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Urban Council
Stephen Hess
Department
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
HUD
George W. Romney
Robert H. Finch
Patricia Reilly Hitt
Walter J. Hickel
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Erwin N. Griswald
Winton M. Blount
Mideast
Rev. Groppi
Nixon Man
Pacific Coast
Southern California
Revolv
Long Beach
Pine Ave
Sartori Torrance
Sartori — Torrance
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