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Allen Scott Report Details Johnson Era Staff Ploys
Johnson taps old congressional pals to payroll staffers Walter Jenkins George Reedy Clifford Carter and Jack Valenti while cleaning up the calendar. They work for Johnson but are paid on Senate and House Appropriations rolls at 18500, a temporary workaround emulating President Truman. Also named are William Macomber Jr Erle Cocke Jr and a shift toward Democratic National Committee posts. Lucy Baines Johnson selects three Secret Service agents herself and classmates praise the choice. Johnson weighs moving the Democratic convention date and a March 16 Kennedy gala relocation is noted. Auburn economist Fay Helms says farmland supply should stay ample for 50 years due to tech gains.
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Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott Washington
Johnson
Walter Jenkins
George Reedy
Clifford Carter
Jack Valenti
White House
Senate
House
Kennedy
Trusan
William Macomber
Jordan
Macomber
Alliance For Progress
Edwin Martin
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Erle Cocke
World Bank
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Cocke
Democratic National Committee
Secret Service
Lucy
Baines Johnson
National Cathedral School
James Rowley