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...seven months the President had saddled Bill Moyers, his No. 1 assistant and man Friday, with the added job of White House press secretary. Last week he lightened Moyers' load by appoint ing a deputy to take over the bulk of the day-to-day news tasks. The $28,500 job went to Robert H. Fleming, 54, Washington bureau chief for the American Broadcasting...
There were other, even more highly personalized elements: Curry's refusal to appoint Councillor Bernard Goldberg's father as city soliciter, and Councillor William Maher's brush with Crane and Curry in a dispute that followed his unsuccessful campaign in 1963. With the deep personality splits and with Crane's deep personal attachment to Curry, the prospect of compromise was slim in the beginning and almost non-existent...
...personal frictions, however, is not to deny that there were substantive issues dividing the two groups. The majority claimed that Curry had failed to provide the City with sufficiently energetic leadership. Publically, they criticized his slowness on capital improvements, and privately they complained that he had been reluctant to appoint a top-level assistant city manager to help in the job. They felt that Curry had taken on too much for himself; and, as a result, important tasks were being left either undone or half-done...
...always agreed with all of the decisions of the court, but I have always admired the aggressive manner in which it has constantly striven to keep our law in tune with modern life. It is a source of deep pride to me that I have been privileged to appoint six of the seven members of the court...
...city wishes to qualify for federal aid. It sets 14 criteria to assure that initial goals are maintained and that work goes on rapidly and efficiently. For instance, a city would have to designate a single authority to supervise the project. Washington in turn would have to appoint a special representative to coordinate local efforts with those of the different federal agencies concerned...