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...committee and then resign," said Byrd. He added: "It is inevitable that he will resign." Carter's reply, delivered while campaigning in New Jersey for Governor Brendan Byrne, was ambiguous. "I respect the opinion of people like Senator Byrd," said the President, "but I agree with him that Bert ought to have a chance to explain...
...growing in the presidency. Blaming others for having failed to detect Lance's flaws, or denying that the appointment was a mistake, would do him no good and could damage him further. But if Carter were to assume full responsibility, and if he were to admit that his "Bert, I'm proud of you" statement was a blunder, he could conceivably salvage something from the affair after...
...house in fashionable Georgetown. She had made the draperies herself. Later that January day, the newcomers to Washington talked about how their lives had been magically transformed. They made no effort to conceal their excitement. "I can tell already," said LaBelle Lance, "we're going to like Washington." Bert Lance was quick to agree: "This is the biggest thrill of my life...
...first they seemed to be an odd pair-the introspective President, a cold-minded engineer with a passion to get every detail right, and the Bunyanesque extravert (the front license plate of his limousine on Inauguration Day proclaimed BERT; the rear one, LANCE), who cheerfully mangled facts in his haste to paint the big picture. But there were deep bonds between the two opposites. At 46, Lance was closer in age to the President, who is 52, than most of the young Georgians who made up the White House's inner circle. Like the Baptist President, Lance-a Methodist...
...Lance family later moved to Calhoun, Ga. (pop. 5,000), 65 miles to the southwest, where one of his sixth-grade classmates was LaBelle David, granddaughter of the president of the Calhoun First National Bank. LaBelle and Bert were married when they were both 19. In 1951, just before graduation, Bert had to drop out of the University of Georgia to find a job. The first of his four sons was on his way. Lance never did get a degree; he never needed...