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...there did not seem to be much reason to change from Volcker. At week's end support was shifting heavily to Volcker. Budget Director David Stock man joined Martin Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, in backing Volcker. Vice President George Bush and Presidential Advisers Michael Deaver and Jim Baker threw their weight behind Volcker, while Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese remained opposed to him. At the moment, the decision is in the President's hands...
...press conference on Thursday, Representative John Dingell of Michigan charged that his committee's investigation into the agency had uncovered new evidence of wrongdoing by EPA officials. Dingell referred to a memorandum that Lavelle sent on Sept. 13, 1982, to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. In it she proposed that the announcement of some Superfund grants in New Jersey be timed to benefit the election campaigns of two Republicans and that the President make an appearance for the announcement...
While Dingell failed to offer conclusive evidence-indeed Reagan did not even travel to New Jersey-the Congressman nonetheless maintained that the document "makes clear that Miss Lavelle and Mr. Deaver had been discussing the use of the Superfund for the intended benefit of certain congressional candidates, a Governor and the President of the United States." In reply, Deaver denied having had political discussions with Lavelle. "I've never talked to Lavelle the whole time she was in Washington," he said, and added jokingly, "I thought the Superfund was the United...
...confidently entrust the completion of his ideological mission. Baker, Dole or even Bush, he fears, would not be conservative enough; Kemp has the necessary right-wing fervor, but in Reagan's view may not be mature enough yet for the presidency. To White House Deputy Chief of Staff Deaver, the political calculus is clear: "Who else is there? I think Reagan will run." -By George J. Church. Reported by Douglas Brew/Washington
...Chief of Staff James Baker and others whom Clark in private dismisses as "civilians" and "political types." In January, Clark interceded against a White House reorganization that would have diminished the role of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese. This strained Clark's relations with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, who was the architect of the plan. Then in February, Clark tried to oust Press Spokesman David Gergen. "The tension around here is unbelievable," says one White House aide...