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Presidential Aide Michael Deaver began collecting ideas for the State of the Union speech in November, and the President took a preliminary draft to California on his end-of-year vacation. Reagan and his aides have been extensively rewriting ever since. As of last week, the draft contained blank spaces for new bud-jet figures and proposals. Nonetheless, Reagan took 33 min. to deliver it in a preliminary run-through and told advisers: 'I want to sweat it down some more." He is aiming at 25 to 28 min. Thus the speech will probably contain only bottom-line numbers...
Black members of the Administration (only 18 now holding positions that require Senate confirmation) were furious. Said one: "The real question is whether it is the intention of this Administration to appear antiblack. If so, they should just let us know." Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, who fumed that he would not allow the President to be perceived as a racist, argued that the Administration had to defuse the issue by proposing new legislation to forbid the practice that had been instituted the previous week. Reagan agreed. A spokesman said the proposed legislation would bar tax breaks...
...next year. Clark became Reagan's chief of staff. He devised a "mini-memo" system of single-page briefings, stamped INFORMATION or DECISION, so Reagan would know at a glance whether a response was needed. Among Clark's subordinates then were Edwin Meese III and Michael Deaver. Clark remains very friendly with both, but reminds listeners that they once worked for him. Another friend from that era is Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. That bond will be especially useful, in light of the frequent policy clashes between Weinberger and Haig...
Returning from his vacation, President Reagan announces a cabinet shakeup. "My inner circle will be replaced by my outer circle," Reagan said, explaining that he had "heard every joke Meese, Baker and Deaver know two or three times...
Meese and Deaver figured critically in the decision to fire Allen and take on Clark. Deaver first proposed that move in November and also recommended upgrading the national security post. Meese, who conceived the unsatisfactory scheme that gave him authority over the adviser in the first place and who has been Allen's principal defender, resisted the fundamental changes that Deaver has now won. To help cut his losses, Meese last week took the initiative and leaked word of Allen's dismissal to the Washington Post and to Allen himself. As an internal White House matter, the effects...