Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group is also somewhat more homogeneous than the cross section that Nixon sought. Earlier he had promised to put together "a Government drawn from the broadest possible base, an Administration made up of Republicans, Democrats and independents," one comprising "the very best men and women I can find in the country-from business, from government, from labor, from all the areas." Not by choice, he ended up with a group that is all white, all male, all Republican. As a rather obvious gesture of compensation, Nixon began the TV show by reappointing Walter Washington, a Negro Democrat, to a second...
...conceivably begin to defrost relations between Washington and Peking; how to react if the Russians move again in Eastern Europe; what new directions foreign aid should take. No one expects Rogers to make snap answers or to advocate wrenching moves. His appointment, in fact, was welcomed in Washington by Democrats and Republicans alike. Chairman J. William Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who has found little good to say about Democrat Dean Rusk, said of Rogers: "He is a man of unquestioned integrity and ability. Although he has not had extensive experience directly in the field of foreign relations...
Finding the right man to be Secretary of Defense proved a more difficult chore. At first the President-elect considered retaining Clifford, who would have supplied both experience in the job and the Democratic presence that Nixon wanted for the Cabinet. Then Nixon decided against keeping any of the present Cabinet officers. Using Florida Democrat George Smathers as their intermediary, the Nixon camp next sounded out Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson of Washington. Jackson expressed interest, but had a number of conditions. Among them was an agreement that Nixon would persuade Governor Dan Evans, a Republican, to appoint a Democrat...
Nixon had also been trying to get a big-name Democrat, or at least a big name, for the ambassadorship to the United Nations. The post is not technically of Cabinet rank, but since the Eisenhower Administration it has had a quasi-Cabinet cachet. The fact that it also has very little real power makes it an ideal place in which to put an erstwhile opponent. Nixon offered it first to Hubert Humphrey, who soon said no. Next Nelson Rockefeller got a hint that the job might be his. Not interested. Nixon then approached Sargent Shriver, who was interested...
...Jersey, long famous for its country machines, the situation is much the same. In 1967 the Democrats suffered massive defeats in the legislative elections (leaving the formerly Democratic House with a 3-1 Republican edge). Coupled with Nixon's strong showing, this has made the country bosses weak and open to any Democrat who looks like he can win in the 1969 state elections. The New Jersey NDC, while spending much of 1963 fighting the bosses, will use the country bosses' support in 1969 before trying to oust them in later party fights...