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...rare concert of behind-the-scenes congressional arm twisting of the White House: on terms virtually dictated to him by the Senate Republican leadership, Nixon approved the appointment of a new special prosecutor, replacing the dismissed Archibald Cox, and chose a new Attorney General to succeed the resigned Elliot Richardson (see stories beginning on page...
...fellow Senators on the Judiciary Committee. Few potential nominees could make that claim since committee members are seething with anger over Nixon's dismissal of Archibald Cox, whose job they created last May as part of an agreement reached during the confirmation of former Attorney General Elliot Richardson...
...recently, President Nixon. Traditionally a Democratic stronghold, Philadelphia bought, part and parcel, the Nixon version of peace, economics and all-American morality. Each successive revelation of the past six months has hit the one-time supporters of both Rizzo and Nixon hard. When Nixon fired Cox and Ruckelshaus, and Elliot Richardson resigned, the last of Nixon's supporters in Philadelphia turned on him with a vengeance...
...White House would call [Attorney General Elliot] Richardson and ask, "What does this guy think he's doing?" And then Elliot would take up these questions with me. The question that was constantly bothering people in the White House was, "What limits apply to Archie Cox?" But Elliot was at all times entirely reasonable. There was never anything remotely resembling improper pressure...
Busy Weekend. Of life in the White House during the tumultuous weekend that brought the firing of Archibald Cox, the resignation of Elliot Richardson and the dismissal of William Ruckelshaus, Julie understates: "Well, it was a busy weekend for my dad. But in the evening we did relax, and Friday night turned out to be a kind of party." Julie and David had invited another young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milligan (he works in the Commerce Department), to the White House. "My parents were up in the solarium and when they heard our voices, they came hurrying down...