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...people have become too complacent in a job after a long period," said a Nixon aide in one of the few comments made during a week of almost total news blackout. Many higher-ups in the Administration have given their notice. Among those slated to leave: Presidential Counsellor Robert Finch, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, HUD Secretary George Romney, White House Special Counsel Charles Colson, Labor Secretary James Hodgson and Transportation Chief John Volpe. Ostentatiously absent from the round of meetings was White House Aide Dwight Chapin, who had been compromised by being tied into the Watergate scandal. "Chapin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Big Housecleaning | 12/4/1972 | See Source »

...much of a burden for one man. Ehrlichman himself is not in disfavor, but under a new setup, additional White House aides will be recruited to oversee the bureaucracy. Foremost among them is Frederic Malek, 35, a West Point and Harvard Business School graduate who was recruited by Finch to help run HEW, subsequently moved into the Interior Department to clean out Walter Hickel's supporters, and more recently served as the deputy director of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. Other aides likely to help tame the bureaucracy include Presidential Assistant Peter Flanigan and Special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Big Housecleaning | 12/4/1972 | See Source »

Watchdog. As he whacks away at the bureaucracy, Nixon promises not to spare his own staff, which has grown larger than that of any previous President. Some members apparently were ready to move out quite willingly, including Dent, Speechwriter William Safire, Communications Director Herbert Klein and Special Counsel Robert Finch. Already gone is Nixon's former chief legislative aide, Clark MacGregor, who served as director of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President and will accept a presumably lucrative vice presidency with United Aircraft Corp. He will be the top contact man with Washington for the firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Shaking Up the Bureaucrats | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

SATURDAY: New To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical and long-running Broadway hit features Robert Morse recreating his role as J. Pierpont Finch. CH.10. 9 p.m. Color...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: television | 11/22/1972 | See Source »

Childes and Peggy Wells with substitute Diane Finch will fill the other two halfback positions, with Balboni and Claire Stuart in the fullback line, Barbara Matson in the goalie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Hockey Team to Meet Princeton Women | 11/11/1972 | See Source »

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