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Nixon chose Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Elliot Richardson to represent him in Cairo. One reason: Richardson, who until recently was Under Secretary of State, was more experienced diplomatically than Nixon's initial choice, Presidential Counsellor Robert Finch. Some U.S. observers nonetheless deplored the fact that Nixon had not sent Secretary of State William Rogers. It was Rogers who devised the cease-fire that Nasser accepted in August, and his presence might have helped mend the fractured relations between the U.S. and the Arabs. As one observer put it: "The Arabs forgive everything in their grief, you know...
...President made no comment on the report, saying that he has not yet read it. But two of his aides, Robert Finch and Patrick Moynihan, held an acrimonious press conference that produced little hope for a change in the political atmosphere. Questioned about some of Agnew's speeches, Finch said: "I'm not going to pass judgment on individuals. We're all free to say what we please." In a press conference of his own, Scranton himself appeared reluctant to go much beyond the wording of the report...
...hurt to ask. So last April, when President Nixon urged the TV networks to help fight narcotics, NBC turned right around and asked him to appear in an antidrug episode of The Name of the Game. Thanks, said the President, but no thanks. Instead, Presidential Adviser Robert Finch, who once considered an acting career, starred in the segment. And waiting in the wings is Spiro Agnew. The Vice President will introduce Red Skelton's new fall show on NBC. Lest he carry this show-business gig too far, Agnew then nixed a Laugh-In stint-even though his boss...
Understanding Parameters. On many counts, there is evidence that Nixon is indeed listening. One Heard-Cheek recommendation was that the President should give special responsibility to a senior White House staff member for liaison with higher education; Nixon has already designated Robert Finch, the former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, to carry out that task. Finch is one of Nixon's more liberal counsellors. Heard and Cheek proposed that Nixon give special aid to colleges primarily serving black youth; last week Finch announced that funds in the new federal budget for those purposes will be increased from...
...President should "use the moral influence of his office in new ways designed to reduce racial tensions and help develop a climate of racial understanding." None of those things can be done overnight, but the fact that Nixon was willing to make his chastisement public suggests-as Finch put it in bureaucratese-that the President at least understands "the parameters of the problem...