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...pleasant surprise. Ronald Steel on foreign affairs and Walter Karp on Carter's Trilateral Connection both are provocative reading. The back columns deal with the arts, and are uniformly excellent. Reed Whittimore, who too rarely writes for The New Republic, weighs in with a good blast of William "Fishbait" Miller's kiss-and-tell "expose" of how Congress really works--a book that deserves to be burned if ever one did. Edward Diamond tells the depressing story of CBS News's Watergate coverage as recounted by Daniel Schorr. Not surprisingly, it turns out you really can't trust Walter Cronkite...
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...saddened to read of the dismissal of William M. ("Fishbait") Miller, the doorkeeper for the House [Dec. 16]. I remember, as will many Americans under similar circumstances, meeting Fishbait in his office. We were educated, entertained and humbled by the history and stories expounded by him. He was a delight...
William ("Fishbait") Miller's energy, dedication to and sacrifices for the House of Representatives will long be remembered. I was his campaign manager in the House Democratic caucus when years ago he was first elected doorkeeper. I recall his enthusiasm and his constant and dedicated efforts in the discharge of his official duties, and his concern that the best interests of the House always be advanced...
...Fishbait") Miller, who has been announcing the arrival of the President to address joint sessions of Congress throughout most of the past 24 years. Members felt that he had been neglecting them, giving too many gallery passes to his friends instead of theirs, and replaced him with James T. Molloy, the chamber's popular disbursing clerk...