Word: governor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...utmost prudence must necessarily be observed by everyone attached to the White House . . . Carelessness must be avoided. I believe that the presentation made by Governor Adams to the congressional committee yesterday truthfully represents the pertinent facts...
...personally like Governor Adams. "I admire his abilities. "I respect him because of his personal and official integrity. "I need...
...harder at the structure of his Administration and his party than any other big blow of his political career. For the first time the storm's eye centered on the White House and on wiry (5 ft. 8 in., 135 Ibs.) Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, 59, ex-Governor of New Hampshire, presidential chief of staff and next to Ike the most powerful man in the Administration. Adams, by presidential assignment the guardian of the integrity that Ike had always promised, the man of stern incorruptibility who threw out Government appointees of high rank at the first whiff of scandal...
...Eisenhower studied wire-service reports of Adams' testimony, discussed it with Press Secretary Hagerty. Then he conferred with Sherman Adams. They decided that Adams' public appearance had done much to lift the pressure, that the storm would subside. Ike authorized Jim Hagerty to announce meaningfully that "the Governor . . . is back at his desk at work at White House business," i.e., Adams was staying...
...Welfare Director Hussein Bushnak sipped Turkish coffee and spoke with warmth of his visit to Puerto Rico. "Before I went there, I had been told that work of great importance had been done." he said. "But I was astonished at the scope of what I saw." He added: "The Governor is an impressive man. He has achieved much...