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...Neill to break the tie and rescue the President, his fellow Democrat. But O'Neill remained silent, doing nothing. Not only was he deeply committed to the embargo but also he was furious at the Administration for the dismissal of his old friend, Robert T. Griffin, from the General Services Administration. Other Democratic leaders, however, were frantically mobilizing support-for opposite sides. Indiana's John Brademas, the Democratic whip and a leader of the pro-Greek lobby, was fighting to keep the embargo. At this point, he had a lone vote in reserve. Opposing him was Democratic Floor...
What Moore had to tell House Speaker Thomas (Tip) O'Neill two weeks ago was that Carter was going to back Jay Solomon, chief of the scandal-plagued General Services Administration, in the dismissal of the agency's No. 2 Executive, Robert Griffin. An old friend of O'Neill's, Griffin was in no way implicated in the charges of theft and kickbacks at GSA that are currently being investigated. He simply did not get along with Solomon...
...agency 15 months ago, Administrator Jay Solomon, 56, a former land developer, has tightened supervision and procedures. But he says that further efforts at reform were hampered because many employees assumed that, as had been the case for years, real administrative power lay with Solomon's deputy, Robert Griffin, a close friend of House Speaker Tip O'Neill...
When Solomon briefed Carter on the burgeoning investigation last week, aides reported that the President was "astounded." In a memo, Carter promised Solomon: "I will back you fully in whatever procedural, personnel, organizational and other actions are needed." Carter agreed to let Solomon fire Griffin, despite the objections of O'Neill, who called the dismissal "one of the worst things I have ever seen in personnel matters." Solomon said the firing was "not related to any allegations of impropriety or wrongdoing" on Griffin's part?only a move to tighten Solomon's control over the agency...
Newswatch/Thomas Griffin...