Word: haldeman
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...Haldeman began doing volunteer work for Nixon in 1952, and has worked in every Nixon political foray since then, while becoming a successful Los Angeles adman. Ehrlichman was settled in Seattle with a reputation as an effective zoning lawyer and an avid conservationist. At Haldeman's urging, he joined Nixon's unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign, then rejoined in 1968 and moved on into Washington with his political mentor. More than anyone else, the two made Nixon's White House work, but in an arbitrary and authoritarian fashion that made them a good many enemies and critics...
...Ervin committee drives a wedge between Ehrlichman, 48, and Haldeman, 46, in the course of next week's interrogations, it will be a first...
...outset of the Nixon Administration, Haldeman was first among equals, the dour watchdog at the Oval Office gates who determined who and what the President saw and heard. Ehrlichman began as no more than an important secondary player. During that first year as the President's counsel, Ehrlichman was engrossed in working out details of the President's real estate transactions at Key Biscayne and San Clemente, and other peripheral matters and issues regarding possible conflicts of interest...
...Haldeman was the undisputed power in the Nixon White House. The taut, crew-cut chief of staff had a finger in everything, from top-level staffing to deciding who should be invited to the Nixon parties. In his zeal for absolute power, Haldeman even tried to replace the President's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, who has been at Nixon's right hand since 1951, and is almost a member of the Nixon family...
Soon Ehrlichman, with Haldeman's backing, began to rise in the White House hierarchy. Said one former aide...