Word: jaworskis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jaworski's call to action in Washington came at a time when his ambitions were behind him and largely fulfilled. He was perfectly content to continue his law practice and spend his spare time on his more than 800-acre ranch, where he enjoys clearing the land with chain saws and raising quarter horses...
...Evangelical Lutheran minister who had migrated from Poland, Jaworski was born in Waco, Texas. The family was poor; Jaworski, his two brothers and sister worked their way through Baylor University, where Leon earned a law degree in 1925. He became so skilled a courtroom lawyer that he was hired by a leading Houston law firm, Fulbright, Crocker, Freeman & Bates. Through the years, he showed a talent for absorbing a mass of complex information literally overnight and giving a masterly performance in court the next morning. He became a senior partner in 1951. Today Fulbright, Crocker & Jaworski ranks second only...
While on the rise he inevitably bumped into another Texas poor boy making good-Lyndon Johnson. Twice he came to L.B.J.'s rescue. In 1948 he helped defend Johnson against charges of fraud in a Senate primary election that L.B.J. won by a contested 87 votes. In 1960 Jaworski was L.B.J.'s attorney in suits that sought to prevent him from running simultaneously for Vice President and for Senator. When L.B.J. was President, he wanted to appoint Jaworski Attorney General. But sensitive to charges of cronyism, the President reluctantly named Ramsey Clark instead. By conservative Texas standards...
Compared with his expansive Texas style of living, Jaworski has a relatively spartan existence in Washington. He normally lunches on a sandwich at his desk, then goes home at 7 p.m. to a small Washington hotel, where he lives with his wife of 43 years, Jeanette. Their son Joe is a lawyer in Houston; their daughters Joanie and Claire are both married...
When his tasks as special prosecutor are finished, Jaworski will go back to Texas. Friends used to fret that like so many others connected with Watergate, he would return a diminished figure. That no longer seems much of a hazard...