Word: laird
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first week in office, but he failed to make it. Amid endless speculation, almost everyone agreed that the leading contenders were former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Republican National Chairman Bush. Others believed to be on Ford's list included former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Governor Evans and former Attorney General Elliot Richardson. Former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton, who was helping Ford with takeover problems, was also said to be a candidate, but Scranton described himself as "Mr. Temporary" and claimed that he would not accept the job unless "the nation...
...came in the northwest gate without a pause, found himself ushered cheerfully into the visitors' lobby of the West Wing, then next thing he knew he was in the back rooms having a good discussion on health insurance and tax reform with two old friends, Mel Laird and Bryce Harlow. He was led down to the President's office and found himself standing right at the heart of things shaking hands with another congressional friend, Jerry Ford...
...prayers were not something special for that tumultuous day. The three men, plus former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, a Presbyterian, had been holding similar meetings weekly for three months, reviving a custom Ford, Laird and Quie had first begun in 1967. Quie says confidently that "we expect to continue," even with Ford in the White House-though the place and time will change...
Another old friend of Ford's on the list of potential Vice Presidents is Representative Albert Quie (pronounced Kwee) of Minnesota. He shares most of Laird's disadvantages. A quiet but effective House member for 16 years who was a major force in shaping education bills over the past decade, Quie has had no significant administrative experience. He also is little known outside Minnesota or the capital...
...considered dispensable because of his recent identification with the Nixon Administration's faltering economic policies. Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger reportedly would like to return to California, though Ford probably will permit him to stay if he wishes. If Weinberger leaves, among his likely successors are Laird or NATO Ambassador Donald Rumsfeld, a former Congressman from Illinois and onetime director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. At Interior, Rogers Morton undoubtedly will be asked to stay on as Secretary, unless by chance Ford taps him for the vice presidency...