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...still has trust, Secretary of State William P. Rogers. State Department sources confirmed that Nixon wanted Rogers to lead a housecleaning; Rogers declined, suggesting that to gain full public confidence someone outside of the Administration must be called in. Nixon sounded out another trusted associate, former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, who also said no, thanks. But why didn't Nixon assume the onerous duty himself...
...range. In the first two months of the year, the brokerage business as a whole suffered a loss of $51 million, v. a $250 million profit in the same period of 1972. Such big houses as Loeb, Rhoades and Shearson, Hammill are cutting their staffs; others like Drexel Firestone, Laird, Bissell and Estabrook are being forced into mergers with stronger firms. The crowning blow: last week two seats on the New York Stock Exchange sold for $92,000 each-down $3,000 from the last previous sale in March and off an embarrassing 82% from the record price...
...There is little in the law to support him-or not to support him. The Constitution makes no mention of the doctrine, which is a matter of tradition. The President argues that his Administration has been responsive to congressional probes, citing the fact that former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird testified before Congress 86 times. At the same time, Nixon has decreed that none of his 100-member White House staff will appear before Congress under any circumstances, now or ever. Once they leave his service, he says, they will still be protected by Executive privilege...
...volunteer era--which our commander-in-chief, President Nixon, has promised the American people--is upon us." Laird said Saturday...
Schendel said that Laird's statement did not make clear what will happen to men who were given extensions on 1972 induction orders. He said this group is "small, if not nonexistent" at Harvard...