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...remaining four White House posts, just one is yet to be filled. James Lynn, 47, Nixon's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is soon to replace Roy Ash as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Ron Nessen, 40, has taken over Ron Ziegler's post as press secretary. L. William Seidman, 53, as Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, succeeds Kenneth Rush. Kenneth Cole has submitted his resignation as executive director of the Domestic Council, but is continuing to serve until a successor is chosen...
...group, including Counsellors Robert Hartmann and John O. Marsh and Press Secretary Ron Nessen, finally moved back to the Red Room for brandy, cigars and more conversation. For Ford, the evening was a relaxing opportunity to reflect on the broader historical and philosophical contexts of his decisions and, in a way, a remedial crash course in presidential perspectives...
...Nessen's woes are also attributable to the feisty, post-Watergate pugnacity of the press. As the New Republic's John Osborne observes: "The atmosphere in the White House press room is the meanest I've ever seen. After you've been on a diet of blood for 18 months to two years, it's hard to kick...
...However, Nessen, unlike Ziegler, is extremely sensitive to the press complaints. Last week he admitted to TIME Washington Correspondent Bonnie Angelo: "Mea culpa! We were getting off the track. It's partly my personality -I've got to be frank about it. I do have a short fuse. But I can control it. It's not a problem when I concentrate on it -and I'm going to concentrate." He still believes that "nobody has given this President the benefit of the doubt." He adds: "If we wind up with the feeling on the part...
...first post-trip briefing last week, on the SALT agreement, Nessen returned to the good graces of reporters. CBS'S Bob Pierpoint, a hard-nosed skeptic, said, "I thought it was the best briefing he has ever given. I think he's learned something"-summing up the feelings of many of the reporters present...