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...book, compiled by the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and formally entitled "Policy and Supporting Position," lists about 2500 government jobs that do not come under Civil Service, and are filled by presidential appointment. Known in Washington as "The Plum Book," it was an instant best seller...
...students of bureaucracy and hot-shot Democrats out to get hands-on experience at making public policy, the Plum Book is a mother lode of informative tidbits and dicey job prospects...
...only does the Plum Book list the positions up for grabs, but it includes the current desk-occupiers and the salaries that they will soon be missing...
...State Henry A. Kissinger '50 and Secretary of Commerce Elliot A. Richardson '43--who weigh in at $66,000 per year--to Olga C. Cumberland, the Private Secretary to the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs ($15,000 to $20,000 range of level G.S. 10) the Plum Book has them...
...crispness of tone is swallowed by the sugar plum violin in the background. And though Eagle member Don Henley and J.D. Souther harmonize pleasantly with Browne, they cannot salvage the hackneyed words...