Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their all-out re-election efforts before being grilled about their futures. The wife of one White House aide, noting that her husband was in no position to complain, called reporters to protest: "All those months of work, work, work, and at the end the President says-'Resign.' " What most worried some able officials who had intended to leave the Government anyway was that now it would look as though they had been pushed out rather than jumped...
Another object of the shakeup: Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, revealed that he had been asked to resign as chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission-and that he would do so. The commission, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, was meant to be an independent watchdog agency, scrutinizing progress in civil rights, including efforts of the Federal Government. Hesburgh, who served energetically on the commission since its formation, has been highly critical of Nixon's antibusing positions and the Administration's lethargy in enforcing civil rights laws...
Gracious. As recriminations persisted, Jean Westwood, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was under multiple pressures to resign her post, but insisted stubbornly that she would not do so. Demands that she quit came from five Democratic Governors, who apparently represented the majority opinion among the 31 statehouses now controlled by the Democrats. Many of the Governors have resented the recent dominance of the party by Democratic Senators, and feel that they have largely been pushed aside by the McGovern movement. Their spokesman, Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers, observed dryly that "it would be the gracious thing to do" if Westwood...
...some semblance of peace and political stability. President Thieu's political leadership may soon be finished. He will have a difficult time dominating the divergent political and religious factions that will become increasingly active when the cease-fire starts. Thieu is already toying with the idea of resigning and turning the government over to a committee until he can be re-elected President in a general election, to be held in roughly six months. If Thieu does resign, however, he is unlikely ever to return to power...
...clear scoop by presenting the beleaguered vice-presidential candidate and Jack Anderson, his chief tormentor, on the same program. But that day Meet the Press interviewed Democratic National Chairman Jean Westwood and Deputy Chairman Basil Paterson, who said that "it would be a noble thing" for Eagleton to resign from the Democratic ticket. That not-at-all casual remark undermined Eagleton's position and made his effort on Face the Nation irrelevant...