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Almost from the time Carter picked him for Treasury, Blumenthal seemed uneasy in his job. The White House senior staffers and Strauss himself viewed him as a brilliant, brittle man with an enormous ego, too jealous of his own territory and difficult to deal with. For his part, Blumenthal considered the President's aides inexperienced and in some cases destructive. When he began to hear stories that he had contributed to Bert Lance's downfall, the Secretary went straight to the President and complained. By then, Blumenthal had decided the only way to endure was to put more...
Nonetheless, Mondale and Carter's "Magnolia Mafia," as his staff is being called by critics, continued to believe Blumenthal was incapable of winning over a skeptical business community to Administration policy. Three weeks ago they recommended that Blumenthal be replaced by Strauss as the head of the anti-inflation drive. This time Carter took the advice, regardless of the consequences. When one of his staff warned him that Blumenthal might not accept the decision, Carter replied: "I'm set for that." White House staffers were, in fact, hoping that Blumenthal would resign. "Let him," remarked one high aide...
Although all sides were talking teamwork late last week, Blumenthal still faces an uncertain future in the Administration. His brilliance must now compete not only with a disapproving White House staff but with the unsubtle Strauss, a man with whom he has been at odds. Some insiders thought that the Secretary was, in fact, twisting slowly in the wind...
...winner last week was Carter's special trade representative, Robert Strauss. TIME Washington Correspondent Stanley Cloud reports...
...best damn appointment Jimmy Carter has made," drawled Bob Strauss not long before the President gave him the additional job of ambassador-with-jawbone to Big Business and labor in the battle to check inflation. Immodesty is part of the ebullient Texan's style. So, too, are profanity, sensitivity, a dislike for pretense, a taste for good whisky, and deft persuasiveness in almost any matter involving politics and politicians...