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Ford's big shake-up was getting bad press notices. Perhaps the severest cut of all came from Columnist Jerald terHorst, his former press secretary who quit after the President pardoned Richard Nixon. TerHorst wrote that his old boss-and good friend still-has proved too "heavyhanded" in many of his major moves, including the Nixon pardon, the Mayaguez affair and the shakeup. He has acted, terHorst wrote, as though he feared that "anything less than full force might be mistaken as a sign of weakness or timidity. When the man stamps, he stamps hard...
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN wondering about Gerry Ford's brains since he got into politics. When he first ran for Congress in 1948, campaign workers shuddered when Ford spoke to audiences, who found him likeable but unintelligent. Jerry terHorst, later to become President Ford's first press secretary, finally decided that "Gerry Ford wasn't dumb, he lacked knowledge." "I'm an old lineman." Ford says today. "I try to be a good blocker and tackler for the running back who carries the ball...
Known as a hard-driving network newsman for NBC, once wounded in Viet Nam, Nessen became close to Ford during the Vice President's frequent travels. Stepping in after Jerald terHorst's stunning resignation over the Nixon pardon, Nessen solemnly promised not to be just a salesman for the President and extracted a pledge from Gerald Ford that he would be informed about all pending White House business...
...national campaign. Moreover, he did not have the usual 21/2 postelection months to organize his Administration before taking office. Thus strong criticism of Ford's style seems premature. The real test will be the substance of his decisions as his presidency unfolds. Former Presidential Press Secretary J.F. terHorst, now a columnist for the Detroit News, describes Ford as "a Boy Scout in the White House" and "a man with a nice-guy reputation." The President is also a man who, right now, is still understandably struggling to get a total feel for his office...
...journalists really fear that the Ford White House will become as thoroughly untrustworthy as its predecessor was, but the President clearly needs a sustained display of candor and a respected new press secretary to restore confidence in his Administration's word. Jerry terHorst's unfortunate experience may make it difficult to recruit the right person for the job and impossible to bring back the exhilarating atmosphere of honesty and belief that surrounded Gerald Ford in his first month in office. That unreal glow is gone, and it will probably never return...