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...Johnson certainly appeared to be making a stab at it. All last week department and agency heads winged in and out of the L.B.J. Ranch. Without exception, they emerged glassy-eyed over the President's cost-cutting efforts. Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz told reporters: "There has been consideration given in the last few hours to the fact that we have been spending $12,500 (out of $511 million) on newspapers in the Department of Labor. We are going to cut that to $11,000." Outgoing Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges recalled that the President had inquired if he might...
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, the Cabinet's only Republican, also has talked about leaving Washington, but it probably won't happen soon. Moving up in Johnson's esteem is Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz, who pitched in to help write Lyndon's "prosperity" speeches during the campaign. Similarly Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges campaigned for Johnson in North Carolina, where he used to be Governor, and can probably stay on for as long as he likes...
Most likely to succeed him is W. Willard Wirtz, who would be glad to move from the Labor Department to the most important domestic Cabinet job. Wirtz, an old law partner of Adlai Stevenson and widely respected labor lawyer, has gained Johnson's friendship in the past months as speech coordinator for the Presidential campaign. A quiet, droll liberal, Wirtz would appeal to the Kennedy team but would not alienate the South...
According to one reporter, Leon Jaworski, a Texas lawyer and Wirtz's main rival, has "been making noises about his availability for the job, which indicates he certainly hasn't been tapped...
...LABOR--If Wirtz leaves he will probably be replaced by James Reynolds, the present Assistant Secretary, or Theodore Kheel, New York lawyer, friend of New York's Mayor Wagner, and well-known arbitrator of labor disputes...