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...which the President had put himself. Wired Wallace: "The conflicts between your recent statements opposing the busing of schoolchildren and the action of federal departments directly under your control have left our people in a dilemma." Nixon took the bait: he put out word through Press Secretary Ron Ziegler that federal officials who supported busing programs too strenuously would find themselves in new jobs in -or even outside of-the Government...
...appointees to be named by Nixon. The source, described as "a White House aide," explained that the President was "furious" at Burns for telling Congress that inflation had not been checked and urging creation of a wage-price review board to apply greater pressure. White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler denied that any such legislation was under consideration, but evaded all ques-tions about Nixon's current attitude toward Burns. The same White House source also claimed that Burns was seeking a $20,000 raise in his present $42,500 salary. Actually, other Administration officials had proposed raises...
...Eggs. The White House reacted warily. "They have put one seemingly good egg in the basket with all the bad ones," said an Administration spokesman. Presidential Press Secretary Ron Ziegler noted that the proposal contained "positive as well as clearly unacceptable elements," but he added that the U.S. would never "turn the 17 million people of Viet Nam over to the Communists...
...phone rang one evening last week in the Governor's mansion in Richmond, Va. "Hello, Governor," said the caller. "This is Ron Ziegler speaking from Air Force One." Republican Governor Linwood Holton, a longtime friend and supporter of Nixon, had trouble hearing because of the electronic noises in the background. But he recognized Ziegler's voice and the message was clear: the President wanted to see Holton at the White House at 10 a.m. the next day. Holton quickly canceled his other appointments and flew off to see the President...
Actually, the President and Holton performed rather smoothly, considering that their meeting was an elaborate hoax. It was not Press Secretary Ziegler who phoned Holton but a mysterious practical joker who sounded like Ziegler and was ingenious enough to fake the electronic background sounds. Nixon may have been startled to see the unbidden Holton, but the two men handled the situation like pros, spending 30 minutes together. They thus denied the joker the satisfaction of causing any embarrassment or even publicity about the incident...