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— Griffin Daily News Monday, September 16,1974
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Ford is still shaping
his White House staff to suit his
style of work.
Its organization and operation
will become clearer with the
departure this week of Gen.
Alexander M. Haig Jr., the
Nixon holdover chief of staff
who is being named supreme
commander of NATO forces.
Some Nixon holdovers re
main, but they soon will be
leaving their White House posts
with the end of the transition
period.
The man Ford appears to
rely on the most for advice,
speech writing and secret
keeping is Robert T. Hartmann,
a White House counselor, who
appears to have more clout
with the President than anyone
else on the staff.
Hartmann was Ford’s chief of
staff when Ford was vice
president. There are recurring
reports of friction between
Hartmann and Haig.
As Ford’s chief speech
craftsman, Hartmann quips
Ford’s speeches, which were
once called “simple” and now
are described as “eloquent.”
With the help of another
speech writer, Milton Freed
man, Hartmann drafted the
Nixon ’s doctor says
pardon didn’t ‘lift’
By HELEN THOMAS
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) - For
mer White House physician
Walter Tkach says President
Ford’s pardon was no help in
lifting Richard M. Nixon’s
spirits.
He described Nixon as a
“man looking back and wonder
ing what had happened to
topple him from the presiden
cy.”
Tkach said he has given up,
for the time being, trying to
persuade the former president
to enter a hospital for
treatment of the thrombal
phlebitis in his left leg.
Nixon has been subpoenaed to
testify in the Watergate cover
up trial of six former aides
which begins Oct. 1. While
Tkach did not address himself
directly to the question whether
Nixon would be well enough to
appear, he said that in general:
"I’m recommending to him
that he not get under any more
pressure.”
Tkach, an Air Force major
general, was relieved of his
White House duty after Nixon
resigned and is now command
surgeon at nearby Andrews Air
Force Base. He flew to San
Clemente, Calif., Friday to
examine Nixon at the urging of
the Nixon family, and said he
would go there again late next
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Hartman seems to have the most clout
inaugural address Ford deliv
ered in the East Room Aug. 9.
He occupies the small office
once used by former President
Richard Nixon’s personal se
cretary, Rose Mary Woods, but
he likely will move into Haig’s
more luxurious suite on the
other side of the Oval Office
when Haig departs.
Nearness to the Oval Office is
the major sign of power in the
White House. When Hartmann
is not around, the President can
be heard to say “where’s Bob.”
Hartmann formerly was chief
of the Washington bureau of the
Los Angeles Times, and he
served as House minority
sergeant at arms for several
sessions before becoming a
legislative assistant to then
Republican leader Ford.
He is stocky, has a florid face
and is described as extremely
“sensitive" to political nuances.
But he has an abrasive manner
that sometimes rubs other
staffers the wrong way.
He thoroughly understands
Ford and was one of the small
circle of associates in on the
secret negotiations that resulted
in an unconditional pardon for
former Nixon.
One of the most important
slots in the Ford administration
is now vacant because of that
week.
Tkach said in an interview
that he had detected “no
depression,” but found Nixon
suffering from exhaustion and
“more concerned” than Tkach
observed him to be two weeks
ago.
“He seems to be more tired,”
said Tkach. “He doesn’t have
that bounce to attack.”
Had the pardon helped his
spirits?
“The pardon didn’t do him a
damn bit of good,” replied
Tkach.
He said he feared a buildup
of more tension or pressure
could lead to a heart attack
because Nixon is under “severe
physical strain."
Tkach repeated the statement
he made Saturday, that Nixon
told him: "If I go into the
hospital, I’ll never come out
alive.” He said that when the
former President spoke so
fatalistically, “I stopped right
there.”
He said he believed Nixon
feared he could develop more
blood clots if he was bedridden
in a hospital: “He probably
thinks being in bed helps
develop more clots.”
Tkach and Dr. John Lundgr
en of Long Beach, Calif., who
accompanied him on the
examination of Nixon at San
Clemente last Friday, reported
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pardon. J. F. terHorst, Ford’s
first appointee, resigned as
press secretary one month after
he took the job, the day the
pardon was announced, on
grounds of “conscience.”
Ford is looking for a
replacement which is no easy
task in view ofter Horst’s stand
and the fact that he was
“misled” by other senior aides
on the pardon. TerHorst felt his
own credibility was at stake.
John W. Hushen, 39, deputy
press secretary, has been
then that a new clot had
developed in Nixon’s left leg.
Tkach said it was not as
severe as the clot in his lower
leg which appeared last June,
but that both he and Lundgren
felt Nixon should go into a
Ronnie Thompson
jabs disclosure law
RIVERDALE, Ga. (UPI) —
Calling the present campaign
disclosure law “a total farce,”
Republican gubernatorial nom
inee Ronnie Thompson propos
ed Sunday stiff, new legislation
allowing candidates to spend no
more than SIIO,OOO in a cam
paign for governor.
The Macon mayor said if
elected he will ask the 1975
General Assembly to set
an absolute spending ceiling of
$50,000 for the gubernatorial
primary, SIO,OOO in the event of
a runoff, and $50,000 in the gen
eral election.
Violation of the proposed law
would be a felony punishable
by up to six months in prison,
he said.
“Certainly, any candidate for
public office who so violates
the public trust, has, in my
opinion, committed a felony, be
cause nothing short of violent
crime itself is more criminal or
contemptible than to abuse or
misuse the public trust,” he
said.
Thompson, who said he has
spent a total of less than
$55,000 in his own primary and
runoff campaigns, blasted his
Democratic opponent, George
Busbee, for spending “over a
million dollars and incurring all
the horrifying political debts that
a million dollars in contribu
tions implies.”
Thompson, who spoke here
Sunday afternoon prior to at
tending the Falcon-Cowboy foot
ball game in Atlanta, claim
ed he is the “only gubernatorial
nominee in the history of Geor
gia” to be completely free of
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Robert T. Hartmann
serving temporarily as Ford’s
chief spokesman. Hushen was
director of public information
at the Justice Department with
five attorneys general. He
previously worked for the
Detroit News and is a native of
Detroit.
Among Ford’s closest advis
ers in his former Grand
Rapids, Mich., law partner, ,
white haired Philip W. Buchen, ,
58, who serves as counsel and i
was recently elevated to .
Cabinet rank. Buchen handled .
hospital where he could be
given anti-coagulants.
He is under medication at
home, Tkach said, but is
refusing to wear the prescribed
elastic stocking to prevent
swelling.
strings or commitments.
He said the campaign reform
measure passed by the last
General Assembly serves “only
to provide loopholes through
which Busbee and other fat-cat
political hacks and stooges con
tinue to operate with im
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on sale
in test
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
Retailers are watching to see
how the public accepts baby
beef that goes on sale this
week. The meat is cheaper, but
the taste is different.
Baby beef is expected to
retail for eight to 10 cents a
pound less than mature beef
because the animals are not
given expensive feed grains.
Baby beef animals are grown
on a diet of milk and grass
until they reach about 400
pounds, while mature beef
animals are fed grain in
feedlots until they weigh 1,000
pounds or more.
But the lack of grains in the
diet reduces fat and may affect
the flavor and juiciness of the
meat, said Leon Dillenberg of
the Bay Area Grocers’ Associa
tion.
Hearings
on energy
planned
ATLANTA (UPI) - The Fed
eral Energy Administration
(FEA) will hold a public hear
ing in Atlanta next week to so
licit views on the “blueprint for
energy independence” that will
be sent to President Ford Nov.
1.
FEA Administrator John Saw
hill says the hearings, to be
held in 10 U.S. cities, probably
will become a “clash of views”
between those who favor
environmental protection and
those who favor further energy
development.
“Anyone who pays a utility
bill, buys gasoline, or shops at a
local store has ain interest in
Project Independence,” Sawhill
said. “This project directly af
fects every American...”
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John 0. Marsh Jr.
the pardon negotiations and is
holding talks with Special
Prosecutor Leon Jaworski on
custody of the Watergate tapes.
Buchen held two news brief
ings to explain the pardon and
is one of the new administra
tion’s most articulate spokes
man. He attended the
University of Michigan Law
School and was one of the small
group of Ford associates who
laid early plans for Ford’s
accession to the presidency,
just in case Nixon resigned.
News summary
By United Press International
Two hostages freed
THE HAGUE (UPI) — Three Japanese guerrillas
occupying the French Embassy freed two weeping women
hostages today, but kept nine men to bargain for safe
passage out of Holland with a comrade sprung from a
Paris jail.
Turkey leader quits
ANKARA (UPI) — Premier Bulent Ecevit, hailed as a
hero over his handling of the Cyprus crisis, resigned
today, plunging Turkey into its second government crisis
in seven months.
Ford may explain
WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Ford has indicated
he may hold a news conference today to explain his
reasons for pardoning former President Richard Nixon.
Two dead in flooding
NELSON LANDING, Nev. (UPI) — Two persons are
dead and at least seven are missing in a weekend flash
flood that ripped through this shoreline settlement
Saturday.
Airport security is tight
LONDON (UPI) - Soldiers in
combat dress and armed with
rifles moved into London’s
Heathrow airport at dawn
today and began checking all
vehicles entering and leaving
the grounds.
Troops have carried out
several similar operations in
recent months and an airport
spokesman said the security
action was part of “a continu-
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Counselor John 0. Marsh Jr.,
formerly Ford’s assistant for
defense affairs when Ford was
vice president, is highly visible
as a key adviser. Marsh, 47,
served four successive terms in
the House as a Virginia
Democrat.
Marsh sits in on the staff
meetings and is privy to
Pentagon matters and veterans
affairs.
Among those at the top is L.
William Seidman, of Grand
Rapids, a successful accountant
before joining Ford’s vice
presidential staff. Seidman, 53,
is an organizer and is in charge
of the forthcoming economic
summit meeting as its execu
tive director.
He is a longtime intimate of
the Ford family. Years ago,
First Lady Betty Ford taught
Seidman to dance. He is short,
stocky and assertive.
Ford also has kept on his
staff two of Nixon’s counselors.
One is Anne Armstrong, who
has a number of areas under
her supervision, including the
bicentennial celebration,
women and Spanish-speaking
groups. Mrs. Armstrong has
been active in arranging Ford
meetings with women leaders.
The other counselor is Dean
Burch, who is Ford’s key
i ing troop exercise at Hea
! throw.”
Airport sources said it might
i be linked with the French
[ Embassy siege in The Hague
where Japanese guerrillas are
holding several hostages. They
said British security officials
, feared the guerrilla action
might be a practice run for an
operation elsewhere and wanted
, to be prepared.
political adviser and also
watches over the regulatory
agencies. Burch, a lean, tense
man is former chairman of the
Federal Communications Com
mission and a Phoenix, Ariz.,
Goldwater Republican.
William E. Timmons is
Ford’s chief liaison assistant
with Congress, a Nixon appoin
tee, who has been asked to stay
on. Timmons and Ford had a
long association on Capitol Hill.
Ford has just named Phillip
Areeda, a Harvard law profes
sor and expert in the antitrust
field, to join his staff as
counsel. Areeda, a native of
Detroit, will serve as deputy to
Buchen, handling legal matters
which reach the White House.
Another holdover, William J.
Baroody Jr., was appointed by
Ford as an assistant to the
President. Baroody had been
serving Nixon as a special
assistant and has a long
association with former De
fense Secretary Melvin Laird,
who is one of Ford’s closest
advisers outside of government.
Baroody will head the office
handling liaison with major
nongovernmental organiza
tions in the private sector,
including farm, labor, veterans,
business, civic, academic, eth
nic, consumer, youth and
professional groups.
Another press assistant is
Paul A. Miltich, 55, who
covered Ford for Michigan
newspapers and later became
his press secretary when Ford
was elevated to House GOP
leader.
Miltich is taking over the
office of Ken W. Clawson, who
organized the public relations
effort for Nixon’s defense while
he was in that office. Miltich’s
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