WHO'S WHO in the Administration
WHO'S WHO in the Administration Sex dominates our news this month. Two of the most powerful members of the White House staff are reliably reported to have been engaging in extramarital...
...instead, the commissioners often confer with each other and the chairman by phone...
...Last October we reported that it was unlikely that we'd be hearing much from the administration about trucking deregulation until after the election because Ronald Reagan doesn't want to ruffle the feathers of his favorite union boss, the Teamsters's Jackie Presser...
...One of the employees has left to join a local public relations firm, but the other remains and her relationship is sufficiently flagrant to have come to Nancy Reagan's attention...
...Taylor's been feuding with them about access to the commission staff, which he controls...
...Meanwhile over at The Washington Post, the rumor is that Ben Bradlee is sitting on a story about the sexual adventures of a Democratic presidential candidate...
...Cooperation is so poor that the commission hasn't met since October 1982...
...Chairman Reese Taylor, a Reagan appointee and former law partner of Paul Laxalt, can't seem to get along with the other three commissioners...
...It just so happens that Auchter owned $21,000 worth of Dupont stock...
...One reason for the story's not appearing may be that a prominent Post person was involved in some of the episodes...
...The wife of the Moral Majority's favorite president is said not to be pleased...
...Two of the most powerful members of the White House staff are reliably reported to have been engaging in extramarital affairs with female White House employees...
...Before he left, Auchter rejected a proposed emergency safety standard that Dupont was lobbying against...
...But after the matter was reported in The Washington Post, the story died...
...The press was too busy looking into Ed Meese's mortgage to chase down a second conflict-of-interest story...
...Another reason the president may not want to talk about trucking deregulation is that it inevitably would put the spotlight on the Interstate Commerce Commission, which these days is more of an embarrassment than usual...
...Ed Meese has managed to inadvertently help one member of the administration: Thorne Auchter, the recently departed head of OSHA...
Vol. 16 • May 1984 • No. 4
