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ifs: lmost cer- In that President NixoW Will name—his trusted assistan 1 bites i ii . : le moves over to the Ehrilchman’s elevation will be generally applauded’ be- cause the Seattle lawyer, while sharing blame for frequent * dobbles in the White House, % has tried in good spirit and f with considerable lucidity. to make himself and his leader's objectives understood by the x Washington community, ~- . He has done this fess by - being gregarious than by con- 7 veying, in rare appearances : impression that he is a decent man with a precise mind and a thoughtful view of the world, ‘1 He has been part of the betea- pured Nixon inner circle but @ defensive atmosphere, to keep his own identity. . . Ehrlichman will not, howev- 3 er, carry to Justice any repu- tation as an administrator. { The outside picture of the in- : side operation of the White House, as painted by the testi- / mony of officiais who deat with it, is a swelling hive of : intense, humorless young law- yers (known to members of the cabinet as the Katzenjam- + Mer Kids). Each flourishes a str ngely lacking, despite con stent RICeTIAEs, in Year wedm * spirit and internal communt-. athe outside _Ampression is that the situation has grown . worse since June when George | 5. Shultz and his OBM (Office of * Budget an tr : to the rpster. This were added pein anal White House sta’ because the Wh and Ni inly pleased by ce eee feeling at the apex of the White RAMAN 18 SE 5 peeeterinenerernnnrmeenta ne rlichman, to be atter- - i John Mitch-- Nixon- ' re-election headquarters... >. - has managed, despite the | ‘: splintered_fragment of. White § ; Rouse per Crenave is , Management}~’ ! House staff “ts ° that their operation has never . a gr ss 1 - 7 . is .. Shu " cation. Morale in the Budget : and the essential relationship i. between Shultz and the budget director, Casper * _ the stiffness in Schultz’ per- , Sonality, plus his frequent un- _ availability, have rendered "+ The Cabinet was reassured, - when Ehrlichman formed the Domestic Council, that the i. staff would stay small. But - now it totals 40 and is growing, . & phenomenon which promises _ outside the White House, an<« . Slowly to strip autonomy from "the departments. Thus federal power is being centralized in : Washington while Nixon talks . Of distributing it to the peopte. . Zhe, internal White, House _ 8 uddieoy-iamiliar small .bore types, slipping | edged” trathts into gossip col- umns and knifing associates. © Such characters emerge in ev- ery White House, but these enjoy a remarkable degree of sanction from Nixon. Recent targets have been Ehriich- ; gman, Robert Finch and Don- ’ “ald Rumsfeld, associates — quality would . normally command protection - against inside hatchet jobs... - The scene is also complicat- whose. personal “ed by Nixon’s wheels within wheels. For example, a firm word was passed te the staff that two men who aroused great resentment by their tac- - - tics in the 1970 campaign, Murray Chotiner and Charles Colson, would take no part in” the new campaign effort. But ~~ - Yeading Wlinois Republicans . who came to a secret stag ner in the White House to “ss campaign strategy a’ ostartied to find poh 6 ~. MAY 32 1971 ree eee a ee en me + One danger is that, as the = ~ cbnvérfr-with polilitsaeepens, the White House scene bee. Within Wheels." Bureau, the heart of the Shultz |“ operation, has sunk very Jow - Weinberger, - ‘ 4s uncomfortably stiff. In fact, ° “s.¢- This: will be too bad because him less than a cohesive force.” wuts Ealber OSS The Daily World . en of te Conrad = Cmeieminen a? “come less communicative and _ more Machiavellian. His past habits suggest that Nixon will ull further into his shell as he political pressures grow. and that key aides will reflect. - less and less assurance. a ‘Nixon and his aides have cre-. ated @ monster which will de-’ ‘ vgur them if they do pot give seer \ if reat Tet : ws dership. ~~~ vets, The Washington Post Times Herald 8 - The Washington Daily News ___ a ot oo ' The Evening Star (Washington) ? y, L5 oe The Sunday Star (Washington) - ~ .,. Daily News (New York) __ Sunday News (New York) =: .. New York Post _-. Peace -c7 Phe New York Times The New Leader _ The Wall Street Joumal _The National Observer People’s World __-- ~~~ -----—_ aw APR 201971 i) { | toy SEES tgs od oar a ery sae | WCT-48 25 MAY 12 1971 —_ - ee a REG-ATAL= ee . . a a i 24 oS emmamnaetie semee atemere em # Nene aamEaEEaienel . - ———_—_—.